Violence, intolerance and persecution in history Books

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1967, Ernest Cole’s House of Bondage has been lauded as one of the most significant photobooks of the twentieth century, revealing the horrors of apartheid to the world for the first time and influencing generations of photographers around the globe. Reissued for contemporary audiences, this edition adds a chapter of unpublished work found in a recently resurfaced cache of negatives and recontextualizes this pivotal book for our time. Cole, a Black South African man, photographed the underbelly of apartheid in the 1950s and ’60s, often at great personal risk. He methodically captured the myriad forms of violence embedded in everyday life for the Black majority under the apartheid system—picturing its miners, its police, its hospitals, its schools. In 1966, Cole fled South Africa and smuggled out his negatives; House of Bondage was published the following year with his writings and first-person account. This edition retains the powerful story of the original while adding new perspectives on Cole’s life and the legacy of House of Bondage. It also features an added chapter—compiled and titled “Black Ingenuity” by Cole—of never-before-seen photographs of Black creative expression and cultural activity taking place under apartheid. Made available again nearly fifty-five years later, House of Bondage remains a visually powerful and politically incisive document of the apartheid era.

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Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. It is one of our most distinctive traits, the one thing that all cultures and societies, across time, share in common. It has defined not only the ways in which individuals relate to each other, but also how collective entities and states have interacted with each other over the millennia. All societies are violent and all individuals have the capacity for violence. However, not all societies and not all individuals are equally violent, and nor does violence exist with the same intensity across cultures. This Very Short Introduction examines the more visible, physical acts of violence - interpersonal, gendered, collective, religious, sexual, criminal, and political - in the modern world. It explores how violence in the pre-modern world was different from the modern world, and what is significant about those differences. It also discusses what violence is by examining understandings of the ideas, values, and cultural practices embedded in an act of violence, and considering acts of violence as the outcome of a process dependent on the cultural context in which they take place. Along the way Dwyer considers some core questions, asking whether violence is always ''bad'', and if there are any limits to human violence? Why is it that what was once considered acceptable - wife beating, duelling, slavery - at some point becomes unacceptable in some societies and cultures, and yet continues in others? And finally, are we becoming more or less violent?ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewViolence: A Very Short Introduction contains some compelling arguments worth noting. * Madeleine K. Meehan and Todd K. Shackelford, Evolutionary Psychological Science *This straightforward, accessible introduction examines the different ways that scholars have understood and classified violence... This short introduction comes with an annotated bibliography that readers can consult to learn more. As a resource it is most useful for those who are beginning to build their knowledge of violence and its social consequences. * Choice *Table of Contents1: Thinking about violence 2: How violent was the past? 3: Intimate and gendered violence 4: Interpersonal violence 5: The sacred and the secular 6: Collective violence 7: Violence and the state 8: The changing nature of violence References Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisRevolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian, Summer of Blood' breaks new ground in its portrayal of the personalities and politics of the bloody days of June 1381.The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is one of the most dramatic and bloody events in English history. Starting with village riots in the Essex countryside, chaos rapidly spread across much of the south-east of England, as tens of thousands of ordinary men and women marched in fury to London, torching houses, slaughtering their social superiors and terrifying the life out of those who got in their way. The burning down of Savoy Palace, home to the most powerful magnate in the realm, marked one of the Revolt's most violent episodes.The Peasants' Revolt has remained an underexplored period of history. In revisiting the bloody events of 1381, Dan Jones has brought back to glorious life the squalor, drama and complex hierarchies of a society that until now seemed almost too distant to imagine. His examiTrade Review‘Combines zest and flair with an acute historical intelligence. Bold. Surprising. Unputdownable.’ David Starkey ‘Jones has certainly livened up the Middle Ages…Combining scholarly zest with novelistic flair he serves his account hot, brave and reeking with gore for a wide readership.’ The Times ‘Dan Jones seeks to uncover the idealism and brutality of this fateful summer…A fresh look.’ John Guy, Sunday Times ‘Dan Jones relates his tale with relish and zest…If anyone is looking for a racy account of England's “summer of blood” this is it.’ TLS ‘Jones's book is welcome…At his best…his prose rises to the occasion provided by the dramatic showdown between Richard and the rebels at Smithfield.’ Spectator ‘A pacy narrative.’ Daily Telegraph ‘Short, clear history of a long, hot summer.’ Scotsman

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Book Synopsis**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to the gas chamber.'In 1943, the Dutch champion boxer, Leen Sanders, was sent to Auschwitz. His wife and children were put to death while he was sent 'to the left' with the others who were fit enough for labour. Recognised by an SS officer, he was earmarked for a 'privileged' post in the kitchens in exchange for weekly boxing matches for the entertainment of the Nazi guards. From there, he enacted his resistance to their limitless cruelty.With great risk and danger to his own life, Leen stole, concealed and smuggled food and clothing from SS nursing units for years to alleviate the unbearable suffering of the prisoners in need. He also regularly supplied extra food to the Dutch women in Dr. Mengele's experiment, Block 10. To his fellow Jews in the camp, he acted as a rescuer, leader and role model, defending them even on their bitter death march to Dachau towards the end of the war.A story of astonishing resilience and compassion, The Fighter of Auschwitz is a testament to the endurance of humanity in the face of extraordinary evil.

