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October-December 2025
BLOOMSBURY OPEN COLLECTIONS?
A new open access model for books
BLOOMSBURY OPEN COLLECTIONS is a collective-action approach to funding open access (OA) books. Through this model, we aim to make OA publication available to a wider range of authors by spreading the cost across multiple organisations, while providing additional benefits to participating libraries. By prioritising authors that are often underrepresented in scholarly publishing, including early-career and unaffiliated researchers and those based in/writing about low- and lower-middle- income countries, we hope to engage a more diverse author base, bringing their work to a wider global audience.
THE BOOKS
Following the success of our 2024-25 expansion, in 2025-26 we will continue to offer three collections of 20 titles each in:
• African Studies & International Development
• Environment & Climate Change
• Gender & Sexuality
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We want students to make the most of their time at university; to discover opportunities, succeed in their studies – and to enjoy the journey. Our books and resources support students in developing essential skills and empower them to achieve their goals.
FAVOURITES
For time-pushed students, the Pocket Study Skills pack a lot of advice into a little book. Each guide focuses on a single crucial aspect of study, providing step-by-step guidance, handy tips and clear advice.
Explore the full series at www.bloomsbury.com/pocketstudyskills
Bloomsbury Study Skills
Cite Them Right
The Essential Referencing Guide
Richard Pears, Durham University, UK & Graham Shields, Formerly University of Cumbria, UK
Renowned as the most easy-to-use guide to referencing text available to students and authors. Academics and teachers rely on the advice in Cite them right to guide their students in the skills of identifying and referencing information sources and avoiding plagiarism.
UK May 2025 • US July 2025 • 304 pages
PB 9781350477261 £15.99 / $21.95 HB 9781350497016 £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781350477681 £14.39 / $20.24
ePdf 9781350477698 £14.39 / $20.24
Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills • Bloomsbury Academic
Ultimate Academic Writing Hacks
Simple strategies for better essays, reports and dissertations
Ryan Arthur, University of Warwick, UK
Developed over a decade of working with mature students, international students, neuro-divergent students, first generation students and time-pressed students, this concise and practical guide equips students with a wide range of study hacks that are both easy to use and proven to work. Each hack is digestible and designed to be adapted and tweaked to suit different needs. In a matter of seconds, students can access topics as wide ranging as how to build an argument, how to write reflectively, and how to use theories in an assignment.
UK November 2025 US February 2026 176 pages
PB 9781350517417 • £14.99 / $19.95
ePub 9781350517424 • £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350517431 • £13.49 / $18.89
Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills • Bloomsbury Academic
Critical Thinking for Education Students
How to Argue, Analyse and Reflect
Charlotte Barrow, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK & Rebecca Westrup, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwich, UK
The ability to weigh up arguments and make informed judgements is a skill that will benefit students in their academic work, placements, and professional lives. This book outlines what critical thinking and reflection mean in the context of studying Education or Childhood Studies. It begins by defining critical thinking, and showing readers how to get into a critical mindset. Subsequent chapters chart the process of critical analysis at each stage of an assignment, including how to read critically, how to analyse sources and how to write critically while also containing guidance on how to demonstrate critical thinking in professional life.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9781350466838 £16.99 /
ePdf
Focus
How to Study in an Increasingly Distracted World
Emma Louth Als, Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education
With its blend of scientific insight and practical strategies, Focus is an ideal starting point for students transitioning to the demands of higher education, where self-directed study and attention management are crucial. This book delves into essential aspects of focus, from understanding the basics of sleep, nutrition, and mental health to navigating the intricacies of attention spans influenced by digital media. It empowers students to create conducive study environments and teaches how to effectively manage distractions. It also provides evidence-based methods and techniques to enhance concentration during lectures, studying sessions, writing sessions, and creative tasks.
UK November 2025 • US February 2026 • 168 pages • 17 bw illus
PB 9781350503014 • £14.99 / $19.95
ePub 9781350503038 • £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350503021 • £13.49 / $18.89
Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills • Bloomsbury Academic
Presentation Skills for Students
Joan van Emden, University of Reading, UK, Lucinda Becker, University of Reading, UK & Anastasia Becker
Written in a friendly and accessible style, this book takes the fear out of public speaking and helps students to acquire the skills they need to deliver effective presentations at university and in their future careers. With a range of practical examples and exercises to help build confidence, it takes students through every step from choosing a topic, preparing presentation material and visual aids to what to do on the day itself. With new guidance on online and recorded presentations, making presentations accessible and inclusive, and job interview presentations, this is an invaluable resource for students of all disciplines.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 192 pages
PB 9781350473652 £17.99 / $24.95
ePub 9781350474697 • £16.19 / $22.94
ePdf 9781350474703 • £16.19 / $22.94
Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills • Bloomsbury Academic
Studying with Dyslexia
Janet Godwin, Students Services, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Full of practical advice and visual examples, this compact resource provides dyslexic students with the tools and knowledge to work with their dyslexia. The accessible layout and engaging style supports students and enables them to take control of their studies and learn in ways that are most effective for them. It covers all the core study skills, including reading, writing and revision, and includes guidance on how to manage time effectively. The third edition includes coverage of the latest assistive technology, more on neurodiversity and co-occurring SpLDs and up-to-guidance on applying for funding and access support through universities.
UK May 2025 US June 2025 192 pages 20 cartoons
PB 9781350444867 £7.99 / $10.95
ePub 9781350471207 £7.19 / $10.79
ePdf 9781350471191 • £7.19 / $10.79
Series: Pocket Study Skills • Bloomsbury Academic
Digital Africa
Tony
Roberts,
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK
Internet Shutdowns in Africa
Technology, Rights and Power
Edited by Felicia Anthonio, Access Now & Tony Roberts, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK
Authored entirely by African researchers, this open access book provides ten in-depth case studies of state-sponsored internet shutdowns across all regions of Africa. In so doing, it offers the first-ever comparative analysis of how African states use internet shutdowns as tools to close civic space, suppress opposition, and maintain power, all of which produces actionable recommendations.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 304 pages
PB 9781350464292 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350464285 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350464308 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350464315 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Digital Africa • Zed Books
The End of Supplication
The Invention of Prostrate Blackness as a Replacement for the Maroon Yannick Marshall, California Institute of the Arts Yannick Marshall contends that Black freedom struggles are anti-colonial movements against anti-Blackness and the permutations of slavery, and as such they are ill-served by a dominant Civil Rights discourse that escapes neither the paternalism of white abolitionism nor the caricatures of minstrelsy. In our contemporary context of openly white-supremacist politics, the figure of the "supplicant negro" must be definitively destroyed in order to make way for more effective resistance to anti-Black racism.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 216 pages
PB 9781350375093 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350375109 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350375116 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350375123 • £19.79 / $26.99
Zed Books
Migration and Displacement in Africa
Social Exclusion, Intergenerational Healing, and Communal Restoration
Edited by Abdul Karim Bangura, American University
This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the nexus between migration and displacement in Africa. Through this analysis, the contributors discover how this complex phenomena has continued to impact African society.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages • 11 bw illus and 1 table
HB 9781666970944 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978765788 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765166833 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Feminist Digital Citizenship in Africa
Agency, Rights and Resistance
Edited by Tanja Bosch, University of Cape Town, South Africa & Tony Roberts, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK
This open access edited collection offers the firstever book-length volume on feminist digital citizenship in Africa. It offers multiple, theoretically grounded case studies by African researchers covering countries across the length and breadth of the continent, including non-majority-English countries.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350500488 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350500525 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350500518 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350500501 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Digital Africa • Zed Books
Interpreting the Ethiopian Revolution
Imperial Heritage and Embattled Statehood
Etana H. Dinka, James Madison University, USA
Despite its massive significance for the Horn of Africa and for other contemporary global revolutions, the histories of the 1974 Ethiopian revolution are surprisingly antiquated and oversimplified. Now, fifty years after the revolution, Etana H. Dinka brings together a who’s-who of modern Ethiopian studies in order to offer this long-overdue analysis of the revolution and its legacies. This five-part collection offers new insights not only into the revolution itself, but also into issues such as the Red Terror, the EPRDF revolution of 1991, and Abiy Ahmed’s repositioning of Ethiopia after 2018.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781350434974 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350434981 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350434998 • £76.50 / $103.94
Zed Books
African Studies Now
Critical Approaches to Racialization and Identity Politics in Francophone Contexts
Edited by Eric Essono Tsimi, City University of New York, USA, Andrea Behrends, University of Bayreuth, Germany & Sabelo Ndlovu-Gathseni, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Curated by the up-and-coming scholar Eric Tsimi in collaboration with the distinguished anthropologist Andrea Behrends and field-leading decolonial theorist Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, this collection explores methods and approaches being developed across the humanities and social sciences for decolonizing knowledge, facilitating knowledge transfer, and addressing perceived gaps between theory and practical emergencies.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781350466067 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350466074 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350466081 £76.50 / $103.94
Zed Books
Transformative Development for
Aloysius Ngefac
Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa
Edited by Aloysius Ngefac, Divine Che Neba & Michael T. Ndemanu
This open access book investigates the concept of transformative development through decolonial approaches to language, literatures, and pedagogies. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision with a focus on language, literature and education. In doing so, they investigate the contribution of Wolof to the transformative development of postcolonial Senegal, and explore AI technologies such as ChatGPT on decolonial research and teaching in Africa.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350509528 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350509559 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350509542 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Transformative Development for Postcolonial Africa Zed Books
African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa
Edited by Aloysius Ngefac, Paul Zang Zang, Thorsten Brato & Jakob R. E. Leimgruber, University of Regensburg, Germany
This open access edited volume brings together a team of linguists to explore how indigenized varieties of English and multilingualism interact with the holistic transformation of Africa.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350510074 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350510104
• £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350510098 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Transformative Development for Postcolonial Africa • Zed Books
Social Sciences and Cultural Studies for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa
Edited by Alain Cyr Pangop Kameni, David Simo, Esaïe Djomo, Godfrey Tangwa & Aloysius Ngefac
This open access edited volume brings together a multidisciplinary team of social scientists and cultural experts to investigate the concept of transformative development.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781350513693 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350513716 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350513709 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Transformative Development for Postcolonial Africa • Zed Books
Popular Spaces in PostApartheid Literature
Race, Gender, and Liberation
Nafeesa T. Nichols, Western Norway University
Through the examination of four post-apartheid novels, this book highlights the interconnections of space, race, gender, and popular culture within the post-apartheid period. Nichols provides a close reading of each of the selected texts, offering broader insights into the how Black subjects navigate various spaces of oppression.
UK February 2026 • US December 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9781666922707 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978766440 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9781666922714 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
French Language Politics and Education in Nigeria
Building Human Capital and a Multilingual Nation
Edited by Michael Akinpelu, University of Regina, Canada & Tunde Ajiboye, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
This book highlights the current trends and challenges of French learning in Nigeria’s formal education system. It argues for the review of policies and didactic approaches in order to benefit from the advantages of bilingualism within the West African region and beyond.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 1 b/w photo and 18 tables
HB 9781666971361 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978771505 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765167540 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Hope Raisers
How a Group of Young Kenyans Fought to Transform Their Slum and Inspire a Community
Nihar Suthar
Korogocho is one of Kenya’s darkest slums, plagued by gang violence, food and water shortages, and rampant pollution. Most children have no future except for scavenging through trash piles or resorting to lives of crime. In The Hope Raisers, Nihar Suthar tells the amazing story of how two boys from the slum created a band called the Hope Raisers and used it as a platform for change. They started teaching children on the streets how to express themselves through art and established a skating team after finding a pair of rollerblades in the dump. They showed the children they could follow their dreams instead of following gangs. The Hope Raisers is an eye-opening look into a world of poverty and violence, yet it also reveals the remarkable impact that a few determined individuals can have on their community, even in the most challenging of conditions.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 200 pages • 17 b/w photos
PB 9798881806316 • £15.99 / $22.00
Previously published in HB 9781538168738
ePub 9781538168745 • £22.35 / $27.00
ePdf 9798881864750 • £22.35 / $27.00
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers World English
Kenyan Foreign and Security Policies
The Jomo Kenyatta Presidency and Legacy
Kipyego Cheluget, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa & Stephen Wright, Northern Arizona University, USA
The authors discuss the critical role played by Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta, in establishing foreign and security policies for the newly independent country. Building upon a careful and in-depth examination of Kenyatta’s policies, they show how successive Kenyan presidents have largely maintained his policies and venerated his legacy.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781666962413 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978769229 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765165935 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Presidents for Life in SubSaharan Africa
Unpuzzling Authoritarianism in Zimbabwe and Rwanda
Teresa Nogueira Pinto, Lusófona University, Portugal
Teresa Nogueira Pinto analyzes how Robert Mugabe and Paul Kagame developed legitimizing narratives to entrench their power in Rwanda and Zimbabwe as well as how these narratives were challenged.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 6 bw illus & 1 table
HB 9781666963434 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978764088 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781666963441 £87.01 / $108.00
Series: African Governance, Development, and Leadership • Bloomsbury Academic
Disinformation in Africa
Discourses, Dynamics and Debates
Admire Mare, University of Johannesburg, South Africa & Allen Munoriyarwa, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa
Through multiple case studies, this book examines political and medical disinformation in Africa as well as how conspiracy theories have been weaponized, the impact of social media on this phenomenon, and strategies to curb disinformation. The book begins with historicizing disinformation before diving into how this has shown up in elections and medical spheres, the nexus between journalism and disinformation, and how to address the issue of disinformation.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 224 pages 4 tables and 6 bw illus
HB 9781666945324 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978771758 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781666945331 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Election Observation at a Crossroads
Perspectives from Africa
Edited by Thomas Molony
This groundbreaking collection, which foregrounds contributions by African scholars, offers the first book-length contribution to ongoing debates around how election monitors can best support genuine democratic elections in ten countries across Africa.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 256 pages
HB
ePub
ePdf
Archiving Africana Women Stories
African Centered Education in South Africa and Detroit
Tiffany Caesar, San Francisco State University, USA
Tiffany Caesar's empowering work highlights the contributions of six extraordinary Black women educators who have contributed to African-Centered Institutions. Caesar brings a fresh and new perspective by discussing the 21st century Black woman and the necessity to archive their experiences. Topics in the book include Womanism, Mothering, Pan-Africanism, Portraiture Methodology, and Black Emancipatory Action Research.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 250 pages • 5 tables
HB 9781666944907 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978766587 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781666944914 • £87.01 / $108.00
Series: The Africana Experience and Critical Leadership Studies • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Musicking and Dancing Politics in Africa
Power, Activism, and Elections
Edited by Solomon Gwerevende, Dublin City University, Ireland, Trust Matsilele, Birmingham City University, UK & Wonder Maguraushe, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
Bringing together interdisciplinary scholars, this book explores how African musical traditions and dance act as political commentary and forms of resistance in Africa. The volume draws on Christopher Small's concept of "musicking" to explore the intersection between music, dance, and politics across the diverse cultural landscapes in Africa, particularly South Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe. Chapters cover case studies of how music and dance have been used as tools of political messaging and means of performing, visualizing and localizing activism, resistance, propaganda, and power in politics.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 224 pages
HB 9781666979169 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978766198 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781666979176 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Eritrea's Gold Rush
Western Mining Companies, Regional Wars, and Human Rights Abuses in Africa
Charlotte Touati
Leading Horn of Africa expert Charlotte Touati exposes the role played by Canadian gold mining company Nevsun and other global actors in propping up the regime of Isayas Aferwerki, one of Africa’s most dangerous dictators. In so doing, Touati shows how global capital networks help perpetuate economic and political instability in the Horn of Africa, which in turn is fostering violence and instability throughout other parts of the world.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350513563 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350513556 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350513570 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350513587 • £19.79 / $26.99
Zed Books
Decolonizing NGO Peacebuilding and Liberal Peace Agenda in Northern Uganda
Elias Omondi Opongo, Hekima University College, Kenya
Critically examining how Western-funded NGO interventions have shaped post-conflict recovery in Uganda, this book argues that the liberal peace agenda often marginalizes local agency and undermines culturally rooted approaches to peacebuilding. It offer critical insights for other post-conflict African contexts dominated by donor-driven peacebuilding and calls for a decolonial shift toward frameworks that restore African agency, reduce dependency, and prioritize community-led solutions for sustainable peace.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 160 pages
HB 9781666966053 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978768796 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9781666966060 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Foreign Intervention and Radicalization in Somalia (20012009)
How and When Does Conflict Evolve into Political Violence
Halil Ibrahim Alegöz
The central focus of this book is to explain the social mechanisms through which the radicalization processes on the part of al-Shabaab unfolded. The author argues that radicalization dynamics exerted their influence at the onset in relation to the formation of the warlord alliance known as the ARPCT and, more tellingly, escalated in the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 176 pages 10 b/w Figures (4 line drawings and 6 halftone)
HB 9781666964851
• £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978771352 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216201373 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Women of the Portuguese Guinea Liberation War
De-gendering the History of Anticolonial Struggle
Aliou Ly, Middle Tennessee State University, USA Aliou Ly offers a groundbreaking corrective to male-focussed narratives of the Portuguese Guinea Liberation War drawing on extensive interviews with female freedom fighters.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 216 pages
PB 9781350383081 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350383043
ePub 9781350383050 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350383067 • £00.00 / $00.00
Zed Books
Spaces for Resistance
Black Feminist Theory and Praxis in Academia and Beyond
Edited by Geniece Crawford Mondé, Furman University, USA & Ebonie Cunningham Stringer, Pennsylvania State University-Berks, USA
This book explores the varied ways in which Black Feminism is understood, applied, and expressed across disciplinary backgrounds. It examines how Black Feminist paradigms bear relevance on timely issues, like socially engaged scholarship, work-life balance, and navigating challenging social, academic and political contexts.
UK February 2026 • US December 2025 • 320 pages • 3 bw illus and 3 tables
HB 9781666963618 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978760615 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9781666963625 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Indigenous Resurgence in Australia
An Autoethnography
Olivia Guntarik
What if the root of our ecological crises lies not in what we are doing, but in how we understand ourselves—and our freedom? Can we ever be truly free if others remain oppressed? What is the cost of a freedom built on the exploitation of land, people, and resources? How can we break free from the pressure to constantly do and know, and instead find space for reflection and meaningful change?
Drawing on Indigenous storytelling and the political philosophy of Hannah Arendt, this book invites us to confront these questions. It critiques the fragmented ways of thinking that limit our understanding, blind us to deeper truths, and restrict our capacity to act.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 1 pages 20 tables
HB 9781666954418 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978770027 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216256700 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Public Brain
Ideology and the Neuroscientific Turn from the Polis to Platforms
Joss Hands, Newcastle University, UK
This book explores and challenges the ways in which scientific discourses about the brain have been used ideologically to maintain hierarchies and exclusions in politics and the public sphere, from ancient Greece up to the age of social media platforms. It provides an understanding of our current predicament of post-truth, political manipulation and fake news, beyond the usual fear mongering or celebratory rhetoric. It offers a way out of this condition, aiming to revive theories of rationality, but in recognition of multiple perspectives and accounting for our digital networked context, in pursuit of a new civility.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 168 pages 10 BW Photos
HB 9781786616043 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781786616067 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798881858575 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
An Anthropologist on Sacks
Seven Paradoxical Lessons from Neurology to Anthropology
Anna Apostolidou
This book traces the implicit methodological and epistemic alliances of Oliver Sacks’ work with the disciplinary foundations of a seemingly unrelated area: that of sociocultural anthropology. Written after a three-year period of systematic research, the book uncovers the unnoticed similarities between neurological and ethnographic pursuits and offers the reader fresh anthropological readings through the fascinating tales of a great thinker. It puts emphasis on the unique prose developed by Sacks to communicate his research findings and on the participatory techniques he employed long before these became widespread in the humanities and social sciences.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666967289 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978767324 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216251217 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
The Task of Having to Be
Tradition, Place and Human Finitude in Dialogue with Japan
Ricardo
Santos Alexandre
At the heart of the anthropological project lies a need to tackle the conundrum of the human condition. And yet, the conundrum persists. Author Ricardo Santos Alexandre does not try to solve the conundrum. Rather, he sheds some light over the reasons why it belongs to its nature to remain unsolved. Taking as a starting point a Japanese rural community and some elements of Japanese culture, the author reflects dialogically on several issues: the nature of tradition, the essence of places, the limitations of anthropological discourse on subjectivity and the self, and the connection between religion and human finitude.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9781666980363 • £80.00 / $105.00
ePub 9781978762176 • £75.83 / $94.50
ePdf 9798216265399 £75.83 / $94.50
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp
Christy Hyman
The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp highlights local narratives that sustain traditions amidst historical silences, connecting cultural values to heritage tourism and Indigenous stewardship. It showcases how marginalized communities maintain ancestral lifeways and create empowering knowledge spaces despite erasures, emphasizing their strong ties to land and tradition.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 128 pages 10 bw
PB 9780761874386 • £22.99 / $30.95 • HB 9780761892021 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9780761879084 • £22.35 / $27.85
ePdf 9780761880318 • £22.35 / $27.85
Hamilton Books
Archaeology, the Bible, and Sex
A Psychological Analysis of Sex, Sexuality, and Gender in the Ancient Near East
Caleb Jacobson
The book explores the intersection of biblical studies, archaeology, and psychology, pioneering innovative research methods in cognitive archaeology and psychological hermeneutics and delves into the ancient understanding of sex, sexuality, and gender through the analysis of material remains and psychological frameworks.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 40 b/w illus
HB 9781666980158 • £90.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978766556 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216251491 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Demographic Desires
Mediated Medicine, and
Emergency
Contraception in India
Nayantara S. Appleton
Through an exploration of the intertwined histories of hormonal contraception and population anxiety, Appleton shows how discourses and practices of ‘family planning’ weave together the demographic desires of the Indian state and Indian women. The book brings together debates in medical anthropology, media and cultural studies, and a feminist engagement on the medical, scientific, and cultural to showcase the myriad ways emergency contraception in India offers new opportunities for complicating the relationship between contraception, mediated medicine, and demography.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 362 pages • 8 illus
HB 9781666946642 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781978768901 • £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216253693 • £83.02 / $103.50
Series: Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society Bloomsbury Academic World English
Chart the history of key individual sites from their construction to the present day.
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Practical Heritage Management
A Reasonable and Good Faith Effort
Scott F. Anfinson, Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office (retired)
The second edition of Practical Heritage Management addresses the changes in laws and new practices in ethics, diversity and social justice in heritage management. It includes perspectives from archaeology, history, and architecture. This book will present a comprehensive overview of the American heritage management system, but it also includes insights into international heritage management. Scott Anfinson analyzes how these perspectives affected the development of the American system, and how they could now help improve the current system.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 624 pages • 42 bw illus
PB 9781538179321 • £54.99 / $75.00 • HB 9781538179314 • £100.00 / $145.00
ePub 9781538179338 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9798765154748 £54.28 / $67.50
Bloomsbury Academic
Mirrors and Masks in the Roman Empire
Encounter, Performance and Metamorphosis
Shelley Hales, University of Bristol, UK
This volume explores the experiences of classical mirror and mask users in the Roman provinces, examining how the populations of empire encountered themselves and each other through these potent objects, images and metaphors. It explores how particular themes are instantiated across a range of imperial contexts, as well as offering carefully selected case studies for detailed analysis.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages • 54 bw illus
HB 9781350412675 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350412705 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350412699 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Archaeological Histories
Duncan Garrow, University of Reading, UK & Michele George, McMaster University, Canada & Thomas Harrison, University of St Andrews, UK
Winchester City of Kings
Susanne Haselgrove, Secretary, Winchester Excavations Committee, UK & Katherine Barclay, Associate Director, Winchester Excavations Committee, UK
Winchester's rich heritage is brought to life in this uniquely accessible overview of the city's long and intricate physical and cultural history. Examining a wealth of archaeological evidence alongside surviving documentary sources, Susanne Haselgrove and Katherine Barclay paint a compelling picture of its waxing and waning fortunes, from prehistoric origins to early-medieval royal and ecclesiastical powerhouse, and subsequent decline to rebirth in 21st-century popular culture.
UK August 2025 US August 2025 192 pages 37 colour illus
PB 9781350399778 £19.99 / $26.95 HB 9781350399785 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350399808 £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350399792 • £17.99 / $24.29
Series: Archaeological Histories • Bloomsbury Academic
Butrint
At the Crossroads of the Mediterranean
Richard Hodges, The American University of Rome, Italy.
Focusing on the archaeology and history of Butrint in southern Albania, this book begins by looking at its foundation in the Bronze Age period through to the contemporary era, where it’s now a popular tourist destination. Richard Hodges, an expert on the site and previous Director of the British Foundation in Albania, looks at the Mediterranean seaport and its changing landscape over the course of five thousand years. Designed for students and general readers, this book offers an accessible and lively account of Butrint’s fascinating cultural history.
UK July 2025 US July 2025 216 pages 66 bw
ePub 9781350548626 £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350548619 • £19.79 / $26.99
Series: Archaeological Histories • Bloomsbury Academic
The Craft of Antler, Bone, Horn and Ivory Working in the Early Medieval Emporia c. AD 600850
Ian Riddler, Independent Material Culture Specialist, UK & Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski, Independent Material Culture Specialist, UK
This volume explores one of the most conspicuous crafts to emerge in the pre-Viking trading settlements of northern Europe: the working of antler, bone, horn and ivory. Through detailed analysis of a rich array of surviving evidence across sites and regions, it examines how and to what degree its development, practice and cultural impact during the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties influenced its later proliferation in significant Viking sites of the 9th and 10th centuries.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 240 pages 55 bw illus
HB 9781350292611 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350292642 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350292635 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Pasts Otherwise
The Archaeology of War at Sværholt
Bjørnar Olsen, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway & Christopher Witmore, Texas Tech University, USA
In this book, two leading theoretical archaeologists and the founding figures of what has been called “symmetrical archaeology” turn their attention to what kinds of pasts archaeology makes possible. The book is an attempt to unleash archaeology’s potential by opting for a past that resists historical time and the tropes of succession and replacement that the discipline has committed itself to for nearly two centuries.
Olsen and Witmore take up this task by boldly targeting one of the periods most thoroughly studied by historians, WWII. Building on over a decade of archaeological fieldwork and excavation at Sværholt, an erstwhile Wehrmacht artillery battery of the Atlantic Wall at the outermost terrestrial edge of continental Europe, they demonstrate precisely what difference archaeology can make to a period saturated by history.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 224 pages 150 colour photos
HB 9798881805463 • £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9798881805470 • £68.65 / $85.50
ePdf 9798765165171 • £68.65 / $85.50
Bloomsbury Academic
The Tobacco Takers
Puritanism, Smoking, Health, and the Archaeology of Bodily Care
Diana DiPaolo Loren
The archaeological record documents the popularity of smoking throughout seventeenthcentury North America. White kaolin pipes are ubiquitous in sites from the Atlantic east from Dutch New Amsterdam to Port Royal, Jamaica to Puritan Harvard College. While historical archaeologists have long talked about smoking in the Atlantic world, a discussion of the motivation behind early colonial smoking is rarely discussed. The assumption has been that smoking during this period was a leisure activity tied to drinking, but in the seventeenth-century Puritan world, smoking tobacco often had religious and medicinal connotations.
UK August 2025 • US November 2025 • 248 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781538189344 • £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781538189368 • £68.65 / $85.50
ePdf 9798881859848 £68.65 / $85.50
Bloomsbury Academic
The Application of GIS Technologies in the Roman Period
Spatial Analysis, Historic Modelling and Reconstructions
Pedro Trapero Fernández, University of Cadiz, Spain
Using a selection of archaeological cases studies from the Roman period in the Mediterranean region, Pedro Trapero Fernández shows how GIS technologies can be employed in the creation of spatial models to reproduce historical realities. Each chapter focuses on a particular spatial model, such as mobility and visibility models, and discusses their limitations and potential for implementation in archaeological contexts. The result is a detailed analysis of each method, which consequently results in an accessible manual for understanding GIS technologies.
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 232 pages • 27 bw illus
HB 9781350433700 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350433724 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350433717 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
East Germanic Ironmaking in the Roman Period
Archaeometry of Slag and Ore Finds in the Przeworsk Culture
Grzegorz Zabinski, Jan Dlugosz University, Poland, Marcin Wozniak, Museum of Ancient Masovian Metallurgy, Poland, Jaroslaw Gramacki, University of Zielona Góra, Poland & Artur Gramacki, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Making a study of East Germanic iron smelting in the Roman period, this open access book gives an in-depth account of the development of metallurgy in Przeworsk culture. Its three main ironmaking centres – the Holy Cross Mountains, Masovia and Silesia – were among the largest iron production regions beyond the borders of the Roman Empire, producing grave furnishings, weaponry and other commodities. This is the first book to carry out artefact provenance analyses using the most up-to-date archaeological methods.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the National Science Centre Poland.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 288 pages 40 bw illus
PB 9781350535510 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9781350535480 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350535503 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350535497 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Finding Antiquity, Making the Modern Middle East
Archaeology, Empires, Nations
Edited by Guillemette Crouzet, European University Institute in Florence, Italy & Eva Miller, University College London, UK
Through a series of archaeological case studies, this book explores how the notion of the ancient Middle-Eastern past was established and contested in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The contributors draw on a range of interdisciplinary perspectives and approaches, such as postcolonial studies, heritage studies and international relations, covering geographic regions such as Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and Algeria.
UK March 2025 • US June 2025 • 288 pages • 29 bw illus
HB 9781350458697 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350458710 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350458703 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art
Petroglyphs from Eurasia, Arabia and Northern Africa
Christoph Baumer, Independent Scholar & Therese Weber
In Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art, Christoph Baumer examines the very earliest examples of human artistic expression. Taking in examples of rock carvings and paintings from Central Asia and the Caucasus through to Arabia and the Sahara. Baumer examines petroglyphs created on natural rock surfaces or inside prehistoric caves, by engraving, carving or scratching techniques using lithic or metallic tools and explores their meanings through local myths and legends and ceramic artefacts of the time. Vividly illustrated throughout with 300 full colour images, the book celebrates the legacy of these petroglyphs over tens of thousands of years to the present.
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Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge
Transgression, Innovation, and Intimacy
Edited by Jooyeon Rhee, Penn State University, USA, Hong Kal, York University, UK & Thomas R. Klassen
This book examines Korean culture (including food, music, fashion, K-pop, cinema and much more) as twenty-first century global phenomenon. Inspired by the term “edge”, which in Korean refers to attitudes and ideas that are new, gripping and transgressive, each chapter provides a new perspective on today’s Korea.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 5 tables
HB 9781666965544 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978768529 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216253099 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
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Asian Celebrity and Fandom Studies
Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in Asia
Edited by Celia Lam, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China & Jackie Raphael-Luu, University of the Arts, London, UK
From Bollywood to K-Pop, from Crazy Rich Asians to YouTube stars and Boys’ Love media, this book brings together leading scholars to explore “bromance” in celebrity culture across Asia. Celebrity Bromance and Comradery Capital in Asia demonstrates how celebrity bromances are used as global promotional tools in different national and transnational contexts, including China, Thailand, India and beyond. Across chapters written by leading international scholars, the book demonstrates how a “comradery capital” develops as Asian bromances become not just a promotional tool but commodities in their own right in contemporary celebrity culture.
