Humanities, Literature and Arts
Featured Books
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Planning for Water Security in Southeast Asia
Community-Based Infrastructure During the Urban Transition
September, 2022
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An Age of Progress?
Clashing Twentieth-Century Global Forces
Walter G. Moss
An enthralling analysis of the defining social and political events of the twentieth century.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843313014
May 2008
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£35.00 / $35.00An enthralling analysis of the defining social and political events of the twentieth century.
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Govind Narayan’s Mumbai
An Urban Biography from 1863
Edited and translated by Murali Ranganathan
foreword by Gyan PrakashThe first ever book on Mumbai written in the Marathi language, this is a historically fascinating and revealing urban biography of nineteenth-century India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312772
March 2008
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£115.00 / $115.00The first ever book on Mumbai written in the Marathi language, this is a historically fascinating and revealing urban biography of nineteenth-century India.
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A Blogger’s Manifesto
Free Speech and Censorship in a Digital World
Erik Ringmar
An expansive and captivating interrogation of free speech in the modern world, exploring the limitations of the digital age.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312888
October 2007
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£14.99 / $14.99An expansive and captivating interrogation of free speech in the modern world, exploring the limitations of the digital age.
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The Indian Uprising of 1857-8
Prisons, Prisoners and Rebellion
Clare Anderson
An in-depth study of the 1857 Indian mutiny-rebellion, exploring the political and social themes of this remarkable phenomenon.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312499
September 2007
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£115.00 / $115.00An in-depth study of the 1857 Indian mutiny-rebellion, exploring the political and social themes of this remarkable phenomenon.
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America Magica
When Renaissance Europe Thought it had Conquered Paradise
Jean-Marc De Beer, Jorge Magasich-Airola
foreword by David AbulafiaAn enthralling account of the conflicting experiences of discovering the New World, drawing upon the intriguing tales of early discovery and amazing illustrations of the day.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312925
July 2007
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£22.95 / $22.95An enthralling account of the conflicting experiences of discovering the New World, drawing upon the intriguing tales of early discovery and amazing illustrations of the day.
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Spies in the Empire
Victorian Military Intelligence
Stephen Wade
Stephen Wade’s enthralling book reveals the unsteady foundations of one of the country’s most prominent and renowned organizations, tracing the various elements that gradually composed the intelligence and political branches of Britain’s Secret Service.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312628
July 2007
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£18.99 / $18.99Stephen Wade’s enthralling book reveals the unsteady foundations of one of the country’s most prominent and renowned organizations, tracing the various elements that gradually composed the intelligence and political branches of Britain’s Secret Service.
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An Insider’s Experience of Insurgency in India’s North-East
J. R. Mukherjee
A rare analysis that – for the first time – examines the crises of a region mired in political strife and ambiguity.
Anthem Press India
Hardback
9781843317005
May 2007
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£80.00 / $80.00A rare analysis that – for the first time – examines the crises of a region mired in political strife and ambiguity.
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Victorian Fiction and the Insights of Sympathy
An Alternative to the Hermeneutics of Suspicion
Brigid Lowe
This ground-breaking study of sympathetic readings in Victorian fiction breathes new life into contemporary literary criticism.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312338
March 2007
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£115.00 / $115.00This ground-breaking study of sympathetic readings in Victorian fiction breathes new life into contemporary literary criticism.
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Why Europe Was First
Social Change and Economic Growth in Europe and East Asia 1500-2050
Erik Ringmar
An engaging and enigmatic historical review of the way in which some countries have become economic successes, leaving others in their wake.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312413
March 2007
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£28.99 / $28.99An engaging and enigmatic historical review of the way in which some countries have become economic successes, leaving others in their wake.
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Religion, Law and Power
Tales of Time in Eastern India, 1860-2000
Ishita Banerjee-Dube
Examines the interplay of distinct yet overlapping facets of history, Hinduism, the state and the nation in Eastern India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312345
January 2007
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£115.00 / $115.00Examines the interplay of distinct yet overlapping facets of history, Hinduism, the state and the nation in Eastern India.
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Bengal Partition Stories
An Unclosed Chapter
Edited by Bashabi Fraser
Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312253
September 2006
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£115.00 / $115.00Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, ‘Bengal Partition Stories’ unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.