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Book SynopsisA joint biography of Tudor England’s martyrs whose executions triggered a wave of bloody repression

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Book SynopsisScotland, in common with the rest of Europe, was troubled from time to time by outbreaks of witchcraft which the authorities sought to contain and then to suppress, and the outbreak of 1658-1662 is generally agreed to represent the high water mark of Scottish persecution. These were peculiar years for Scotland. This work deals with this subject.

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Book SynopsisIn 1921, over the course of twelve hours, white Tulsans reduced one of the America's most prosperous black communities to rubble and killed an estimated 300 people. This volume, featuring more than 175 photographs, along with oral testimonies, shines a new spotlight on the race massacre from the vantage point of its victims and survivors.

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Book SynopsisHurled words. Thrown objects. Dodged burgers.A burger was thrown at Travis Alabanza on Waterloo Bridge in 2016. From this experience they have created a poetic, passionate performance piece based around the ''burger'': the texture, and taste of being trans.Their experiences include verbal abuse, ostracisation and being thrown out of a Top Shop changing room. The piece also explores the black trans experience.

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Book SynopsisSlavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former slave society in the Americas has paid reparations to former slaves or their descendants. Ana Lucia Araujo shows that these calls for reparations have persevered over a long and difficult history. She traces the ways in which enslaved and freed individuals have conceptualized the idea of reparations since the 18th century in petitions, correspondence, pamphlets, public speeches, slave narratives, and judicial claims. Taking the reader through the era of slavery, emancipation, post-abolition, and the present day and drawing on the voices of various of enslaved peoples and their descendants, the book illuminates the multiple dimensions of the demands of reparations. This new edition boasts a new chapter on the global impact of the Black Lives Matter movement, the seismic effect of the killing of George Floyd, calls for university reparations anTrade ReviewThis is a book I've been waiting for - a timely and overdue account of the centuries-long cry for reparations, written by a gifted historian of transatlantic slavery. * Marcus Rediker, University of Pittsburgh, USA *‘Araujo is the first scholar to examine reparations for slavery and the Atlantic slave trade comparatively and transnationally, drawing on a broad range of texts in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish … An important book for all collections. Summing Up: Essential. All libraries.’ * CHOICE *‘The trans-Atlantic debate about reparations for slavery has long needed a serious historical explanation. Now, in Ana Lucia Araujo’s book, we have the answer. This original, sweeping study, grounded in meticulous research, explains how and why reparations have become so pressing a modern-day issue. It is essential reading for everyone concerned – whatever their viewpoint.’ * James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus, University of York, UK *‘Ana Lucia Araujo’s book on slavery reparations movements reaches across time and space. She considers enslavement, emancipation, and the continued refusal of every single slave-owning society in the Atlantic world—the USA, Britain, France, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain, especially—to address the centuries of theft that made them wealthy and built the modern global political economy. Professor Araujo’s erudition is unbounded, and her clear, readable prose will make this book an important and useful addition to the toolkits of academics, students, and activists.’ * Edward E. Baptist, Professor of History, Cornell University, USA *‘Araujo’s history offers a compelling review of the rationales made for reparations payments, the historical actors who made such claims, and historical events that motivated their political demands … Reparations for Slavery and The Slave Trade is an insightful and expansive history of enslavement that reveals the interconnected nature of the Atlantic world from the origins of enslavement to the present day.’ * Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective *‘This book is absolutely indispensable and makes an important contribution to what Araujo concludes is an ‘unfinished struggle.’ * The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History *‘What is so clear in this important and timely book is that many people keep making moral claims even as they are repeatedly, rudely, and firmly rejected by those in power … While the focus of the book is on reparation claims, Araujo puts those claims in the context of the broader movement for economic and social empowerment of people of African descent. It is this comprehensive and broad story that makes Reparations the best book yet on reparations for slavery … As others take up the difficult moral questions it raises, such as who should pay and why, this book will be at the center of discussions of ways in which the past burdens the present.’ * New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids *‘In this insightful and compelling study, Ana Lucia Araujo shows the importance of a transnational and comparative approach to examining the ways in which slave societies throughout the Americas presented the case for reparations.’ * The North Carolina Historical Review *‘Araujo has cemented herself as a senior historian thoroughly in command of her craft … In addition to the U.S., nearly every country in Latin America and the Caribbean makes an appearance. While focused on reparations, the book also serves as a global primer on slavery and emancipation … Overall, Araujo’s book offers a valuable contribution to scholars of the African Diaspora.’ * Black Perspectives *‘A wide-ranging overview of the historical and contemporary struggle for reparations ... A book that will enrich current debates surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, controversial monuments and memorials to slave holders and Con-federate heroes, and the ongoing social inequalities along racial lines ... Readers of many varieties will bene?t from Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade as a classroom text, research tool, and narrative guide to the evolution of one of the most contentious issues of our times. It will broaden the scope of intellectual discussions because of its international orientation, and it will deepen readers’ appreciation for the long history of the struggle.’ * The American Historical Review *Reparations for Slavery is a thorough and comprehensive history of this topic. A must read for anyone interested in the global reach of the movements for reparations. * Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ, USA *This excellent study not only reaffirms the importance of the current debate about reparations but advances a subtle argument via a wide range of new materials - historical, political, archival, and visual. The author’s command of the intellectual arguments steers her through contentious political issues which would distract a lesser historian. The result is a very important and well-written book which is relevant, topical and persuasive. * James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus, University of York, UK *Araujo offers a precious transnational study, grounded on research in four languages, of how the global histories of African slavery generated demands for reparatory justice which, beginning in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, reached a new urgency in the 1960s and in our post-2020 moment. * Richard Drayton, Professor of Imperial and Global History, London, UK *In this book, Araujo revisits the human tragedy that was the trans-Atlantic trafficking in enslaved Africans and its afterlife - a global movement for reparatory justice. She tracks brilliantly the genealogy and current status of the movement. This is a must read for all who believe in a resolution for the injustices inflicted on people by barbaric colonial systems * Verene A. Shepherd, Professor Emerita, History & Gender Studies. The University of the West Indies, Jamaica *In this timely and updated edition of her comprehensive history of reparations, Ana Lucia Araujo provides us with an authoritative transnational narrative. This wonderful book will appeal both to specialists and a broader lay public interested in the legacies of the enslavement of people of African descent in the Americas. * Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair in American History, University of Connecticut, USA, and author of The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reparations in the Past and the Present 1. Greatest Riches from Our Blood and Tears 2. “And What Should We Wait of these Brutish Spirits?” 3. “We Helped to Pay this Cost” 4. “What Else Will the Negro Expect?” 5. “It’s Time For Us to Get Paid” 6. Reparations in the 21st Century Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDrawing on different understandings of feminisms, this volume archives the ways in which we engage with feminisms and imagine the mundane as a feminist site of resistance against multiple and intersectional marginalisation and oppression. How individual subjects come to their feminist praxis through autoethnographic and other qualitative accounts, and how they offer resistant and decolonial strategies via reflection on their lived and embodied realities. Plural Feminisms spurs a discussion on how structural violence is identified and resisted, and the invisible and emotional labour that goes on behind this resistance. The book documents the resistance strategies feminists employ on a daily basis to survive, and to form and sustain dissident kinships, that remain unread, unheard, overlooked, and excluded from dominant discourses of being and becoming. Through autoethnography, feminist, queer and/or trans and genderqueer, indigenous, Black and racialised, disabled and neuroTrade ReviewPlural Feminisms is a deeply feminist text offering contemporary insights from those who resist the neo-liberal orthodoxy of the academy. The authors reflect upon what it means to be a feminist, uncover the different narratives and forms that resistance takes, and show the socio-cultural and political value of subversion. * Elizabeth Ettorre, University of Liverpool, UK *Architecture. Fatphobia. Spiritual activism. The sanism of academia. Scholarly performativity. Again and again, these lively essays show how mundane feminist insurgence must be distributed, poly, not so sure of itself. Centering the synergies and unexpected affinities between theory and practice, we feel alongside the writers, the rage, delight and rustle of how feminism might be otherwise. A touchstone, especially for those worn down by market-mediated feminisms. * Yasmin Gunaratnam, King’s College, London, UK *Table of ContentsAbout the Editors and Contributors Acknowledgements Editorial Introduction Sohini Chatterjee (University of Western Ontario, Canada) and Po-Han Lee (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) PART ONE WITNESSING AND INHABITING INTERSECTIONALITY 1.Multitemporality and Feminist Resistance in Transition Corin Parsons (University of British Columbia, Canada) 2.Walking the “Feminist Tightrope”: Navigating Feminist Identities within Anti-Violence Work with Men Madison Brockbank (McMaster University, Canada) 3.Queerly Mad: Cripping Grief and Post-Traumatic Fibromyalgia Syndrome Kody Muncaster, (Western University, Canada) 4.Why all the Black Women Sit Together on the U-Bahn? Black Femme Resistance in Germany Madeline Bass, Cienna Davis, Nasheeka Nedsreal, Laetitia Walendom 5.Feminist Practices in Architecture: How Women Develop Resistance Through Criticism and Action Maria Silvia D’Avolio, (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) PART TWO EMBODIED ANTI-NORMATIVITY AND EVERYDAY RESISTANCE 6.Against ‘the Devil from Within’: Doing Feminism through Re-Membering the Multiple Selves Po-Han Lee 7.Neoliberal Precarity and Neuroqueer Possibility: Exploring Care, Kinship, and Relational Becoming as Resistance Sohini Chatterjee 8.Aazhawigamig (the Space Between Two lodges): An indigenous Matricentric Feminist Perspective on Mothering and Resistance as Everyday Praxis Renée E. Mazinegiizhigo-kwe Bédard, (Western University, Canada) 9.Settler Theory and Feminisms Beyond Compulsory Relating: A Polyqueer Autoethnography Rowan J. Quirk 10.A Reflexive Consideration of the Apocalyptic Child E. Scherzinger, (McMaster University, Canada) 11.Exploring Emotional Vulnerability in Autoethnography: Unpacking and Rethinking Everyday Trauma Yi-Hui Lin, Independent Researcher PART THREE CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AS FEMINIST INTERVENTION 12.Feminist Praxis in Exile: A Collaborative Autoethnography Gülden Özcan, Simten Cosar, (Carleton University, Canada) 13.Confronting Contradictions, Chasing a Feeling: “Witchy,” Feminist Pandemic Teaching as Spiritual Activism Kascindra Shewan, McGill University, Canada) 14.Taking up Sites of Resistance in the Neoliberal University: Re-imagining Ways of Learning and Belonging Elizabeth Chelsea Mohler, (University of Western Ontario, Canada) 15.Anti-Carceral Feminism: Abolitionist Conversations on Gender-Based Violence Maria Silvia D’Avolio, Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti, (University of Brighton, UK), Deanna Dadusc, (University of Brighton, UK)

