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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Colonial Urbanism in the Age of the Enlightenment
The Spanish Bourbon Reforms in the River Plate
Claudia Murray
This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire and shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role of urban developers and enhanced their economic status by investing in and controlling the Buenos Aires’ property market.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785279812
June 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire and shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role of urban developers and enhanced their economic status by investing in and controlling the Buenos Aires’ property market.
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Quantitative Literary Analysis of the Works of Aphra Behn
Words of Passion
Laura L. Runge
This book explores the works of Aphra Behn (1640–1689) synchronically through word counts and statistical measures. It analyzes, by genre, poetry, drama, and prose, examining the quantification of Behn’s literary style. The conclusion applies thematic questions to the full corpus for an innovative and comprehensive assessment of Behn’s writing.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839982002
May 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This book explores the works of Aphra Behn (1640–1689) synchronically through word counts and statistical measures. It analyzes, by genre, poetry, drama, and prose, examining the quantification of Behn’s literary style. The conclusion applies thematic questions to the full corpus for an innovative and comprehensive assessment of Behn’s writing.
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Challenging the Narrative
Documentary Film as Participatory Practice in Conflict Situations
Cahal McLaughlin
Filmmaker McLaughlin addresses the need to create platforms for survivors of political violence to tell their stories in order to challenge marginalizing narratives and injustices and as a form of public acknowledgement and personal healing.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781839988691
May 2023
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£24.95 / $24.95Filmmaker McLaughlin addresses the need to create platforms for survivors of political violence to tell their stories in order to challenge marginalizing narratives and injustices and as a form of public acknowledgement and personal healing.
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Youth Movements and Generational Politics, 19th–21st Centuries
Edited by Richard G. Braungart, Margaret M. Braungart
Youth Movements and Generational Politics, 19th–21st Centuries by Richard and Margaret Braungart is a collection of 19 of their previously published research articles on youthful political activism, generational conflict and social change—from the first student movement in Germany in 1815 to the international eruption of youth unrest and demonstrations in the 21st century. A concluding chapter assesses the global trends and worldwide surge in youth movement activity from 2000 to 2020, which is then put into perspective in relation to previous historical generations of youthful political unrest.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785277894
April 2023
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£200.00 / $200.00Youth Movements and Generational Politics, 19th–21st Centuries by Richard and Margaret Braungart is a collection of 19 of their previously published research articles on youthful political activism, generational conflict and social change—from the first student movement in Germany in 1815 to the international eruption of youth unrest and demonstrations in the 21st century. A concluding chapter assesses the global trends and worldwide surge in youth movement activity from 2000 to 2020, which is then put into perspective in relation to previous historical generations of youthful political unrest.
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Explorations in Twentieth-century Theology and Philosophy
People Preoccupied with God
Ann Loades
Edited by Stephen BurnsExplorations in Twentieth-Century Theology and Philosophy is a collection of studies of the thought of Evelyn Underhill, Dorothy L. Sayers, C. S. Lewis, Austin Farrer, Simone Weil, and others by a leading contemporary theologian.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785278587
April 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Explorations in Twentieth-Century Theology and Philosophy is a collection of studies of the thought of Evelyn Underhill, Dorothy L. Sayers, C. S. Lewis, Austin Farrer, Simone Weil, and others by a leading contemporary theologian.
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The Origin and Development of Dougong and Zaojing in Early China
Jing Xie
This book inquiries about the origin of dougong and zaojing in Chinese Bronze Age, and their heavenly interpretations in the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220), with an aim to remind people the rich cultural meanings embodied in these two important architectural elements in early China.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781785279423
April 2023
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£24.95 / $24.95This book inquiries about the origin of dougong and zaojing in Chinese Bronze Age, and their heavenly interpretations in the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220), with an aim to remind people the rich cultural meanings embodied in these two important architectural elements in early China.
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Political Discourse and Media in Times of Crisis
Edited by Sofia Iordanidou, Nael Jebril, Emmanouil Takas
This edited book examines the key challenges in political discourse and journalistic practice in times of crises. It focuses on European paradigms and links political rhetoric and media challenges with the societal, political, and financial crises from 2008 until the present.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839982828
April 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This edited book examines the key challenges in political discourse and journalistic practice in times of crises. It focuses on European paradigms and links political rhetoric and media challenges with the societal, political, and financial crises from 2008 until the present.
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Chinese TV in the Netflix Era
Edited by Xu Xiaying (Richard Xu), Liu Hui
This book aims to provide an account of Chinese television, particularly online drama series, or webisodes, with an awareness of the existence and competition of Netflix.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839987052
April 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This book aims to provide an account of Chinese television, particularly online drama series, or webisodes, with an awareness of the existence and competition of Netflix.
