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"WeWillNeverYield"
Jews,theGermanPress,andthe FightforInclusioninthe1840s
DavidA.Meola
GermanJewishCultures
April 2023 270pp 5b&wphotos,2 maps
9780253065223£29.99 / $35.00PB
9780253065216£72.00/$80.00 HB
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OffersthefirstEnglish-languagestudyoftheroleof theGermanpressinthefightforJewishagencyand participationduringthe1840s.Thisbooksheds lightonthestruggleforequalitybyGermanJewsin the1840sanddemonstratesthevalueofthistype ofarchivalsourceofJewishvoices.
AConstitutionalCulture
NewEnglandandtheStruggle AgainstArbitraryRuleinthe RestorationEmpire
AdrianChastainWeimer
EarlyAmericanStudies
April 2023 384pp 3b&w,1map
9781512823974£40.00 / $45.00HB
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In AConstitutionalCulture,AdrianChastainWeimer uncoversthestoryofhow,morethanahundred yearsbeforetheAmericanRevolution,colonists pledgedtheirlivesandlivelihoodstothedefenseof localpoliticalinstitutionsagainstarbitraryrule.
Politics,Society,andPrivateLife intheDiariesofNaziGermany, 1933-1939
JanoschSteuwer,Translatedby
BernardHeise
April 2023 674pp
9780253065339£63.00 / $70.00PB
9780253065322£90.00/$100.00 HB
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Offersasurprisinglynewlookathowtheideological visionsofNationalSocialismfoundtheirwayintothe everydayrealityofGermans.Steuwershowshowthe tenseeffortsofpeopletofitinledtoaclose intertwiningoftheprivateandthepolitical.
AgainstRedemption Democracy,Memory,and LiteratureinPost-FascistItaly
FrancoBaldasso
WorldWarII:TheGlobal,Human,and EthicalDimension
November 2022 320pp
9781531502393£29.99 / $35.00PB
9781531502386£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Disclosestherichnessofideasandshedslightonthe controversythatcharacterizedthetransitionfrom fascismtodemocracy,examiningauthors,worksand memoriesthatweresubsequentlysilencedbyCold Warpolitics.Thisbookpointstoearlypostwar literarypracticesasthemainvehicleforintellectual dissent,sheddingnewlightontheroleofcultural policiesininstitutionalizingcollectivememory.
AThorough Explorationin Historiography/ Shitong
LiuZhiji,TranslatedbyVictor CunruiXiong
ClassicsofChineseThought
April 2023 1200pp
9780295751061£112.00 / $125.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Intheeighthcentury,theTangcourthistorianLiu ZhijisetouttowriteShitong,inwhichhewould rigorouslyexplorethetraditionofhistoricalwritingin China.Thisfirsttranslationoftheworkintoa Westernlanguageprovidestextualcriticismand annotationforthehistoricalfigures,events,and allusionsthatarecrucialtoappreciatingthework.
AttheBaseofthe Giant'sThroat
ThePastandFutureofAmerica's GreatDams
April 2023 328pp
9781640124936£29.99/ $34.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
AttheBaseoftheGiant’s
Throat divesintothehistoryof dam-buildingintheUnitedStatesasnatural waterscapeshavebeenreplacedwithengineered environmentsandthebone-dryWestbecame America’sproduceaisle.Palumbilaysouthowdams andwaterprojectschangedtheNorthAmerican continentforever.
“AThirdReich,asISee It"
BadSubjects
LibertineLivesintheFrench
Atlantic,1619–1814
JenniferJ.Davis
FranceOverseas:StudiesinEmpireand Decolonization
July 2023 362pp 4photos.,2illus., 7maps
9781496207890£58.00 / $65.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Inalivelyaccountthatspanscontinents,JenniferJ. Davisconsiderswhatitmeanttobecalleda libertineinearlymodernFranceanditscolonies. Libertinagewasapolysemousterminearlymodern EuropeandtheAtlanticWorld,generallytranslated as“debauchery”or“licentiousness”inEnglish.