UK October 2025
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HB 9780755655021 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755655045 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Asian Celebrity and Fandom Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Contemporary Chinese Celebrities
Moral Transgressions, Rights Defence and Public Concerns
Shenshen Cai, Monash University, Australia
Whether willingly or unwillingly, public celebrities are often the focus of discussion of moral matters and political causes, but how does this sort of celebrity culture function in a country such as China with a powerful central state? Contemporary Chinese Celebrities explores how in today’s China, celebrity figures embody, conflict with and engage with social, civil, moral and economic issues. Shenshen Cai examines the state’s governance of celebrity activism and the interplay between the propaganda machine and the stars.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 168 pages
PB 9781350409422 • £28.99 / $39.95
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ePub 9781350409453 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350409446 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Asian Celebrity and Fandom Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Jian Xu, Deakin University, Australia & Sean Redmond, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
The Impact of International Financial Institutions in Pakistan
Development, Governance and the Rule of Law
Naveed Ahmed, Washington University, St Louis, USA
In this book, Naveed Ahmed examines the impact of International Financial Institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF on the rule of law, good governance and development in Pakistan. The book explores how these institutions have been hindered in achieving social justice as a result of being caught between weak local governance structures and the competing interests of other powers, including Europe and the USA. Ahmed goes on to demonstrate how the ethos and instruments of rule of law and good governance can counter the internal factors that have aggravated conditions of poverty and social injustice in Pakistan.
UK December 2025
• US December 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781350295339
• £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350295346
• £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350295353 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
State Formation and Conflicts in Sri Lanka
Sunil Bastian, Independent Scholar, UK
This book explores how the history of postcolonial Sri Lanka suggests a new paradigm for understanding state-formation as an ever-shifting and evolving process. The Sri Lankan state has formed under the pressure of multiple conflicts: around capitalist transition on the one hand, and the deteriorating relationship between the state and Tamil minority populations on the other. Sunil Bastian demonstrates the way these conflicts have overlapped, with international support for the introduction of neoliberal policies propping up a state engaged in armed ethnic conflict.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 200 pages
HB 9781350451827 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350451834 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350451841 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Technopolitics of Communication in Modern India
Paper Chains and Viral Phenomena
Pragya Dhital, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
The Technopolitics of Communication in Modern India explores the changing role of technology in the history of political communication in India today, from newspapers, manifestos and magazines to modern social media platforms. The book looks at the way these changing media have been used to create socio-political communities of identity by both state and non-state actors – a process that has become of urgent concern in the volatile, social-media fuelled age of populist politics.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9781350466661 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350466678 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350466685 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Nation-Building and StateMaking During the Filipino Third Republic (1946-1960s)
Tristan Miguel Osteria, University of Santo Tomas, the Philippines
This book examines the nation-building of the Philippines as a moderate bridge between U.S. and Asia from independence to the present date. Key to this discussion is an analysis of the presidency of Ramon Magsaysay and the role of non-elite centric nationalism in shaping the political culture.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 5 tables
HB 9781666956146 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978764194 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216201410 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Documents of the Asian American Experience
Noriko Matsumoto, University of Vermont, USA
This curated and contextualized primary source collection examines the history of Asian Americans from precolonial times to the present day. It features more than 80 documents across 17 time periods, including newspaper articles, personal accounts, federal legislation, propaganda pieces, and more. Readers will discover the multifaceted experiences of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and Filipino Americans, among others. Essays at the beginning of each section provide an overview of the time period and the political, economic, and sociocultural factors influencing race relations at the time. Concise introductions to each document provide necessary background information about the source and its significance.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781440879821 • £110.00 / $150.00
ePub 9798765110133 • £108.57 / $135.00
ePdf 9781440879838 • £108.57 / $135.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Simulation
The Practice of Model Development and Use
Stewart Robinson, School of Business and Economics, Coventry, UK
Guiding readers through the key stages in a simulation project in terms of both the technical requirements and the project management challenges, this textbook is a comprehensive introduction to simulation. The author's engaging style and authoritative knowledge add to the accessibility of the book, while case studies and online resources encourage a critical engagement with the topic. This is an ideal textbook for students studying upper level undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Business and Management, Operations Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics.
ePub 9781350445246 • £49.49 / $67.49
ePdf 9781350445239 • £49.49 / $67.49
Bloomsbury Academic
AI Governance Playbook
How to Secure, Control, and Optimize Artificial Intelligence Initiatives
Robert F. Smallwood & Chris Surdak
Organizations are rushing to capitalize on the artificial intelligence (AI) trend, however, often the proper controls and planning are not in place. AI governance includes a comprehensive framework of principles, policies, regulations, and operational practices that steer the entire lifecycle of AI technologies, from development to deployment to usage. This multifaceted approach addresses a wide array of vital factors, such as ethics, accountability, transparency, fairness, privacy, and security. In the absence of robust governance, AI has the potential to amplify preexisting disparities, compromise individual rights, and introduce risks that may impact both individuals and the broader community.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 352 pages
PB 9798881800840 • / $34.95 • HB 9798881800833 • / $135.00
ePub 9798881800857 • £25.54 / $31.45
ePdf 9798765160183 • £25.54 / $31.45
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Corporations That Changed the World
Starbucks
Marie A. Bussing, University of Indiana, USA
Since its humble beginnings at Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1971, Starbucks has grown to become an industry leader and household name. This book takes an in-depth look at the evolution of this dynamic and sometimes controversial corporation. It also explores how Starbucks has embraced and incorporated new technologies and innovations, as well as how the corporation has shaped and been shaped by important social causes. An unbiased look at the controversies that have surrounded Starbucks over the years, from labor issues to the contentious holiday cups.
UK January 2025 US January 2025 192 pages
PB 9798765138366 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440873881
ePub 9798216148661 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440873898 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Corporations That Changed the World • Bloomsbury Academic World English
AI for the Rest of Us
An Illustrated Introduction
Sairam Sundaresan
In AI For the Rest of Us, Sairam Sundaresan reveals AI's true nature: not cyborg sci-fi overlords, but clever tricks, surprising simplicity, and the human creativity teaching computers to, well, 'think'.
Understanding arrives in the form of playful puzzles (why AI sees your pooch as a pastry!), witty explanations, and charming drawings, from a guide passionate that AI’s core ideas are for everyone.
Sundaresan helps you see AI's 'smarts' unfold by showing how a robot (eventually!) learns a dance, how it finds logic in 'king – man + woman = queen', or even cooks up faces so lifelike, you might recognize them. His signature doodles illuminate ideas, transforming baffling complexity into moments of pure, delightful clarity. From first building blocks to modern marvels like AI that chats, creates art, or decides what you buy, this book is your exhilarating ticket to understanding the AI age.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages • 50 b/w illustrations
PB 9798881807955 • £17.99 / $24.95
ePub 9798881807962 • £18.35 / $22.45
ePdf 9798881867454 • £18.35 / $22.45
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
The Art of Less
How to Focus on What Really Matters at Work
Mats Alvesson & André Spicer
A handbook on how overburdened organizations can introduce more effective working, and how everyone can achieve more by doing less.
This book is an essential read for anyone that wants to work in or create a more effective and efficient working environment, and truly get the best out of their employees and themselves.
The authors explain 'the sludge' at work: how and why it gets in the way of performance, what needs to be done to create less overloaded organizations, and how customers can get more efficient services and products.
UK September 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781399422598 • £25.00 / $35.00
ePub 9781399422604 • £17.50 / $24.29
ePdf 9781399422574 • £17.50 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
Uber
B. Yasanthi Perera & Pia A. Albinsson
Uber is one of the most innovative companies of our time. This book provides key insights into the inner workings of the sharing economy and delivers a comprehensive overview of Uber's technological innovations, global expansion, and business model. It also discusses the company leadership and corporate culture, addresses such controversies as rider and driver safety and sexual harassment of female employees, and explores how the company is addressing these challenges.
UK January 2025 US January 2025 256 pages
PB 9798765138281 £21.99 / $29.95
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ePub 9798216158677 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440864254 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Corporations That Changed the World • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Business Ethics in Action Managing Human Excellence
Domènec Melé, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain
The 3rd edition of this text, written by leading expert Domènec Melé, who has more than 30 years' experience researching, teaching and consulting in business ethics, takes a truly international approach to the subject. With multiple new case studies and examples per chapter, covering well-known multinationals from Enron to Volkswagen, as well as SMEs like Stormberg, this text is the ideal companion for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students alike.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 464 pages • 36 figures and tables
PB 9781350414648 • £49.99 / $67.95 • HB 9781350438675 • £160.00
ePub 9781350438682 • £44.99 / $60.74
ePdf 9781350438651 • £44.99 / $60.74
Bloomsbury Academic World All Languages (except Spanish)
The Theory and Practice of Change Management
John Hayes, Leeds University, UK
With a clear organizing framework, based on a process model of change, and vast breadth of coverage, John Hayes’ best-selling textbook covers all stages of change management. This 7th edition equips students with the practical tools, and knowledge of recent academic research and thinking, to manage change in all types of organizations. It embeds learning with a range of pedagogical tools, including experiential learning exercises, research reports, in-text examples and case studies from real-life organizational situations.
UK October 2025 • US January 2026 • 516 pages
PB 9781350413337 • £56.99 / $79.95 • HB 9781350413344 • £170.99
ePub 9781350413351 • £51.29 / $70.19
ePdf 9781350413368 • £51.29 / $70.19
Bloomsbury Academic
Organizational Change in Action
Louise Boulter, Middlesex University, UK, Thomas Calvard, University of Edinburgh, UK & Goudarz Azar
This compact textbook provides an overview of how firms experience change, and informs how to develop a critical lens of how change is managed at the organisational, individual and group levels of analysis. The authors bring to the fore the human aspect of change management: how you can learn to enact change in an ethical and empathetic way, taking into account psychological and cross-cultural perspectives, as well as business imperatives.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages 45 figures and tables
PB 9781350335141 £39.99 / $59.95 HB 9781350335967 £130.00
ePub 9781350335974 • £35.99 / $48.59
ePdf 9781350335981 • £35.99 / $48.59
Bloomsbury Academic
Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Paul Burns, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Structured around Burns’ four pillars of entrepreneurial architecture – organizational culture, structure and controls, leadership and management and strategy and tactics – this market-leading text gives a comprehensive overview of corporate entrepreneurship. With over 75 international case studies, bulleted chapter summaries, group discussion topics and end-of-chapter activities, it explores both the theoretical underpinnings and realworld practicalities of successful corporate entrepreneurship.
UK March 2025 • US June 2025 • 528 pages • 104 figures and 20 tables
PB 9781350384071 • £57.99 / $79.95 • HB 9781350384088 • £180.00 / $245.00
ePub 9781350384095 • £52.19 / $71.54
ePdf 9781350384101 • £52.19 / $71.54
Bloomsbury Academic
Marketing in Creative Industries
Value, Experience and Creativity
Gabriele Troilo, Universita Bocconi di Milano, Milano
This textbook addresses the specific challenges of marketing in the creative industries, whilst applying marketing theory to a wide range of international examples. It combines a comprehensive and innovative perspective on customer value theory with practical marketing strategies and detailed case studies. The text looks at a range of creative industries, analysing their similarities and identifying and recommending a suitable managerial model for effective marketing.
UK October 2025 US January 2026 384 pages 72 bw figures and tables
PB 9781350522602 • £45.99 / $64.95
ePub 9781350522626 • £41.39 / $56.69
ePdf 9781350522619 • £41.39 / $56.69
Bloomsbury Academic
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Alexander’s Successors and the Creation of Hellenistic Kingship
John Holton, Newcastle University, UK
Alexander’s Successors and the Creation of Hellenistic Kingship reconstructs how the development of royal ideologies led to five powerful new kingships after Alexander’s death. It reveals how ideological performances and ongoing competition among the post-Alexander elite created the reality of the long-lasting institution of Hellenistic kingship, which would last for generations and even centuries as the model for autocratic power in the ancient world.
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Royal Traditions and the Consolidation of Power by Alexander’s Successors
John Holton, Newcastle University, UK
Examining the period of political consolidation after Alexander the Great’s death, John Holton reconstructs how the successors used new frameworks of royal ideology to create long-term kingships. There is a particular focus on the deeper manoeuvres within the inter-generational impact raging from the influence of religion and family relations, to succession-planning and royal funerals.
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Aristophanes and the Current Moment
The Politics of Comedy
Edited by Constanze Güthenke, University of Oxford, UK & Samuel Gartland, University of Oxford, UK
Aristophanes’ comedies have long been read as a response to the political turbulence of fifth-century Athens, particularly during the Peloponnesian War. However, this volume frames him as a ‘political correspondent,’ whose works engage critically with both his time and ours. The contributions to this volume explore the ways in which Aristophanes’ comedy remains vital and disruptive in the present. The essays examine the tension between Aristophanes’ comic exaggerations and their real-world implications, revealing how his humour both reflects and unsettles our current political and social concerns.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 232 pages
HB 9781350475083 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350475106 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350475090 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Politics • Bloomsbury Academic
The Self in Ancient and Early Modern Philosophy
Edited by Attila Németh, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary & Dániel Schmal, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary
This remarkable open access collection of scholarly studies by internationally distinguished experts explores the intricate and multifaceted philosophical concepts of the Self as understood in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the early modern period. The contributors weave together a rich tapestry of historical and comparative case studies that highlight tensions as well as connections between ancient and early modern perspectives on the Self.
The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 296 pages
HB 9781350380370 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350380349 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350380332 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Hermias:
On Plato Phaedrus 257C-279C, with ‘Syrianus’
Introduction to Hermogenes on Styles
Michael Share, University of Tasmania, Australia & Dirk Baltzly, University of Tasmania, Australia
This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplatonic commentary on Plato's Phaedrus to have survived in its entirety. The third and final volume concludes Hermias' commentary, here, Plato delivers a celebrated critique of writing, and its relationship to orality. Hermias follows him, and adds a general account of good writing.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 208 pages
HB 9781350363762 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350363793 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350363786 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle Bloomsbury Academic
Sublime Cosmos in GraecoRoman Literature and Its Reception
Intersections of Myth, Science and
History
Edited by David Christenson, University of Arizona, USA & Cynthia White, University of Arizona, USA
The essays collected in this volume examine manifestations of our sublime cosmos in ancient literature and its reception. Individual themes include religious mystery; calendrical and cyclical thinking as ordering principles of human experience; divine birth and the manifold nature of divinity (both awesome and terrifying); contemplation of the sky and meteorological (ir)regularity; fears associated with overpowering natural and anthropogenic events; and the aspirations and limitations of human expression. In texts ranging from Homer to Keats, the volume’s chapters apply diverse critical methods and approaches that engage with sublimity in various aesthetic, agential and metaphysical aspects.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9781350344716 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350344679
ePub 9781350344693 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350344686 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Imperial Institutions in Ancient Rome and Early China A
Comparative Analysis
Michael Loewe, University of Cambridge, UK, Michael Nylan, University of California at Berkeley, USA & T. Corey Brennan, Rutgers University, USA
Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, and edited for publication by T. Corey Brennan and Michael Nylan, this book gives an overview of the considerations and practices of two major world empires that together ruled half of the earth's population in the first centuries BCE: ancient Rome and Han China. Approaching the historical material with a comparative perspective, Loewe examines the strengths and weaknesses, and the successes and failures, which can be seen in the organisation and government of these two political systems.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350445123 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350445116 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350445147 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350445130 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Academic
The Parthians at War
Combat, Logistics, Reputation, and the First War with Rome
Nikolaus Leo Overtoom
The Parthians at War is the first ever comprehensive scholarly attempt to evaluate and understand the military capabilities and accomplishments of the greatest enemy of the Seleucids and Romans, the Parthians. It reassesses the militarism of the Parthians and the First Parthian-Roman War, emphasizing their tactical, strategic, and logistical innovations.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 336 pages • 8 b/w illus
HB 9781666936148
£95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978762619 £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216264101 £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
New Perspectives on the Roman Civil Wars of 49–30 BCE
Edited by Richard Westall, University of Dallas Rome Program, Italy & Hannah Cornwell, University of Birmingham, UK
Offering new and original approaches to the Roman civil wars of 49-30 BCE, this book explores eleven papers which shed light on this crucial moment in the forging of Roman identity. They engage with a variety of problems and topics in political discourse (diplomacy, the concept of libertas, divine paternity); socio-economic structures (allied rulers, military officials, civil war finances, Agrippa’s family); material culture (the coinage of Julius Caesar, the physical remains of Corfinium); and literary commemoration (Sallust on trauma, the lost Histories of Asinius Pollio).
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 248 pages • 19 bw illus
PB 9781350272477 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350272460
ePub 9781350272491 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350272484 £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Local and Imperial Culture in the Roman Provinces
Kristian Kanstrup Christensen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
By adopting a theoretical approach rooted in the anthropological study of agrarian communities, this book investigates the reach and impact of Roman civilisation while considering the limitations of pre-industrial communication and social organisation. For half a millennium, the Roman state unified the Mediterranean world in an empire without parallel in European history. Yet, to what extent did this vast domain truly integrate the diverse cultures under its rule? This question forms the foundation for a novel cultural history that captures both sides of ancient imperialism: the connectivity fostered between local cultures and the hierarchical structures imposed upon them.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 232 pages • 18 bw illus
HB 9781350516090 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350516113 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350516106 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Confronting Identities in the Roman Empire
Assumptions about the Other in Literary Evidence
Edited by José Luís Brandão, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Cláudia Teixeira, University of Évora, Portugal & Ália Rodrigues, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Drawing together new research from emerging and senior scholars, this open-access volume presents an up-to-date discussion of these notions in the ancient world, both at the individual and community level. This open access edited volume offers insights into how ancient texts, ranging from the historical and biographical to the oratorical and epistolary, demonstrate the negotiation and renegotiation of otherness, identity and culture.
The ebook editions of this book are available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 384 pages
PB 9781350354012 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350353985
ePub 9781350354234 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350353992 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds
Edited by Laura Borghetti, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany & Thomas Arentzen, Lund University, Sweden
How can we study the late ancient and Byzantine history from ecological perspectives? How might one grapple with the more-than-human in sources and media created by humans? Exploring the diverse ways in which pre-modern texts engaged with the broader natural world, this book presents scholarly ventures into the terrains of the past. From the ancient treatises on dreams to monastic tales from the Hexameron literature to the Byzantine romance, from the Exeter Book to a mysterious Byzantine icon, the chapters investigate a diverse range of literature and other sources, uncovering intricate ecosystems of relationships.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 240 pages • 7 bw illus
HB 9781350505926 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350505940 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350505933 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: sera tela: Studies in Late Antique Literature and Its Reception Bloomsbury Academic
Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions
C. W. Marshall, University of British Columbia, Canada & Niall W. Slater
Aristophanes: Wasps
Craig Jendza, Denison University, USA
This is the first book-length study dedicated to Aristophanes’ Wasps (422 BCE), which is arguably one of his most hilarious and inventive comedies. Ideal for students with no experience in Greek comedy or for researchers wanting an updated analysis of the play, this book explores Wasps in terms of Aristophanes’ particular brand of Old Comedy, its historical context, innovative stagecraft and its reception up until the present day.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 168 pages • 4 bw illus
HB 9781350344006 • £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781350344020 • £63.00 / $86.39
ePdf 9781350344013 £63.00 / $86.39
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions Bloomsbury Academic
Plautus: Epidicus
T. H. M. Gellar-Goad, Wake Forest University, USA
Plautus’ comedy Epidicus has the most convoluted, complicated and recursive plot in all known ancient Greek and Roman literature – despite being shorter than all but two other plays that survive in full from ancient drama. The play is filled with doubles and triples: two soldiers, three lyre-players, two love objects, two old men, two young men, three deception plots and three pairs of scenes where one person momentously recognizes – or momentously doesn’t recognize – someone else.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 176 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350416222 • £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781350416246 • £63.00 / $86.39
ePdf 9781350416239 • £63.00 / $86.39
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions • Bloomsbury Academic
HoneyVoiced
A Translation of Pindar’s Songs for Athletes
James Bradley Wells, DePauw University, USA
This new translation of Pindar’s songs for victorious athletes marries philological rigour with poetic sensibility in order to represent the beauty of his language for a modern audience as closely as possible. Pindar’s poetry is synonymous with difficulty for scholars and students of classical studies. His syntax stretches the limits of ancient Greek, while his allusions to mythology and other poetic texts assume an audience that knows more than we now possibly can, given the fragmentary nature of textual and material culture records for ancient Greece.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 344 pages
PB 9781350226449 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350226401
ePub 9781350226425 • £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781350226418 £90.00 / $122.84
Bloomsbury Academic
Looking at Hippolytus
Edited by David Stuttard, Independent Scholar, UK
Written at a time of great social upheaval, Hippolytus is one of the most studied plays in Greek drama. This volume examines how Euripides responded to contemporary ideas and events, and how his audience may have reacted to his play. As well as considering the play’s relationship with earlier lost tragedies and discussing many of its characters and central themes including its relationship with religion and evolving medical theories, this volume considers how Hippolytus may have been staged in fifth-century Athens and its reception from antiquity until today.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9781350429024 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350429048 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350429031 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Plautus: Cistellaria
Ariana Traill, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
This volume is the first book-length introduction to Plautus’ Cistellaria (The Jewelry Box), offering an incisive overview for both students and scholars coming to it for the first time. This play is a story of young lovers defying social norms and disapproving parents in order to be together, featuring a memorable cast of characters and moments of both high humor and drama. This classic mistaken-identity plot includes witty interchanges and a lively conflict of values and ideals.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 176 pages • 3 bw illus
HB 9781350241787 • £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781350241817 • £63.00 / $86.39
ePdf 9781350241800 £63.00 / $86.39
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions Bloomsbury Academic
Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic
Edited by Andriana Domouzi, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece & Silvio Bär, University of Oslo, Norway
This is the first scholarly exploration of concepts and representations of Artificial Intelligence in ancient Greek and Roman epic, including their reception in later literature and culture. Contributors look at how Hesiod, Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Moschus, Ovid and Valerius Flaccus have elaborated on the first literary texts that deal with automata and the quest for artificial life, as well as technological intervention improving human life.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 320 pages • 6 bw illus
PB 9781350260733 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350260696
ePub 9781350260719 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350260702 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Psychiatry Antiquity and Its Legacy
Jessica Wright, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Is psychiatry a distinctively modern approach to mental difference and distress, or is it a continuation of ancient Greek ideas – in the realm not only of medicine (consider ‘melancholia’), but also of philosophy (source of the idea of ‘therapeutics of the soul’) and tragic drama (inspiration for, among other concepts, the ‘Oedipus complex’)? This volume examines how psychiatry, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy have been shaped by classical antiquity (and ideas about antiquity), and it explores the stories told about what this relationship between the psy disciplines and ancient Greece might mean.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350215801 £19.99 / $26.95 HB 9781350215818 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350215832 £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350215825 £17.99 / $24.29
Series: Ancients and Moderns • Bloomsbury Academic
Amazons in the Digital Era
The Reception of the Warrior Woman Image
Edited by Arturo Sánchez Sanz, University of Madrid, Spain
For more than 3,000 years, the Amazons have been a recognised symbol that transcends mythology and has influenced history itself. The image of the powerful warrior woman who defied the established patriarchal order proved so compelling that it became permanently enshrined in the collective imagination—first through oral tradition and later through texts and images. The contributions in this volume explore how this image has endured through the lens of classical reception. From Wonder Woman to the war in Ukraine, and across diverse genres such as video games, fashion, warfare and documentary film, the Amazonian archetype has evolved beyond anything once imagined.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 280 pages • 24 bw illus
HB 9781350462175 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350462199 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350462182 £85.50 / $116.09
Series: IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts Bloomsbury Academic
Greek Tragedy and the Middle East
Chasing the Myth
Edited by Pauline Donizeau, Lumière University Lyon 2 , France, Yassaman Khajehi, Clermont Auvergne University, France & Daniela Potenza, Messina University, Italy
Employing the idea of interculturality to study Middle Eastern adaptations of Greek tragedy from the turn of 20th century until the present day, this book first explores the earlier phase of the development of Greek classical reception in Middle Eastern theatre. It then moves to focus on modern Arabic, Persian and Turkish adaptations of Greek tragedy both in the early post-colonial and contemporary periods in the MENA and in Europe. Case by case, this book examines how the classical sources are reworked and adapted, as well as how they engage with interculturality, hybridisation and the circulation of aesthetics and models.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw images
PB 9781350355736 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350355699
ePub 9781350355712 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350355705 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Classical Diaspora Bloomsbury Academic
The Ancient World in Alternative History and Counterfactual Fictions
Edited by Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas, University of Granada, Spain & Leire Olabarria, University of Birmingham, UK
Focusing in turn on history, powerful individuals, under-represented voices and the arts, the essays in this collection cover a wide variety of modern and contemporary narrative fiction from Jo Walton and L. Sprague De Camp to T. S. Chaudhry and Catherynne M. Valente. Chapters look into the question of chance versus determinism in the unfolding of historical events, the role individuals play in shaping a society or occasion, and the way art and literature symbolise important messages in counterfactual histories.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 1 bw image and 1 table
PB 9781350289666 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350281622
ePub 9781350281646 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350281639 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception • Bloomsbury Academic
Classicism and the Construction of Capital Cities
London, Athens and Rome in the Nineteenth Century
Richard Alston, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Exploring the intriguing interplay between tradition and modernity in the 19th-century capitals of London, Athens and Rome, Richard Alston delves into the political and architectural choices that shaped these cities as representations of self-consciously modern nations. Politicians and architects invested in classical styles in their efforts to break with traditions and assert new values. Classical style was employed to address questions of urbanism and nation, citizenship and belonging, and history and civilization.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages • 54 bw illus
HB 9781350445314 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350445338 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350445321 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception • Bloomsbury Academic
Experiencing Immersion in Antiquity and Modernity
From Narrative to Virtual Reality
Edited by Emma Cole, University of Queensland, Australia
This book examines the links between experiencing immersion in antiquity and modernity. Immersive experiences are big business within today’s creative economy. Forms range from immersive museum exhibitions, theatrical performances, art installations and experiences facilitated through virtual and augmented reality technologies. Yet the idea of immersion is not new; paintings, sculpture and theatre have all been theorised historically in terms of illusion, realism and immersion.
UK August 2025 US August 2025 248 pages 9 bw illus
HB 9781350419094 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350419117 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350419100 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception • Bloomsbury Academic
Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies
Bobby Xinyue, King's College London, UK & Gesine Manuwald, University College London, UK & Stephen Harrison, University of Oxford, UK & William M. Barton, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies, Austria
The Chrysis of Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Cynthia Liu, University of Oxford, UK & R. A. Smith, Baylor University, USA
This book offers an accessible translation and detailed commentary of Piccolomini's only comedy, Chrysis. Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1405-1464), also known as Pope Pius II, is among the Quattrocento’s most interesting personalities. Piccolomini enjoyed remarkable range, one aspect of which is his capacity as a writer and, specifically as regards this volume, as a comedic dramaturge. This book offers a performable English translation of his play, Chrysis
$103.94
ePdf 9781350419971 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies • Bloomsbury Academic
De persecutione Anglicana by Robert Persons S.J.
A Critical Edition of the Latin Text with English Translation, Commentary and Introduction
Victor Houliston, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa & Marianne Dircksen, North West University, South Africa
Presenting the text of a notorious Jesuit attack on Queen Elizabeth I’s treatment of her Catholic subjects, this volume highlights the European context of the English Reformation and Robert Persons’s role as propagandist. In De persecutione Anglicana, Robert Persons (1546–1610) graphically describes the conditions in prisons, the harassment of Catholics at home and the gruesome manner of execution for treason. The work culminates in the arrest of the famous Jesuit martyr Edmund Campion, with rapidly revised versions bringing the narrative up to date after Campion’s execution.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 288 pages
PB 9781350379350 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350379343
ePub 9781350379374 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350379367 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies Bloomsbury
Academic
The Neo-Latin Verse of Urban VIII, Alexander VII and Leo XIII
Three Papal Poets from Baroque to Risorgimento
Stephen Harrison, University of Oxford, UK
A fascinating insight into the most talented Latin poets to occupy the Papal throne after Pius II Piccolomini in the 15th century, this book offers translations of and commentaries on the major poems of the three popes (all Italians): Urban VIII Barberini, Alexander VII Chigi and Leo XIII Pecci. Their highly accomplished Neo-Latin poems owe much to the major Latin poets and are significant instances of classical reception.
UK November 2025
• US November 2025 • 288 pages • 3 bw illus
PB 9781350292376 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350292383
ePub 9781350292406 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350292390 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies • Bloomsbury Academic
Alaudae Volume 1 (1889–1890)
The Original Latin Text of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, with English Translation and Explanatory Notes
Edited by Llewelyn Morgan & Michael Lombardi-Nash, Independent Scholar, USA
For the first time, more than just a handful of readers will be able to study, enjoy and become acquainted with one of the seminal works by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. Many have been able to read his works in German, but not in Latin. This annotated, easy-to-read translation will satisfy scholars, educators, researchers, historians, activists and biographers hungry to learn more about the life and work of Ulrichs.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 328 pages • 5 bw illus
HB 9781350334496 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350334502 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350334519 £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Alaudae Volume 2 (1891–1892)
The Original Latin Text of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, with English Translation and Explanatory Notes
Edited by Llewelyn Morgan & Michael Lombardi-Nash, Independent Scholar, USA
For the first time, more than just a handful of readers will be able to study, enjoy and become acquainted with one of the seminal works by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. Many have been able to read his works in German, but not in Latin. This annotated, easy-to-read translation will satisfy scholars, educators, researchers, historians, activists and biographers hungry to learn more about the life and work of Ulrichs.
UK August 2025 US August 2025 312 pages 3 bw illus
HB 9781350334830 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350334847 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350334823 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Alaudae Volume 3 (1893–1895)
The Original Latin Text of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, with English Translation and Explanatory Notes
Edited by Llewelyn Morgan & Michael Lombardi-Nash, Independent Scholar, USA
For the first time, more than just a handful of readers will be able to study, enjoy and become acquainted with one of the seminal works by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. Many have been able to read his works in German, but not in Latin. This annotated, easy-to-read translation will satisfy scholars, educators, researchers, historians, activists and biographers hungry to learn more about the life and work of Ulrichs.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 304 pages • 2 bw illus
HB 9781350334977 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350334991 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350334984 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Latin Political Propaganda in the War of the Spanish Succession and Its Aftermath, 1700-1740
Alejandro Coroleu, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Latin Political Propaganda offers the first comprehensive study of the central role played by the Latin language to celebrate or undermine political power during the War of the Spanish Succession (17011715). Waged as much on the printed page as on the battlefield, this worldwide conflict gave rise to an astonishing variety of Latin writing across the Continent - in verse or in prose - on both the pro-Habsburg and pro-Bourbon sides.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages • 9 bw illus
PB 9781350214934 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350214897
ePub 9781350214910 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350214903 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Studies in Early Modern Latin •
de Romanis Book 1 (2nd edition)
dei et deae
Katharine Radice, University of Cambridge, UK, Sonya Kirk, Chesterton Community College, UK, Angela Cheetham, Bedford Modern School, UK & George Lord, Independent Scholar, UK
Now endorsed by OCR and Eduqas, this popular Latin course for students aged 11–16 is breathing new life into Latin teaching and learning. In Book 1, students meet the gods and heroes of the Roman world. This new edition has been revised throughout based on teacher feedback. Chapter introductions and core language sections are more accessible; you will find new boxes to offer opportunities for quick practice and enhance literacy through derivation skills; new primary sources expand your experience of the material world; revised stories support understanding of the darker side of Roman history.