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Book SynopsisThe thrilling story of the Jews in Venice and the truth behind one of Shakespeare''s most famous characters.Millions of visitors flood to Venice every year. Yet many are unaware of its history one of dramatic expansion but also of rapid decline. And essential to any history of Venice during its glory days is the story of its Jewish population. Venice gave the world the word ghetto. Astonishingly, the ghetto prison turned out to be as remarkable a place as the city of Venice itself.With sound scholarship and a narrator''s skill, Harry Freedman tells the story of Venice's Jews. From the founding of the ghetto in 1516, to the capture of Venice by Napoleon in 1797, he describes the remarkable cultural renaissance that took place in the Venice ghetto. Gates and walls notwithstanding, for the first time in European history Jews and Christians mingled intellectually, learned from each other, shared ideas and entered modernity together. When it came to culturTrade ReviewIf Shakespeare had travelled to Venice, he would have experienced the vibrant, bustling, conflicted life of the Ghetto, vividly evoked in Harry Freedman’s gallery of memorable characters. This book shows how Shylock’s real contemporaries, confined within a narrow space, made their voices heard far and wide. * Professor Shaul Bassi *Harry Freedman has written an attractive account of the history and culture of the Venetian Ghetto. The book is readable, well-researched, and incorporates the figure of Shylock in new ways. As Freedman adeptly shows, the Venetian Ghetto was an intellectual and creative hothouse – from music and poetry to medicine and Kabbalah – which included many extraordinary individuals such as Leon Modena and Sara Copia Sulam. Shylock’s Venice demonstrates that the ghetto had a reach far beyond the Venetian Empire. * Bryan Cheyette, author of The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction (2020) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Crossing the Lagoon 2 Confrontation and Segregation 3 Crossing Boundaries 4 Concord and Dispute 5 More Trouble 6 Stability and Friction 7 The Lion Who Roared 8 Music and Culture in the Ghetto 9 Politics and Diplomacy 10 Edging Towards Modernity 11 Decline Epilogue Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index A Note on the Author

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Book SynopsisInsolent proceedings brings together leading scholars working on the politics, religion and literature of the English Revolution. It embraces new approaches to the upheavals that occurred in the mid-seventeenth century, in daily life as well as in debates between parliamentarians, royalists and radicals. Driven by a determination to explore the dynamic course and consequences of the civil wars and Interregnum, contributors investigate the polemics, print culture and everyday practices of the revolutionary decades, in order to rethink the period’s ‘public politics’. This involves integrating national and local affairs, as well as ‘elite’ and ‘popular’ culture, and looking at the connections between everyday activism and ideological endeavours. The book also examines participation by – and the treatment of – women from all walks of life.Trade Review'This colourful and lively collection of essays comprises a welcome festschrift to Ann Hughes, professor emerita of early modern history at Keele University,and a highly influential historian of religion, politics and gender during the English Revolution.'Andrew Hopper, University of Oxford, Parliamentary History (June 2023) -- .Table of ContentsPreface: Ann Hughes as historian, friend and mentor – Peter LakeIntroduction: rethinking public politics in the English Revolution – Peter Lake and Jason Peacey1 ‘Great conformitants’ and ‘right ambidexters’: puritans, conformity and the challenge of Laudianism – Anthony Milton2 Killing (Catholic) officers no crime? The politics of religious violence in England in 1640 – John Walter3 Anatomy of the General Rising: militancy and mobilisation in London, 1643 – David Como4 ‘In the hollow of his wooden leg’: the transmission of civil war materials, 1642–9 – Karen Britland5 Puritanism, parish and polemic in civil war London: the case of Thomas Bakewell – Elliot Vernon6 William Walwyn’s Montaigne and the struggle for toleration in the English Revolution – David Loewenstein7 An accursed family: the Scottish crisis and the Black Legend of the House of Stuart, 1650–2 – Thomas Cogswell8 Indemnity, sovereignty and justice in the army debates of 1647 – Sean Kelsey9 Milton and Winstanley: a conversation – Thomas N. Corns10 Women, print and locality: Richard Culmer and the practices of polemic during the English Revolution – Jason Peacey11 ‘Threshing among the people’: Ranters, Quakers and the revolutionary public sphere – Kate PetersIndex

