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Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive account of global Shakespeare commemoration in the period between 1916 and 2016. Combining historical analysis with insights into current practice, Memorialising Shakespeare covers Shakespeare commemoration in China, Ukraine, Egypt, and France, as well as Great Britain and the United States. Chapter authors discuss a broad range of commemorative activities—from pageants, dance, dramatic performances, and sculpture, to conferences, exhibitions, and more private acts of engagement, such as reading and diary writing. Themes covered include Shakespeare’s role in the formation of cultural memory and national and global identities, as well as Shakespeare’s relationship to decolonisation and race. A significant feature of the book is the inclusion of chapters from organisers of recent Shakespeare commemoration events, reflecting on their own practice. Together, the chapters in Memorialising Shakespeare show what has been at stake when communities, identity groups, and institutions have come together to commemorate Shakespeare.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Memorialising Shakespeare, Memorialising Ourselves; Monika Smialkowska and Edmund G. C. King.- 2. From Common Reader to Canon: Memorialising the Shakespeare-Reading Soldier during the First World War; Edmund G. C. King.- 3. A Greenwich Night’s Dream: Shakespeare, Empire, and the Royal Navy in Post-Armistice Britain; Kurt Schreyer.- 4. Culture and Colonialism: The 1916 Tercentenary in Egypt; Karma Sami and Monika Smialkowska.- 5. Divergence and Convergence: The ‘Universal’ versus the National Bard; Irena R. Makaryk.- 6. French Shakespeare: From Victor Hugo to Patrice Chéreau; Dominique Goy-Blanquet.- 7. Canonising Cleopatra? Shakespeare400 and the Library, Lovers, and Saints of Alexandria; Katherine Hennessey.- 8. Citizen of the world, or citizen of nowhere? Shakespeare Lives in China in 2016; Duncan Lees.- 9. Commemorating Shakespeare through Dance and Music, 1964–2016; Elizabeth Klett.- 10. Curating Shakespeare in the North; Adam Hansen.- 11. ‘The Conceit of This Inconstant Stay’: Exhibiting Shakespeares in Eugene, Oregon; Lara Bovilsky.- 12. Afterword; Ton Hoenselaars.

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Book SynopsisThe Internet has changed the past. Social media, Wikipedia, mobile networks, and the viral and visual nature of the Web have inundated the public sphere with historical information and misinformation, changing what we know about our history and History as a discipline. This is the first book to chronicle how and why it matters. Why does History matter at all? What role do history and the past play in our democracy? Our economy? Our understanding of ourselves? How do questions of history intersect with today’s most pressing debates about technology; the role of the media; journalism; tribalism; education; identity politics; the future of government, civilization, and the planet? At the start of a new decade, in the midst of growing political division around the world, this information is critical to an engaged citizenry. As we collectively grapple with the effects of technology and its capacity to destabilize our societies, scholars, educators and the general public should be aware of how the Web and social media shape what we know about ourselves - and crucially, about our past. Table of Contents1. Introduction2. e-History: Not Quite History, Not Quite The Past3. The Crowd-Sourced Past4. Nostalgia On-Demand5. The Viral Past6. The Visual Past7. The Newsworthy Past8. The Storytelling Past9. History.AI10. Does History Have A Future?

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Book SynopsisThis book proposes a new Ethics of Political Commemoration adapted from the Just War tradition, reflecting that remembrance is often conducted with political – and even coercive – intent. With its Ius ad Memoriam (what to commemorate) and Ius in Memoria (how to commemorate) criteria, the framework looks to guide debates that are currently inchoate so that remembrance of the past can transform relationships in the present and build a shared future. Offering a moral argument with memorable illustrations, Gutbrod and Wood draw on experiences from Armenia, Georgia, Ireland, Lebanon, and Libya, while connecting to mainstream debates in Western Europe and the United States. Bringing together an ethical tradition with the practice of conflict transformation, the framework fuses two perspectives that enrich each other. The book, in providing a first systematic presentation of the ethics, seeks to engage citizens and scholars, and help those who work to transform conflicts. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Towards an Ethics of Political CommemorationChapter 2: Ius ad Memoriam: What is Deserving of Commemoration? Chapter 3: Ius in Memoria: How Should we Commemorate?Chapter 4: Commemoration as Path for Conflict TransformationChapter 5: Applying the Framework and its LimitationsChapter 6: Conclusion: Roadmap for the Paradigm

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Book Synopsis“This brief, provocative, and accessible book offers snapshots of seven pernicious myths in military history that have been perpetrated on unsuspecting students, readers, moviegoers, game players, and politicians. It promotes awareness of how myths are created by 'the spurious misuse and ignorance of history' and howmisleading ideas about a military problem, as in asymmetric warfare, can lead to misguided solutions. “Both scholarly and engaging, this book is an ideal addition to military history and historical methodology courses. In fact, it could be fruitfully used in any course that teaches critical thinking skills, including courses outside the discipline of history. Military history has a broad appeal to students, and there’s something here for everyone. From the so-called 'Western Way of War' to its sister-myth, technological determinism, to the ‘academic party game’ of once-faddish ‘Military Revolutions,’ the book shows that while myths about history may be fun, myth busting is the most fun of all.”—Reina Pennington, Norwich UniversityTrade Review“Why does military history generate so many myths? Is it because easily digestible myths make the subject easier to teach and study? Or because such myths help to paper over the simple but depressing fact that mankind has, since its very origins, permitted the slaughter of millions, often for the most minor of reasons? While such questions are difficult if not impossible to answer, in bringing together seven of the world’s finest military historians to dispel seven of these myths, John Hosler provides a great service in laying bare the myths’ origins. Anyone interested in the subject should read this book first, before embarking on further study.”—Kelly Devries, Loyola University Maryland

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Book Synopsis"This fascinating volume is a major contribution to our understanding of the Russian Revolution, from World War I to consolidation of the Bolshevik regime. The seven myths include the exaggeration of Rasputin's influence; a purported conspiracy behind the February Revolution; the treasonous Bolshevik dependence on German support; the multiple Anastasia pretenders to the royal inheritance; the antisemitic claims about 'Judeo-Bolsheviks'; distortions about America’s intervention in the civil war; and the 'inevitability' of Bolshevism. In each case the authors analyze the facts, uncover the origins of the myth, and trace its later perseverance (even in contemporary Russia). To assist readers, the volume includes three reference guides (people, terms, dates), nine maps, and twenty-nine illustrations. The result is immensely valuable for undergraduate courses in Russian history." —Gregory L. Freeze, Raymond Ginger Professor of History, Brandeis UniversityTrade Review"The authors' succinct discussions of historical events and evidence allow readers to contextualize and evaluate these myths. . . . The results are highly engaging and often very relevant to current events. The volume makes good use of historical source material to illustrate points and themes—this is particularly the case in the final chapter, which looks at varieties of revolutionary experiences by considering the lives of three people who were not famous political figures. These attributes make this a useful and usable text for a variety of courses on modern history. Moreover, it should appeal to general readers." —Michael Hickey, Emeritus, Bloomsburg University"Daly and Trofimov provide a service to us all in laying out concise, clear refutations of some of the most intractable myths about the Russian Revolution. I plan to have a copy on hand to lend to the next person who seems to find one or more of these myths convincing. The chapters provide a nice balance of background information and argumentation that will make them approachable and convincing for people who don’t know the topic very well." —Eric Lohr, American University

