This book employs the history of Penguin Books to offer a new account of Britain’s post-war politics. -- .
This book offers new and exciting scholarship on the history of the Red Cross Movement by leading historians in the field. It re-imagines and... Læs mere
In this book, historians and political scientists show how radically external images of Germany changed over the 20th... Læs mere
Reading: A cultural practice explores the history and theory of reading from the classical period to the present day. It argues that reading is central to human culture and... Læs mere
Mundane Methods brings together an exciting array of interdisiplinary approaches to researching the extra-ordinary everyday. Covering themes of... Læs mere
This book addresses a critical issue in global politics: how recognition and misrecognition fuel conflict or... Læs mere
Studies Tod’s relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group in general, in order to better understand his attempts to portray their history, geographical moorings and social customs to British and European readers. -- .
Analyses images of the maternal and pregnant body in historical art -- .
This study investigates the 'exceptional' staging of the life of Catherine of Siena by a female actor and a female patron in 1468... Læs mere
Modernism and the Making of the New Man is a history or Soviet architecture that is unique in that, instead of styles or great architects, it focuses on the design of communist subjectivity – the notion of the “new man”. -- .
This study investigates justice and mercy in twelfth-century England, using theological texts, sermons, legal treatises and letter collections to explore how moralists approached questions of judgement and judicial ethics in the foundational period of English common law. -- .
Puma – published for the first time in its intended format – is Anthony Burgess’s lost science fiction novel. Set some way into the future, the story details the crushing of the planet Earth by a heavyweight intruder from a distant galaxy – the dreaded Puma. -- .