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Book Synopsis‘Written with Burleigh’s characteristic brio, with pithy summaries of historical moments (he is brilliant on the Americans in Vietnam, for example) and full of surprising vignettes’ – The Times ’Book of the Week’In Day of the Assassins, acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh examines assassination as a special category of political violence and asks whether, like a contagious disease, it can be catching.Focusing chiefly on the last century and a half, Burleigh takes readers from Europe, Russia, Israel and the United States to the Congo, India, Iran, Laos, Rwanda, South Africa and Vietnam. And, as we travel, we revisit notable assassinations, among them Leon Trotsky, Hendrik Verwoerd, Juvénal Habyarimana, Indira Gandhi, Yitzhak Rabin and Jamal Khashoggi.Combining human drama, questions of political morality and the sheer randomness of events, Day of the Assassins is a riveting insight into the politics of violence.‘Brilliant and timely . . . Our world today is as dangerous and mixed-up as it has ever been. Luckily we have Michael Burleigh to help us make sense of it.’ – Mail on SundayTrade ReviewDay of the Assassins is written with Burleigh’s characteristic brio, with pithy summaries of historical moments (he is brilliant on the Americans in Vietnam, for example) and full of surprising vignettes, which he handles with a commendable sang-froid. -- David Aaronovitch 'Book of the Week' * The Times *A lively account of how political murders, from Julius Caesar onwards, have differed from most others. * Daily Telegraph Top History Books of the Year *Michael Burleigh’s Day of the Assassins reminds us that political murder is as old as mankind . . . The detail, as always in Burleigh’s books, is conveyed with great brio -- Jonathan Powell * New Statesman *One of the great pleasures of reading Burleigh, a man never afraid to speak his mind, is the matter-of-fact way in which he dissects and disposes of sacred cows . . . Burleigh’s analysis of Putin’s Russia, incidentally, is a brilliant and timely reminder of the danger of taking things at face value. Our world today is as dangerous and mixed-up as it has ever been. Luckily we have Michael Burleigh to help us make sense of it. -- Simon Griffith * Mail on Sunday *A thoughtful and eminently readable book. -- Nigel Jones * BBC History Magazine *Burleigh, a historian of Germany and a prolific newspaper commentator, is careful to recognise the whodunnits where mystery is as gripping as any historical methodology -- Peter Stothard * History Today *Relentlessly sanguinary . . . harshly excellent. -- Jonathan Meades * Literary Review *

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Book Synopsis'Beautiful... A moving reminder for us all to connect with what's gone before' STYLIST'Atmospheric, scholarly - and gripping . . . Shocking and important' Laline Paull, author of PodRoaming the ragged coasts and remote villages of Scotland, Ashes & Stones takes us on a moving journey in search of those women accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. From fairy hills to hedge mazes, we follow the traces their stories have left on the landscape. By linking the lives of contemporary women to the horrors of the past, Allyson Shaw creates a powerful record of resilience and remembrance, untangling the myth of witchcraft and giving voice to those erased by it. 'Allyson Shaw has built a monument in words to the thousands persecuted as witches in Scotland. A fascinating and necessary book' Peter Ross, author of A Tomb With a View'Deeply insightful and profoundly respectful . . . I was spellbound from start to finish' Sally Huband, author of Sea BeanTrade ReviewAllyson Shaw has built a monument in words to the thousands persecuted as witches in Scotland. A fascinating and necessary book. -- Peter RossIn Ashes and Stone Shaw has written a compelling and intimate pilgrimage across Scotland as she visits the sites of notorious witch trials to connect with and comment on the memorials left there to the murdered people who perished through greed, misogyny, and superstition . . . The book is a fascinating exploration of the search for personal identity, the ever-present dangers of religious and political extremism, and how we examine and process the murderous injustices from our past -- Helen CallaghanAn incantational group biography infused with personal narrative . . . Shaw pays homage to the hunted while elevating modern self-identified witches as feminist archetypes -- Abigail Santamaria * New York Times *Beautiful . . . A moving reminder for us all to connect with what's gone before * Stylist *Wonderful . . . Powerful . . . it will make you angry, it will make you sad, it will make you want to know so much more * The Scots Whay Hae! Show *Sometimes the truth behind myths and legends is more fascinating and terrible than could ever be imagined . . . Ashes & Stones is its own reminder of a dark period in Scotland's past, but also carries a warning for the present day . . . This is not the book you think it is, and it is all the better for it * Snack *Allyson Shaw's journey around Scotland in search of witches and witness is both deeply insightful and profoundly respectful. Shaw's writing is utterly compelling and her perspective is vital. I was spellbound from start to finish, Ashes & Stones is a work of devotion. This is what it means to write with care and with candour. Ashes & Stones is both genuine memorial and galvanising activism in book form -- Sally Huband, author of Sea BeanVery atmospheric, scholarly - and gripping . . . [Shaw] gives life to many of the women burned as witches in Scotland. Shocking and important - it made me realise this hasn't been done before, nor have I questioned why until now. Recommended. -- Laline PaullThe past is a treacherous landscape shrouded in the mists of myth and misogyny, and Shaw is the sun burning through to reveal clear paths and daunting vistas alike. Profound, personal, and tragically timely, this is more than an important book - it's a requiem that rises to a rallying cry -- Jesse Bullington, author of The Folly of the World

