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Book SynopsisNew paperback edition - A moving and original account of the effect of Scott's tragic expedition on the men's wives and families, who fame and history have overlooked.Trade ReviewAn important new perspective on our polar heroes achieved by putting the women who supported, and sometimes drove them, at centre stage … also a damn good read. -- Mensun Bound, Director of Exploration of Endurance22, and author of The Ship Beneath the IceThis is the most mesmerising book! I wanted to follow these women’s lives - their highs and lows - and couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough. Their unique personalities leap out through Anne’s expressive writing, and they appear so three-dimensional against such carefully constructed contemporary backdrops. This is social history at its best! -- Dr Janina RamirezA fascinating book that lifts the veil on an untold chapter of Polar history. -- Michael Smith, author of An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean and Shackleton: By Endurance We ConquerA first-rate expedition into lives of quiet heroism. Beautifully written and researched, Widows of the Ice is a compelling insight into the world of Edwardian women navigating fraught destinies. This fresh perspective on society and polar exploration deserves to be widely read. -- Lucy Adlington, author of The Dressmakers of AuschwitzThe women who supported polar exploration are often wrongly neglected, their contribution underplayed – this book sensitively introduces us to their lives in the aftermath of their beloveds’ deaths. -- Dr Claire Warrior, polar historianThe human story behind the well-known heroism is beautifully told. After more than a century in the shadows, the wives left behind by the Scott expedition are brought vividly, poignantly to life. A compelling, unforgettable book. -- Tracy Borman

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Book SynopsisMancunians: Where do we start, where do I begin? is the authentic account of Manchester at the turn of the Millennium, told through a mixture of memoir and interviews with well-known local figures from music and sports. -- .

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Book SynopsisWarrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women’s history.'Excellent . . . bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand'Brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan“My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been inspired. It’s a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from - truthfully and entirely - we cannot know who we are.”Within these pages you’ll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; warrior queens and pirate commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those women of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed; to the unsung heroes of stage, screen and stadium.It is global, travelling the world and spanning all periods of time. It is also an intensely moving detective story of the author’s own family history as Kate Mosse pieces together the forgotten life of her great-grandmother, Lily Watson, a famous and highly-successful novelist in her day who has all but disappeared from the record . . .Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is accessible and fascinating in its detail. A beautifully illustrated dictionary of women, it is a love letter to family history and a personal memoir about the nature of women’s struggles to be heard and their achievements acknowledged. Joyous, celebratory and engaging, it is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how history is made.Trade ReviewOne brilliant woman writing about so many other brilliant women, this is a wonderful treasure chest of women’s lives, full of wit, verve and emotion . . . Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is epic, unputdownable, gripping. I loved it. -- Professor Kate WilliamsExciting, hugely informative and, at times, shocking, Kate Mosse has cleverly woven close family detective work into a powerful panorama of the extraordinary achievements of a wonderful cast of women - both famous and hidden - down the millennia -- Professor Jonathan PhillipsA must have for history lovers and feminists . . . It's personal, detailed and pure joy * Glamour *Totally fabulous -- Laura Shepherd-RobinsonDon't miss this one! -- Natalie Haynes, bestselling author of Pandora's Jar and Stone BlindBrilliant -- Daisy BuchananExcellent . . . bursting with extraordinary women -- Anita AnandThis book is an inspiration. Make it a gift to your own Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries, and to the men who support them -- Kathryn Mannix

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Book SynopsisThe tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly recognizable, has earned a spot in the Smithsonian; and now the tomato is redefining the very nature of farming, moving from fields into climate-controlled mega-greenhouses the size of New England villages. Supported by meticulous research and told in a lively, accessible voice, Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World seamlessly weaves travel, history, humour, and a little adventure (and misadventure) to follow the tomato's trail through history. A fascinating story complete with heroes, con artists, conquistadors, and-no surprise-the Mafia, this book is a mouth-watering, informative, and entertaining guide to the food that has captured our hearts for generations.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents up-to-date information on the origins of the Ashkenazic Jewish people from central and eastern Europe based on genetic research on modern and pre-modern populations. It focuses on the 129 maternal haplogroups that the author confirmed that Ashkenazim have acquired from distinct female ancestors who were indigenous to diverse lands that include Israel, Italy, Poland, Germany, North Africa, and China, revealing both their Israelite inheritance and the lasting legacy of conversions to Judaism. Genetic connections between Ashkenazic Jews and other Jewish populations, including Turkish Jews, Moroccan Jews, Tunisian Jews, Iranian Jews, and Cochin Jews, are indicated wherever they are known.Table of ContentsSummaryAcknowledgments1. An Introduction to Ashkenazic History and Genetics2. Encyclopedia of Ashkenazic Maternal Lineages3. Non-Ashkenazic Haplogroups in Populations Related to Ashkenazim4. ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisA sustained critique of postwar reconstruction in Syria as a politically neutral process In 2011, emboldened by the Arab Spring, the Syrians rose up against their government. The Syrian regime used violence to suppress the protests, so that what began as pro-democracy protests eventually morphed into a civil war with heavy outside intervention. Today, the regime has regained partial control of the country, but large parts of it lie in ruins, millions of Syrians are displaced, and the economy is in freefall. Reconstruction as Violence delves into the complex interplay of post-conflict reconstruction in Syria, challenging the traditionally held dichotomy between the end of violence and the commencement of rebuilding. The contributors to this volumearchitects, urbanists, geographers, and historiansemploy critical concepts such as urbicide, domicide, and civilian crisis architecture to argue against the conventional theoretical frameworks that support a neat separation of phases. They illustrate how reconstruction often extends the dynamics of conflict into the urban and social realms, suggesting that the built environment becomes a battleground for further violence. They emphasize the importance of acknowledging the historical, economic, societal, legal, and bureaucratic contexts that shape reconstruction efforts, arguing for initiatives that prioritize equity, inclusivity, and community participation. Reconstruction as Violence starkly underscores the authors' stance that to overlook any of these dimensions, or to disengage from the reconstruction process altogether, represents a political choice with potentially detrimental effects on Syria and beyond in the Arab world, where countries like Palestine, Yemen, Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, and Sudan are undergoing similar cycles of destruction and rebuilding. It calls for a reimagined approach to reconstruction, one that fosters peace, resilience, and social justice in post-conflict societies. Contributors:Sawsan Abou Zainedin, Madaniya, London, UKAmmar Azzouz, University of Oxford, UKValérie Clerc, Université Paris Cité, FranceEmma Katherine DiNapoli, human rights lawyer, London, UKOmar Ferwati, Goldsmiths, University of London, UKRim Lababidi, architect and independent scholar, Ohio, USAWendy Pullan, University of Cambridge, UKNasser Rabbat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USAHashim Sarkis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USADeen Sharp, London School of Economics, UKHeghnar Watenpaugh, University of California Davis, CA, USA

