Biography: historical, political and military Books

Book SynopsisThomas Jefferson is still presented today as an enigmatic figure, despite being written about more than any other Founding Father. Lauded as the most articulate voice of American freedom, even as he held people in bondage, Jefferson is variably described as a hypocrite, an atheist and a simple-minded proponent of limited government. Now, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and leading Jefferson scholar team up to present an absorbing and revealing character study that finally clarifies the philosophy of Jefferson. The authors explore what they call the "empire" of Jefferson’s imagination—his expansive state of mind born of the intellectual influences and life experiences that led him into public life as a modern avatar of the enlightenment, who often likened himself to an ancient figure—"the most blessed of the patriarchs".Trade Review"They neither indict nor absolve Jefferson; instead, they aim to make sense of his contradictions for modern sensibilities...A fascinating addition to the Jefferson canon." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Gordon-Reed and Onuf, both highly reputable Jefferson scholars, strive to understand Jefferson's outlooks over his long life...Gordon-Reed and Onuf's keen and fresh approach to Jefferson and his ideas will engage history buffs." -- Booklist (starred review) "With characteristic insight and intellectual rigor, Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter Onuf have produced a powerful and lasting portrait of the mind of Thomas Jefferson. This is an essential and brilliant book by two of the nation's foremost scholars-a book that will, like its protagonist, endure." -- Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power "A peerless team, Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter Onuf pierce the mysteries of Jefferson's character and at last offer a compelling explanation of how the republican statesman and plantation patriarch could coexist in a single soul. Jefferson's flaw was not hypocrisy but conviction, his unswerving belief in paternalism as empowering and beneficent." -- Danielle Allen, author of Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality "This inspired collaboration takes us as close as we're likely to get to the way Thomas Jefferson understood himself and his times. Not content with cliches about a man who made his world anew, Gordon-Reed and Onuf show us the world that made the man... Here is Jefferson as he might have painted his own image, a self-portrait comprised of equal parts sun and shadow." -- Jane Kamensky, author of Copley: A Life in Color

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Book SynopsisCommemorating the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’s birthday and featuring images discovered since its original publication in 2015, this “tour de force” (Library Journal, starred review) reintroduced Frederick Douglass to a twenty-first-century audience. From these pages—which include over 160 photographs of Douglass, as well as his previously unpublished writings and speeches on visual aesthetics—we learn that neither Custer nor Twain, nor even Abraham Lincoln, was the most photographed American of the nineteenth century. Indeed, it was Frederick Douglass, the ex-slave-turned-abolitionist, eloquent orator, and seminal writer, who is canonized here as a leading pioneer in photography and a prescient theorist who believed in the explosive social power of what was then just an emerging art form. Featuring: Contributions from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. (a direct Douglass descendent) 160 separate photographs of Douglass—many of which have never been publicly seen and were long lost to history A collection of contemporaneous artwork that shows how powerful Douglass’s photographic legacy remains today, over a century after his death All Douglass’s previously unpublished writings and speeches on visual aesthetics Trade Review"These images don’t change your mind; they smash through some of the warped lenses through which we’ve been taught to see." -- David Brooks - New York Times"Beautifully crafted and contextualized.... the extant photographs illuminate American history and memory." -- The Washington Post"A terrific new book." -- The New Yorker"Striking…. The most exciting images in the book are those that show us how these 19th-century portraits became, over the decades that follow, a part of the symbolic surround of the modern American landscape…. The words in this highly visual book are perhaps even more powerful than the images…. Pictures conveyed a precision akin to religious truth, an affective prerequisite for social movements." -- Matthew Pratt Guterl - The New Republic"Nothing less than a masterpiece in the fields of biography, African-American history, and not least of all the neglected area of iconography…A riveting instant classic and a pure pleasure to behold." -- Harold Holzer, winner of the Lincoln Prize and author of Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion"Picturing Frederick Douglass marries all of my present interests: legacies of slavery; beautiful images of a beautiful man; and the first theory of photography as a democratic medium capable of social change. Stunningly original and elegantly written and designed, it will inspire anyone interested in the links between the visual and the verbal." -- Sally Mann, author of Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs"Douglass emerges here out of photographic technology's earliest years, with majestic beauty, and through the power of his own self-creations. The book is the result of intrepid research and brilliant analysis; it charts Douglass's life visually, allowing him to look back at us wryly, wistfully, wrathfully." -- David W. Blight, Yale University, and author of Frederick Douglass: A Life"In Picturing Frederick Douglass, Stauffer, Trodd, and Bernier offer exhilarating scholarship and our idea of Douglass and our sense of photography in nineteenth-century America are deepened. This is brilliant and very moving work." -- Darryl Pinckney, author of High Cotton, Out There and Black Balled: The Black Vote and U.S. Democracy"Picturing Frederick Douglass marks a significant turn in the long history of Douglass’s reception. Both as a subject for photography and as a critical theorist who reflected on the democratic, humane, and truth-telling powers of the medium, Douglass emerges in this beautiful volume in a completely new light." -- W. J. T. Mitchell, author of Seeing Through Race"Picturing Frederick Douglass is to be shared, studied, read and repeated every six months, not only in the classroom but in our living rooms…Beautifully researched and storied…A true treasure!" -- Deborah Willis, author of Reflections in Black and the acclaimed documentary, Through a Lens Darkly"This stunning volume presents 160 photographs, some for the first time, and they not only follow Douglass throughout his life but also place him within the times he lived…. Stauffer, Zoe Trodd, and Celeste-Marie Bernier point out that Douglass saw the truth-telling aspects of photography and how it could be used as a tool in the fight against slavery, as photos both humanized African Americans and revealed the horrors of their enslavement. This tour de force is a must-have that will enhance history and reference collections." -- Patricia Ann Owens - Library Journal, Starred review"This illustrious book collects all 160 photographs of renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass and astutely places Douglass’s personal interest in photography into the context of his career and legacy…. This study provides a multifaceted, unique look at one of the most influential figures of American history." -- Publishers Weekly"An impressive collection…give[s] a wonderful picture of the man, his intellect, and his devotion to his main cause, abolition…. The authors have pieced together an illuminating life portrait without extraneous biographical material, focusing intensely on their subject's belief in the strength of photographs." -- Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisThe United States has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in the idea that state-building can make the world “safe for democracy” but the return on that investment has been woeful. Witnessing this failure, many observers hold the view that investment in undemocratic countries should halt. Yet ignoring these troubled countries risks our safety. Drawing on his formidable foreign policy experience, Steve Krasner explains that eliminating corruption or holding free and fair elections is often not possible today in many parts of the world but negotiated compromises and halting large-scale theft is. Better security and some economic growth are possible everywhere. How to Make Love to a Despot defines a new and pragmatic American foreign policy vision that quells terrorism and leads to “good governance” around the globe.Trade Review"One doesn't have to agree with Krasner's conclusions to see the value in this book. It is tightly argued and thought-provoking and a must read—even for those who believe that support for democracy should remain a cornerstone of American foreign policy." -- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