UK March 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages • 42 colour and 26 bw illus
PB 9781350531598 • £19.99 / $26.95
ePub 9781350531604 • £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350531611 £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
de Romanis Book 3 scriptores
Katharine Radice, University of Cambridge, UK, Angela Cheetham, Bedford Modern School, UK, Sonya Kirk, Chesterton Community College, UK & George Lord, Independent Scholar, UK
The de Romanis Latin course introduces students to both the Latin language and the cultural world of the Romans. In this third volume, students complete their journey to reading original Latin texts from some of the most famous authors the world has known. Each chapter ends with a section of original or very lightly adapted Latin texts with parallel idiomatic translations and full translation support. Uniquely of any course on the market, this volume guides students through the skills needed to read original Latin works, across different periods and genres, preparing them to study the set texts at GCSE and beyond.
UK March 2025 US May 2025 296 pages 20 colour illus
PB 9781350462670 £19.99 / $26.95
ePub 9781350462687 £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350462694 • £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
OCR Anthology for Latin GCSE 2027-2028
Tim Chambers, St Joseph's College, Ipswich, UK & Declan Lawell, Liverpool Blue Coat School, UK
This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin GCSE set text prescriptions examined from 2027 to 2028. The volume starts with a guide to reading Latin literature at GCSE including notes on style, metre and technical terms. The prescribed texts are set out in clear passages facing commentary notes, with further information on GCSE vocabulary and key terms as well as study questions. The full GCSE vocabulary is provided at the back of the book.
UK March 2025 US May 2025 128 pages
PB 9781350424487 £14.99 / $19.95
ePub 9781350424500 • £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350424494 • £13.49 / $18.89 Bloomsbury Academic
de Romanis Book 2 (2nd edition) homines
Katharine Radice, University of Cambridge, UK, Angela Cheetham, Bedford Modern School, UK, Sonya Kirk, Chesterton Community College, UK & George Lord, Independent Scholar, UK
Now endorsed by OCR and Eduqas, this popular Latin course for students aged 11–16 is breathing new life into Latin teaching and learning. In Book 2, students meet the most famous historical figures of the Roman world. This new edition has been revised throughout based on teacher feedback. Chapter introductions and core language sections are more accessible; you will find new boxes to offer opportunities for quick practice and enhance literacy through derivation skills; new primary sources expand your experience of the material world; revised stories support understanding of the darker side of Roman history.
UK March 2025 • US May 2025 • 288 pages • 42 colour and 30 bw illus
PB 9781350531635 • £19.99 / $26.95
ePub 9781350531642 • £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350531659 £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
Cicero Pro Roscio Amerino: A Selection
Neil Treble, King Edward VI School, Stratfordupon-Avon, UK
This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero's pro Roscio Amerino 5 (forsitan quaeratis…)–29 (… iugulandum vobis tradiderunt), and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of 29 (quid primum …)–32 (iuguletis aut condemnetis) and 37 (occidisse patrem …)–57 (… accusare possitis), giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.
UK March 2025 • US May 2025 • 168 pages
PB 9781350384453 • £16.99 / $22.95
ePub 9781350384477 • £15.29 / $21.59
ePdf 9781350384460 • £15.29 / $21.59
Bloomsbury Academic
OCR Anthology for Latin AS and A Level Shorter Prose Authors
Katharine Radice, University of Cambridge, UK & Stuart R. Thomson, University of Oxford, UK
This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Nepos Life of Hannibal 1–13 and the the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Apuleius Metamorphoses VI, 7–21 and Tacitus Annals XIV, 29–37 and 59 (et positu metu …)–65, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.
UK
PB 9781350384491 £19.99 / $26.95
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ePdf 9781350384507 • £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
OCR Anthology for Latin AS and A Level Shorter Verse Authors
John Godwin, Independent Scholar, UK
This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Tibullus I.2, I.5, II.4 and the the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Ovid's Metamorphoses VII and Lucretius' de rerum natura I, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.
UK March 2025 US May 2025 288 pages
PB 9781350384415 £19.99 / $26.95
ePub 9781350384439 • £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350384422 • £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
Virgil Aeneid IV: A Selection
John Storey, Downside School, UK
This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription for examinations in 2026–28 of Virgil's Aeneid Book IV, lines 1–128, 529–629, and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription for examinations in 2027–28 of lines 259–396, 416–503, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.
UK March 2025 • US May 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9781350383968 • £16.99 / $22.95
ePub 9781350383982 • £15.29 / $21.59
ePdf 9781350383975 • £15.29 / $21.59
Bloomsbury Academic
OCR Anthology for Classical Greek AS and A Level: 2026–2028
Matthew Barr, RMS for Girls, UK, John Claughton, King Edward's School, Birmingham, UK, Benedict Gravell, Westminster School, UK, Ellice Hetherington, Harrow School, UK, Rowena Hewes, Westminster School, UK & Stuart R. Thomson, University of Oxford, UK
The only exam-board approved book for OCR's Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for examination 2026–28 giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription to be read in English for A Level.
UK May 2025 • US August 2025 • 528 pages
PB 9781350379633 • £29.99 / $40.95
ePub 9781350379657 • £26.99 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350379640 • £26.99 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE 2027-2028
Christopher Burnand, Abingdon School, UK & Andy Mylne
This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Classical Greek GCSE set text prescriptions examined from 2027 to 2028. The volume starts with an introduction to ancient Greek history and culture, which sets in context the passages for the exams and gives guidance on how to translate ancient Greek. The prescribed texts are set out in clear passages facing commentary notes, with further information on GCSE vocabulary and key terms as well as study questions. The full GCSE vocabulary is provided at the back of the book and a timeline, Who's Who, glossaries and map combine to give students a focused preparation for their exams.
UK March 2025 • US May 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350384538 • £14.99 / $19.95
ePub 9781350384552 £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350384545 £13.49 / $18.89
Bloomsbury Academic
Brand Thinking Building Brands You Can Believe In
Allison J. Steinke, University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, USA & Haseon Park, University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, USA
Introducing students to core brand concepts of belief system, growth, strategy, and social impact, this book provides a strategic framework for creating, refining, and sustaining responsible, believable brands. In addition to robust theoretical framing, this book provides concrete case studies of companies across industry sectors that exemplify the cornerstones of the brand thinking framework. With theory, applications, and case studies from industry, this book will walk you through the key components of brand thinking and how to build a brand to believe in: from cultivating purpose to creating a unique design and experience.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages • 31 b/w illustrations; 2 tables
PB 9781538195208 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781538195192 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781538195215 • £25.54 / $31.45
ePdf 9798765160831 • £25.54 / $31.45
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Social Media, Religious Authority, and the Arab Gulf Crisis
Ibrahim N. Abusharif
This book examines how the Arab Gulf Crisis (2017–2021) led to a robust social media reaction that changed the ways in which religious authority manifests in the digital age. Positioning the Arab Gulf Crisis as a key moment in the transformation of public religious expression in the Gulf, the author investigates how religious authority was mobilized through digital media, where the authority of traditional scholars contended with a networked public sphere. Ultimately, this work offers a deep examination of how religion, media, and politics intersect in the digital age and considers how future crises might continue to develop across both physical and digital terrains.
UK March 2026 • US January 2026 • 160 pages
HB 9781793638205 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781978763357 • £72.64 / $90.00
ePdf 9798216261674 • £72.64 / $90.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Organizational Communication and Sport
Connections, Applications, and Opportunities
Edited by Jimmy Sanderson, Texas Tech University
In this volume, contributors argue that communication plays a significant role in the operation and management of sports organizations, demonstrating the unique communicative challenges that leaders in the industry face, given the high visibility of sport and the significant media attention directed toward players, teams, and audiences. An internationallydiverse roster of contributors offers nuanced perspectives on how sport organizations manage communication functions through contemporary case studies that build upon existing research, discussing both practical and theoretical implications.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages • 2 bw illus
HB 9781666961997 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978764927 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216201427 • £87.01 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
An Introduction to Psychodynamic Counselling
Laurence
Spurling, Birkbeck College - University of London, UK
Written by a leading expert in psychodynamic counselling, this text explores the key assumptions and theoretical ideas behind psychodynamic approaches to therapeutic practice, supported by layered and thoughtful clinical material. With brand-new chapters on basic psychoanalytic ideas and rational theory, this book is a valuable text for all counsellors and psychotherapists.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 248 pages • 5 illus
PB 9781350543614 • £29.99 / $44.95 • HB 9781350543621 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350543645 • £26.99 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350543638 • £26.99 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
Storying Plant Communication
More-than-Human Relationships in New Mexico
Mariko Oyama Thomas & Melissa M. Parks
This book explores the narrative accounts of southwestern herbalists, healers, teachers, farmers, and other plant enthusiasts who maintain deep and reciprocal relationships with the local flora. Reflecting on plant relationships, place-making practices, and a breadth of other topics, the storytellers describe their transformative perspectives that frame plants as intelligent, relational, and communicative. The Narratives captured here show how attitudes and practices related to plants can trouble dominant, often harmful beliefs of human exceptionalism, and gesture toward more ecocentric pathways in an era of environmental uncertainty. Employing auto/ethnographic methods that put storytellers' experiences in conversation with a range of interdisciplinary literature, Thomas and Parks highlight ways in which plant studies offer a rich and timely direction for communication research.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 160 pages • 6 tables
HB 9781666926514 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781666926521 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798765155004 • £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Environmental Communication and Nature: Conflict and Ecoculture in the Anthropocene • Bloomsbury Academic
Talking to Writers
The Craft of Fiction
Dean Nelson
Great writing can seem to be an act of mystery, a gift given to just a few, but these renowned writers pull back the curtain to show you how it’s done and how you can do it, too. The volume on fiction (including poetry) includes interviews with Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker, Nick Hornby, Anthony Doerr, Amy Tan, and more. UK
Talking to Writers
The Craft of Nonfiction
Dean Nelson
Great writing can seem to be an act of mystery, a gift given to just a few, but these renowned writers pull back the curtain to show you how it’s done and how you can do it, too. The volume on nonfiction (including journalism and memoir writing) includes interviews with Anne Lamont, David Brooks, Tracy Kidder, and Elizabeth Gilbert, and more. UK January 2026 • US November 2025 • 384 pages • 8 bw illus
HB 9798881803520 • £30.00 / $35.00
ePub 9798881803537 • £25.54 / $31.50
ePdf 9798881867997 • £25.54 / $31.50
Bloomsbury Academic
A Fiction Writer’s Guide to Peace
Crafting Nonviolent Heroism
Gabriel Ertsgaard, Kean University, USA
A practical guide to incorporating principles of peace-building and non-violence into compelling fiction, this book shows writers how they can enact non-violent heroism in their characters, model civil resistance in their stories and create worlds around mythos that champion redemptive nonviolence. With concepts applicable to writing fiction, drama, screenplays and poetry, it deconstructs the necessity for violence in popular works, explores ideas in peace studies and helps writers establish their own peace poetics. Featuring creative writing prompts and examples from film and literature including Trading Places, Selma, Frozen, A Christmas Carol, Asphalt Jungle and Julia Quinn's Bridgerton novels, this is an important expansion to any writer’s toolkit when approaching storytelling.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 184 pages
PB 9781350473959 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9781350473942 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350473973 £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350473966 £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
Wonder and Loss
A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief
Sam Meekings, Northwestern University in Qatar, Qatar
A braided memoir interweaving the author’s personal journey through grief with a guide on how to write about it, this is both Sam Meeking’s raw account of the death of his younger brother and a step-by-step breakdown of the memoir writing process. Focusing on how to heal and preserve memories alongside the mechanics of writing about the self, it uses personal story, writing theories and prompts and research from writing studies and psychology to invite the reader to write alongside Sam on a path that is both painful and profound.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 216 pages
PB 9781350550773 • £14.99 / $19.95 • HB 9781350550766 • £45.00 / $61.00
ePub 9781350550797 • £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350550780 • £13.49 / $18.89
Bloomsbury Academic
Translingual Creative Writing Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy Daoism and Decentering Monolingual Workshops
Jennifer Quist, University of Alberta, Canada
Challenging Anglophone-dominated creative writing workshops, this book explores why and how students’ multilingual backgrounds are assets rather than impediments to creativity. Taking a translingual approach to writing, it is grounded in discursive Daoism and utilizes readings of the Zhuangzi as analytical frameworks to re-imagine creative writing education and de-naturalize the authority of Euro-American literary traditions. Through translations of Chinese educators’ accounts of the history and theory of 21st-century postsecondary Creative Writing education in China, Jennifer Quist develops a methodology for examining the practices of translingual writers from China, Japan, and their diasporas. Featuring translingual writing prompts and practices for instructors and students.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 256 pages
HB 9781350510616 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350510630 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350510623 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Research in Creative Writing • Bloomsbury Academic
Writing and Health Care
Creative and Critical Approaches
Janelle Adsit, Humboldt State University, USA
A practical introduction for creative writers on the uses of the arts in healthcare, this book teaches artists, patients, and health practitioners how to exercise the benefits of aesthetic thinking. Combining theoretical concepts with practical application, it explores health humanities, narrative medicine, creative therapies and transformative language arts, graphic medicine, illness narratives, “sick lit” and more to reflect on the role of creative expression in bettering the well-being of oneself and others. Foregrounding health justice and informed intersectional understandings, it enables readers to write in ways that contribute to the transformation of healthcare and generate works with positive therapeutic effects.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 296 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350417083 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350417076 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350417106 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350417090 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Approaches to Writing • Bloomsbury Academic
Writing the Hard Stuff
Turning Difficult Subjects into Meaningful Prose
Nicole Walker, Northern Arizona University, USA
A reflective and practical guide to navigating trauma and crafting compelling, accessible prose about tough topics, this book demonstrates how writers can tackle thorny, emotional, or potentially objectionable subject matter. Using craft techniques that provide distance, context, and entry points for writers to shape difficult content, it employs strategies such as rest, metaphor, detachment, detour, distraction, point-of-view shift and braided essaying to enable writers to tell their story whilst connecting with larger issues attendant to their writing. Utilising writing prompts and examples from a wideranging texts, it promises to connect the interiority of the personal story with the exterior world.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9781350518650 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350518667 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350518681 £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350518674 £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
Life Without The Wrongful Conviction of Sandy Shaw
Sandy
Shaw & Dan Gleason
Witness to a murder in 1987, Sandy Shaw was branded the “Show and Tell Killer” by the media because a crooked prosecutor claimed she took classmates to view the dead body. At fifteen years old, Sandy Shaw was illegally tried as an adult in criminal court and wrongfully convicted and sentenced to two life terms without parole. Shaw endured twenty-one years in prison and fifteen more on “lifetime parole” before being fully exonerated in 2022. Yet, she lost her entire youth in the process. Life Without is a crisis-driven tale of violence and murder, tragedy, and injustice, and ultimately—triumph.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 296 pages • 15 bw photos
HB 9798881802806 • £25.00 / $35.00
ePub 9798881802813 £25.54 / $31.50
ePdf 9798881860288 £25.54 / $31.50
Bloomsbury Academic
Object Lessons
Christopher Schaberg, Washington University in St. Louis, USA & Ian Bogost, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Cat
Rebecca van Laer, Freelance Writer, USA
Moving between memoir, philosophy, and pop culture, Cat is a playful and tender meditation on cats and their people. Van Laer considers cats’ role in her personal narrative, where they are mascots of laziness and lawlessness, and in cultural narratives, where they appear as feminine, anarchic, and maladapted, especially in comparison to dogs. From the stereotype of the ‘crazy cat lady’ to the joy of cat memes to the grief of pet loss, van Laer demonstrates that the cat-person relationship is free of the discipline and dependence required by parenting (and dogparenting), creating a less hierarchical intimacy that offers a different model for love.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 152 pages • 1 b&w illustration
PB 9798765114629 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765114636 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765114643 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: Object Lessons Bloomsbury Academic
Restaurant
Brian Duff, University of New England, USA
In the last twenty years restaurants and food culture have achieved extraordinary cultural purchase. But in recent years the restaurant has faced crisis upon crisis: revelations of sexism and harassment, racism and low pay, unsafe and unfair conditions of labor, and covid. Having taken a pandemic era break from our habits of eating out, how do we return the table? Restaurant explores how and why we have burdened restaurant dining with both acknowledged and unacknowledged drives, desires, and anxieties. It suggests that we might discover new rewards at the restaurant if we examine these forces, and reconfigure their ties to our meals.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 184 pages • 1 b&w illustration
PB 9798765121825 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765121832 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765121849 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: Object Lessons Bloomsbury Academic
Metronome
Matthew H. Birkhold
When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers could now guide—and constrain—players of their works. Musicians ostensibly gained a tool to guide them to perfection. Giants of classical music like Beethoven embraced the metronome early on (its steady tick can even be heard in the eighth symphony), but fights soon erupted that have persisted today. Some consider the metronome an essential part of music instruction, others believe it creates mindless players and inhibits art. While weaving together examples from music, literature, and psychology, as well as the philosophical musings of scientists and artists, Metronome uncovers the surprising and fraught history of a timeless object.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9798765108871 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765108888 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765108857 £11.17 / $13.45
Series: Object Lessons Bloomsbury Academic
Taco
Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA
Taco speaks about the nature of the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, the book discusses the definition of the taco, the question of the tortilla and the taco shell, and the existence of the taco as a modern social object. Challenging the idea of centrality and authenticity, Sánchez Prado proposes instead to think the taco as a contemporary, transcultural food that is always subject to movement and transformation.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9798765135624 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765135655 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765135648 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: Object Lessons • Bloomsbury Academic
Arden Performance Companions
Abigail Rokison-Woodall, The Shakespeare Institute, UK & Michael Dobson & Simon Russell Beale
Shakespeare and Brecht
A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers
Stephen Unwin, Theatre Director
This practical guide uncovers the roots of Brecht’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare. By connecting these two great playwrights, Stephen Unwin imagines new possibilities for Brechtian productions of Shakespeare. Drawing on his directing and performance experience, Unwin’s knowledge of Brecht provides students, teachers, and practitioners with practical exercises for use in the classroom and rehearsal room. The book charts a chronology of Brecht’s engagement with Shakespeare and details a Brechtian approach to reading, performing and staging Shakespeare. Unwin also provides an in-depth look at five of Shakespeare’s plays through Brecht’s own words and imagines a Brechtian staging for them.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 224 pages
PB 9781350419612 • £16.99 / $22.95
ePub 9781350419636 • £15.29 / $21.59
ePdf 9781350419643 • £15.29 / $21.59
Series: Arden Performance Companions • The Arden Shakespeare
Richard III: Arden Performance Edition
William Shakespeare
Edited by Simon Russell Beale & Abigail Rokison-Woodall, The Shakespeare Institute, UK
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. Traversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals, betrayals and kingly power, this edition is presented in an easy to read format with notes for performance and rehearsal by directors and actors. It is edited by leading Shakespearean actor, Simon Russell Beale, and director, Abigail Rokison-Woodall. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play's possibilities and meanings to actors and students.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 440 pages
PB 9781350445772 £10.99 / $14.95
ePub 9781350445765 £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350445758 £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Arden Performance Editions • The Arden Shakespeare
Measure for Measure: A Critical Reader
Edited by John Jowett, University of Birmingham, UK & Sarah Olive, Bangor University, UK
This scholarly guide to Measure for Measure highlights its unique position in the Shakespeare canon by covering its nuanced performance history and critical backstory. Issues at the heart of the play including gender equality, rape, judicial process, political authority, slander, and equality before the law provide rich material for teaching and studying. Contributors connect the specifics of these themes from the early modern context to the present day and make crucial interventions to contemporary criticism on the play. Different interpretations explore how sexual politics, reputation, the reformation, ethics, and law shape Measure for Measure for a 21stcentury audience.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350409033 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350409040 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350409057 • £72.00 / $98.54
The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Stanislavsky
A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers
Annie Tyson, RADA, UK
Shakespeare and Stanislavsky provides a guide for actors, acting students, directors and teachers who want to apply the work of influential theatre practitioner, Stanislavsky, to the process of rehearsing and workshopping Shakespeare’s play texts. Acting tutor and director, Annie Tyson, makes applying Stanislavsky’s methods to Shakespeare simple and accessible. Drawing on years of acting, directing and teaching experience at the Drama Centre London and RADA, Tyson’s guide is full of practical tips and humour. This guide also includes a series of interviews with actors and directors who explain their approach to applying Stanislavsky to Shakespeare.
UK November 2024 US November 2024 208 pages
PB 9781350249745 £14.99 / $19.95
ePdf
Series: Arden Performance Companions • The Arden Shakespeare
Essential Shakespeare
The Arden Guide to Text and Interpretation
Pamela Bickley, The English Association & Jenny Stevens, Open University, UK
Addressing the transition from pre-university to undergraduate Shakespeare studies, this introductory critical guide examines 16 key plays. Each chapter focuses on modern theoretical methods, close reading skills, early modern contexts, and productions from stage and screen spanning several decades. This new edition features a revised introduction, a preface to the revised edition, two additional plays, As You Like It and Titus Andronicus, updates to each chapter, new links between chapters, an appendix featuring recommended open access online resources, and a glossary of critical terms
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 336 pages
PB 9781350444263 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350444270 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350444287 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350444294 • £19.79 / $26.99
The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Compassion Emotion and the Classics on the Early Modern Stage
Anne Sophie Refskou, Aarhus University, Denmark
Through close readings of key plays – Titus Andronicus, Richard III, Hamlet and King Lear –the main classical sources and the drama of his contemporaries , this book argues that Shakespeare’s dramatization of compassion, far from expressing a sense of universal empathy, reveals a complex early modern emotion available to be solicited and manipulated as a discursive vehicle for the exclusion of others. It demonstrates how Shakespeare’s engagement with the classical literature enables his dramatization of key questions of race, gender, sexuality and the relationship between human beings and nonhuman animals that are central to the current critical field.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 208 pages
HB 9781350497580 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350497597 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350497603 • £72.00 / $98.54
The Arden Shakespeare
Global Shakespeare Inverted
Bi-qi Beatrice Lei & David Schalkwyk & Silvia Bigliazzi, University of Verona, Italy
Dostoevsky's Hamlet in Nineteenth-Century Russia
The Paradox of Subjectivity
Petra Bjelica, University of Verona, Italy
Dostoevsky uses Hamlet to address some of the most important problems in Russian culture in the second half of the 19th century. Approaching Dostoevsky’s engagement with Shakespeare through a focus on his novel, Demons, Petra Bjelica considers the figure of Hamlet as it connects to Russian national identity, spirituality and cultural migration. Bjelica argues that Russian Hamletism is a perfect example of how a literary phenomenon forms through a specific culture. Rather than just referencing the play, Dostoevsky’s engagement with opposing and contradictory elements of Russian Hamletism dramatize the Hamletian dilemma anew.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages
HB 9781350450929 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350450936 £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350450943 £72.00 / $98.54
Series: Global Shakespeare Inverted The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies
Legacies, Cultures and
Social Justice
Edited by Amrita Dhar, University of California San Diego, USA & Amrita Sen, University of Calcutta, India
This collection provides a wide-ranging examination of the presence of Shakespeare in regions that were once under European colonial rule, including continental Africa, Australasia, the Arab world, the Indian subcontinent, East Asia and the Americas. Contributors interrogate how Shakespeare intersects with the internal and global power dynamics of post-independence nations. The essays cover a rich range of genres ranging from theatrical performances, translations, and cinematic adaptations to classroom strategies. They address questions of race, gender, nationality, indigeneity, caste and class, and shed new light on the diverse range of contemporary Shakespeare engagements across global 'Post' Colonies.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 280 pages 5 b&w illustrations
HB 9781350344143 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350344150 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350344167 • £72.00 / $98.54
Series: Global Shakespeare Inverted • The Arden Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The State of Play
Edited by Rebecca Bushnell, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Offering new critical and performance approaches to Shakespeare’s most well-known comedy of desire, a play that speaks powerfully to contemporary concerns, this collection includes approaches to the play covering textual studies, literary analysis, performance studies, adaptation studies and pedagogy. The chapters all point to the inherent instability or openness of this play and its themes of shifting identity and boundary crossings, bridging nature and culture, the material and ‘airy nothing’, mortal and fairy. They make clear that this play speaks to people around the world today, emphasising its wide global reception and adaptability in both theatre and film.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781350449534 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350449541 £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350449558 £72.00 / $98.54
Series: Arden Shakespeare The State of Play • The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Adaptation
Mark Thornton Burnett, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Shakespeare and Seriality
Page, Stage, Screen
Edited by Christina Wald, University of Konstanz, Germany & Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Beginning by investigating Shakespeare as a serial writer, this open access book moves to case studies involving literary and dramatic adaptations, to more modern theatrical serializations of his plays. Culminating in analysis of adaptations of Shakespeare in TV series including Succession and Station 11, this book explores Shakespeare’s seriality from the perspective of political theory, phenomenology, psychoanalysis and literary and cultural theory.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Centre of Cultural Inquiry (ZKF) and the Publication Fund of the University of Konstanz.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 264 pages • 11 illus
HB 9781350437265 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350437272 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350437289 £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Shakespeare and Adaptation The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare in Ireland
Adaptations and Appropriations
Edited by Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Considering the ways in which such Irish writers as Samuel Beckett and W. B. Yeats drew on Shakespearean material in producing their own work, whilst analysing Shakespearean influence in both Irish society and its theatrical landscape, essays in this collection explore the history of Irish Shakespeare through the numerous ways in which Shakespeare and his work were reconfigured and recycled into various Irish contexts. Shakespeare in Ireland shows how Shakespeare has been rendered Irish in a variety of complex ways, and is an exercise in tracking how Shakespeare becomes a fully hibernicised figure.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages • 7 bw illus
HB 9781350458383 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350458390 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350458406 • £72.00 / $98.54
Series: Shakespeare and Adaptation The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespearean Biofiction on the Contemporary Stage and Screen
Edited by Edel Semple, University College Cork, Ireland & Ronan Hatfull, University of Warwick, UK
The first edited collection to explore Shakespeare’s life on modern stage and screen. Focusing on the years 1998-2023, it identifies a 25-year trend for depicting Shakespeare and his contemporaries in theatre, film and television. Exploring continuities and changes in the form since the release of Shakespeare in Love, it traces these developments through the 21st century. With contributions from scholars and practitioners across multiple disciplines, and addressing topics including gender, nation, parody and performance, the collection presents a diverse account of Shakespearean biofiction.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9781350359246 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350359208
ePub 9781350359215 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350359222 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Shakespeare and Adaptation • The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s House A Window onto his Life and Legacy
Richard Schoch, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
'A terrific addition to the Shakespeare library ... eye-opening.' - Michael Billington, Country Life
Richard Schoch explores the appeal of Shakespeare's 'Birthplace' to visitors by examining the history of the house through time and how its changing fortunes reflect the changing attitudes toward Shakespeare himself.
Based on original research, this book traces the history of Shakespeare’s birthplace, beginning in the 1560s, when Shakespeare was born there, and ending in the 1890s, when the house was rescued from private purchase and turned into the Shakespeare monument that it remains today.
UK March 2025 US March 2025 200 pages 25 bw illus
PB 9781350524699 £16.99 / $22.95
Previously published in HB 9781350409354
ePub 9781350409361 • £15.29 / $21.59
ePdf 9781350409378 • £15.29 / $21.59
The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Disability Theory
Genevieve Love, Colorado College, USA
Literary disability studies intersect with Shakespeare studies in this rich and varied history of performance and criticism. Genevieve Love explores the contemporary debates about disability representations on stage through close readings of Shakespeare plays and performances. By mapping out the central ideas of disability theory in Shakespeare studies, Love tracks the emergence of disability theory as a field. Characterbased representations of disability act as one layer in an expansive understanding of disability that historicises configurations of disability in the early modern period more generally. Such approaches challenge outmoded methods of engaging with disability for Shakespeare students, scholars, and practitioners.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 256 pages
HB 9781350424364 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350424371 £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350424388 • £72.00 / $98.54
Series: Shakespeare and Theory • The Arden Shakespeare
On Shakespeare's Sonnets
A Poets' Celebration
Edited by Hannah Crawforth, King's College London, UK & Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, King's College London, UK
In the years since Shakespeare's death, the Sonnets have invited imitation, homage, critique, parody and pastiche. These poems probe our relationship to their intricate form and ambitious scope, their investigation of sexuality, wit, memory and poetic survival. They explore what it means to write 'on Shakespeare's Sonnets' in the 21st century. Published in association with the Royal Society of Literature, contributing poets include: Andrew Motion, Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Paul Muldoon, Ruth Padel, Simon Armitage, Roger McGough, Wendy Cope, Jackie Kay, Mimi Khalvati, Imtiaz Dharker and Jo Shapcott, among others. This new paperback edition also includes an updated preface.
UK May 2025 • US August 2025 • 120 pages
PB 9781350531505 • £16.99 / $22.95
Previously published in HB 9781474221580
ePub 9781350531512 • £15.29 / $21.59
ePdf 9781350531529 • £15.29 / $21.59
The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Ecology of Natural Resources
Transitions and Transformations
Sophie Chiari, University of Clermont Auvergne, France
Sophie Chiari analyses how Shakespeare’s plays and poems present the transformation of the early modern natural world through environmental shifts and ecological transformation. Using a range of examples from the Sonnets, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Tempest, Hamlet and Henry V, Chiari's ecopoetic study of dramatic language explores Shakespeare’s response to the rise of extractive exploitation in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. By interweaving ecohistoricism, ecopoetics and material studies, Shakespeare’s Ecology of Natural Resources shows how an ecominded approach, focused on the interweaving of trade, territory and extractivism reveals new layers of meaning in Shakespearean poetics and drama.