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Book SynopsisEmet le-Ya‘akov comprises a collection of essays celebrating the career and achievements of Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, who has served the American and international Jewish community with distinction in his roles as a synagogue rabbi, university professor, and public intellectual. These articles, like the honoree, recognize the importance of both history and memory, emphasize the necessity of accuracy in historiography, and do not shy away from inconvenient truths. They are divided into three categories that help frame the discussion around “facing the truths of history”: Textual Traditions, Memory and Making of Meaning, and (Re)Creating a Usable Past. The volume also includes a brief sketch of Schacter’s life and work and a bibliography of his publications.Table of Contents“For Truth Is More Precious than Anything Else” Zev Eleff and Shaul Seidler-FellerBibliography of the Writings of Jacob J. SchacterMenachem ButlerTextual Traditions1. Maimonides’s Mishneh Torah on the Messianic Age: Reactions and Controversies through the AgesDavid Berger2. A New Paradigm of the Jew/Gentile Relationship: Maimonides’s Analysis of the Miẓvah le-HaḥayotoAri Berman3. In the Ecumenical Footsteps of Rabbi Jacob Emden: The Curious Case of Pinchas LapideMark Gottlieb4. Rationalizing Kerei u-Ketiv: Radak’s Methodology in His Biblical CommentariesNaomi Grunhaus5. “The Law Follows the Lenient View in Mourning”: The History and Reconsideration of a Talmudic PrincipleShmuel Hain6. A Community for the Sake of Heaven: Emden’s Understandings of Christianity and IslamSusannah Heschel7. Tosafist Collections in the Writings of Ḥayyim Joseph David Azulai (Ḥida): The Case of Tosefot ShittahEphraim Kanarfogel8. Grandfather and Grandson: Teachers and Interpreters in Hebrew Ben Sira and Greek SirachAri Lamm9. Rabbi Jacob Joshua Falk’s Final Salvo in the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy: Ḥarvot ẒurimShnayer Leiman10. The Taboo against “Next Year in Jerusalem” in the American Haggadah (1837–1942)Jonathan D. Sarna11. Twentieth-Century American Orthodox Responses to Living in a Malkhut shel ḤesedElana Stein Hain12. Reception of Malachi’s Temple Critique in JudaismShlomo Zuckier Memory and the Making of Meaning13. The Last Trial of Jacob Emden: Community, Memory, AuthorityElisheva Carlebach14. Papering Over an Era of American Orthodox Pragmatism: The Case of CollegeZev Eleff and Menachem Butler15. Cultural Memory, Spiritual Critique, and PiyyutMichael Fishbane16. “A Faithful Home in Israel”? Jewish Dis/Connections in Contemporary American Jewish LiteratureSylvia Barack Fishman17. Who Is Not a Jew? Notes on the Reception of the Principle “Though He Sinned, He Remains an Israelite”Matt Goldish18. New York Jewish History and Memory: Opportunities and ChallengesJeffrey S. Gurock19. Inscribing Communal Memory: Memorbücher in Early Modern and Modern EuropeDebra Kaplan20. Pilgrims’ Progress? Ḥakham Ẓevi and the History of Visitors to Israel Observing One Day of Yom TovYosie Levine21. Herschel Schacter’s Encounter with Mordecai KaplanRafael Medoff(Re)Creating a Usable Past22. Remember, Research, Commemorate: The (Re)Making of a Holocaust Research InstituteJudith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz23. Prayer in a Time of Pandemic: Loneliness, Liturgy, and Virtual CommunityLois C. Dubin24. Or Nogah and the Uses of History: Blidstein, Petuchowski, and the Diverse Readings of a Nineteenth-Century Reform Halakhic TextDavid Ellenson25. From Rabbiner Doktor to Rabbanit Doctor: Academic Education and the Evolution of Israeli Religious LeadershipAdam S. Ferziger26. Why Was Titus Killed by a Gnat? Reflections on a Rabbinic LegendSteven Fine27. Anchor to Springboard: Uses and Revaluations of Masorah in Medieval AshkenazTalya Fishman28. Ḥasdai Crescas, Royal Courtier: A ReappraisalBenjamin R. Gampel29. The Slifkin Affair: Contexts, Texts, and Subtexts of Israeli and American Orthodox ResponsesBenjamin J. Samuels30. A Guide for Today’s Perplexed? The Changing Face of Maimonidean ScholarshipDavid Shatz31. The Image of the Gra in the Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. SoloveitchikJeffrey R. WoolfContributors

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Book SynopsisThe Old English History of the World, produced around the year 900, is an anonymous translation and adaptation of Paulus Orosius’s immensely popular Latin history known as the Seven Books of History against the Pagans. This volume offers a new edition and modern translation of an Anglo-Saxon perspective on the ancient world.Trade ReviewThe greatest virtue of this volume is that it takes this important account of the history of world—a vital text to those scholars who work in the field of Anglo-Saxon studies, but which until now has remained relatively obscure to students and the wider public—and makes it far more accessible than it has been for more than a century. -- Benjamin A. Saltzman * Speculum *

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Book SynopsisThis textbook introduces readers to the academic scholarship on the history of childhood and youth in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the colonial and postcolonial eras. In a series of seven chapters, it addresses key themes in the historical scholarship, arguing that age serves as a useful category for historical analysis in African history. Just as race, class, and gender can be used to understand how African societies have been structured over time, so too age is a powerful tool for thinking about how power, youth, and seniority intersect and change over time. This is, then, a work of synthesis rather than of new research based on primary sources. This book will therefore introduce mainstream scholars of the history of childhood and youth to the literature on Africa, and scholars of youth in Africa to debates within the wider field of the history of children and youth.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Age and Generation.- 3. Enslavement and Unfreedom.- 4. Race and Childhood.- 5. Schooling and Education.- 6. Work and Play.- 7. Politics and Violence.- 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWhat is history, and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian''s craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today.Written in the tradition of Marc Bloch and E. H. Carr, The Landscape of History is at once an engaging introduction to the historical method for beginners, a powerful reaffirmation of it for practitioners, a startling challenge to social scientists, and an effective skewering of postmodernist claims that we can''t know anything at all about the past. It will be essential reading for anyone who reads, writes, teaches, or cares about history.Trade Review"These engaging and accessible lectures describe why history matters. Non-historians who want to learn more about the field will find the book illuminating, and historians will learn from the tools provided."--The San Francisco Chronicle"A masterful statement on the historical method by a distinguished Cold War historian.... Gaddis' most provocative claim is a powerful irony: Social science, with its independent variables and deductive theories, would appear to have more scientific pretensions than does history. But the historical method, which relies on thought experiments and the interplay of inductive and deductive reasoning, more fully shares the methodical logic of such fields as astronomy, paleontology, and evolutionary biology. Gaddis' characterization of the social sciences will surely spark debate even as it illuminates important intellectual connections between the disciplines. Delightfully readable, the book is a grand celebration of the pursuit of knowledge."--Foreign Affairs"A bold and challenging book, unafraid of inviting controversy. It provides a strong statement for our time of both the limits and the value of the historical enterprise."--Alan Brinkley, New York Times Book Review"Never before have I come across a book that so illuminated the craft of the historian.... Gaddis has a delightful command of language--and a delight in it. He draws on Gertrude Stein, Mark Twain, contemporary movies, Thucydides, Tom Stoppard, Woody Allen and lots more.... He is a distinguished scholar who writes with a clarity and a lack of pedantry that is quite marvelous. Equally impressive, he's not afraid of a rip-roaring fight with his fellow academics."--Michael Pakenham, The Baltimore Sun"In 'The Landscape of History,' Mr. Gaddis, the author of several distinguished books on the cold war, both pays homage to Bloch (and with more conditional admiration, to the British historian E.H. Carr) and addresses the challenge of postmodernism. He does all of this in an urbane and eloquent little volume that, in its way, might even be what Bloch himself would have written had he lived.... Mr. Gaddis's learned and graceful reflections on all of these questions are deeply humane, propelled by the conviction that only by sustaining a historical consciousness can we know where we should want to go. They will also never allow either the reader of history or the writer of it to think about the past in quite the same way as before."--Richard Bernstein, New York Times"This is another of those books that rewards the effort it requires. Besides providing invaluable insights into how the historian goes about his business, it teaches--like all really good books--of life beyond its boundaries."--Colin Walters, Washington Times"A technical but provocative inquiry for sophisticated history readers."--Booklist"Entertaining, masterful disquisition on the aims, limitations, design, and methods of historiography.... Employing a wide range of metaphors (from Cleopatra's nose to Napoleon's underwear), displaying an extensive knowledge of current thinking in mathematics, physics, and evolutionary biology, alluding frequently to figures as disparate as Lee Harvey Oswald, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Lennon, and John Malkovich, Gaddis guides us on a genial trip into the historical method and the imagination that informs it.... Provocative, polymathic, and pleasurable."--Kirkus Reviews"The Landscape of History explores recent, surprising convergences of natural science and human history and does so with clarity, charm and easy erudition. Gaddis's book is a real tour de force: a delight to read, and a light-hearted celebration of the odd, 'fractal' patterns that intellectual and other forms of human and natural history exhibit."--William H. McNeillTable of ContentsPreface ; 1. "The Landscape of History" ; 2. "Time and Space" ; 3. "Structure and Process" ; 4. "The Interdependency of Variables" ; 5. "Chaos and Complexity" ; 6. "Causation, Contingency, and Counterfactuals" ; 7. "Molecules with Minds of Their Own" ; 8. "Seeing Like a Historian" ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces students and professional historians to the main areas of concern in the history of emotions and its intersection with emotion research in other disciplines. It discusses how the emotions intersect with other lines of historical research relating to power, practice, society and morality. The revised and fully updated second edition of the book demonstrates the field’s centrality to historiographical practice, as well as the importance of this kind of historical work for general interdisciplinary understandings of the value and the meaning of human experience.Table of ContentsPreface to the second editionIntroduction1 Historians and emotions2 Words and concepts3 Communities, regimes and styles4 Power, politics and violence5 Practice and expression6 Experience, senses and the brain7 Spaces, places and objects8 MoralityConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers a methodological and analytic opening to the affective registers of imperial governance and the political content of archival forms. This title identifies the social epistemologies that guided perception and practice, revealing the problematic racial ontologies of that confused epistemic space.Trade Review"[E]legance, energy, and perspicuity has long been a hallmark of Stoler's scholarship, but in this book, Stoler's aim is particularly true... Along the Archival Grain is a call to arms from one of the most forceful practitioners of our discipline. The passions that haunt are of more than passing interest: they have done much to shape our contemporary world. In facing up to this reality, Ann Stoler has provided us with a new way of conceptualizing what students of the colonial can and should do."--Danilyn Rutherford, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History "Along the Archival Grain ... sheds new light on the nature of the colonial state... Stoler takes the lessons of colonial discourse analysis first opened by Edward Said to new heights... Along the Archival Grain is also an indispensable and innovative ethnography of the colonial state that dismantles the state's epistemic power and self-representation."--Julian Go, Pacific Affairs "This book has raised the benchmark for archival investigation and established a powerful model for new cultural geographies of colonialism that deserves to be read and debated by those beyond the fields of colonial studies and historical research methodology and theory."--Stephen Legg, Environment and Planning "The author presents a nuanced and meticulous reading of official nineteenth- and twentieth-century Dutch colonial archives and decenters how postcolonial scholars, feminist scholars, and historians have characteristically approached colonial texts."--Meredith Reifschneider, Current Anthropology "Stoler's historical examples are both fascinating and choice... Scholars of Dutch colonialism will naturally need to read [this book], but its significance and appeal will matter to nearly everyone working in postcolonial studies and provide an important retort to those 'students of colonialism' (in Stoler's stern phrase) who treat the colonial as an unproblematic term or a given."--John Mcleod, Interventions "As a significant contribution to the historiography of affect, this monograph will find places of honor in colleagues' bookcases, on research library shelves, and amid graduate seminar reading lists. Beyond the academy, thoughtful readers will find its insights valuable in considering personhood in the new digital age."--Elizabeth Bishop, Ab Imperio QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Appreciations xi Chapter One: Prologue in Two Parts 1 Chapter Two: The Pulse of the Archive 17 Part I: Colonial Archives and Their Affective States 55 Chapter Three: Habits of a Colonial Heart 57 Chapter Four: Developing Historical Negatives 105 Chapter Five: Commissions and Their Storied Edges 141 Part II: Watermarks in Colonial History 179 Chapter Six: Hierarchies of Credibility 181 Chapter Seven: Imperial Dispositions of Disregard 237 Appendix 1: Colonial Chronologies 279 Appendix 2: Governors-General in the Netherlands Indies, 1830-1930 285 Bibliography 287 Index 309