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Book SynopsisDuring the Civil War his movements from battlefield to battlefield were followed in the North and in the South nearly as closely as those of generals, though he was not in the military. After the war, his swift response to Ku Klux Klan violence sparked passage of a landmark civil rights law, though he was not a politician. When he died in 1888 newspapers reported his death from coast to coast, yet he’s unknown today. He was the man who delivered the most valuable ingredient in U.S. soldiers’ fighting spirit during those terrible war years—letters between the front lines and the home front. He was Absalom Markland, special agent of the United States Post Office, and this is his first biography. At the beginning of the Civil War, at the request of his childhood friend Ulysses S. Grant, Markland created the most efficient military mail system ever devised, and Grant gave him the honorary title of colonel. He met regularly with President Abraham Lincoln during the war and carried important messages between Lincoln and Generals Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman at crucial points in our nation’s peril. When the Ku Klux Klan waged its reign of terror and intimidation after the Civil War, Markland’s decisive action secured the executive powers President Grant needed to combat the Klan. Nearly every biography of Lincoln, Sherman, and Grant includes at least one footnote about Markland, but his important, sometimes daily interaction with them during and after the war has escaped modern notice, until now. Absalom Markland is a forgotten American hero. Delivered Under Fire tells his amazing story.Trade Review"Although Absalom Markland's importance to the Union cause has lingered for decades in the historical shadows, Hooper's Delivered Under Fire creates the awareness that Markland deserves and gives students of the conflict a greater appreciation for one of the war's fascinating individuals who influenced its outcome."—Tim Talbott, Civil War Monitor"Letters have become one of the bedrock sources for Civil War historians. But how did the mail get to the troops and to the folks back home? For soldiers serving under Grant, the answer was Absalom Markland. Candice Hooper has given this long neglected personage a full-length biography that he so richly deserves."—Gordon Berg, American History"Delivered Under Fire demonstrates the significance of the United States military mail service as a community institution, apparatus of war, instrument of espionage, and mechanism for improving morale."—Kathryn Angelica, World History Encyclopedia“Readers and writers who rely on Civil War–era letters to animate history have seldom given a thought to how such mail got delivered so reliably and promptly. Now Candice Shy Hooper has dispatched a true surprise package: the unusual and compelling life of General Grant’s military postal agent Absalom Markland, a truly unsung hero of the Union cause. . . . Here is a special delivery treat for anyone who thinks there is nothing new to learn about the Civil War.”—Harold Holzer, author of Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President“Candice Shy Hooper weaves a riveting narrative of an important but little-known Civil War figure in Delivered Under Fire. This book informs and excites the reader. Hooper brings Absalom Markland to life with her characteristic substance and style.”—Linda Fairstein, New York Times best-selling author of The Bone Vault“Despite Napoleon’s famous aphorism that an army travels on its stomach, historian Candice Shy Hooper demonstrates in this book that an army’s morale also depends on regular delivery of the mail. Hooper’s account of how Absalom Markland managed the U.S. Army’s mail service during the Civil War, and his role as Grant’s confidant during Reconstruction, is a valuable contribution to Civil War literature.”—Craig L. Symonds, author of Lincoln and His Admirals“A fascinating exploration of an aspect of the Civil War that has hitherto received little attention yet was of utmost importance to the common soldier. Candice Shy Hooper’s splendid research opens the door on this new vista while her sparkling narrative makes the story come alive.”—Steven E. Woodworth, author of Nothing but Victory: The Army of the Tennessee, 1861–1865“Candice Shy Hooper has unearthed a fascinating, previously unknown facet of [the Civil War]. In compelling fashion she shows how Markland’s astonishing ability to ensure the prompt delivery of letters from home to soldiers on the front lines provided a tremendous boost to their morale and fighting spirit, thus making this ‘messenger of joy,’ as General William Tecumseh Sherman called him, as crucially important to the Union cause as some of its more celebrated military leaders.”—Lynne Olson, author of Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples from Destruction“A truly engaging account of the Civil War through the lens of an important but now forgotten figure. Absalom Markland was a noted antebellum journalist who literally delivered the mail to General Grant’s soldiers and then helped integrate the U.S. postal service after the war. This book brings to life so many aspects of the wartime experience that it should become a must-read for any devoted student of the Civil War.”—Matthew Pinsker, Pohanka Chair for Civil War History, Dickinson College“Although little known today, Absalom Markland made sure that the average Civil War soldier and leading generals received the latest mail from the home front and the battlefield. This important work kept Union morale high and . . . cannot be overemphasized. Candice Shy Hooper’s new book only adds to her earlier study of the wives of Civil War generals and provides another important insight into the Civil War.”—John F. Marszalek, executive director of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential LibraryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Prologue: April 14, 1865 1. A Boy of the Buffalo Trace: 1825–55 2. A Man in Search of a Mission: 1856–61 3. Absalom Markland, Special Agent: 1861–62 4. “An Honored & Favored Man”: February–September 1862 5. “The Flood of Letters”: September 1862–64 6. “Twenty Tons of Mail”: 1864 7. “Trains Have Stopped Running, Except for the Mail”: January–April 1865 8. “A Mark of Friendship and Esteem”: April 1865–November 1868 9. “Our Continued Services Together”: 1868–71 10. The “Colonel” Becomes a “General”: 1872–84 11. A Man in Search of Himself: 1885–88 Epilogue: 1889–Today Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisYoung American Foreign Service officers are accustomed to being teased by friends and relatives as to what they do in the “Foreign Legion” or the “Forest Service.” In the United States, unlike in many countries, the role of a professional diplomat is little known or understood. In A Professional Foreigner Edward Marks describes his life as an American diplomat who served during the last four decades of the twentieth century, from 1959 to 2001. Serving primarily in Africa and Asia, Marks was present during the era of decolonization in Africa (but always seemed to be at the opposite end of the continent from the hottest developments), was intimately involved in the early days of the U.S. government’s antiterrorism programs, observed the unfolding of a nasty and tragic ethnic conflict in one of the most charming countries in the world, and saw the end of the Cold War at UN headquarters in New York. Along the way Marks served as the U.S. ambassador to two African nations. In this memoir Marks depicts a Foreign Service officer’s daily life, providing insight into the profession itself and what it was like to play a role in the steady stream of history, in a world of quotidian events often out of the view of the media and the attention of the world. Marks’s stories—such as rescuing an American citizen from a house of ill repute in Mexico and the attempt to recruit mongooses for drug intervention in Sri Lanka—are both entertaining and instructive on the work of diplomats and their contributions to the American story. Trade Review“Edward Marks’s highly engaging and poignant memoir is also a valuable primer on the profession and art of diplomacy and the inner workings of institutions such as the U.S. State Department, the military, and the United Nations. Marks’s memoir is a paean to the golden age of diplomacy and multilateralism. . . . [Readers] will come away with admiration for his modesty, quiet humor, and commitment to service and to creating a better world.”—Milinda Moragoda, high commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, and former cabinet minister in Sri Lanka“Edward Marks’s literate memoir of four decades practicing diplomacy in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America is highly readable—as well as fun. A sharp observer of social and political behavior, he shows how the contrasting characters of European colonizers left lasting effects on their former colonies. . . . Highly recommended.”—William Harrop, former U.S. ambassador“A relatively small corps of several thousand American Foreign Service officers . . . promote and defend U.S. interests every day of the year as diplomats based in American embassies, consulates, and missions in every country in the world. How they carry out their responsibilities, and how they meet the many challenges that arise, constitutes a fascinating story. After a long and varied career in diplomacy, Edward Marks relates that story with sharp insights and nonstop amusement.”—Herman J. Cohen, former assistant secretary of state for African Affairs“Edward Marks takes us to the diplomatic coalface––the ‘workaday life of the American Foreign Service Officer.’ His main tools are observation, listening, and putting the results into language that bosses back home can understand. This is your handbook on what diplomacy is all about. . . . In a feast of anecdotes, you can smell the atmosphere in downtown Bissau, Luanda, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, and Nairobi––‘small Foreign Service posts . . . on the periphery of mainstream diplomacy,’ much more interesting than Paris, Moscow, or Beijing.”—Robert Cox, former European Union official and occasional diplomat“A seasoned diplomat’s memoir adds to our knowledge of practice, appealing to readers across countries. . . . The hallmark of Marks’s writing is his gentle humor, cloaking his passion.”—Kishan S. Rana, former ambassador, Indian Foreign ServiceTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Taking the Oath 2. About Diplomats 3. Apprenticeship 4. Nairobi, Nuevo Laredo, Luanda 5. Zambia 6. The Belgian World 7. Guinea-Bissau 8. Guinea-Bissau Politics and Economics 9. Cape Verde 10. Fort McNair 11. Colombo 12. The Diplomatic Village 13. Ethnic Strife in the “Blessed Isle” 14. Winding Up 15. Turtle Bay 16. Washington Entr’actes 17. Three Years before the Mast Epilogue Index

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Book SynopsisThe ties that bound Abraham Lincoln to California, and California to Lincoln, have long been overlooked by historians. Although the great Civil War president has been the subject of thousands of books, his important relationship with the Western state, both before and during the war—the part it played in bringing on the great conflict and the help it gave him in winning it—have been little described and imperfectly understood. In Lincoln and California Brian McGinty explains the relationship between the president and the Golden State, describing important events that took place in California and elsewhere during Lincoln’s lifetime. He includes the histories of Lincoln’s close friends and personal acquaintances who made history as they went to California, lived there, and helped to keep it part of the imperiled Union. McGinty demonstrates that California was in large part responsible for beginning the Civil War, as the principal purpose of its conquest in the Mexican War was to acquire land into which the Southern states could extend their cotton-growing and slaveholding empire. The decision of California’s first voters to exclude slavery from the state but to enact virulently racist legislation encouraged Southerners’ hope that, if they established a separate republic, it would become an independent slave nation with the power to extend its territory to the Pacific coast of North America and into the Caribbean and Latin America. Lincoln’s opposition to their plans unleashed the Civil War. As the struggle played out, however, the hopes of the proslavery Confederates were ultimately defeated because California played a vital role in helping Lincoln save the Union. Lincoln and California shines new light on an important state, a pivotal president, and a turning point in American history. Trade Review"Brian McGinty's informative survey of the many Civil War-era connections between the Golden State and the nation's 16th president effectively combines content and approachability."—Civil War Books and Authors blog"McGinty's book is a fine read and undoubtedly makes important contributions to the body of Lincoln scholarship. . . . Lincoln aficionados should welcome this work into their collections."—Derek Maxfield, Emerging Civil WarPraise for Brian McGinty’s Archy Lee’s Struggle for Freedom “Brian McGinty is an enormously talented storyteller and historian. He has a journalist’s sense of how to ferret out facts and stories and weave them together.”—Paul Finkelman, noted scholar of American legal history and Rydell Visiting Professor at Gustavus Adolphus CollegePraise for Brian McGinty’s Lincoln’s Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America “Accomplished legal historian Brian McGinty has provided the definitive account of a crucial episode in Abraham Lincoln’s career as an attorney. . . . Anyone seeking to better understand the origins of the growing tensions between political parties in mid-nineteenth-century America will find this book absolutely essential.”—Harold Holzer, prize-winning Lincoln scholar and distinguished authorPraise for Brian McGinty’s Lincoln’s Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America “Of the 5,000-plus cases in which attorney Abraham Lincoln participated, none had more national significance than the one that Brian McGinty ably describes and analyzes in this highly readable volume. Based on thorough research, McGinty not only sheds a bright light on Lincoln’s contribution to the defense of the bridge company but also places the story within the larger context of American economic, social, and military history.”—Michael Burlingame, noted Lincoln scholar and president of the Abraham Lincoln AssociationTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. April 14, 1865 2. A Western Free State Man 3. Honest Old Abe 4. California’s Future 5. The War Begins 6. The First Californian 7. The Office Seekers 8. The Judges 9. Destiny’s Land 10. Gold, Silver, and Greenbacks 11. The Native Peoples 12. The War Continues 13. Letters from Washington 14. The View from Lone Mountain 15. What Was Remembered Chronology Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA fascinating cultural studies account of the "afterlife" of Leichhardt, revealing both German entanglement in British colonialism in Australia, and in a broader sense, what happens when we maintain an open stance to the ghosts ofthe past. After the renowned Prussian scientist and explorer Ludwig Leichhardt left the Australian frontier in 1848 on an expedition to cross the continent, he disappeared without a trace. Andrew Hurley's book complicates that view by undertaking an afterlife biography of "the Humboldt of Australia." Although Leichhardt's remains were never located, he has been sought and textually "found" many times over, particularly in Australia and Germany. He remains a significant presence, a highly productive ghost who continues to "haunt" culture. Leichhardt has been employed for all sorts of political purposes. In imperial Germany, he was a symbol of pure science, but also a bolster for colonialism. In the 20th century, he became a Nazi icon, a proto-socialist, the model for the protagonist of Nobel laureate Patrick White's famous novel Voss, as well as a harbinger of multiculturalism. He has also been put to useby Australian Indigenous cultures. Engaging Leichhardt's ghosts and those who have sought him yields a fascinating case study of German entanglement in British colonialism in Australia. It also shows how figures from the colonialpast feature in German and Australian social memory and serve present-day purposes. In an abstract sense, this book uses Leichhardt to explore what happens when we maintain an open stance to the ghosts of the past. Andrew Wright Hurley is Associate Professor in German Studies at the University of Technology Sydney. His book Into the Groove: Popular Music and Contemporary German Fiction was published by Camden House in 2015.Trade Review[Hurley's book is] fresh, compelling, and often surprising in its insights. . . . [This] is an ambitious book, covering almost two centuries of Australian, German, and transnational history. . . . [It] will be of value to many students and scholars of history, literature, and culture, including those interested in cultures of commemoration, imperial and colonial history, Indigenous-settler relations, migration, social history, transnational history, and women's history. HISTORICAL RECORDS OF AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE [Hilary Howes] The Australian Germanist Andrew Hurley presents [with this book] the first history of the reception - up to the present day - of the German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, who in 1844/45 became the first European to cross the Australian continent from East to West, and who in 1848, on his third attempt to travel from today's Brisbane to Swan River (Perth), disappeared. -- Helmut Peitsch * ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR RELIGION UND GEISTESGESCHICHTE *A deeply researched metabiography in which Hurley has woven together many disparate threads of the Leichhardt story to produce a more complete whole. Besides being an impressive scholarly work, Hurley writes beautifully and his command of language makes this book enjoyable to read. * AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY *BR> This is a work of great range and erudition. Its achievement is not to solve the Leichhardt puzzle, but to explain why and how it has reverberated through the years, in Australia and across the world. --Professor of History, Flinders University -- Peter Monteath, Professor of History, Flinders UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I Discovering, Mourning and Honoring Leichhardt between Australia and German-Speaking Europe, 1848-1858 Ferdinand von Mueller, the "Ladies Committee" and German-Australian Seekers of Leichhardt Taking Leichhardt Home to Germany with Georg von Neumayer Bridge PART 2 An Interwar Lull, or When Leichhardt Was Found as a "friend of the Aborigine"? Nazi Leichhardt Leichhardt the Cold Warrior Leichhardt Explodes, with No End in Sight Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive biography in English of the leader of the Bavarian Revolution and Republic of 1918/19, the first Jewish head of a European state and a man who embraced and embodied modernity. At the end of the First World War, German Jewish journalist, theater critic, and political activist Kurt Eisner (1867-1919), just released from prison, led a nonviolent revolution in Munich that deposed the monarchy and established the Bavarian Republic. Local head of the Independent Socialists, Eisner had been jailed for treason after organizing a munitions workers' strike to force an armistice. For a hundred days, as Germany spiraled into civil war, Eisner fought as head of state to preserve calm while implementing a peaceful transition to democracy and reforging international relations. He rejected another central German government dominated by Prussia in favor of a confederation of autonomous equals, a "United States of Germany." A Francophile, he sought ties with Paris in hope of containing Prussia. In February 1919, on the way to submit his government's resignation to the newly elected constitutionalassembly, Eisner was shot by a protofascist aristocrat, plunging Bavaria into political chaos from which Adolf Hitler would emerge. At the centenary of the Bavarian Revolution and Republic of 1918/19, this is the first comprehensive biography of Eisner written for an English-language audience. Albert Earle Gurganus is Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages at The Citadel. He is the author of The Art of Revolution: Kurt Eisner's Agitprop (Camden House, 1986).Trade ReviewGurganus provides a detailed biography of the socialist intellectual Eisner, appreciating him not only in his role as minister-president of the Free State of Bavaria, which he himself proclaimed in 1918. The presentation of Eisner's life shows him in chronological fashion as a thinking, feeling, acting person of his time. Gurganus falls back on his research, which he began as far back as the 1970s, and provides a comprehensive evaluation of the archival sources. On hand of especially thorough reference to Eisner's numerous newspaper articles, Gurganus teases out his intellectual development and his political ideas. -- Laura Mokrohs * GERMANISTIK *It is important that an English-language study of the first Bavarian Minister-President is now available. -- Frank Jacob * FRANCIA-RECENSIO *[O]ne real strength of this book is that it confers a set of deeper strands to Eisner the public figure-what drove his politics, his journalism, and his relationships with others. . . . [A]n exemplary biography that takes us deep into the mind and context of its enigmatic subject. Gurganus's account is exhaustively researched without being overdetailed, and written with a captivating dramatic verve. . . . [T]he author more than meets his objective to cast his work for 'the broad band of English speakers' with a more general interest in early twentieth-century German history. -- Marcus Colla * GERMAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY *Compelling. * QUARTERLY REVIEW *[A]n exhaustive biography of Eisner [that] provides detailed insight into the SPD's party life in late nineteenth-century Germany. . . . [S]hows the breadth of Eisner's erudition. . . . [W]e are offered a beautiful picture of [Eisner's] versatility as an intellectual . . . . -- Wim de Jong * H-SOCIALISMS *[T]his book is a tour de force. It provides a treasure trove of information on one of the early twentieth-century German left's seminal and all too often forgotten figures. -- Mark Jones * JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction A Novel's Suffering Hero: A Youth in Berlin (1867-1889) Aristocratize the Masses: From Berlin to Frankfurt to Marburg (1890-1893) Refuge of All Idealists: Through Cohen to Kant toward Marx (1893-1896) Dictatorial Megalomania: Lèse Majesté and Plötzensee Prison (1896-1898) Making the Leap: Back to Berlin as a Social Democrat (1898-1900) No Idle Dreamer: At the Helm of Vorwärts (1900-1902) My Life's Purpose: Molding the Readership (1902-1903) Never . . . a Less Fruitful Scholastic Debate: Intramural Strife - Evolution vs. Revolution (1903-1905) Revolutionizing Minds: The Scorched Middle Ground (1905) The Complete Parity of My Experiences: From Exile to Nuremberg (1905-1907) The Most Genuine and Fruitful Radicalism: Taking the Lead at the Fränkische Tagespost (1907-1908) So Suspect a Heretic as Surely I Am: New Bearings in North Bavaria (1908) Dear Little Whore: Personal and Professional Turmoil (1909) To Find a Lost Life: From Nuremberg to Munich (1909-1910) Something of a Party Offiziosus in Bavaria: Political Editor at the Münchener Post (1910-1911) At Peace with Myself: Resettling into Family Life (1912-1913) The Powerlessness of Reason: The World War Erupts (1914) Wretched Superfluity: Divided Loyalties (1915-1916) War for War's Sake: Political Alienation and Realignment (1916-1917) The Most Beautiful Days of My Life: Leading the Opposition (1917-1918) Our Power to Act Now Grows: From Prisoner to Premier (1918) The Terror of Truth: Forging the Republic, Combatting Reaction (1918) The Fantasies of a Visionary: Martyr of the Revolution (1918-1919) Now Dead, as It Stands: Outcomes and Legacy (1919-2017) Abbreviations Notes Sources and References Index