Boundariesof Belonging
EnglishJamaicaandtheSpanish
Caribbean,1655–1715
AprilLeeHatfield
EarlyAmericanStudies
April 2023 320pp 7maps
9781512824018£40.00 / $45.00HB
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BedouinBureaucrats
MobilityandPropertyinthe OttomanEmpire
NoraBarakat
April 2023 344pp
9781503635623£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503634619£81.00/$90.00 HB
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NarratingthelivesofBedouinindividualsinvolved inOttomanadministration,Barakatbringsthis populationtothecenterofmodernstate-making. SheplacestheSyrianinteriorinaglobalcontextof imperialexpansionintoregionsformerlydeemed marginal,especiallyinrelationtoAmericanand Russianempires.
CharlesAustinBeard
TheReturnoftheMaster
HistorianofAmerican Imperialism
RichardDrake
April 2023 336pp
9781501770173£24.99 / $28.95PB
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InthedecadesfollowingEngland’s1655conquestof SpanishJamaica,thewesternCaribbeanbecamethe siteofoverlappingandcompetingclaims—toland, maritimespaces,andpeople. Boundariesof Belonging followsthestoriesoftheindividualswho movedthroughthecontestedspacesofthewestern Caribbean.
CityofSediments
AHistoryofSeoulintheAgeof Colonialism
Se-MiOh
April 2023 280pp
9781503635524£23.99 / $28.00PB
9781503634800£81.00/$90.00 HB
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ShowshowSeoulbecameasite toarticulateanewmodeoftime—modernity—that definedtheplaceofthecolonizedinaccordancewith theprogressionofhistory,andhowtheunderbellyof thecity,latentplacesofdarknessfilledwithchatters ofthealleyway,challengedthisvisuallanguageof power.
RichardDrakepresentsanew interpretationofCharlesAustinBeard'slifeandwork. TheforemostAmericanhistorianandaleadingpublic intellectualinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury, Beardparticipatedactivelyinthedebatesabout Americanpoliticsandforeignpolicysurroundingthe twoworldwars.
CivilWarinGuangxi
TheCulturalRevolutionon China'sSouthernPeriphery
AndrewG.Walder
April 2023 296pp
9781503635227£27.99 / $32.00PB
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Withevidencefromavast
collectionofclassifiedmaterialscompiledduringan investigationbytheChinesegovernmentinthe 1980s,thisbookreconsidersexplanationsofthe eventsinGuangxiinthesummerof1968thatdraw parallelswithethniccleansinginRwanda,Bosnia,and othersettings.Walderprovidesagroundbreaking newanalysisofonethemostshockingchaptersof theCulturalRevolution.
ColonizingKashmir
State-buildingunderIndian Occupation HafsaKanjwal
SouthAsiainMotion
July 2023 336pp
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Challengingthebinariesofcolonialand postcolonial,KanjwalhistoricizesIndia'soccupation ofKashmirthroughprocessesofemotional integration,development,normalization,and empowermenttohighlightthenewhierarchiesof poweranddominationthatemergedinthe aftermathofdecolonization.
DeliveredUnderFire
AbsalomMarklandand Freedom'sMail
April 2023 352pp
9781640124486£32.00/ $36.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
AtthebeginningoftheCivilWar, attherequestofhischildhood friendUlyssesS.Grant,Markland createdthemostefficientmilitarymailsystemever devised,andGrantgavehimthehonorarytitleof colonel.WhentheKuKluxKlanwageditsreignof terrorandintimidationaftertheCivilWar,Markland’s decisiveactionsecuredtheexecutivepowers PresidentGrantneededtocombattheKlan.