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Book SynopsisPink Triangle Legacies traces the transformation of the pink triangle from a Nazi concentration camp badge and emblem of discrimination into a widespread, recognizable symbol of queer activism, pride, and community. W. Jake Newsome provides an overview of the Nazis'' targeted violence against LGBTQ+ people and details queer survivors'' fraught and ongoing fight for the acknowledgement, compensation, and memorialization of LGBTQ+ victims. Within this context, a new generation of queer activists has used the pink trianglea reminder of Germany''s fascist pastas the visual marker of gay liberation, seeking to end queer people''s status as second-class citizens by asserting their right to express their identity openly. The reclamation of the pink triangle occurred first in West Germany, but soon activists in the United States adopted this chapter from German history as their own. As gay activists on opposite sides of the Atlantic grafted pink triangle memoriesTrade ReviewFor those interested in the "problems" of queer history, this book is an excellent introduction to the issues associated with confronting queer historical memory. * The Gay & Lesbian Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: "Beaten to Death, Silenced to Death" 1. "They are Enemies of the State!": The Fate of LGBTQ+ People in Nazi Germany 2. "For Homosexuals, the Third Reich Hasn't Ended Yet": Paragraph 175 and the Nazi Past in West Germany 3. "The Only Acceptable Gay Liberation Logo": The Reclamation of the Pink Triangle in West Germany 4. "It's a Scar, but In Your Heart": The Pink Triangle in American Gay Activism 5. "Remembrances of Things Once Hidden": Piecing Together the Pink Triangle Past on Stage and on Page 6. "We Died There, Too": Commemoration and the Construction of a Transatlantic Gay Identity Epilogue: "Remembering Must Also Have Consequences"

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Book SynopsisEdward Gibbon was one of the world''s greatest historians and a towering figure of his age. When he died in 1794 he left behind the unfinished drafts of his Memoirs, which were posthumously edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and remain an astonishing portrait of a rich, full life. Recounting Gibbon''s sickly childhood in London, his disappointment with an Oxford ''steeped in port and prejudice'', his successful years in Lausanne, his first and only love affair and the monolithic achievement of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he distils his genius for history into a remarkable gift for autobiography. Candid and detailed, these writings are filled with warmth and intellectual passion.

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Book SynopsisCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NEW STATESMAN AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE''In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one of our most brilliant and original historians'' Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly WatersFor generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians'' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean. Their narratives of the development of imperial governance licensed the brutal suppression of colonial rebellion. Their reimagining of empire during the two world wars compromised the force of decolonization.In this brilliant work, Priya Satia shows how these historians not only interpreted the major political events of their time but also shaped the future that followed. History emerged as a mode of ethics in the modern period, endowing historians from John Stuart Mill to Winston Churchill with outsized policymaking power. Braided with this story is an account of alternative visions articulated by anticolonial thinkers such as William Blake, Mahatma Gandhi and E. P. Thompson. By the mid-twentieth century, their approaches had reshaped the discipline of history and the ethics that came with it.Time''s Monster reveals the dramatic consequences of writing history today as much as in the past. Against the backdrop of enduring global inequalities and debates about reparations and the legacy of empire, Satia offers us a hugely important and urgent moral voice.Trade ReviewMuch of the best scholarship today is ­distinguished by a vigorous and sustained challenge to old imperialist verities. Priya Satia's Time's Monster, which comes out of a long, if little-noticed, intellectual ­counter-tradition in Asia and Europe, bracingly describes how our moral and political imagination became so constrained and how it could be liberated -- Pankaj Mishra, * New Statesman, Books of the Year *Vital. . . a coruscating and important reworking of the relationship between history, historians and empire -- Kenan Malik * Observer *Phenomenal . . . in asking how British men felt able to justify running an empire rooted in violence and systemic inequality, Satia's discussion of this ethical conundrum runs into wonderfully imaginative, even astronomical and spiritual spaces -- Priya Atwal * BBC History Magazine *Priya Satia's book dazzles by its brilliance but also points to other enigmas and mysteries that historians have to confront and unravel * The Wire *Turns the lens on history as a subject, asking how we have told the story of empire in the past. Satia offers a scholarly and analytical interpretation of how historians themselves have framed the ways that empire is understood in British history writing - from John Stuart Mill to EP Thompson -- Yasmin Khan * BBC History Magazine, Books of the Year *A meditative, intensive and sweeping critique of the discipline of history . . . an important book * History Today *Fearless . . . A book that puts the historian's craft to brilliant use in examining the philosophical and conceptual foundations of the discipline of History -- Amitav GhoshNot only a sweeping account of the British Empire over the past three centuries, but also an ambitious intellectual history, touching on everything from the Mahabharata to Marx, and from Shakespeare to Said. . . This urgent and compelling book encourages us to listen to different voices, to tell different stories, and ultimately to rethink what it means to be a historian and to engage critically and imaginatively with the past -- Kim Wagner, author of Amritsar 1919In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one of our most brilliant and original historians. Time's Monster casts new light on the British Empire by homing in on a fundamental question --how did 'good' men, acutely concerned with their consciences, preside over systematic exploitation and repeated atrocities? Satia shows that only if we grapple with the complicity of historians in assuaging their moral qualms can we confront empire's darkest legacies in our troubled world -- Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly WatersDeeply thought-provoking and incisively argued, Time's Monster is sure to become a classic for anyone interested in European empires and the role of history in shaping human behaviour. In this extraordinary book, Priya Satia weaves wide-ranging evidence into a lively narrative, proving incontrovertibly why she is one of the most important historians of our time. -- Caroline Elkins, author of Imperial ReckoningA pathbreaking study of the historical imagination's founding in colonialism. Moving from historical counternarratives to anti-historical thinking and poetry, Priya Satia guides us through important new ways of understanding the imperial past and its effects on our shared future. -- Faisal Devji, author of The Impossible IndianA deeply insightful account of the way historical thinking informs the exercise of power. If historians are to play a positive role in the struggle to bend the arc of human history away from tyranny and toward justice, the lessons of this book should weigh heavily on our collective conscience. But more than that, this work is indispensable for anyone who wants to understand how the way we know the past shapes our future possibilities -- Vincent Brown, author of Tacky’s RevoltA magisterial account of the role of history in the making of the British Empire. At a moment of chronic hand-wringing over the decline of the historical profession and the crisis of the humanities, Time's Monster is an especially welcome addition for understanding how history can be used and misused. -- Dinyar Patel, author of NaorojiHistory writing once burnished the monument of imperial progress, and continues to do so for many audiences today. In her brilliant and coruscating account of the uses of history in the making and unmaking of the British empire, Priya Satia offers a striking new way of confronting the problems that continue to plague contemporary societies. This is a bravura performance -- Samuel Moyn, author of Not EnoughAs people around the globe struggle against a world order that owes its existence to rampant resource exploitation and dehumanizing beliefs about racial hierarchies, Priya Satia has given us a timely and powerful reminder about the complicity of history, as a discipline, in the making of that order. -- Jacob Dlamini, author of The Terrorist Album

