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Cover illustration: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: The torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, from a stereograph card pub-lished by the Centennial Photographic Company of Philadelphia, ca. 1876. Featured in Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty by Yasmin Sabina Khan (see p. 12).

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sPArtAk MosCowA History of the People’s Team in the Workers’ Staterobert edelman

“Today’s savvy sports fan accepts that favorite games have a political dimension, without allowing that to deter from the thrill of competition. In this fasci-nating study of one of Moscow’s preeminent soccer teams, Robert Edelman reminds that the opposite is also true, that politics has an athletic edge. Permit-ting fans, managers, and athletes to tell the history of their team, Spartak, Edelman provides unique in-sights into the USSR and Russia.”

—Louise McReynoLds, unc chapeL hiLL

2009 | isbn: 978-0-8014-4742-6400 pages | $35.00 clotH (catalog price: $28.00)

CArs for CoMrAdesThe Life of the Soviet Automobilelewis H. siegelbaum

• winner, 2009 ed a. Hewett book prize (ameri-can association for tHe advancement of slavic studies)

“Siegelbaum has produced a superb account of Soviet life as viewed through the lens of the failed Soviet struggle to match the capitalist West, and the U.S. in particular, auto for auto and highway for highway, while denying its citizens the mobility that would undermine the Soviet state. The book is a pleasure to read and brings an important part of Soviet his-tory to light by illustrating the day-to-day workings of its economic system.”—Books & Culture

2008 | isBn: 978-0-8014-4638-2328 pages | $39.95 clotH (catalog price: $31.96)

to the tAshkent stAtionEvacuation and Survival in the Soviet Union at War rebecca manley

“This is an indispensable contribution to the schol-arship on World War II. It will certainly repay the attention of readers who are seeking a serious, in-formed, and nuanced study of Soviet wartime up-heaval and mobilization. Drawing from source ma-terial in several Russian archives, Rebecca Manley guides the reader through debates on policy as well as the process and experiences of evacuation, reset-tlement, and return of Soviet civilians.”

—peteR GatReLL, univeRsity of ManchesteR


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froM rUins to reConstrUCtionUrban Identity in Soviet Sevastopol after World War IIkarl d. Qualls

“The epic of Sevastopol’s destruction, reconstruction, and memorializing as recounted in Karl D. Qualls’s From Ruins to Reconstruction is both an important case study of postwar reconstruction and a sig-nificant contribution to our understanding of ‘high Stalinism.’”—theodoRe R. Weeks, southeRn iLLinois univeRsity


stories of the soviet eXPerienCeMemoirs, Diaries, Dreamsirina paperno

“With this, her third magisterial book, the eminent literary and cultural historian Irina Paperno moves from Russia’s nineteenth into the twentieth century, of which she was a denizen and which is now histo-ry. As usual, Paperno works at the elusive borderline between ‘raw life’ and the ‘meaning(s)’ born from its foam. The riveting interest of the stories told by his-tory’s participants is matched by the sophistication of the analyst.”—aLexandeR ZhoLkovsky, usc

2009 | isbn: 978-0-8014-7590-0304 pages | $22.95 paper (catalog price: $18.36)

khrUshChev’s Cold sUMMerGulag Returnees, Crime, and the Fate of Reform after Stalin miriam dobson

“A truly panoptic study of Khrushchev’s USSR, Miriam Dobson’s book offers a perceptive analysis of de-Stalinization, especially the social and moral upheavals following the mass return of ‘Stalin’s out-casts’ from the Gulag. Based on new archival sources and covering issues as diverse as party politics, youth culture, and prisoners’ tattoos, it shows a society in the process of reinventing itself, defining new val-ues and articulating new meanings for justice, honor, and respectability.”—hubeRtus f. Jahn, univeRsity of caMbRidGe


the MAny lives of khrUshChev’s thAwExperience and Memory in Moscow’s ArbatstepHen v. bittner

“Bittner’s account consistently refines and compli-cates the myth of the ‘thaw’ while acknowledging myth’s real cultural and social power. The ‘thaw’ myth and the Arbat myth, he argues, became en-twined, even mutually constitutive. . . . An immense-ly rewarding and thought-provoking work.”

—russian review


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slAvoPhile eMPireImperial Russia’s Illiberal Pathlaura engelstein

“These concise and lucid essays by Laura Engelstein reveal the complex and straitened political culture of moderate and conservative Russia in the century before the 1917 revolution. Engelstein provides a compelling analysis of the futile quests of liberals and conservative thinkers and artists to find a basis for a viable Russian national identity either in civic ideals or in Orthodox religion while facing an un-yielding autocracy and an increasingly intransigent revolutionary movement.”

—RichaRd WoRtMan, coLuMbia univeRsity


the odd MAn kArAkozovImperial Russia, Modernity, and the Birth of Terrorismclaudia verHoeven

“Verhoeven demonstrates that Karakozov’s attempt on the life of Alexander II inaugurated a new form of modern terrorist political violence—the murder of a crowned ruler, conceived as a form of action and communication intended to catalyze further revolu-tionary upheaval and the overthrow of the state.”

—kevin M. f. pLatt, univeRsity of pennysLvania


divine soPhiAThe Wisdom Writings of Vladimir Solovyov JuditH deutscH kornblatt

• winner, 2009 association for women in slavic studies’ prize for best translation in slavic/east-ern european/eurasian women’s studies

“Kornblatt has written an extremely interesting and valuable book devoted to Divine Sophia, a concept which came to fascinate Solovyov and appears in many of his writings, while providing the reader with annotated translations of Solovyov’s Wis-dom writings, each introduced by a helpful reading guide.”—times literary supplement


lost to the ColleCtiveSuicide and the Promise of Soviet Socialism, 1921–1929kennetH m. pinnow

“Based on a broad foundation of sources, Lost to the Col-lective employs closely focused and well-argued chap-ters to study how specific institutional nodes—the Communist Party, the Red Army, forensic medical doctors, social statisticians—understood, tracked, and explained suicide. This impressive book should be of interest to students of Soviet history and more broadly to those interested in the interplay of social science and state policy.”