TheDisappeared
RemnantsofaDirtyWar
July 2023 380pp
9781640121522£36.00/ $39.95HB
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FergusonexploresArgentina’s novelresponsetomassatrocity: thecountry’sremarkableand controversialdecisionsin2003to repealaseriesofamnestylaws passedinthe1980sandtoprosecuteanewthe perpetratorsoftheDirtyWaragenerationafterthe collapseofthecountry'slastdictatorship.
ColonizingPalestine
TheZionistLeftandtheMaking ofthePalestinianNakba
AreejSabbagh-Khoury
StanfordStudiesinMiddleEasternand IslamicSocietiesandCultures
August 2023 352pp
9781503602700£67.00 / $75.00HB
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Basedonextensiveempiricalresearchinlocal colonyandnationalarchives, ColonizingPalestine offersamicrohistoryoffrontierinteractions betweenZionistsettlersandindigenousPalestinians withintheBritishimperialfield.Sabbagh-Khoury demonstratesthatthedispossessionand replacementofthePalestiniansin1948wasnota singularcatastrophe,butratheraprotracted processinstitutedoverdecades.
DenialofGenocidesin theTwenty-FirstCentury
EditedbyBedrossDer Matossian
May 2023 432pp 5photos.,2illus.,1 table
9781496225108£63.00 / $70.00HB
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Throughoutthetwenty-first century,genocidedenialhasevolvedandadapted withnewstrategiestoaugmentandcomplement establishedmodesofdenial.Thisvolumebrings togetherleadingscholarsfromacrossdisciplinesto discussgenocidedenial,concentratingon communication,socialnetworks,andpublicspheres ofdailylife.
DreamsforaDecade
InternationalNuclear AbolitionismandtheEndofthe ColdWar
StephanieL.Freeman
Power,Politics,andtheWorld
June 2023 320pp
9781512824223£40.00 / $45.00HB
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Duringthe1980s,millionsofordinaryindividuals aroundtheworldmobilizedinsupportofnuclear disarmament. DreamsforaDecade drawsonnewly declassifiedmaterialfrommultiplecontinentsto examinenuclearabolitionists’influenceonthe trajectoryoftheColdWar’slastdecade.Freeman revealsthatnuclearabolitionismplayedasignificant yetunappreciatedroleinendingtheColdWar.
DrunkonGenocide
AlcoholandMassMurderin
NaziGermany
EdwardB.Westermann
Battlegrounds:CornellStudiesin MilitaryHistory
April 2023 312pp 5b&wht.
9781501770159£18.99 / $21.95NIP
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
In DrunkonGenocide,EdwardB.Westermann revealshow,overthecourseoftheThirdReich, scenesinvolvingalcoholconsumptionandrevelry amongtheSSandpolicebecamearoutinepartof ritualsofhumiliationinthecamps,ghettos,and killingfieldsofEasternEurope.
ForgottenCasualties
DownedAmericanAirmenand AxisViolenceinWorldWarII
KevinT.Hall
WorldWarII:TheGlobal,Human,and EthicalDimension
June 2023 272pp 12colorand78b&w illus.
9781531502867£21.99 / $25.00PB
9781531502850£81.00/$90.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Shedsnewlightonthemistreatmentofdowned airmenduringWWIIandtheoverallrelationship betweentheairwarandstate-sponsoredviolence. Drawsheavilyonairmen’spersonalaccountsandthe testimoniesofbothwitnessesandperpetratorsfrom thepostwarcrimestrials.
GermanBlood,Slavic Soil
HowNaziKönigsbergBecame
SovietKaliningrad
NicoleEaton
Battlegrounds:CornellStudiesinMilitary
History
April 2023 330pp 11b&wht.,4maps
9781501767364£31.00 / $35.95HB
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GermanBlood,SlavicSoil revealshowNaziGermany andtheSovietUnion,twentieth-centuryEurope's twomostviolentrevolutionaryregimes,transformed asinglecityandthepeoplewholivedthere.During WorldWarII,thissinglecitybecameanepicenterin theapocalypticbattlebetweentheirtworegimes.
