MUSIC, THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

One Russian's Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror By Richard G. Robbins Series: Russian & East European Studies

A gripping biography that examines the inner workings of Russian politics at its highest levels.

Vladimir Fedorovich Dzhunkovsky was a witness to his country’s unfolding tragedy—the decay of the tsarist autocracy, world war, revolution, the rise of a new regime, and its descent into terror. But Dzhunkovsky was not just a passive observer, he was an active participant in the troubled and turbulent events of his time, often struggling against the tide. This book paints a fascinating picture of Dzhunkovsky’s incredible life that reveals much about a long and crucial period in Russian history.

University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822966173 • Paperback 20 b/w illus. • 229 x 152mm • 584 pages • November 2019 • £20.00

A Pioneer of Connection

Recovering the Life and Work of Oliver Lodge Edited by James Mussell and Graeme Gooday Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Explores the life and work of a scientific figure greatly cherished by many of his contemporaries.

Sir Oliver Lodge was a polymathic scientific figure who linked the Victorian Age with the Second World War. A physicist and spiritualist, inventor and educator, author and authority, he was one of the most famous public figures of British science in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This volume uncovers the many aspects of his life and career, and the changing dynamics of scientific authority in an era of specialisation to examine his role in contemporary science and culture.

University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822945956 • Hardback 9 b/w illus. • 229 x 152mm • 336 pages • May 2020 • £40.00

The Life and Legend of James Watt

Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine By David Philip Miller Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Offers a deeper understanding of the work and character of the great eighteenth-century engineer.

A skilled and creative engineer, James Watt was also a compulsive experimentalist drawn to natural philosophical inquiry, and a chemistry of heat underlay much of his work, including his steam engineering. Stripping away layers of legend built over generations, this book uncovers behind the heroic engineer a conflicted man often diffident about his achievements but also ruthless in protecting his inventions and ideas and determined in pursuit of money and fame.