—peteR hoLquist, univeRsity of pennsyLvania


renovAting rUssiAThe Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 1880–1930daniel beer

“Beer offers a wealth of new material on the pre-rev-olutionary roots of the intellectual apparatus used by the Bolsheviks to make sense of their society. The book offers a convincing case in favor of seeing the Soviet modernization project, not as a deviation from European modernity, but as ‘a legitimate off-spring of the modern spirit,’ as Zygmunt Bauman has put it.”—times literary supplement


the old fAith And the rUssiAn lAndA Historical Ethnography of Ethics in the Uralsdouglas rogers

“This extraordinarily skillful and instructive account of a community’s creation of ethical practices and subjectivities uses ethnography to illuminate his-tory and historical study to elucidate current efforts to define community standards. Rogers’s work also speaks powerfully to the role of religion and com-munity in the post-Soviet world more broadly.”

—david L. RanseL, indiana univeRsity

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Meeting the deMAnds of reAsonThe Life and Thought of Andrei SakharovJay bergman

“In this superb intellectual history, Jay Bergman il-luminates the rise of the public citizen in the USSR, from Stalin to Gorbachev, explaining how physi-cist Andrei Sakharov moved from unquestioningly developing nuclear weapons for the Soviet state to raising questions about universal human rights and even the legitimacy of the USSR.”

—pauL R. Josephson, coLby coLLeGe


AdAM MiCkiewiCzThe Life of a Romanticroman koropeckyJ

• cowinner, 2009 aaass/orbis books prize for polisH studies

“This superb, meticulously researched, richly detailed book places the great Polish Romantic poet and patriot in the midst of European events

of his time. . . . Koropeckyj reveals details unknown even to avid scholars of Polish literature.”—ChoiCe


kidnAPPed soUlsNational Indifference and the Battle for Children in the Bohemian Lands, 1900–1948tara zaHra

• winner, 2009 barbara JelavicH book prize (ameri-can association for tHe ad-vancement of slavic studies)

• winner, 2009 czecHoslovak studies association book prize

“Zahra’s finely researched, engagingly written book makes many contributions to several different lit-eratures, including comparative studies of national-ism, the history of the welfare state, and the history of pedagogy. Most striking is her ability to write a truly Bohemian history, rather than a Czech or Ger-man one.”—h-German, h-net reviews



the greengroCer And his tvThe Culture of Communism after the 1968 Prague Spring paulina bren

“Few scholars have yet tackled the dynamics of what Václav Havel called ‘post-totalitarianism,’ with its myriad enticements to conformity. In this engag-ing, entertaining book, Paulina Bren shows us that the relationship between the communist state and Czechoslovak society was mediated by television. To understand the regime’s longevity, therefore, we would really have to sit down in the greengrocer’s living room and watch what his family is watching. And now we can.”

—padRaic kenney, indiana univeRsity

2010 | isBn: 978-0-8014-7642-6264 pages | $24.95 paper (catalog price: $19.96)

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hysteriCAl MenWar, Psychiatry, and the Politics of Trauma in Germany, 1890–1930paul lerner

• winner, 2006 cHeiron book prize (cHeiron: tHe international society for tHe History of beHav-ioral and social sciences)

“This is sure to become the standard text on the tangled relations among war, psychological trauma, medicine, welfare, and masculinity in early twenti-eth-century Germany.”—German studies review

cornell studies in tHe History of psycHiatry 2009 (2003) | isbn: 978-0-8014-7536-8344 pages | $29.95 paper (catalog price: $23.96)

reforMing the MorAl sUBjeCtEthics and Sexuality in Central Europe, 1890–1930tracie matysik

“Matysik is stunningly creative in her analysis of the formation of the female moral subject at the turn of the last century. She tightly weaves an elegant ac-count of connections among ethics discourses, the field of sexuality, subjectivity, and citizenship, along with important explorations of religion, science, the racial imagination, and psychoanalysis.”—kathLeen canninG, univeRsity of MichiGan


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in defense of ChristiAn hUngAryReligion, Nationalism, and Antisemitism, 1890–1944paul a. Hanebrink

“Hanebrink in his excellent, well-researched study brings together important questions concerning nationalism, religion, and the ever-present issue of antisemitism.”—slaviC review

2009 (2006) | isbn: 978-0-8014-7530-6272 pages | $24.95 paper (catalog price: $19.96)

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BreAd And deMoCrACy in gerMAnyalexander gerscHenkronwitH a foreword by cHarles maier

“In this carefully documented, illuminating study (first published in 1943), Gerschenkron analyzes the interesting problem of the relation between democracy and protection of agricultural products, particularly of grain, in Germany.”—politiCal sCienCe Quarterly


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Mirrors of MeMoryFreud, Photography, and the History of Artmary bergstein

“Bergstein combines her talents as an art historian with a sophisticated approach to Freud and psycho-analytic theory to tell us much about the mentality of turn-of-the-century visual culture in central Eu-rope and its impact on the development of Freud’s thought.”—MichaeL Roth, WesLeyan univeRsity

cornell studies in tHe History of psycHiatry 2010 | isbn: 978-0-8014-4819-5344 pages | $29.95 clotH (catalog price: $23.96)


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BeCoMing A woMAn in the Age of lettersdena goodman

“We might expect a book on girls and young women writing letters to tell us about their education and the instruction given by their mothers, but Dena Goodman takes us to many more surprising places too: to the shops where inkstands, fine Dutch paper, and fashionable writing desks were sold, to female painters choosing how to depict women writing letters, and ultimately to the hard-won sense of self gained in the act of pressing quill to paper. Goodman recaptures a world we have forgotten and recovers aspects of it we never knew.”—Lynn hunt, ucLa


lABorAtories of fAithMesmerism, Spiritism, and Occultism in Modern FranceJoHn warne monroe

“This is an excellently researched, scholarly look at serious-minded people seeking empirical truth for the doctrines they already believed by faith, a ‘sci-ence of God.’ With a firmer grip than most writers on his subject, Monroe puts these events into their political context, showing how psychic phenomena had a rewarding way of changing shape to reflect the preoccupations of those observing them.”