Empirebetweenthe Lines
ImperialCultureinBritishand FrenchTrenchNewspapersof theGreatWar
ElizabethStice
StudiesinWar,Society,andtheMilitary
June 2023 240pp
9781496234070£54.00 / $60.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ElizabethSticeanalyzesstories,poetry,plays,and cartoonsinBritishandFrenchtrenchnewspapersto demonstratehowBritishandFrenchsoldiers experiencedandenvisionedempiresthroughthe warandthewarthroughempire.Empirebetween theLinesisthefirststudyofitskindtoconsult BritishandFrenchnewspaperstogether.
FromChernobylwith Love
ReportingfromtheRuinsofthe SovietUnion
May 2023 310pp
9781640125728£18.99/ $21.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
2019ForewordIndiesAward, Gold
2020IndependentBookPublishersAwards,Bronze Medal
Withanewchapter,preface,andafterword InthewakeofthefalloftheBerlinWall,thelate twentiethcenturywasatimeofunprecedentedhope inEasternEurope.Youngwriters,journalists,and adventurerssuchasKatyaCengelflockedtocitieslike PragueandBudapest,seekingout terranova.This bookisherremarkablestory.
Heaven’sWrath
TheProtestantReformationand theDutchWestIndiaCompanyin theAtlanticWorld D.L.Noorlander
NewNetherlandInstituteStudies
April 2023 300pp 20b&wht.,5maps
9781501770135£27.99 / $32.95NIP
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Heaven'sWrath exploresthereligiousthoughtand religiousritesoftheearlyDutchAtlanticworld.D.L. NoorlanderarguesthattheReformedChurchandthe WestIndiaCompanyforgedandmaintainedaclose union,withconsiderableconsequencesacrossthe seventeenthcentury.
HoldingTheirBreath
HowtheAlliesConfrontedthe ThreatofChemicalWarfarein WorldWarII
M.GirardDorsey
Battlegrounds:CornellStudiesin MilitaryHistory
April 2023 306pp 8b&wht.,2maps
9781501768361£45.00 / $49.95HB
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UncoversjusthowcloseBritain,theUnitedStates, andCanadacametocrossingtheredlinethat restrainedchemicalweaponuseduringWorldWar II.Thestoryofchemicalweaponsbeginsinthe interwarperiodaspoliticiansandcitizensalike advocatedtoban,toresist,andeventuallyto prepareforgasuseinthenextwar.
JudgmentandMercy
TheTurbulentLifeandTimesof theJudgeWhoCondemnedthe Rosenbergs
MartinJ.Siegel
April 2023 448pp 15b&wht.
9781501768521£31.00 / $35.95HB
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MartinJ.Siegeloffersan insightfulandcompellingbiographyofIrvingRobert Kaufman,thejudgeinfamousforcondemningJulius andEthelRosenbergtodeathforatomicespionage. Absorbinglytold,JudgmentandMercybringstolifea complexmanbyturnstyrannicalandwarm,paranoid andaltruistic,whilerevealingintramuralJewish battlesoverassimilation,class,andpatriotism.
Monumentsfor Posterity
Self-Commemorationandthe StalinistCultureofTime
AntonyKalashnikov
April 2023 216pp 15b&wht.
9781501768637£44.00 / $48.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
ChallengesthecommonassumptionthatStalinist monumentswereconstructedwithanimmediate, propagandisticfunction,arguinginsteadthatthey weredesignedtomemorializethepresentforan imaginedposterity.Inthisrespect,evenwhile pursuingitsmonument-buildingprogramwitha singularruthlessnessandonanunprecedentedscale, theStalinistregimewasbroadlyinstepwith transnationalmonument-buildingtrendsoftheera andtheirundergirdingculturaldynamics.
Informatica MasteringInformationthrough theAges
AlexWright
June 2023 276pp 30b&wht.
