Historical geography Books
McGill-Queen's University Press Death in the Snow
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In all the annals of Spanish conquests in the Americas, there is no one to compare with Pedro de Alvarado. This brutal conquistador took a fleet, and many reluctant Guatemalan Mayas, to muscle in on Pizarro’s conquest of the Inca Empire. Defeated by forests, mountains, volcanic eruption, and adverse weather, Alvarado was bought off in a deal to rival one between modern Mafia families. George Lovell tells this lurid, little-known story with clarity and élan.” John Hemming, author of The Conquest of the Incas“As George Lovell vividly reveals, Alvarado’s ambitions were boundless, as was his willingness to make Indigenous peoples on two continents suffer for those ambitions. How to tell such a tale of tenacity and tragedy without surrendering to the temptation to turn it into a swashbuckling adventure? Lovell pulls it off by keeping a close and careful eye on his primary sources, skillfully teasing out a history that never glorifies yet remains utterly gripping.” Matthew Restall, author of Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest and When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History“Drawing from Spanish chronicle sources, archival materials, and transcribed primary source collections, Lovell delivers a highly readable, biographically driven narrative of the little-known episode, and throughout he centers its lamentable consequences on thousands of people because of Alvarado’s rapaciousness.” Hispanic American Historical Review"Accompanied by a rich array of maps and photographs taken directly by the author in the main places of Alvarado's expedition, Lovell's accurate narrative is based on a large and solid bibliography that ranges between Anglophone and Ibero-American studies." Storicamente“The history of Pedro de Alvarado is highly illustrative of the intrigues that grew out of conquistadors’ ambitions but are rarely mentioned in the “official” history. W. George Lovell masterfully recreates an episode of the conquest that shows what occurred behind the scenes … .” The Americas
£29.45
Harvard University Press Christianity
Book SynopsisThe spread of Christianity is arguably humanity’s most consequential historical epic. Christianity tells the tale through more than a hundred beautiful color maps and illustrations depicting the journey of Jesus Christ’s followers from Judea to Constantine’s Rome, wider Europe, and today’s world of two billion Christians practicing in every land.Trade ReviewChristianity has a geography as well as a history, and this book embraces both… These maps are full of detail and give a clear and integrated visual picture of the events described…The atlas is elegantly produced on glossy pages that make it attractive and readable. -- John Binns * Church Times *Informative to read and attractive to look at. -- Lucy Beckett * Times Literary Supplement *
£26.96
The University of North Carolina Press Stonewalls Prussian Mapmaker
Book SynopsisPrussian-born cartographer Oscar Hinrichs was a key member of Stonewall Jackson's staff, and worked alongside such prominent Confederate leaders as Joe Johnston and Jubal Early. Hinrichs's detailed wartime journals, published here for the first time, shed new light on mapmaking as a tool of war.Trade ReviewEducated, dedicated, articulate, and headstrong, [Oscar Hinrichs] left behind a record of his wartime experiences well worth reading." - Army History"Williams has brought [Hinrichs] back to life through his vivid writings." - Civil War Times"A treasure trove of detailed observation and candid insight." - The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia"An indispensable source for studying the Army of Northern Virginia from the Peninsula campaign until the end of the war." - The Civil War Monitor
£999.99
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Geography in Bite-sized Chunks
Book SynopsisHave you forgotten all you ever learned about the essentials of climate and weather? Barely remember what a tectonic plate is and what it does? In this book you’ll find the answers to these questions and many more – broken down into fascinating bite-sized chunks. Written in a highly accessible and engaging style, the subject is broken down into fundamental topics including the physical world, the human world, global issues, climate change, industry and the hydrological cycle. As a concise guide to key geographical topics, this book is the perfect starting point for anyone who is curious and concerned about planet earth, or who just wants to refresh the long-forgotten knowledge they learned at school.