UK
HB 9781350559066 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350559073 £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350559080 £72.00 / $98.54
The Arden Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Edited by James Schiffer, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
This volume offers critical opinions about Twelfth Night across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The volume features criticism from key literary figures such as Thomas De Quincey, Charles Knight, Mary Cowden Clarke, Charles Lamb, George Bernard Shaw and Caroline F. E. Spurgeon. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 408 pages
HB 9781350087057 £130.00 / $175.00
ePub 9781350452145 £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350452152 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition • The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Tina Packer
Katharine Goodland, College of Staten Island, USA
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the contribution of Tina Packer to Shakespearean theatre in the United States. Beginning with her 1st production in 1971, Katharine Goodland covers the 5 decades since the founding of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1978. Drawing on new interviews with the original casts and creative teams as well as Tina Packer herself, and featuring 11 in-depth case studies of productions, it considers all of her professional Shakespeare productions in their cultural and historical context and illuminates the embedded nature of regional Shakespeare in communities across the United States.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 216 pages • 8 bw illus
PB 9781350205802 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350205710
ePub 9781350205727 £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9781350205734 • £67.50 / $91.79
Series: Shakespeare in the Theatre • The Arden Shakespeare
ARDEN PERFORMANCE EDITIONS
Shakespeare’s major plays in a format designed for performing or directing
Care and Contagion in Shakespeare's Changing World
Edited by Darryl Chalk, University of Southern Queensland, Australia & Rebecca Totaro, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
Circuits of disease correspond to previously unconsidered practices of caregiving in early modern English drama in this new volume by Darryl Chalk and Rebecca Totaro. They explore how the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries responded to and intersected with local and international ideas of communal care, health management, quarantine, embodiment, and theatricality. Foregrounded by pioneering archival research, contributors explore plague and privilege in Romeo and Juliet, servants and caregiving in King Lear, women and herbal medicine in The Winter’s Tale, astrology in The Duchess of Malfi, and the humour that attaches itself to illness in The Roaring Girl.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 3 bw illus
HB 9781350425071 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350425095 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350425088 • £76.50 / $103.94
The Arden Shakespeare
Women and Cultures of Portraiture in the British Literary Renaissance
Edited by Yasmin Arshad, Independent Scholar, USA & Chris Laoutaris, University of Birmingham, UK
This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines the representation of women at the intersections between portraiture, literature and drama in Renaissance Britain. Bringing together art historians, curators, heritage specialists and scholars of early modern history, drama and literature, the volume situates women both as the subjects and devisers of ‘cultures of portraiture’. The essays in this volume examine how power was negotiated through the royal icon; how self-portraiture became a means of navigating the dangerous worlds of religious and courtly factionalism; how the commissioning, collecting and curating of paintings, relics and life-writings fashioned shared testaments of faith and enabled female networks across political and pedagogical arenas; how drama staged the anxieties surrounding a threatening female agency; and how creativity wielded through narrative prose fiction, illuminated manuscripts and poetry, allowed women to co-opt and subvert prevailing visual tropes and stereotypes.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages 16 colour, 44 bw illus
HB 9781350320703 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350320710 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350320727 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Arden Studies in Early Modern Material Culture • The Arden Shakespeare
Early Modern Bonds of Trust
From Shakespeare to Milton
Edited by Alison Findlay, Lancaster University, UK, Helen Wilcox, University of Bangor, UK & Joseph Sterrett, Aarhus University, Denmark
Trust and risk provide important concepts for understanding the social and cultural life of early modern England but remain relatively unexplored in early modern literary studies. This collection addresses that gap by exploring a wide range of literary genres and texts including comic drama, lyric verse, emblem books, ledgers, wills, polemical prose and religious epic. Contributors explore issues of personal, communal and credit-based trust in texts such as Paradise Lost, The Merchant of Venice, Volpone and The Winter’s Tale. Taken together the mix of texts and genres reveal new insights into early modern English literature and its socio-economic context.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350462007 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350462014 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350462021 £72.00 / $98.54
Series: Arden Studies in Early Modern Drama The Arden Shakespeare
Richard Barnfield's Poetics
Early Modern English Poetry Beyond Shakespeare
Edited by Fabio Ciambella, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Cristiano Ragni, University of Verona, Italy & Camilla Caporicci, University of Perugia, Italy
Richard Barnfield is sometimes considered the rival poet in Shakespeare’s sonnets but has been relatively neglected in studies of early modern English poetry. The essays in this volume tackle issues of intertextuality and interdiscursivity through the poet’s use of classical sources and poetic genres such as the sonnet and epyllia. Using corpus linguistics tools, the poet’s entire body of work is further elucidated through analysing his sonnets and use of irony. Written by an international group of scholars, this collection celebrates the 450th anniversary of Barnfield’s birth and makes his poetry essential to the study of early modern poetry.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 312 pages
HB 9781350456037 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350456044 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350456051 • £72.00 / $98.54
The Arden Shakespeare
Exploring Early Modern Sexualities
The Desires of King James VI & I
Jason O'Toole, University College Dublin, Ireland
Jason O’Toole explores the network of intimacy which structured itself around King James VI and I, his wife Anna of Denmark and James’ prominent as well as ancillary favourites. He presents a cultural and literary history of homoerotic desire by analysing the politics and texture of queer culture at the Jacobean court. Primary texts including poems, masques, and unpublished manuscripts, recurrent tropes and material culture are analysed to unpack sexual double meanings. O’Toole demonstrates how homoerotic and homosocial desire were both interwoven and normative in the courts of King James VI and I.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350541672 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350541689 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350541696 • £72.00 / $98.54
The Arden Shakespeare
Nowhere to Go but Up What Angela Lansbury Can Teach Us about Living a Big Life
Lily E. Hirsch
This book is a lively celebration and feminist reevaluation of Angela Lansbury’s career, personal life, and myriad achievements in film, Broadway, and television—and how this icon can inspire us to live bigger and better. Lily E. Hirsch weaves the history of the star’s most memorable roles within each chapter, including as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, and explores her approach to life, including helping other people, trying new things, tuning out naysayers, judging with empathy, processing death, aging, navigating motherhood and much more.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages • 11 bw illus
HB 9798881842444 • £25.00 / $32.00
ePub 9798765146163 • £23.14 / $28.80
ePdf 9798765146170 • £23.14 / $28.80
Bloomsbury Academic
Queer Musicals
Boy Meets Boy to Jagged
Little Pill
Robert W. Schneider, Penn State, College of Arts and Architecture, USA
Takes a chronological look at queer musicals that have developed on Broadway throughout the second half of the twentieth century the the early 21st century. Looking at the inception and development of each show, this accessible study unpacks the creation, production and reception of each musical in order to draw parallels within the wider American dramatic canon.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350506473 £14.99 / $19.95 HB 9781350506480 £45.00 / $61.00
ePub 9781350506497 £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350506503 £13.49 / $18.89
Series: Essential Musicals • Methuen Drama
Straight White Men Can’t Dance American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture
Addie Tsai, William & Mary, USA
Investigates a trope proliferating throughout popular American media over the last half-century: that straight white men can’t dance. Addie Tsai traces this reiterative moving image of vaudevillian buffoonery in film, television, and video from the mid-1980s to present-day. During the height of homophobic hysteria in response to the AIDS epidemic, dance began to be used as a marker to scrutinize white men’s position within homosexuality and masculinity. Therefore, white men could misperform good dancing to more securely sit within hegemonic masculinity. Tsai establishes how ethnic mimicry within American popular media, even that of white masculinity, is produced and reiterated from the 19th-century theatrical practice of blackface minstrelsy. This history resurfaces in one of the exceptions to the trope: when white men use the hip currency of blackness to affirm their (dancing) masculinity through theft and positionality. By revealing how dance in American popular media reifies and problematizes gendered and racialized economies, Straight White Men Can’t Dance demonstrates how the image of the buffoonish white male dancer operates as a smokescreen for the more violent manipulative forces of the reigning figure of white supremacy.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9781350443563 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350443594 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350443587 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd
Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece
Rick Pender
Award-winning Sondheim expert, Rick Pender, dives into all facets of this unique, murder-filled masterpiece—its slimy roots, original production, characters from killers to lovers to bakers, soaring score, gripping storytelling, and its lasting power. This bloody tale is often considered the greatest musical of all time. This book provides a kaleidoscopic view and interweaves a wealth of archival materials and insights, from the show’s 19th-century gruesome literary origins to major productions and adaptations, including Tim Burton’s cinematic reimagining and the 2023 revival starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 264 pages • 17 bw illus
HB 9781538196441 £25.00 / $34.00
ePub 9781538196458 £24.74 / $30.60
ePdf 9798765148976 £24.74 / $30.60
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre
Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf, Princeton University, USA
How does a feminist spectator navigate misogynist representations of women?
Through case studies of shows such as Guys and Dolls, Evita, A Strange Loop and Ragtime, Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre outlines five techniques for analyzing musical theatre from a feminist perspective, modeling these methods.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 128 pages
PB 9781350350137 £10.99 / $14.95
ePub 9781350350144 £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350350151 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Topics in Musical Theatre • Methuen Drama
God's Fools
Laughing Saints, Delirious Prophets, and the Sacred Makers of Comedy
Jason Crawford, Union University, Jackson, TN, USA
From the self-abasements of Charlie Chaplin and Lenny Bruce’s provocations to the present-day culture warring over figures like Dave Chappelle and Hannah Gadsby, comedians have always been not simply entertainers, but charismatic observers of (and participants in) social anxieties and pathologies. In God’s Fools, religion and literature scholar Jason Crawford gives a penetrating and surprising look at the social role that comedians play by placing them in their proper historical lineage—one that begins not with vaudeville and minstrelsy but with the mystics, martyrs, and misfits of the premodern JudeoChristian world.
Out of the Black Box
Conversations with Global Majority Actors Volume 1
Edited by Pamela Jikiemi, RADA, UK
This book provides an opportunity to connect with Black actors working in the UK and US on stage and screen on important questions impacting their careers. The interviewed actors consider and discuss their careers to date and the role that racial diversity has had on them as individuals. They delve into how it has shaped opportunities that were presented to them as actors and who is considered the authority on artistic conception.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 292 pages
PB 9781350264359 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB
National Theatre Backstage Guides
Auditioning A Backstage Guide
Sam Stevenson
From a leading casting director of the stage and screen comes this book on the craft of auditioning, either for work within the theatre industry or for a place at drama school. Casting directors, the author points out, are on the side of everyone who auditions for them – they want actors to do well, to give casting directors and directors tough decisions to make. The author's insights, supported by other industry voices, help actors to understand what purpose the audition serves.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9781350384972 • £9.99 / $12.95
ePub 9781350384996 • £8.99 / $12.14
ePdf 9781350384989 • £8.99 / $12.14
Series: National Theatre Backstage Guides • Methuen Drama World English
A Beginner’s Guide to Acting Methods
Understanding
Practitioners and their Legacies
Kimberly Shire
This accessible guide summarizes the methods of 20 practitioners by collecting the most important features of their work and framing them so that the complete novice will understand the material. Introducing us to the work of practitioners such as Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Brecht, Chekhov, Copeau, Knebel, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, Spolin, Hagen, Boal, Grotowski, Suzuki and Bogart, among many others, the book sets readers on the path to discovering the methods they want to explore in greater depth.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 360 pages
PB 9781350434158 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350434165 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350434189 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350434172 • £19.79 / $26.99
Methuen Drama World English
Acting A Backstage Guide
Lucian Msamati
From one of the most celebrated actors of the stage and screen comes this book on the craft of acting. Lucian Msamati draws on his rich experience, particularly in the context of productions at the National Theatre, to delve into sets of challenges and possibilities that actors might face. He offers up his tips on getting started in the industry; navigating professional relationships and roles inside a rehearsal room; and running your own company and generating your own work. Peppered with interviews with other industry professionals and personal anecdotes, this will be a cherished book on any actor's bookshelf.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350379497 • £9.99 / $12.95
ePub 9781350379510 • £8.99 / $12.14
ePdf 9781350379503 • £8.99 / $12.14
Series: National Theatre Backstage Guides • Methuen Drama
Acting Realism
Theory and Practice from Garrick to Meisner and Beyond
Stephen Bayly
This book offers a refreshingly accessible survey of the major acting teachers and methods from the early 1700s up to the present day. It looks at what their major influences were, where their ideas came from and their legacy. Structured by practitioner and arranged in chronological order, this much-needed book brings together the foundational acting theories that have shaped the arts scene for centuries. If you are struggling to decipher your Boal from your Brecht, your Meisner from your Marowitz, or your Adler from your Artaud, this is the book for you.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350320215 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350320222 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350320239 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350320246 • £22.49 / $31.04
Methuen Drama
Marriage Material
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti & Sathnam Sanghera
The Bains’ corner shop in Wolverhampton has been at the centre of the family for three generations.
Against the backdrop of a changing 20th century, Mrs Bains is balancing running the business, caring for her ailing husband and the demands of her two headstrong daughters, who each have their eye on a different kind of future. Fast forward to the present day, a family tragedy pulls Arjan Bains back from a life in London. The shop represents everything he was trying to escape, but with his mother insisting it remain open, how long can he stay away?
UK May 2025 • US July 2025 • 128 pages
PB 9781350584761 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350584785 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350584778 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
The Government Inspector
Nikolai Gogol
Adapted by Phil Porter
Don't blame the mirror if your face is askew.
One of the most famous comedies in world theatre, Gogol's masterpiece has lost none of its bite.
In a small town corruption is rife, and the Mayor and his cronies have got it made. So when they learn they are going to be subject to an undercover government inspection they panic. Mistaking a penniless nobody for the inspector they swiftly fall victim to their own stupidity and greed.
This adaptation by Phil Porter was published to coincide with the premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre in April 2025.
UK April 2025 • US June 2025 • 104 pages
PB 9781350569058 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350569072 £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350569065 £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
4.48 Psychosis
Sarah Kane
4.48 Psychosis is the last play by Sarah Kane, the controversial contemporary British playwright, who died aged 28 in February 1999. Throughout the piece the audience are plunged into the mind of an unnamed protagonist grappling with severe depression as Kane crafts an unflinching and poetic portrait of a psyche teetering on the edge of oblivion. A quarter century from its debut, the entire original cast and creative team return to the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs to revisit Sarah Kane’s final masterpiece 25 years on.
UK June 2025 • US July 2025 • 64 pages
PB 9781350579446 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350579460 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350579453 £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
Dealer's Choice
Patrick Marber Sunday night. Stephen hosts a weekly poker game in the basement of his failing London restaurant. All the usual suspects are there; the chef, the waiters, the errant son…but tonight a stranger has come to play. As the stakes get higher, the game turns savage…now no one’s safe when everything's on the line. Patrick Marber's acclaimed 1995 debut won the Evening Standard Award (Best Comedy) and the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Award (Best West End Play). Dealer's Choice has since been performed in more than 50 cities across the world.
UK April 2025 • US May 2025 • 128 pages
PB 9781350577671 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350577695 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350577688 £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
George Orwell's 1984
Ryan Craig
ROOM 101… BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU… SUPER STATES … THOUGHT POLICE…
On 4th April 1984, Winston Smith, comrade 6079, starts a diary. In a world where every action is painstakingly monitored and controlled, this simple act puts Winston’s life in jeopardy. A clandestine love affair with co-worker Julia further enrages the authorities, but can they truly trust each other? And what of the mysterious O’Brien? Will he help them overthrow the regime, confront them with their most terrifying fears, or worse…?
UK October 2024 • US February 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350543027 £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350543041 £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350543034 £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
A Tryal of Witches
Tallulah Brown East Anglia, 1645. A hot and stifling summer. Matthew Hopkins, the self-appointed Witchfinder General, tells all who will listen about the power of the devil and the prevalence of witches. As the battles of the Civil War draw closer, the crops fail and a man drops dead in the alehouse. A moral panic sets in, and the people need someone to blame. A Tryal of Witches asks what led to the trial in Bury St Edmunds, one of the most shocking witch trials in British History, where the women were convicted using 'spectral evidence'.
UK March 2025 US April 2025 120 pages
PB 9781350562295 £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350562318 £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350562301 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
Brace Brace
Oli Forsyth,
A man hijacks a plane. The plane begins to fall. Fight or flight. Back on the ground, survivors Ray and Sylvia struggle to reconcile their responses to this life-changing event. As cracks appear in their relationship, one closes themselves off, the other can’t focus on anything else. A gripping story of the people we become in the aftermath of catastrophe from writer Oli Forsyth.
UK October 2024 • US November 2024 • 104 pages
PB 9781350534452 • £10.99 / $14.95
ePub 9781350534469 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350534476 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
Irishtown
Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
It’s a week before the opening of a new Irish play on Broadway and in the rehearsal room, the cast are panicking. They are worried the script is dated, too weird and nowhere near Irish enough for American audiences. When the writer comes into the rehearsal room to watch a run, an argument erupts and the fate of the script hangs in the balance. Not wanting to blow their shot on Broadway, the cast feel it is now their duty to devise an “Irish Play”. Irishtown is a biting satire about theatre, consent and what it means to be Irish.
UK May 2025 • US April 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350574311 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350574335 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350574342 £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama World English
Retrograde
Ryan Calais Cameron
The Golden Age of Hollywood. Behind closed doors, aspiring actor Sidney Poitier is offered a lucrative contract that could make him a superstar. But what is he willing to sacrifice? From the writer of the award-winning, smash hit For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Ryan Calais Cameron's explosive play Retrograde explores identity, resilience and integrity as it examines the reality of a Black actor's journey to stardom. This revised and updated edition was published to coincide with the West End transfer in March 2025 following its premiere at The Kiln Theatre.
UK March 2025 US May 2025 80 pages
PB 9781350568167 £10.99 / $14.95
ePub 9781350568181 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350568174 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
Hot Chicks
Rebecca Jade Hammond
Teenagers Ruby and Kyla spend their evenings hanging at Cheney’s chicken shop dreaming of moving to Vegas and going viral. A chance encounter with older, cooler Sadie, means their dreams of pool parties and showering in dollars could become a reality… but at what price?
Rebecca Jade Hammond’s ferocious, witty and unsettling play Hot Chicks is contemporary Welsh theatre at its sharpest.
UK March 2025 • US May 2025 • 96 pages
PB 9781350559691 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350559714 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350559707 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
KENREX
Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian
A thrilling new one-person show by the Olivier Award-nominated author of Cruise, Jack Holden, based on a true crime story and featuring live music.
This edition was published to coincide with the run at Sheffield Crucible in October 2024.
UK October 2024 US December 2024 72 pages
PB 9781350512245 • £10.99 / $14.95
ePub 9781350512269 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350512252 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
The Comedy About Spies
Henry Lewis & Henry Shields
When a rogue British agent pilfers plans for a topsecret weapon, CIA and KGB spies converge on London’s Piccadilly Hotel in pursuit of the elusive file. Add to the mix a clueless young couple, a hapless actor angling for the role of James Bond, and enough double agents to confuse even the sharpest operative, and you’ve got a mission that’s hilariously out of control.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 128 pages
PB 9781350567658 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350567672 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350567665 £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama World English
The Fifth Step
David Ireland
After many years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James agrees to become the sponsor of newcomer Luka. On the journey to sobriety, the pair bond over black coffee, trade stories, and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. On the cusp of Step 5, their conversations must turn to confessionals. The Fifth Step is a provocative, entertaining and subversively funny new play from David Ireland. This revised and updated edition was published to coincide with the @sohoplace production in May 2025, after its premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival.
UK May 2025 • US June 2025 • 96 pages
PB 9781350574069 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350574083 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350574076 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
The Score
Oliver Cotton Spring 1747. Potsdam, Prussia. Johann Sebastian Bach reluctantly visits the court of Frederick II, Europe's most ambitious and dangerous leader. As the Age of Enlightenment dawns, they stand in opposite camps. Frederick remains in awe of Bach's genius however and has mischievously prepared a musical conundrum that he hopes will baffle the composer and amuse his court. The explosive events of the following days could not have been predicted by either man. Oliver Cotton's The Score starred the legendary Brian Cox (HBO's Succession) and was directed by multi-award-winning director Trevor Nunn, thrilling in its political and musical intrigue.
UK February 2025 • US April 2025 • 112 pages
PB 9781350563971 • £11.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350563995 • £10.79 / $14.84
ePdf 9781350563988 £10.79 / $14.84
Series: Modern Plays Methuen Drama
World English
Ghosts
Henrik Ibsen & Gary Owen
Adapted by Gary Owen
Helena is a woman on a mission. Since the death of her high-flying husband, she has dedicated herself to reclaiming his legacy. Her hard work is about to pay off, with a new children’s hospital bearing his name on the brink of opening. When their son Oz returns home for the grand unveiling, he has ambitions of his own that threaten to unravel their family’s most tightly kept secrets. Gary Owen’s GHOSTS is a contemporary re-imagining of Ibsen’s classic.
UK April 2025 US May 2025 128 pages
PB 9781350574410 £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350574434 £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350574427 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama World English
MILLENNIUM GIRLS
Sophia Leonie
London. The 90s. The sparkle of the New Millennium is building. For Jessica, everything is changing fast.
Spanning three decades, we follow Jessica from adolescence through to adulthood. Clumsily, she navigates bullies, boys and best friends. Phone boxes, free yards and first kisses. Marriage, motherhood and meltdowns.
And some things you don’t talk about. Ever. Millennium Girls explores identity, girlhood and female friendships, exposing what it’s like growing up as a mixed race girl in a working-class community, within the goldfish bowl of the ever-present, male gaze.
UK May 2025 US June 2025 88 pages
PB 9781350580060 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350580084 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350580077 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
KELI
Martin Green
KELI tells the story of a fiery, sharp witted seventeen year-old in a former mining town. Coal means little to Keli, but the mines left music in the blood of this place. As the best player her brass band has ever had, music is easy. Everything else is a fight. Feeling trapped in small-town life, pressure mounts. When the chance to change everything arises, can Keli keep a lid on it all?
UK May 2025 • US June 2025 • 96 pages
PB 9781350582293 • £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350582316 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350582309 • £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Modern Plays • Methuen Drama
World English
Dear England
2025 Edition
James Graham
Winner of Best New Play at the Olivier Awards
2024 James Graham's 'rousing new play' (Tatler) is a fast-moving portrayal of Gareth Southgate's reign as England football manager that presents a gripping examination of both nation and game. Uplifting, funny and more entertaining than a World Cup final. This updated and revised edition was published to coincide with the 2025 run at London’s National Theatre.
UK March 2025 US June 2025 112 pages
PB 9781350567856 £10.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350567870 • £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350567863 • £9.89 / $13.49
Methuen Drama
World English
Methuen Drama Play Collections
Druid Theatre 1975-2025
50 Years of New Irish Plays
Edited by Patrick Lonergan, University of Galway, Ireland, Barry Houlihan, University of Galway, Ireland & Máiréad Ní Chróinín
Marking the 50th anniversary of one of the world’s leading theatre companies, this book collects six of its most impactful plays, together in one volume for the first time. Since 1975, Druid Theatre have surprised, delighted, and inspired audiences worldwide, touring from their home city of Galway in the west of Ireland to countless other locations nationally and internationally. Under the leadership of Garry Hynes, the first woman to win a Tony Award for directing, the company has revitalised the Irish dramatic tradition by staging exciting new plays and by breathing life into neglected classics.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 416 pages
PB 9781350542570 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350542563 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350542594 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350542587 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama
Voices of Women from Afghanistan
Five Plays and the Stories that Inspired Them
Edited by Lesley Ferris, The Ohio State University, USA & Jenny Morgan, Freelance editor
Five female playwrights offer short but intense experiences of the lives of Afghan girls and women in the brief, perilous years before the Taliban retook Kabul.
The five plays, and the journalism they’re based on are illuminating, wry, surprising, heart-rending. They open our eyes to what Afghan women wrestled with in the two decades between periods of Taliban rule, and remind us what is being lost every day that women in Afghanistan are silenced.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9781350547353 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350547360 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350547384 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350547377 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama
World English non-exclusive
Intercultural Japanese Noh Theatre
Texts and Analyses of English-language Noh
Ashley Thorpe, Allan Marett, Greg Giovanni, Jannette Cheong, Deborah Brevoort & Carrie J. Preston
Edited by Richard Emmert & Ashley Thorpe
Discover Japanese culture and one of the world's oldest performance artform in an exhilarating new way: through English language noh theatre.
With interviews, analysis, and seven playtexts that exemplify the history, diversity, and rich complexity of the dance-drama, Englishlanguage Noh blends tradition with global perspectives.
UK January 2025 US January 2025 248 pages
PB 9781350473140 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350473133 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350473157 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350473164 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama
World English non-exclusive
Latin American Plays in Translation
Modern Stories of Gender, Class and Society in Latin America
Edited by Global Voices Theatre
Six new plays from Latin America’s most exciting and incisive playwrights, newly translated for an English-language audience.
From streetwise urchins with a sharp eye for political discourse in Chilé to artists who dream of better futures amidst crisis in Perú; from fairy-tale parodies of Princess Diana as an expression of genderbased violence to mundane, everyday acts of love amid hardship, Latin American Plays in Translation offers a unique insight into the concerns and creative responses of some of Latin America’s leading contemporary playwrights.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350542266 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350542273 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350542297 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350542280 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama World English non-exclusive
Not Beckett, The Plays
Female and Non-binary Irish Playwrights Respond
Olwen Fouéré, Jennifer Barclay, FELISPEAKS, Nicola McCartney & Hannah Khalil Five new short plays, including author commentaries, from female and non-binary writers of Irish heritage in response to Samuel Beckett. Authors include global playwrights Hannah Khalil, Jennifer Barclay, Olwen Fouéré, FELISPEAKS, and Nicola McCartney. Each short play provides an ideal vehicle for students and readers to further explore the artistic influence of Samuel Beckett’s work through meditations on what Irish heritage means to members of the modern-day diaspora. The whole collection is introduced by Dr Matthew McFrederick, CoDirector of the Beckett International Foundation at the University of Reading, who considers the plays in the anthology and their impact.
UK July 2025 • US October 2025 • 88 pages
PB 9781350547261 • £11.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350547285 £10.79 / $14.84
ePdf 9781350547278 £10.79 / $14.84
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama World English non-exclusive
Once in the Countryside A Collection
of Plays
Lloyd Suh, American playwright
Edited by Christine Mok
2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh is a celebrated Chinese-American playwright who's work reveals how history can exact an emotional toll across culture and time. As a writer his work explores often ignored pivotal moments of Asian American history, drawing on a variety of forms and aesthetics, from historical realism and punk rock musicals to sci-fi plays and comedies for young audiences. From New York Times Critic's Picks and the Pulitzer Prize final shortlist to intimate one-act dramas, Suh's work is revelatory, insightful and ripe for study and enjoyment in this inaugural collection, introduced by the author himself.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 368 pages
PB 9781350439207 £22.99 / $30.95 HB 9781350439214 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350439238 £20.69 / $28.34
ePdf 9781350439221 • £20.69 / $28.34
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama
World English non-exclusive
The Methuen Drama Book of Contemporary Uruguayan Plays
Edited by Sophie Stevens, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of London, UK & William Gregory, King's College London, UK
The rich and varied 21st-century playwriting scene of Uruguay is showcased in this eclectic and fascinating collection, bringing together the work of established figures with that of provocative emerging artists, all published in English for the first time.
Spanning several generations, the six award-winning dramatists featured in this volume are leading figures in shaping Uruguay’s vibrant contemporary theatre landscape. Rooted in their experiences in Uruguay, while also looking out to the world beyond, their plays encompass styles ranging from realism to autofiction, and engage with themes including the challenges of parenthood, and the search for identity.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350525306 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350525313 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350525320 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350525337 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama
World English non-exclusive
The Four Northwomen
Maxine Peake
In her first collection of plays, writer and BAFTAnominated actor Maxine Peake introduces four unique stories of resistance and passion based on real women. From the famous Leeds-born cyclist Beryl Burton battling through various obstacles to achieve success; to Lillian Bilocca, the 'headscarf revolutionary'; to four bold women protesting for Women Against Pit Closures, occupying a coal pit over Easter weekend in 1993; to former MP Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons. Follow these women as Peake guides you through their stories with warmth and Northern candor.
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 256 pages
PB 9781350493001 • £22.99 / $30.95
ePub 9781350493056 • £20.69 / $28.34
ePdf 9781350493025 £20.69 / $28.34
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections Methuen Drama World English
Contemporary Dramatists
Tim Price Plays 2
Odyssey '84; Nye; Isla; Force Majeure; Teh Internet is Serious Business
Tim Price, Welsh National Theatre, Literary Manager
In his second collection of Plays, critically acclaimed Welsh playwright Tim Price interweaves the political with the personal. The plays range from the story of the hero behind the NHS, to moving comedy about a skiing holiday, to a the tumultous story of two 'hacktivists'.
UK July 2025 US October 2025 544 pages
PB 9781350547537 £21.99 / $29.95
ePub 9781350547544 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350547551 • £19.79 / $26.99
Series: Contemporary Dramatists • Methuen Drama
World English
The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume 2
Edited by Leanna Keyes, Lindsey Mantoan, Linfield College, USA & Angela Farr Schiller, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, USA
The second anthology of Trans plays from Methuen Drama, curated via an open submission policy. Full line up and description to be confirmed.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 512 pages
PB 9781350458093 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350458086 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350458109 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350458116 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections • Methuen Drama World English
Until I Return: The Selected Plays of Ismail Khalidi
Ismail Khalidi
Edited by Hala Baki, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, USA & Michael Malek Najjar, University of Oregon, USA
Discover the complex histories and experiences of the Palestinian people through the work of Ismail Khalidi.
With compelling characters, engaging storytelling, quick-witted humor, and unwavering political commitment, Khalidi has entertained and informed audiences in America and around the globe, providing diverse perspectives on the Palestinian experience from the British Mandate era to the challenges faced under occupation today.
Contextualising the pieces with an essay by Professor Edward Ziter (NYU Tisch, USA), an enlightening interview with the playwright conducted by the editors, production stills from landmark performances, and an annotated timeline of Khalidi's life, The Selected Plays of Ismail Khalidi is a comprehensive insight into both the playwright and his people.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 328 pages
PB 9781350465466 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350465473 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350465480 £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350465497 £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Methuen Drama Play Collections Methuen Drama World English non-exclusive
Alistair McDowall Plays 2
X; The Glow; All of It; Northleigh 1940; Zero For the Young Dudes
Alistair McDowall
In his second collection of Plays, the work ranges from a research crew marooned in space, to a formbending monologue, to a play that bends time and space into itself. The intricate and the intimate are drawn together effectively throughout, offering a rich selection of work that showcase McDowall's unique talent.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 400 pages
PB 9781350547407 £19.99 / $26.95
ePub 9781350547414 £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350547421 • £17.99 / $24.29
Series: Contemporary Dramatists • Methuen Drama
World English
Student Editions
Chris Megson, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK & Jenny Stevens, Open University, UK & Matthew Nichols, Manchester Grammar School, UK & Sara Freeman, University of Puget Sound, Washington, USA
Medea
Euripides
Edited by Will Shüler, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Translated by J. Michael Walton
A Student Edition of Euripides' play with commentary by Will Shuler, which looks at its portrayal of violence - both onstage and off; the original performance conditions; staging challenges, both then and now (including Medea's exit on a dragon); the notion of myth and how Greek tragedians were telling old stories to get new meanings; and how the play has evolved through translation. It considers a range of productions around the world up to the present day in order to see how different translators and playwrights have adapted the material, and how actors and directors have approached it.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 80 pages
PB 9781350523722 £10.99 / $14.95
ePub 9781350523746 £9.89 / $13.49
ePdf 9781350523739 £9.89 / $13.49
Series: Student Editions • Methuen Drama
World English
Plays for Young People
Wintry Tales
Two Theatrical Adventures by Playwrights and Children aged 7-11
Rory Mullarkey & Lisette Auton
Based on the pioneering Live Tales creative writing model at Live Theatre in Newcastle, placing children’s authorship at the centre of the creative process, Wintry Tales offers a series of brilliant, alternative takes on the Christmas story, written by industry-leading playwright Rory Mullarkey and Lisette Auton, a hugely prominent disabled writer. Simple in form but deliciously rich in ideas, these explosive dramatic works can be performed by just two actors on either a packed or empty stage. It’s all about the words! And the outrageous ideas behind them…
UK November 2024
• US November 2024 • 120 pages
PB 9781350502048 • £11.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350502062 • £10.79 / $14.84
ePdf 9781350502055 • £10.79 / $14.84
Series: Plays for Young People Methuen Drama
World English
Once Before I Go
Phillip McMahon
Edited by Fintan Walsh, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Told against the backdrop of Dublin's burgeoning gay rights movement of the 1980s and 1990s and the contemporary LGBTQ+ community of today, Once Before I Go explores the bonds of Irish queer lives across three decades in Dublin, London and Paris. This Student Edition includes commentary and notes by Fintan Walsh, which look at the play's themes of sexuality, emigration, time and relationships, as well as its style as a realistic three-part drama that draws on queer performance aesthetics. The edition includes an original interview with the playwright.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 128 pages
PB 9781350523760 • £11.99 / $15.95
ePub 9781350523784 • £10.79 / $14.84
ePdf 9781350523777 • £10.79 / $14.84
Series: Student Editions • Methuen Drama
World English
Positive Stories for Negative Times, Season Four
Bold New Plays Co-Created by Young People and World-Class Artists
Ella Hickson, Hannah Low, Travis Alabanza, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Toronto, Canada & James Ley
Edited by Wonder Fools
Positive Stories for Negative Times, Season Four includes six exciting new plays by some of the best artists working in the UK today written with and for young people. Created as part of Wonder Fools' international participatory project Positive Stories for Negative Times, which has reached over 8000 young people from 16 different countries including the UK, South Africa, India, USA, Canada, Italy and Sweden. Co-commissioned by Wonder Fools and the Traverse Theatre, these six plays offer a variety of stories, styles and forms for ages 6-25.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781350555198 • £16.99 / $22.95
ePub 9781350555211 • £15.29 / $21.59
ePdf 9781350555204 £15.29 / $21.59
Series: Plays for Young People Methuen Drama World English non-exclusive
An Alchemy of Living Culture
Collected Writings on Double Edge Theatre
Stacy Klein
A selection of Stacy Klein’s writings for and about Double Edge Theatre - a feminist ensemble and artist-run organisation founded in the US in the 1980s. It captures the theatrical and cultural practice to have come out of the theatre company and showcases its dedication to collective artistic creativity, cultural survival and sustained, equitable organization-building. Featuring interviews, artists' statements, essays and speeches, as well as an introduction that situates the material in the wider theatre-making scene, the volume as a whole captures the democratic spirit and boundarypushing forms that the theatre company have championed.