9781501768675£25.99 / $29.95PB
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Informatica—theupdated editionofAlexWright's previouslypublishedGlut—continuesthejourney throughthehistoryoftheinformationagetoshow howinformationsystemsemerge.Today's "informationexplosion"mayseemlikeamodern phenomenon,butwearenotthefirstgeneration— noreventhefirstspecies—towrestlewiththe problemofinformationoverload.
Monumental Controversies
MountRushmore,Four Presidents,andtheQuestfor NationalUnity
HarrietF.Senie
April 2023 256pp
9781640124998£27.99/ $32.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS MonumentalControversies presentsstrategiesto createaninclusivenarrativethathonorsthevaried stakeholdersinademocracy—avitalsteptoward healingthedivisivenessthatnowappearstobea dominantfeatureofAmericandiscourse.Senieoffers athoughtfulreflectiononthecomplexlivesand legaciesofthefourpresidentsmemorializedon MountRushmore.
RecoveringWomen's Past
NewEpistemologies,New Ventures
EditedbySéverineGenieysKirk
WomenandGenderintheEarlyModern World
June 2023 394pp 7illus.
9781496231796£58.00 / $65.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
RecoveringWomen’sPast,editedbySéverine Genieys-Kirk,isacollectionofessaysthatfocuson howwomenbornbeforethenineteenthcentury haveclaimedaplaceinhistoryandhowtheyhave beenrepresentedinthecollectivememoryfromthe Renaissancetothetwenty-firstcentury.
RemakingtheChinese Empire
Manchu-KoreanRelations, 1616–1911
YuanchongWang
April 2023 300pp 4b&wht.,2maps,8 charts
9781501770142£27.99 / $32.95PB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
RemakingtheChineseEmpire examinesChina's developmentfromanempireintoamodernstate throughthelensofSino-Koreanpoliticalrelations duringtheQingperiod.Itdemonstratesthatthe ManchuregimeuseditsrelationswithChosŏn Koreatoestablish,legitimize,andconsolidateits identityasthecivilizedcenteroftheworldanda cosmopolitanempire.
SecretLeviathan
SecrecyandStateCapacityunder SovietCommunism
MarkHarrison
Stanford–HooverSerieson
Authoritarianism
June 2023 328pp
9781503628892£58.00 / $65.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thisbookisthefirstcomprehensive,analytical,multifacetedhistoryofSovietsecrecyintheEnglish language.Harrisoncombinesquantitativeand qualitativeevidencetoevaluatetheimpactof secrecyonSovietstatecapacityfromthe1917 BolshevikRevolutiontothecollapseoftheSoviet Unionin1991.
SuitableStrangers
TheHungarianRevolution,a HungerStrike,andIreland'sFirst RefugeeCamp
VeraSheridan
IrishCultureMemoryPlace
January 2023 250pp 22b&willus.,7
b&wtables
9780253064615£25.99 / $30.00PB
9780253064608£72.00/$80.00 HB
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In1956,agroupof548refugeesescapingthe violenceoftheHungarianRevolutionarrivedonthe shoresofIreland. SuitableStrangers revealsthe firsthandexperiencesofthemen,women,and childrenwholivedintheKnockalisheenrefugeecamp nearLimerick,Ireland’sfirstinternationalrefugee settlement.
ReportingWorldWarII
EditedbyG.KurtPiehler, EditedbyIngoTrauschweizer
WorldWarII:TheGlobal,Human,and EthicalDimension
April 2023 304pp 20b&willus.
9781531503109£29.99 / $35.00PB
9781531503093£94.00/$105.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thissetofessaysoffersnewinsightsintothe journalisticprocessandthepressuresAmerican front-linereportersexperiencedcoveringWorld WarII.DespitetheimportanceofAmericanwar reportinginshapingperceptionsofthewar,this workunderscoreshowthereismoretolearn.