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Book SynopsisA fresh biography of a neglected figure in Southern history who played a pivotal role in the Civil War. In the predawn hours of April 12, 1861, James Chesnut Jr. piloted a small skiff across the Charleston Harbor and delivered the fateful order to open fire on Fort Sumter—the first shots of the Civil War. In The Man Who Started the Civil War, Anna Koivusalo offers the first comprehensive biography of Chesnut and through him a history of honor and emotion in elite white southern culture. Koivusalo reveals the dynamic, and at times fragile, nature of these concepts as they were tested and transformed from the era of slavery through Reconstruction. Best remembered as the husband of Mary Boykin Chesnut, author of A Diary from Dixie, James Chesnut served in the South Carolina legislature and as a US senator before becoming a leading figure in the South's secession from the Union. Koivusalo recounts how honor and emotion shaped Chesnut's life events and the decisions that culminated in the cataclysm of civil war. Challenging the traditional view of honor as a code, Koivusalo illuminates honor's vital but fickle role as a source for summoning, channeling, and expressing emotion in the nineteenth-century South.

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Book SynopsisExamines the evolving lives of two men who were crucial political figures in the consequential decades prior to the Civil WarAlthough neither of them lived to see the Civil War, John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun did as much any two political figures of the era to shape the intersectional tensions that produced the conflict. William F. Hartford examines the lives of Adams and Calhoun as a prism through which to view the developing sectional conflict. While both men came of age as strong nationalists, their views, like those of the nation, diverged by the 1830s, largely over the issue of slavery. Hartford examines the two men's responses to issues of nationalism and empire, sectionalism and nullification, slavery and antislavery, party and politics, and also the expansion of slavery. He offers fresh insights into the sectional conflict that also accounts for the role of personal idiosyncrasy and interpersonal relationships in the coming of the Civil War.

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Book SynopsisExamines the evolving lives of two men who were crucial political figures in the consequential decades prior to the Civil WarAlthough neither of them lived to see the Civil War, John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun did as much any two political figures of the era to shape the intersectional tensions that produced the conflict. William F. Hartford examines the lives of Adams and Calhoun as a prism through which to view the developing sectional conflict. While both men came of age as strong nationalists, their views, like those of the nation, diverged by the 1830s, largely over the issue of slavery. Hartford examines the two men's responses to issues of nationalism and empire, sectionalism and nullification, slavery and antislavery, party and politics, and also the expansion of slavery. He offers fresh insights into the sectional conflict that also accounts for the role of personal idiosyncrasy and interpersonal relationships in the coming of the Civil War.

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Book SynopsisThis captivating biography traces the life of Eliza Fenwick, an extraordinary woman who paved her own unique path throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as she made her way from country to country as writer, teacher, and school owner. Lissa Paul brings to light Fenwick’s letters for the first time to reveal the relationships she developed with many key figures of her era, and to tell Fenwick’s story as depicted by the woman herself. Fenwick began as a writer in the radical London of the 1790s, a member of Mary Wollstonecraft’s circle, and when her marriage crumbled, she became a prolific author of children’s literature to support her family. Eventually Fenwick moved to Barbados, becoming the owner of a school while confronting the reality of slavery in the British colonies. She would go on to establish schools in numerous cities in the United States and Canada, all the while taking care of her daughter and grandchildren and maintaining her friendships through letters that, as presented here, tell the story of her life. Published by the University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Table of ContentsCover PageTitle PageCopyright PageContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNotes on the TextAbbreviationsPreludeChapter 1. Daughter of MethodismChapter 2. Mother and AuthorChapter 3. Children’s Book Writer and FriendChapter 4. Governess and NetworkerChapter 5. Colonist and SlaveholderChapter 6. School Owner and MournerChapter 7. North American GrandmotherCodaNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisVictorine Elizabeth du Pont, the first child of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont and his wife Sophie, was seven years old when her family emigrated to America, where her father established the humble beginnings of what would become a corporate giant. Through correspondence with friends and relatives from the ages of eight to sixty-eight, Victorine unwittingly chronicled the first sixty years of the du Pont saga in America. As she recovered from personal tragedy, she became first tutor of her siblings and relations. This biography makes the case that Victorine has had the broadest—and most enduring—influence within the entire du Pont family of any family member. The intellectual heir of her venerable grandfather, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, although Victorine grew up in an age where women's opportunities were limited, her pioneering efforts in education, medicine, and religion transformed an entire millworkers’ community. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Genealogies Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours Family Portraits Foreword Dr. David Cole Preface Acknowledgments Note to the Reader 1 France, 1792–1795 2 America’s Turn 3 Wilmington, Delaware 4 Emergence 5 Post-Rivardi Years 6 Ferdinand 7 Mourning on the Brandywine 8 Departures and Arrivals 9 Life and Spirit on the Brandywine 10 The Brandywine Manufacturer’s Sunday School 11 A New Superintendent 12 Second Mother 13 A Growing Family, a Thriving Community 14 National Recognition 15 Legacies and Conflicts 16 Loss and Restoration 17 A Time to Build 18 Bells 19 Feeling an Interest 20 Nearing Home 21 Pathway’s End 22 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this incisive study, noted philosophy professor Jeffrey Lavoie presents the Reverend George William Allen, an important figure in esoteric religious and cultural movements that swept North America and Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. This original biography is the first serious scholarly attempt to define the man, his theology, and his philosophy and to trace his influence over the movements that helped to determine the cultural and religious avant-garde of the Western world from 1880 to 1914. Lavoie’s extensive background in theology and history and mastery of original documents lend his research terrific relevance in linking intellectual currents of Victorian, Edwardian, and modern esoteric beliefs and patterns. Allen’s dream theory, contemporary to but different from Freud’s, emphasized the notion that ordinary reality was a false state and that waking up process was linked to mystical connections and thus the one sure way to human self-knowledge. Allen’s influence lasted well into the twentieth century, affecting modernist poets such as Yeats and Pound as well as, at some remove, the spiritualism of the Nazis and other European fascist movements.

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Book Synopsis“It was one of those periods that you got through, as opposed to enjoyed. It wasn’t an environment that . . . was nurturing, so you shut it out. You just got through it. You just took it a day at a time. You excelled if you could. You did your best. You felt as though the eyes of the community were on you.”—Glenda Wilson, East Side Junior High.Much has been written about the historical desegregation of Little Rock Central High School by nine African American students in 1957. History has been silent, however, about the students who desegregated Little Rock’s five public junior high schools—East Side, Forest Heights, Pulaski Heights, Southwest, and West Side—in 1961 and 1962.The First Twenty-Five gathers the personal stories of these students some fifty years later. They recall what it was like to break down long-standing racial barriers while in their early teens—a developmental stage that often brings emotional vulnerability. In their own words, these individuals share what they saw, heard, and felt as children on the front lines of the civil rights movement, providing insight about this important time in Little Rock, and how these often painful events from their childhoods affected the rest of their lives.