£7.59
Pentagon Press LLP Revisiting Myanmar Present Through Past
Book SynopsisThe February 2021 military takeover in Myanmar has had adverse impact on the country`s political, economic and social landscape, which was undergoing a democratic transition. It was a step back in the democratic journey the country had embarked upon since adopting the 2008 military-drafted Constitution. The military extended the emergency rule on 01 February 2023, and the elections to be conducted per the 2008 Constitution mandate were further deferred. Unlike the earlier two military coups, the opposition forces (National Unity Government, People`s Defence Forces and Ethnic Armed Organisations) reacted sharply to the military takeover. To understand the military takeover in Myanmar, it is important to revisit the country`s political, economic and socio-cultural realities. And this volume attempts to delve into the history behind the rise of the military, the opposition forces, the EAOs and the economic, social and political conditions of the country. Finally, Myanmar`s relations with the major international players, China, Russia, India, Japan and ASEAN, are also explored.
£999.99
Pan Macmillan The Lie of the Land
Book SynopsisIan Vince is a contributing editor to The Idler, has written for Channel 4's Bremner, Bird and Fortune and is the author of four humorous books, including Britain: What a State and The MyWay Code. He also writes a regular column in the Daily Telegraph called Strange Days', in which he travels around Britain seeking out curious local customs, folklore and odd occurrences.
£14.24
Ohio University Press Imperial Gullies
Book SynopsisOnce the grain basket for South Africa, much of Lesotho has become a scarred and degraded landscape. The nation’s spectacular erosion and gullying have concerned environmentalists and conservationists for more than half a century.Trade Review“Undoubtedly one of the most important books written to date on any part of the environmental history of Africa. It stands out in the discipline of environmental history in general as an unusually sophisticated work of great insight and explanatory power.”
£49.50
Ohio University Press Natures of Colonial Change Environmental
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking study, Jacob A. Tropp explores the interconnections between negotiations over the environment and an emerging colonial relationship in a particular South African context—the Transkei—subsequently the largest of the notorious “homelands” under apartheid.InTrade Review“Jacob A. Tropp has written an impressive history of the state’s capture of forest resources in the Transkei, between 1880 and 1930.... His book’s central question is how a reading of the social interactions surrounding environmental access can reshape historical understanding.” * American Historical Review *“Tropp’s detailed case study of the KwaMatiwane area of the Transkei...is a major contribution to the historiography of the region.” * H-SAfrica *“This environmental history is a multi-layered social history that is deeply concerned with issues of politics, culture, and gender.”“A fascinating study of African responses to the colonial restrictions on access to designated government forests.”“Elegantly argued and lucidly written, this book illustrates the uneven process of dispossession that Africans suffered at the hands of a divided colonial administration.”
£49.50
Ohio University Press Natures of Colonial Change Environmental
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking study, Jacob A. Tropp explores the interconnections between negotiations over the environment and an emerging colonial relationship in a particular South African context—the Transkei—subsequently the largest of the notorious “homelands” under apartheid.InTrade Review“Jacob A. Tropp has written an impressive history of the state’s capture of forest resources in the Transkei, between 1880 and 1930.... His book’s central question is how a reading of the social interactions surrounding environmental access can reshape historical understanding.” * American Historical Review *“Tropp’s detailed case study of the KwaMatiwane area of the Transkei...is a major contribution to the historiography of the region.” * H-SAfrica *“This environmental history is a multi-layered social history that is deeply concerned with issues of politics, culture, and gender.”“A fascinating study of African responses to the colonial restrictions on access to designated government forests.”“Elegantly argued and lucidly written, this book illustrates the uneven process of dispossession that Africans suffered at the hands of a divided colonial administration.”