StatesofCultivation
ImperialTransitionandScientific AgricultureintheEastern Mediterranean
ElizabethR.Williams
StanfordOttomanWorldSeries:Critical StudiesinEmpire,Nature,and Knowledge
August 2023 464pp
9781503634688£67.00 / $75.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Chemicalfertilizersandmechanizedequipment inspiredmodelfarmswhilegovernmentofficialsand technocraticelitespursuednewlandtenure,creditlending,andtaxcollectionpoliciestomaximize revenue.Thisbookexaminestheprocessesand effectsofagrariantransformationovermorethana century.
TheBureaucracyof Empathy
Law,Vivisection,andAnimalPain inLateNineteenth-Century Britain
ShiraShmuely
CorpusJuris:TheHumanitiesinPolitics andLaw
July 2023 276pp 18b&wht.,1chart
9781501770395£27.99 / $31.95PB
9781501770388£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Shmuelyinvestigatesethicalissuesthroughaclose andcarefulhistoryoftheorigins,implementation, andenforcementofthe1876CrueltytoAnimalsAct ofParliament,whichforthefirsttimeimposedlegal restrictionsonanimalexperimentation.
TheFirstAtomicBomb
TheTrinitySiteinNewMexico
JanetFarrellBrodie
America’sPublicLands
June 2023 316pp 27photos.
9781496232977£54.00 / $60.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
In TheFirstAtomicBomb Janet FarrellBrodieexploresthe historyoftheTrinitytestandthosewhose contributionshaverarely,ifever,beendiscussed— themenandwomenwhoconstructed,served,and witnessedthefirsttest—aswellasthe downwinderswhosufferedtheconsequencesof theradiation.
TheParadoxesof IgnoranceinEarly ModernEnglandand France
SandrineParageau
April 2023 264pp
9781503635319£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503632561£81.00/$90.00 HB
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Reclaimingthelong-lastinglegacyofmedieval doctrinesofignoranceandtakingacomparative perspective,SandrineParageautellsthehistoryof theapparentlycounter-intuitivemoral,cognitiveand epistemologicalvirtuesattributedtoignoranceinthe longseventeenthcentury(1580s-1700)inEngland andinFrance.
TheQueerArtofHistory
QueerKinshipafterFascism
JenniferV.Evans
April 2023 328pp 50illus.including13in
color
9781478019794£23.99 / $27.95PB
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Drawingonblackfeminism, queerofcolorcritique,andtransstudies,Evans examinespostwarandcontemporaryGermanhistory tobroadlyargueforaqueerhistorythatmoves beyondboundedconceptsandnarrativesofidentity, showinghowananalyticofkinshipmorefully illuminatestheworkofsolidarityandintersectional organizingacrossdifference.
TheIdeological ScrambleforAfrica
HowthePursuitofAnticolonial ModernityShapeda PostcolonialOrder,1945–1966
FrankGerits
April 2023 318pp 9b&wht.,2maps
9781501767913£58.00 / $64.95HB
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In TheIdeologicalScrambleforAfrica,FrankGerits examineshowAfricanleadersinthe1950sand 1960scraftedananticolonialmodernization project.RatherthanchooseColdWarsides betweenEastandWest,anticolonialnationalists workedtoreversethepsychologicalandcultural destructionofcolonialism.
ThePriceofTruth
TheJournalistWhoDefied MilitaryCensorstoReportthe FallofNaziGermany
RichardFine
April 2023 312pp 26b&wht.,1map
9781501765940£27.99 / $31.95HB
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In ThePriceofTruth,RichardFine recountstheintensedramasurroundingtheGerman surrenderattheendofWorldWarIIandtheveteran AssociatedPressjournalistEdwardKennedy's controversialscoop.
TheShadowofthe Empress
Fairy-TaleOperaandtheEndof theHabsburgMonarchy
LarryWolff
May 2023 432pp
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TheShadowoftheEmpress exploreshowthe changingcircumstancesofculturalproductionand receptionbefore,during,andafterWorldWarI reshapedthepoliticalmeaningsofDieFrauohne Schatten.HistorianLarryWolffinterweavesthestory oftheopera'scompositionandperformancehistory withapersonalnarrativeofhisHabsburgand Viennesefamily.