UK
PB
ePub 9781350449398 £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350449381 £19.79 / $26.99
Series: Theatre Makers • Methuen Drama World English
Research and Development in British Theatre
Edited by Tom Cantrell, University of York, UK, Katherine Graham, University of York, UK, Karen Quigley, University of York, UK & Mark LoveSmith, University of York, UK
The first book to explore how research and development (R&D) is used in contemporary British theatre-making, how it exists as a specific, often discrete methodology, and how you can use it in your own theatre-making. Featuring chapters by internationally recognised researchers, as well as interviews with innovative theatre-makers, it provides emerging theatre-makers with a handy guide to using R&D as part of their own practice. Contributors include artisitic director Jenny Sealey, movement directors Joseph Alford and Vicki Ikbogwe, performer Selina Thompson, designers Tom Morris and Sophie Jump, composer Lilian Henley, and writers Alex Kelly and Inua Ellams. UK
ePdf
The Question of Skill Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre
Adam J. Ledger, University of Birmingham, UK
This book offers a re-thinking of how theatremaking might be understood as a "skilled" craft and process, exploring how professional contexts allow skill as a competence to emerge in a multitude of ways - often as a result of collective knowledge and collaboration - rather than be acquired. It covers topics such as training, rehearsal and performing, with a focus on the actor and director's roles, and looks at the work of key directors and theatre institutions. Throughout, it draws on first-hand observations from international contemporary theatre-makers to probe what we really mean when we talk about skill in theatre.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 12 bw
HB 9781350300262 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350300279 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350300286 £76.50 / $103.94
Methuen Drama
Notes from a Working-Class Playwright
Leo Butler
Award-winning British playwright Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights through the Royal Court Young Writers' Programme, the Young Vic and at universities across the world. With honesty and humour, Butler shares his experiences from his working-class upbringing in Sheffield to his development into the professional theatre industry. This personal account criss-crosses Butler's life and career, exploring the influences and experiences that informed his plays; how to make a living from this work; and offering exercises and tips to help readers in their playwriting journey.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350429468
Series: Theatre Makers Methuen Drama
World English
Making Interdisciplinary Performance
Processes and Practices in Collaboration
Edited by Gianna Bouchard, University of Birmingham, UK & Adam J. Ledger, University of Birmingham, UK
At a time when interdisciplinary practice is actively encouraged in the academy, through strategic priorities, policy and funding, this edited collection asks what it means in practical terms to engage with artists and scholars outside of our home territories. It explores contemporary working practices between performance and other disciplines, and, by focusing on these collaborations, it investigates the processes and conditions involved in the interdisciplinary and develops the notion of ‘journeying’ beyond conventional boundaries. The book includes chapters covering areas such as psychology, environment, physical cultures, the military, healthcare, festivals and communities, architecture, pedagogy and fine dining.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 288 pages • 12 bw illus
HB 9781350318526 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350318533 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350318540 • £76.50 / $103.94
Methuen Drama
Community-based Arts, Research and Activism in Uganda
We Are Walukuba
Edited by Jane Plastow, University of Leeds, UK & Katie McQuaid, University of Leeds, UK
How may the lives of individuals and a community be impacted by a durational applied theatre and arts-based project? What lessons does it provide for arts practitioners working for social change? Offering an account of a 7-year arts-based programme of community research, creative activity and activism in a Ugandan community, this book presents the voices and insights of those involved in the form of articles and creative works. Participants respond to work carried out through anthropology, theatre, film, photography, art, poetry, dance and music arguing collectively that creativity is a powerful route to self and community realization and human development.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 232 pages • 18 colour and 18 bw illus
HB 9781350435063 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350435070 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350435087 £76.50 / $103.94
Methuen Drama
Methuen Drama Engage
Enoch Brater, University of Michigan, USA & Mark Taylor-Batty, University of Leeds, UK
Glancing at Dramatists' Dialogue
From Shakespeare to Suzan-Lori Parks
Ruby Cohn
Edited by Daniela Caselli, University of Manchester, UK & Hannah Simpson, University of Edinburgh, UK
This book examines dramatic dialogue in Englishlanguage theatre, tracing verbal invention across four centuries from Shakespeare and Restoration comedy right up to contemporary English and American theatre. Published posthumously, this renowned theatre scholar's book considers English dramatic dialogue as exemplified in the verbal invention of particular plays. In eight chapters, Cohn offers close readings of monologue and dialogue in plays by William Shakespeare, William Wycherley, George Etherege, William Congreve, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, David Mamet, Tom Stoppard, Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Caryl Churchill, Sam Shepard, Adrienne Kennedy and Suzan-Lori Parks.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9781350425965 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350425989 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350425972 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
Radical Realisms in Contemporary British Theatre
Rethinking Feminist Form in Plays by Women
Hannah Greenstreet, University of Liverpool, UK
This book offers radical new insights into the relation between realism, feminism and gender identities in contemporary theatre. It argues that the new wave of feminist plays that emerged in the 2010s can be characterised by both its interest in feminist politics and its formal experimentation. By tracing elements of realism in plays that put realism in dialogue with other forms, the radicalism of realism is revealed anew. Reconsidering longstanding debates in feminist theatre scholarship in the light of contemporary feminist theatre practice in the UK, this book offers a new, ‘feminist formalist’ theoretical approach to analysing plays.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 232 pages • 6 bw illus
HB 9781350425811 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350425835 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350425828
£76.50 / $103.94
Series: Methuen Drama Engage Methuen Drama World English
The Contemporary History Play Staging English and American Pasts
Benjamin Poore, University of York, UK
The Contemporary History Play asks what happens when a new mode of interpretation is applied to contemporary history plays and tracks the evolving uses of history in 21st-century playwriting across the UK. Benjamin Poore argues that contemporary British playwriting that invokes history can be positioned on a spectrum that ranges from recovering untold stories, which offer an additional narrative to dominant understandings of history, to challenging the very foundations of historical knowledge itself.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350462106 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350169630
ePub 9781350169647 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350169654 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Methuen Drama Engage • Methuen Drama
Virtual Models in Theatre, Art and Architecture
Making Worlds
Thea Brejzek, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia & Lawrence Wallen, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
What is the impact of virtual models in contemporary theatre, art and architecture? This volume explores their evolution, their transformative spatial potential, and their capacity for worldmaking using a range of case studies drawn from global contemporary theatre, art and architecture practice. It draws upon examples including Japanese artist collective Dumb Type, Chinese artist Lu Yang, US-Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari, Björk, and the UK research agency Forensic Architecture. A historical overview provides context to the rapid development of virtual technologies, including the work of Superstudio and Archigram and art, performance and technology collaborations from 1960s New York onward.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages • 35 bw illus
HB 9781350449800 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350449817 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350449824 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Performance and Design Methuen Drama
Forms of Drama
Simon Shepherd, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London, UK
Jingju - Beijing/Peking Opera History, Practice, and Aesthetics
Xing Fan, University of Toronto, Canada
This book traces the history of jingju (Beijing/ Peking opera) from its origin during the 1790s to the present through three lenses. First, it introduces the stage practices that shape a jingju production, and details for the reader the practitioner’s experience during the developmental creative process, in rehearsals, and behind the curtain. Second, it traces jingju’s development with close analyses of case studies, and sheds light on the process of jingju’s transformation into its contemporary form. And third, it defines and interprets jingju aesthetics’ notion of the beautiful and how this sense of beauty is communicated through stylization.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 192 pages • 2 bw illus
HB 9781350174689 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350174696 • £58.50 / $79.64
ePdf 9781350174702 • £58.50 / $79.64
Series: Forms of Drama • Methuen Drama
Noh
Japanese Classical Dance-drama
Kaoru Nakao, Osaka University, Japan & Diego Pellecchia, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
Provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the rich traditions of noh, traditional Japanese dance-drama. Drawing from up-todate, specialized scholarship in Japanese and English, it takes an accessible approach useful for a range of readers, including students and researchers of Japanese culture and performing arts, as well as theatre practitioners. After providing an overview of the art, it traces its history from its origins to the present day. It also covers the different types of plays in the repertoire, and delves into staging conventions, including movement, music, and chant, as well as costumes, masks, and stage properties.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 208 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350371446 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350371453 • £58.50 / $79.64
ePdf 9781350371460 • £58.50 / $79.64
Series: Forms of Drama • Methuen Drama
Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht
A New Intellectual History, 1900-1950
Katherine Hollander, Tufts University, USA
A revealing history of the intimate group around Bertolt Brecht which produced some of the most important works of 20th-century drama, literature, and theory while in exile from Nazi Germany. De-centering Brecht and contextualizing him in a group of peers which included Helene Weigel, Karin Michaëlis, Margarete Steffin, and Walter Benjamin, this book investigates how they understood their collaborative work in the context of their commitments to fighting fascism and building socialism. It reveals not just how the group worked but how they understood that work as an embodiment of their evolving ideas about socialism, antifascism, and collectivity.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages • 8 bw illus
HB 9781350433588 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350433595 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350433601 £76.50 / $103.94
Methuen Drama
A Theatre of Powerlessness
Acts of Knowledge and the Performance of the Many
Edited by Edit Kaldor, Independent scholar, the Netherlands & Joe Kelleher, Roehampton University, UK
A Theatre of Powerlessness departs from Edit Kaldor’s Inventory of Powerlessness (2013-16), a multi-year theatre project in which hundreds of participants articulated their emergent knowledge about contemporary forms of powerlessness. It is aimed, among others, at student readers in an increasingly diversified educational context, who are learning to develop models of transformative, creative practice with which to put their own experiences of the world to work. Combining process and performance documentation of Inventory, with critical analysis of a global range of contemporary performance practices, A Theatre of Powerlessness offers practical considerations for an extended 21st century theatre aesthetic.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350233584 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350233591 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350233607 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Thinking Through Theatre • Methuen Drama
Four Contemporary American Playwrights
Exploring Identity
Christopher Bigsby, University of East Anglia, UK
The fourth in a series of books exploring the careers of 28 contemporary American playwrights, this book covers the work of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Stephen Karam and Lucas Hnath. These awardwinning playwrights deploy different dramatic strategies, even as they make their audiences complicit, in plays which range widely in styles and approach. Christopher Bigsby interweaves analysis of their work with biographical information, contemporary responses and the writers’ own comments on their work, drawn from interviews. He reflects on identity in the work of these playwrights, asking the extent to which it is central or incidental to their work.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781350538801 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350538818 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350538825 £76.50 / $103.94 Methuen Drama
Tragedy as a Travelling Form
Itineraries from Thespis to Today
Edited by Philipp Lammers, University of Konstanz, Germany, Juliane Vogel, University of Konstanz, Germany & Christina Wald, University of Konstanz, Germany
Covering a broad historical spectrum from Greek Antiquity to the 21st century, this open access book explores tragedy as a travelling form, asking how its formal features have impacted its travels, and how these travels have shaped tragedy’s forms. Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars of classics, English, German and French literature, postcolonial literature, theatre and performance studies and musicology, this book provides a multifaceted overview of travelling form processes.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Konstanz.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 280 pages • 3 bw illus
HB 9781350466364 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350466371 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350466388 • £00.00 / $00.00
Methuen Drama
Can you recommend a further 60 plays by writers of colour that my students can explore in the classroom? Yes, we can
This question posed to us by a secondary school teacher remains at the heart of all we do in the Lit in Colour campaign.
This second (Incomplete) Play List is filled with more powerful stories, fascinating characters and varieties of lived experiences so students can discover the creativity, rewards and relevance they offer.
The Play List recommends plays for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 with every play exploring a range of themes and concerns, all of which are representative of topics and issues that affect students today. With content warnings, themes and signposts to additional teaching resources, this List helps teachers to introduce any of these plays into secondary school classrooms.
An Economist's Guide to Environmentalism
A Toolkit for Understanding and Solving Ecological Problems
Jordan K. Lofthouse, George Mason University, USA
In An Economist’s Guide to Environmentalism, Jordan K. Lofthouse demonstrates how the field of economics can explain the rise of environmental problems and offers a framework to evaluate the vast array of potential solutions. Lofthouse assembles a “toolkit” of easy-to-understand economic concepts and then applies those tools to a variety of environmental problems. These tools include the concepts of incentives, constraints, trade-offs, unintended consequences, institutional analysis, and more. The examples in this book highlight how environmental issues often stem from poorly defined or poorly enforced property rights. Lofthouse argues for novel solutions such as assigning property rights to wildlife on the verge of extinction, private approaches to land conservation, and the implementation of water markets.
UK
HB 9781538189856 • £25.00 / $36.00
ePub 9781538189863 • £26.34 / $32.40
ePdf 9798765158487 £26.34 / $32.40
Bloomsbury Academic
The Four Paradigms in Economics
Theories, Concepts, and Analytical Tools
Kavous Ardalan
In this book, the author discusses four paradigms and shows how they view and explain any economics phenomenon differently, and therefore, together they provide a broader and deeper understanding of the economic phenomenon under consideration.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 3 b/w Figures
HB 9781666977844 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978761100 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216263319 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Women and the Economy Family, Work and Pay
Saul D. Hoffman, University of Delaware, USA, Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College, USA & Laura Argys, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
An analysis of the enormous changes in women's economic lives around the world, from the family to the labour market. This book examines topics such as the effect of rising women's wages and improved labour market opportunities on marriage, the ways in which more reliable contraception has shaped women's adult lives and careers, and the forces behind the phenomenal rise in women's labour force activity.
UK February 2025 US November 2024 424 pages
PB 9781350420663 • £56.99 / $76.95 • HB 9781350420694 • £170.99
ePub 9781350420687 • £51.29 / $70.19
ePdf 9781350420670 • £51.29 / $70.19
Bloomsbury Academic
The Economy of Ireland
Policy Making in a Global Context
Edited by John O'Hagan, Department of Economics, Dublin, Francis O'Toole, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland & Ciara Whelan, University College Dublin, Ireland
Authored by some of the most distinguished economists in Ireland, this well-established textbook examines the background, development and ongoing issues surrounding the economy of Ireland. This newest edition has been fully updated with the latest available data, contemporary examples and references, as well as discussion and analysis of current topical issues, with two brand new chapters on Behavioural Economics and Demography. It is an ideal text for students studying modules on Irish Economics and anyone with a general interest in the history and development of the Irish Economy.
UK August 2025 US August 2025 432 pages
PB 9781350468122 £45.99 / $60.95 HB 9781350468115 £150.00 / $200.00
ePub 9781350468108 £41.39 / $56.69
ePdf 9781350468092 • £41.39 / $56.69
Bloomsbury Academic
County and City Extra Series
The Who, What, and Where
Understanding the American Community Survey
Edited by Shana Hertz Hattis
This volume is designed to provide a sampling of key demographic information. It covers the United States, every state, each metropolitan statistical area, and all the counties and cities with a population of 20,000 or more. Each part is preceded by highlights and ranking tables that show how areas diverge from the national norm. These research aids are invaluable for understanding data from the ACS and for highlighting what it tells us about who we are, what we do, and where we live. This title is the latest in the County and City Extra Series
UK October 2025
• US October 2025 • 322 pages
HB 9781636714318
• £110.00 / $158.00
ePub 9781636714325 • £114.15 / $142.20
ePdf 9798765164952 • £114.15 / $142.20
Series: County and City Extra Series Bloomsbury Academic World English
County and City Extra 2024
Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book
Edited by Shana Hertz Hattis & Mary Meghan Ryan
Find out how your county or city measures up with others across the United States! Updated annually to guarantee convenient access to current statistical information, County and City Extra is a single-volume source of data for every U.S. state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district, and all cities with populations above 25,000.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 1336 pages
HB 9798892050555 £177.00 / $229.00
ePub 9798892050562 • £165.25 / $206.10
Series: County and City Extra Series • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Patterns of Economic Change by State and Area 2025
Income, Employment, and Gross Domestic Product
Edited by Mary Meghan Ryan
Patterns of Economic Change by State and Area presents data on personal income, employment, and gross domestic product for the United States as a whole, the seven regions, each state, and over 350 metropolitan statistical areas.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 528 pages
PB 9798892050913 • £115.00 / $150.00
ePub 9798892050920 £108.57 / $135.00
ePdf 9798216368953 £108.57 / $135.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Employment, Hours, and Earnings 2025 States and Areas
Edited by Mary Meghan Ryan
A special edition to the Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data, this reference is a consolidated wealth of employment information, providing monthly and annual data on hours worked and earnings made by industry, including figures and summary information spanning several years. These data are presented for states and the 75 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 608 pages
PB 9798892050708 • £121.00 / $156.00
ePub 9798892050715 • £112.56 / $140.40
ePdf 9798216368830 • £112.56 / $140.40
Bloomsbury Academic World English
State Profiles 2025
The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State
Edited by Shana Hertz Hattis
State Profiles 2025 provides a completely updated ten-page profile for each U.S. state plus the District of Columbia and provides reliable, up-to-date information on a wide range of topics, including: population, labor force, income and poverty, government finances, crime, education, health insurance, voting, marital status, migration, and more.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 560 pages
HB 9798892050975 • £181.00 / $235.00
ePub 9798892050982 • £169.24 / $211.50
ePdf 9798216369059 • £169.24 / $211.50
Series: U.S. DataBook Series • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Reflective Teaching in Higher Education
Paul Ashwin, Jan McArthur, Lancaster University, UK, Margaret Blackie, Susanna Calkins, Gregory Light, Northwestern University, USA, Kelly Coate, University of Sussex, UK, Fiona Hallett, Edge Hill University, UK, Camille Kandiko Howson, Imperial College London, UK, Kathy Luckett, Iain MacLaren, Michelle Tooher, National University of Ireland, Ireland, Velda McCune, University of Edinburgh, UK, Rebecca Schendel, Boston College, USA, & Karen Mpamhanga, University of Hertfordshire, UK
This is the definitive textbook for reflective teachers in higher education. Informed by the latest research, the book offers extensive support for those at the start of an academic career and career-long professionalism for those teaching in higher education. Written by an international collaborative author team of higher education experts led by Paul Ashwin, this new edition gives greater coverage of contemporary topics.
UK
ePub 9781350496897 £31.49 / $43.19
ePdf 9781350496880 £31.49 / $43.19
Series: Reflective Teaching • Bloomsbury Academic
Navigating the Doctoral Journey A Handbook of Strategies for Success
Amanda J. Rockinson-Szapkiw & Lucinda S. Spaulding
This co-edited book provides doctoral candidates with a practical, cross-discipline handbook for successfully navigating the doctoral process – from initial program selection to the final dissertation defense and preparing for the faculty interview. Invited chapters from established higher education experts cover topics ranging from university and program selection, preparing for comprehensive exams and dissertation research, self-care and self-management strategies, and recommendations for maintaining personal and professional support systems.
Each chapter includes strategies for success and practical tips, including how to create a study guide for the comprehensive examination, how to create a professional support group, how to talk to your family about the doctoral process, how to select and work with a chair and committee, how to identify an appropriate research design, how to navigate the IRB process, and how to master the research and writing process.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 176 pages
PB 9781538197516 • £29.99 / $40.00 • HB 9781538197509 • / $110.00
ePub 9781538197523 • £29.53 / $36.00
ePdf 9798765154953 • £29.53 / $36.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Space, Time and Encounter in the University Classroom
Elizabeth Hauke, Imperial College, UK
This book explores space, time and encounter in an interdisciplinary higher education classroom during a typical academic year considering how they might present as protagonists of authenticity. In this ethnography, the author is both the researcher and the teacher, delivering highly interactive and student centred modules for undergraduate students at a leading science and engineering university in the UK. The book demonstrates a remarkable alignment between the design and aspirations of the teaching, the experiences within the classroom, and the conduct of the research. Revealing the inner thoughts and inspirations of the researcher, the book includes insights from philosophy, anthropology, education, neuroscience, music, architecture, photography and popular culture.
UK January 2026 • US January 2026 • 320 pages • 40 bw illus
HB 9781350477179 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350477193 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350477186 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Alternative & Education • Bloomsbury Academic
Bloomsbury Higher Education Research
Simon Marginson,
University of Oxford, UK
Brexit, EU Students and UK Higher Education
Broken Bridges
Vassiliki Papatsiba, Cardiff University, UK & Simon Marginson, University of Oxford, UK
This open access book examines the effects of Brexit on UK higher education, based on the largest academic research project conducted in the UK across 12 universities in all four nations. With an analysis of the impact of Brexit in three areas, revenue, diversity and competition, the book also offers a broader understanding of the internationalisation of higher education in the UK. The authors review developments in policy and practice in the internationalisation of UK higher education and research.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 282 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350553804 • £90.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350553828 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350553811 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Bloomsbury Higher Education Research • Bloomsbury Academic
The Future of Cross-Border Academic (Im)mobilities Power, Knowledge and Agency
Edited by Aline Courtois, University of Bath, UK, Simon Marginson, University of Oxford, UK, Catherine Montgomery, Durham University, UK & Ravinder Sidhu, University of Queensland, Australia
This open access edited collection brings together reflections on the fast changing and crisis ridden global context and develops new ways of conceptualising academic mobilities, and immobilities, against a backdrop of a conflicted and precarious future for global higher education. The result is a set of vivid cutting-edge contributions, some of which take a global view and others which explore a country perspective.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 336 pages • 15 bw illus
HB 9781350502406 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350502420 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350502413 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Bloomsbury Higher Education Research • Bloomsbury Academic
Online Learning Futures
An Evidence Based Vision for Global Professional Collaboration on Sustainability
Eileen Kennedy & Diana Laurillard, University College London, UK
To fully realise its transformative potential, this book argues the need for an evidence-based design approach. Drawing on the experiences of online learners who are professionals: educators, engineers and researchers., it demonstrates that open, online, collaborative learning experiences are not only feasible but effective for building professional community knowledge.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350324275 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350324237
ePub 9781350324251 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350324244 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Bloomsbury Higher Education Research • Bloomsbury Academic
Reclaiming the Teaching Discourse in
Higher Education
Curating a Diversity of Theory and Practice
Edited by Ian M. Kinchin, University of Surrey, UK
This book offers a reappraisal of the current state of university teaching, and re-imaginings of potential futures. It encourages an escape from accepted wisdom, liberating teaching from the bonds of reductive binary and linear thinking, and accepting the need for a plurality of theoretical perspectives. Teaching is relational and highly context dependent, and our discussion of teaching should recognise this. The performative culture pervading many campuses can dampen down large-scale innovation, leaving marginalised pockets of subversive collaboration and experimentation to operate below the corporate radar. Here the contributors give voice to some of those emerging ideas and challenge neoliberal orthodoxy.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 234 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350411470 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350411494 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350411487 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Intellectual Leadership, Higher Education and Precarious Times
Edited by Tanya Fitzgerald, University of Western Australia, Australia, Helen M. Gunter, University of Manchester, UK & Jon Nixon, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
This book draws on interdisciplinary social science and philosophical frameworks to offer new dimensions to debate about intellectual leadership and higher education. The chapters are focused on provoking readers to think critically about intellectual leadership in precarious times. The contributors frame critical questions about the unevenness, ambivalences, and disruptions that now mark everyday life and interactions. In the precarious present and in times of precarity, what has changed and why? What might now be the new social reality within which we work?
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 232 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350291843 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350291805
ePub 9781350291829 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350291812 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education • Bloomsbury Academic
How to Mend a University Towards a Sustainable Learning Environment In Higher Education
Ian M. Kinchin, University of Surrey, UK
Many contemporary commentators present a damning account of the current state of higher education, to the extent that our universities may be considered to be broken. This book offers an alternative perspective to the dominant neoliberal discourse and provides the conceptual tools to help construct a trajectory of repair for our universities. These ideas are presented within this book as five moves to transform our current pathological situation and develop towards a more healthy and sustainable ecological learning environment. In this book, Ian Kinchin draws upon a wide range of sources from the philosophy of education, biological and clinical sciences as well as educational research and academic development.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 180 pages • 20 bw illus
PB 9781350338685 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350338647
ePub 9781350338661 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350338654 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Reconstructing the “Uni-versity”
From the Ashes of the "Mega- and Multi-versity" to the Futures of Higher Education
Harvey J. Graff
This book criticizes the timeless but repetitive mythologies of never-ending lack of precedents and absence of continuities in discussions of the “decline” or “failure” of modern higher education and replaces them with a historical corrective that clearly links the past and present to visions of the future. Our collective past provides essential lessons if we know how to read and learn from them. The author brings his experience from over 50 years as a professor to provide an accurate history of higher education and establish a new agenda.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 336 pages
HB 9781666955095 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978763388 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216260370 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Higher Music Education and Employability in a Neoliberal World
Edited by Rainer Prokop, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria & Rosa Reitsamer, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
This open access book offers international and interdisciplinary insights into the learning cultures, curricula designs and emancipatory initiatives within higher music education institutions. Drawing together international empirical case studies the contributors look at the discourses surrounding employability and artistic standards that form the traditional foundation of conservatoire education.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 240 pages 30 bw illus
PB 9781350266964 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350266957
ePub 9781350266988 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350266971 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Voice in Higher Education
Edited by Jerusha Conner, Villanova University, USA, Rille Raaper, Durham University, UK, Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela, Universidad de Tarapacà, Chile & Launa Gauthier, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
This Handbook brings together scholarship from various subfields, disciplinary traditions, and geographic and geopolitical contexts to understand how student voice is operating in different higher education dimensions and contexts around the world. The Handbook helps not only to map the range of student voice practices in college and university settings, but also to identify the common core elements, enabling conditions, constraints, and outcomes associated with student voice work in higher education.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 480 pages 25 bw illus
PB 9781350342491
£39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350342453
ePub 9781350342477 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350342460 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Comparative and International Education
An Introduction
Esther E. Gottlieb, Ohio State University, USA, Radhika Iyengar, Columbia University, USA & Matthew A. Witenstein, University of New Mexico, USA
This book introduces comparative and international education (CIE) to new students of the field. It guides the reader through the many ways that education can respond to recent political and social changes, such as the intense debates regarding nationalism, democratic participation, inequality, social justice, climate change, and the recent impact of the global pandemic. The first four sections cover the key theories, methods, practices, and the history of CIE and the fifth section includes ten case studies written by contributors from around the world which illustrate key debates in the field.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350415546 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350415553 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350415560 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350415577 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Academic
Peace and Human Rights Education
The Pedagogy of Radical Change
Social Movements, Resistance and Alternative Futures in Higher Education and Society
Spyros Themelis, University of East Anglia, UK
This book discusses and compares how social movements in Brazil, Chile, Greece and England are beacons of alternative politics. It focuses on the potential of these movements to radically transform higher education and society. It explores how social movements create new forms of resistance to the ubiquity of global capitalism and new forms of thinking, acting and being in the world that are not based on exploitation and profit. The book draws on empirical material collected over 12 years in conversation with key participants in social movements.
UK
HB 9781350476431 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350476455 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350476448 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Maria Hantzopoulos, Vassar College, USA & Monisha Bajaj, University of San Francisco, USA
Critical Perspectives on Refugee and Migrant Integration in Education
Grassroots Narratives from Multiregional Settings
Edited by Marcus Otto, Georg Eckert Institute, Germany & Tania Saeed, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
This open-access book offers a critical appraisal, at the cross-section of theory and practice, of concepts of integration at work in education in diverse geopolitical settings. With chapters written by international experts, the book includes discussion of regions of conflict, postconflict and also non-conflict societies in which a cultural hegemony has developed strategies to “integrate” groups perceived as “other”. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Georg Arnhold Program.