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Book Synopsis**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**An inventive biography of one of the most famous ships of all time - recently discovered off the coast of America- Endeavour is an alluring combination of history, adventure and science. From Johnson's Dictionary to campaigns for liberty, the Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. It was also the name given to a commonplace, coal-carrying vessel bought by the Royal Navy in 1768 for an expedition to the South Seas. No one could have guessed that Endeavour would go on to become the most significant ship in the history of British exploration. Endeavour famously carried Captain James Cook on his first great voyage, but her complete story has never been told before. Here, Peter Moore sets out to explore the different lives of this remarkable ship - from the acorn that grew into the oak that made her, to her rich and complex legacy.'Fascinating and richly detailed... Peter Moore has brought us an acute insight into the ship that carried some of the most successful explorers across the world. A fine book that's definitely worth exploring' MICHAEL PALINTrade ReviewMr Moore is a dazzling new arrival: a witty, intelligent and hugely entertaining writer * Wall Street Journal *A joy of a biography, offering up a blizzard of maritime and political fascinations... Moore has written a book that makes the case for his little ship both compelling and irrefutable -- Simon Winchester * New York Times *Moore uses Endeavour as a window to the age of enlightenment. Like the period it recounts, this book has enormous energy, creativity and self-confidence. It's a feast of endless exotic dishes, all delivered with immense style -- Gerard DeGroot * The Times Books of the Year *Beautifully constructed, his book is not just the history of a single vessel, but a window into the intellectual and political life of the age of enlightenment, from the thrill of botanical discovery to the horror of Cook's last moments on the beaches of Hawaii -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times Books of the Year *A dazzling combination of science and adventure, lyrically evocative descriptions of lush tropical landscapes and salt-stung seascapes, and a portrait of an age…an absolute joy from start to finish, and surely my history book of the year -- Christopher Hart * Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisIn 2016, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, some forty scholars from around the world attended the People of the Ancient World conference. This was organized within the framework of the Romans 1 by 1 project, and its main focus was on improving knowledge on ancient populations, employing a variety of methodologies, tools and research techniques. The presentations provided the editors with ten papers to be further developed and reunited under these covers. They encompass diverse approaches to Roman provincial populations and the corresponding case-studies highlight the multi-faceted character of Roman society. The volume takes four main directions: prosopography (from Italy to Spain); ancient professions and professionals (merchants in Noricum, Lower Moesia, general nomenclature and encoding of professions, associations and family life); onomastics and origins, and finally, the military (iconography of funerary monunments and centurions’ social life). The publication is intended, on one hand, to enhance knowledge of the diversity of Roman social standings, of the exhibited social markers and – perhaps most important – stress the variety of forms which express status and place within the community, and on the other, to reiterate a series of fresh, modern views on these matters, resulting from a gathering of mostly junior researchers.Table of ContentsForeword; The Barbii, trade in Noricum and the influence of the local epigraphic habit on status display – by Markus Zimmermann; The professionals of the Latin West – by Rada Varga; Latin Occupational Titles in Roman Textile Trade – by Iulia Dumitrache; The professions of private slaves and freedmen in Moesia Inferior – by Lucrețiu Mihăilescu-Bîrliba; Prosopography of the Leading Families of Larinum in the Roman period – by Elizabeth C. Robinson; The kindred dimension of the Black Sea associations: between fictive and real meaning – by Pázsint Annamária – Izabella; Tarraco. Town and society in a 2nd century AD Roman provincial capital – by Diana Gorostidi, Ricardo Mar and Joaquín Ruiz de Arbulo; Soldiers and their monuments for posterity. Manifestations of martial identity in the funerary iconography of Roman Dacia – by Monica Gui, Dávid Petruț; Origo as identity factor in Roman epitaphs – by Tibor Grüll; Centurions: Military or Social Elite? – by George Cupcea

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Book SynopsisAt the beginning of the decade renowned historian Sheila Rowbotham was a rebellious sixteen-year-old at a Methodist boarding school in the north-east of England, reading Sartre and dreaming of Paris. By the end of the sixties she was a seasoned political activist, planning Britain's first-ever women's liberation conference, and beginning to find her voice as a writer.Her story of the intervening years moves from coffee bars in Leeds to the Sorbonne and Oxford University, where she arrives wearing frayed Levis and clutching a volume of Rimbaud. A participant in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, she was also a member of the editorial board of the notorious revolutionary newspaper Black Dwarf.While faithful to the exhilaration and enthusiasm of the sixties, Rowbotham is also wryly amusing about her younger self. When Jean-Luc Godard wanted to film her in the nude, she dithered between principle and vanity. Wearing the shortest of mini skirts she argued passionately for women's liberation.Promise of a Dream is a moving, witty and poignant recollection of a time when young women were breaking all the rules about sex, politics and their place in the world. Sheila Rowbotham was, and remains, one of their most effective and endearing voices.Trade ReviewA record of an era, winding one girl's coming-of-age story through the drama of political evolution ... She has captured that amazing sense of possibility that grew with each year, the confidence that not only was the promised dream within reach, it was also upon us. -- Mary Maher * Irish Times *This is a document historians dream of ... it captures the spirit of the 1960s-its fun and crazy idealism-in the life of one spirited young woman. -- Joan Bakewell * Sunday Times *Unerringly perceptive and funny ... if you want to know what the sixties were like, read this book. -- Julie ChristieThe book works best in conveying the excitement generated by ideas, not just straightforwardly political ones but those about art and the wider definition of liberation ... I wasn't there, but I'm happy that Rowbotham was, and that she remembers it with such clarity. * Literary Review *A rich, painful picture emerges of women searching for both words and spaces to articulate the insights of feminism. * The Women's Review of Books *The accounts of the successes, failures, joys and pains of young adulthood have the qualities to be found in the best creative writing. It is a book to be read for the quality of its writing and the honesty and humor of its presentation, as much as for the history it reveals. -- Dorothy Thompson * Times Higher Education SUpplement *An honest account of radical activism, love affairs, studies, travels, teaching, agitation and other stuff of the sixties. -- Anna Aslanyan * Tribune *

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Book SynopsisThe 1970s were the era of the three-day week, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the winter of discontent, trade union Bolshevism and wildcat strikes. Through sitcoms, Raising Laughter provides a fresh look at one of our most divisive and controversial decades. Aside from providing entertainment to millions of people, the sitcom is a window into the culture of the day.Many of these sitcoms tapped into the decade’s sense of cynicism, failure and alienation, providing much-needed laughter for the masses. Shows like Rising Damp and Fawlty Towers were classic encapsulations of worn-out, run-down Britain, while the likes of Dad’s Army looked back sentimentally at a romanticised English past.For the first time, the stories behind the making of every sitcom from the 1970s are told by the actors, writers, directors and producers who made them all happen. This is nostalgia with a capital N, an oral history, the last word, and an affectionate salute to the kind of comedy programme that just isn’t made anymore.