TheSocialistPatriot GeorgeOrwellandWar PeterStansky
January 2023 150pp
9781503635494£11.99 / $14.00PB
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Anincisivedemonstrationof howOrwell'sbodyofworkwas definedbythefourmajor conflictsthatpunctuatedhislife:WorldWarI,the SpanishCivilWar,WorldWarII,andtheColdWar. BycarefullycombingthroughOrwell'spublished works,StanskyteasesapartOrwell'soften paradoxicalviewsonpatriotismandsocialism.
TheWakeofWellington Englishnessin1852
PeterW.Sinnema
SeriesinVictorianStudies
February 2023 198pp
9780821425299£29.99 / $34.95PB
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Soldier,hero,andpolitician,the DukeofWellingtonisoneofthebest-knownfigures ofnineteenth-centuryEngland.Fromhisvictoryat WaterloooverNapoleonin1815,herosetobecome primeministerofhiscountry.ButPeterSinnema findsequalfascinationinVictorianEngland’s responsetotheduke’sdeath.
Truman andtheBomb
TheUntoldStory
August 2023 272pp
9781640120730£29.99/ $34.95HB
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TrumanandtheBomb,aconcise yetcomprehensivestudyof Truman’sdecisiontousethe atomicbomb,willprovetobea classicforstudyingpresidential politicsandinfluenceonatomicwarfareandits militaryanddiplomaticcomponents.
TheStuffofSoldiers AHistoryoftheRedArmyin WorldWarIIthroughObjects
BrandonM.Schechter
Battlegrounds:CornellStudiesin MilitaryHistory
February 2023 344pp 40b&wht.
9781501768255£24.99 / $28.95NIP
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TheStuffofSoldiers useseverydayobjectstotell thestoryoftheGreatPatrioticWarasneverbefore. BrandonM.Schechterattendstoadiversearrayof things—fromspoonstotanks—toshowhowawide arrayofcitizensbecamesoldiers,andhowthe provisioningofmaterialgoodsseparatedsoldiers fromcivilians.
TranspacificReformand Revolution
TheChineseinNorthAmerica, 1898-1918
ZhongpingChen
AsianAmerica
July 2023 344pp
9781503636248£63.00 / $70.00HB
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Thelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies sawtheturbulentendofChina'simperialsystem, violentrevolutionarymovements,andthefraught establishmentofarepublicangovernment.Thisbook usesricharchivalsourcesandanewnetwork approachtoexaminehowreformandrevolutionin NorthAmericanChinatownsinfluencedpolitical changeinChinaandthetranspacificChinesediaspora from1898to1918.
TwelveDays
HowtheUnionNearlyLost
WashingtonintheFirstDaysof theCivilWar
July 2023 392pp
9781640125483£32.00/ $36.95HB
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Thetwelvedaysthatbeganwith thefederalevacuationoftheFort SumterandendedwiththearrivaloftheNewYork SeventhMilitiaRegimentinWashingtonwere criticallyimportant.Thenation’scapitalneveragain camesoclosetobeingcapturedbytheConfederates. TwelveDays tellsforthefirsttimetheentire harrowingstoryofthefirstdaysoftheCivilWar.
UndoingSlavery Bodies,Race,andRightsinthe AgeofAbolition
KathleenM.Brown
EarlyAmericanStudies
February 2023 456pp 8illus.
9781512823271£36.00 / $39.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
UndoingSlavery excavatescultural,political, medical,andlegalhistorytounderstandthe abolitionistfocusonthebodyonitsownterms. Motivatedbytheirconvictionthatthephysicalform ofthehumanbodywasuniversalandfacedwith thegrowingracismofeighteenth-andnineteenthcenturyscience,abolitionistsinNorthAmericaand Britainfocusedonundoingslavery’sharmtothe bodiesoftheenslaved.