—the Guardian


new in paperback ConsUMing visionsMass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine suzanne k. kaufman

“This is a sophisticated, erudite, and provocative study of one of the world’s most enduringly popu-lar modern sites of Christian worship. Kaufman has produced an important book that will be of great interest not just to historians of France but to any-one interested in the role of religion in the modern world.”—ameriCan historiCal review

2009 (2004) | isbn: 978-0-8014-7532-0264 pages | $24.95 paper (catalog price: $19.96)reiMAgining PolitiCs After

the terrorThe Republican Origins of French Liberalismandrew JaincHill

“After this pathbreaking work, the decade between Thermidor and the establishment of the Empire will no longer be a political black hole during which bourgeois interests ran wild. The classical republi-can theories that had animated the revolutionaries did not disappear; private interest did not replace public spirit. Jainchill illustrates the emergence of a modern ‘liberal republicanism’ that recognizes that liberalism can no more survive without republican-ism than republicanism can ignore the principles of liberalism. His careful historical reconstruction will interest political theorists who are not primarily specialists in the French revolution. Although Jain-chill does not mention it directly, it is tempting to ask whether his liberal republicanism does not offer hints for dealing with our own recent experience.”

—dick hoWaRd, stony bRook univeRsity


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why frAnCe?American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascinationlaura lee downs & stépHane gerson, editors afterword by roger cHartier

“These historians are not afraid to open up and reveal their sensibility, even their sensuality. They express the richness of their historical vocation and the gains of a self-discovery that is made possible or intensified by distance and alterity.”—aLain coRbin, le monde

–contRibutoRs–ken aLdeR, noRthWesteRn univeRsity

John W. baLdWin, the Johns hopkins univeRsity

edWaRd beRenson, neW yoRk univeRsity

heRRick chapMan, neW yoRk univeRsity

cLaRe haRu cRoWston, univeRsity of iLLinois

baRbaRa diefendoRf, boston univeRsity

Jan GoLdstein, the univeRsity of chicaGo

Lynn hunt, ucLasteven kapLan, coRneLL univeRsity

thoMas kseLMan, notRe daMe univeRsity

heRMan Lebovics, stony bRook univeRsity

RobeRt paxton, coLuMbia univeRsity

todd shepaRd, the Johns hopkins univeRisity

LeonaRd v. sMith, obeRLin coLLeGe

GabRieLLe spieGeL, the Johns hopkins univeRsity

tyLeR stovaLL, uc beRkeLey

2009 (2006) | isBn: 978-0-8014-7570-2256 pages | $21.95 paper (catalog price: $17.56)

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signs of lightFrench and British Theories of Linguistic Communication, 1648–1789mattHew lauzon

“Signs of Light shows Matthew Lauzon’s extensive learning in a wide range of areas, including language theory, missionary tracts, and literary texts. He reorients our approach to early modern language theory in the direction of the study of processes of communication, as opposed to emphasizing the doc-umentation of static ideals of transparency.”

—LauRa bRoWn, coRneLL univeRsity


sUrreAlisM And the Art of CriMeJonatHan p. eburne

“Copiously (in places grotesquely) illustrated, this study is an original take on the necessary blend of politics and sociology and their nefarious offshoots of gutter journalism, lurid dime novels, rumor, pro-paganda, and serious art—a shaky, volatile mix that is in one’s face, mind, and sometimes nightmares. The visuals contribute viscerally to the substantive research, presented in journalistic, readable prose that depicts the noirish nature of subjects and peo-ple. This book is well done and delicious fun.”

—ChoiCe


fUtUre tenseThe Culture of Anticipation in France between the Warsroxanne pancHasi

“Roxanne Panchasi’s core insight is that the future can be a congenial place to think about the present—even if the thoughts themselves are far from reassur-ing. She shows us how certain objects—artificial limbs, vitamins, domestic furnishings, America—intruded on the French imagination of the 1920s and 1930s, objectifying forebodings of stagnation and ir-relevance. Future Tense is a timely book in the cultural history of anxiety.”—RayMond Jonas, univeRsity of WashinGton


new in paperback the invention of deColonizAtionThe Algerian War and the Remaking of Francetodd sHepard

• WinneR, 2006 J. RusseLL MaJoR pRiZe (aMeRican histoRicaL association)

• WinneR, 2008 counciL foR euRopean studies book aWaRd

“Todd Shepard’s timely and significant work will be of interest to a wide range of scholars. Using Alge-ria as a case study, Shepard shows how the history of French imperialism and anti-imperialism was rewritten after Algerian independence by bureau-crats, politicians, and journalists in such a way as to present decolonization as ‘a predetermined end point’ that was inevitable, rather than as the failure of a genuine project of national integration in the colonies.”—modern and Contemporary FranCe


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differentiAl diAgnosesA Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and Francepaul v. dutton

“By first exposing the stereotypes and then carefully exploring the distinct histories of health care provi-sion in the U.S. and France, Dutton provides unique and valuable insight into how both countries can better address their respective health crises.”

—JeReMy shapiRo, the bRookinGs institution

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from leuven university press—A sMAll nAtion in the tUrMoil of the seCond world wArMoney, Finance and Occupation (Belgium, its Enemies, its Friends, 1939–1945)Herman van der wee & moniQue verbreyt

“The authors tell an important—and fascinating—story of the Belgian central bank and the Belgian government in Brussels and in London during the hazardous years of World War II.”—peteR Mathias, caMbRidGe univeRsity


reforMing UrBAn lABorRoutes to the City, Roots in the CountryJanet l. polasky

In this innovative urban history, comparisons of nineteenth-century London and Brussels are inter-woven in the context of industrial Europe as a whole. Polasky sets urban planning against the backdrop of idealized rural images, links transportation and housing reform, and investigates the relationship of middle-class reformers with industrial workers and their families in the struggle to control the built en-vironment and its labor force.


the serf, the knight, And the historiAndominiQue bartHélemytranslated from tHe frencH by graHam robert edwards

“This is an outstanding trans-lation of Dominique Barthéle-my’s brilliantly argued attack on the scholarly consensus of the last half century that a

so-called ‘feudal revolution’ radically transformed France and other regions of Europe in around 1000, and it features two new essays written for this volume.”—stephen d. White, eMoRy univeRsity


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BeggArs, iConoClAsts, And CiviC PAtriotsThe Political Culture of the Dutch Revoltpeter arnade

“Arnade offers breathtakingly original insights into the mo-tivations of the individuals involved in the signal events of the Revolt, from the

iconoclastic riots of 1566 to the sacks of Ghent and Antwerp. Underlying the entire book is a revisionist interpretation that sets politics rather than religion at the heart of the conflict. Elegantly written and so-phisticated in its scholarship, this superb study is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the Dutch Revolt.”—RichaRd L. kaGan, the Johns hopkins univeRsity


eneMies And fAMiliArsSlavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia debra blumentHal

“This is a terrific piece of work that provides com-plete and bold new vistas on the lives of slaves dur-ing the transition to modernity and on the eve of the Atlantic slave trade. The archival evidence deployed here is unusually rich and abundant.”