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The Impact of Coincidence in Modern American, British, and Asian History
Twenty-One Unusual Historical Events
Bruce A. Elleman
In 21 case studies, this short book examines the distinctive coincidental history of America, Britain, and various Asian countries during the twentieth century.
Anthem Press
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9781839989605
March 2023
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£24.95 / $24.95In 21 case studies, this short book examines the distinctive coincidental history of America, Britain, and various Asian countries during the twentieth century.
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Samuel Beckett and the Arts
Italian Negotiations
Edited by Davide Crosara, Mario Martino
The volume examines the relationship between Samuel Beckett and Italian culture from an intermedial perspective.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839989667
March 2023
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00The volume examines the relationship between Samuel Beckett and Italian culture from an intermedial perspective.
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Animals and Plants in Chinese Religions and Science
Huaiyu Chen
This transdisciplinary study focuses on animals and plants in medieval Chinese religions and science. It examines how medieval religious agents engaged with animals and plants as material culture in the mundane world, and how the spiritual world and natural world mutually enriched each other in the medieval world of China.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839985010
March 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This transdisciplinary study focuses on animals and plants in medieval Chinese religions and science. It examines how medieval religious agents engaged with animals and plants as material culture in the mundane world, and how the spiritual world and natural world mutually enriched each other in the medieval world of China.
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International Broadcasting and Its Contested Role in Australian Statecraft
Middle Power, Smart Power
Geoff Heriot
An insightful and timely reappraisal of international broadcasting as an instrument of discursive rather than ‘soft’ power and its contested role in Australia’s Indo-Pacific regional statecraft.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839985041
March 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00An insightful and timely reappraisal of international broadcasting as an instrument of discursive rather than ‘soft’ power and its contested role in Australia’s Indo-Pacific regional statecraft.
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British Encounters with Syrian-Mesopotamian Overland Routes to India, 1751-1795
Rethinking Enlightenment Improvement
Mohammad Sakhnini
The book examines the relationship between the Enlightenment idea of improvement and eighteenth-century travel writings about Middle Eastern overland routes to India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785279362
March 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00The book examines the relationship between the Enlightenment idea of improvement and eighteenth-century travel writings about Middle Eastern overland routes to India.
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Media Sociology and Journalism
Studies in Truth and Democracy
Greg Nielsen
While the alt right and post-truth attitudes render democracy fragile, so does professional journalism when it reports on the most vulnerable subjects in society but rarely addresses them as the imagined audience. A dialogical critique of divisions in news media, politics, and contemporary sociological theory can provide an alternative way forward.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839980602
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00While the alt right and post-truth attitudes render democracy fragile, so does professional journalism when it reports on the most vulnerable subjects in society but rarely addresses them as the imagined audience. A dialogical critique of divisions in news media, politics, and contemporary sociological theory can provide an alternative way forward.
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Grand-Guignol Cinema and the Horror Genre
Sinister Tableaux of Dread, Corporeality and the Senses
Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare
Grand-Gugignol Cinema and the Horror Genre maps important contributions of the Parisian Grand-Guignol theatre’s Golden Age as theoretical considerations of embodiment and affect in the development of horror cinema in the twentieth century. This study traces key components of the Grand-Guignol stage as a means to explore the immersive and corporeal aspects of horror cinema from the sound period to today.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839980961
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Grand-Gugignol Cinema and the Horror Genre maps important contributions of the Parisian Grand-Guignol theatre’s Golden Age as theoretical considerations of embodiment and affect in the development of horror cinema in the twentieth century. This study traces key components of the Grand-Guignol stage as a means to explore the immersive and corporeal aspects of horror cinema from the sound period to today.
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Radical Realism, Autofictional Narratives and the Reinvention of the Novel
Fiona J. Doloughan
This monograph treats modes of fictionality in contemporary auto/biography, memoir and autofiction. Adopting a case study approach, it demonstrates the extent to which contexts of production and reception are important in framing generic expectations with respect to the representation of lived experience and in helping to determine the status of the narrator as (fictional) persona or (implied) author.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839983375
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This monograph treats modes of fictionality in contemporary auto/biography, memoir and autofiction. Adopting a case study approach, it demonstrates the extent to which contexts of production and reception are important in framing generic expectations with respect to the representation of lived experience and in helping to determine the status of the narrator as (fictional) persona or (implied) author.