£23.39
Transworld Publishers Ltd Walking the Bones of Britain
Book SynopsisTrade Review[Somerville's] infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England, revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history. * Observer *For someone who hated geology lessons at school, barely able to stay awake during discussions of laminated rhyolites and tuffaceous breccias, Christopher Somerville has made up for this with aplomb and vivid readability. To have tramped more than 1,000 miles from the sea stacks of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, where in fiery days gone by more than 3,000 million years ago the landscape was literally set in stone, and reach the silty clay of Wallasea Island in Essex is a remarkable achievement. By focusing on the best bits of geological interest along the way such as Arthur's Seat in once volcanic Edinburgh, the sandstone crags of the Pennine Way and the chalky Chilterns, he provides an illuminating new take on the British landscape. Encounters, warm humour, history and plenty of geology (Carboniferous periods, Permian periods, Zechstein Seas, no less) carry you down the winding tracks. -- Tom Chesshyre, author of Lost in the LakesRambling alongside the tirelessly energetic Christopher Somerville from the comfort of my armchair is a joy. In Walking the Bones Someville is the perfect travelling companion. Knowledgeable and observant, he picks up the stories of the paths he walks along in much the same way as he illuminates the stones which are under his feet, holding them up for us to see, and then returning them to the path, for the next curious traveller to find. A meticulous exploration of the ground beneath our feet. Glorious." -- Katherine Norbury, author of The Fish Ladder and Women on NatureAn ideal gift for any walking enthusiast who wants to know more. -- Patrick Corbett * Geoscientist magazine *Walking the Bones of Britain demystifies our daunting geology on a nine-month journey laced with humour and history. -- Roger Butler * The Great Outdoors *
£23.75
Cambridge University Press Roman Geographies of the Nile
Book SynopsisThe River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Tantalised by the unique status of the river, explorers were sent to find the sources of the Nile, while natural philosophers meditated on its deeper metaphysical significance. Andy Merrills'' book, Roman Geographies of the Nile, examines the very different images of the river that emerged from these descriptions - from anthropomorphic figures, brought repeatedly into Rome in military triumphs, through the frequently whimsical landscape vignettes from the houses of Pompeii, to the limitless river that spilled through the pages of Lucan''s Civil War, and symbolised a conflict - and an empire - without end. Considering cultural and political contexts alongside the other Niles that flowed through the Roman world in this period, this book provides a wholly original interpretation of the deeper significance of geographical knowledge during the later Roman RepTrade Review'… Merrills has performed an enormous scholarly service in reconstructing the diversity of the Roman geographical imagination in this stimulating and scholarly volume.' Robert Mayhew, IsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: what we talk about when we talk about Roman geography; 1. A world full of maps? Public 'chorographies' in late Republican and early Imperial Rome; 2. The dismembered Nile: the geography of triumphs and monuments; 3. Gazing on the Nile: the domestication of the river; 4. Creatio ex Nilo: metaphysics and the unknowable river; 5. This river is a jumbled line, perhaps? (4): journeys and lines; 6. Triumph and disaster: rendering the river in verse; Afterword: the many Niles of the Elder Pliny.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc History of the Expedition Under the Command of
Book SynopsisHistory of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, is a fascinating account of the first exploration of the Missouri River, the journey over the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. This 2 volume book contains an accurate diary of the journey to discover the Northwest Passage, commissioned by and reported to Thomas Jefferson.
£163.19
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Sir John Franklin: Expeditions to Destiny
Book SynopsisAfter Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage, the search for his two ships, Erebus and Terror, and survivors of his expedition became one of the most exhaustive quests of the 19th century. Despite tantalizing clues, the ships were never found, and the fate of Franklin''s expedition passed into legend as one of the North''s great and enduring mysteries. Anthony Dalton explores the eventful and fascinating life of this complex and intelligent man, beginning with his early sea voyages and arduous overland explorations in the Arctic. After years in Malta and Tasmania, Franklin realized his dream of returning to the Far North; it would be his last expedition. Drawing from evidence found by 19th-century Arctic explorers following in Franklin''s footsteps and investigations by 20th-century historians and archaeologists, Dalton retraces the route of the lost ships and recounts the sad tale of Franklin, his officers and men in their final agonizing months.