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Book SynopsisThe book describes how various authors addressed the history of early modern Ireland over four centuries, and explains why they could not settle on an agreed narrative.Trade ReviewThis study is a distinctive landmakr, seemingly far removed from the 'snappy' book that Canny originally intended. * John Gibney, Royal Irish Academy, History Ireland *Written in an authoritative and engaging style, this remarkable historical study is eloquent testimony to Canny's inspirational passion for and commitment to early modern Irish history. A landmark contribution to Irish historiography, it is essential reading for anybody interested in how Irish history has been remembered and used to serve present purposes down through the centuries. * Marian Lyons, The Irish Times *Table of Contents1: The Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Writing of Ireland's History in the Sixteenth Century 2: Composing counter-narratives in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 3: New Histories for a New Ireland 4: The 1641 Rebellion and Ireland's Contested Pasts 5: Eighteenth-Century Aristocratic Histories of Ireland During the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries 6: Enlightenment Historians of Ireland and Their Critics 7: The Vernacular Alternative: Catholic and Protestant Popular Reconsiderations of Ireland's Early Modern History During the Age of Revolutions 8: Re-imagining Ireland's Early Modern Past: The Young Ireland Agenda, Dissident Views, and the Catholic Alternative 9: Re-imagining Ireland's Early Modern Past During the Later Nineteenth Century 10: Fresh Unionist Reappraisals of Ireland's History During the Early Modern Centuries 11: The Birth and Early Demise of a Liberal View of Ireland's Early Modern Past 12: The Failure of the Imagination Concerning Ireland's Past

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Book SynopsisWhat is our relationship with the past? A quiet revolution has transformed the ways in which History provides us with answers. Indeed, not so long ago the very question might have seemed odd. But in recent decades the solid moorings to which History was seemingly tethered have proved less secure than earlier supposed. That realization has produced some discomfiture, but also many more opportunities for approaching worlds with which we have lost connection. No single book can hope to reflect all the ways in which History has ''changed with the times'' nor can, or should, a volume with numerous contributors speak with one voice. Yet the Companion does range widely, addressing key themes and structures from new areas of enquiry as well as providing fresh treatment of established fields; and it does mark a significant departure in a genre still shaped by stories that are predominantly Western. It reflects a practice of history that seeks global connections and pioneers a sustained dialogueTrade ReviewReview from previous edition The stellar cast of authors... [introduce] the reader to some of the most exciting developments in the field of history over the past three decades.... the book achieves a great deal. * Stefan Berger, Times Literary Supplement *Ambitious...rich and challenging...makes some significant contributions * Alix Green, Reviews in History *How has the writing of history changed over the past half century? What are the topics and issues that interest historians today? These questions, and many more, are addressed in the Concise Companion, a pioneering and exceptionally stimulating volume of essays which indicate some of the ways in which the challenges of globalization are forcing historians to rethink their approaches to the past. * Sir John Elliott, Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Oxford *Ulinka Rublack has created a true companion volume for readers of recent and current historical writing. In an astonishing feat of editorship, she brings together some of the best living historians and some insuperable essays on the state and drift of the subject. * Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History, Notre Dame University *Table of ContentsPreface ; PART I: WRITING HISTORY ; 1. History and World History ; 2. Causation ; 3. The Status of Historical Knowledge ; 4. Historians ; PART II: THEMES AND STRUCTURES ; 5. Commerce ; 6. Power ; 7. Communication ; 8. Population ; 9. Gender ; 10. Culture ; 11. Ethnicity ; 12. Science ; 13. Environmental History ; 14. Religion ; 15. Emotions ; 16. The Power of Ideas ; Acknowledgements ; Index

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Book SynopsisNations and their Histories highlights the importance of the past and its uses in the formation of modern nations and national identities. The book looks at the construction of different national historiographies as well as present representations of the past in the political and cultural life of nations, covering the five continents.Table of ContentsIntroduction; S.Carvalho & F.Gemenne PART I: NATIONAL HISTORIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONS Nationalism and the Making of National Past; J.Breuilly The Comparative History of National Historiographies in Europe; S.Berger 'Colonizing' the Past: History and Memory in Greece and Turkey; S.A.Sofos & U.Özk?r?ml? The Politics of Memorialization in Zimbabwe; T.Ranger Beginning the World Over Again: Past and Future in American Nationalism; D.H.Doyle Rediscovering Columbus in Nineteenth-Century American Textbooks; C.Cadot Social Darwinism and Nationalism in Mexico; D.A.Brading PART II: PRESENT REPRESENTATIONS OF NATIONAL HISTORIES Eternal France: Crisis and National Self-Perception in France, 1870-2005; R.Gildea Cuisine, Nationality and the Making of a National Meal: The English Breakfast; K.O'Connor National Restoration and Moral Renewal: The Dialectics of the Past in the Emergence of Modern Israel; A.Gal Crafting Iranian Nationalism: Intersectionality of Aryanism, Westernism and Islamism; A.Kian & G.Riaux The Evolution of State Discourses on the Nationalist Political Party in Post-Colonial Cameroon; C.Nsoudou Refashioning Sub-National Pasts for Post-National Futures; J.Wenzel A Season of War: Warriors, Veterans and Warfare in American Nationalism; S-M.Grant Sinocentrism and the National Question in China; E.Hyer Nation, History, Museum: The Politics of the Past at the National Museum of Australia; B.Wellings Conclusion; S.Carvalho & F.Gemenne

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Book SynopsisPierre-Yves Saunieris Professor of History at Universite Laval, Canada. His previous publications include the co-edited volume The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History (2009).Trade Review"An important, authoritative, and stimulating book which will quickly establish itself as an indispensable introduction to the study of transnational history." - Akira Iriye, Harvard University, USATable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Meanings and Usages 2. Connections 3. Circulations 4. Relations 5. Formations 6. About Methodology Conclusion Notes Glossary Further Reading Index.

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Book SynopsisMichael Jackson demonstrates the significance of a phenomenology of time through a multifaceted consideration of the gap between our cultural representations of temporality and our experience. Jackson juxtaposes philosophy, history, and ethnography in an attempt to do justice to the bewildering multiplicity of temporal experience.Trade ReviewThe Varieties of Temporal Experience is a gripping, challenging work that brings a unique voice to questions about how we experience time. To enable the reader to dwell in experiences of time in its variety and to experience firstness, providing gentle nudges but not overwhelming the reader with a heavy apparatus, is no small achievement. -- Veena Das, Johns Hopkins UniversityThis is a rich and highly important work of anthropological thought and creative writing. Through a deft combination of creative nonfiction, ethnographic fieldwork, and autobiographical reflections, Michael Jackson explores the ways that human beings engage with processes of time, history (both personal and collective), memory, and relationships in dynamic, multiple, and pragmatic ways. -- Robert Desjarlais, Sarah Lawrence CollegeIn his latest work, Michael Jackson explores enigmas of the past and how stories help us to make our lives easier to live. Jackson’s anthropology draws out the vivid particularities of human experience and spins them into webs of connectivity across time, space, and culture. Like everything else Jackson has written, The Varieties of Temporal Experience juxtaposes philosophy and everyday knowledge in precise and compassionate ways. And the writing is so good, it aches to put this book down. -- Dominic Boyer, Rice UniversityThis remarkable book traces how a complex tapestry of interlocking temporalities configures our experience. Taking us on a journey across a breathtaking range of moments as a story unfolds, and drawing on a diverse anthropological, literary, and philosophical archive, Jackson sheds light on what it means to live with stories of different times—from the historical to the mythological, the mundane to the fantastic. These stories remind us that life is often uncannily stitched across various temporalities and selves. The Varieties of Temporal Experience is an insightful contribution from one of the humanities’ most sophisticated and original voices. -- Andrew Brandel, Harvard UniversityThe Varieties of Temporal Experience is at once ethnographic and biographical. It is about story-telling as a way of repairing the past, but also about the burden of stories and the possibility to live from the present. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceThe Blind ImpressPart OnePrologueThat Green EveningThe Blind ImpressThe Other Side of the TracksOf the Woe That Is in MarriageManawatuFires of No ReturnFugueShots in the DarkRecapturedNo QuarterEscapeStarting OverPart TwoBeyond the Call of DutyTalking to Jack HansenPassing StrangeStill Life with Lading ListsPart ThreeThe Remaining PiecesGuilt and ShameDeath’s SecretaryStories HappenTime and SpaceThe Enigma of AnteriorityFirst Things FirstBraided RiversAgainst the GrainNo Direction HomeCrossing Cook StraitMetaphor of the TableDestruction and HopeDistance Looks Our WayThe Illusion of CorsicaReturn to the ManawatuBurned PlacesRevenantTe Ãti AwaSymbolic LandscapeTwo WomenThe Road to Karuna FallsWhere Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?Taking a Line for a WalkAfterwordNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisMaterial Hermeneutics explores the ways in which new imaging technologies and scientific instruments have changed our notions about ancient history. From the first lunar calendar to the black hole image, and from an ancient mummy in the Italian Alps to the irrigated valleys of Mesopotamia, this book demonstrates how revolutions in science have taught us far more than we imagined. Written by a leading philosopher of technology and utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, this book has implications for many fields, including philosophy, history, science, and technology. It will appeal to scholars and students of the humanities, as well as anthropologists and archaeologists. Table of Contents1. Why Material Hermeneutics? 2. Otzi: The Amateurs, Becoming a Scientific Object, Material Hermeneutics 3. The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings 4. History Lessons: Coronado and the Qurivira 5. Civilizational Failure: Babylon and the Diatom, Peru and Tectonic Plates, Greenland and the Little Ice Age 6. Reading Vesuvian Texts and Major Technoart: Matisse and Picasso 7. Material Hermeneutics and Technoart 8. Musical and Scientific Instruments: Synthesizers and Digital Instruments 9. Science Turns Hermeneutic 10. Humanities and Social Science Turn Hermeneutic 11. Postphenomemenological Postscript: Lifeworld Revisited 12. Re-logicizing Origins: Ice Age Science and Lunar Calendars 13. Paul Ricoeur: From Linguistic to Material Hermeneutics