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The World of Wu Zhao
Annotated Selections from Zhang Zhuo’s Court and Country
N. Harry Rothschild
The World of Wu Zhao is an annotated translation of Zhang Zhuo’s collection of miscellany, Court and Country, that offers a lively, folksy and novel perspective of the empire of Wu Zhao, China’s first and only female emperor, that will amuse and shock readers, prompting them to recalibrate everything they think they know about medieval China.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839983528
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00The World of Wu Zhao is an annotated translation of Zhang Zhuo’s collection of miscellany, Court and Country, that offers a lively, folksy and novel perspective of the empire of Wu Zhao, China’s first and only female emperor, that will amuse and shock readers, prompting them to recalibrate everything they think they know about medieval China.
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The Dao of Civilization
A Letter to China
Freya Mathews
The book sets out a prospectus for a new form of civilization patterned at every level to serve and sustain the biosphere. It calls on China to lead the world towards this new era by re-crafting its own civilization in accordance with its indigenous tap-root: Dao.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781839984853
February 2023
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£24.95 / $24.95The book sets out a prospectus for a new form of civilization patterned at every level to serve and sustain the biosphere. It calls on China to lead the world towards this new era by re-crafting its own civilization in accordance with its indigenous tap-root: Dao.
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Transnational Coupling in the Age of Nation Making during the 19th and 20th Centuries
Nicole Leopoldie
Transnational Coupling in the Age of Nation Making during the 19th and 20th Centuries examines and compares courtship and marriage patterns that occurred between France and the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Departing from state-centered studies of marriage law, it draws on the methodologies of transnational history, cultural history and the history of emotion to show that these unions were part of a broader pattern of the larger cultural love affair between the two societies.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839986208
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Transnational Coupling in the Age of Nation Making during the 19th and 20th Centuries examines and compares courtship and marriage patterns that occurred between France and the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Departing from state-centered studies of marriage law, it draws on the methodologies of transnational history, cultural history and the history of emotion to show that these unions were part of a broader pattern of the larger cultural love affair between the two societies.
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Brazil and the Transnational Human Rights Movement, 1964-1985
Anna Grimaldi
Brazil and the Transnational Human Rights Movement, 1964–1985 is about how Brazilians and European solidarity networks collaborated to resist dictatorship in Brazil and contribute to a more expansive definition of human rights.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839985508
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Brazil and the Transnational Human Rights Movement, 1964–1985 is about how Brazilians and European solidarity networks collaborated to resist dictatorship in Brazil and contribute to a more expansive definition of human rights.
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Analysing American Advice Books for Single Mothers Raising Sons
Essentialism, Culture and Guilt
Berit Åström
This intersectional study analyses the normative pressures placed on single mothers raising sons in contemporary parenting literature and how traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity are used to undermine the mothers. The study further connects the advice books to a cultural backlash against ideas of ‘involved fatherhood’ and ‘caring masculinity’.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785278884
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This intersectional study analyses the normative pressures placed on single mothers raising sons in contemporary parenting literature and how traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity are used to undermine the mothers. The study further connects the advice books to a cultural backlash against ideas of ‘involved fatherhood’ and ‘caring masculinity’.
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V. S. Naipaul of Trinidad
Nivedita Misra
The book collects material from local critics, newspapers and interviews to present V. S. Naipaul in new light as a “true blue” Trinidadian writer. The book foregrounds Naipaul’s deep connections not only with the land of his birth but with its literary and historical heritage and its peoples.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839989193
January 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00The book collects material from local critics, newspapers and interviews to present V. S. Naipaul in new light as a “true blue” Trinidadian writer. The book foregrounds Naipaul’s deep connections not only with the land of his birth but with its literary and historical heritage and its peoples.
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Portuguese and Amsterdam Sephardic Merchants in the Tobacco Trade
Tierra Firme and Hispaniola in the Early Seventeenth Century
Yda Schreuder
Portuguese and Amsterdam Sephardic Merchants in the Tobacco Trade is a history of the role of Portuguese and Sephardic merchants in the tobacco industry and trade of Amsterdam. It focuses on the contraband trade with Tierra Firme and Hispaniola in the early seventeenth century as documented in the Engel Sluiter Historical Documents Collection.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785278280
January 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Portuguese and Amsterdam Sephardic Merchants in the Tobacco Trade is a history of the role of Portuguese and Sephardic merchants in the tobacco industry and trade of Amsterdam. It focuses on the contraband trade with Tierra Firme and Hispaniola in the early seventeenth century as documented in the Engel Sluiter Historical Documents Collection.
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The Archaeology of War
The History of Violence between the 20th and 21st Centuries
Christian Wevelsiep
The book analyses the history of violence in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and traces the many situations, images, motifs and sources for this experience of unbounded violence that characterizes our times.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839983559
January 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00The book analyses the history of violence in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and traces the many situations, images, motifs and sources for this experience of unbounded violence that characterizes our times.