—teofiLo f. RuiZ, ucLa

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giAMBAttistA viCo: keys to the NEW SCIENCETranslations, Commentaries, and EssaystHora ilin bayer & donald pHillip verene,editors

“This work is essential to a correct and comprehen-sive view of the scholar who was at once one of the last of the humanists and one of the first prac-titioners and theoreticians of the modern human sciences.”—donaLd R. keLLey, RutGeRs univeRsity


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the Birth of the desPotVenice and the Sublime Portelucette valensitranslated by artHur denner

“An elegant, almost lyrical historical study, it makes some important corrections to traditional assump-tions of how Venetians perceived and appropriated the image of the Ottoman Empire in the early mod-ern era.”—sixteenth Century Journal


shAkesPeAre’s foreign worldsNational and Transnational Identities in the Elizabethan Agecarole levin & JoHn watkins

“Levin and Watkins draw upon literary and histori-cal studies to illuminate nation-building, the cultur-al and economic impact of foreign worlds, and the roles of foreign characters in Elizabethan drama.”

—phyLLis Rackin, univeRsity of pennsyLvania


so greAt A light, so greAt A sMokeThe Beguin Heretics of Languedoc louisa a. burnHam

“This is a very well-written, clever, humane, and in-sightful piece of history that delights, enthralls, and impresses throughout. . . . Written with consider-able verve and imagination, it is based on a thorough, insightful, and diligent interrogation of a variety of unpublished archival sources.”—h-FranCe reviews



sPlendoUr of the BUrgUndiAn CoUrtCharles the Bold (1433–1477) susan marti, till-Holger borcHert & gabriele keck, editors

The essays here—biographies of key figures, politi-cal histories, and analyses of court art—form a com-prehensive portrait of the Burgundian court, while its 350 full-color illustrations vividly bring to life both the brilliance and the drama of the epoch.

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idols in the eAstEuropean Representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100–1450suzanne conklin akbari

“Akbari carefully unpacks me-dieval practices of mapping the East, representations of Juda-ism and Islam, conflations of ethnic and religious terminol-ogy, and iconic figurations of the Saracen. Her book reaches

beyond medieval studies to furnish an account of ori-entalism’s prehistory that all postcolonialists should read.”—david WaLLace, univeRsity of pennsyLvania


the divorCe of lothAr iiChristian Marriage and Political Power in the Carolingian Worldkarl Heideckertranslated from tHe dutcH by tanis m. guest

“In Heidecker’s lucid treat-ment, the 9th-century scan-

dal becomes a fascinating study of family dynamics, changing mental attitudes, and Carolingian reform. Most of all, it exposes the tensions between crown and nobility, Church and state, when it came to roy-al marriage.”—WaLteR siMons, daRtMouth coLLeGe

conJunctions of religion and power in tHe medieval past 2010 | isbn: 978-0-8014-3929-2240 pages | $45.00 clotH (catalog price: $36.00)

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the sePhArdiC frontierThe Reconquista and the Jewish Community in Medieval IberiaJonatHan ray

“Using rabbinic sources and unpublished archives, Ray brings Jewish settlement of the southern Ibe-rian peninsula into clearer focus, challenging the im-age of medieval Iberian society as invariably corpo-rate and religious.”—ameriCan historiCal review



heresy And the PolitiCs of CoMMUnityThe Jews of the Fatimid Caliphatemarina rustow

• winner, 2009 salo w. baron prize (american academy for JewisH researcH)

“Rustow’s book provides fascinating new insights into the history of Jewish communities of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine [and] . . . presents a picture of Rabbanite-Qaraite relations [not] . . . as a separatist

‘sect’ and a threat to Judaism. . . . [but rather] fully engaged in Jewish community life as a whole.”

—Journal oF Jewish studies


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the MAking of sAint loUisKingship, Sanctity, and Crusade in the Later Middle Agesm. cecilia gaposcHkin

“This is a beautifully written, well-researched, com-prehensive, and insightful work on the cult of St. Louis. Scholars and students working in the fields of medieval history, art history, hagiography, and religion will find Gaposchkin’s book an invalu-able resource for its content, illustrations, and bibliography.”—CatholiC historiCal review


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strUggle for eMPireKingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817–876eric J. goldberg

“Goldberg’s detailed and nuanced account of the life and reign of Louis the German conveys both the success and the tragedy of the dynasty. This is a beautifully designed book, both in concept and in execution. The author uses a wide variety of sources, charters as well as chronicles, along with seals and clothing, books and paintings, and architectural and archaeological remains—to great effect.”—speCulum

conJunctions of religion and powerin tHe medieval past 2009 (2006) | isbn: 978-0-8014-7529-0408 pages | $27.95 paper (catalog price: $22.36)

oUt of love for My kinAristocratic Family Life in the Lands of the Loire, 1000–1200amy livingstone

“Addressing a central question about medieval fam-ily structure, Out of Love for My Kin is clearly based on an intimate knowledge of an enormous amount of primary information—to the extent that the au-thor often appears personally acquainted with the families discussed.”—constance bRittain bouchaRd, univeRsity of akRon


woMen And AristoCrAtiC CUltUre in the CArolingiAn worldvalerie l. garver

“This fascinating book should appeal to medievalists in all fields, particularly those interested in gender history and art history. Garver successfully argues that women played fundamental roles in defining and transmitting aristocratic culture in the period from ca. 700 to 925.”—Jane schuLenbuRG, univeRsity of Wisconsin–Madison