WhenWomenRuledthe Pacific
PowerandPoliticsinNineteenthCenturyTahitiandHawai‘i
JoySchulz
StudiesinPacificWorlds
August 2023 164pp 5photos.,12illus.,4 maps,2appendixes
9781496231802£45.00 / $50.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
JoySchulzexploresPolynesia’snineteenth-century womenrulers,whoheldenormousdomesticand foreignpowerandexpertlygovernedtheirpeople amidshiftingloyalties,outrightbetrayals,andthe ascendancyofimperialracism.
TheComitánValley
SculptureandIdentityonthe MayaFrontier
CaitlinC.Earley
July 2023 312pp
9781477327128£54.00 / $60.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Richlyillustratedwithneverbefore-publishedphotos.of sculpturesunearthedfromkeyarchaeologicalsites, TheComitánValley isanilluminatingworkofart historicalrecoveryandinterpretation.CaitlinC. Earleyoffersthefirstcomprehensivestudyof sculptureexcavatedfromthearea,showcasingthe sophisticationandculturalvigorofaregionthathas largelybeenignored.
VanishingPoint
TheSearchforaB-24Bomber
CrewLostontheWorldWarII
HomeFront
TomWilber
May 2023 264pp 28b&wht.,3maps,1 diagram
9781501769641£25.99 / $29.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
In VanishingPoint,awardwinningjournalistand authorTomWilberpiecestogetherthelargely forgottenstoryofthebomber,GetawayGertie,and aneclecticgroupofenthusiastswhohavespent yearssearchingforit.
BeforeWriting,Vol.I
FromCountingtoCuneiform
DeniseSchmandt-Besserat
December 2022 284pp 162b&w,31ld,6 tables,16charts
9781477325766£45.00 / $50.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
BeforeWriting givesanew perspectiveontheevolutionof communication.Itpointsoutthatwhenwriting beganinMesopotamiaitwasnot,aspreviously thought,asuddenandspontaneousinvention. Instead,itwastheoutgrowthofmanythousandsof years'worthofexperienceatmanipulatingsymbols.
TheIndigenous Paleolithicofthe
WesternHemisphere
PauletteF.C.Steeves
April 2023 328pp 2photos.,8illus.,5 maps,7tables,1appendix
9781496234704£25.99 / $30.00NIP
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
TheIndigenousPaleolithicofthe WesternHemisphere isareclaimedhistoryofthe deeppastofIndigenouspeopleinNorthandSouth AmericaduringthePaleolithic.IncludesIndigenous oraltraditions,archaeologicalevidence,andacritical anddecolonizingdiscussionofthedevelopmentof archaeologyintheAmericas.
Ovid'sTragicHeroines
GenderAbjectionandGeneric Code-switching
JessicaA.Westerhold
July 2023 228pp 1b&wht.
9781501770357£45.00 / $49.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Ovid'sTragicHeroines expands ourunderstandingofOvid's incorporationofGreekgenericcodesandthetragic heroines,PhaedraandMedea,whileofferinganew perspectiveontheRomanpoet'spersistentinterest inthesetwocharactersandtheirparadigms.Ovid presentsthesetwoAttictragicheroinesassymbols ofdifferentpassionsthataredefinedbythespecific combinationoftheirgenderandgeneric provenance.
Saeculum
DefiningHistoricalErasinAncient RomanThought
PaulHay
August 2023 280pp
9781477327395£49.00 / $55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Howthenotionofuniqueeras influencedtheRomanviewof timeandthenarrationofhistoryfromvarious perspectives.HayreturnstoRomeinthefirst centuryBCEtoglimpsethebeginningsof periodizationasitisstillcommonlypracticed. Saeculum describesnothinglessthananintellectual andcognitiverevolution,thatfundamentally reorganizedthemeaningsofhistoryandtime.
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