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Book SynopsisThe fifth volume of Ex Novo has the pleasure to host Flaminia Bartolini as guest editor for the special issue titled Heritage in the Making: Dealing with Legacies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. This collection of peer-reviewed papers stems in part from the successful workshop held at McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge in December 2018 under the aegis of the DAAD-Cambridge Hub. The event gathered several international heritage experts and professionals from both Germany and Italy to explore the complexities of handling Heritage related to Fascism and National Socialism. The selection of papers contribute much to the debate on the shifting conditions of the reception of dictatorial regimes, and more specifically the fate of fascist material legacies from the aftermath of WWII to the present day. The second part of this volume includes an additional contribution by Aydin Abar which keeps in with the broad theme of political reappropriation of the past lying at the core of Bartolini’s collection of papers but strays away from their geographical focus by extending the analysis to the exploitation of Achaemenian material legacies in reinforcing nationalist narratives in nineteenth and twentieth century Iran.Table of ContentsForeword – Ex Novo EDITORIAL BOARD ; PART I: Heritage in the Making. Dealing with the Legacies of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany – Flaminia BARTOLINI (ed.) ; Introduction. Difficult Heritage and its Making – Flaminia BARTOLINI ; Collecting Mussolini: The Case of the Susmel–Bargellini Collection – Susanna ARANGIO ; Fascism on Display. The Afterlife of Material Legacies of the Dictatorship – Flaminia BARTOLINI ; Edmondo Rossoni and Tresigallo. An Atypical Case of Regime’s Town – Davide BRUGNATTI & Giuseppe MURONI ; Difficult Heritage: The Experience of the Fossoli Camp Foundation – Marzia LUPPI & Francesca SCHINTU ; The Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg. A Difficult Heritage and a Public Space – Alexander SCHMIDT ; Berlin Tempelhof: From Heritage Site to Creative Industry Hub? – Dagmar ZADRAZILOVA ; PART II ; Legacy of Teispian and Achaemenian Materiality. The History and the Role of Monuments in 19th - 21st Century Iranian Nationalism – Aydin ABAR ; Costruire storie e raccontare produzioni. Riflessioni a partire da un libro recente – Enrico GIANNICHEDDA ; Interviews & Reviews ; La complessitá del reale e la sua immagine. Conversazione con Daniele Simoni – Martina REVELLO LAMI