Art of the Celts700 B.C. to a.d. 700felix müller, editor

“This informative book begins in 700 b.c. with colorful display pot-tery and proceeds through the centuries to book illuminations created in Christian

monasteries in the eighth century. Concentrating on ornamentation as the Celts’ main form of expres-sion, weapons, helmets, chariots, pottery, jewelery and coinage are shown in color and black-and-white photographs.”—the GloBe & mail (toRonto)



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the good wife’s gUide (LE MéNAGIER DE PARIS)A Medieval Household Book translated from tHe frencH by gina l. greco & cHristine m. rose

“This new—and first com-plete—English translation of the Ménagier de Paris makes available to a broad audience

one of the key texts for our understanding of late medieval mentalities. Its lively language, excellent introduction, and copious notes make this useful to students, scholars, and anyone interested in medi-eval culture.”—Renate bLuMenfeLd-kosinski, uni-veRsity of pittsbuRGh


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holy entrePreneUrsCistercians, Knights, and Economic Exchange in Twelfth-Century Burgundyconstance brittain boucHard

“In addition to being an important revisionist study of Burgundian Cistercian economic practices, this clear book is an excellent brief introduction for any-one wishing to understand twelfth-century charters and cartularies.”—ameriCan historiCal review


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the Powers of ProPheCyThe Cedar of Lebanon Vision from the Mongol Onslaught to the Dawn of the Enlightenmentrobert e. lerner

“This volume is a delightful and somewhat amaz-ing picture of what happened to an eschatological prophecy written about 1240 concerning the Mon-gol invasion of Europe.”—the history teaCher


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sword, Miter, And CloisterNobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980–1198constance brittain boucHard

“An exemplary piece of scholarship. The work is beautifully presented: good maps, index, bibliog-raphy. Noteworthy is Bouchard’s care to include wives and daughters in the genealogical notes; this makes the work especially useful as a reference for questions of Burgundian genealogy.”

—ameriCan historiCal review


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BenediCtine MAlediCtionsLiturgical Cursing in Romanesque Francelester k. little

• cowinner, 1994 david pinkney prize (society for frencH Historical studies)

“The book’s focus is the way that religious communi-ties—especially the monks who followed Benedict’s Rule and hence were known by his name—used liturgical cursing to safeguard their integrity and their possessions, against both laymen and other ecclesiastics.”—JouRnaL of sociaL histoRy

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the greAt workshoPPathways of Art in Europe, 5th to 18th Centuries roland recHt, catHeline périer-d’ieteren & pascal griener, editors

foreword by peter burke

“This beautifully illustrated, oversized volume offers fourteen essays on various aspects of art, its production, and dissem-ination in Europe until the 18th century, addressing such topics as the collecting and sharing of draw-ings, the Grand Tour, the legacy of the Carolingian Empire, the impact of classical antiquity, goldsmith workshops, and European sculpture before the Renaissance. Each essay is heavily illustrated with color plates of excellent quality of works from the exhibition.”—reFerenCe & researCh Book news



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CAstorlAnd joUrnAlAn Account of the Exploration and Settlement of New York State by French émigrés in the Years 1793 to 1797translated from tHe frencH and edited by JoHn a. gallucci

“Castorland Journal is especially rich on the interac-tion of foreign and American land speculators and on the displacement of native peoples. Perceptive, articulate, and frank, the French authors crafted an especially detailed and insightful (and often highly critical) account of their flawed attempt to profit from the rapid expansion of new settlements.”

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the Colony of new netherlAndA Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century AmericaJaap Jacobs

“Jacobs has produced a model synthesis of social, political, and economic history for a colonial ex-perience that has far too long been terra incognita. Jacobs is particularly strong in his ability to take a genuinely transatlantic perspective, detailing the many struggles within the Dutch West India Com-pany over whether its North American interest was to be a colony of trade or a colony of settlement (or, indeed, a colony at all) as well as the efforts of a few thousand Europeans to recreate something resem-bling a society in New Amsterdam, Fort Orange, and points adjacent.”—danieL k. RichteR, univeRsity of pennsyLvania


Citizen BAChelorsManhood and the Creation of the United StatesJoHn gilbert mccurdy

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the diAry of hAnnAh CAllender sAnsoMSense and Sensibility in the Age of the American Revolutionsusan e. klepp & karin wulf, editors

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oUr eArliest ColoniAl settleMentsTheir Diversities of Origin and Later CharacteristicscHarles m. andrewswitH a new foreword by karen ordaHl kupperman

“Andrews writes with such fullness of knowledge, such an easy command of his material, and such vig-orous presentation of his ideas that his book will be keenly interesting for all who care about our early history.”—new york times


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the heAler’s CAllingWomen and Medicine in Early New Englandrebecca J. tannenbaum

“Tannenbaum recovers the neglected history of women’s contributions to the practice of medicine in colonial American, as well as the surprising de-gree to which women could exercise power through this practice within a society dominated by men. . . . Erudite and lucidly written, it is required reading for anyone interested in the history of gender in early America.”—itinerario


kitChens, sMokehoUses, And PriviesOutbuildings and the Architecture of Daily Life in the Eighteenth-Century Mid-AtlanticmicHael olmert

“The Colonial-era backyard had more activity than the actual house. Elegantly written with great in-sight and accompanied by many photographs and drawings, Michael Olmert’s book illuminates how the grand houses and also the more middling ac-tually functioned in the Mid-Atlantic region. This book is essential for any serious student of Colonial America.”—RichaRd Guy WiLson, authoR of Build-inGs oF virGinia


to live UPon hoPeMohicans and Missionaries in the Eighteenth-Century NortheastracHel wHeeler

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relUCtAnt revolUtionAriesNew York City and the Road to Independence, 1763–1776JosepH s. tiedemann

• winner, tHe society of colonial wars’ 1998 distinguisHed book of award

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Children BoUnd to lABorThe Pauper Apprentice System in Early AmericarutH wallis Herndon & JoHn e. murray, editors

“Struck by the unfortunate circumstances of illegitimate birth, abandonment, or abuse, free children were bound out

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2009 | isbn: 978-0-8014-7559-7288 pages | $24.95 paper (catalog price: $19.96)available again from cornell

indiAn AffAirs in ColoniAl new yorkThe Seventeenth Centuryallen w. trelease

“This is an important contribution to our knowledge of seventeenth-century New York, both in terms of its Dutch and English settlers and of its Algonquian and Iroquian Indian inhabitants, written with care and precision.”—the new enGland Quarterly

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federAlists in dissentImagery and Ideology in Jeffersonian Americalinda k. kerber

“The Federalist thinking that Kerber explores helps to give greater depth to the more familiar history of Federalist politics, and, beyond that, she brings more of the country to life.”