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Book SynopsisNikki Haley has been widely hailed as an emerging force in American politics, her star power burnished over a decade that has seen her move from the national spotlight to the global stage. In Rising Star, political scientist Jason A. Kirk analyzes her ascendance in the Republican party, from her governorship of South Carolina as a woman of color—where she faced extraordinary challenges in a state reckoning with tragedy, race, and its own history—to her elevated profile as Donald Trump’s representative to the United Nations, where as the daughter of immigrants she would become the face of his America First policy to the world. This book, in its consideration of a wide range of perspectives, illuminates how Haley’s combination of political talents and her identity as an Indian American, Christian, southern woman have made her an unlikely bridge between the Trump years and the GOP’s embattled path forward, and, by all accounts, a significant political force.

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Book SynopsisCelebrating the centenary of women legislators’ membership in the Arkansas General Assembly, Stateswomen shines a light on the women who have served as some of the state’s central decision makers. Drawing on documentary research and oral histories, Lindsley Armstrong Smith and Stephen A. Smith present lively, concise biographies for the nearly 150 women legislators who have served in the general assembly to date, chronicling their personal histories, volunteer work and social activism, and legislative victories. In a probing introduction, the authors examine the neglected role of women in Arkansas political history alongside the “long history of resistance to full citizenship rights for women in Arkansas”—demonstrating that political representation is essential for improving opportunities in the wider society. The first comprehensive study dedicated to these trailblazing Arkansas legislators, Stateswomen will surely inspire history buffs, community-minded citizens, and political hopefuls alike.

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Book SynopsisAs the Vietnam War was beginning to turn towards its bitter end, Le Quan fought under beloved general Tran Ba Di in the army of South Vietnam. An unlikely encounter thrust the two men together, and they developed a mutual respect in their home country during wartime. Forty years later, the two men reconnected in a wholly unlikely setting: a family road trip to Key West.Soldier On is written by Le Quan's daughter, who artfully crafts the road trip as a frame through which the stories of both men come to life. Le Quan and Tran Ba Di provide two different views of life in the South Vietnamese army, and they embody two different realities of the aftermath of defeat. Le Quan was able to smuggle his family out of Saigon among the so-called boat people, eventually receiving asylum in America and resettling in Texas. General Tran Ba Di, on the other hand, experienced political consequences: he spent seventeen years in a re-education camp before he was released to family in Florida.A proud daughter's perspective brings this intergenerational and intercontinental story to life, as Tran herself plumbs her remembrances to expand the legacy of the many Vietnamese who weathered conflict to forge new futures in America.Trade ReviewSoldier On tells intersecting stories of war and immigration from the eyes of two Vietnamese men; Tran Quan compellingly evokes these two refugee voices and provides insight into their times." --Susan J. Tweit, author of Bless the Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying

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Book SynopsisReared in Freedmen's Town, Texas, Emmett J. Scott was a journalist, newspaper editor, government official, author, and chief of staff, adviser, and ghostwriter to Booker T. Washington. He was frequently called "the power broker of the Tuskegee Machine": he was a Renaissance man, scholar, and political fixer. However, his life has not received a full examination until now. Built upon fifty years of research, Maceo C. Dailey's Emmett J. Scott offers fascinating detail by describing Scott's role in promoting the Tuskegee Institute. Before his death, Dailey had nearly singular access to the Scott papers at Morgan State University, which have been officially closed for decades. Readers will finally be exposed to Scott's behind-the-scenes contributions to racial uplift and will see Scott's influential role in advancing not only the Tuskegee Institute but also the Booker T. Washington agenda.Editors Will Guzmán and David H. Jackson lend their own expertise in bringing Dailey's lifetime project to fruition. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis, a close friend of Maceo Dailey, provides a timely foreword. Former Black Panther Party chairwoman Elaine Brown, granddaughter of Emmett J. Scott, reflects on her relationship with Scott and his impact in the afterword.Taken together, this work of biography is an impressive reference and an essential endeavor of recovery, one that restores to prominence the life and legacy of Emmett J. Scott.

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Book SynopsisWhat does a person need to learn before they can survive as the vice president under a tumultuous administration? How do you continue to honor the laws and the constitution of the country in the face of increasingly vitriolic partisan politics? Mike Pence's vice presidency of the United States wasn't always easy. To some, he is the personification of American conservative values, but to others, his ideals are the epitome of prejudice and bigotry. In Pence: The Path to Power, journalist Andrea Neal showcases how the vice president arrived at this position of influence. Neal interviews friends, family, staff, former teachers, and politicians on both sides of the aisle to reveal a multifaceted view of the self-described Christian, Conservative, and Republican–in that order–from his beginnings in a large Irish Catholic family in Columbus, Indiana, through the scandals of his first election, to his time beside Donald Trump. This candid look at Mike Pence's life exposes his unexpected path to power and the individuals who influenced him along the way.Trade ReviewPolitical junkies will learn some new facts and stories about Pence and gain a historical perspective missing for even those who were in the middle of the political action. . . . Neal sticks to the facts, yet in a way that yields insights and perspective. * Indianapolis Star *What one gets from Neal's work is a greater sense of who Pence is, not just what he is. Few public figures are as outspoken and consistent in char- acter, while remaining truly enigmatic to the people whom they serve. -- Laura Merrifield Wilson * Indiana Magazine of History *The result is a look at Mike Pence's rise to prominence that is as close as we will get to his view of his climb until he writes his own memoirs. * NUVO *A good overview of the path the politically ambitious Pence took to get to his current position. * USA Today *Balancing out these two highly divergent portraits, Pence: The Path to Power by Andrea Neal—based on interviews with Pence's family, friends, staff, and other politicians, both allies and foes—paints a more nuanced picture. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change, and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their consideration of lesser-known women writers, focus on women as political activists, and use of post-colonialism, queer theory, and spatial theory to examine the period from the Enlightenment until World War II. The contributors study women as agents and representations of social change in a variety of genres, including short stories, novels, plays, personal letters, and journalistic pieces. Canonical authors such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Leopoldo Alas “Clarín,” and Carmen de Burgos are considered alongside lesser known writers and activists such as María Rosa Gálvez, Sofía Tartilán, and Caterina Albert i Paradís. The critical analyses are situated within their specific socio-historical context, and shed new light on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spanish literature, history, and culture. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Table of ContentsA Note on Translations … v Introduction ... 1 Jennifer SmithPart I: Modern Spanish Women Writers as Activists ... 26 One Gender, Race, and Subalternity in the Antislavery Plays of María Rosa Gálvez and Faustina Sáez de Melgar ... 27Akiko Tsuchiya Two Forging Progressive Futures for Spain’s Women and People: Sofía Tartilán (Palencia 1829-Madrid 1888) ... 55Christine Arkinstall Three Fashion as Feminism: Carmen de Burgos’s Ideas on Fashion in Context ... 94Roberta JohnsonPart II: Emilia Pardo Bazán as Literary Theorist and Cultural Critic ... 119 Four Pardo Bazán’s “Apuntes autobiográficos”and “El baile del Querubín”: A Theoretical Reexamination ... 120Susan M. McKenna Five The Twice-Told and the Unsaid in Pardo Bazán’s “Presentido,” “En coche-cama,” “Confidencia,” and “Madre” ... 147Linda M. Willem Six Emilia Pardo Bazán, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Stories of Conversion ... 175Denise DuPont Seven “A Most Promising Girl”: Gender and Artistic Future in Emilia Pardo Bazán’s “La dama joven” ... 205Margot VersteegPart III:Representations of Female Deviance ... 237 Eight A Woman’s Search for a Space of Her Own in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's Dos mujeres ... 238Rogelia Lily Ibarra Nine Caterina Albert i Paradís: Writing, Solitude, and Woman’s Jouissance, translated by Lourdes Albuixech... 261Neus Carbonell Ten The Obstinate Negativity of Ana Ozores ... 289Jo Labanyi Eleven Female Masculinity in La Regenta ... 307Jennifer Smith Afterword ... 333Acknowledgments... 337Bibliography ... 338Index ... 373About the Contributors ... 374

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change, and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their consideration of lesser-known women writers, focus on women as political activists, and use of post-colonialism, queer theory, and spatial theory to examine the period from the Enlightenment until World War II. The contributors study women as agents and representations of social change in a variety of genres, including short stories, novels, plays, personal letters, and journalistic pieces. Canonical authors such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Leopoldo Alas “Clarín,” and Carmen de Burgos are considered alongside lesser known writers and activists such as María Rosa Gálvez, Sofía Tartilán, and Caterina Albert i Paradís. The critical analyses are situated within their specific socio-historical context, and shed new light on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spanish literature, history, and culture. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Trade Review"This book is a beautiful tribute to Maryellen Bieder, an important and significant scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish narrative by women. The essays in this book—by scholars and writers of several different generations who are also highly esteemed in the same and other areas—expand and continue Bieder’s research to new horizons. Modern Spanish Women as Agents of Change is a very important contribution to the field: it continues current research, embarks on new areas of investigation, and employs distinct or innovative theoretical ideas." -- Sandra J. Schumm * author of Mother and Myth in Spanish Novels *"An outstanding work of collaborative scholarship and unreservedly recommended for community Women's Studies sections, as well as college and university library Literary & Iberian Studies collections." * Midwest Book Review *"Jennifer Smith continues to vindicate the validity of feminism today. There is no doubt that Maryellen Bieder would be proud of the legacy passed on to her numerous disciples and colleagues." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *“An outstanding contribution of cutting-edge research to students and scholars of feminist discourses, gender studies, and modern Peninsular literatures and cultures.” * Hispania *"The volume adds to our understanding of nineteenth-century women’s agency and the lead roles played by women in conversations about modernity and national identity within the cultural, literary and political spheres. The volume also models the same kind of literary activism championed by some of the women whose work inspires its various chapters." * Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies *"The volume demonstrates the need to continue learning about the historical and cultural legacy of these women as agents of change and modernity to understand in more detail the role of Spanish women in the present moment, a moment that is challenging the anti-feminist and conservative discourse on both sides of the Atlantic as outdated." * Revista de Literatura *"Well-written and insightful." * Anales Galdosianos *"This book is a beautiful tribute to Maryellen Bieder, an important and significant scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish narrative by women. The essays in this book—by scholars and writers of several different generations who are also highly esteemed in the same and other areas—expand and continue Bieder’s research to new horizons. Modern Spanish Women as Agents of Change is a very important contribution to the field: it continues current research, embarks on new areas of investigation, and employs distinct or innovative theoretical ideas." -- Sandra J. Schumm * author of Mother and Myth in Spanish Novels *"An outstanding work of collaborative scholarship and unreservedly recommended for community Women's Studies sections, as well as college and university library Literary Iberian Studies collections." * Midwest Book Review *"Jennifer Smith continues to vindicate the validity of feminism today. There is no doubt that Maryellen Bieder would be proud of the legacy passed on to her numerous disciples and colleagues." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *“An outstanding contribution of cutting-edge research to students and scholars of feminist discourses, gender studies, and modern Peninsular literatures and cultures.” * Hispania *"The volume adds to our understanding of nineteenth-century women’s agency and the lead roles played by women in conversations about modernity and national identity within the cultural, literary and political spheres. The volume also models the same kind of literary activism championed by some of the women whose work inspires its various chapters." * Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies *"The volume demonstrates the need to continue learning about the historical and cultural legacy of these women as agents of change and modernity to understand in more detail the role of Spanish women in the present moment, a moment that is challenging the anti-feminist and conservative discourse on both sides of the Atlantic as outdated." * Revista de Literatura *"Well-written and insightful." * Anales Galdosianos *Table of ContentsA Note on Translations … v Introduction ... 1 Jennifer SmithPart I: Modern Spanish Women Writers as Activists ... 26 One Gender, Race, and Subalternity in the Antislavery Plays of María Rosa Gálvez and Faustina Sáez de Melgar ... 27Akiko Tsuchiya Two Forging Progressive Futures for Spain’s Women and People: Sofía Tartilán (Palencia 1829-Madrid 1888) ... 55Christine Arkinstall Three Fashion as Feminism: Carmen de Burgos’s Ideas on Fashion in Context ... 94Roberta JohnsonPart II: Emilia Pardo Bazán as Literary Theorist and Cultural Critic ... 119 Four Pardo Bazán’s “Apuntes autobiográficos”and “El baile del Querubín”: A Theoretical Reexamination ... 120Susan M. McKenna Five The Twice-Told and the Unsaid in Pardo Bazán’s “Presentido,” “En coche-cama,” “Confidencia,” and “Madre” ... 147Linda M. Willem Six Emilia Pardo Bazán, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Stories of Conversion ... 175Denise DuPont Seven “A Most Promising Girl”: Gender and Artistic Future in Emilia Pardo Bazán’s “La dama joven” ... 205Margot VersteegPart III:Representations of Female Deviance ... 237 Eight A Woman’s Search for a Space of Her Own in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's Dos mujeres ... 238Rogelia Lily Ibarra Nine Caterina Albert i Paradís: Writing, Solitude, and Woman’s Jouissance, translated by Lourdes Albuixech... 261Neus Carbonell Ten The Obstinate Negativity of Ana Ozores ... 289Jo Labanyi Eleven Female Masculinity in La Regenta ... 307Jennifer Smith Afterword ... 333Acknowledgments... 337Bibliography ... 338Index ... 373About the Contributors ... 374