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Book SynopsisFrom the early misfortunes of Eve, condemning her descendants to a dubious reputation for fruit management, to the acclaimed successes of plant breeders such as the eccentric Ellen Willmott who combined bankruptcy with iris breeding, the fortunes of the female gardener have been as varied as their roles.Telling the tales of the sixteenth-century housewife, who neatly sidestepped accusations of herbal witchcraft while working her plot, and the unconventional Ladies of Llangollen, who eloped together and created their gothic garden and many other women besides, A History of Women in the Garden showcases female horticulturists through the centuries. An enlightening and entertaining read that will allow the reader to gain fresh enthusiasm for even the most menial of garden tasks, and realise that hundreds of women have trod the garden path before.

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Book SynopsisTHE SALTIRE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN'S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022 'Remarkable' The Times'Achingly beautiful' GuardianBeautiful in unusual and wonderful ways' Rebecca SolnitThis book is about two unlikely friends. One born in 1970s Britain to Indian immigrant parents, the other arrived from Nazi Germany in 1939, fleeing persecution.This is a story of migration, racism, family, belonging, grief and resilience. It is about the state we're in now and the ways in which we carry our pasts into our futures.Trade ReviewHomelands is beautiful in unusual and wonderful ways, beyond the grace and magic when its prose rises almost to poetry. It is an extravagant exploration of the imaginative possibilities of empathy, of how a friendship can build a bridge across differences in origins and age, how you can enter into another life, why you should, what happens when you do -- REBECCA SOLNITRemarkable * * The Times * *A fabulous piece of work -- CAL FLYNAchingly beautiful * * Guardian * *A spellbinding story of triumph and tragedy, war and sanctuary, emigration and belonging. Fans of Sebald and De Waal are going to love this -- GAVIN FRANCISAn eloquent testament to the tribulations of national belonging * * New Statesman * *A deeply reflective and moving account of a remarkable friendship that bridges a century. Homelands is at once meditative and urgent, humane and journalistic. I learned so much in these pages, and yet couldn't stop smiling at the simple strokes: the love, the kindness, the unlikely places friendship blooms -- DINA NAYERIVivid storytelling . . . Ramaswamy reflects with dreamlike clarity on memory and transience * * Observer * *An astonishing read. It brings all the verve, drama and detail of fiction writing and the solid thinking and reflection of the best non-fiction. What an achievement -- PRIYAMVADA GOPALIt is Henry's life story which is the gripping heart of the matter . . . immersive * * Scotsman * *

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Book SynopsisIrish is the story of the mass migration from Ireland to Glasgow that took place in the wake of the Great Famine of the mid-nineteenth century. It is an epic account of the coming together of a nation and a city. This is the tale of those who escaped a nightmare existence in the poorest and most deprived country in Europe and changed the city of Glasgow forever. Irish brings to life the horrot of those grim days and reveals the unimaginable suffering endured as a result of the Potatoe Blight. It describes in vivid detail the hazards and hardships faced by those fleeing Ireland in search of a better life overseas, including a startling account of one of the most deplorable maritime crimes ever committed, the voyage of the SS Londonderry. The coming of the Irish to Glasgow had a bigger impact on the city than other event. Now, for the first time, the truth about this most significant and stirring episode is vividly unfolded. It tells of the contribution made by Irish labourers in Glasgow to the Industrial Revolution; reveals that the legendary football clubs of Celtic and Rangers may never have existed were it not for the migrant's arrival; and describes the "Partick War", and the occasion of the first-ever Orange Walk.

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Book SynopsisFor nearly thirty years Annie Tempest has entertained ‘Country Life’ magazine readers with her weekly strip cartoon, Tottering-by-Gently, reaching much greater audiences worldwide through the associated merchandise, including book compilations such as this new volume on the subject of drink. A whole generation has grown up following the gentle everyday observations of this very British extended family with their dogs, daily struggles and difficulties in adapting to the fast-paced, technological and now woke world. Cheers to all! Onwards and upwards without spilling a drop. Snifters at Tottering Hall is the eagerly awaited, post-lockdown offering from Lord and Lady Tottering on the subject of liquid refreshment. It is well-timed to put a smile back on our faces after a notably unamusing confinement. Annie Tempest’s superb cartoons, depicting this delightfully eccentric couple, remind us that life must be celebrated and taken with a pinch of salt and a stiff upper lip.