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testing the ChAinsResistance to Slavery in the British West IndiesmicHael craton

“Scholars interested in determining the causes of slave rebellions, the characteristics of rebel slave leader-ship, the autonomous organizations developed, and the ideology and styles of rebellious behavior will find this work an invaluable sourcebook.”

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new in paperback killed strAngelyThe Death of Rebecca Cornellelaine forman crane

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the PUnished selfSurviving Slavery in the Colonial Southalex bontemps

“Asking new questions of standard sources, Bon-temps reveals with insight and imagination the psychological consequences of objectification, and blacks’ struggle to maintain a sense of self while adapting to the brutalities and dehumanization of enslavement.”—GeorGia historiCal Quarterly


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forgotten fireBrAndJames Redpath and the Making of Nineteenth-Century AmericaJoHn r. mckivigan

“In this first modern study of the outspoken aboli-tionist and journalist James Redpath, John McKivi-gan resurrects the reputation of a well-traveled agi-tator who faded from public memory after he died in 1898. . . . His careful and fluidly written chronicle sets Redpath’s varied and controversial activities in their historical context. . . . Whatever angle they adopt, historians of reform and journalism will ap-preciate McKivigan’s work in uncovering the role that Redpath played in vital movements of his era.”

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BeCoMing AMeriCAn Under fireIrish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War EracHristian g. samito

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new in paperback the Mirror of AntiQUityAmerican Women and the Classical Tradition, 1750–1900caroline winterer

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AwAiting the heAvenly CoUntryThe Civil War and America’s Culture of Deathmark s. scHantz

“Schantz makes a compelling case that Americans’ experiences with, and ideas about, death before the Civil War made it possible for them to under-stand—and even celebrate—death caused by the war. By closely reading landscapes, images, and all manner of writings on the ‘culture of death,’ Schantz discovers that Northerners and Southerners alike came to believe that how one approached death and how a people honored the dead revealed, even decided, matters of faith, community, and national identity.”—liBrary Journal


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the wAr AgAinst ProslAvery religionAbolitionism and the Northern Churches, 1830–1865JoHn r. mckivigan

“This well-researched and meticulously documented book thoroughly examines the efforts of abolition-ists to convert American churches to their cause . . . and offers a new perspective on the failure to ensure equal rights for the freedmen after the war.”

—Journal oF southern history


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the PolitiCs of sizeRepresentation in the United States, 1776–1850rosemarie zagarri

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horACe greeley’s NEW-YORK TRIBUNECivil War–Era Socialism and the Crisis of Free Laboradam tucHinsky

“This is an important book, distinguished in quality and broad in significance. Its conception is highly original. Adam Tuchinsky is the first modern biog-rapher to take Horace Greeley’s socialism serious-ly, instead of treating it as a mere eccentricity. As Tuchinsky reassesses socialism in American history, he presents a sophisticated and complex interpre-tation of America in Greeley’s lifetime. One of the book’s merits is the way it integrates political his-tory, economic history, the history of the printed media, labor history, and, most of all, intellectual history.”—danieL WaLkeR hoWe, puLitZeR pRiZe–WinninG authoR of what hath God wrouGht: the transFormation oF ameriCa, 1815 to 1848


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Citizen eMPloyersBusiness Communities and Labor in Cincinnati and San Francisco, 1870–1916Jeffrey Haydu

• winner, 2008 laBor history book prize

“Haydu has written a well-researched and thought-provoking study of class formation, labor relations, and upper-class civic life during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. . . . It is a noteworthy book that de-serves a wide readership and will stimulate further interest in the history of organized employers.”

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enlightening the worldThe Creation of the Statue of Libertyyasmin sabina kHan

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—John bodnaR, indiana univeRsity


20tH anniversary edition PlAying for keePsA History of Early Baseballwarren goldstein

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the PolitiCs of rACe in new yorkThe Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War ErapHyllis f. field

“In this excellent book, Phyllis F. Field brings quan-titative sophistication to the study of politics and race. Historians concerned with the relationship be-tween political ideology and emerging class distinc-tions will find Field’s analysis of the politics of race rewarding.”—ameriCan historiCal review


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the orAnge riotsIrish Political Violence in New York City, 1870 and 1871micHael a. gordon

“A carefully researched and powerful account of Irish sectarian violence in New York City. . . . There is a great deal to be learned from Gordon’s approach, and not just about the Orange riots in New York City. His description of the riots as battles between two opposing worldviews should be tested on other instances of ethnic and religious violence, both in Northern Ireland and the United States. . . . This is a fine book, fair and judicious in interpretation and so-phisticated in analysis. His careful and original treat-ment of these two days of violence lights up some dark corners of American ethnic, working-class, and urban history.”—ameriCan historiCal review


the MAnly ArtBare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America, Updated Editionelliott J. gorn

“An important contribution to the study of nine-teenth-century American culture. Writing with clarity, vigor, and grace, Gorn combines detailed narrative with convincing interpretations. He offers the reader a judicious selection of quotations from the sporting press that capture the drama, sensual-ity, and brutality of the ring and its craftsmen.”