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 228 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350452343 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350452367 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350452350 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Peace and Human Rights Education • Bloomsbury Academic
The Politics of Educational Aid in Tunisia
Fighting Jihadism and Islamic Extremism Through Educational Diplomacy
tavis d. jules, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Drawing on the concept of ‘educational diplomacy’ tavis d. jules shows how soft power is being used as a diplomatic tool in the Middle East to deal with the post-revolutionary fallout in Tunisia. Using a comparative-historical approach jules illustrates how soft financial gifts and lending by industrialized countries, multilateral agencies, and other aid donors for educational programs are being used a preventative measures against Jihadism. The book explores how educational aid is used to influence local policies and politics.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350475953 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350475977 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350475960 • £81.00 / $110.69 Bloomsbury Academic
Constructive Conflict Pedagogies for Building Democratic Peace
Teaching Strategies from around the
World
Edited by Kathy Bickmore, University of Toronto, Canada
This open access book shows what teaching for democratic citizenship and peace can look like in classrooms in violent and lessviolent contexts around the world. It features chapters written by leading scholars and practitioners based in Canada, Chile, Columbia, Cyprus, Mexico, Spain, the UK and the USA.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Weatherhead Canada Program.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 328 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350519718 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350519732 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350519725 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Peace and Human Rights Education • Bloomsbury Academic
Education, Affect, and Film
Visual Imaginings and Global Explorations Through a Comparative Lens
Irving Epstein, Illinois Wesleyan University, USA What can a study of international film contribute to our understanding of education in a globalized context? Irving Epstein brings together insights from film theory, affect theory and CIE to explore the ways in which educational meanings are mediated through globalization processes. Some of the many films discussed in detail in the book include Parasite, Small Axe, My Octopus Teacher, The Pearl Button, and A Separation
UK December 2025 US December 2025 244 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350332546 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350332508
ePub 9781350332522 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350332515 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: New Directions in Comparative and International Education • Bloomsbury Academic
Anti-racism in Early Childhood Education
Theory and Practice
Edited by Victoria Bamsey, Plymouth Institute of Education, UK, Lynn J. McNair, The University of Edinburgh, UK & Nakissa Campbell, University of East London, UK
This book explores racism and antiracist practice in early childhood education (ECE), exploring how different theoretical lenses can enable students and practitioners to consider the complexity of race and racism in early childhood and education and the impact it has on young children’s lives. Written by academics and practitioners based in the USA and the UK, the chapters cover a range of Issues and theories including, race and play, decolonial approaches in ECE, Marxism, critical pedagogy, child-centered pedagogy, pro-Black pedagogies, Black feminist perspectives, critical race theory and immigration.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9781350441040 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350441033 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350441057 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350441026 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Academic
Pedagogies of Care with OneYear-Olds
Exploring Froebelian Connections in
Four Countries
Maria Cooper, Jean Rockel, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Carrey Tik-Sze Siu, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Mary Benson McMullen, Indiana University, USA & Sacha Powell, Froebel Trust, UK
This book applies the principles of Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) to infant-toddler care and education today in England, the USA, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. The book contributes to critical debates on the application of Froebelian principles, including unity and connectedness, play, nature, and creativity and makes recommendations for practice in infant-toddler education and care settings in diverse cultural contexts. The authors present new research from ethnographic studies which investigate pedagogies of care with one-year olds in infant-toddler settings.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 216 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350367364 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350367388 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350367371 • £81.00 / $110.69 Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Friedrich Froebel
Edited by Tina Bruce, University of Roehampton, UK, Yukiyo Nishida, University of Aberdeen, UK, Sacha Powell, Froebel Trust, UK, Helge Wasmuth, Mercy College, USA & Jane Whinnett, University of Edinburgh, UK
This book showcases the cutting-edge work being done around the world on this pioneer of early childhood education and shows the many ways in which Froebel's work has been applied and extended. It presents a wealth of global Froebelian expertise on topics including religious education, architecture, neuroscience and peace education and links Froebel's theories to other thinkers including John Dewey and Michel Foucault. It also highlights what Froebel means today in a variety of (educational) settings around the world and includes contributions from academics and practitioners based in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 504 pages
PB 9781350323247 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350323209
ePub 9781350323223 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350323216 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Postdevelopmental Approaches to Play
Edited by Jayne Osgood, Middlesex University, UK & Victoria de Rijke, Middlesex University, UK
This book deconstructs traditional developmentalist logic around play where the focus is on what play enables children’s bodies and brains to do and become. It includes contributions from academics and practitioners based in Australia, Canada, Finland, South Africa, the USA and the UK and explores play in the broadest sense, making space for the myriad forms that play takes for both children and adults connected to children in childhood contexts. The contributors offer alternative ways of thinking about play in childhood, including those emerging from indigenous, posthumanist, feminist new materialist, social semiotic, socio-cultural, aesthetic and multimodal approaches to childhood.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 160 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350439474 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350439504 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350439498 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Postdevelopmental Approaches to Childhood • Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood
Edited by Jessica Prioletta, Bishop’s University, Canada, Adam Davies, University of Guelph, Canada & Kylie Smith, University of Melbourne, Australia
This Handbook surveys, challenges and advances theories, research approaches, and practices around gender and sexuality in the early years and foregrounds early childhood as a crucial site for constructions and deconstructions around gender and sexuality. It features chapters by leading academics, practitioners, and policy makers based in Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, South Africa, the UK and the USA. It covers a range of critical theories, methods and practices including post-developmentalism, feminist, queer, and trans theories, indigeneity, race, and class, ethnography and action research, care ethics and sexual health.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 392 pages
HB 9781350421080 • £130.00 / $175.00
ePub 9781350421103 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350421097 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theories in Childhood Studies
Edited by Sarada Balagopalan, Rutgers University, USA, John Wall, Rutgers University, USA & Karen Wells, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Showcasing the cutting-edge theoretical work that has been produced within the field of childhood studies, this Handbook speaks to both scholars and students in the field by addressing basic questions such as what childhood is, how childhoods are diversely constructed and how children’s experiences can be better understood. The volume draws together an international range of theoretical perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, politics, postcolonialism, feminism, critical race studies, queer theory, disabilities studies to generate a much-needed conversation about how to move childhood studies forward as a grounded field of research.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 392 pages
PB 9781350263994 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350263840
ePub 9781350263864 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350263857 £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks Bloomsbury Academic
Feminist New Materialism, Girlhood, and the School Ball
Toni Ingram, Auckland University of Technology, Australia
Engaging with feminist new materialism, Toni Ingram reveals the ways in which the school ball (or prom) can be understood as an assemblage of material objects, spaces, practices, ideas and imaginings which contribute to the process of becoming school ballgirl. The ball-girl is not a fixed identity or subject but is an intra-active becoming – a dynamic, shifting process where bodies, sexuality and femininities are relationally produced. (Re)conceptualising the school ball-girl as emergent phenomena provides openings for thinking about girls and this schooling practice beyond popular cultural narratives. Building on the social theory of Barad, Bennett, Best, Deleuze and Guattari, this book offers a new perspective on girls, sexuality, gender and schooling, while also exploring the potential of feminist new materialisms for rethinking educational practices.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 184 pages • 10 b/w illus
PB 9781350215276 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350165724
ePub 9781350165748 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350165731 £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Feminist Thought in Childhood Research • Bloomsbury Academic
The Safetyfication of Education
Neoliberalism, Psychopolitics and the End of Critical Education
Marta Estellés, The University of Waikato, New Zealand
This open access book examines the dominance of safety discourses in education and their connection with neoliberalism. The study reveals the hidden curriculum of safety practices at schools, its paternalistic underpinnings and individualizing effects. The book highlights the dangerous political implications of safety discourses, i.e. the end of democratic education, and the need to move away from ‘safety’ in our education systems.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Spencer Foundation.
UK
HB 9781350533929 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350533943 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350533936 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Bloomsbury Critical Education • Bloomsbury Academic
Public and Private Education in America
Examining the Facts
Casey D. Cobb, University of Connecticut, USA & Gene V. Glass, Arizona State University, USA
This title gives readers a clear understanding of the true state of public and private education systems in the USA by refuting falsehoods, misunderstandings, and exaggerations – and confirming the validity of other assertions. Issues covered include categories of public and private schools and variations in academic performance and socioeconomic status therein; controversies surrounding school choice, including school vouchers and charter schools; accountability and assessment of private and public schools; debates about school environment, safety, and curricula; and teacher and administrator quality. All of these issues are examined in individualized entries, with objective responses grounded in evidence.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9798216201687 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440863745
ePub 9798216134046 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440863752 £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Contemporary Debates • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship
Intercultural, Ethical, and Justice-Based Approaches
Namrata Sharma, State University of New York, USA
This book questions the implications of the environmental crisis on formal, non-formal and informal education from a human rights position. The author addresses teaching about sustainability and global citizenship for social-ecological justice engaging diverse perspectives. Examples are drawn from Indigenous knowledge, various ecological worldviews and practices including the Earth Charter, the Soka Amazon Institute, and the UN Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network promoting Earth Jurisprudence. The final section of the book offers practical solutions for planetary citizenship for educators and policy makers, including teaching and curriculum guidelines that can be used to integrate intercultural perspectives and develop a global outlook.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781350414594 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350414600 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350414624 • £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350414617 • £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
Constructing Learning Outcomes
Problematising (Under)Achievement in Europe
Edited by Jenni Tikkanen, Turku Institute for Advanced Sciences (TIAS), Finland, Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, University of Munster, Germany, Tero Järvinen, University of Turku, Finland & Natália Alves, University of Lisbon, Portugal
The chapters in this open access volume challenge the dominant understandings of educational achievement and learning outcomes, and explore the social factors influencing the construction of their quality. The international contributors review research and policy on learning outcomes, providing systematic analyses of the state of the international research on learning outcomes, of European policies, and the current situation of youth learning outcomes in Europe. They also discuss how using participatory research methods can empower young people and support their agency in their life courses.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Horizon Europe.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350445901 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350445925 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350445918 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
She's Just Spirited Parenting a Neurodivergent Child and the Diagnosis That Changes Everything Nefertiti Austin
One diagnosis can change everything. That’s what Nefertiti Austin discovered when she was told her daughter had ADHD and SPD. In She’s Just Spirited: Parenting a Neurodivergent Child and the Diagnosis that Changes Everything, Nefertiti captures the failures and triumphs of raising a neurologically diverse child. Alongside relatable anecdotes from her own experiences, Nefertiti offers insight from experts and easy to digest strategies she wishes she had had from the start. In addition, Nefertiti shines a light on why many neurologically diverse children and teenagers are overlooked and undiagnosed and what parents can do to ensure their child is evaluated by the right people at the right time. With tips for navigating the mental health and educational systems, deciphering psychological jargon, advocating for your child, and encouraging family and friends to get on board, She’s Just Spirited is an invaluable and relatable guide that empowers parents to fully love and support their neurologically diverse child.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 216 pages • 4 bw images
HB 9798881805555 • £21.99 / $29.95
ePub 9798881805562 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765165188 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic USA/Canada
Heart and Science: Teaching Special Education
Andrew M. Markelz, Ball State University, USA & Kate H. Elliott, Ball State University, USA Heart and Science: Teaching Special Education is a powerful and practical guide that brings together the passion and purpose of special education with the proven strategies that lead to success. Blending heartfelt stories with evidence-based practices, this book highlights how effective special education teaching lives at the intersection of empathy and expertise. Perfect for new and veteran teachers alike, this must-read resource offers both inspiration and actionable tools to support students with disabilities and their families. Whether you're looking to rekindle your passion or deepen your practice, this book will equip and uplift you on your journey as a special educator.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 216 pages
PB 9798765162019 • £29.95 / $29.95 • HB 9798765162002 • £96.00 / $100.00
ePub 9798765162026 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765162033 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
An Introduction to Social Justice Education in the UK
Key Challenges and Opportunities
Edited by Sheine Peart, Bishop Grosseteste
University, UK
This book introduces the key issues in social justice education in the UK. Written for and by educators working in diverse settings including informal education, primary classrooms and higher education, the editor and contributors draw on research from across different sectors. The chapters introduce a range of case studies, scenarios, theories, and issues that educators face in day-to-day teaching including, ableism, racism, critical race theory, antisemitism, access to nature, motherhood, male teachers in early childhood settings and navigating social media.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350438095 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350438101 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350438125 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350438118 £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Academic
Disability and Motor Behavior
Practical Applications
Pamela S. Beach & Ali S. Brian
All undergraduate and most graduate kinesiology, PETE, etc. programs require students to complete motor learning, motor development, and motor control coursework, yet no textbooks provide direct and explicit implications for disability. This book will provide the general concepts of motor behavior but will directly relate them to examples in disability while also providing a more in-depth understanding of the constraints that should be considered with physical, cognitive, and social, emotional, behavioral disabilities. Students who will be working with individuals with disabilities typically lack the knowledge and more in depth understanding necessary to be able to translate these concepts to disability.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 240 pages
PB 9781538191613 • £28.99 / $39.00 • HB 9781538191606 • / $95.00
ePub 9781538191620 • £28.73 / $35.10
ePdf 9798881862619 • £28.73 / $35.10
Bloomsbury Academic
Encouraging Activism in Secondary English
Reading and Writing for Social Justice
Beth Spinner
Encouraging Activism in Secondary English: Reading and Writing for Social Justice presents research-backed social justice teaching strategies that secondary English teachers can implement to encourage their students to think critically and take action on issues that matter to them. It includes canonical and young adult literature, and other potential classroom texts including media, film, and historical documents.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9798765152126 • £25.00 / $32.00 • HB 9798765152072 • £65.00 / $85.00
ePub 9798765152140 • £23.14 / $28.80
ePdf 9798765152133 • £23.14 / $28.80
Bloomsbury Academic
Teacher Educators as Scholar Citizens
Activism and Resistance in Uncertain Times
Sarah Kaka, Matthew S. Hollstein, Elizabeth Kenyon & Nancy Patterson
Teacher Educators as Scholar Citizens: Activism and Resistance in Uncertain Times explores the powerful intersection of scholarship and activism, showcasing personal stories, methodologies, and strategies. It equips educators to challenge injustice, inspire change, and integrate activism into teaching, scholarship, and advocacy for an equitable world.
UK February 2026 US December 2025 320 pages
PB 9798881804060 • £31.99 / $39.95 • HB 9798881804053 • £110.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798881804077 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798881867959 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Once Upon a Time in Math Class
A Practical Guide to Incorporating Children's Literature into Middle Grades Math Classes
Candice Y. Brucke
Once Upon a Time in Math Class: A Practical Guide to Incorporating Children's Literature into Middle Grades Math Classes will help you learn how to link literature with math and address college and career readiness standards, consisting of the standards for mathematical practice, 2) ratios, rates, and proportions, 3) number sense, 4) expressions and equations, 5) geometry, 6) statistics and probability, and 7) functions. It includes lesson plans, a book list, suggested ways for students to take notes, rubrics, learning documents, and answer keys.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 176 pages
PB 9781475873979 • / $30.00 • HB 9781475873962 • / $90.00
ePub 9781475873986 • £22.35 / $27.00
ePdf 9798765160466 • £22.35 / $27.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
A Teacher's Right to a Private Life
Community Control or Professional Autonomy
Todd A. DeMitchell & Richard Fossey
Do American professional public school teachers have the same rights to a private life as other citizens? This is an astute and incisive analysis of every teacher’s dual life – as responsible exemplars to society’s youth and as their own professional and private selves. Using historical and legal analysis to capture the tension between these two guises, it explores the balance between the weight of expectation from teachers’ communities on one hand and the need for autonomy in professional environments on the other. A Teacher’s Right to a Private Life explores some of the core questions that surround this debate.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781350533479 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9781350533486 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350533509 • £16.19 / $22.94
ePdf 9781350533493 • £16.19 / $22.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Instrumental Music Education
Developing Pedagogies as Instrumental Teachers
Edited by Elizabeth Haddon, University of York, UK
Instrumental Music Education presents insights from instrumental and vocal teaching, including oneto-one and group contexts with learners of varied ages, levels and backgrounds across cultures and genres. Many of the chapters in this open access book detail critical incidents, issues or challenges that have arisen for the authors; these are considered in relation to reflective practice and theoretical perspectives, exploring diverse approaches, resources and teaching philosophies. The contributors all include instrumental/vocal teaching within their work, and have drawn on a wealth of experience and original research to examine teaching contexts, cultures, processes and resources supporting the development of instrumental/vocal pedagogy.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of York, UK.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 296 pages
PB 9781350408890 • £26.99 / $36.95 • HB 9781350408906 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350408920 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350408913 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Enacting Differentiation in the Teacher Classroom
Practical Strategies for Modeling
and Reflection
Sarah E. Pennington
Enacting Differentiation in the Teacher Education Classroom supports teacher educators in integrating Differentiated Instruction into their courses. With strategies for modeling DI, pre-assessment, faculty development, and reflection, this book provides practical tools to enhance educator expertise and prepare preservice teachers for diverse classrooms.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 160 pages • 2 figures
PB 9781538194560 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781538194553 • £60.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781538194577 • £25.54 / $31.45
ePdf 9798881856281 • £25.54 / $31.45
Bloomsbury Academic
Successful Strategies for Pursuing National Board Certification Version 3.1
Components 1 and 2, Second Edition
Bobbie Faulkner
Successful Strategies for Pursuing National Board Certification, Version 3.1, Components 1 and 2 covers two of the four components candidates for National Board Certification are required to submit. Component 1 assesses a candidate’s content knowledge of the subject(s) they teach. Component 2 asks candidates to demonstrate how they differentiate their teaching to meet the varied needs of their students. Together, these components comprise 55% of the total score needed to certify.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 80 pages
PB 9781475875140 • £23.99 / $32.95 • HB 9781475875133 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9781475875157 • £23.94 / $29.65
ePdf 9798765164907 • £23.94 / $29.65
Bloomsbury Academic
Creating Equity-Centered Communities
Belonging,
Bold Hope, and You
Teresa G. Perkins
Creating Equity-Centered Communities: Belonging, Bold Hope and You is not just another book about equity. Personal and systematic transformation starts here. Building relationships, increasing personal capacity, recognizing, and removing systemic inequities, requires pushing past haphazard acts of improvement and policies that divide rather than unify.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9781475870862 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9781475870855 / $120.00
ePub 9781475870879 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765160275 £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Education for Environmental Sustainability
An Integrated Approach to Teacher Education
Elizabeth Rushton, University of Stirling, UK
Drawing extensively on contemporary research and empirical evidence, including that from Australia, Brazil, the UK and Europe, this book sets out the key ideas, concepts and approaches for education for environmental sustainability in the context of teacher education. Conceptual ideas explored in the book include sustainability, nature and justice as well as empirically grounded approaches for teacher educators including participation, co-creation and outdoor education. This book provides a researchinformed guide to enable teacher educators to further explore, reflect and implement education for environmental sustainability in their teaching and research so that teacher education is rooted in the endeavour to live justly on a finite planet.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages • 15 bw illus
HB 9781350375925 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350375949 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350375932 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Reinventing Teacher Education Bloomsbury Academic
Educational Assessment
The Influence of Paul Black on Research, Pedagogy and Practice
Edited by Christine Harrison, King’s College London, UK, Constant Leung, King’s College London, UK & David Pepper, King’s College London, UK
This book explores the influence that Black has had across assessment and pedagogy across the curriculum, including STEM, humanities and social science subjects. The contributions are presented under three thematic sections, each of which reflects a set of shared educational concerns and values drawing on the natural and social sciences and developments in public policy. These concerns and values, with their emphasis on teacher assessment, provide a basis for a strategic, informed and coherent response to challenges in education, such as the cancellation of public examinations in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
UK
ePdf 9781350288508 • £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
Critical Language Awareness and Teacher Cognition in ELT
Robert Weekly, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
The book argues for the incorporation of Critical Language Awareness (CLA) in English language teaching. Teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and language attitudes are discussed in relation to these changing sociolinguistic conditions, seeking to address teachers’ principal concerns. Data are examined from focus groups across China, Turkey and the UK, including 63 teachers from 16 countries, speaking a total of 21 different languages. The diversity of the participants in terms of their language background, teaching experience and teaching qualifications enables identification of core factors across the groups in how they engage with challenges in their teaching practices.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 264 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350458130 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350458154 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350458147 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
The Mental Health of Our Teachers
Reimagining Another Future
Debra
J. Phillips, Australian Catholic University, Australia
This open access book looks at the psychosocial factors influencing teachers’ mental health and examines the complex and interrelated socio-cultural meta-narratives that shape and influence how individuals and communities view and respond to teachers’ mental health. The book's account reveals how the sense of social justice that underscores most educators’ passion for teaching can be re-kindled through an understanding of the wider implications of social justice, the common good and re-imagining a different future.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.
HB
ePdf 9781350457898 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Technology Education
Edited by David Gill, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, Dawne Irving-Bell, Edge Hill University, UK, Matt McLain, Liverpool John Moores University, UK & David Wooff, BPP University, UK
This Handbook draws together international perspectives on contemporary praxis in technology education from philosophy to empirical research. Through carefully commissioned chapters, leading authors explore the fundamentals of technology education, curriculum and pedagogy. Chapters discuss technology education as it can be experienced by children and young people, inside and outside of the classroom, across the world, as well as the importance of technology and the history and philosophical origins of technology education. Carefully curated, this is an innovative and exciting volume for students, teachers, teacher educators, researchers, lecturers and professors in technology education.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 464 pages • 25 bw illus
PB 9781350242821 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350238411
ePub 9781350238435 • £35.99 / $48.59
ePdf 9781350238428 • £35.99 / $48.59
Bloomsbury Academic
Teachers as Mediators in Language Immersion Education
Navigating Ideologies, Cultures, and Identities
Kelle L. Marshall, Pepperdine University, Canada & Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng, Crandall University, Canada
This book explores the role of teachers as intercultural mediators within language immersion education programs. The authors discuss research conducted on one-way French immersion in New Brunswick, Canada, an officially bilingual province and country. Their discussion is anchored on the Douglas Fir Group framework of second language acquisition, examining the implications of ideologies for language education, curriculum and intercultural instruction. The book offers a revised model of the framework, considering educators’ potential role as intercultural mediators between macro-level ideologies, meso-level curricular implementation and their students situated at the micro level. UK
Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education
Bedrettin Yazan, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Humanizing Language Teaching and Teacher Education in Transnational Spaces
Critical Perspectives on Identities, Pedagogies, and Research
Edited by Rashi Jain, Montgomery College, USA, Julian Chen, Curtin University, Australia & Ethan Trinh, Atlanta Global Studies Center, USA
This collection sits at the intersection of transnationalism, queer studies, and feminist theories, bringing refreshing perspectives on transnational language teaching and teacher education by amplifying voices from the Global South. Spanning the transnational ELT field, its pedagogical, theoretical, and empirical inquiries cover K-16+ settings across Australasia, Africa, and the Americas. Creating a critical and dialogic space to re-think the challenges and agency, struggles and growth of language teachers’ transnational identities.
UK February 2026 • US February 2026 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350525665 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350525696 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350525689 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education Bloomsbury Academic
Critical Dialogic TESOL Teacher Education
Preparing Future Advocates and Supporters of Multilingual Learners
Edited by Fares J. Karam, University of Nevada, Reno, USA & Amanda K. Kibler, Oregon State University, USA
This edited volume showcases how teacher educators around the world engage with critical and dialogic approaches to prepare TESOL professionals. Chapters include duoethnographic accounts, critical discourse analytic approaches, and case studies from various EFL and ESL contexts such as the United States, Morocco, New Zealand, Italy, Thailand, and Turkey.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 280 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350342118 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350342071
ePub 9781350342095 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350342088 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education • Bloomsbury Academic
International Perspectives on Critical English Language Teacher Education Theory and Practice
Edited by Ali Fuad Selvi, University of Alabama, USA & Ceren Kocaman, University of Potsdam, Germany
Exploring how teacher educators from diverse backgrounds, contexts and realities approach English language teacher education with a critical stance, this book offers complementary chapters on both theory and practical applications. With an explicit critical focus on English language teaching, put forward by a diverse collection of contributors, this is a useful reference and resource for language teacher education programs around the world.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 312 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350401938 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350400320
ePub 9781350400344 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350400337 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education • Bloomsbury Academic
Digital Gaming in the Language Classroom
Designing Effective Curricula
Kevin R. Wrobetz, Kobe Gakuin University, Japan
This book examines how single-player role-playing digital games can promote foreign language acquisition and looks at how they can be integrated into the curricula of foreign language classrooms. As well as guiding future research in digital games-based language learning to broaden the scope of games identified as being conducive to second language acquisition, the author outlines how to structure formal foreign language curricula around the use of a single-player role-playing game so as to achieve the most desirable pedagogical outcomes.
UK February 2026 • US February 2026 • 224 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350415928 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350415959 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350415942 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Advances in Digital Language Learning and Teaching Bloomsbury Academic
Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change
Alan Rogers, late of Universities of East Anglia and Nottingham, UK & Anna Robinson-Pant, University of East Anglia, UK
Theory and Practice in Adult Literacy, Learning and Social Change
Theoretical Insights and Case Studies from Around the World
Edited by Anna Robinson-Pant, University of East Anglia, UK & Catherine Kell, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Offering new theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives on adult literacy, lifelong learning and social change, this book challenges traditional debates on adult literacy and development. Bringing together debates and research from the Global South and Global North, the volume focuses on literacy learning in classrooms and educational programmes, as well as literacy practices and adult learning in everyday spaces.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 304 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350400702 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350400733 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350400726 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change • Bloomsbury Academic
Literacy in the Lives of WorkingClass Adults in Australia
Dominant versus Local Voices
Stephen Black, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
This book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a 40-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 240 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350378117 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350378100
ePub 9781350378131 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350378124 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Practitioner Agency and Identity in English for Academic Purposes
Edited by Alex Ding, University of Leeds, UK & Laetitia Monbec, National University of Singapore, Singapore
This book provides an insightful series of windows into the identity of the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) practitioner in a range of cultural contexts across the world. Each chapter combines theoretical underpinnings with practical applications, and implements suggestions and recommendations for how EAP teachers’ roles can be taken forward. In a globalised world where EAP practice plays an increasingly important role, the reader will come face to face with the challenges and possibilities facing those who are supporting academic language development within Higher Education (HE) frameworks.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 264 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350263277 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350263239
ePub 9781350263253 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350263246 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: New Perspectives for English for Academic Purposes • Bloomsbury Academic
Multiliteracy Play
Designs and Desires in the Second Language Classroom
Chantelle Warner, University of Arizona, USA
Drawing inspiration and practical examples from a variety of modern language classes in higher education in the USA, the book demonstrates how poetic and playful language can be embedded in multiliteracies pedagogy in ways that foster learners’ and teachers’ awareness of designs, while also making space for desires that are harder to script or plan for. In addition to building a conceptual map around poetics and play for researchers and teachers in language education, the book offers concrete examples of what a multiliteracies approach emphasizing designs and desires can look like in classrooms and curricula.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 238 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350338418 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350338371
ePub 9781350338395 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350338388 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Civil Society’s Education
Reflections on the Informal Roots of Learning
Christopher Winch, King's College London, UK
This book examines the relationship between the educational activities of civil society and those of the state via three case studies in: vocational education, political education and educational markets. Winch argues that the narrower educational activities of the state cannot be understood independently of those that take place in civil society which consists of institutions such as families, churches, businesses, trade unions, charities and political associations.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 280 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350513365 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350513389 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350513372 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Bloomsbury Inquiries in Philosophy and Education • Bloomsbury Academic
Debating in Teaching and Learning English
Theory and Practice for Pedagogy and Curriculum
Ben WIlson, Independent Researcher, USA
Debating is a well-known method of dialogic speaking and is widely practiced, intercontinentally and across diverse cultural boundaries, to develop interaction, negotiation, agreeing and disagreeing in TEFL. This book invites scholars and practitioners to reflect on the demands of the current age for moving forward educational practice. It examines how debating can promote a holistic understanding and improvement of experience of education, and indeed academic outcomes. The author details the experiences of an adult EFL debate group in a private language school in the North of Italy, reporting how the participants experience the pedagogy, so as to offer insights into it as a form of teaching speaking in adult EFL.
UK
PB 9781350413573 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350413566
ePub 9781350413597 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350413580 £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Physical Language Learning Spaces in the Digital Age
Felix A. Kronenberg, Michigan State University, USA
This book explores the design of physical spaces intended for language learning specifically. With a focus on creating new awareness of the affordances and benefits of physical spaces as active agents in the language learning and teaching processes, this book takes a practical approach to introduce readers without any prior knowledge of design or architecture to the topic. As language learning spaces need to consider stakeholders from diverse cultures, Felix Kronenberg provides examples from language centers around the world, including Australia, France, Germany, Japan, the UK, the USA. Readers will learn how to conceptualize and create supportive, resilient, flexible, inclusive, accessible, affordable, sustainable, and safe physical learning spaces.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350287419 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350287150
ePub 9781350287433 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350287167 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
The Necessity of Aesthetic Education
The Place of the Arts on the Curriculum
Laura D’Olimpio
Laura D’Olimpio argues that aesthetic education ought to be a compulsory part of education for all students, from pre-primary through to high school, as it is essential that young people have the opportunity to make art, experience and understand art and be informed as to the artistic history and aesthetic theories that have shaped their own culture and others. The book defends arts education on the basis of art’s distinctive value and centrality to human experience. It also engages with topics such as the art teacher’s role in the classroom, curricula concerns and gleaning moral meanings from artworks.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 184 pages
PB 9781350224971 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350120907
ePub 9781350120921 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350120914 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education • Bloomsbury Academic
The Selected Works of Antonia Darder
On Theory, Politics, and Struggle
Edited by Kevin D. Lam, Drake University, USA & Kortney Hernandez, Westcliff University, USA
Spanning 35 years, this reader includes 21 seminal works by the scholar, theorist, and activist Antonia Darder. Darder's ongoing contribution to the field of education is vast and she has helped to shape the fields of critical education, Freirean pedagogy, the critical study of race/racism, political economy, Latino studies/education, and biculturalism. Her work is informed by a deep personal history of struggle and scholarly rigor and is centred on social justice and economic democracy. Each section includes an introduction written by the editors and the volume also includes a preface and introduction from the editors, an epilogue written by Darder, a foreword written by Gilda L. Ochoa and an afterword by João M. Paraskeva.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 400 pages
PB 9781350349001 £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350349018 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350349032 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350349025 £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Freire and Student Empowerment
Edited by Michaela L. Ensweiler, UCLA, USA
This book introduces a variety of ways for educators to empower students as critical global citizens and agents of change using the educational theories of Paulo Freire. It covers key themes including social and planetary justice, ecopedagogy and sustainability education, diverse learner agency, restorative justice, women’s leadership, and social change. The contributors offer practical strategies for educators battling against oppressive action that aims to repress teacher and student voice, offering an alternative to the increasing standardization of a neoliberal curriculum and competitive meritocracy.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9781350463936 • £14.99 / $19.95 • HB 9781350463929 • £45.00 / $61.00
ePub 9781350463950 • £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350463967 • £13.49 / $18.89
Series: Freire in Focus • Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion
Edited by Jo Fraser-Pearce, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK & James W. Fraser, New York University, USA
This handbook provides the first truly global scan of contemporary issues and debates around the world regarding the relationship(s) between the state, schools and religion. Organized around specific contested issues — from whether or not mindfulness should be practised in schools, to appropriate and inappropriate religious attire in schools, to long-term battles about evolution, sexuality, and race, to public funding — Fraser-Pearce and Fraser carefully curate chapters by leading experts exploring these matters and others in a diverse range of national settings. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion offers a refreshingly new international perspective.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 432 pages • 25 bw illus
PB 9781350297302 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350297265
ePub 9781350297289 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350297272 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Assassins of Memory
Critical Pedagogy and the Politics of Erasure
Henry A. Giroux, McMaster University, Canada
Henry A. Giroux addresses the attacks on student protesters speaking up against the war on Gaza, and connects this with wider attacks on critical education and democracy. He details the ongoing scholasticide taking place in Palestine; the systematic attacks by the Israeli military on schools, teachers and museums and argues that they represent the extreme endpoint of a broader, insidious campaign aimed at crushing dissent across universities in the United States, Europe, and beyond. Throughout the book he draws links between authoritarianism and education, the war on youth, the politics of higher education, the politics of mass media, as well as what he has termed “organized forgetting”.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 208 pages • 10 b&w
PB 9781350553491 • £14.99 / $19.95 • HB 9781350553507 • £45.00 / $61.00
ePub 9781350553514 £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350553521 £13.49 / $18.89
Bloomsbury Academic
A Pedagogy for Liberation Dialogues on Transforming Education
Paulo Freire & Ira Shor, CUNY Graduate Center, USA.