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Book SynopsisThe story of the Rising is still being told, and in these pages the reader will find much to ponder, much to discuss, and much to disagree with. From the Introduction by Kirsty Lusk and Willy Maley On Easter Monday 1916, leaders of a rebellion against British rule over Ireland proclaimed the establishment of an Irish Republic. Lasting only six days before surrender to the British, this landmark event nevertheless laid the foundations for Ireland’s violent path to Independence. It is little known that James Connolly, one of the rebellion’s leaders, was born in Edinburgh’s Cowgate, at the time nicknamed ‘Little Ireland’, or that another key figure in the events of Easter 1916 was a young woman from Coatbridge, Margaret Skinnider. These and other surprising Scottish connections are explored in Scotland and the Easter Rising, as Kirsty Lusk and Willy Maley gather together a rich grouping of writers, journalists and academics to examine, for the first time, the Scottish dimension to the events of 1916 and its continued resonance in Scotland today. Featuring a mix of fiction, memoir, poetry and essays, this book provides a thought-provoking and necessary negotiation of historical and contemporary Irish-Scottish relations, and explores the Easter Rising’s intersections with other movements, from Women’s Suffrage to the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum.Trade ReviewThe book, marking the centenary of the Easter Rising, brings together writers, journalists and academics to reflect on the part played by Scotland in the rebellion and its many legacies. - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAYTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements 14 Timeline 15 Introduction 21Kirsty Lusk and Willy Maley Not only was the Easter Rising an attempt at declaring Irish independence from Britain, it was also a statement of equality and equal suffrage for women and the first attempt to assert a Socialist Republic. To Shake the Union: The 1916 Rising, Scotland and the World Today 25Allan Armstrong The words of James Connolly proved to be remarkably prophetic. In ‘Labour and the Proposed Partition of Ireland’ Connolly warned there would be ‘a carnival of reaction both North and South’, if the UK state was able to impose such a settlement. The Shirt that was on Connolly: Sorley MacLean and the Easter Rising 31Richard Barlow For the Scottish Gael Sorley MacLean, the ghostly attendance of Connolly is affirmed through his absence and the ‘red rusty stain’ forms a nexus of some of the poet’s great themes: wartime heroism, Marxism, and the fate of the Gaelic world. Connolly and Independence 37Ian BellI don’t remember his name being mentioned during the long argument that preceded Scotland’s independence referendum in September 2014… The fact remains that when it mattered most his birthplace excluded Connolly yet again. A Terrible Beauty 42Alan BissettDa, says Chelsea. This is the best experience ay ma life. Look at it. Scotland’s wakin up, Da. Scotland’s wakin up! Who Fears to Speak? 49Joseph M BradleyFew in Scotland have heard of Irish-born Padraic Pearse and Englishborn Tom Clarke, two of the seven signatories to the historic Easter Proclamation, and seven who form half of the 14 executed by British Army firing squads in its immediate wake. ‘They will never understand why I am here’: The Irony of Connolly’s Scottish Connections 56Ray BurnettPartly in terms of content, and entirely in terms of method, Connolly’s explicitly ‘land and labour’ approach to the lessons of the past had direct relevance to Scotland. Anti-imperialist Insurrection 63Stuart ChristieDespite the heroic attempts by Connolly, Larkin and their comrades of the ICA on Easter Monday 1916 to break the alliances between the financial circles of Ireland and the British Empire and establish a genuinely worker-friendly democratic socialist Republic, by 1923 the links between those countries’ ruling elites remained unbroken and the hopes and dreams of the men and women who sacrificed their lives for a new Ireland had been hopelessly corrupted, and their ideals abused and manipulated out of all realistic shape. Commemorating Connolly in 1986 67Helen ClarkNot all visits however were welcome; some young men stormed in, and wanted to know the name of the person who set up the exhibition so they could ‘fill them in’. On a similar note, in the People’s Story Museum we have a panel with a photo of James and Lillie Connolly with their daughters Mona and Nora. This photo was slashed with a knife in about 1992. The Behans: Rebels of a Century 74Maria-Daniella DickIn addition to Connolly, there would be another Irish-Scottish connection for the Behans. If they had been connected through republican and socialist politics to one Scotsman, they were also to take those politics to Scotland. After Easter 78Des DillonLiberty. Rising. James Connolly tied to a chair. Sinn Féin rebels whispering partition. Civil War. Margaret Skinnider and Me 86Peter GeogheganMargaret Skinnider never appeared in the history books that I devoured as a lank-haired teenager in Longford. I had never heard her name until I started going to Coatbridge in 2014, ahead of the independence referendum. A Beautiful Thing Wronged 91Pearse HutchinsonI want to wear an Easter Lily in honour of Pearse and Connolly and all their comrades; of my father and mother and all the other sacrifices; of all the suffering generations – Black and Basque and Irish. Home Rule, Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Movement in Greenock 94Shaun KavanaghThe Easter Rising and its aftermath, like the Great Famine, became embedded within the psyche of the Greenock-Irish enclave, whether Irish-born or not. It was a lasting reminder of their roots, and their ‘curious middle place’ between a Scottish and Irish Catholic identity. Homecoming 101Billy KayTo me, as a Scottish nationalist, identifying with 1916 and the successful independence struggle of a fellow Celtic nation was the most natural thing in the world. James Connolly’s Stations 107Phil Kelly and Aaron Kelly1916 instructs that full democratic equality requires those who want and need it to fight on and to fight hard against the grinding, obdurate violence of the world. A Slant on Connolly and the Scotch Ideas 114James KelmanEssential strands of our history are not generally accessed through popular media and ordinary educational resources. We contend with sectarianism, racism and assorted prejudice; historical misrepresentation, disinformation, falsification, and occasional outright lies, alongside everyday British State propaganda. Short Skirts, Strong Boots and a Revolver: Scotland and the Women of 1916 124Kirsty LuskBy bringing female voices back into the narrative of the Easter Rising perhaps it will be possible to take a step towards reconciliation and a fuller understanding of the importance of its legacy for Scotland today. Irish Kin under Scottish Skin 131Kevin MckennaIreland has been the mother who gave me up for adoption and I have been the reluctant son, torn between love and resentment. Such is the contradictory love-hate relationship my generation of Scots-Irish has with the old country. ‘Pure James Connolly’: From Cowgate to Clydeside 136Willy MaleyThose whose families left Ireland in the wake of Famine feel part of a great diaspora, and thus entitled to self-describe as Irish. Many Irish and Scottish socialists had cross-cultural connections and cross-water connections. ‘Mad, Motiveless and Meaningless’? The Dundee Irish and the Easter Rising 144Richard B McCreadyThe Easter Rising in 1916 was one of the pivotal events in modern Irish history. Its effects and the events after it had a profound effect not just on Ireland but also on the rest of the United Kingdom. The Rising and subsequent events had a lasting impact on the Irish Diaspora, not least in Dundee. MacLean in the Museum: James Connolly and ‘Àrd-Mhusaeum na h-Èireann’ 149Niall o’GallagherAn Irish revolutionary from an Edinburgh slum, Connolly was an important figure throughout MacLean’s career. The poet’s fullest tribute to the leader of the 1916 Rising had to wait until the 1970s, the decade in which MacLean’s earlier work was republished with facing English translations, the decade in which Scottish nationalism became a serious political force and in which bloodshed in Ireland reached levels not seen for decades. Scotland is my home, but Ireland my country: The Border Crossing Women of 1916 153Alison o’Malley-YoungerWhile Pearse’s messianic rhetoric appears to mark the Easter Rising as a solely male affair, an expanding body of scholarship has shown that women, across a variety of classes and ranks were key participants in the events of 1916. To Rise for a Life Worth Having 160Alan RiachEaster 1916 recollected may be a reminder of failure, violence, bloodshed, vicious state reprisal, and how public sympathies change, but in a broader context, and in more intimate ways, it may also be an enactment of virtues: different co-ordinate points, strengths, suppleness and subtlety, loyalty, determination, hope: a play, a drama, a weathering of storm, coming to rest in the prospect of a future, in Scotland as in Ireland, most apt for 2016. ‘Let the People Sing’: Rebel Songs, the Rising, and Remembrance 168Kevin RooneyThose preparing to celebrate the centenary of the Easter Rising should seize on this occasion to show a new tolerance. James Connolly could, if we allowed him, be a unifying figure in present-day Scotland. Before the Rising: Home Rule and the Celtic Revival 174Michael ShawArthur Conan Doyle, a Scot of Irish descent and twice a candidate for the Liberal Unionists in Scotland, made a striking conversion to the cause of Irish Home Rule in 1911, influenced by his friend Roger Casement, on whose behalf he petitioned the British Prime Minister in 1916. ‘Hibernian’s most famous supporter’ 179Irvine Welsh Afterword: Scotland 2015 and Ireland 1916 181Owen Dudley EdwardsThe Irish past summons us provided we keep it as tutor not as jailer. The Scottish future can remain one of ideals provided we blunt their agency for hurt. Contributors 219 Endnotes 225

