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World History 7
The Water Kingdom
Segregation
Philip Ball “Ball’s journey along the history, politics, and culture of China’s waterways encompasses many heroes of Chinese hydrology, men who grappled with elemental forces and imperial censure and sometimes came out on top. . . . Ball argues that China’s future, like the past, can be read in the fate of its water.”—Guardian
Carl H. Nightingale “This study of the segregation of the world’s cities by race since the eighteenth century is an extraordinary achievement. Its scope is truly global, extending from urban Africa and Asia to the cities of the Americas and Europe and synthesizing in the process a vast literature. Through this prism Nightingale weaves a history which brilliantly links the big themes of empire, migration and racialization to the microanalysis of place and space.”—Simon Gunn, University of Leicester
A Secret History of China
2017 320 p. 6 x 9 70 halftones, 26 line drawings 74 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-36920-4 $27.50 Your Price: $9.00
Shanghai Nightscapes
A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City
James Farrer and Andrew David Field “A unique exploration of Shanghai’s clubs, bars, and dance halls that explains how and why Shanghai has once again become an epicenter of cosmopolitan nightlife. Drawing on a rich array of magazines, films, and many nights interviewing Shanghai entrepreneurs, performers, and club hoppers, Farrer and Field expertly ground their brilliant introduction to contemporary nightlife in a superb social history of Shanghai in the Jazz Age.”—Deborah Davis, coeditor of Wives, Husbands, and Lovers 2015 280 p. 6 x 9 18 halftones 75 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-26288-8 $27.50 Your Price: $9.00
A Village with My Name A Family History of China’s Opening to the World
Scott Tong “A Village With My Name is a rich, subtle, closely observed study of the power of memory (and forgetting) to shape both a family and a nation. Tong’s multigenerational tale of his remarkable clan captures all the contradictions of a China in worldchanging metamorphosis.” —Eric Liu, author of A Chinaman’s Chance 2017 272 p. 6 x 9 5 halftones 76 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-33886-6 $28.00 Your Price: $9.00 77 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-63695-5 $18.00 Your Price: $7.00
The History of Bhutan
Karma Phuntsho The History of Bhutan is the first book to offer a comprehensive history of Bhutan in English. Along with a detailed social and political analysis, it offers substantive discussions of Bhutan’s geography and culture: the result is the clearest, richest account of this nation and its history ever published for general readers. Distributed for Haus Publishing
2013 661 p. 61/5 x 91/2 35 color plates, 1 map 78 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-908323-58-3 $50.00 Your Price: $17.00
A Global History of Divided Cities
2012 536 p. 6 x 9 42 halftones 79 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-58074-6 $35.00 Your Price: $9.00
Walls
Enclosure and Ethics in the Modern Landscape
Thomas Oles “In this engrossing ethical study, landscape architect Oles ponders walls and their potential for oppression or human exchange. Drawing on rich historical examples such as Britain’s economically and ecologically valuable hedgerows, Oles offers an ethics test for proposed barriers that questions whether they support commonalities or embed differences.” —Nature 2014 232 p. 6 x 9 40 halftones 80 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-19924-5 $45.00 Your Price: $12.00
In Search of Ancient North Africa A History in Six Lives
Barnaby Rogerson “Rogerson focuses on ancient figures with complicated Berber and refugee identities. . . . He takes these complex questions on in conversational style. . . . He tells us their stories with great care and animation, filling in gaps with intelligent speculation.”—Times Literary Supplement Distributed for Haus Publishing
2018 320 p. 6 x 9 12 halftones 81 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-909961-54-8 $29.95 Your Price: $10.00
Lords of the Sea
A History of the Barbary Corsairs
Alan G. Jamieson “A detailed, synthetic account of the Barbary corsairs who rose from a minor Mediterranean nuisance to become a major maritime menace.” —Historian “Jamieson provides a welldocumented history of Muslim– Christian confrontation on the high seas, of devastating defeats inflicted on the mighty Holy Roman Empire.”—Military History Monthly Distributed for Reaktion Books
2012 272 p. 51/2 x 81/2 10 halftones 82 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-86189-907-1 $39.00 Your Price: $11.00
Islands
From Atlantis to Zanzibar
Steven Roger Fischer “In this astonishingly wide-ranging survey, [Fischer] tells us all about how islands have enchanted writers and artists, provoked clashes between lofty rulers, egged on greedy merchants and defined the world in which we live. . . . The author provides so many unexpected and fascinating nuggets . . . A charming and thought-provoking read.”—Geographical Magazine Distributed for Reaktion Books
2012 336 p. 51/2 x 81/2 10 halftones 83 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78023-032-0 $35.00 Your Price: $10.00
Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism
Cathy Gere “A stylish and original cultural history of Knossos.”—Economist “Gere re-creates a century of bizarre misreadings of the nearly unknown ancient culture of Crete, and in doing so has produced that rarest of literary surprises: a genuinely hilarious work of Minoan historiography. . . . Gere tells some outlandish stories, but she never makes the protagonists themselves ridiculous.”—Harper’s 2009 288 p. 6 x 9 23 halftones 84 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-28954-0 $18.00 Your Price: $7.00
A History of the Arctic
Nature, Exploration and Exploitation
John McCannon “A remarkable voyage through the Arctic, from its misty past to contentious present. . . . A must-read volume for the general public and scholars alike.”—Ronald E. Doel, Florida State University “[McCannon] possesses a keen eye for detail, especially in chronicling the region’s wildlife and the painful transition from exploration to exploitation. . . . This is a thoughtful, provocative study that should be read by anyone who cares about the Arctic’s fate.”—Geographical Magazine Distributed for Reaktion Books
2012 349 p. 6 x 9 50 halftones 85 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78023-018-4 $40.00 Your Price: $11.00