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Book SynopsisCaroline Kearney’s husband bequeathed her a heart-breaking dilemma. Writing his will as he lay dying in Melbourne in 1865, Edward Kearney promised his wife £100 a year and more to educate their sons, but only if she moved to Ireland with their six children and lived in a house that her brothers-in-law would choose and furnish. Caroline (née Bax) had never been to Ireland. Edward had left as a young man. Why were these his final wishes?How did this young widow respond to such a draconian exercise of male power from the grave? Could a husband legally force his widow to migrate against her wishes? Caroline’s Dilemma follows Caroline and Edward’s migration histories from Britain and Ireland to Australia, their marriage, and their experiences running sheep stations on Aboriginal land in South Australia and Victoria. Caroline did not want to leave Australia, leaving her own parents and siblings behind. She contested his will in the courts and struggled against the growing influence of his Irish Catholic family. Feisty, determined and sometimes devious, she drew on the support of her family, drink and his estate to try to shape her future and that of her children.This extraordinary book combines story telling with an historian’s detective work required to bring it to light. Pieced together from evidence in archives, newspapers, genealogical sites and legal records, this book sheds new light on the workings of nineteenth-century gender and male power, family lives that span imperial sites, inheritance, migration, settler colonialism, the Irish diaspora and sectarian conflict. It shows how one middle-class woman and her family fought to shape their own lives within the British Empire and its colonies.

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Book SynopsisIn the early hours of 26 February 1918, the British hospital ship Glenart Castle steamed into the Bristol Channel, heading for France to pick up wounded men from the killing fields of the Western Front. Onboard was 32-year-old Australian nurse, Edith Blake. After being torpedoed by a German U-boat, the Glenart Castle took minutes to sink. Of the 182 onboard, 153 perished including all eight nurses. After missing out on joining the Australian Army, in 1915 Edith Blake was one of 130 Australian nurses allocated to the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service by the British government. In very personal letters to her family back home Edith shares her homesickness, frustration with military rules, and the culture shock of Egypt. In Edith Blake's War, her great niece Krista Vane-Tempest traces Edith's story from training in Sydney to her war service in the Middle East and the Mediterranean; her conflicted feelings about nursing German prisoners of war as German aircraft bombed England, to her death in waters where Germany had promised the safe passage of hospital ships.

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Book SynopsisThe incredible story of an Australian hero who helped save the life of a future president.On a moonless night in August 1943, a US torpedo boat commanded by Lt John F Kennedy, on patrol in Solomon Islands, was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Left clinging to wreckage within sight of Japanese encampments, the eleven surviving members of Kennedy's crew eventually struggled ashore on a small uninhabited island. Missing, presumed dead, behind enemy lines, with no food or water, and with several injured, the future looked bleak for the shipwrecked Americans. Fortunately, Australian 'coast watcher' Lt Reg Evans witnessed the immediate aftermath of the collision from his nearby jungle hideaway. Working under the searching eye of the Japanese military, over the next five days Evans and two Solomon Islander scouts — Eroni Kumana and Biuku Gasa — located Kennedy and his crew and ensured their rescue.This story of wartime bravery and survival helped create JFK's legend and paved his way to the White House. It also shone a spotlight on Australia and America's shared wartime experience. In Saving Lieutenant Kennedy, Brett Mason, author of Wizards of Oz, sets the heroic rescue and its colourful aftermath against the background of the Pacific war and the birth of the Australia–US alliance, which remains as vital today as when Kennedy and Evans first shook hands.

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Book SynopsisIn late 2023 Australians will vote in a referendum on enshrining an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the constitution. What benefits will the Voice bring? And what was the journey to this point? Everything You Need to Know About the Voice to Parliament, written by co-author of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Cobble Cobble woman Megan Davis,and fellow constitutional expert George Williams is essential reading on the Voice to parliament and government, how our Constitution was drafted, what the 1967 referendum achieved, and the Uluru Statement. It charts the journey of this nationbuilding reform from the earliest stages of Indigenous advocacy and, importantly, explains how the Voice offers change that will benefit the whole nation.

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Book SynopsisIn 1932, Isay Rottenberg, a Jewish paper merchant, bought a cigar factory in Germany: Deutsche Zigarren-Werke. When his competitors, supported by Nazi authorities, tried to shut it down, the headstrong entrepreneur refused to give up the fight.Isay Rottenberg was born into a large Jewish family in Russian Poland in 1889 and grew up in Lodz. He left for Berlin at the age of eighteen to escape military service, moving again in 1917 to Amsterdam on the occasion of his marriage. In 1932 he moved to Germany to take over a bankrupt cigar factory. With newfangled American technology, it was the most modern at the time. The energetic and ambitious Rottenberg was certain he could bring it back to life, and with newly hired staff of 670 workers, the cigar factory was soon back in business.Six months later, Hitler came to power and the Nazi government forbade the use of machines in the cigar industry so that traditional hand-rollers could be re-employed. That was when the real struggle began. More than six hundred qualified machine workers and engineers would lose their jobs if the factory had to close down. Supported by the local authorities he managed to keep the factory going, but in 1935 he was imprisoned following accusations of fraud. The factory was expropriated by the Deutsche Bank. When he was released six months later thanks to the efforts of the Dutch consul, he brought a lawsuit of his own. His fight for rehabilitation and restitution of his property would continue until Kristallnacht in 1938.The Cigar Factory of Isay Rottenberg is written by two of Rottenberg's granddaughters, who knew little of their grandfather's past growing up in Amsterdam until a call for claims for stolen or confiscated property started them on a journey of discovery.Table of Contents 1. Isay Rottenberg 2. Döbeln Junction 3. Merchant from Amsterdam 4. Krenter’s Rise and Fall 5. The Nazis in Power 6. The Machine Ban 7. A Complaint Filed with the Gestapo 8. German virtue 9. Arbeit und Brot 10. The Workers Reined In 11. Sword and Lightning 12. Münchner Platz 13. Undauntable 14. And then, War DZW under new ownership Sources and bibliography Photo credits List of persons Glossary of terms and abbreviations Family tree Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisIn May of 1868, Elizabeth Bingham Young and her husband of only fivemonths, Egerton Ryerson Young, began a long journey from Hamilton,Ontario, to the Methodist mission of Rossville, at Norway House. Overthe next eight years, Elizabeth supported her husband’s work atRossville and then at the newly founded mission of Berens River, on theeast shore of Lake Winnipeg. In these remote outposts, she gave birthto four children, one of whom died in infancy, acted as a nurse anddoctor, and applied both perseverance and determination to learningCree, while also coping with poverty and a chronic shortage ofsupplies, both in the mission and in the community it served. WhenElizabeth died, in 1935, she left behind various reminiscences, notablyan extended account of her experiences at Norway House and BerensRiver, evidently written in 1927. Her memoirs offer an exceedingly rareportrait of mission life as seen through the eyes of a woman. Elizabeth’s first child and only surviving son, also namedEgerton Ryerson Young but known in his youth as “Eddie,”was born at Norway House in 1869. Cared for by a Cree woman almost frominfancy, Eddie spent his early childhood immersed in local Cree andOjibwe life, culture, and language, in many ways exemplifying theprocess of reverse acculturation often in evidence among the childrenof missionaries. He, too, left behind hitherto unpublishedreminiscences, one composed around 1935 and a second dictated shortlybefore his death. Like those of his mother, Eddie’s memoriescapture the sensory and emotional texture of mission life, a life inwhich the Christian faith is implicit rather than prominently ondisplay, while also providing an intriguing counterpoint to hismother’s recollections. Like all memoirs, these are refractedthrough the prism of time, and yet they remain startling in theirimmediacy. Together, the writings of mother and son—conjoinedhere with a selection of archival documents that supplement the mainnarratives, with the whole meticulously edited by Jennifer S. H.Brown—afford an all too uncommon opportunity to contemplatemission life from the ground up.Table of ContentsForeword Donald B. Smith Acknowledgements Introduction PARTI Untitled Memoir of Elizabeth Bingham Young, 1927 Postscripts Elizabeth Bingham Young: Method in Her Methodism Mission Wives at Rossville: Some Comparisons PARTII “A Missionary and His Son” and Subsequent Reminiscences, byE. Ryerson Young Introduction A Missionary and His Son Reminiscences of 1962 for the Years 1876 to 1898 “As Darkness Steals upon Mine Eyes”: A Poem by E. Ryerson Young, on His Blindness PARTIII Supplementary Documents and Excerpts Illustrations Index

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Book SynopsisIngelore Rothschild was twelve years old when she was whisked out of her home in 1936. It was her first step on a cross-continent journey to Japan, where she and her parents sought refuge from rising anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. Each leg of the journey presents its own nightmare: passports are stolen, identities are uncovered, a mudslide tears through the Rothschild’s home, and the atomic bombs are dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Ingelore’s bright, observant nature and remarkable capacity for befriending those along her way fills her narrative with unique details about the people she meets and the places she travels to. The story of Ingelore and her prominent German Jewish family’s escape is an invaluable account that contributes to Holocaust witness and memoir literature. Ingelore’s survival story is a painful reminder that only European Jews with significant financial means were able to carefully orchestrate an escape from Nazi Germany.