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Book SynopsisFrom activists to artists, scientists to spies, politicians to pickpockets, this compendium, by Katie Wignall, highlights and introduces the celebrated and lesser known women who have shaped and inspired London, and Londoners, for centuries. With original photography by Jo Underhill, this guide is a companion to begin exploring the lives of some of London''s most impactful women, and to inspire the next generation to continue their work. This is Blue Crow Media''s second London history map, following Black History London Map

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Book SynopsisInterflug was the airline of communist East Germany. Their route map was flown by exotic Soviet-built airliners and shaped by political alliances, with trips into war zones in some of the most obscure corners of the planet, all under the constant surveillance of an ever-present police state. This beautiful book, the first on Interflug in the English language, tells the fascinating story of this unusual airline, its mission, its fleet, and what it was like to fly it, to work there, and to live in those times.

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a novel approach to the topic, combining biographical approaches and local history, a synthesis of sociological and historical literature, with new research to address a variety of themes and provide a comprehensive, rounded history demonstrating the entanglement of educational experience and the influence of different modes of discrimination and prejudice. Using the lens of gender, Jane Martin reassesses the gendered nature of the modern history of education and provides an overview of intertwined aspects of education, society, politics and power. Its organisation is user friendly, providing accessible information with regard to chronologies of legislation and key events to reflect constancy and change, whilst ‘mapping’ the larger political, economic, social and cultural contexts, making it ideal for use as a textbook or a resource for teachers and students.Trade Review“With Gender and Education in England since 1770. A Social and Cultural History, Jane Martin has provided the field of history of educa­tion with a valuable and inspiring contribution which places the histories of women, girls, and the working-class centre stage. A valuable aspect of this book is Martin’s thorough theoreti­cal contextualisation and discussion which can serve as a great resource for further research.” (Jane Martin, Nordic Journal of Educational History, Vol. 10 (1), 2023)“Gender and Education in England since 1770 is a significant and impressive contribution to the field. This work can be read in several ways. It can be read as an historical narrative, as a definitive text for those seeking to better understand biographical tools, or as an illustrative example of the interconnections between past and present through the retelling of individual lives.” (Tanya Fitzgerald, British Journal of Educational Studies, June 18, 2023)“Each chapter has a comprehensive bibliography, thereby enhancing the book’s utility as a textbook for postgraduate students who are interested in a specific sector or period of education. More than a textbook, the book is a comprehensive resource for anyone who is interested in a gendered history of English education. … this book is a thoroughly researched, beautifully crafted account the experiences of teachers and learners, along with the gendered policies and practices impacting on their education.” (Kay Whitehead, History of Education, November 2, 2022)“Jane Martin’s ambitious aim … is expertly achieved in her new book Gender and Education in England since 1770: A Social and Cultural History. … Meticulously researched and elegantly penned, Gender and Education in England since 1770: A Social and Cultural History will appeal to students, lecturers, scholars and all those interested in the wider field of gender and education. It deserves a wide readership.” (Judith Harford, FORUM for comprehensive education, Vol. 64 (2), 2022)“Gender and Education in England Since 1770 is an incredible contribution to histories of education, Britain, women and gender, children (particularly girls), the working class, and women’s rights. It also offers significant insights into ‘current policy and practice’ regarding British education … . Most importantly, by engaging with personal accounts and government policies around gender and class, Martin elucidates, the historical roots of elitism, inequality, and privilege that continue to overshadow education systems in Britain and around the globe today.” (Catherine Ramey, Historical Studies in Education, Vol. 34 (2), 2022)Table of ContentsPART 1: POLITICS AND POLICIESChapter 1: Gendering the educational landscapeChapter 2: Women, the family and early state interventionChapter 3: Gender equity and the “ladder of opportunity”Chapter 3: Perspectives and debates since the 1970sPART 2: LEARNERS AND LEARNINGChapter 5: Culture and curriculumChapter 6: Pupils Chapter 7: Students PART 3: TEACHERS AND TEACHINGChapter 8: Women in TeachingChapter 9: Gender StrugglesConclusion: Constancy and Change in the 21st Century

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Book SynopsisA wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites.Trade Review‘An entertaining and strangely cheering read… full of fascinating stories’ – Country Life ‘A unique insight into Britain’s landscape’ – The Observer , '…utterly compelling – The Oldie Magazine ‘If a younger, more upbeat Bill Bryson was happy to travel Britain while using a hearse as a mobile home, this is the kind of book we’d get.’ – Reader review ‘Who’d have thought a trip in a hearse would be so enjoyable?’ – Reader review ‘A fantastic read for anyone who has loved spending a while looking through old graveyards and soaking up all the history within.’ – Reader review

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Book SynopsisRetracing my mother’s footsteps in search of women’s freedom 1974. A 22-year-old Jacqui French stands for a photograph in Omaha, Nebraska, thousands of miles from home. Trade Review‘Powerful… a brilliant storyteller.’ Laura Bates, founder of The Everyday Sexism Project ‘Interweaving the personal with the political, Wild Hope lyrical and rousing.’ i Culture “Blends personal and political insights to show why feminism matters more than ever.” Harper’s Bazaar ‘A book that leaves its reader with something priceless: a fresh, fierce determination to hope.’ Natasha Lunn ‘Marisa Bate is a richly talented writer and Wild Hope bursts with fury, passion and love. It's hard to put down and even harder to forget.’Will Storr ‘Bate takes us on an ambitious journey that captures the spirit of the 1970s, and reminds us that we still have much to fight and hope for.’Helena Lee