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Book SynopsisHow did Muslims of the classical Islamic period understand their past? What value did they attach to history? How did they write history? How did historiography fare relative to other kinds of Arabic literature? These and other questions are answered in Chase F. Robinson's Islamic Historiography, an introduction to the principal genres, issues, and problems of Islamic historical writing in Arabic, that stresses the social and political functions of historical writing in the Islamic world. Beginning with the origins of the tradition in the eighth and ninth centuries and covering its development until the beginning of the sixteenth century, this is an authoritative and yet accessible guide through a complex and forbidding field, which is intended for readers with little or no background in Islamic history or Arabic.Trade Review'He is to be commended for the outstanding effort he has invested and the solid scholarship he exhibits in this work, which earns his Islamic Historiography a place beside distinguished recent studies on the subject … Robinson's notes are exceptionally informative, and offer a rich guide to further specialized readings on a wide range of topics not at all restricted to Islam. It makes an outstanding textbook for students of Islamic studies, at both undergraduate and graduate levels.' Islam and Christian-Muslim RelationsTable of ContentsList of plates; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; Chronology I: the historians of the formative period; Chronology II: the historians of the classical period; Preface; Part I. Origins and Categories: 1. Origins; 2. The emergence of genre; 3. Consequences and models; 4. Three categories: biography, prosopography, chronography; Part II. Contexts: 5. Historiography and traditionalism; 6. Historiography and society; 7. God and models of history; 8. Historians and the truth; Part III. How Historians Worked: 9. Vocations and professions; 10. Writing history; Conclusion; Suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical history of the movement associated with the journal Annales, from its foundation in 1929 to the present. This movement has been the single most important force in the development of what is sometimes called the new history'. Renowned cultural historian, Peter Burke, distinguishes between four main generations in the development of the Annales School. The first generation included Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch, who fought against the old historical establishment and founded the journal Annales to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration. The second generation was dominated by Fernand Braudel, whose magnificent work on the Mediterranean has become a modern classic. The third generation, deeply associated with the cultural turn' in historical scholarship, includes recently well-known historians such as Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Jacques Le Goff and Georges Duby. This new edition brings us right up to the present, and contemplates the work of a fTrade ReviewNo one has had a greater collective impact on modern historiography than the historians of the Annales school, and no one has appraised their aims and achievements with more sympathetic insight than Peter Burke. His concise, inclusive, and authoritative survey of the transformations they brought about is itself a powerful incentive to think reflectively about the idea of history. Stuart Clark, University of Swansea [and editor of The Annales School: Critical Assessments, 1999.] Eminent historian of modern France, Peter Burke is also a great connoisseur of French historians, and especially of the Annales School. This new and expanded edition of The French Historical Revolution brings out the contribution of a 4th generation of the Annales open to the diversity of the world, its hybridity and cultural encounters through the work of its most original and productive representatives, such as Serge Gruzinski, Lucette Valensi and Nathan Wachtel. André Burguière, L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes on Sciences SocialesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1 The Old Historiographical Regime and its Critics 2 The Founders: Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch i The Early Years ii Strasbourg iii The Foundation of Annales iv The Institutionalization of Annales 3 The Age of Braudel i The Mediterranean ii The Later Braudel iii The Rise of Quantitative History 4 The Third Generation i From the Cellar to the Attic ii The ‘Third Level’ of Serial History iii Reactions: Anthropology, Politics, Narrative 5 New Directions (1989-2014) 6 The Annales in Global Perspective i Reception and Resistance ii Striking a Balance Glossary: The Language of Annales Chronology Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJeffrey Lewis PhD is a scholar at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and a research affiliate at the Stanford University Center for Security and International Cooperation. He previously worked at the US Department of Defense, and was director of both the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation and the Managing the Atom Project at the Harvard Kennedy School. A columnist for Foreign Policy, he is the publisher of ArmsControlWonk.com, the leading blog on disarmament, arms control, and nonproliferation. He has written for the New York Times, Atlantic, Daily Beast and the Washington Post.Trade ReviewA bold warning of how easily the nightmare could occur * The Times *A book with a ferocious pace and more black humour than one could imagine * Evening Standard *Chillingly plausible * The Economist *A Dr Strangelove for our time * The Observer *A book with ferocious pace and more black humour than one could imagine * Evening Standard *The plot is so absurd and implausible—a nuclear war prompted by a presidential tweet—that it feels devastatingly true. The 2020 COMMISSION REPORT is a brilliantly conceived page-turner. Let’s hope it isn’t prophetic * Eric Schlosser, author of COMMAND AND CONTROL *A Dr Strangelove for our time * The Observer *Chillingly plausible * Economist *Couldn’t put this book down.... If fear of nuclear war is going to keep you up at night, at least it can be a page-turner * New Scientist *

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Book SynopsisA thought-provoking look at the Angevin aristocracy''s literary practices and historical recordComing upon the text of a document such as a charter or a letter inserted into the fabric of a medieval chronicle and quoted in full or at length, modern readers might well assume that the chronicler is simply doing what good historians have always done—that is, citing his source as evidence. Such documentary insertions are not ubiquitous in medieval historiography, however, and are in fact particularly characteristic of the history-writing produced by the Angevins in England and Northern France in the later twelfth century.In History and the Written Word, Henry Bainton puts these documentary gestures center stage in an attempt to understand what the chroniclers were doing historiographically, socially, and culturally when they transcribed a document into a work of history. Where earlier scholars who have looked at the phenomenon have explained this increaseTrade Review"Henry Bainton’s volume offers an original and innovative approach to a corpus of historiographical texts that have attracted the interest of many scholars of English history, as well as historians of historiography...[A]n an inspiring read, which can contribute to an interdisciplinary conversation between historians, paleographers, and codicologists, as well as literary scholars." * Speculum *"Offering fresh insights and deftly incorporating a wide selection of apt modern scholarship and theory, History and the Written Word leads us to talk about the deep issues of collective identity and state formation." * Nancy Partner, McGill University *

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Book SynopsisFrom the politics of John Redmond to the political violence of Michael Collins, Irish nationalism in Britain was integral to British assessments of the Irish Question. Far from a 'sideshow' to the revolutionary events in Ireland, this study argues that the Irish Revolution was defined by political conflicts, and cultures, across the Irish Sea.

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Book SynopsisNotwithstanding their neglect in many histories of ideas in the West, the Cambridge Platonists constitute the most significant and influential group of thinkers in the Platonic tradition between the Florentine Renaissance and the Romantic Age. This anthology offers readers a unique, thematically structured compendium of their key texts, along with an extensive introduction and a detailed account of their legacy. The volume draws upon a resurgence of interest in thinkers such as Benjamin Whichcote, 1609â1683; Ralph Cudworth, 1618â1688; Henry More, 1614â1687; John Smith, 1618â1652, and Anne Conway 1631â1679, and includes hitherto neglected extracts and some works of less familiar authors within the group, like George Rust 1627?â1670; Joseph Glanvill, 1636â1680, and John Norris 1657â1712. It also highlights the Cambridge Platonistsâ important role in the history of philosophy and theology, influencing luminaries such as Shaftesbury, Berkeley, Leibniz, Joseph de Maistre, S.T. Coleridge,Table of Contents1. Cambridge Platonism: A Philosophical Introduction 2. The Cambridge Platonists: A Very Brief History 3. From the Latitude Men to the Cambridge Enlightenment: Anthologizing the Cambridge Platonists 4. From Campagnac to Taliaferro and Teply: Cambridge Platonist Anthologies Old and New 5. Conversion and Original Insight 6. Political Platonism and Early Sermons on Rational Theology 6*. The New Sect of Latitude Men: Religious Toleration and Moderation in Revolutionary and Restoration England 7. True Theism and the Philosophy of Religion 8. The Critique of John Calvin: Divine Fate Immoral 9. The Critique of Thomas Hobbes: Mechanistic Fate 10. The Critique of René Descartes: Infinity and Nullibism 11. The Critique of Jacob Böhme: The Critiques of Enthusiasm and Alchemistic Pantheism 12. The Critique of Baruch de Spinoza: Atheism and Hylozoism 13. The Character of Metaphysics 14. The Existence and Nature of God 15. Space 16. Nature 17. Body and Spirit 18. Intuitive Vision and the First Principle of Divine Goodness 19. Libertarian Freedom 20. Theoretical Reason and Knowledge 21. Practical Reason and Virtue 22. The Sources of Political Power 23. Faith and Reason 24. The Fall of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Body 25. Soul-Making Theodicy 26. Christ’s Sacrifice 27. The Conflagration and Restitution of All Things 28. The Reception History of the Cambridge Platonists

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Book SynopsisIn the early Middle Ages Naples underwent huge changes. She was able to acquire complete independence from the Byzantine Empire and to emerge as one of the major powers in southern Italy. Moreover, Naples avoided becoming part of the Frankish Empire, being subdued by the Lombards of southern Italy, and being attacked by the Muslims, who had conquered Sicily.The Deeds of the Neapolitan Bishops, the only medieval historical text composed in Naples before the 14th century, not only reports the biographies of the Neapolitan bishops during those centuries, but also describes the history of Naples and the relationships the Neapolitans had with their dangerous neighbors. This volume presents the analysis, Latin text, English translation, and historical commentary of this work, thus offering an important contribution for a better understanding of early medieval southern Italian (and Mediterranean) history.The book will appeal to scholars and students of chronicles, Naples, and Church history in early medieval Italy, as well as all those interested in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.