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Book SynopsisAs a precocious young girl, Surekha knew very little about the details of her mother Amma’s unusual past and that of Babu, her mysterious and sometimes absent father. The tense, uncertain family life created by her parents’ distant and fractious marriage and their separate ambitions informs her every action and emotion. Then one evening, in a moment of uncharacteristic transparency and vulnerability, Amma tells Surekha and her older sister Didi of the family tragedy that changed the course of her life. Finally, the daughters begin to understand the source of their mother’s deep commitment to the Indian nationalist movement and her seemingly unending willingness to sacrifice in the name of that pursuit.In this re-memory based on the published and unpublished work of Amma and Surekha, Meenal Shrivastava, Surekha’s daughter, uncovers the history of the female foot soldiers of Gandhi’s national movement in the early twentieth century. As Meenal weaves these written accounts together with archival research and family history, she gives voice and honour to the hundreds of thousands of largely forgotten or unacknowledged women who, threatened with imprisonment for treason and sedition, relentlessly and selflessly gave toward the revolution.Table of ContentsPrefaceA Note on Forms of Address1 Dislocations2 Many Homes3 No Easy Path4 Meeting Babu5 City of Conquests6 Battlegrounds7 Departures8 Crossing Thresholds9 Letting GoEpilogueWriting Amma’s StoryAcknowledgementsList of Interviews

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Book SynopsisThe book opens in China, 1962. Andrew Mlangeni is one of a small select group undergoing military training. The unannounced visitor is Mao Tse-Tung. While still at school, Andrew Mlangeni joined the Communist Party of South Africa and also the ANC Youth League. These were the organisations that shaped his values. Decades of resourceful activism were to lead to his arrest and life sentence in the Rivonia trial. Mlangeni’s lifelong commitment to the struggle for liberation reverberates with other biographies of leading figures. His perspective comes from a somewhat ambiguous position in the hierarchy of liberation leaders. Mlangeni was selected as one of the first-ever six members who received military training in China before the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe. He seems to have been chosen because he was a dedicated, intelligent and dependable operative, rather than a leader. Even after his release after 25 years on Robben Island, Mlangeni was not given a senior position in the post-apartheid democratic government. ‘I was always the backroom boy,’ says Andrew Mlangeni about himself. This story of an ANC elder is a rigorously researched historical record overlaid with intensely personal reflections which intersect with the political narrative. Above all, it is one man’s story, set in the maelstrom of the liberation struggle. This biographical project has been developed for, and published in conjunction with, the June and Andrew Mlangeni Foundation.Trade Review"Backroom Boy is a riveting account of a long life in the struggle for freedom both before and after the attainment of democracy in 1994. It is a living account of the many turns and twists in the life of a cadre in the centre, but backstage of the struggle for freedom in South Africa". - Siphamandla Zondi, professor and head of the school of Political Science at University of Pretoria. "This book is a valuable and dependable source book to ANC and MK (uMkhonto we Sizwe ) history with a lot of factual information that would not be known to the general reader". - Albie Sachs, retired Constitutional Court judge and author of We, the People: Insights of an activist judge.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 1962, China; Chapter 2 1961, The road to China; Chapter 3 1944, Conscientisation; Chapter 4 1931, Beginnings; Chapter 5 1949, Work, marriage, political activity; Chapter 6 1963, 'Rev Mokete Mokoena'; Chapter 7 1963, Trial and conviction; Chapter 8 1964, Prisoner 467/64; Chapter 9 1977, Prison life, family life; Chapter 10 1982, Keeping track of the struggle; Chapter 11 1985, 'Freedom was in sight.'; Chapter 12 1990, the start of a new life; Conclusion; Interviews undertaken for this book; Letters.

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Book SynopsisPatrick van Rensburg (1931-2017) was an anti-apartheid activist and self-made 'alternative educationist' whose work received international recognition with the Right Livelihood Award in 1981.Born in KwaZulu-Natal into what he described as a 'very ordinary South African family that believed in the virtue of racism', Van Rensburg became a self-styled rebel who tirelessly pursued his own vision of a brighter future for emerging societies in post-colonial southern Africa.His emotional and intellectual struggle against his upbringing and cultural roots led him to reject his life of white privilege in South Africa. Determined to prevent the emergence of a privileged black elite in post-colonial society, he devoted his life to implementing an alternative, egalitarian approach to education, focusing on quality and functional schooling for the majority. Rewarded with the internationally prestigious Right Livelihood Award for his unique contribution to education, he saw this work as a 'necessary tool of development'.Exiled from South Africa in 1960 because of his involvement in the London boycott campaign that gave birth to the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Van Rensburg moved to Botswana (then Bechuanaland). There he founded cooperatives, provided vocational training and was among the earliest educationists to espouse the discipline of development studies.Perhaps his best-known legacy is the Swaneng Hill School, which he founded to provide an educational home for primary school 'dropouts' through a curriculum that combined theory and practice, and academic and manual labour. He involved his pupils in building their school, running it, providing their own food, and making their own equipment and furniture.Van Rensburg was an innovative and charismatic visionary who captured the zeitgeist of the late twentieth century, and whose work and vision still have resonance for debates in educational policy today.Trade ReviewThis is a story that has to be told and Van Rensburg has found a worthy biographer … The dominant image is of a man who had a great appetite for life: work, projects, parties, women, debate, travel, but who is simultaneously a semi-heroic, semi-tragic figure. — Linda Chisholm, Professor in the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, University of Johannesburg Patrick van Rensburg’s philosophies and projects were beneficial, stimulating our thinking and urging us to reshape Botswana’s education. He shook our ideas. Kevin Shillington is to be commended for bringing his story to a wide audience. This book should be read by anyone interested in education, as Pat’s Education with Production model is relevant to the whole education ladder, from early childhood through to university. — Gaositwe K. T. Chiepe, educationist and politician, Minister of Education, Botswana, 1995–1999Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations and acronyms List of illustrations Maps Introduction Chapter 1 Origins and Identity in South Africa Chapter 2 An Anglophone South African, 1936-1948 Chapter 3 The Making of an Afrikaner, 1949-1953 Chapter 4 Diplomat and Rebel, 1953-1957 Chapter 5 Anti-Apartheid Activist, 1957-1959 Chapter 6 Boycott, 1959-1960 Chapter 7 Into Exile, 1960-1961 Chapter 8 Return to Africa, 1961-1962 Chapter 9 The Founding of Swaneng Hill School, 1962-1963 Chapter 10 Challenging 'the Ladder to Privilege', 1963-1965 Chapter 11 The Alternative Educationist, 1965-1967 Chapter 12 Expansion and Replication, 1967-1969 Chapter 13 Time of Crisis, 1969-1971 Chapter 14 Education with Production, the 1970s Chapter 15 Foundation for Education with Production and Spreading the Word, the 1980s Chapter 16 Education with Production and South Africa, the 1990s Chapter 17 Return to Botswana Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe name 'Leon Trotsky' is a controversial one. For some, he was a betrayer or a totalitarian. For others, he was a revolutionary knight battling an oppressive system. However you view him, Trotsky was a one of the most important figures of twentieth-century Communism. A leader of the 1917 Bolshevik insurrection in Russia, he organized and led the Red Army to victory in the Russian Civil War - but was challenged and eventually defeated by his rival Joseph Stalin. Trotsky lived the rest of his life in exile until Stalin finally had him killed. In Leon Trotsky, Paul Le Blanc delves deep to understand Trotsky's complex character, relationships, actions and ideas. Interweaving dramatic historical events with Trotsky's multi-faceted personality, this book explores his involvement with and opposition to the Soviet bureaucracy, and his efforts to revitalize the revolutionary wing of the labour movement. Revealed here are his urgent warnings of Hitler's rise and the spread of fascism, his penetrating understanding of the French Popular Front and the Spanish Civil War, and his analysis of the ominous beginnings of the Second World War. Throughout, Trotsky remained animated by the early ideals of the Communist tradition. Drawing from a rich array of sources, Le Blanc offers a balanced portrait of Trotsky in a historical context that will be invaluable for students, scholars or anyone with an interest in political history and extraordinary lives.Trade Review'Even-handed but sympathetic, learned but not overbearing, Le Blanc's expert study leads a reader through the complexities of twentieth-century history and the vicissitudes of revolution, while also painting an intense, and at times heartbreaking, portrait of a key player and critic of capitalism and real-existing Communism. Le Blanc provides a sharp assessment of the influence and actions of Trotsky and the Trotskyists, against the backdrop of Hitler's rise to power and the purges unleashed by Trotsky's nemesis, Stalin.' - Esther Leslie, Professor of Political Aesthetics in the School of English and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London

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Book SynopsisThe Anatomy of Riches tells the story of one family's long rise from rags to riches, and their rapid reversal of fortune. It focuses on the life of Sir Robert Paston, who experienced the family's fall from grace at a time of momentous change, the beginning of the modern world. The Paston wealth had brought luxuries from across the globe to an idyllic retreat in rural Norfolk. The family commissioned Europe's finest craftsmen to enhance their rarities, and their lavish hospitality was famed throughout England. But Civil War and plague tore the country apart, and peace-loving Sir Robert was assailed by what he called a `whirlpool of misadventures', although he kept his faith and worked tirelessly to protect his wife and children. Encouraged by his friend Dr Thomas Browne, he even found time to pursue his interests, employing both an alchemist in search of the Philosophers' Stone and an artist to capture his favourite treasures in an enigmatic still-life, The Paston Treasure.Trade Review`Ranging in scope from family history and deep philosophical inquiry to personal conflict, exotic travel and the fate of Royalist gentry in the violence of civil war, this book offers an indispensable guide to the cosmos and the culture of early modern England and the wider universes which it desired, studied, collected and brought to life.' – Simon Schaffer, Professor of History of Science, University of Cambridge

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Book SynopsisFirst book to deal with de Vere's life and extraordinary career, during the Wars of the Roses and beyond. Earl of Oxford for fifty years, and subject of six kings of England during the political strife of the Wars of the Roses, John de Vere's career included more changes of fortune than almost any other. He recovered his earldom afterthe execution of his father and brother for treason, but his resistance to Edward IV led to a decade in prison. He escaped in time to lead Henry Tudor's vanguard at Bosworth in 1485 and subsequently enjoyed twenty-five years as perhaps "the foremost man of the kingdom", virtually ruling East Anglia for the king. This is the first full-length study of de Vere's life and career. Through this lens it also tackles a number of broader themes. It reconsiders the role of the nobility under Henry VII, challenging the common perception of Henry as an anti-aristocratic king. It also explores East Anglian political society in the second half of the fifteenth century, how the earl came to dominate it, how successfully he exercised his power, and the personnel, including the Paston family, he used to run the region. JAMES ROSS is Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval History at the University of Winchester.Trade ReviewOffers a rounded and nuanced picture of a man whom Ross rightly calls 'the last great medieval nobleman', and is a valuable contribution to the scholarship of the end of the middle ages and of the late medieval nobility. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW A well-written, well-researched and extremely engaging look at an influential player during a pivotal time in British history. * H-WAR *Drawing on a multiplicity of sources and presented in an attractive volume by the Boydell Press, [the book] adds much to our understanding of the period and the dilemmas confronting noblemen at a time of civil war. * HISTORY *[A] notable work. * THE RICARDIAN *A fine book that gives us a keenly nuanced appraisal of the workings of high politics during Henry VII's pivotal reign. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *This study of a nobleman who has not been seriously treated before is a welcome addition to the shelf. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *