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Book SynopsisHow do we define patriotism in a diverse society? What divides us and what brings us together? Why do we feel uncomfortable celebrating our country’s history?Trade Review‘Excellent. Katwala is an elegant and exuberant writer. This lovely book is both polemic and user’s manual.’ The Spectator ‘Eloquent and engaging.’ TLS ‘A really great read about how we can have an open and inclusive patriotism.’ Baroness Sayeeda Warsi ‘Really, really thought-provoking and nuanced. I suggest that anyone who an interest in the future of this country should read it.’ Nihal Arthanayake ‘Well-written, thought-provoking and insightful in its analysis, How to Be a Patriot is essential reading.’ Nick Thomas-Symonds ‘This important book is predominantly about searching for common ground.’ Eric Kaufmann, Literary Review ‘Fantastic. I’ve been waiting for a Sunder Katwala book.’ Geoff Lloyd, Reasons to be Cheerful ‘Ever my go-to guy when trying to make sense of this ferociously polarised issue.’ Tom Holland ‘Sunder Katwala has helped to lead the public conversation on national identity.' David Lammy MP ‘There are few better judges of the state of the national debate. Landmark.’ Daniel Finkelstein ‘Wide ranging, wise and humane. Fizzing with energy, ideas and passion.’ Rob Ford, author of Brexitland ‘Deeply persuasive. … Katwala deals with reality rather than caricatures.’ Jewish Chronicle ‘Compelling and passionate. Truly insightful.’ Bobby Duffy, author of The Generation Divide ‘Excellent, thought-provoking and wise.’ Colin Yeo, author of Welcome to Britain

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Book SynopsisA famous poet, a mysterious death and a story stranger than fiction. - this is the lost life and mytserious death of the ''Female Byron'' On 15 October 1838, the body of a thirty-six-year-old woman was found in Cape Coast Castle, West Africa, a bottle of prussic acid in her hand. She was one of the most famous English poets of her day: Letitia Elizabeth Landon, known by her initials ''L.E.L.''What was she doing in Africa? Was her death an accident? Had she committed suicide, or even been murdered?To her contemporaries, she was an icon, hailed as the ''female Byron''. However, she was also a woman with secrets, the mother of three illegitimate children whose existence was subsequently wiped from the record. After her death, she became the subject of a cover-up which this book unravels, excavating with it a whole lost literary culture.FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BRONTE MYTHTrade ReviewIn her biography of L.E.L., Lucasta Miller's stellar research blows two centuries of accumulated dust off a phenomenon worth unearthing... This book takes biography to a new level. * New Statesman *Lucasta Miller's fine literary detective work yields a riveting, tantalisingly ambiguous portrait of a poet whose confessional voice and savvy celebrity make her only more intriguing to modern readers. -- Hephzibah Anderson * Observer *Wonderfully entertaining... Spellbinding. * New York Times Book Review *A terrific book... A compelling life of the victim of a misogynist celebrity culture, a rich mix of literary criticism and impeccable research, which reads like a novel - you keep turning the pages to discover whatever will happen next to the unfortunate L.E.L.. * Daily Telegraph *Compelling as a detective story, Miller’s revelatory life of Landon is a masterpiece of eloquent scholarship... Miller's real genius lies in her forensic ability to disentangle reality from romance... splendid. * Literary Review *

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Book Synopsis''This brilliantly subversive and witty book lays bare the techniques of manipulation and disinformation that keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful. . . A landmark book'' Brian Eno''Very funny, as satire should be, until you realise it''s deadly serious'' Adam Rutherford, BBC Radio 4 Start the WeekKnowledge is power. Which is why the rich and powerful don''t want you to have it.The Playbook is an exposé of the extraordinary lengths that corporations will go to in order to spread disinformation and deny the scientific facts - around climate change, public health risks and worker safety - when they don''t suit their agenda.Written in the form of a corporate handbook for tobacco, oil and pharmaceutical company executives, it is a litany of obfuscation techniques, denial, delays and outright lies, including: how to recruit an academic ''expert'' who is willing to compromise their integrity (or is just short of cas