First published in 1987, this book brings together two renowned educators, Paulo Freire and Ira Shor, who describe their own experiences in liberating the classroom from its traditional constraints, including discussion of Freire's work in Guinea-Bissau and Shor's work in the USA. They demonstrate the effectiveness of dialogue in action as a practical means by which teachers and students can become active participants in the learning process. The authors illuminate the problems of the educational system in relation to those of the larger society and argue for the pressing need to transform the classroom in both Third and First World contexts.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 216 pages
PB 9781350469129 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9781350469136 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9781350469143 • £16.19 / $22.94
ePdf 9781350469150 • £16.19 / $22.94
Bloomsbury Academic World All Languages (except Catalan/Portuguese/Spanish)
Educational Leadership: Innovative, Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Alan J. Daly, University of California, San Diego, USA & Chen Schechter, MOFET
National Institute for Research and Development in Education, Israel & Jeffrey S. Brooks, Curtin University, Australia & Victoria Showunmi, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK & Yi-Hwa Liou, National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan
Gender and Educational Leadership in Greece
Emmy Papanastasiou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Worldwide women constitute the majority of the teaching force, but men are more likely to achieve headship. Why are there so few women in educational leadership? How are leadership and gender constructed by men and women head teachers and teachers? Papanastasiou uses qualitative data from interviews with men and women head teachers and teachers in Greece and analyzes them using a feminist social constructionist framework to provide some answers to these key questions. In doing so, the book sheds light on social, cultural and political factors that influence women’s potential advancement in educational leadership.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 192 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350399853 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781350399822
ePub 9781350399846 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350399839 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Educational Leadership: Innovative, Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives • Bloomsbury Academic
The Relational Leader
Catalyzing Social Networks for Educational Change
Edited by Yi-Hwa Liou, National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan & Alan J. Daly, University of California, San Diego, USA
The social systems engaged in this volume cut across a wide array of stakeholder groups representing different levels of the educational endeavor, and diverse perspectives from multiple areas and international settings. This book not only builds on previous and ongoing research and practice, but also extends to cutting edge issues and practices around the use of social networks in education across different contexts and settings with a core intent to provide a perspective on leadership and connect it with leadership practice that works at these settings for change.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 328 pages • 20 bw illus
PB 9781350336469 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350336421
ePub 9781350336445 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350336438 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Educational Leadership: Innovative, Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Bloomsbury Academic
Serving as a Lead Learner
Powerful Reflections by America's Superintendents
Peter Stiepleman
Serving as a Lead Learner: Powerful Reflections by America's Superintendents captures the wisdom and lived experiences of school leaders navigating one of the most challenging eras in education. Through shared reflections, this book offers lessons on leadership, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and the evolving role of superintendents.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 208 pages
PB 9798881804091 £22.99 / $30.95 HB 9798881804084 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798881804107 • £22.35 / $27.85
ePdf 9798765154731 • £22.35 / $27.85
Bloomsbury Academic
Leadership for Society Leading Education for Social Integration and Mobility
Rima'a Da'as, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel & Chen Schechter, MOFET National Institute for Research and Development in Education, Israel
The book explores the context and complexities leaders face in a divided society, and how these are involved in processes outside of the school. They offer a new theoretical framework of "leadership for society" with practical implications for effective leadership in complex societies. This book also develops our understanding of minority education in the reality of conflicts between the state and the minority's identity. The authors believe that school leaders’ participation in the extended community will improve and affect the development of schools and enable negotiating the cultural, social and political complexities.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 144 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350337275 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350337299 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350337282 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Educational Leadership: Innovative, Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives • Bloomsbury Academic
Islam, Education, and Freedom
An Uncommon Perspective on Leadership
Melanie C. Brooks, Edith Cowan University, Australia & Miriam D. Ezzani, Texas Christian University, USA
Islam, Education and Freedom explores six key areas of freedom: identity, acceptance, pedagogy, conflict, trust, and love. Based on a qualitative case study of a progressive Islamic school in Southern California, North Star Academy, the book illustrates through the voices of the participants how each particular freedom was applied in the school. The authors show how the six freedoms were understood, taught, and practiced with the aim of developing courageous and confident American Muslims.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 218 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350231221 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350231184
ePub 9781350231191 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350231207 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Educational Leadership: Innovative, Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Bloomsbury Academic
Political Ecologies of Futurity
Storytelling Plantation Afterlives, Climate Erasures, and Socioecological Justice
Edited by Alex A. Moulton & Dylan M. Harris
This volume examines the entanglements of memory, place, and nature in the face of global socioecological transformation. It attends to a central question: How does climate related transformation of commemorative landscapes of slavery, settlercolonialism, and racial capitalist extraction affect the prospects of climate change storytelling, and prospects for climate justice by proxy? Speaking from a range of disciplinary perspectives and drawing on and combining different epistemological and methodological approaches, chapters creatively demonstrate the potential of storytelling for making sense of climate change and the ecological politics of futures beyond the plantationocene.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781666971811 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978761124 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216263357 £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Environment and Society • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
A Reference Handbook
Mariangelica Groves, Weber State University, USA
Do scientists expect the number and severity of extreme weather events to increase in a warming world? Which parts of the world are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change? What international efforts are being made to combat the problem? This unbiased examination of the facts around climate change trends throughout history provides readers with a foundational understanding of our current environmental moment. This coverage is supplemented with discussion of the political and cultural factors shaping policy responses to the issue, both in mitigating the impacts of climate change and adapting to changing environmental realities.
UK July 2025 • US May 2025 • 288 pages • 13 bw
HB 9781440879944 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798765116555 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9781440879951 £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Contemporary World Issues Bloomsbury Academic
Rebel Without a Cause
Glyn Davis, University of St Andrews, UK
Glyn Davis situates Nicholas Ray's 1955 portrayal of youth rebellion as both a foundational teen pic and a canonical drama of queer representation. He also examines aspects of the film that have previously been critically neglected; its mixture of performance styles, particularly those of stars James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo; its relationship to Eisenhower’s politics and the post-war ‘culture of plenty’, and its depiction of suburban Los Angeles. Davis unpacks the role of director Nicholas Ray, alongside that of other key members of the film’s production, and considers the reasons for its cult status and resonance with contemporary audiences.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 96 pages • 60 colour illus
PB 9781839027765 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839027772 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839027789 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series:
Chinatown
Michael Eaton
Michael Eaton's compelling study of Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir situates Chinatown in relation to a history of fictional detectives, from Sophocles to Edgar Allen Poe and Alfred Hitchcock. In an absorbing account of the film's narrative development and visual style, he traces Chinatown's relationship to the pessimism of American cinema (and, by extension, in wider American culture) in the mid-1970s, and the source of the film's narrative and visual impact. In his afterword to this new edition, Eaton considers Chinatown's 1990 sequel The Two Jakes and also the movie's changing fortunes in the years since its release.
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 96 pages • 60 colour illus
PB 9781839028151 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839028168 £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839028175 £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
Jaws
Antonia Quirke
Antonia Quirke's study of Steven Spielberg's 1975 feature Jaws, about a killer shark's terrorising a New England tourist town, traces how the young prodigy crafted a thriller so effective that for some time Jaws was the highest-grossing film of all time.
It was also instrumental in establishing the concepts of the event movie and the summer blockbuster. In her reading of the film, Quirke argues that interpretations of the film as either infantile or fraught with psychosexual meanings obscure its success simply as a work of art. In Jaws, Spielberg's ability to blend genres combined with his precocious technical skill to create a genuine masterpiece.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 104 pages
PB 9781839023637 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839023644 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839023651 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
The 'Before' Trilogy
Lucas Hilderbrand, University of California, Irvine, USA
Lucas Hilderbrand’s study provides a close reading of each of the Before films; Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013), considering the extent to which they operate beyond the generic norms of romantic comedy or melodrama, incorporating aspects of realism and naturalism through their location shooting, long takes, and near-real time temporality. He explores how the films’ formal and aesthetic choices were influenced by Linklater's use of time as a framing structure for the characters’ relationship and life stages.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 112 pages 60 colour illus
PB 9781839028021 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839028038 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839028045 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
Die Hard
Jon Lewis, Oregon State University, USA
This new BFI Film Classic on Die Hard (1988) provides a close textual analysis of the action classic, focusing on the impact and importance of the film’s producer, Joel Silver and his "whammy theory" of narrative. John Lewis considers the film's ending in all its complicated and conflicting detail, situating it within the contexts of Reaganism and its distrust of government bureaucracy, post-Vietnam male panic and the 'Iron John' men's movement, and the search for new villains in the aftermath of the Cold War.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 104 pages • 60 colour illus
PB 9781839026522 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839026539 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839026546 £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics British Film Institute
Nashville
Heather Hendershot, Northwestern University, USA
Heather Hendershot's in-depth study addresses Robert Altman’s movie, which follows its large cast of characters in the days leading up to a fundraising gala concert in aid of a presidential candidate, as a sprawling endeavor full of big, panoramic moments, and also a tight picture about small moments of intimacy—and alienation—in close-up.
Hendershot situates Nashville in the context of 1970s Hollywood, charts it as an auteurist production, and, finally and most crucially, analyzes the movie as a text both personal and political, as a film about failed attempts at intimacy and human connection, all within the context of a wider, American moment of failure. In spite of those failures, and Altman’s trademark cynicism, she argues that the film ultimately offers fleeting moments of connection and of guarded hopefulness.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 104 pages • 60 colour illus
PB 9781839028946 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839028953 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839028960 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics British Film Institute
Pulp Fiction
Dana Polan, New York University, UK
Dana Polan's compelling analysis sets out to uncover the style and technique of Pulp Fiction He shows how broad Tarantino's points of reference are, and analyzes the film's narrative accomplishment and complexity. Where some critics dismissed Pulp Fiction for its violence and its worship of a certain brand of cool, Polan shows how the film exemplifies new kinds of engagement with cultural and social codes, such as those around racial identity. In addition, Polan argues that the film's celebration of macho attitudes is more nuanced than might first appear.
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 112 pages • 60 colour illus
PB 9781839027598 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839027604 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839027611 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
Billy Elliot
James Leggott, Northumbria University, UK
James Leggott's study of Billy Elliot (2000), a coming-of-age drama set against the bitter backdrop of the 1984-5 miners' strike, examines the film's peculiarities of tone, depiction of tensions over class and gender roles, and its portrayal of family dynamics. In doing so, he challenges the film's categorisation as an example of 'feel good' northern realism. Instead, through close readings of key scenes, Leggott argues that the film's bold, often transgressive humour, aligns it more with contemporaneous developments in American independent cinema and British ‘dark’ television comedy than a more obvious alignment with an British social realist tradition.
UK September 2025 US November 2025 104 pages 60 colour illus
PB 9781839027802 £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839027819 £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839027826 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers)
Lalitha Gopalan, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Lalitha Gopalan's study of Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers) (1959) explores its visual style and experimentation with expressive forms of melodrama, including song picturisations and heightened performances by Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman. Drawing on interviews with practitioners and people close to Dutt, she sketches the original contexts of the film's production and reception. Positioning the film as an archive of filmmaking, Gopalan uses it as a lens through which to assess Dutt's influence on popular Indian cinema in the long decade of the 1950s, and global melodrama more broadly.
UK November 2025
• US November 2025 • 104 pages • 60 bw illus
PB 9781839027062 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839027086 £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839027093 £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
Hester Street
Julia Wagner
Filmed in black and white and with a largely Yiddish script, Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 debut feature film Hester Street represents the world according to Gitl (Carol Kane), a poor, young, Jewish immigrant to New York at the end of the 19th century who finds that on reuniting with her already-assimilated husband , they now have little in common. Julia Wagner's insightful study examines the film's portrayal of the immigrant experience and its exploration of Jewish identity, assimilation, and cultural adaptation.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 112 pages 60 bw illus
PB 9781839028069 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839028076 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839028083 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge
Anupama Chopra, Film Companion, India
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, universally known as DDLJ, opened to huge popular acclaim in India in 1995. Anupama Chopra's study of the film argues that it is a paradoxical film which affirms oldfashioned values of pre-marital chastity and family authority, affirming the idea that Westernisation need not affect an essential Indian identity.
UK November 2025 • US December 2025 • 104 pages • 60 colour illus
PB 9781839028328 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839028335 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839028342 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
Grey Gardens
Matthew Tinkcom, Georgetown University, USA
Matthew Tinkcom argues that the Maysles' Grey Gardens (1975) reshaped documentary cinema by moving the non-fiction camera to the heart of the household, a private space into which film-makers had seldom previously ventured. The brothers’ visual record of a summer spent in the household of ‘Big Edie’ Beale and her daughter ‘Little Edie’, living in genteel poverty in their decaying East Hampton mansion, reveals the two women not as victims of their reduced circumstances but rather as artists who were willing to make seemingly any sacrifice for their singing and dancing talents.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 96 pages
PB 9781839029295 £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839029318 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839029301 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
Wanda
Elena Gorfinkel, King's College London, UK
This new BFI Film Classic on Barbara Loden’s 1970 film Wanda, argues the film's status as a singular work in American film history, a road movie following its dispossessed working-class heroine, played by Loden herself, as she drifts through an American landscape rarely seen on screen. Elena Gorfinkel's study traces the trajectory of Loden’s acting career before and leading up to the film, her entry into filmmaking, the film’s production, reception and circulation both in the 1970s and after, as well as the critical, industrial and feminist responses to the film and its legacies for contemporary film practice.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 120 pages • 60 colour illus
PB 9781839023040 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839023057 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839023064 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute
BFI Screen Guides
100 Cult Films: The Sequel
Ernest Mathijs & Xavier Mendik, Birmingham City University, UK
Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik provide a guide to one hundred more incredible films from the history and present of cult cinema around the world, from the 1911 Italian silent Dante's Inferno to Jordan Peele's 2017 horror classic Get Out. They address the work of filmmakers including Stanley Kubrick, Paul Verhoeven, Julien Temple, Ana Lily Amirpour, Lizzie Borden, Rob Reiner and John Carpenter, and movies from countries ranging from Iran to Peru, South Korea to Sweden, Japan to the USA. The films represent genres including sci-fi, romance, horror, vampire, comedy and action, and in their subject matter and through the debates (and sometimes controversies) that surrounds them raise issues about identity, home, belonging, exoticism, censorship and what it means to be 'weird'.
UK November 2025 • US January 2026 • 256 pages • 100 bw and colour illus
PB 9781839023026 • £19.99 /
Series: BFI Screen Guides British Film Institute
Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Black Girl (La Noire de...)
Vlad Dima, Syracuse University, USA
Ousmane Sembène was one of the greatest, most groundbreaking filmmakers in the history of cinema, an acclaimed novelist, and the most renowned African director of the twentieth century. Black Girl was his brilliant, blistering debut. Released in 1966, it won the Prix Jean Vigo at the Cannes Film Festival that year. The film is about a young Senegalese woman, played powerfully by M’Bissine Thérèse Diop, who moves to France to work for a wealthy white family as a nanny, but quickly discovers that life in their apartment is a prison, both figuratively and literally; but it is also a searing, nuanced critique of the lingering colonialism in the supposedly postcolonial world.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 104 pages • 60 bw illus
PB 9781839027352 • £12.99 / $17.95
ePub 9781839027369 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781839027376 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series:
100 Queer Films Since Stonewall
Chelsea McCracken, State University of New York at Oneonta, NY, USA. & Matt Connolly, Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA.
100 Queer Films identifies 100 films that shaped the trajectory of queer cinema, connected with larger movements, and showcased the artistry of queer filmmaking. In addition to those films that already hold significant places in queer film canons, this volume examines often-overlooked titles. By highlighting hidden gems alongside well known classics, this book makes a valuable, accessible contribution to queer film studies.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 224 pages • 100 bw and colour illus
PB 9781839025075 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781839025082 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781839025099 • £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781839025105 £17.99 / $24.29
Series: BFI Screen Guides British Film Institute
Angela Smith, University of Sunderland, UK & Claire Nally, Northumbria University, UK
Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis
The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity
Jessica Martin, University of Leeds, UK. Campaigners and researchers have long made the case that austerity policies have had a disproportionate impact on women in the UK. But how are these policies reinforced and resisted through popular culture? Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis explores how the revival of domestic, traditionally feminine activities such as crafting, baking and sewing has gone hand-in-hand with the repoliticisation of domestic culture during an era of austerity. Jessica Martin provides an in-depth analysis of key public figures who forged their public personas by co-opting the harsh conditions of austerity, turning them into a ‘popular’ brand of neoliberal feminism.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350332225 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350332232 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350332249 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture • Bloomsbury Academic
Globalized Queerness
Identities and Commodities in Queer Popular Culture
Helton Levy, London Metropolitan University, UK
In Globalized Queerness, Helton Levy revisits popular media characters such as Calamity Jane (1953), the Daffyd Thomas character from the BBC comedy Little Britain (2003-2007), Brazilian drag queen Pabblo Vittar, French singer Christine and the Queens, and the Italian-Egyptian rapper Mahmood. He argues that such characters have gradually blended in the public's perception and the assumption that queer publics live and consume only through a global set of references, including gay parades and rainbow flags, for example, erases the personal complexities of immigration, homophobia, poverty and societal exclusion.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 232 pages • 12 bw illus
PB 9781350292826 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350292789
ePub 9781350292796 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350292802 £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture • Bloomsbury Academic
Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen
Directors of Golden Age Hollywood Musicals
Thomas S. Hischak, State University of New York College at Cortland, USA
In Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen, Thomas S. Hischak looks at the contribution that twenty-seven Hollywood directors made to the art of the movie musical during the exciting and prolific golden age of cinema. This book covers movie musicals made from the first talkies up through the 1950s, from The Jazz Singer in 1927 to Gigi in 1958. Some directors flourished in this niche genre, while others floundered. Hischak explores them all, highlighting the directors' careers and film musicals chronologically and providing biographical information. Readers will learn about both famous and obscure film musicals, making this the perfect guide for movie and musical fans alike.
UK
Home Screens
Public Housing in Global Film & Television
Edited by Lorrie Palmer, Towson University, Maryland, USA
This is the first book-length study of the ways in which socialized housing projects are represented on screen. International scholars of film and media, sociology, architecture, history, race, class, gender and urban planning explore documentary and fictional portrayals of the architecture of public housing, and the communities that inhabit it, from the 1950s to the present. Spanning a wide, international range of film and media texts, essays within this book examine public and private attitudes toward socialised housing, explaining how onscreen representations shape perceptions of these ubiquitous, oftenstigmatized urban locations.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 296 pages • 24 bw illus
PB 9781350253940 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350253957
ePub 9781350253964 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350253971 • £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
Haunted Histories and Troubled Pasts
Twenty-First-Century Screen Horror and the Historical Imagination
Edited by Amanda Howell, Griffith University, Australia & Stephanie Green, Griffith University, Australia
Haunted Histories and Troubled Pasts demonstrates how a transnational array of recent screen entertainments participate, through horror, in public discourses of history, the social and creative work of reshaping popular understanding of our world through the lens of the past. The essays address 21st-century screen horror's fascination with and concern for the historical - its recurrent reimagining of the relation between the past and present. They are concerned with the historical work of horror’s spectral occupations, its visceral threats of violence and its capacity for exploring repressed social identities, as well as the ruptures and impositions of colonization and nationhood.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 280 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781501394447 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501394409
ePub 9781501394416 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781501394423 • £87.01 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Adapting Sex on Screen
The Cinematic Biographies of Lulu, La Ronde and Venus in Furs
Julian Preece, Swansea University, UK
Julian Preece’s Sex on Screen: Adapting ‘Lulu’, ‘La Ronde’ and ‘Venus in Furs’ explores how three controversial works—Venus in Furs, Reigen, and Lulu—were adapted for cinema, provoking debates about sexuality and censorship. Through detailed case studies, Preece examines how filmmakers like Max Ophüls and Roman Polanski challenged societal norms and reflected shifting attitudes towards sex. This concise and insightful book is essential reading for those interested in the intersection of literature, film, and sexual politics across Europe and North America.
UK October 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781350538139 • £85.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350538146 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350538153 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Edge of the Screen
Murray Pomerance, Independent scholar, Canada
This book is a series of seventeen mediations that revolve around the notion of the viewer’s placement at the edge of the screen to reconsider what it is that we watch when we watch a film, what happens to us, and how we make sense of and appreciate it. This book analyzes several films, including 2001: A Space Odyssey, Memento, Zabriskie Point, An American in Paris, Planet of the Apes (1968), Superman (1978), Possessed, The Jungle Book (1942), The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The Toll of the Sea, Rope, among others
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 312 pages • 20 bw illus
PB 9798765128329 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765128336
ePub 9798765128367 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765128350 £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Neon Knight Forever
The Legacy of Joel Schumacher’s Batman
Duology
Tomasz Zaglewski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
This book accounts for the initial rejection of Joel Schumacher's version of Batman and explores modern attempts to rehabilitate the 'Neon Knight' as yet another acceptable idea for Batman. By uncovering the formal foundations underlying both Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, the criticism it received and a kind of renaissance of Schumacher's vision in recent DC Films projects, Neon Knight Forever is a detailed study of one of the most misunderstood superhero series and dares to ask the most heretical question for Bat-fans: what if Batman & Robin is actually an impressive artistic achievement in big-budget superhero cinema?
UK June 2025 US June 2025 160 pages
PB 9798765100615 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765100608
ePub 9798765100578 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798765100585 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Reappraising Cult Horror Films
From Carnival of Souls to Last Night in Soho
Edited by Lee Broughton, University of Leeds, UK
Identities key cult horror films from around the world and reappraises them by approaching and interrogating them in new ways. The contributors look beyond their selected horror film’s cult movie status to critically analyze, assess and pass comment on previously overlooked aspects through myriad theoretical and analytical approaches. Covering cult horror classics such as The Shining and Plan 9 From Outer Space to more obscure films like Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Dream Home, Broughton curates an international selection of case studies to show the prevalence of the cult horror subgenre.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages • 13 bw illus
PB 9781501387555 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501387586
ePub 9781501387579 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781501387562 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Non-Professional Actor Italian Neorealist Cinema and Beyond
Catherine O'Rawe, Bristol University, UK Italian post-war cinema has been widely celebrated by critics and scholars: films such as Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1948) and Paisan (Rossellini, 1946) remain globally influential, particularly for their use of non-professional actors. This book provides the first critical overview of acting, stardom, and performance in postwar Italian film (1945-54), with special attention to the figure of the non-professional actor, who looms large in neorealist filmmaking. This period of regeneration of Italian cinema initiated the boom in cinemagoing that made cinema an important vector of national and gender identity for audiences.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 264 pages 17 bw illus
PB 9781501394393 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501394355
ePub 9781501394362 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781501394379 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
The American Blockbuster Movies That Defined Their Generations
Benjamin Crace, Tennessee Technological University, USA
In an age marked by tension and division, Americans of all ages and backgrounds have turned to film to escape the pressures of everyday life. Yet, beyond escapism, popular cinema is both a mirror and microscope for our collective psyche. Examining the films that have made billions of dollars through a new lens reveals that popular culture is a vital source for understanding what it means to be an American. Providing an indispensable resource for students and general readers, this book serves as an entry point for a conversation on America's favorite pastime, focusing in on generational differences and the evolution of American identity.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 232 pages
PB 9798765167045 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877803
ePub 9798216184188 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781440877810 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Women's Leadership in Popular Culture
Edited by Tracy Everbach, Gwendelyn S. Nisbett & Newly Paul
This edited volume examines mass media portrayals of women leaders and other powerful women in popular culture. Contributors from varied disciplinary backgrounds argue that increased media visibility and representation can lead to more widespread acceptance of women as societal leaders. The book employs an interdisciplinary, intersectional, and international approach to its coverage of these portrayals and their meanings for society and gender norms. Through a feminist lens, these cultural representations are examined within the context of gender, race, sexuality, and social class/economic status.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 304 pages • 4 bw illus and 3 tables
HB 9781666965063 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978759565 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216268444 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Displacement of (M)others in Twenty-First-Century US Films
Impact on Maternal Identities of "Other" Subjectivities
Jessica M. Rodríguez-Colón, The School of Visual Arts, USA
This book retraces maternal philosophy by presenting an alternative genealogy, providing a concrete definition of the term (m)other and introducing a new theory of The Gaze Economy while presenting a concrete application of it for evaluating characters in films and its effect on the subjects. It discusses maternal politics and the dispossession of maternal bodies into certain spaces to understand the importance of looking into the performativity of the maternal in both, fictional and non-fictional spaces.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 68 bw illus
HB 9798765126424 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765126462 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765126455 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Quiet Pictures
Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema
Sarah Artt, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Quiet Pictures approaches the films of Joanna Hogg, Lynne Ramsay, Céline Sciamma, and Lucile Hadžhalilovic through the lens of silence. It looks at uses of silence and how this creates a space for innovative practices that establish new ways of looking, staring, and gazing. The deployment of silence allows for reciprocal gazes that counteract the typically gendered and binary ways in which women and femme-presenting people tend to be portrayed on screen. Quiet Pictures draws on the political legacy of feminist film theory to explore and conceptualise what it means to not just look back, but to share the gaze.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 184 pages • 33 bw illus
PB 9798765113851 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501347214
ePub 9781501347221 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9781501347238 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Marvel Age of Comics
Daredevil: Born Again
Chris Ryall, San Diego, USA
In Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil: Born Again, the comic’s titular hero has his life destroyed after his most menacing enemy learns his real identity. His attempts to rebuild his life and sanity result in one of the most gripping and impactful super hero storylines of all time. Released in 1986, the storyline is an extraordinary exploration of what happens when a hero’s identity is revealed, and his personal life completely annihilated. We see Daredevil reduced to the lowest depths in the character’s history, but we also follow his painstaking path toward redemption. This entry in MARVEL AGE OF COMICS explores Daredevil: Born Again’s gorgeous and unique artwork, the lasting impact of its story and art, and how it forever changed the ways super hero characters and their secret identities have functioned.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 160 pages 42 color images
PB 9798765131688 £10.99 / $14.95 HB 9798765152942 £17.99 / $24.95
ePub 9798765131695 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765131701 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: Marvel Age of Comics • Bloomsbury Academic
Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic
Stuart Moore, Freelance Writer, USA
Doctor Strange, one of Marvel’s most fascinating early characters, began at the hands of co-creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and his ethereal voyages through other dimensions made him an important figure in 1960s culture. From his first appearance in 1963, Strange captivated a wide range of readers. Over his first ten years, a succession of writers and artists—including Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, Gardner F. Fox, P. Craig Russell, Marie Severin, and notably Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner—expanded on Ditko’s original mind-bending concepts. This entry in the MARVEL AGE OF COMICS explores Strange’s changing roles as a mystic, super hero, and leader of a chaotic team called the Defenders, and the rise of his popularity, in parallel with the counterculture of the 1960s.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 144 pages • 33 color images
PB 9798765137543 • £10.99 / $14.95 • HB 9798765152980 • £17.99 / $24.95
ePub 9798765137550 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765137574 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: Marvel Age of Comics • Bloomsbury Academic
The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s
Paul Cornell, Writer, UK
The Avengers was the comic book of the 1970s. From Civil Rights to Women’s Lib, battles for the soul of America became battles between super heroes. Writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby co-created the all-star group of six super heroes in September 1963. From there, just three main writers chronicled Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in that most turbulent of decades: Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, and Jim Shooter, each with differing approaches. The Avengers quickly became the pivot around which the Marvel Universe turned. To look back through its issues is to get a crash course in ’70s pop culture. Illustrated with full-color art from this legendary run, Paul Cornell’s entry in the MARVEL AGE OF COMICS series explores how the Mighty Avengers became icons during a time of immense change and upheaval.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 120 pages • 26 color illustrations
PB 9798765131800 • £10.99 / $14.95 • HB 9798765162996 • £17.99 / $24.95
ePub 9798765131794 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765131787 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: Marvel Age of Comics • Bloomsbury Academic
Stan Lee
A Life, Centennial Edition
Bob Batchelor, historian
In Stan Lee: A Life, award-winning cultural historian Bob Batchelor offers an in-depth and complete look at this iconic visionary. Born in the Roaring Twenties, growing up in the Great Depression, living and thriving through the American Century, and dying in the twenty-first century, Stan Lee’s life is a unique representation of recent American history. Batchelor examines Lee’s fascinating American life by drawing out all its complexity, drama, heartache, and humor, revealing how Lee introduced the world to heroes that were just as fallible and complex as their creator—and just like all of us.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 264 pages • 30 b/w photos
PB 9798881808860 £12.99 / $16.95
ePub 9798881854744 £12.77 / $15.25
ePdf 9798881867492 £12.77 / $15.25
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Wicked Witch of the West
The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon
Lona Bailey, independent researcher
Wicked Witch of the West: The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon reimagines the Wicked Witch of the West as a powerful symbol of radical feminism, highlighting her defiance against oppression. By exploring her story as a timeless icon, this book inspires readers to challenge societal norms and embrace their autonomy. Throughout the book, Bailey explores the growth of the iconic character, first introduced in 1900 by L. Frank Baum, from The Wizard of Oz through to Wicked. More than a villain, she symbolizes rebellion and resistance, evolving through adaptations while remaining relevant in today’s fight for justice and equality.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 224 pages 5 bw photos
HB 9798881808228 • £24.99 / $34.00
ePub 9798881808235 • £24.74 / $30.60
ePdf 9798881867461 • £24.74 / $30.60
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Projected Fears
Horror Films and American Culture
Kendall R. Phillips, Syracuse University, USA
This expanded second edition traces the cultural history of the American horror film, focusing on films that helped to (re)define the genre: Dracula (1931), The Thing (1951), Psycho (1960), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Exorcist (1973), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Halloween (1978), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Scream (1996), The Sixth Sense (1999), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Saw (2004), and Get Out (2017). Situating each film in relation to the history of the genre and its cultural context(s), this book explains why certain horror films create a connection with a wide audience.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 336 pages 26 bw illus
PB 9798765122198 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9798765122204 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798765122235 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765122228 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Future Spaces of Power
The Cultural Politics of Digital and Outer Spaces
Edited by Caroline Alphin, E. Leigh McKagen & Shelby Ward
This edited volume explores the global political, cultural, and societal narratives of future space(s), complicating the cultural logic of systemic futures that are outside of dominant political imaginaries, including new spatial and virtual politics. The book suggests critiques of narratives and discourses within and about virtual and metaspaces, artificial intelligence, space exploration, and even the colonization of space and planets can provide needed insights about global futures and our perceived experiences of space and time, especially as they inform how - and who - ought to live in the present with environmental destruction, information capitalism, neoliberalism, and colonialism.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 208 pages
HB 9781666957587 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978770980 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216255369 £87.01 / $108.00
Series: Critical Futures: Creative Interventions and Revolutionary Possibilities • Bloomsbury Academic
Contemporary Art Cinema Culture in China
Xiang Fan, Goldsmiths University of London, UK.
Contemporary Art Cinema Culture in China explores the dynamic networks of art cinema in China in the 21st century by highlighting the cultural practices of intermediaries such as independent exhibitors, internet critics, and fan translators.
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 208 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350370104 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350370111 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350370128 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Global East Asian Screen Cultures • Bloomsbury Academic
Nostalgia and Paranoia in Recent American Popular Culture
Owen Cantrell
In this book, Owen Cantrell interprets American popular culture of the past four decades through the lens of paranoia and nostalgia - twin structures of feeling. Cantrell argues that these culturallypervasive emotions stem from the United States' fraught political relationship to history during this period as a result of the backlash to the Second Reconstruction (1980-2008) and the Third Reconstruction (2008-present).
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666957259 • £90.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978765184 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216258919 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Caught on Screen
Australia’s Convict History in Film and Television
James Findlay, The University of Sydney, Australia
Caught on Screen traverses the history of convict representation for the first time. Through archival research into their production and reception, the book explores engaging case studies produced in Australia and internationally, including the work of Douglas Sirk, Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Andrikidis and Jennifer Kent. From innocent criminals to radical revolutionaries, feisty feminists to manly pioneers, egalitarian settlers to violent invaders, it shows how the shape-shifting convict emerged on screen as a potent historical symbol that intersected with, and helped to direct, major debates about nationalism, the legacies of colonisation, Indigenous dispossession and the origins and character of Australian society.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9798765100523 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765100530 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765100547 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World Cinema
Julian Ross, Leiden University, Netherlands & Lúcia Nagib
Cinema and the Indian National Emergency
Histories and
Afterlives
Edited by Parichay Patra, IIT Jodhpur, India & Dibyakusum Ray, IIT Ropar, India
Cinema and the Indian National Emergency examines the strained relationship between the state and the Indian film industry during this period of political upheaval. Each of the essays, written from a broad range of critical perspectives, analyse controversial films such as Aandhi (1975), Nasbandi (1978), and Kissa Kursi Ka (1977), which were all subject to state censorship. It considers the cinematic representations and afterlives, and the possible modes of archiving and remembering the cinema of the Indian Emergency.