£10.44
Blacksmith Books The Peak: An Illustrated History of Hong Kong's
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HarperCollins Publishers The Ice Balloon
Book SynopsisThe story of the only person to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, and the golden age of Polar Exploration.Trade Review‘Wilkinson’s writing is so flawless and engaging that I’d read him on a packed subway at rush hour.’ Sebastian Junger ‘The Ice Balloon tells a remarkable story, while also allowing those of other explorers and their ill-fated expeditions to float gracefully through its pages’ Carl Wilkinson, Financial Times ‘It does take a writer of Wilkinson’s diligence of research, elegance of style and perfect pitch as a storyteller to give a doomed, forgotten hero a fine memorial to his heroic adventure in the golden, amateur age of polar exploration’ Iain Finlayson, The Times ‘Wilkinson writes with insight and flair, artfully interleaving Andrée’s story with a brief history of Arctic exploration … his prose style suits the spare polar landscape, making his occasional poetic touches even more effective … He understands that the value of polar stories lies in our endless love of discovery and the drama of being human.’ Sara Wheeler, New York Times ‘An elegant history of Arctic exploration’ TLS ‘Some engaging material here’ Sunday Telegraph, Melanie McGrath ‘If Wilkinson does not add much that is new to the story, he re-tells it with panache and compassion’ Joanna Kavenna, Spectator
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc When Montezuma Met Cortés
Book SynopsisA dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the AmericasOn November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction—the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas—has long been the symbol of Cortés’s bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere.But is this really what happened? In a departure from traditional tellings, When Montezuma Met Cortés uses “the Meeting”—as Restall dubs their first encounter—as the entry point into a comprehensive reevaluation of both Cortés and Montezuma. Drawing on rare primary sources and overlooked accounts by conquistadors and Aztecs alike, Restall explores Cortés’s and Montezuma’s posthumous reputations, their achievements and failures, and the worlds in which they lived—leading, step by step, to a dramatic inversion of the old story. As Restall takes us through this sweeping, revisionist account of a pivotal moment in modern civilization, he calls into question our view of the history of the Americas, and, indeed, of history itself. Trade Review“Restall skillfully describes a subtler story of relationships both loving and coercive. . . . Bold.” — New Yorker “Restall has a well-earned reputation as a mythbuster in the history of the New World. . . . A lively, original, and readable book aimed at a wider audience. . . . A remarkable achievement.” — Wall Street Journal “Blending erudition with enthusiasm, Restall has achieved a rare kind of work—serious scholarship that is impossible to put down.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A methodical deconstruction of the myths surrounding Hernando Cortés’ “Mexican conquest” and the surrender of Montezuma. . . . Throughout, Restall’s assertions are well-supported and difficult to refute, and the timeline that opens the book is particularly helpful. An engaging revisionist exploration of one of human history’s great lies.” — Kirkus “A narrative that complicates our understanding of a history that, though well-known, is wrong in many of its details. In correcting it, Restall makes a fine contribution to the history of the New World, one that should inspire other re-evaluations of our cherished stories.” — Kirkus (online) “Brilliant deep dive into the history and scholarship. . . . Through diligent research, Restall presents readers with a fascinating view of Montezuma, mounting a convincing argument that Cortes’ self-serving accounts and the traditional narrative are almost surely false.” — BookPage “Matthew Restall illuminates every topic he touches. His new book is the best study ever--the subtlest, most sensitive, most challenging, and best-informed--on the conquest of Mexico.” — Felipe Fernández-Armesto, author of Columbus and Amerigo “A new, startlingly persuasive picture of what actually happened during the Spanish Conquest, based on a radical question: What if the tough, canny leaders of these native military empires didn’t suddenly fold up like wet cardboard at the arrival of a couple of hundred bearded oddities from some faraway place?” — Charles Mann, author of 1491 “In a deeply learned history that reads like a detective story, Restall reveals the Gordian knot of myth and fiction that have long hidden the real history of the encounter between Montezuma and Cortes. The history of the Americas will never be the same.” — Louis S. Warren, author of God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America
£19.53
Oxford University Press A Commerce of Knowledge