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Book Synopsis"The Crisis" was an integral part of the struggle to combat racism in America. As editor of the magazine (1910-1934), W E B Du Bois addressed the important issues facing African Americans. This book is an exploration of how W E B Du Bois created a "visual vocabulary" to define a collective memory and historical identity for African Americans.Trade Review[T]he paramount value of Kirschke's laudable acoomplishment is that she has simultaneously added to the Du Boisian mystique, while providing a new understanding and appreciation for his role in shaping the manner in which African Americans viewed themselves and were perceived by others.Vol. 94.1 Fall 2009 -- Randall O. Westbrook * Fairleigh-Dickinson University *. . . valuable. It supplies a concise account of Du Bois's inclusion of art during his editorship of the magazine. It focuses us on the abundance and high quality of the art included and begins the important job of remembering and documenting the work of black artists now too often forgotten. . . . Art in Crisis makes readily accessible to a wide range of readers a rich sampling of work from The Crisis's formative period.Vol.42.2 (rec'd April 2009) -- Elizabeth Ammons * Tufts University *As the first book to examine Du Bois's use of imagery to create racial pride and convey moral outrage, Art in Crisis offers important insights into the history of visual journalism as well as the contributions of one of the twentieth—century's most significant black periodicals. . . * Jhistory *. . . a reminder of the usage and power of visual images to shape ideas and instill self—worth and opinions in American society. . . . Recommended. General readers; lower—division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Memory and Identity2. A History of Black Political Cartoons and Illustrations: The Artists3. The "Crime" of Blackness: Lynching Imagery in The Crisis4. Theories of Art, Patronage, and Audience5. Images of Africa and the Diaspora6. Art, Political Commentary, and Forging a Common IdentityConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review. . . What is clear is that the decidedly global, critical, self-reflexive and praxis-oriented model that Hemment offers here is made for such complex and dynamic interventions, and finally provides an avenue for anthropologists to handle them with the precision, attention and care they deserve. * Anthropological Quarterly *[W]ritten in a clear, accessible, and very engaging way, making it suitable for anyone within the development sector with an interest in gender issues in Russia and the former Soviet Union, or an interest in processes of democratisation . . . * Gender & Development *This is unquestionably an important book in our efforts to understand women in Russia and the evolution of post-Soviet Russian society. . . . It can be recommended to students and scholars of Russia as well as those specializing in women's issues. Vol. 44, No. 4 * Journal of Contemporary History *Despite the critiques of the NGO world and the collapse of the women's crisis centre,Hemment's collaborative research had fruitful results as many women felt empowered and benefited . . . .34.2 March-April 2011 * Women's Studies Intnl Form *. . . This thoughtful, intriguing analysis of a complex situation will be of interest to scholars in Russian studies, anthropology, women's studies, economics, and development studies. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Gendered Interventions1. Muddying the Waters: Participatory Action Research in Tver'2. Querying Democratization: Civil Society, International Aid, and the Riddle of the Third Sector3. Gender Mainstreaming and the Third-Sectorization of Russian Women's Activism4. Global Civil Society and the Local Costs of Belonging: Setting up a Crisis Center in Tver'5. A Tale of Two ProjectsConclusionNotesList of ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow Jewish students promoted diversity in American cultureTrade ReviewThe Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism illuminates our understanding of American-Jewish culture and what we call the American experience. It is a grand study of the IMA's [Intercollegiate Menorah Association] enduring achievements. Vol. 63.1, 2011 * American Jewish Archives Journal *Private or public, school, synagogue or academic collections—if you are interested in the history and the formation of Jewish culture in America, the ongoing debate between the need for pluralism and the fear of assimilation, the differing ideologies and literature of identity formation—you must have (and read!) this book. * AJL Reviews *This ambitious work . . . rewards the reader with a greatly enriched understanding of American cultural pluralism and the context that gave rise to it. * American Historical Review *Greene recovers the lost efforts of the Menorah Journal association and demonstrates their shared interest in notions of pluralism. Hopefully this work will spark new conversations about the relationship between Jews, pluralism, and the United States in the past and the future. * American Jewish History *In his excellent book, The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism . . . Daniel Greene tells the story of [the Harvard Menorah Society] which spread from Harvard to campuses across the country and became the Intercollegiate Menorah Association in 1913 . . . But beyond that, Greene tells the tale of the birth and development of cultural pluralism, the idea that undergirded the Menorah Association. Cultural pluralism, emerging out of a small Jewish student movement, would shape the way Americans understood their diverse nation, and provide the intellectual basis for modern multiculturalism. * Journal of Jewish Identities *This well-written text not only lays out the ideas associated with cultural pluralism as defined by Kallen and others but also offers readers an insight into the world of American higher education and its engagement and connection to the rise of Jewish intellectualism. * Menorah Review *Greene's text has done a great service by placing the social lives of Jews like Horace Kallen back into our consideration of a crucial term in American intellectual life. Grasping the Jewish origins of 'cultural pluralism' allows us to better ground its abstract claims, and to understand its flaws as well as its possibilities. * AJS Reviews *Greene makes out a good case for his contention that what happened to American Jewish college students is a good representation of what happened to American Jews generally during the early part of the 20th century. More significant is his analysis of cultural pluralism. These two elements of the book make for a useful addition to our comprehension of American Jewish history. * Buffalo Jewish Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: "Kultur Klux Klan or Cultural Pluralism"1. The Harvard Menorah Society and the Menorah Idea2. The Intercollegiate Menorah Association and the "Jewish Invasion" of American Colleges3. Cultural Pluralism and Its Critics4. Jewish Studies in an American Setting5. A Pluralist History and Culture6. Pluralism in FictionEpilogue: "The Promise of the Menorah Idea"NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores early Depression-era politics on Chicago's South SideTrade ReviewThe Depression Comes to the South Side will be a useful study for experts seeking to fill in gaps in familiar narratives, as well as for undergraduate and graduate students looking for an initial guide to the most important events, individuals, and organizations of the years before the New Deal and the Popular Front. Perhaps the greatest importance of Reed's most recent book is that it advances his longue durée narrative of black Chicago's political history. Reed models a way to incorporate microhistories and multiple biographies into a broader understanding of a community as complex and iconic as black Chicago. * Journal of American Studies *Reed offers a summary of the impact of the Depression on Chicago's South Side in the few years prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 election, and before the New Deal began to ease the suffering of the city's African American population.118.4 2013 * American Historical Review *In demonstrating [Chicago African American's] restlessness and frustration with traditional tools for advancement, Christopher Reed's The Depression Comes to the South Side . . . [begins] to show us how and why African Americans decided to change their political fate. * JOURNAL of ILLINOIS HISTORY *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Impact of the Great Depression2. The Ineffectiveness of Conventional Politics3. Protest Activism in the Streets4. Protest Activism Across the Spectrum: Militant to Radical5. Organized Non-economic Civil Rights Activities6. Cultural Stirrings and ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIlluminates the real and imagined lives of Ton Duc Thang (1888-1980), a celebrated revolutionary activist and Vietnamese communist icon. This multifaceted study evaluates the official history of the Vietnamese Communist Part and presents a critical analysis of the inner workings of Vietnamese historiography.Trade Review"Carefully researched and meticulously crafted." * Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies *"This is an audacious and imaginative work from an author with a knack for close and relentless work with sources. It is a strikingly original achievement and an important contribution to Vietnam studies." * The Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations A Note on Spelling and Translations Acknowledgments Introduction Part One | Constructions 1. The Black Sea Mutiny in the Late Colonial Moment 2. The Black Sea Mutiny in the Revolutionary Moment 3. The Black Sea Mutiny in the Post-Recognition Moment Part Two | Contestations 4. Striking Images: Ba Son in the Post-Partition Moment 5. The Secret Labor Union in the Post-Unification Moment Part Three | Commemorations 6. Telling Life: Ton Duc Thang's Official Biography in the Poshumous Moment 7. Museum-Shrine: The Revolution's Guardian Spirit in the Post-Socialist Moment Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe story of life as a slave in KentuckyTrade Review"Anyone who wants to understand America better would get from this book a better feel for the complex relationships created by slavery than he might get from many history textbooks." -- Jerry Large * Seattle Times *"History buffs will relish this primary source on slavery and Seattleites will learn more about the roots of a local pioneer African American family." -- Mary T. Henry * HistoryLink *Table of ContentsA Re-introduction to Lewis Clarke, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Forgotten Hero by Carver Clark Gayton Facsimile of the Narrative by Lewis Clarke Acknowledgments Further Reading compiled by Carver Clark Gayton

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Book SynopsisHow hunger shaped both colonialism and Native resistance in Early AmericaTrade Review“In this bold and original study, Cevasco punctures the myth of colonial America as a land of plenty. This is a book about the past with lessons for our time of food insecurity.”—Peter C. Mancall, author of The Trials of Thomas Morton“Unearthing compelling and harrowing episodes from the colonial past, Carla Cevasco puts hunger at the heart of the early American story. A revelatory and wholly original book.”—Andrew Lipman, Barnard College“Replete with vividly revolting period descriptions of unusual foodways, this book tweaks readers’ own disgust reflexes, encouraging them to interrogate categories usually taken for granted.”—Jennifer L. Anderson, author of Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America