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Book SynopsisIn a hyper-individualistic age and in the face of the narrowly focused, policy-oriented research ubiquitous in the social sciences, this book revisits the humanistic world-view that is integral to Norbert Elias's pre-eminent figurational-process sociology, with the aim of increasing the fund of sociological knowledge that has the human condition as its horizon.Clarifying the contentious post-philosophical' aspects in order to supplement standard histories of sociology with new insights, it offers incisive evaluations of some of the bewildered attempts by prominent sociologists to diagnose the malaise of contemporary globalised society. It also challenges the orthodox limitation of the empirical scope of sociology to modernity'. With its ominous warnings of the destructive prevalence of overcritique' in the discipline and lack of in-depth sociological psychology, Post-Philosophical Sociology will appeal to scholars of sociology, psychoanalysis, social philosophy, cultTrade Review"Richard Kilminster is a man of semantic precision and clear thought. In this book, his thinking trades with the intersection of philosophy and sociology - a shift from ethics to global guidance through social science. He convincingly shows how sociology has taken over the historical task of humanistic, secular leadership. He develops this startling enquiry by building on the 'mighty thinkers' of the sociological tradition, masterfully demonstrating the breadth of his erudition and knowledge." - Adrian Jitschin, Norbert Elias Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands."For decades, sociological theorists have been in thrall to philosophers, and the results have often seemed irrelevant to the concerns of empirical sociological researchers. Richard Kilminster is well versed in the various schools of philosophy and makes out a compelling case for how sociology as the queen of the social sciences can be truly emancipated from their hegemony. And in so doing, he shows how theory and empirical research can be reunited." - Stephen Mennell, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University College Dublin."Richard Kilminster is a man of semantic precision and clear thought. In this book, his thinking trades with the intersection of philosophy and sociology - a shift from ethics to global guidance through social science. He convincingly shows how sociology has taken over the historical task of humanistic, secular leadership. He develops this startling enquiry by building on the 'mighty thinkers' of the sociological tradition, masterfully demonstrating the breadth of his erudition and knowledge." - Adrian Jitschin, Norbert Elias Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands."For decades, sociological theorists have been in thrall to philosophers, and the results have often seemed irrelevant to the concerns of empirical sociological researchers. Richard Kilminster is well versed in the various schools of philosophy and makes out a compelling case for how sociology as the queen of the social sciences can be truly emancipated from their hegemony. And in so doing, he shows how theory and empirical research can be reunited." - Stephen Mennell, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University College Dublin.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Greatness of Sociology Part One – Figurational-Process Sociology: Synthesis and Vocation Chapter 1 The Dawn of Detachment: Norbert Elias and Sociology’s Two Tracks Chapter 2 Karl Marx: New Perspectives Chapter 3 Norbert Elias’s Post-Philosophical Sociology: From "Critique"to Relative Detachment Chapter 4 How Has a Post-Philosophical Sociology Become Possible? Chapter 5 From Distance to Detachment: Knowledge and Self-knowledge in Elias’s Theory of Involvement and Detachment Part Two – Overcritique or Social Diagnosis? Chapter 6 Critique and Overcritique in Sociology Chapter 7 Overcritique and Ambiguity in Zygmunt Bauman’s Sociology: A Long-Term Perspective Chapter 8 Narcissism or Informalization? Christopher Lasch, Norbert Elias and Social Diagnosis Chapter 9 Informalization, Sociological Theory and Social Diagnosis Addendum: On The Process of Becoming a Sociologist

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the figure of the public intellectual through the work of Émile Zola in the Dreyfus affair. It analyzes Zola's famous letter J'Accuse supporting Alfred Dreyfus and its philosophical and political consequences for the intellectual world, including Indian public intellectuals. The volume is an examination of the critical role that can be played by public intellectuals today by referring to the J'Accuse model and a homage to the ideal of living decently and truthfully through the exercise of critical reason and moral excellence.Accessible and comprehensive, the book will be essential reading for students of philosophy and critical reasoning. It will be of interest to general readers as well.Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface Introduction: Reading “J’Accuse” Today 1 The Universal Meaning of “J’Accuse” 2 Dissent and Emancipation 3 Mapping Dissent: Reading Zola in India 4 Reinventing the Intellectual Conclusion: Mysterious Power of Ideas Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSarah Elliott Novacich explores how medieval thinkers pondered the ethics and pleasures of the archive. She traces three episodes of sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - across works of poetry, performance records, and iconography in order to demonstrate how medieval artists turned to sacred history to think through aspects of cultural transmission. Performances of the loss of Eden blur the relationship between original and record; stories of Noah's ark foreground the difficulty of compiling inventories; and engagements with the Harrowing of Hell suggest the impossibility of separating the past from the present. Reading Middle English plays alongside chronicles, poetry, and works of visual art, Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England considers how poetic form, staging logistics, and the status of performance all contribute to our understanding of the ways in which medieval thinkers imagined the archive.Trade Review'The examples she [Novacich] chooses out of representations of sacred history in drama and poetry offer an elegant case study of how literature might explicate a historical crisis, providing a brilliant argument for even greater exchange between fields in the humanities.' Hannah Leah Crummé, Renaissance QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Model worlds; 2. Ark and archive; 3. Uxor Noe and the drowned; 4. Infernal archive; 5. The Harrowing of Hell: closure and rehearsal.

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Book SynopsisFor five centuries protection has provided a basic currency for organising relations between polities. Protection underpinned sprawling tributary systems, permeated networks of long-distance trade, reinforced claims of royal authority in distant colonies and structured treaties. Empires made routine use of protection as they extended their influence, projecting authority over old and new subjects, forcing weaker parties to pay them for safe conduct and, sometimes, paying for it themselves. The result was a fluid politics that absorbed both the powerful and the weak while giving rise to institutions and jurisdictional arrangements with broad geographic scope and influence. This volume brings together leading scholars to trace the long history of protection across empires in Asia, Africa, Australasia, Europe and the Americas. Employing a global lens, it offers an innovative way of understanding the formation and growth of empires and uncovers new dimensions of the relation of empires to Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Protecting Subjects, Projecting Power: 1. Protection and the chanelling of movement on the margins of the Holy Roman Empire Luca Scholz; 2. Containing law within the walls: the protection of customary law in Santiago Del Cercado, Peru Karen B. Graubart; Part II. Conquest Reconsidered: 3 Webs of protection and interpolity zones in the Early Modern World Lauren Benton and Adam Clulow; 4. Plunder and profit in the name of protection: royal Iberian armadas in the early Atlantic Gabriel De Avilez Rocha; Part III. Protection and Languages of Political Authority: 5. Protection as a political concept in English political thought, 1603–51 Annabel Brett; 6. Limited liabilities: the corporation and the political economy of protection in the British Empire Philip J. Stern; 7. From nurturing to protection in nineteenth-century Japan David L. Howell; Part IV. Protection and Colonial Governance: 8. Protection claims: the British, Maori and the islands of New Zealand, 1800–40 Bain Attwood; 9. Protecting the peace on the edges of empire: commissioners of crown lands in New South Wales Lisa Ford; 10. British protection, extraterritoriality and protectorates in West Africa, 1807–80 Inge Van Hulle; Part V. Protection in an Inter-Imperial World: 11. Between imperial subjects and political partners: Bedouin borders and protection in Ottoman Palestine, 1900–17 Ahmad Amara; 12. Protection by proxy: the Hausa-Fulani as agents of British Colonial rule in Northern Nigeria Moses E. Ochono; 13. The problem of protectorates in an age of decolonisation: Britain and West Africa, 1955–60 Barnaby Crowcroft.