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Book SynopsisA new account of the life and turbulent times of Joan, the wife of the Black Prince and mother of Richard II. Anthony Goodman's brilliant yet accessible scholarship draws in the reader in the most entertaining and vibrant way. He was one of our greatest historians of the later medieval period, whose warm humanity shines forth in his writing. He has given us, as a parting gift, the definitive biography of an exceptional, intriguing woman. I cannot recommend it highly enough. ALISON WEIR Joan Plantagenet (1328-1385), acclaimed in her youth as the "FairMaid of Kent", became notorious for making both a clandestine and a bigamous marriage in her teens and, in her thirties, a scandalous marriage to her kinsman, Edward III's son and heir, Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince. Despite these transgressions, she later became one of the most influential people in the realm and a highly respected source of stability. Her life provides a distinctive perspective of a noblewoman at the heart of affairs in fourteenth-century England, a period when the Crown, despite enjoying some striking triumphs, also faced a series of political and social crises which shook conventional expectations. Furthermore, her life adds depth to our understanding of a time when marriage began to be regarded not just as a dynastic arrangement but a contract freely entered into by a couple. This accessibly written account of her life sets her in the full context of her world, and vividlyportrays a spirited medieval woman who was determined to be mistress of her fate and to make a mark in challenging times. The late Anthony Goodman was Professor Emeritus of Medieval and Renaissance History at the University of Edinburgh. His numerous publications include John of Gaunt; The Wars of the Roses; and Margery Kempe and Her World.Trade ReviewGoodman, with masterly skill, places Joan's unusual life in the context of the changing attitudes to marriage, and to the roles that women might play in society. * HISTORY *An important contribution towards a further redressing of a gender imbalance in studies of medieval public figures.. Scholars.both of medieval and gender studies, will rejoice in the illumination of the life of an almost-queen, one that was multi-faceted and not in the least one-dimensional. * PARERGON *This excellent biography...will undoubtedly restore Joan to her rightful place in the pantheon of remarkable medieval women. * ESSEX JOURNAL *Makes for a more rounded portrait. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *[Goodman] had the genius to write originally and accessibly, clearly explaining the context of his stories and analysing their significance. His life of Joan, which he finished just before he died, is both a worthy account of her and a fitting coda to his own career. * CHURCH TIMES *Table of ContentsLoosened Bonds Tragic Beginnings Bigamy Married Bliss A Whirlwind Romance Princess of Wales and of Aquitaine Deaths of Princes The King's Mother Terrors and Tribulations Venus Ascending? Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn engaging account of the life of a nineteenth-century priest. The Revd Benjamin Armstrong, for many years vicar of the market town of East Dereham, Norfolk, is best-known for what have been described as "one of England's greatest clerical diaries", eleven volumes spanning his whole adult life, between 1850 and 1888. This first full biography puts his story into the context of the period in which he lived: a time of turmoil in the church, with its conflict between high and low forms of service, and theological arguments, stirred up not least by controversies over Darwin's theories of creation. It also vividly portrays rural life at a time of great change, when society became more fluid, railways allowed the economy to grow and develop, and thevote was extended. We see this through the eyes of Armstrong himself, a fine example of the then "new-style" Church of England clergy who lived in their parishes, took more services than their predecessors, supported their schools and showed a genuine concern for the well-being of their parishioners. By the time he retired, church life in Dereham had been transformed, with congregations typically of 1,000 at each of the Sunday services. Armstrong also served on various Local Boards, as well as setting up the Literary Institute, the Rifle Volunteers and supporting musical and cultural events. He also had a full social life; his friends included prominent townspeople and the local clergy, gentry and aristocracy -- and there are incisive pen portraits of many of his associates and their eccentricities. These activities are set against the background of his family life, with its moments of tragedy and worry, including the death of a young child and the elopement of another. Dr SUSANNA WADE MARTINS is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of East Anglia. Her previous publications includeThe East Anglian Countryside: Changing Landscapes 1870-1950 with Tom Williamson (2008), Coke of Norfolk, 1754-1842 (2009) and The Conservation Movement in Norfolk - A History (2015).Trade ReviewIn these pages, we encounter elopement, child and adult mortality within the family... the birth of trade unions and political wrangles...This is more than a biography: it is an interesting contribution to the social history of Victorian Norfolk, and, indeed, to the changes in rural life more widely within 19th­century England...An excellent read. * CHURCH TIMES *Provid[es] a fascinating window into the experience of a Victorian middle-class family...clearly written with many illustrations including old maps of Dereham...a thorough and enjoyable biography. * DEREHAM ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY *Susanna Wade Martins' valuable illustrated biography will [.] be of considerable interest to historians and students of the Victorian Church. It is especially recommended for libraries. * THE READER *A Vicar in Victorian Norfolk offers a valuable picture of nineteenth-century life that will interest church and social historians alike. -- Patrick Armstrong * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Early life The move to Dereham The Norfolk Clergy Church life The Building Legacy Schools Town life Family life Friends The later years Armstrong, a man of his time Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive biography of arguably the most important political thinker of fifteenth-century England. Sir John Fortescue was arguably the most important political thinker of fifteenth-century England. Rising from relative obscurity to become Chief Justice of the King's Bench he progressively assumed a political role as a partisanof the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses. As Chancellor-in-exile to Henry VI he wrote on the lawful succession and in praise of the common law of England. Ultimately making his peace with the Yorkists in 1471, he presented Edward IV with The Governance of England, a treatise that set the tone for debates about the extent of royal and parliamentary power for centuries to come. Demonstrating how England's traditional laws, customs and parliament could ensure that monarchs safeguarded the rights and property of their subjects, his views on these institutions continue to resonate with contemporary debates about England's relationship with Europe and the definition of national identity. This book provides the first comprehensive biography of Fortescue. It reassesses his career and thought, challenging earlier views about his life, and discusses his work as a lawyer and political thinkerin the light of modern scholarship. MARGARET KEKEWICH is a former Senior Lecturer in History at the Open University.Trade ReviewMargaret Kekewich's excellent new book on Fortescue's life and work fills a lacuna in modern scholarship * NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES *A masterly account.extremely well written and immensely readable. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *The definitive introduction to the life, career, and writings of Sir John Fortescue. It represents the culmination of a lifetime of meticulous research and offers an essential starting point for scholars engaging with this fascinating and unique English intellectual. * Speculum *Table of ContentsIntroduction c.1395-1442 1442-1461 1461-1479 The Apologist for Lancaster The Adviser to Princes The Reception and Influence of Sir John Fortescue's Works Conclusion Appendices

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Book Synopsis'In 1958, Britain and Denmark both advocated closer European cooperation through the looser framework of the Free Trade Area (FTA) rather than membership of the nascent European Economic Community (EEC). By 1972, however, the situation had changed drastically. The FTA was a long-forgotten concept. Its replacement, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), seemed economically and politically inept. Now, at the third time of asking, both countries were on the verge of joining the EEC as full members. This compelling analysis compares how the European policies of the British Labour Party and the Danish Social Democrats evolved amid this environment. Based on material from 12 archives in four countries, it updates our knowledge of key moments in both parties’ interaction with the integration story, including in the formative stages of the EEC in 1958¬–60 and the negotiations for British and Danish EEC membership in 1961–63, 1967 and 1970–72. More innovatively, this book argues that amid an array of national and international constraints the reciprocal influence exerted by Labour and the SD on each other via informal party contacts was itself a crucial determinant in European policymaking. In so doing, it sheds light on the sources of Labour European thinking, the role of small states like Denmark in the integration process, and the prominence of the Anglo-Scandinavian nexus in the broader narrative of British foreign policy in this period.'Trade ReviewReviews 'Clearly written, logically structured and underpinned by an impressive base of archival material, this is a strong comparative analysis of British Labour and the Danish Social Democrats.' Dr Paul Corthorn, Queen’s University Belfast'The book is an impressive piece of scholarship, using a broad range of secondary sources in English and the Scandinavian languages as well as a few in French and German. Its anchoring in primary sources is exemplary. The author has trekked not just to the obvious archives in Britain and Copenhagen, but even to Amsterdam and Oslo in pursuit of his project.'European History Quarterly'Broad’s book is a fine accomplishment which sets an example on how government centred analysis can be hugely enriched by supplementing it with a transnational approach that moves beyond and below the state level – and still helps us to understand government agency.' Thorsten Borring Olesen, Journal of European Integration History

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Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with the eighteenth-century typographer, printer, industrialist and Enlightenment figure, John Baskerville (1707-75). Baskerville was a Birmingham inventor, entrepreneur and artist with a worldwide reputation who made eighteenth-century Birmingham a city without typographic equal, by changing the course of type design. Baskerville not only designed one of the world’s most historically important typefaces, he also experimented with casting and setting type, improved the construction of the printing-press, developed a new kind of paper and refined the quality of printing inks. His typographic experiments put him ahead of his time, had an international impact and did much to enhance the printing and publishing industries of his day. Yet despite his importance, fame and influence many aspects of Baskerville’s work and life remain unexplored and his contribution to the arts, industry, culture and society of the Enlightenment are largely unrecognized. Moreover, recent scholarly research in archaeology, art and design, history, literary studies and typography, is leading to a fundamental reassessment of many aspects of Baskerville’s life and impact, including his birthplace, his work as an industrialist, the networks which sustained him and the reception of his printing in Britain and overseas. The last major, but inadequate publication of Baskerville dates from 1975. Now, forty years on, the time is ripe for a new book. This interdisciplinary approach provides an original contribution to printing history, eighteenth-century studies and the dissemination of ideas.Trade ReviewReviews 'A fascinating account of the printer, type designer, and manufacturer, John Baskerville, which sheds new light on the history of this polymathic figure. Focusing on previously unexplored details of his personal life, the book explores his contribution to fields beyond printing, and his relationship with the broader technologies and ideas of Enlightenment Birmingham.'Dr Freya Gowrley, University of Edinburgh‘This book brings to light the life of this relatively unknown 18th century figure…This volume is an important addition to the story of Birmingham and the power of networks that brought together art and industry during the Industrial Revolution.’The William Shipley Group Bulletin'This enterprising volume of essays makes a determined effort to…underline the influence that Baskerville had in the Midlands, Britain and beyond.'Paul Elliott, Midland History'This collection of papers is a useful contribution to the study of Baskerville [...] There is valuable original work here, especially in filling out some of the gaps in our knowledge of Baskerville’s life.' John Feather, Publishing History'Due to the variety of its chapters, and the depth of their investigations, John Baskerville: Art and Industry of the Enlightenment is a most welcome title, and one can only hope that it may be the first in what will become a series of 'Baskerville studies' addressing a range of topics from authors in a variety of fields.'Dan Reynolds, Journal of the Printing Historical SocietyTable of ContentsList of Figures viiAcknowledgements xiForeword xiiiTimeline xvBaskerville Family Tree xviiIntroduction: John Baskerville: Art and Industry ofthe Enlightenment 1Caroline Archer-Parré and Malcolm Dick1 The Topographies of a Typographer: Mapping JohnBaskerville since the Eighteenth Century 9Malcolm Dick2 Baskerville’s Birmingham: Printing and the English Urban Renaissance 25John Hinks3 Place, Home and Workplace: Baskerville’s Birthplaceand Buildings 42George Demidowicz4 John Baskerville: Japanner of ‘Tea Trays and otherHousehold Goods’ 71Yvonne Jones5 John Baskerville, William Hutton and their Social Networks 87Susan Whyman6 John Baskerville the Writing Master: Calligraphy and Typein the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 113Ewan Clayton7 A Reappraisal of Baskerville’s Greek Types 133Gerry Leonidas8 John Baskerville’s Decorated Papers 151Barry McKay and Diana Patterson9 The ‘Baskerville Bindings’ 166Aurélie Martin10 After the ‘Perfect Book’: English Printers and their Use ofBaskerville’s Type, 1767–90 185Martin Killeen11 The Cambridge Cult of the Baskerville Press 206Caroline Archer-ParréAppendix 1 The ‘Baskerville Bindings’ 222Appendix 2 Members of the Baskerville Club 226Appendix 3 Comparative Bibliography 230Further Reading 248General Bibliography 255Notes on the Contributors 260Index 263