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Book SynopsisFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York''s iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine. Bellevue Hospital, on New York City''s East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled crime victims, vicious psychopaths, assorted derelicts, lunatics, and exotic-disease sufferers. In its two and a half centuries of service, there was hardly an epidemic or social catastrophe—or groundbreaking scientific advance—that did not touch Bellevue.     David Oshinsky, whose last book, Polio: An American Story, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, chronicles the history of America''s oldest hospital and in so doing also charts the rise of New York to the nation''s preeminent city, the path of American medicine from butchery and quackery to a professional and scientific endeavor, and the growth of a civic institution. From its origins in 1738 as an almshouse and pesthouse, Bellevue today is a revered public hospital bringing first-class care to anyone in need. With its diverse, ailing, and unprotesting patient population, the hospital was a natural laboratory for the nation''s first clinical research. It treated tens of thousands of Civil War soldiers, launched the first civilian ambulance corps and the first nursing school for women, pioneered medical photography and psychiatric treatment, and spurred New York City to establish the country''s first official Board of Health.      As medical technology advanced, voluntary hospitals began to seek out patients willing to pay for their care. For charity cases, it was left to Bellevue to fill the void. The latter decades of the twentieth century brought rampant crime, drug addiction, and homelessness to the nation''s struggling cities—problems that called a public hospital''s very survival into question. It took the AIDS crisis to cement Bellevue''s enduring place as New York''s ultimate safety net, the iconic hospital of last resort. Lively, page-turning, fascinating, Bellevue is essential American history.

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Book SynopsisFor centuries, professional cooking was a job exclusively for men. As a result, most histories of food and cooking, even today, are dominated by male achievements. But while historians weren''t paying attention, women all over the world have been quietly changing the way we eat, cook, and dine out, inventing standardized measures, dishwashers, coffee filters, and even Champagne and buffalo wings!In A WOMAN''S PLACE, these hidden figures of culinary history have the chance to tell their stories. Stories like that of Leah Chase, whose New Orleans restaurant sheltered and fed the civil rights movement, or Madhur Jaffrey, who became an accidental celebrity chef teaching English and American home cooks how to cook Indian food.With lively illustrations depicting the women in scenes from their everyday lives, and stories ranging around the globe and across centuries, A WOMAN''S PLACE is the perfect gift for the foodie, history lover, or groundbreaking woman or girl in your

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Book SynopsisThe bestselling author of The Beauty Myth, Vagina and The End of America illuminates a dramatic history - how the Obscene Publications Act of 1857 led to reverberations lasting to our day.Trade ReviewAn important look at how the Obscene Publications Act helped usher in the state's purported need and right to police speech * Stylist *With precision and sensitivity, Naomi Wolf traces how the state came to police the private sphere; she brings into the light the lives of those whose resistance to this brutality was a beacon for the future. Outrages is a remarkable, revelatory book -- Erica WagnerOutrages reveals a powerful history of how science, law and culture intersected to suppress and silence sexual expression -- Shahid Buttar, Marriage Equality AdvocateA remarkable and moving work of creative scholarship -- Larry Kramer, author of Faggots and The Normal HeartAn absorbing and thoughtfully researched must-read for anyone interested in the history of censorship and issues relating to gay male sexuality * Kirkus *This ambitious literary, biographical, and historical treatise from Wolf examines both nineteenth-century Britain's persecution of gay men and the work and life of the relatively obscure gay writer John Addington Symonds . . . A fascinating look at this period and these writers -- Publishers WeeklyA heartbreaking, eye-opening book . . . Outrages is revelatory in the way it brings together sometimes unbearably painful personal narratives with political and literary history . . . [a] remarkable book * Harper's Bazaar *

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Book SynopsisStates of emotion were vital as a foundation to society in the premodern period, employed as a force of order to structure diplomatic transactions, shape dynastic and familial relationships, and align religious beliefs, practices and communities. At the same time, societies understood that affective states had the potential to destroy order, creatiTable of ContentsIntroduction: destroying order, structuring disorder: gender and emotions, Susan Broomhall. Part I Structuring Emotions of War and Peace: ‘Now evil deeds arise’: evaluating courage and fear in early English fight narratives, Andrew Lynch; Order, emotion, and gender in the crusade letters of Jacques de Vitry, Megan Cassidy-Welch; Married noblewomen as diplomats: affective diplomacy, Tracy Adams; Ordering distant affections: fostering love and loyalty in the correspondence of Catherine de Medici to the Spanish court, 1568-1572, Susan Broomhall. Part II Chronicling Feelings of Disaster and Ruin: Emotions and the social order of time: constructing history at Louvain’s Carthusian House, 1486-1525, Matthew S. Champion; A landscape of ruins: decay and emotion in late medieval and early modern antiquarian narratives, Alicia Marchant; ‘O, Lord, save us from shame’: narratives of emotions in convent chronicles by female authors during the Dutch revolt, 1566-1635, Erika Kuijpers; Recasting images of witchcraft in the later 17th century: the witch of Endor as ritual magician, Charles Zika. Part III Aligning Children, Familial, and Religious Communities: ‘That the boys come to school half an hour before the girls’: order, gender, and emotion in school, 1300-1600, Annemarieke Willemsen; An ordered cloister? Dissenting passions in early modern English cloisters, Claire Walker; ‘Will we ever meet again?’ Children travelling the world in the late 17th and 18th centuries, Claudia Jarzebowski; Gendered power and emotions: the religious revival movement in Herrnhut in 1727, Jacqueline Van Gent. Select bibliography; Index.

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Book Synopsis From an award-winning historian, the outlandish story of the man who gave rights to animals. In Gilded Age America, people and animals lived cheek-by-jowl in environments that were dirty and dangerous to man and beast alike. The industrial city brought suffering, but it also inspired a compassion for animals that fueled a controversial anti-cruelty movement. From the center of these debates, Henry Bergh launched a shocking campaign to grant rights to animals. A Traitor to His Species is revelatory social history, awash with colorful characters. Cheered on by thousands of men and women who joined his cause, Bergh fought with robber barons, Five Points gangs, and legendary impresario P.T. Barnum, as they pushed for new laws to protect trolley horses, livestock, stray dogs, and other animals. Raucous and entertaining, A Traitor to His Species tells the story of a remarkable man who g

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