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Travel Writing in the Nineteenth Century
Filling the Blank Spaces
Edited by Tim Youngs
An insightful and illuminating collection of essays on the political and cultural dynamics of travel literature in the nineteenth century.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312185
September 2006
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£115.00 / $115.00An insightful and illuminating collection of essays on the political and cultural dynamics of travel literature in the nineteenth century.
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“Lesser Breeds”
Racial Attitudes in Popular British Culture, 1890-1940
Michael Diamond
An examination of racial attitudes in popular British culture, 1890–1940.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843312161
August 2006
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£21.95 / $21.95An examination of racial attitudes in popular British culture, 1890–1940.
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A Dictionary of Victorian London
An A-Z of the Great Metropolis
Lee Jackson
A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312307
August 2006
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£21.95 / $21.95A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
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Repositioning Victorian Sciences
Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-Century Thinking
Edited by David Clifford, Elisabeth Wadge, Alex Warwick, Martin Willis
An intriguing look at the marginal sciences of the nineteenth century and their influence on the culture of the period.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312123
May 2006
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£115.00 / $115.00An intriguing look at the marginal sciences of the nineteenth century and their influence on the culture of the period.
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The Poetry of Anna Akhmatova
Living in Different Mirrors
Alexandra Harrington
Outlines a fresh and coherent framework, reviewing Akhmatova's oeuvre in its totality for the first time.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312222
May 2006
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£115.00 / $115.00Outlines a fresh and coherent framework, reviewing Akhmatova’s oeuvre in its totality for the first time.
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Disraeli and the Art of Victorian Politics
Ian St John
A comprehensive and lively review of Benjamin Disraeli encompassing his political career, personal life and literary aspirations.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311904
October 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00A comprehensive and lively review of Benjamin Disraeli encompassing his political career, personal life and literary aspirations.
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Dostoevsky and the Dynamics of Religious Experience
Malcolm Jones
One of the world's foremost experts on Dostoevsky presents a new study, focusing on the religious concerns of the enigmatic author.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312055
September 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00One of the world’s foremost experts on Dostoevsky presents a new study, focusing on the religious concerns of the enigmatic author.
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Colonial Childhoods
The Juvenile Periphery of India 1850-1945
Satadru Sen
An exploration of the shaping of childhood in the colonial period.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311775
August 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00An exploration of the shaping of childhood in the colonial period.
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European Trade and Colonial Conquest
Volume 1
Biplab Dasgupta
A book on the evolution of Bengal's economy and society before colonisation, beginning from pre-historic days.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843310280
June 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00A book on the evolution of Bengal’s economy and society before colonisation, beginning from pre-historic days.
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Hollywood, the Pentagon and Washington
The Movies and National Security from World War II to the Present Day
Jean-Michel Valantin
A concerned investigation of the curious relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense that exposes some distressing collaborations.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311706
May 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00A concerned investigation of the curious relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense that exposes some distressing collaborations.
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Unmapped Countries
Biological Visions in Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture
Edited by Anne-Julia Zwierlein
An enlightening, multi-disciplinary investigation into the fascinating and courageous scientific explorations of the nineteenth century.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311591
March 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00An enlightening, multi-disciplinary investigation into the fascinating and courageous scientific explorations of the nineteenth century.
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Elegy for an Age
The Presence of the Past in Victorian Literature
John D. Rosenberg
A magisterial study of the Victorian longing for the past in the face of a turbulent present.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311560
February 2005
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£115.00 / $115.00A magisterial study of the Victorian longing for the past in the face of a turbulent present.
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Dostoevsky’s The Idiot and the Ethical Foundations of Narrative
Reading, Narrating, Scripting
Sarah Young
In considering Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot', a novel less easily defined in terms of plot and ideas than his other major fictional works, Sarah Young addresses problems in the novel unresolved by previous interpretations, and in doing so fills a significant gap in Dostoevsky studies.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311140
November 2004
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£115.00 / $115.00In considering Dostoevsky’s ‘The Idiot’, a novel less easily defined in terms of plot and ideas than his other major fictional works, Sarah Young addresses problems in the novel unresolved by previous interpretations, and in doing so fills a significant gap in Dostoevsky studies.