History
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The New Olive Branch (1820) and Selected Essays
Mathew Carey
Edited by Lawrence A. PeskinOne of the most important and neglected works of early American economics, Mathew Carey’s “The New Olive Branch” offers insight into political economy as it happened in early America, and provides an excellent example of resistance to Adam Smith and classical economics.
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9781783081554
October 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00One of the most important and neglected works of early American economics, Mathew Carey’s “The New Olive Branch” offers insight into political economy as it happened in early America, and provides an excellent example of resistance to Adam Smith and classical economics.
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The Lost Companions and John Ruskin’s Guild of St George
A Revisionary History
Mark Frost
This major new work, based on significant new material on Ruskin’s Guild of St George, offers the first authoritative work on this important venture in Ruskin’s late career in social, cultural, and environmental action.
Anthem Press
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9781783082834
August 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This major new work, based on significant new material on Ruskin’s Guild of St George, offers the first authoritative work on this important venture in Ruskin’s late career in social, cultural, and environmental action.
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Bulgaria in British Foreign Policy, 1943–1949
Marietta Stankova
This book explores Britain’s involvement in Bulgaria between 1943 and 1949, and by integrating little-known Communist Party documents with British diplomatic records, offers a new understanding of the origins of the Cold War in Bulgaria and the Balkans.
Anthem Press
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9781783082322
July 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores Britain’s involvement in Bulgaria between 1943 and 1949, and by integrating little-known Communist Party documents with British diplomatic records, offers a new understanding of the origins of the Cold War in Bulgaria and the Balkans.
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Fabricating Authenticity in Soviet Hungary
The Afterlife of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic in the Age of State Socialism
Péter Apor
This book explores the memory of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, which proved crucial for communist Hungarian political culture throughout the twentieth century. Apor takes an innovative approach to understudied aspects of European memory cultures, focusing particularly on how a dictatorship remembers and the concept of authenticity.
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9780857281104
March 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores the memory of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, which proved crucial for communist Hungarian political culture throughout the twentieth century. Apor takes an innovative approach to understudied aspects of European memory cultures, focusing particularly on how a dictatorship remembers and the concept of authenticity.
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In the World of the Outcasts
Notes of a Former Penal Laborer, Volume II
Pëtr Filippovich Iakubovich
translated by Andrew A. Gentes
introduction by Andrew A. GentesThis is the first English-language translation of P. F. Iakubovich’s popular roman à clef about his exile and experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century.
Anthem Press
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9781783081127
February 2014
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£130.00 / $130.00This is the first English-language translation of P. F. Iakubovich’s popular roman à clef about his exile and experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century.
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In the World of the Outcasts
Notes of a Former Penal Laborer, Volume I
Pëtr Filippovich Iakubovich
translated by Andrew A. Gentes
introduction by Andrew A. GentesThis is the first English-language translation of P. F. Iakubovich’s popular roman à clef about his exile and experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century.
Anthem Press
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9781783081110
February 2014
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£130.00 / $130.00This is the first English-language translation of P. F. Iakubovich’s popular roman à clef about his exile and experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century.
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A History of Ireland, 1800–1922
Theatres of Disorder?
Hilary Larkin
Ireland from 1800 to 1922 was a veritable theatre of political and civic disorder. This study seeks to integrate this sensational and often tragically scarred story with other more expansive historical narratives involving cultural, social and technological change.
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9781783080366
February 2014
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£22.95 / $22.95Ireland from 1800 to 1922 was a veritable theatre of political and civic disorder. This study seeks to integrate this sensational and often tragically scarred story with other more expansive historical narratives involving cultural, social and technological change.
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Colonialism and Transnational Psychiatry
The Development of an Indian Mental Hospital in British India, c. 1925–1940
Waltraud Ernst
This book provides an in-depth case study of a psychiatric institution within the context of colonial rule during the early twentieth century. It focuses on patient statistics, medical treatments and diagnoses, and considers the ‘indigenisation’ or ‘Indianisation’ of the colonial medical services and the significance of international professional networks.
Anthem Press
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9780857280190
October 2013
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£150.00 / $150.00This book provides an in-depth case study of a psychiatric institution within the context of colonial rule during the early twentieth century. It focuses on patient statistics, medical treatments and diagnoses, and considers the ‘indigenisation’ or ‘Indianisation’ of the colonial medical services and the significance of international professional networks.
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The Old World, the New World, and the Creation of the Modern World, 1400–1650
An Interpretive History
Aaron M. Shatzman
This book provides a unique look at the early years of European discovery and colonization, analyzing the impact of this period on the historical development of both the New and Old Worlds.
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9780857283337
August 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This book provides a unique look at the early years of European discovery and colonization, analyzing the impact of this period on the historical development of both the New and Old Worlds.
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The Mahatma Misunderstood
The Politics and Forms of Literary Nationalism in India
Snehal Shingavi
“The Mahatma Misunderstood” is a study of the fiction about Gandhi produced in his lifetime, and explains why novelists both vehemently critiqued and lovingly collaborated with the Mahatma simultaneously.
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9780857285119
March 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00“The Mahatma Misunderstood” is a study of the fiction about Gandhi produced in his lifetime, and explains why novelists both vehemently critiqued and lovingly collaborated with the Mahatma simultaneously.
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The Post-traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor
History and Holocaust in ‘Akropolis’ and ‘Dead Class’
Magda Romanska
foreword by Kathleen CioffiA historical and critical analysis of the post-traumatic theatre of Grotowski and Kantor, examining the ways they represent Auschwitz in their respective pivotal works ‘Akropolis’ and ‘Dead Class’.