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Book SynopsisThis book reconsiders the career of an important, controversial, but neglected figure in this history of Irish Presbyterianism. The Revd Isaac Nelson is mostly remembered for his opposition to the evangelical revival of 1859, but this book demonstrates that there was much more to Nelson’s career. Nelson started out as a protégé of Henry Cooke and as an exemplary young evangelical minister. Upon aligning himself with the Belfast Anti-Slavery Society and joining forces with American abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, Nelson emerged as a powerful voice against compromise with slaveholders. One of the central objectives of this book is to show that anti-slavery, especially his involvement with the ‘Send Back the Money’ controversy in the Free Church of Scotland and the debate over fellowship with slaveholders at the Evangelical Alliance, was crucially important to the development of Nelson into one of Irish Presbyterianism’s most controversial figures. His later opposition to the 1859 Revival has often been understood as being indicative of Nelson’s opposition to evangelicalism. This book argues that such a conclusion is mistaken and that Nelson opposed the Revival as a Presbyterian evangelical. His later involvement with the Land League and the Irish Home Rule movement, including his tenure as the Member of Parliament for County Mayo, could be easily dismissed as an entirely discreditable affair. While avoiding romantic nostalgia in relation to Nelson’s nationalism, this book argues that Nelson’s basis for advocating Home Rule was not as peculiar as it might first appear.Trade ReviewReviews ‘An interesting, probing, and thoroughly documented study of an importantly unconventional protagonist in several major religious and political debates, with reverberations far beyond Belfast or Ulster, which will make a considerable impact not merely on students of Ulster’s religious history, but on the broader field of Irish political history.' Professor David Fitzpatrick, Trinity College Dublin

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Book SynopsisA Marxist analysis of key political and historical figures including Hugo Chavez and Jeremy Corbyn, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Angels and Demons offers a series of profiles of historical figures both old and new. Using a Marxist analysis, the author adduces the particularities of each individual personality from the crest of living history which brings it to the fore, showing with each of the figures examined how the art, politics and creativity of their lives is infused by the rhythm and contradictions of the broader historical backdrop. The angels in the collection are Hugo Chavez, Andrea Dworkin, Rembrandt, Victor Hugo, Jeremy Corbyn and William Blake. The demons are Donald Trump, Christopher Hitchens, Arthur Schopenhauer and Hillary Clinton.

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Book SynopsisDoug Greene takes an in-depth and critical look at the life and ideas of Michael Harrington, one of America's most important democratic socialists. A Failure of Vision discusses one of the most important champions for democratic socialism in the United States. Michael Harrington (1928–1989) is widely recognized for writing The Other America, a seminal expose of poverty in the United States that inspired the War on Poverty. He was also the founder of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which is currently the largest socialist organization in the United States. Michael Harrington hoped to transform democratic socialism from a marginal view into a major political force in the United States. To accomplish this, he advocated that socialists act as the “left-wing of the possible” inside of the Democratic Party in order to transform it into one that truly represented the people. In the end, Realignment proved to be a dead end to advance socialist politics. The questions proposed by Michael Harrington continue to be sharply debated by socialists. With an engaging style and critical approach to Michael Harrington's shortcomings, this book is essential reading to understand contemporary debates on the American left.

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Book SynopsisDescribed as "the best MP Scotland never had", Jimmy Reid was undoubtedly of the most important figures of late twentieth-century Britain. Often at the forefront of the major turning points in the history of industrial relations and politics in Britain, Jimmy’s story is an epic one; from a poverty-stricken background in Govan, Glasgow, he became a communist at a young age, leading a national strike of engineering apprentices while only twenty, before being thrown into the national limelight as the leading spokesperson for the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In in 1971-2. Disillusioned with communism he left the Party for Labour and the centre-left before leaving them disenchanted with New Labour to join the Scottish National Party. This enlightening book looks at Jimmy’s political journey from Communism, to Labourism, and ultimately to Nationalism (a political life in three acts), which not only speaks of the complexities of left politics after 1945, but also illuminates our understanding of institutions and social change in post-war Britain by showing how they were understood and negotiated by one inspirational individual.Trade Review'The book is deeply researched and develops a sensitive and revealing portrayal of the man and, no less important, his social and political background [...] Probably better than any other work it brings out the richness and diversity of working-class culture on Clydeside. Its two authors are particularly well qualified to do so. Alan McKinlay brings an unrivalled understanding of workplace relations in the West of Scotland and William Knox an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Scottish labour movement.' John Foster, 'Jimmy Reid biography symposium: reflections on a changing communist Clyde-built man' in Scottish Labour History 'The new biography of Jimmy Reid has been a long time in the gestation but it's well worth the wait [...] Though an academic work, it's an easy but fascinating read, as well as informative and thought-provoking.' Kenny MacAskill, 'Jimmy Reid biography symposium: reflections on a changing communist Clyde-built man' in Scottish Labour History 'William Knox and Alan McKinlay’s book provides an overdue and much-needed scholarly companion to the repertoires of folk-history that sustain Jimmy Reid’s place in Scotland’s popular historical consciousness.' Rory Scothorne, 'Jimmy Reid biography symposium: reflections on a changing communist Clyde-built man' in Scottish Labour History ‘The life of Reid has many insights and stories to be shared, as the authors’ indicate, noting how ‘Reid never stopped battling against poverty and inequality’ and that ‘he was in individual, an outsider, a man of restless intellect’ Paul Griffin, Journal of Contemporary History'The book is a welcome addition to a recent spate of biographies of leading communists that provide an important and useful addition to our knowledge of such leading cadres, as well as helping to restore some balance in the flow of materials from the struggles in which the biographical subjects were leading players.'Roger Seifert, Labour History Review'Jimmy Reid: A Clyde-­Built Man addresses many of the enigmas in this complex life. [...] This biography is not just a welcome examination and reflection on the life of Jimmy Reid, but also on the UCS work-in as well as Scottish and UK politics of the period.' Alan Tuckman, The Spokesman Journal'Knox and McKinlay are well-qualified as [Reid's] biographers. Their lengthy scholarly partnership has focused on the workplace politics of Reid’s tribe: skilled, male, Scottish engineering workers and trade unionists. Their research has enriched understanding, among various issues, of the ‘culture clash’ between the expectations and practices of Scottish engineering workers and those of the dozens of US multinational firms that operated as major employers in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1980s.' Jim Phillips, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas'This biography has to be part of every library for those with an interest in British industrial and shipbuilding history.' Fred M. Walker, The Mariner's MirrorTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction2. Beginnings3. Apprenticeship4. Cadre5. Work-in6. Leaving7. Strike8. Re-bornBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDescribed as "the best MP Scotland never had", Jimmy Reid was undoubtedly of the most important figures of late twentieth-century Britain. Often at the forefront of the major turning points in the history of industrial relations and politics in Britain, Jimmy’s story is an epic one; from a poverty-stricken background in Govan, Glasgow, he became a communist at a young age, leading a national strike of engineering apprentices while only twenty, before being thrown into the national limelight as the leading spokesperson for the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In in 1971-2. Disillusioned with communism he left the Party for Labour and the centre-left before leaving them disenchanted with New Labour to join the Scottish National Party. This enlightening book looks at Jimmy’s political journey from Communism, to Labourism, and ultimately to Nationalism (a political life in three acts), which not only speaks of the complexities of left politics after 1945, but also illuminates our understanding of institutions and social change in post-war Britain by showing how they were understood and negotiated by one inspirational individual.Trade Review'The book is deeply researched and develops a sensitive and revealing portrayal of the man and, no less important, his social and political background [...] Probably better than any other work it brings out the richness and diversity of working-class culture on Clydeside. Its two authors are particularly well qualified to do so. Alan McKinlay brings an unrivalled understanding of workplace relations in the West of Scotland and William Knox an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Scottish labour movement.' John Foster, 'Jimmy Reid biography symposium: reflections on a changing communist Clyde-built man' in Scottish Labour History 'The new biography of Jimmy Reid has been a long time in the gestation but it's well worth the wait [...] Though an academic work, it's an easy but fascinating read, as well as informative and thought-provoking.' Kenny MacAskill, 'Jimmy Reid biography symposium: reflections on a changing communist Clyde-built man' in Scottish Labour History 'William Knox and Alan McKinlay’s book provides an overdue and much-needed scholarly companion to the repertoires of folk-history that sustain Jimmy Reid’s place in Scotland’s popular historical consciousness.' Rory Scothorne, 'Jimmy Reid biography symposium: reflections on a changing communist Clyde-built man' in Scottish Labour History ‘The life of Reid has many insights and stories to be shared, as the authors’ indicate, noting how ‘Reid never stopped battling against poverty and inequality’ and that ‘he was in individual, an outsider, a man of restless intellect’ Paul Griffin, Journal of Contemporary History'The book is a welcome addition to a recent spate of biographies of leading communists that provide an important and useful addition to our knowledge of such leading cadres, as well as helping to restore some balance in the flow of materials from the struggles in which the biographical subjects were leading players.'Roger Seifert, Labour History Review'Jimmy Reid: A Clyde-­Built Man addresses many of the enigmas in this complex life. [...] This biography is not just a welcome examination and reflection on the life of Jimmy Reid, but also on the UCS work-in as well as Scottish and UK politics of the period.' Alan Tuckman, The Spokesman Journal'Knox and McKinlay are well-qualified as [Reid's] biographers. Their lengthy scholarly partnership has focused on the workplace politics of Reid’s tribe: skilled, male, Scottish engineering workers and trade unionists. Their research has enriched understanding, among various issues, of the ‘culture clash’ between the expectations and practices of Scottish engineering workers and those of the dozens of US multinational firms that operated as major employers in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1980s.' Jim Phillips, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas'This biography has to be part of every library for those with an interest in British industrial and shipbuilding history.' Fred M. Walker, The Mariner's MirrorTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction2. Beginnings3. Apprenticeship4. Cadre5. Work-in6. Leaving7. Strike8. Re-bornBibliographyIndex

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