Book SynopsisA Commerce of Knowledge tells the story of three generations of Church of England chaplains who served the English Levant Company in Syria during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Reconstructing the careers of its protagonists in the cosmopolitan city of Ottoman Aleppo, Simon Mills investigates the links between English commercial and diplomatic expansion, and English scholarly and missionary interests: the study of Middle-Eastern languages; the exploration of biblical and Greco-Roman antiquities; and the early dissemination of Protestant literature in Arabic. Early modern Orientalism is usually conceived as an episode in the history of scholarship. By shifting the focus to Aleppo, A Commerce of Knowledge brings to light the connections between the seemingly separate worlds, tracing the emergence of new kinds of philological and archaeological enquiry in England back to a series of real-world encounters between the chaplains and the scribes, booksellers, priests, rabbis, and shTrade ReviewThe book is a fascinating example of how the confluence of commercial, religious, and scholarly interests could utmostly sustain the creation of new knowledge on different cultures. * Viviana Tagliaferri, Nordicum Mediterraneum *Written in clear prose, A Commerce of Knowledge offers an informative account of the scholarly pursuits of English orientalist scholars in Ottoman Aleppo by shedding light on ongoing commercial activities in the city. It is an important contribution to the history of early modern orientalism from an often neglected point of view ... an engrossing read, especially suitable for specialists working on humanist scholarship, early modern orientalism and the early English missions in the Middle East. * Duygu Yildirim, Journal of Jewish Studies *A Commerce of Knowledge provides a new basis from which the intellectual traditions and connections between England and the wider world can be understood, while placing local interests and actors in their rightful place in these narratives. * Peter Good, Journal of Early Modern History *It is based on an astonishingly wide acquaintance with both primary and secondary sources, as a glance at the bibliography (277-315) will confirm, and these are faithfully recorded in the (often voluminous) footnotes...numerous and weighty contributions to our knowledge and understanding of the complex of trade, scholarship, missionary work, and exploration between Europe and the Ottoman Empire...Everyone with a serious interest in any of those aspects will learn much from this book. * G. J. Toomer, Erudition and the Republic of Letters *This book is constructed around the careers at Aleppo of the chaplains to the Levant Company in that city from the late sixteenth to the later eighteenth centuries. However, it is not a series of biographies, but rather an attempt to place their activities in the context of the historical and social milieux, and to relate them to contemporary interests and aspirations. The 'Commerce' of the title is a key to the author's approach. * G. J. Toomer, Professor Emeritus of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, Erudition and the Republic of Letters 7 *The book marshals a marvelously detailed series of individually important case studies in order to fill out traditional lines of inquiry in the historiography of European scholarship and religion. Even more importantly, the book lends empirical support to general arguments that have been recently made by historians who, like Mills, favor an approach to questions about humanistic scholarship between the late Renaissance and early Enlightenment that is grounded in the study of practices and institutions. * William J. Bulman, Lehigh University, Journal of Modern History *It is a work that I find inspiring and that I hope will serve as an inspiration to others. * Gustaf Fryksén, International Journal of Maritime History 35 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I 1: 'Turky labours': From Oxford to Aleppo Part II: Building a library in seventeenth-century Syria 2: Edward Pococke in Aleppo 3: 'A rich treasure of manuscripts': Robert Huntington in Syria Part III: The making of an antiquarian 4: 'Factor to a worthy Principle' 5: The road to Jerusalem 6: Henry Maundrell and the making of A Journey Part IV 7: The English Reformation in an eastern key 8: Thomas Dawes in Aleppo
£98.91
Tellwell Talent Touring Noahs Flood
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Yale University Press Columbuss Outpost among the Taínos
Trade Review"Thanks to the superlative efforts of Kathleen Deagan and José Maria Cruxent, the archaeology of La Isabela—one of America’s most important sites—is now accessible to the world. Columbus’s Outpost among the Taínos is destined to become a classic in the field of historical archaeology."—David Hurst Thomas, American Museum of Natural History “La Isabela, founded by Columbus during his second voyage, was the first Spanish settlement in the New World. Kathleen Deagan and J.M. Cruxent are uniquely qualified to discuss this important event. Their book is based on sound scholarship and its style is clear and readable.”—Irving Rouse, author of The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus
£33.78
Tellwell Talent Is God a Lie or Are We Certainly We Are
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DK History of the World Map by Map
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Random House USA Inc Rocket Men
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Random House USA Inc Sicily An Island at the Crossroads of History
Book SynopsisCritically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history.“Sicily,” said Goethe, “is the key to everything.” It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicily’s strategic location has tempted Roman emperors, French princes, and Spanish kings. The subsequent struggles to conquer and keep it have played crucial roles in the rise and fall of the world’s most powerful dynasties.Yet Sicily has often been little more than a footnote in books about other empires. John Julius Norwich’s engrossing narrative is the first to knit together all of the colorful strands of Sicilian history into a single comprehensive study. Here is a vivid, erudite, page-turning chronicle of an island and the remarkable kings, queens, an