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Book SynopsisIrish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820: Apprenticeship to Revolution is a comparative study of the political activities of workers in three Irish cities: Dublin, Belfast and Cork. It investigates how Ireland’s journeymen and apprentices engaged in campaigns for political reform, as well as in revolutionary conspiracies, during the years 1776 to 1820. This book marks the first ever attempt to analyse the role of Irish workers in the creation of eighteenth-century republicanism, representing the careful distillation of nearly a decade of research on the topic. It argues that Irish craftsmen truly did serve an ‘apprenticeship to revolution’. In the literal sense, the experience of the workshop provided artisans with a set of traditions which shaped how new revolutionary doctrines were received. But generations of Irish workers also served a figurative apprenticeship to successive political movements: the campaigns of Irish ‘Patriot’ MPs, the Volunteering movement of the 1770s, and the revolutionary campaigns of the United Irishmen. The book explores the role of urban workers within the 1798 Irish Rebellion and Robert Emmet’s 1803 rising and, adopting a transnational framework, places the actions of these Irish artisans within the context of British radicalism and the creation of an industrial working class.Trade Review'While the lives of the mostly middle-class radicals who led the United Irishmen have received much attention in recent years, this important book focuses squarely on the political world of those at the lower end of the social scale. With great skill, Murtagh takes us into the world of urban workshops, taverns and clubs to show us how journeymen and apprentices forged a distinctive type of radical politics. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the political culture of urban workers in the age of revolutions and in doing so makes a distinctive and original contribution to Irish historical scholarship.'- Padhraig Higgins, Professor of History, Mercer County Community College ‘Rich in detail, and fresh in perspective, Apprenticeship to Revolution makes a genuinely substantive contribution to both Irish and labour historiography.’ Jim Smyth, History IrelandTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Irish Cities and Popular Politics in the Eighteenth Century2. Irish Artisans and the American Revolution 1776-17843. Culture and Conflict in Three Irish Cities 1785-17904. ‘Hibernian Sans-Culottes’: Dublin’s Radical Journeymen 1790-17955. Provincial Revolutionaries: Cork and Belfast in the 1790s6. Dublin and the 1798 Rebellion7. Counter-Revolution, Union and Emmet 1799-18038. Aftermath and Radical Exodus 1804-1820Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFor three decades after the Second World War, the ‘Butcher of the Balkans’ lived an idyllic life with his family in a Los Angeles suburb. Andrija Artuković was a senior member of the Ustasha, a Croatian fascist and nationalist movement, and was responsible for the wartime murders of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children. Wanted in Yugoslavia to stand trial for war crimes, he had illegally entered and claimed political asylum in the United States – and his powerful supporters sought to keep him there.Meanwhile, just 10 miles away, David Whitelaw lived with his mother, Judith, who fled Germany in 1938. Seventy-six of her relatives were killed in the Holocaust. When David learned Artuković was living comfortably nearby, he vowed to ensure his deportation to stand trial as a war criminal. But when a firebomb, thrown with the sole intention of causing fear, saw the young man sent to jail, a battle began for his own freedom, while the war criminal remained at large.A true David-versus-Goliath battle, The Fierce is the story of the teenager who helped take down the worst mass murderer and war criminal in America.Trade Review‘Los Angeles during the turbulent 1960s and ’70s is the perfect backdrop for this remarkable page turner. Filled with a cast of unbelievable characters I had to keep reminding myself this was a true story. Judy Piercey has unearthed one of the great untold stories of our time, this book is a must read!’ – Graham Neil, CTV News -- Graham Neil * CTV News *‘A groundbreaking portrayal of the trauma and burden imposed on the children of Holocaust survivors. Teenager David Whitelaw was a force of nature that inspired his government to seek justice for the unspeakable crimes unleashed against innocent people.’ – Phil Blazer, founder of Jewish Life Television -- Phil Blazer‘The Fierce forces us to ask ourselves if we’d have the courage and fearlessness to seek justice regardless of the personal consequences. It’s hard to fathom that a teenager was able to demand and help secure justice for the savage murders of so many. Truly one of the most heart wrenching, yet inspiring family stories of the twentieth century.’ – Liisa Jorgensen, author of Far Side of the Moon -- Liisa Jorgensen‘Judy Piercey expertly captures the remarkable and complicated relationship between David Whitelaw and his mother Judith. An inspiring story that reminds us what it means to be human and the responsibility we all have to make the world around us a better place.’ – Barbara Smith, bestselling author -- Barbara Smith‘It’s impossible to read this expertly told story and not ask yourself if you’re doing your part to make the world a better place. An unbelievable account that reminds us all that one person can change the world.' – Rabbi Mark Blazer, CEO of the Jewish Life Foundation -- Rabbi Mark Blazer‘Author Judy Piercey shines a brilliant light into this dark corner of post-war history, one that has been concealed for too long. You’ll find yourself cheering for the Jewish teenager who struggled to bring down one of the worst Nazi killers in history, sickened by the crimes this mass murderer committed, and aghast that he was protected by the United States government. Meticulously researched and skilfully written, this book provides a significant contribution to our body of historical knowledge about the Holocaust.’ – Elinor Florence, author of Bird’s Eye View -- Elinor Florence‘This is an exciting, adventurous book, based on an inspiring true story of courage and persistence resulting in the righting of an old wrong.’ – Bob Zellner, lifelong fighter for social justice and author of The Wrong Side of Murder Creek -- Bob Zellner