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the eArnest MenRepublicans of the Civil War Senateallan g. bogue

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BAllots And BiBlesEthnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providenceevelyn savidge sterne

“Ballots and Bibles is a substantial contribution to the historical studies of Rhode Island. It is also an impor-tant study of ethnic communities, particularly of the Irish, that will serve to help enrich the understand-ing of Catholic ethnic communities in the United States as a whole.”—CatholiC historiCal review


on the irish wAterfrontThe Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New YorkJames t. fisHer

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“This is a glorious book that ought to change how movie critics view Schulberg’s cinematic creation and how cultural historians interpret working-class culture in New York and New Jersey during the middle years of the 20th century.”—ameriCa


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CAtholiCs And ContrACePtionAn American Historyleslie woodcock tentler

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PAth of eMPirePanama and the California Gold Rush aims mcguinness

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sCreening enlightenMentHollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated JapanHirosHi kitamura

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Artillery of heAvenAmerican Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle Eastussama makdisi

• winner, 2009 JoHn Hope franklin publication prize (american studies association)

• cowinner, 2008 albert Hourani book award (middle east studies association)

• cowinner, 2009 britisH-kuwait friendsHip so-ciety prize in middle eastern studies

“Makdisi’s meticulously researched, beautifully writ-ten book sets a high standard for forthcoming stud-ies on missionaries in the Middle East. He painstak-ingly analyzes the roots of complex, multidirectional movements of influence, culture, ideas, and religios-ity that have characterized the contact between East and West, America and the Arab world. The result is an impressive work of transnational history.”

—ameriCan historiCal review


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why intelligenCe fAilsLessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq Warrobert Jervis

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the eCCentriC reAlistHenry Kissinger and the Shaping of American Foreign Policymario del pero

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ChArles evAns hUghesPolitics and Reform in New York, 1905–1910robert f. wesser

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lagUArdiA in CongressHoward zinn

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new in paperback AtoMiC trAgedyHenry L. Stimson and the Decision to Use the Bomb against Japansean l. malloy

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An oUtsider in the white hoUseJimmy Carter, His Advisors, and the Making of American Foreign Policybetty glad

“This book contributes significantly to presidential studies, diplomatic history, the study of the dynam-ics of policymaking, and international relations the-ory, especially as it bears on realism and idealism in foreign policy. This impressively documented and vividly written book is full of fascinating anecdotes.”

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wAr, revenUe, And stAte BUildingFinancing the Development of the American StatesHeldon d. pollack

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AMeriCAn AByssSavagery and Civilization in the Age of Industrydaniel e. bender

“Bender traces the ways in which the supposed mastery of racial knowledge helped to constitute and validate the idea that large industrial en-terprises and empires could be successfully managed.

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reAding APPAlAChiA froM left to rightConservatives and the 1974 Kanawha County Textbook Controversycarol mason

“In this captivating book, the Kanawha County text-book war of 1974 becomes a pivotal saga in the rise of the New Right. Cutting through the liberal and conservative discourses that have simultaneously romanticized and demonized the poor whites of Appalachia, Carol Mason convincingly portrays the textbook protests as a ‘discursive crossroads’ that cast West Virginia’s working class as both back-ward and modern, as violent racists and innocent victims, and ultimately as Christian warriors bat-tling to save the American soul.”

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Books As weAPonsPropaganda, Publishing, and the Battle for Global Markets in the Era of World War IIJoHn b. HencH

“Making excellent use of a wide range of archives, Hench argues that World War II was a turning point for American publishers, heightening their sense that they dealt in ideas

even as it raised their awareness of the value of the commodity in which they traded. Hench maps the results in a nuanced treatment of the trade’s ap-proach to wartime and postwar publishing.”

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new york AMishLife in the Plain Communities of the Empire Statekaren m. JoHnson-weiner

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Condensed CAPitAlisMCampbell Soup and the Pursuit of Cheap Production in the Twentieth Centurydaniel sidorick

“The union at Campbell Soup’s Camden plant was one of the most remarkable progressive unions in the mid-twentieth century. This superb book tells us about its accomplishments, as well as the impact of late-twentieth-century capitalism on its demise.”

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BROWN in BAltiMoreSchool Desegregation and the Limits of LiberalismHowell s. baum

“Baum writes with particular insight about the working-class ethnic whites of East Baltimore, and he shows a fundamental understanding of the work-ings of federal regulatory agencies and the peculiar pace at which the courts manage social conflict. The result is a wonderful combination of social science and history that illuminates one of America’s key social concerns.”—edWaRd d. beRkoWitZ, GeoRGe WashinGton univeRsity


AgitAte! edUCAte! orgAnize!American Labor Posters lincoln cusHing & timotHy w. drescHer

“This valuable document col-lects a century of posters de-signed by labor organizers, for purposes ranging from workplace safety to equal

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This volume examines the impact of Western impe-rialism on Thai cultural development from the 1850s to the present and highlights the value of postcolo-nial analysis for studying the ambiguities, inventions, and accommodations with the West that continue to enrich Thai culture.


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ChinA’s longest CAMPAignBirth Planning in the People’s Republic, 1949–2005tyrene wHite

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rUffiAns, yAkUzA, nAtionAlistsThe Violent Politics of Modern Japan, 1860–1960eiko maruko siniawer

“In tracing the history of violent political groups in Japan, Siniawer not only demonstrates how they contributed to ‘fascist violence’ in prewar Japan but also reveals how democratic ends emerged directly and indirectly from undemocratic actions before and after World War II. The insight is just one of many in this fascinating study of hooligans and fix-ers in modern Japanese politics.”—MichaeL LeWis, MichiGan state univeRsity


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the MAking of MinjUngDemocracy and the Politics of Representation in South KoreanamHee lee

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PhAn ChâU trinh And his PolitiCAl writingsvinH sinH, editor

Phan Châu Trinh (1872–1926) was the earliest pro-ponent of democracy and popular rights in Vietnam. Throughout his life, he favored a moderate approach to political change and advised the country’s lead-ers to seek gradual progress for Vietnam within the French colonial system. Vinh Sinh’s masterly intro-duction to Phan Châu Trinh’s essays illuminate both this turbulent era and the courageous intelligence of the author.


new in paperback seCUring jAPAnTokyo’s Grand Strategy and the Future of East AsiaricHard J. samuels

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ChAnging PolitiCs in jAPAnikuo kabasHima & gill steel

“Changing Politics in Japan provides an up-to-date, inte-grated, and historically salient argument about the links between parties, politicians, and elections in postwar Japan. Ikuo Kabashima and Gill Steel ex-pand on the rising role of the media and changes in the nature of the Japanese bureaucracy.”