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MJ - Ohio University Press Wielding the Ax
Book SynopsisForests have been at the fault lines of contact between African peasant communities in the Tanzanian coastal hinterland and outsiders for almost two centuries. In recent decades, a global call for biodiversity preservation has been the main challenge to Tanzanians and their forests.ThaddeusTrade Review“This is a very well researched work on a topic of considerable contemporary importance in relation to forest utilisation and conservation. It is especially good on the wide range of historic uses of the coastal forests in particular, not just for material resources, but also for social and ritual purposes by local people.” * Tanzanian Affairs *“Sunseri’s history consistently argues that the loss of local environmental control helped push a substantial deforestation across the coastal landscape. He contends further that the assault on coastal peoples' rights to forest access continues. The overt authoritarianism and violence of former decades has yielded to a more benign intervention on the part of international conservation organizations…a new wrinkle on a historically familiar pattern….” * African Studies Review *“Tanzania enjoys a reputation as a place deeply concerned with preserving its beautiful landscapes and wildlife for global humanity to enjoy in perpetuity. This compact and masterful study (Wielding the Ax) traces the fraught environmental history that preceded this current era of ‘eco-governmentality’ in Tanzania.” * African History *“(Wielding the Ax) illustrates the wide variety of demands placed on the forests with the not-so-surprising, but documented, conclusion that Tanzanian scientific forestry was neither rational nor efficient, but fell prey to the usual political machinations…. This is the first significant work bringing together Tanzanian forestry and social issues….” * International Journal of African Historical Studies *“This exemplary book is worth reading far beyond the boundaries of Tanzania or the shores of Africa for several reasons. It takes the strong political ecology approach to writing environmental history in a way that is mercifully jargon free. It reveals the sequence of transformations from tribal society to imperialism and post-colonialism, and right through to present ‘green neoliberalism’ of international conservation. It rests on wide reading and thorough research…. Sunseri’s book tells how Tanzania’s forests have always been peopled. It is a perspective too easily ignored.” * Environment and History *“Sensitive oral interviews and deft fieldwork support a markedly populist perspective on the impact of national and international decisions on resilient local residents…. Highly recommended.” * Choice *“Sunseri demonstrates how authority over the forest has shifted from nineteenth‐century chiefs, known as ‘ceremonial ax wielders,’ to scientific forestry experts of the colonial state, and later to biodiversity advocates of the global NGO community…. Surprisingly, a forest history provides a new lens for interpreting the major events of Tanzanian colonial and postcolonial history.” * American Historical Review *
£80.50
MJ - Ohio University Press Healing the Herds Disease Livestock Economies and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine
Book SynopsisDuring the early 1990s, the ability of dangerous diseases to pass between animals and humans was brought once more to the public consciousness. These concerns continue to raise questions about how livestock diseases have been managed over time and in different social, economic, and political circumstances.Trade Review“The history of veterinary medicine told from anything other than a triumphalist perspective, usually with a nationalist slant, is rare. Essays in this outstanding collection cover rural as well as urban issues in veterinary disease and science from the eighteenth century to the present. The book will attract a wide range of readers from veterinary historians to all those interested in why livestock has been and is important to society.”“This volume represents a compelling call to broaden the territory covered by the history of veterinary medicine and animal health and it is essential reading for those interested in these topics. More broadly, some of its essays should inform studies of colonialism in the modern period, which have too often neglected to examine agriculture, foodways, and notions of environment, health, and disease.” * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *“The essays collected in Healing the Herds are most welcome additions to the existing scholarship on the history of veterinary medicine and livestock disease. The volume should be mandatory reading for specialists in these fields. Those concerned with eighteenth- through twentieth-century colonialism, European state building, and the ecological dynamics of Old World expansion will also find much on offer here.” * H-Environment *“The fine collection compiled by Karen Brown and Daniel Gilfoyle proves that a comparative history of veterinary medicine can be compelling.…By taking the story out of the laboratory and focusing on the political economy of disease and control, they show its significance well beyond animals and vets.” * Journal of Historical Geography *
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