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Book SynopsisPreface.- 1.Memory, Modernity and the Moving Image.- 2.Mémoir(e) and Mémoir(e)s.- 3.Trauma, Latency and Amnesia.- 4.Sound, Trace and Interference.- 5.Amnesia and the Archive.- ConclusionTable of ContentsPreface.- 1.Memory, Modernity and the Moving Image.- 2.Mémoir(e) and Mémoir(e)s.- 3.Trauma, Latency and Amnesia.- 4.Sound, Trace and Interference.- 5.Amnesia and the Archive.- Conclusion

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Book SynopsisMark Peel is Provost at the University of Leicester, UK. Christina Twomey is a Professor in the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University, AustraliaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Maps, Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction First People The Great South Land: 1500-1800 Britain's Prison: Convicts, Settlers and Indigenous People: 1788-1802 Free and Unfree: Reforming New South Wales: 1803-1829 New Australias: 1829-1849 The Golden Lands: 1850-1868 At the Forefront of the Race: 1868-1888 A Truly New World: 1888-1901 A Protective Nation: 1901-1914 A Nation at War: 1914-1918 A Nation Divided: 1919-1939 Defending Australia: 1939-1949 Security: 1949-1963 Dissent and Social Change: 1964-1979 Global Nation: 1980-2010 Notes Further Reading Index.

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Book SynopsisJean-Michel Quinodoz introduces the essential life and work of Sigmund Freud, from the beginning of his clinical experiences in Vienna in the 1880s to his final years in London in the 1930s. Freud's discoveries, including universally-influential concepts like the Oedipus complex and the interpretation of dreams, continue to be applied in many disciplines today. Elegantly and clearly written, each chapter leaves the reader with a solid framework for understanding key Freudian concepts, and an appetite for further knowledge. Accessible for readers inside and outside the field of psychoanalysis, there is nothing at all equivalent in English.The book starts with Freud's life before the discovery of psychoanalysis, spanning from 1856 to 1900, when The Interpretation of Dreams was published. The subsequent chapters are devoted to the presentation of the key notions of psychoanalysis. A chronological perspective shows how Freud''s work has been constantly enriched by theTrade ReviewSigmund Freud is a book in which each chapter is a gem—a concise, very accessible rendering of the essence of Freud’s psychoanalytic thinking, accessible by readers within and outside of the field of psychotherapy. This is not a textbook or primer; it is an insightful discussion of some of the most important ideas to be launched in the twentieth century.Dr. Thomas Ogden (Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California)In his new, quite brief, book on Freud, Jean-Michel Quinodoz captures both the breadth and the depth of Freud’s work. It is not a superficial summary of Freud’s work, but rather a remarkable re-presentation and exploration of Freud's central psychoanalytic tenets that continue to underlie and inform our work today as psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.William F. Cornell (author of Explorations in Transactional Analysis)Jean Michel Quinodoz is able to distil complex ideas into something easily available to a wide audience without talking down to his readers. He has managed to cover in this small book the main lines of Freud’s oeuvre.Dr. Dana Birksted-Breen (British Psychoanalytical Society and The Institute of Psychoanalysis)Sigmund Freud is a book in which each chapter is a gem—a concise, very accessible rendering of the essence of Freud’s psychoanalytic thinking, accessible by readers within and outside of the field of psychotherapy. This is not a textbook or primer; it is an insightful discussion of some of the most important ideas to be launched in the twentieth century.Dr. Thomas Ogden (Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California)In his new, quite brief, book on Freud, Jean-Michel Quinodoz captures both the breadth and the depth of Freud’s work. It is not a superficial summary of Freud’s work, but rather a remarkable re-presentation and exploration of Freud's central psychoanalytic tenets that continue to underlie and inform our work today as psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.William F. Cornell (author of Explorations in Transactional Analysis)Jean Michel Quinodoz is able to distil complex ideas into something easily available to a wide audience without talking down to his readers. He has managed to cover in this small book the main lines of Freud’s oeuvre.Dr. Dana Birksted-Breen (British Psychoanalytical Society and The Institute of Psychoanalysis)Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONA constantly evolving system of thought CHAPTER ONESigmund Freud from 1856 to 1900CHAPTER TWOHysteria and the discovery of psychoanalysisCHAPTER THREESelf-analysisCHAPTER FOURThe interpretation of dreamsCHAPTER FIVEManifestations of the unconscious in everyday lifeCHAPTER SIXInfantile sexualityCHAPTER SEVENThe Oedipus complex and the unconsciousCHAPTER EIGHTThe transference, the psychoanalytic setting and techniqueCHAPTER NINEFour of Freud's clinical observationsCHAPTER TENMetapsychology (Freud, 1915-1917)CHAPTER ELEVENThe fundamental conflict between the life drive and the death driveCHAPTER TWELVEThe ego, the id and the superegoCHAPTER THIRTEENThe fear of losing the loved, desired personCHAPTER FOURTEENPsychosis, disavowal of reality and ego-splittingCHAPTER FIFTEENReligion and civilization: pessimism or lucidity?CHAPTER SIXTEENSigmund Freud from 1900 to 1939BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisHistorical Imagination examines the threshold between what historians consider to be proper, imagination-free history and the malpractice of excessive imagination, asking where the boundary between the two sits and the limits of permitted imagination for the historian.We use imagination to refer to a mental skill that encompasses two different tasks: the reconstruction of previously experienced parts of the world and the creation of new objects and experiences with no direct connection to the actual world. In history, imagination means using the mind''s eye to picture both the actual and inactual at the same time. All historical works employ at least some creative imagination, but an excess is considered too much. Under what circumstances are historians permitted to cross this boundary into creative imagination and how far can they go? Supporting theory with relatable examples, Staley shows how historical works are a complex combination of mimetic and cTrade Review"An excellent and lucid introduction to one of the key issues in historical practice, examined through engaging examples. It will be read with profit by students of history [and philosophy at all levels."David Kauffman, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Imagination in History 1. Imagination in the Archives 2. Insertions 3. The modal mood in historical writing 4. The historian’s fancy 5. What if? Conclusion Glossary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisInterpreting Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive collection of essays on the historiography of the early modern period (circa 1450-1800).Concerned with the principles, priorities, theories, and narratives behind the writing of early modern history, the book places particular emphasis on developments in recent scholarship. Each chapter, written by a prominent historian caught up in the debates, is devoted to the varieties of interpretation relating to a specific theme or field considered integral to understanding the age, providing readers with a behind-the-scenes' look at how historians have worked, and still work, within these fields. At one level the emphasis is historiographical, with the essays engaged in a direct dialogue with the influential theories, methods, assumptions, and conclusions in each of the fields. At another level the contributions emphasise the historical dimensions of interpretation, providing readers with surveys of the component partTrade Review‘Interpreting Early Modern Europe will provide generations of students with a secure guide to how their subject has evolved and is evolving. Its value is enhanced by the inclusion of extracts from important sources and from the writings of key historians.’ Hamish Scott, Canadian Journal of History, 2022‘[M]any [of the authors] are themselves responsible for the current shape of important fields in the discipline of history. […] No contribution merely dishes up a standard story; many offer strikingly imaginative rethinkings of the subject at hand. […] In the end, readers will find themselves struck by the ways in which a larger, more original picture of early modern Europe, as a whole, has emerged.’Mary Lindemann, Renaissance Quarterly, 2022Table of ContentsIntroduction: Interpreting Early Modern Europe; Chapter 1: Medieval and Modern; Chapter 2: Identities and Encounters; Chapter 3: Gender and Social Structures; Chapter 4: Renaissance; Chapter 5: Reformations; Chapter 6: Media and Communication; Chapter 7: Material Cultures; Chapter 8: The State; Chapter 9: War and the Military Revolution; Chapter 10: Expansion, Space and People; Chapter 11: Commerce and Industry; Chapter 12: Science and Reason; Chapter 13: Popular Cultures and Witchcraft; Chapter 14: Political Thought; Chapter 15: Enlightenment Struggles; Chaper 16: French Revolution; Chapter 17: Turns and Perspectives

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Book SynopsisSouthgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive ''duty of discontent'', and its implications.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Epigram Introduction Contentment with 'Reality' and 'Common-sense' Contentment within Cages (i): Science, Ethics, Politics Contentment within Cages (ii): Language and History Cages: Dogmatism and Escape Antidote to Contentment: the Sublime Education for Contentment? Utility, Conformity, Dissent Conclusion Postscript Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRepresenting the New World argues for the importance of Spain in the New World as an example of France and England in their efforts to establish colonies and suggests that this example was ambivalent and contradictory as well as surprisingly persistent in the representations of Spain in French and English texts concerning the Americas.Trade ReviewAlthough a study of rhetoric and literary texts, Hart's unique study will interest all students of the early modern age of exploration. ChoiceTable of Contents* Establishing and Questioning Empire, 1492-1547 * Uncertainty and Strife, 1548-1566 * Facing the Greatness of Spain , 1567-1588 * The Making of Permanent Colonies, 1589-1642 * Rivaling and Succeeding Spain, 1643-1713