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9780857285164
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00A historical and critical analysis of the post-traumatic theatre of Grotowski and Kantor, examining the ways they represent Auschwitz in their respective pivotal works ‘Akropolis’ and ‘Dead Class’.
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Statemaking and Territory in South Asia
Lessons from the Anglo–Gorkha War (1814–1816)
Bernardo A. Michael
This volume seeks to understand how European colonization transformed the organization of territory in South Asia through an examination of the territorial disputes that underlay the Anglo–Gorkha War of 1814–1816 and subsequent efforts of the colonial state to reorder its territories.
Anthem Press
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9780857285195
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume seeks to understand how European colonization transformed the organization of territory in South Asia through an examination of the territorial disputes that underlay the Anglo–Gorkha War of 1814–1816 and subsequent efforts of the colonial state to reorder its territories.
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Angus & Robertson and the British Trade in Australian Books, 1930–1970
The Getting of Bookselling Wisdom
Jason D. Ensor
This volume details the history of Australia’s oldest and most nationally iconic publishing firm, Angus & Robertson, and its long-term investment in establishing and maintaining a viable commercial arm in London from 1930 to 1970.
Anthem Press
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9780857285669
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume details the history of Australia’s oldest and most nationally iconic publishing firm, Angus & Robertson, and its long-term investment in establishing and maintaining a viable commercial arm in London from 1930 to 1970.
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Holodomor and Gorta Mór
Histories, Memories and Representations of Famine in Ukraine and Ireland
Edited by Christian Noack, Lindsay Janssen, Vincent Comerford
A comparative study of the famines of Ireland (1845–51) and Ukraine (1932–33), and how historical experiences of famine were translated into narratives that supported political claims for independent national statehood.
Anthem Press
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9780857285577
November 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00A comparative study of the famines of Ireland (1845–51) and Ukraine (1932–33), and how historical experiences of famine were translated into narratives that supported political claims for independent national statehood.
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Britain in India, 1858–1947
Lionel Knight
‘Britain in India, 1858–1947’ examines the last ninety years of British India, from the establishment of Crown rule after the Mutiny to withdrawal and partition in 1947.
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9780857285171
November 2012
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£22.95 / $22.95‘Britain in India, 1858–1947’ examines the last ninety years of British India, from the establishment of Crown rule after the Mutiny to withdrawal and partition in 1947.
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Edward Bouverie Pusey and the Oxford Movement
Edited by Rowan Strong, Carol Engelhardt Herringer
‘Edward Bouverie Pusey and the Oxford Movement’ challenges accepted scholarly wisdom regarding the life, personality and work of this once-famous Victorian scholar and churchman.
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9780857285652
October 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Edward Bouverie Pusey and the Oxford Movement’ challenges accepted scholarly wisdom regarding the life, personality and work of this once-famous Victorian scholar and churchman.
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The Politics of Enlightenment
Constitutionalism, Republicanism, and the Rights of Man in Gaetano Filangieri
Vincenzo Ferrone
translated by Sophus A. ReinertWritten by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.
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9780857289704
September 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.
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Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India
Bihar, 1760s–1880s
Nitin Sinha
This volume offers a detailed analysis of colonial policies in respect to communication in India – via roads, ferries, steamships and railways – and reveals how communication became an integral part of colonial governance in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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9780857284488
September 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume offers a detailed analysis of colonial policies in respect to communication in India – via roads, ferries, steamships and railways – and reveals how communication became an integral part of colonial governance in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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King John
An Underrated King
Graham E. Seel
Through contextual analysis and by reassessing the chronicle evidence, Graham E. Seel presents a compelling reevaluation of the reign of King John.
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9780857285188
August 2012
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£22.95 / $22.95Through contextual analysis and by reassessing the chronicle evidence, Graham E. Seel presents a compelling reevaluation of the reign of King John.
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An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century American Science Writing
Edited by C. R. Resetarits
This anthology is the first collection of primary science articles written by scientists working in America during the nineteenth century.
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9780857289742
March 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This anthology is the first collection of primary science articles written by scientists working in America during the nineteenth century.
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Iron Lazar
A Political Biography of Lazar Kaganovich
E. A. Rees
The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ provides an insight into the political and personal relations of the Stalin group, and examines Kaganovich’s role in shaping policy during the Stalinist regime.
Anthem Press
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9780857283498
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ provides an insight into the political and personal relations of the Stalin group, and examines Kaganovich’s role in shaping policy during the Stalinist regime.
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Perceptions of the Press in Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals
A Bibliography
E. M. Palmegiano
This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic, imperial and foreign press.
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9780857284396
February 2012
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£130.00 / $130.00This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic, imperial and foreign press.
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Studies in the Kasikavrtti. The Section on Pratyaharas
Critical Edition, Translation and Other Contributions
Edited by Pascale Haag, Vincenzo Vergiani
This volume contains a critical edition, English translation and essays on the initial section of the Kasikavrtti (7th c. CE), the oldest complete commentary on the Astadhyayi of Panini.
Anthem Press
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9780857284341
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume contains a critical edition, English translation and essays on the initial section of the Kasikavrtti (7th c. CE), the oldest complete commentary on the Astadhyayi of Panini.
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The Mahanubhavs
Antonio Rigopoulos
This volume offers an overview of the origins and main religious and doctrinal characteristics of the Mahanubhavs, the ascetic, devotional sect that arose in 13th century Maharashtra.
Anthem Press
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9780857284013
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume offers an overview of the origins and main religious and doctrinal characteristics of the Mahanubhavs, the ascetic, devotional sect that arose in 13th century Maharashtra.