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of the Good Friday Agreement, the redevelopment of the former Girdwood Army Barracks in North Belfast was hailed as a ‘symbol of hope’ for Northern Ireland. It was a major investment in a former conflict zone and an internationally significant peacebuilding project. Instead of adhering to the tenets of the Agreement, sectarianism dominated the regeneration agenda. Throughout the process, politicians, community groups and paramilitaries wrangled over the site’s future, and territorial contest won out over housing need. After eleven years of negotiation and £11.7 million, the EU-funded Girdwood Community Hub opened its doors to the public in 2016, but its impact has been underwhelming. The Hub’s redevelopment is a microcosm of the peace process itself, and the ways in which post-Agreement politics have failed to deliver a ‘shared future’ for the people of Northern Ireland, twenty-five years on. This ethnography provides a lively account of Girdwood’s redevelopment and a wry critique of the fractious political context around it. Through flânerie and encounter, the author brings us across peace walls, into community meetings and behind the scenes of decision-making in Northern Ireland. Girdwood’s story also sheds light on how power, politics and territory intersect in divided cities globally.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Planning, Politics and Contested Space The First Step: Musings on History, Ethnography and Methodology Politicking and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: The Good Friday Agreement and its Prescriptions ‘Frictions, factions and fractions’: Identity and Territory in North Belfast ‘Unlocking the Potential’: Grassroots Advocacy and the Girdwood Draft Masterplan Ethnic Champions and the Zero-Sum Game: Political Dynamics of the Northern Ireland Assembly Carve-Up or Compromise? The Bid for the Girdwood Community Hub The Trouble with ‘Community’: Paramilitaries and the Peace Industry in Northern Ireland ‘Shenanigans and Skullduggery’: Community Engagement and Argument at Girdwood Conclusion: ‘Better’ at Girdwood Community Hub: The Legacy of the Girdwood Development Epilogue

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Book SynopsisA remarkable historical and psychological study of the enigma of Adolf Hitler and his impact on the twentieth century - by the bestselling author of DEFYING HITLER.'Dazzlingly brilliant' OBSERVER'Mr Haffner ... has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHSebastian Haffner examines Hitler's lifespan, his performance, his successes, errors, intellectual misconceptions, crimes and, last but not least, his great betrayal of his nation, the Western world and human civilisation.'What makes Haffner's book different is that it is not one more biography but an analysis - a most penetrating analysis - of what Hitler was up to in his astonishing career' A.L. Rowse'Mr Haffner...has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine' Gordon Brook-Shepherd, Sunday TelegraphTrade ReviewA quite dazzlingly brilliant analysis of what [Hitler] was * OBSERVER *Mr Haffner ... has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *A most penetrating analysis - of what Hitler was up to in his astonishing career -- A L RowseTough-minded evaluation of Hitler's career ... That this book was a best-seller in Germany [43 weeks] indicates that Haffner's countrymen welcomed this compact, lucid, hard-headed re-examination of contemporary history * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *A stimulating book, brilliant and rich in ideas; in short a masterpiece of historical essay writing -- Joachim Fest, author of PLOTTING HITLER'S DEATHAn intelligent, wholly original and very enlightening book ... clear, informative and provocative * ENCOUNTER *

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Book SynopsisThe volume focuses on violence during the breakdown of East Central European states brought by one of the most violent periods in modern European history: from the start of the Great War in 1914 until 1923 when Europe, finally, achieved peace after a series of civil conflicts and interstate wars. The contributors offer several case studies that cover the vast region stretching from the Baltic states to Hungary. They explore different types of violence against its civilian populations with a particular focus on communal violence committed by civilians onto their neighbors. They suggest that disintegration of state power brought by the Great War was a key condition that produced violence. Yet the process of post-WWI state building was equally or more violent as nascent East Central European states institutionalized the use of violence to achieve their political agendas.Trade Review“East Central Europe was transformed by war, revolution, and the birth of nation-states after the First World War. The Shaken Lands excels by examining 1914 to 1923 as an interconnected ‘Greater War’. Combining conceptual insights with solid case studies, it suggests both national comparisons and transnational overviews of the manifold violence that shaped the entire region, including the Baltic states. It is an indispensable study in this rapidly emerging field.”— John Horne, emeritus Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin“Based on the latest scholarship and written by some of the leading historians in the field, this volume makes an outstanding contribution to a better understanding of one of the most violent periods in modern European history and the deeper historical origins of present-day conflicts such as Russia’s current war against Ukraine.” — Prof. Robert Gerwarth, University College DublinTable of ContentsAcknowledgements IntroductionTomas Balkelis and Andrea Griffante Contributors 1. The Evolution of Wartime Criminality in Lithuania, 1914–1920 Vytautas Petronis 2. War Violence and Its Representation: A Comparison of Civilian Experiences of the Great War on Both Sides of the Former Russian-German Border Vasilijus Safronovas, Vygantas Vareikis, and Hektoras Vitkus 3. The Military Pogroms in Lithuania, 1919–1920 Darius Staliūnas 4. Scandinavian Volunteers as Perpetrators of Violence and Crime in the Estonian War of Independence Mart Kuldkepp5. The Rich and the (In)famous: Social Conflicts and Paramilitary Violence in Hungary during the Counterrevolution, 1921–1923 Béla Bodó 6. The Polish Central Government, Regional Authorities, and Local Paramilitaries during the Battle for the Western Borderlands, 1918–1921 Jochen Böhler7. Eisenbahnfeldzug: Railway War in East Central EuropeMaciej Górny 8. Beyond Comparison? The Challenges of Applying Comparative Historical Research to ViolenceJulia Eichenberg

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