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Book SynopsisThis book examines successive stages in the development of the thought of Sir Herbert Butterfield in relation to fundamental issues in the science of history.Trade Review'...intensely relevant to reflection about the historical discipline and the humanities in general... It deftly handles the twists and turns in Butterfield's emerging overall conception' - Professor Harry Van Dyke, Redeemer University College, Ontario, CanadaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction The Romantic Imagination Butterfield's Critique of the Whig Interpretation Butterfield's Critique of Acton Machiavelli and the English Tradition Expository Historiography Providence Technical History Butterfield's Critique of Interpretations The Three Ways or Levels of History The Wiles Lectures Butterfield's Critique of Namier Challenges and Resolutions Conclusions Notes Works by Herbert Butterfield General Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a stimulating and highly original collection of essays from a team of internationally renowned experts. The contributors reinterpret key issues and debates, including political, social, cultural and international aspects of the Russian revolution stretching from the late imperial period into the early Soviet state.Trade Review'The volume as a whole provides a much welcome revisionist approach to our understanding of revolutionary movements and events in Russia, as well as their broader international context, mainly focusing on the period from 1905 through to the Civil War, but also extending into the Stalin period.' - Melanie Ilic, Europe-Asia Studies 'Ian Thatcher has assembled an impressive collection of highly readable essays in honour of James White.' - Harold Shukman, SEER, The Slavonic and East European ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; I.D.Thatcher Terror in 1905; J.Keep Mariya Spiridonova: Russian Martyr and British Heroine? The Portrayal of a Russian Female Terrorist in the British Press; J.McDermid The First World War and the End of Tsarism; D.Saunders The October Revolution, the Constituent Assembly, and the End of the Russian Revolution; R.A.Wade Trotsky and the Russian Civil War; G.Swain A Bolshevik in Brixton Prison: Fedor Raskol'nikov and the Origins of Anglo-Soviet Relations; J.D.Smele Retrieving the Historical Lenin; C.Read In Lenin's Shadow: Nadezhda Krupskaya and the Bolshevik Revolution; J.McDermid & A.Hillyar Soviet 'Foreign Policy' and the Versailles-Washington System; P.Dukes From 'State of the Art' to 'State Art': The Rise of Socialist Realism at the Tretyakov Gallery; M.H.Byers Politics Projected into the Past: What Precipitated the 1936 Campaign Against M. N. Pokrovsky?; D.Brandenberger

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical examination of over 300 historical works about the French Revolution, published in Europe (in particular in France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Russia) as well as in the United States between 1789 and 1989. It also goes on to examine recent trends in French Revolution historiography and consider where histories of this landmark event may go in the future.By emphasizing the elements which have been valued or hidden, exalted or silenced, Historicizing the French Revolution shows how reflections on 1789 are always fundamentally tied to the times in which they are formulated. Antonino De Francesco looks at the ways in which these historical accounts can be seen to support and, at times, contrast with the formation of political modernity both in national and international contexts as it has taken shape in the hundreds of years that have followed this key moment in world history.Trade ReviewAntonino De Francesco’s Historicizing the French Revolution is far and away the finest and best-informed account we have of the historiography of the French Revolution, and destined for classic status. In addition, by viewing the French Revolutionary tradition in wider European, then global and transnational frameworks, marks a turning point in our understanding of what remains for many a seminal event. * Colin Jones, Author of The Fall of Robespierre (2021) *This is an enormously lucid, learned and instructive work that brims with insight into the many different ways the French Revolution has been interpreted over time. It will prove enormously useful to students and professional historians alike * David A. Bell, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions; Professor of History, Princeton University, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Strict Rules of Each History of the Revolution, 1789-1815 2. Before the Revolutionary Past, 1815-1847 3. The National Myth and the Myth of Nations, 1848-1875 4. A Republican History, 1875-1914 5. The Revolutionary Use of History, 1914-1945 6. Revolutionary Orthodoxy and Historical Heresy, 1946-1989 Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisA study of the autobiographical sources left by Rev. James Fraser of Kirkhill (1634 1709), a Gaelic-speaking scholar, traveller and minister.Trade Review"Out of the seventeenth-century Highlands, often thought a place apart, steps a determinedly cosmopolitan individual. David Worthington's study of James Fraser Gael, linguist, scientist, historian, continent-wide traveller and locally rooted parish minister is a masterly portrayal of a well lived and productive Highland life." -James Hunter, University of the Highlands and Islands

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Book SynopsisA radical rewrite of the history of fourth-century Latin literature

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Book SynopsisA new picture of China's rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world. The establishment of the Great Ming dynasty in 1368 was a monumental event in world history. A century before Columbus, Beijing sent a series of diplomatic missions across the South China Sea and Indian Ocean that paved the way for China's first modern global era. 1368 maps China's ascendance from the embassies of Admiral Zheng He to the arrival of European mariners and the shock of the Opium Wars. In Ali Humayun Akhtar's new picture of world history, China's current rise evokes an earlier epoch, one that sheds light on where Beijing is heading today. Spectacular accounts in Persian and Ottoman Turkish describe palaces of silk and jade in Beijing's Forbidden City. Malay legends recount stories of Chinese princesses arriving in Melaka with gifts of porcelain and gold. During Europe's Age of Exploration, Iberian mariners charted new passages to China, which the Dutch and British East India Companies transformed into lucrative tea routes. But during the British Industrial Revolution, the rise of steam engines and factories allowed the export of the very commodities once imported from China. By the end of the Opium Wars and the arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan, Chinese and Japanese reformers called for their own industrial revolutions to propel them into the twentieth century. What has the world learned from China since the Ming, and how did China reemerge in the 1970s as a manufacturing superpower? Akhtar's book provides much-needed context for understanding China's rise today and the future of its connections with both the West and a resurgent Asia.Trade Review"An original global history that tells a compelling story of the interconnectedness of the world in premodern times."—Fabio Rambelli, UC Santa Barbara"This book provides us with a valuable historical understanding of one of the big questions of our time: how and why has China become a 21st -century global superpower?"—Roger Crowley, author of Conquerors"1368 is an exciting and important book that broadens our understanding of the Ming and Qing centuries, two momentous eras in Chinese and world history."—Hyunhee Park, author of Mapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds"A brilliant reorientation of 600 years of history. Its global perspective explores afresh a number of multifaceted encounters with high points in China's civilization and successfully avoids both Sinocentric and Eurocentric narratives. A remarkable story succinctly told."—Wang Gungwu, author of The Eurasian Core and its Edges"Akhtar's smooth and rich narrative, grounded in extant scholarship, archival sources, literary texts and material culture, makes 1368 accessible and thought-provoking for readers of different backgrounds."—Chiara Formichi, author of Islam and Asia"Ali Akhtar writes a longue durée history from an Asian perspective. His masterly exploration of global-Asian interaction leaves readers mulling over an important question: How are we to understand Asia's and specifically also China's role in the evolving global order? The light of history offers some answers."—Peter Borschberg, author of The Singapore and Melaka Straits"A wide-ranging and very thought-provoking book. 1368 presents a vision of how the world became knitted together by the seams."—Eric Tagliacozzo, author of The Longest Journey"A remarkably concise and well-illustrated volume that commands attention for its Asia-centered approach to global history as well as its erudite and original coverage of a broad range of subjects, from the history of the Silk Road, the Spice Trade, the European overseas empires, to modern Japan and global China in the 21st century, and more."—André Wink, author of The Making of the Indo-Islamic world c.700–1800 CE"This exciting study reveals the place of global China in the modern world's economic system and its layered history. From the book's long-duration understanding of history, we can learn many perspectives on our relationship with China as a new global power."—Eiji Nagasawa, The University of Tokyo"Ali Akhtar's 1368 reveals the Indian Ocean, the Silk Road, and China's relations with the Persianate World to be significant strands in the weaving of global modernity."—Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, author of The Dao Of Muhammad"Ali Humayun Akhtar's book offers an important intervention in scholarly considerations of the transitions to the global modern age. Akhtar builds upon the recent turn to the study of social networks while at the same time challenging us to think more creatively about the dynamic nature of such networks. The work highlights elements such as the prominent role of Muslims in the renewed promotions of network ties based on premodern relations between China, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Chinese governments and related networks, including Japanese governments, were international and, arguably, globalizing influences, long before their appearance as global players in the 20th century."—Brian Ruppert, Kanagawa University, author of Jewel in the Ashes"With deep research and engaging prose, 1368 upends orthodox trajectories of research that have long inquired about the impact of 'the west' upon 'the rest' through a vivid exploration of how travelers and wanderers became conduits of Chinese culture to the rest of the world. 1368 is a timely book and positively engrossing read."—William Noseworthy, Cornell University"[1368] is an enlightening look into a vital historical era that has been understudied in the West"—Publisher's Weekly"Today's China is a manufacturing powerhouse producing much of the world's trade goods. Akhtar makes the case that this phenomenon is a reoccurrence of China's manufacturing dominance in international trade before the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, which tipped the balance to Western Europe and the United States."—Joshua Wallace, Library Journal"Akhtar synthesizes more than 500 years of global history with style and economy. He fluidly construes Zen Buddhism, Timurid travel accounts, Islam in Korea, so-called "peace marriages" with Malay vassals, Vermeer's "The Milkmaid" (ca. 1660), Thomas Paine and Voltaire on Confucius, and the rise and fall of the Tokugawa shogunate—and contrasts the divergent strategies and legacies of the Europeans on one hand, and those of the Chinese and Japanese on the other."—Maxwell Carter, The Wall Street JournalTable of Contents2. Global Beijing under the Great Ming 3. Picturing China in Persian along the Silk Routes 4. Trading with China in Malay along the Spice Routes 5. Europe's Search for the Spice Islands 6. A Sino-Jesuit Tradition of Science and Mapmaking 7. Porcelain across the Dutch Empire 8. Tea across the British Empire 9. China's Eclipse and Japan's Modernization

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