—t. J. peMpeL, univeRsity of caLifoRnia, beRkeLey


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new in paperback the order of genoCideRace, Power, and War in Rwandascott straus

• winner, 2006 award for excellence in gov-ernment and political science (professional and scHolarly publisHing division of tHe association of american publisHers)

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dArfUr And the Crisis of governAnCe in sUdAnA Critical ReadersalaH m. Hassan & carina e. ray, editorsforeword by andreas esHete

“This is a unique and thoughtfully conceived book that speaks to those who are just learning about the crisis in Darfur, as well as those who are seeking to deepen and nuance their understanding of it. In ad-dition to incorporating local Sudanese voices, the book provides a comprehensive discussion of the multiple dimensions of the Darfur crises and will certainly challenge many of the preconceived and oversimplified narratives about the war.”—ahMad sikainGa, the ohio state univeRsity

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new in paperback sACred gifts, ProfAne PleAsUresA History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic Worldmarcy norton

• winner, 2009 asfs book award (association for tHe study of food and society)

“Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures shows how the exchange between alien civilizations prefigured a revolution in taste that was both genuinely global and largely independent of the power dynamics of colonialism.

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dArfUrA 21st Century Genocide, Third Edition gérard prunier

“A passionate and highly readable account of the cur-rent tragedy that combines intimate knowledge of the region’s history, politics, and sociology, with a telling cynicism about the polite but ineffectual dip-lomatic efforts to end it. It is the best account avail-able of the Darfur crisis.”

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islAM in the world todAyA Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Societywerner ende & udo steinbacH, editors

“Islam in the World Today is the most comprehensive work available on contemporary Islam and all phe-nomena connected with the organization of Islamic societies today. This new English-language edition will prove tremendously useful as a textbook and reference book.”—fRank GRiffeL, yaLe univeRsity

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ProsPerity for AllConsumer Activism in an Era of GlobalizationmattHew Hilton

“Hilton’s fine book traces the history of the consumer movement, focusing on how its agenda has changed and how, in the process, it has neglected two critical issues, overconsumption by some groups and under-consumption by others. . . . The powerful narrative makes insightful links to broader social and global issues.”—ChoiCe


nAtions And nAtionAlisMSecond Editionernest gellnerintroduction by JoHn breuilly

First published in 1983, Nations and Nationalism re-mains one of the most influential explanations of the emergence of nationalism ever written. This updated edition of Ernest Gellner’s now-canonical work includes a new introductory essay from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has evolved over the past two decades, and a bibliography of impor-tant work on nationalism since 1983.


BlUe helMets And BlACk MArketsThe Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevopeter andreas

• Honorable mention, 2009 wayne s. vucinicH book prize (aaass)

“In this pioneering book, Peter Andreas tells the true underly-

ing story of the four-year siege of Sarajevo. Peopled by war profiteers, smugglers, gangsters, common criminals, greedy nationalist politicians, and most surprisingly the endemically corrupt international peacekeeping forces, his account captures the seamy underbelly of the Sarajevo siege, all without losing sight of the suffering of the city’s innocent victims.”

—RobeRt J. donia, authoR of saraJevo: a BioGraphy


new in paperback sorry stAtesApologies in International PoliticsJennifer lind

“States victimized by aggres-sion often harbor resentment against the perpetrator, but can apologies by the latter lead to reconciliation and harmo-nious relations? Jennifer Lind

focuses on political rather than cultural factors in her cogent analysis of remembrance and remorse. She finds that the issue is whether apologies by the aggressor can reduce the perception of threat by for-mer victims.”—Choice



new in paperback UnCovering wAys of wArU.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918–1941tHomas g. maHnken

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fArMers on welfAreThe Making of Europe’s Common Agricultural Policyann-cHristina l. knudsen

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the end of the west?Crisis and Change in the Atlantic OrderJeffrey anderson, g. JoHn ikenberry & tHomas risse, editors

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new in paperback UnderMining the kreMlinAmerica’s Strategy to Subvert the Soviet Bloc, 1947–1956gregory mitrovicH

• winner, 2001 stuart l. bernatH book prize (tHe society for Historians of american foreign relations)

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new in paperback the UltiMAte eneMyBritish Intelligence and Nazi Germany, 1933–1939wesley k. wark

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new in paperback liddell hArt And the weight of historyJoHn J. mearsHeimer

For almost half a century, Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895–1970) was the most highly regarded writer on strategy and military matters in the Eng-lish-speaking world. In this unflinching but bal-anced book, John J. Mearsheimer reexamines Liddell Hart’s career and uncovers evidence that he manipu-lated the facts to create a false picture of his role in military policy debates in the 1930s.


history of sCienCe | historiogrAPhy


new in paperback PlUtoniUMA History of the World’s Most Dangerous ElementJeremy bernstein

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the Mirror, the window, And the telesCoPeHow Renaissance Linear Perspective Changed Our Vision of the Universesamuel y. edgerton

“Edgerton’s very readable book provides a clear histo-ry of linear perspective, with a detailed reconstruc-tion of the Brunelleschi experiment set against the religious background of fifteenth-century Florence. It considers the spiritual and moral implications of geometric optics, and shows how artists as well as religious leaders used the new knowledge and adapted it to their traditional assumptions about vi-sualized nature.”—times literary supplement


history And its liMitsHuman, Animal, Violencedominick lacapra

“Dominick LaCapra is a real metahistorian, con-stantly surveying the borders between history and the new topics arising on history’s confines. No one is better informed in this field and no one is more solicitous of history’s well-being. In this book, he shows the centrality of history to the other human and social sciences and demonstrates clearly the function of sea anchor which historical knowledge fulfills in secular culture.”—hayden White


new in paperback

glUtMastering Information through the Ages alex wrigHt

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stAndArds And their storiesHow Quantifying, Classifying, and Formalizing Practices Shape Everyday LifemartHa lampland & susan leigH star, editors

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the AnnAles sChoolAn Intellectual Historyandré burguièretranslated by Jane marie todd

foreword by timotHy tackett

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telling storiesThe Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and Historymary Jo maynes, Jennifer l. pierce & barbara laslett

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