UK
HB 9781350371132
£85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350371149 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350371156 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: World Cinema • Bloomsbury Academic
Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed
Paul Flaig, University of St. Andrews, UK
In Hollywood and Weimar Slapstick, Paul Flaig reassesses the films of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, the Marx Brothers, and Frank Capra in light of their circulation and citation among German filmmakers, philosophers, advertisers, politicians, artists, playwrights and poets. Drawing on a diverse range of German-language sources, including avant-garde manifestoes, arts journals, feuilletons, trade press reports and academic studies, Flaig investigates the historical context, intellectual foundations, and cultural and political underpinnings that contributed to the fascination with American comic cinema in Weimar Germany. UK
£76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350439177 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: World Cinema • Bloomsbury Academic
Thai Cinema
The Complete Guide
Edited by Mary J. Ainslie & Katarzyna Ancuta
In the first ever book devoted solely to Thai cinema, experts on contemporary and historic Thai film provide a timely overview and discussion of key films, directors and current movements in the region in a comprehensive encyclopaedia format. Featuring contributions on Thai visionaries such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Wisit Sasanatieng and providing rare insight into early Thai cinema, this is an essential scholarly guide to a vibrant aspect of Southeast Asian cinema - its history, industry and aesthetic trends - for scholars and students alike.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 284 pages • 19 bw integrated
PB 9781350543362 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350140677
ePub 9781838609252 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781838609269 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: World Cinema • Bloomsbury Academic
Women and Global Documentary Practices and Perspectives in the 21st Century
Edited by Shilyh Warren, University of Texas at Dallas, USA & Najmeh Moradiyan-Rizi, Old Dominion University, USA
Women and Global Documentary answers the urgent need to reevaluate not only the significance of women’s documentary practices and their contributions to feminist world-building, but also the state of documentary studies as it engages with political, aesthetic, and industrial developments arising as a result of an increasing number of women’s documentaries.
UK February 2025 • US March 2025 • 312 pages • 30 bw illus
PB 9781350422896 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350422902 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350422919 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350422926 £22.49 / $31.04
Series: World Cinema Bloomsbury Academic
Contemporary Chilean Filmmaking
The Aesthetics of Trauma
Eva-Rosa Ferrand Verdejo, CY Cergy Paris Université, France
Contemporary Chilean Filmmaking explores how the generation of filmmakers born in the aftermath of the Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990) use cinema to navigate and narrate the complex legacies of their country's turbulent past.
Eva-Rosa Ferrand Verdejo examines the work of the Novísimo Cine Chileno, providing close readings of key films such as Fernando Guzzoni’s Carne de Perro (2013), Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s La Casa Lobo (2018), Manuela Martelli’s 1976 (2022), and Pablo Larraín’s El Conde (2023).
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350528024 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350528031 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350528048 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: World Cinema • Bloomsbury Academic
A History of India’s North-East Cinema
Deconstructing the Stereotypes
Parthajit Baruah, Renaissance Junior College, India
This book depicts the journey from the first Assamese film (1935) to the present. It addresses the peripheral status and identity crisis of North-Eastern people in mainland India and examines the role of Bollywood in the construction and misrepresentation of this region in popular Hindi cinema. Part I looks at how the people of the North-East are constructed as 'foreigners’ or ‘outsiders' by mainland Indians. Part II discusses the socio-political and cultural shifts in the Assam region. Part III traces the journey of cinema in the other seven North-Eastern states, narrating the regions’ socio-political phenomena and the unique cultural discourses.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 336 pages • 34 bw illus
HB 9798765127667 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765127698 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765127681 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Towards a Film Theory from Below
Archival Film and the Aesthetics of the Crack-Up
Jiri Anger, Queen Mary University of London, UK
This book explores the weird shapes that emerge when material elements interact with figurative content of the moving image. Employing the digitized first Czech films by Jan Kríženecký prompted the questions: is it possible to do film theory from below, from the perspective of a film object? Could we treat accidents in moving images as full-fledged actors with distinctive aesthetic forms and functions? In these films, analog elements impinge upon the form and content of the moving images to create generative figures and shapes. Using digital technology, we can isolate these features and experiment with how they can be reimagined.
UK
PB 9798765107270 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765107263
ePub 9798765107287 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765107294 £87.01 / $108.00
Series: Thinking Media Bloomsbury Academic
Timecodes
A Dream Come True
The Collaboration of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti
Stephan Eicke, Axel Springer Media Corporation, Germany
The book analyses David Lynch the filmmaker through the lens of Angelo Badalamenti’s music via extensive creative biographies of both, in-depth investigations into how the individual music pieces and scores came to be, how they were altered and changed during the editing process, and what clues both music and sound design can give to unlock the mysteries of individual works. The result is an insightful collage of exclusive interviews with many of Lynch’s and Badalamenti’s colleagues and friends, transcribed music examples, direct quotes, previously unpublished photographs, dialogue taken from the films, and a careful examination of secondary—sometimes contradictory— sources.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 31 bw illus
PB 9798765129043 • £24.99
ePdf 9798765129074 £25.54 / $31.45 Bloomsbury Academic
Nadine Boljkovac, University of Colorado, USA & Nicholas Rombes, University of Detroit Mercy, USA
BlacKkKlansman
Movies Minute by Minute
Alex Zamalin, Rutgers University, USA
This book places Spike Lee’s film, BlacKkKlansman, in dialogue with political questions that have been considered by a swathe of thinkers, including Plato, Marx, Freud, Fanon, Butler, and Davis to investigate how this film works as a text of political thought. Some questions include: what is the meaning of freedom under social constraint? How does racism and anti-Blackness structure the parameters of conversation and belonging? Is power dispersed, and, if it is, how must resistance be decentralized? What is political about speech, and how exactly does language have a performative political function? How to build solidarity and imagine political commitment?
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 120 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9798765103807 • £16.99 /
ePub 9798765103845 • £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9798765103838 £16.76 / $20.65
Series: Timecodes Bloomsbury Academic
David Lynch’s American Dreamscape
Music, Literature, Cinema
Mike Miley, Loyola University New Orleans, USA
David Lynch’s American Dreamscape expands the interpretive horizons of David Lynch’s filmography by addressing the questions: How are Lynch’s films as much a part of literary tradition as the cinematic tradition? How can his films be read as songs? This book positions his work as a compendium of popular literary and musical cultures, including David Foster Wallace and Nine Inch Nails who have successfully grafted Lynch’s cinematic sensibility onto their own projects; a site through which these texts interact with other texts; and a channel through which the subconscious of American life finds its way into full and unaltered view.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 288 pages • 57 bw illus
PB 9798765102893 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9798765102930 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765102909 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765102916 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 Movies Minute by Minute
Jeff Wood, Writer, Artist, and Actor, Portugal A minute-by-minute analysis of one episode (Part 8) of David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). After placing the work in this specific context, set during the world’s first atomic explosion, the Trinity Test, this book examines every minute of Lynch’s Part 8 of this series. With David Lynch’s Part 8, a cultural circuit is completed, from the idiosyncratic and personal—or Lynchian—to the shared space of what theorist Paul Virilio describes as “cosmic fear”— or an emergency of social media.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 136 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9798765121757 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9798765121740 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765121788 • £18.35 / $22.45
ePdf 9798765121771 • £18.35 / $22.45
Series: Timecodes • Bloomsbury Academic
Neglected Scorsese Overlooked Films, Television Shows, and Commercials
Edited by Phillip Sipiora, University of South Florida, USA & Gary D. Rhodes, Oklahoma Baptist University, USA
This collection examines over a dozen of Martin Scorsese’s most overlooked works, including the television shows, music videos, television commercials, and feature films that have been largely ignored by film critics and/or the moviegoing public. It reclaims the director's less-appreciated works, giving them the respect and attention they deserve. This book argues that Scorsese’s lengthy career has produced individual works that have been neglected— those Scorsese films that were underappreciated by mainstream critics, by mainstream audiences, by scholars, or by any combination of the three—even while others have been lauded.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 312 pages 49 bw illus
HB 9798765128138 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765128169 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765128152 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Paul Verhoeven’s Cinema of Violence
Steven Rybin, Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA
Paul Verhoeven's Cinema of Violence takes a careful and nuanced look at Paul Verhoeven’s body of work and its penchant for violence of various kinds. Exploring the breadth of this director’s career, this book encompasses everything from his early short works as a student filmmaker in the 1960s to the most recently completed Benedetta (2021). Through this comprehensive approach, Paul Verhoeven’s Cinema of Violence offers a passionate, nuanced, and comprehensive critical look at the cinematic output of one of the Netherlands’ – and Hollywood’s – most vital contemporary filmmakers.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages • 38 bw illus
HB 9781501399084 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781501399053 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9781501399060 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Abbas Kiarostami and Iranian National Cinema
Hossein Khosrowjah
Challenging prevailing auteurist readings of Abbas Kiarostami’s work, Hossein Khosrowjah firmly anchors his filmmaking within the historical context of Iranian national cinema. Through a close reading of key films, including Close-Up (1990), Taste of Cherry (1997), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), and Ten (2002), he explores Kiarostami’s radically anti-allegorical representational strategies. In doing so, he argues that it is his resistance to any singular national identity that sparks controversy and even hostility within Iran and exilic Iranian communities, provoking critical discourse among both scholars and the public.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 240 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781784535773 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350274372 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350274389 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Terence Davies Screenplays, Volume 1
Autobiography and Biography
Terence Davies
This collection of Terence Davies's screenplays brings together his powerful autobiographical work, from the films that comprise The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) to his 2008 poetic documentary Of Time and the City of 2008, and his biopics of the poets Emily Dickinson and Siegfried Sassoon. The screenplays are supported by new critical introductions and by film stills and previously unpublished material from Terence Davies's personal archive.
UK October 2025 • US January 2026 • 512 pages • 40 bw illus
PB 9781350559448 • £29.99 / $40.95 • HB 9781350559455 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350559462 • £26.99 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350559486 £26.99 / $36.44
British Film Institute
Jean-Luc Godard’s Unmade and Abandoned Projects
Michael Witt, University of Roehampton, UK
This volume offers the first study of the FrenchSwiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s vast body of over 350 unmade, unfinished and abandoned projects over the course of his career from the late 1940s to the 2020s. Drawing on extensive research on the surviving traces of these projects in archives and private collections, Michael Witt's comprehensive survey establishes the extent and constitution of the Godardian corpus of unrealised and abandoned works for the first time and examines them in detail in six key perspectives: literature, cinema, television, theatre, politics and history. A full annotated list of his unrealised and abandoned projects is included as an appendix.
UK October 2025 • US December 2025 • 456 pages • 60 bw illus
HB 9781350494596 • £170.00 / $230.00
ePub 9781350494602 £153.00 / $207.89
ePdf 9781350494619 £153.00 / $207.89
Bloomsbury Academic
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Taxidermy Fashioning Corpses
Subarna Mondal, The Sanskrit College and University Kolkata, India
There are numerous scholarly works on Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960); however, no detailed effort has yet been made to explore one of its major motifs –taxidermy. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Taxidermy focuses on taxidermy as a cultural practice in both Victorian and modern times and how it has been employed both metaphorically and literally in Hitchcock’s films, especially Psycho. It also situates Psycho as a crucial film in the filmic continuum of body horrors where death and docility share a troubled relationship.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 168 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9798765101223 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765101186
ePub 9798765101193 • £72.64 / $90.00
ePdf 9798765101209 • £72.64 / $90.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Screen Actor's Audition
The Craft of Film & Television Auditioning
in Any Medium
Jay Scully, Casting director and teacher, Los Angeles, USA
Jay Scully has worked with veteran and novice actors alike in virtually every area of today’s business: as a casting director; as an instructor of acting technique at the university level and in private one-on-one instruction; and as an on-set coach on features for acclaimed directors like J.J. Abrams (Super 8), James Wan (Furious 7), Judd Apatow (This Is 40), and Davis Guggenheim (Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie).
The Screen Actor’s Audition is Scully’s practical guide for screen actors at all career stages, sharing indispensable guidance on wowing directors, producers, and casting directors to land roles at a time of unprecedented technological and economic tumult in the industry.
UK
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ePub 9781493090198 • £14.36 / $17.95
ePdf 9798765160640 • £14.36 / $17.95
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Hollywood Online Internet Movie Marketing Before and After The Blair Witch Project
Ian London, Independent Scholar, UK
This book challenges three major narratives which continually surface in studies about online film marketing: Hollywood’s major studios and independents had no significant relationship to the internet in the 1990s; online film promotions only took off after 1999 because of Blair; and Hollywood cashed-in by initiating a cycle of imitators and scaling up corporate activities online. Hollywood Online tests these assumptions by exploring internet marketing (Pre-Blair, 1993-1999), then by examining the period immediately after Blair (Post-Blair, 2000-2008) which broadly coincides with the rise and decline of DVD and the emergence of social media sites.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 296 pages
PB 9781501374449 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501337758
ePub 9781501337765 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781501337772 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Distribution Evolution
On-Demand and the Relocation of Specialized
Film
Elliott W. Nikdel, University of Southampton, UK
Distribution Evolution argues that VoD is profoundly marked by a strong sense of historical continuation, rather than radical disruption. Taking into account the social, cultural and economic factors behind VoD, along with the insight of leading industry professionals, Distribution Evolution demonstrates that the restrictions of the ‘past’ are not simply abolished with the move online, but remain present in slightly new and interesting ways. The resulting work paints a complex portrait of the on-demand landscape, one that challenges our perceptions of online distribution and questions how much control we really have in this supposed age of cultural democracy.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 232 pages
HB 9781501375514 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781501375521 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9781501375538 £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Taking Fiction Film Seriously A Philosophical Approach to Cinema Studies
Mario Slugan, Queen Mary University of London, UK
In Taking Fiction Film Seriously, Mario Slugan explores the significant misunderstandings concerning the categorisation of film, audience experience, and the real-life effects of fiction. He analyses the notion of 'fiction' from a theoretical and historical perspective, considering how it manifests in a broad range of films from the past 110 years, including The Arrival of a Train (Lumière brothers, 1895-1897), The Blair Witch Project (Myrick and Sánchez, 1999), and Waltz with Bashir (Folman, 2008).
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages • 30 bw illus
PB 9781350505711 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350505674 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350505681 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350505698 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Academic
Culture, Capital and Carnival Modern Media and the Representation of Work
Will Kitchen, University of Southampton, UK
This book offers an interdisciplinary examination of how modern culture contextualises the values of labour. It examines a diverse array of multimedia texts from the era of modern capitalism and addresses the ideological tensions surrounding the representation of work. Chapters look at how culture’s attempts to ‘carnivalize’ the values of labour can be challenged and ask whether critical representations can perpetuate the values they seek to negate. It adopts a radical critical perspective to explain how media products in the age of neoliberal capitalism can ‘carnivalize’ the values of modern capitalist labour even as they undermine economic and political freedom.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 240 pages • 24 bw illus
HB 9798765137338 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765137376 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765137369 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Microutopias and Everyday Hope
Edited by Asbjørn Grønstad & Lene M. Johannessen
This book takes a positive approach to the increasingly everyday crises societies are facing around the globe by exploring the potential of utopic thinking and practice on smaller scales. Through analysis across a variety of media, scholars demonstrate both theoretically and methodologically how hope persists in cultural and aesthetic expressions that can be detected, taught, learned, and adopted.
UK March 2026 • US January 2026 • 240 pages • 4 bw illus
HB 9781666980516 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781666980523 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765154687 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Media Bias Examining the Facts
Thomas Arndt, The College of New Jersey, USA
A fact-checking resource that examines the facts concerning beliefs and charges made about the nature, extent, and impact of media bias in American news media. Ranging across social media, television, radio, newspapers, magazines, podcasts, and other platforms, this book provides students and other readers with an impartial guide to the debates over media bias (both conservative and liberal) in the United States. It does so by refuting falsehoods, misunderstandings, and exaggerations about ideological bias in the press—and by confirming the accuracy of other charges of bias. The book also examines claims and assertions about the root causes of media bias, as well as the ways in which actual media bias has negatively impacted American journalism, politics, and public trust in government institutions.
UK July 2025 • US April 2025 • 200 pages
HB 9781440880353 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798216183013 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9781440880360 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Contemporary Debates • Bloomsbury Academic
Film, In Theory
The BFI Education Department and Film Culture
Colm McAuliffe, Kingston University, UK
Film, in Theory tells the story of Paddy Whannel and Peter Wollen's revolutionary work at the BFI’s Education Department and how this led to the establishment of film studies, theory and education in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s. Colm McAuliffe explores how Whannel and Wollen refashioned the BFI as a modern and progressive laboratory of ideas, hosting experimental seminars, revamping BFI Summer Schools, and launching the Cinema One series (co-edited by Whannel and Penelope Houston, editor of Sight & Sound magazine). Through extensive archival research and interviews with key figures, McAuliffe explores how the department became "a crucible for the future of film theory."
UK November 2025 US November 2025 180 pages 26 bw illus
HB 9781839026331 £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781839026348 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9781839026355 • £67.50 / $91.79
Bloomsbury Academic
Transmodern Cinema and Decolonial Film Theory
A Study of Youssef Chahine's
al-Mașīr
Robert K. Beshara, Northern New Mexico College, USA
Transmodern Cinema and Decolonial Film Theory is the first book on decolonial film theory, which unpacks key concepts in decoloniality and decolonial aesthetics. Decolonial film theory is then applied to Youssef Chahine’s (1997) historical drama al-Mașīr in an effort to juxtapose the Egyptian filmmaker (Chahine) and his decolonial cinema to the Andalusian polymath (Ibn Rushd) and his Islamic philosophy.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9781501385087 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501385117
ePub 9781501385100
£87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781501385094 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Film, Negation and Freedom
Capitalism and Romantic Critique
Will Kitchen, University of Southampton, UK
This book explores cinema in relation to the critical tradition in modern philosophy and its heritage in Romantic aesthetics. Using a variety of discursive fields and traditions, this book outlines a radical new interpretation of Romanticism in reference to the films of Arthur Penn and Lindsay Anderson – cultural texts previously underexplored by academic studies, such as Mickey One, O Lucky Man! and The Missouri Breaks. This book offers an enriched and revitalised understanding of Romanticism’s relevance to both the filmic texts of the 20th century, and also the aesthetic, philosophical and political conditions of modern subjectivity and spectatorship
UK May 2025 US May 2025 264 pages
PB 9798765105542 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765105535
ePub 9798765105573 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798765105566 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Global Screen Worlds
Conversations across Cinema Cultures
Edited by Lindiwe Dovey, SOAS University of London, UK, Kate Taylor-Jones, The University of Sheffield, UK & Georgia Thomas-Parr, SOAS University of London, UK
Global Screen Worlds brings together scholars from around the world to collaborate on comparative studies of African and Asian cinemas and audiovisual narrative media. This open access collection advances the concept of “screen worlds” rather than “world cinema” to acknowledge and reckon with the impact of new technologies on cinema and everyday life, adopting a decolonial feminist approach that insists on localized, intersectional analyses that combine discussions of race, gender, and class with critiques of historical and contemporary abuses of power.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The European Research Council.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 352 pages • 34 colour illus
HB 9798765126288 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765126325 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9798765126318 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Community Going Back to School with Television's Best Sitcom
Erin Giannini, independent scholar
Erin Giannini examines the cultural phenomenon that is Community, a series about a community college and, in the series own words, “the goofballs who run around stirring up trouble, and the eggheads that make a big deal out of it.” It’s a meta series with an active fandom and features an eclectic cast, part of a group of both comedies and dramas produced by Sony Pictures Television, who produced several series for broadcast as one of the few studios unaffiliated with a broadcast network. Giannini highlights what Community influenced and was influenced by, the way it differentiated itself from other sitcoms and yet embraced the genre, the comedic generational divide embodied by the escalating tension between Chevy Chase and Dan Harmon, the ascendance of Donald Glover, and much more. A must-read for fans of the cult-favorite show.
UK January 2026 US November 2025 232 pages 10 bw photos
HB 9781538191897 • £25.99 / $36.00
ePub 9781538191903 • £26.34 / $32.40
ePdf 9798881865566 • £26.34 / $32.40
Bloomsbury Academic
Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Love Wars
Television Romantic Comedy
Mary Irwin
Love Wars is the first dedicated overview of the international television romantic comedy genre.
Mary Irwin explores the genre’s key recurrent themes: evolving attitudes to love, relationships, sex, class and money, feminism and post-feminism, changes in the nuclear family (dramatised through contrasting romantic relationships) and shifting discourses of masculinity, situating them within the specific socio-historic and cultural context in which the series are set.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 240 pages 15 b&w integrated
HB 9781784533465 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350120150 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350120143 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture • Bloomsbury Academic
Downton Abbey
Politics of Nostalgia, Neoliberalism, and Empire
Tabassum "Ruhi" Khan
This book examines the dramatic narrative and visual aesthetics of Downton Abbey to address the centrality of the power and privilege of an imperialist past in narrative structuring and to interrogate its broadly uncritical acceptance in an age where social and economic inequalities continue to run rampant.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 208 pages • 4 bw illus
HB 9781793654731 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978771871 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216201359 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Sex Education School's Out for Netflix
Edited by Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth, UK & Rob Stone, University of Birmingham, UK
This collection maps the origins of the Netflix series Sex Education in relation to the genre of teenage high school dramas and comedies, exploring the four-season narrative arc and analysing the principal themes and characters. It considers the aesthetics of the series and its main philosophical, ethical and political aspects. It investigates the creative process behind the ground-and-taboo-breaking series, examining it as a cultural product that is both old and new in that it relies on tried and tested generic formulae while also being responsive to new identity formations.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 288 pages • 20 bw illus
HB 9798765107317 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765107324 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765107331 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Masculinities in Contemporary Science-Fiction Television
Edited by Sara Martín, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain & Michael Pitts, University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic
Masculinities in Contemporary Science Fiction Television analyses critically and commercially successful science fiction television series ranging from Firefly (2002) to Star Trek: Picard (2020-23). Employing antipatriarchal and pro-feminist perspectives, it scrutinizes the limited diversity among male characters in science fiction television, shedding light on the underrepresentation of non-heteronormative, non-white, and transmasculine characters, and highlighting notable exceptions such as Altered Carbon (2018-20), Doom Patrol (2019), and The Umbrella Academy (2019).
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350458437 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350458444 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350458451 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture • Bloomsbury Academic
Female Detectives on PostNetwork Television
Mother, Maiden, Cop
Alison Wielgus
Alison Wielgus analyzes post-network female detective television through the lenses of genre, industry, and discourses of police abolition. Wielgus positions post-network female detective television as a primary site to examine the intersection of #MeToo and Black Lives Matter discourses and concludes that a central problem for crime television is the limitations the genre places on representing the structural and societal functions of the police, even as post-network female television has integrated feminist perspectives on trauma and sexual assault.
UK March 2026 • US January 2026 • 272 pages • 19 bw illus
HB 9781666919301 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978768758 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216266457 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Angela Smith, University of Sunderland, UK & Claire Nally, Northumbria University, UK
Horrifying Children Hauntology and the Legacy of Children’s Television
Edited by Lauren Stephenson, York St. John University, UK, Robert Edgar, York St John University, UK & John Marland, York St. John University, UK
Television in the 1970s to the 1990s dominated the world of childhood entertainment, drawing freely upon literature and popular culture. Shows such as Garbage Pail Kids and Stranger Things continue to resonate powerfully with the generation of cultural producers that grew up watching the weird, the eerie and the horrific: the essence of 21st-century Hauntology. This collection addresses that which ‘scared us’ in the past insomuch as there is a correlation between individual and collective cultural memory, with some chapters situating existing explorations and understandings of Gothic and Horror TV within a hauntological and experiential framework.
UK October 2025
• US October 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781501390531
• £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501390562
ePub 9781501390555 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781501390548 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Revolutions in Communication
Media History from Gutenberg to the Digital Age
Bill Kovarik, Radford University, USA
Revolutions in Communication builds on the success of the previous two editions to provide an exploration of printing, imaging, electronic and digital media history within a framework of technological change and social impacts.
This edition includes:
- Digital media technology, impacts and expectation updates since 2015.
- Updated and additional information, including: the US news media’s record on civil rights, Gutenberg’s printing experiments in the 1440s, the role of the 1796 invention of lithography.
- A sharper international focus.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 544 pages
PB 9798765107164 £24.99 / $34.95 HB 9798765107171 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765107201 £25.54 / $31.45
ePdf 9798765107195 £25.54 / $31.45
Bloomsbury Academic
Media and the Power of Knowledge
Steve Fuller, University of Warwick, UK
This book argues that from literacy to digitality, access and control of the available media have arguably done the most to shape the course of knowledge. Fuller extends Marshall McLuhan’s slogan, ‘The medium is the message’, reading the distinction between ‘hot’ and ‘cool’ media through the lens of sociologist Max Weber’s ‘prophetic’ and ‘priestly’ religious voices, the former demanding that receivers complete the message, the latter that they conform to it. Historically and philosophically informed, while presenting provocative arguments that address today’s concerns, this book considers future developments of the media and its far-reaching implications for the human condition.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 236 pages
PB 9781780930923 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781780930060 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781780930084 • £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781780930091 • £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
The Legacy of The X-Files
Edited by James Fenwick, Sheffield Hallam University, UK & Diane A. Rodgers, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The X-Files, this collection examines the content and production of the show, its reception, its use of legend and folklore, its contemporary resonance in politics and society of the 21st century, and its impact and legacy on film, television, the Internet and beyond. The collection serves as an all-encompassing, multi-disciplinary, contemporary account of The X-Files, reflecting upon critical, historical, political, and social contexts, and featuring an in-depth and comprehensive introduction making it a vital work for researchers and students alike.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 352 pages • 8 bw illus
PB 9781501387609 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501387630
ePub 9781501387623 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781501387616 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Entertained or Else
Boredom and Networked Media
Tina Kendall, Anglia Ruskin University, USA
Focusing on the specific gestures, habits, and embodied practices that converge around boredom in a digital network culture, Entertained or Else considers how boredom has been instrumentalised as an important site of discipline and power in the twenty-first century. Through investigating modern digital entertainment and historical literature, this book identifies a range of cultural techniques that have been developed for codifying, classifying, sensing and pre-empting boredom, with the aim of driving bored subjects back to entertainment networks.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 176 pages 25 bw illus
PB 9798765107584 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9798765107591 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765107607 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765107614 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Make / Believe
We and They on a Digital Planet
John Hartley, University of Sydney, Australia
Hartley’s groundbreaking take on interdisciplinary humanities at planetary scale focuses an analytical lens on the world of weaponised make-believe, in fact and fiction. Make/Believe opens with an account of children’s collective activism in an era when their futures are jeopardized by our stories, then disentangles strategic stories in science, journalism, and popular culture, among zombies, aliens, class struggle, policy discourses, aircraft carriers, submarines, truth-warriors, and lifestyle journalism. The take-out message is that culture makes groups, groups make knowledge, and knowledge makes enemies.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 312 pages • 24 bw illus
HB 9798765128039 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765128060 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765128053 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Invocational Media Reconceptualising the Computer
Chris Chesher, University of Sydney, Australia
This book challenges the foundations of computer science by offering invocation as a powerful new way of conceptualising digital technologies. Drawing on media philosophy, Deleuze, Guattari, Heidegger, Latour, Austin, Innis and McLuhan, it critiques the representationalism of data processing, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Invocational media seem to empower individuals, but necessarily subject users to corporate and government monopolies of invocation. They complicate agency in their indifference as to whether invokers are human or non-human. This ground-breaking book will change how you think about digital media by showing they are, in fact, invocational media.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 280 pages
PB 9798765109762 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501363627
ePub 9781501363610 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781501363603 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Approaches to Digital Game Studies
Epistemic Genres
New Formations of Play
Edited by Gerald A. Voorhees, University of Waterloo, Canada, Joshua Call, Grand View University, USA, Matthew Wysocki, Flagler College, USA & Betsy Brey, University of Waterloo, Canada
This edited volume theorizes and explicates “epistemic genres” of digital games, which are defined by the social uses and meanings attributed to different constellations of games by communities of players. It argues that “epistemic genres” are distinguished primarily by their social context and use, centering the player’s experience and the meanings that emerge from distinct communities of play. Epistemic game genres are those constellations of games that overflow and cut-across the genre boundaries of the commercial game industry and mainstream gaming culture.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 352 pages • 14 bw illus
HB 9798765125540 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765125588 £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765125571 £94.20 / $117.00
Series: Approaches to Digital Game Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Keiji Inafune
Mega Man, Soul Sacrifice, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
Andrew Schartmann, New England Conservatory, USA
In this book, Andrew Schartmann explores seven core principles that permeate Inafune’s output and constitute his creative “voice.” He also draws on Inafune’s controversial persona to probe the very definition of “video game designer”—a term problematized by the Japanese cultural tendency to downplay individual creation, the collaborative aspect of game design, and the industry’s Wonka-esque obsession with secrecy.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 160 pages • 22 bw illus
PB 9798765120569 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9798765120576 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765120606 • £18.35 / $22.45
ePdf 9798765120590 • £18.35 / $22.45
Series: Influential Video Game Designers • Bloomsbury Academic
News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy
Tracing Mediatization Through Actor–Network Theory
Nicholas Richardson, University of New South Wales, Australia
This book offers a method for guiding large-scale policy and projects through the complex and changing landscape of a 24/7 news media. It focuses on three metro-style rail infrastructure case studies in Sydney, Australia and Montreal, Canada. Employing Actor-Network Theory, Richardson identifies the influential actors and alliances at play when policy is subjected to media discourse and proposes a framework for tracing and managing them. This framework is vital for both the successful negotiation of policy and projects in the media and to an (r)evolutionary recasting of public, expert and media actors in the development and decision-making process.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 304 pages
PB 9781501387456 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501387487
ePub 9781501387470 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781501387463 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Emerging Genres
New Formations of Games
Edited by Joshua Call, Grand View University, USA, Betsy Brey, University of Waterloo, Canada, Gerald A. Voorhees, University of Waterloo, Canada & Matthew Wysocki, Flagler College, USA
This collection explores digital games through the lens of genre analysis—the evaluation of the structural designs that provide the framework for the player’s experience. Each chapter discusses a game genre that is new to the market and to critical scholarship to establish both where games are currently and new ground in Game Studies going forward. The first section considers emerging genres as a function of the material conditions of play and the game experience; the second section examines the formal/ mechanical elements used to identify genres; and the final section explores affect and potential of games to shape the audience.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 320 pages 22 bw illus
HB 9798765125618 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765125649 £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765125632 • £94.20 / $117.00
Series: Approaches to Digital Game Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
A Practical Farmer’s Journey
A History of Community, Stewardship, and Resilience
Ronald L. Rosmann
This book is a historical memoir looking at the life of an Iowa farm family from 1872 to the present. It offers a critique of industrial agriculture and problems created for our nation’s community and ecological well-being and provides practical solutions regarding the future of food, farming, and climate resiliency.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 288 pages 10 bw
PB 9780761880790 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9780761892045 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780761880806 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9780761880813 • £21.55 / $26.95
Hamilton Books
GMO Food
A Reference Handbook
David E. Newton, Independent Scholar, USA
GMO Food: A Reference Handbook offers an in-depth discussion of genetically modified food. Students will learn briefly about historic methods of plant and animal modification (such as crossbreeding) and, in more detail, how discoveries since the late nineteenth century have greatly changed the process of plant and animal modification. They will also learn about the variety of social, political, philosophical, economic, and other issues that have arisen alongside these scientific advances, as well as about some of the laws, regulations, and other solutions that have been developed for dealing with the range of attitudes about genetically modified foods.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 400 pages • 7 bw illus
PB 9798765167052 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877766
ePub 9798216090915 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440877773 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Contemporary World Issues • Bloomsbury Academic
Food Cultures of Germany
Cuisine, Customs, and Issues
Ursula Heinzelmann, Independent researcher, Germany
There’s far more to German food than sausages and beer. Discover the history and culture of Germany through its rich culinary traditions. Part of the Global Kitchen series, this book takes readers on a food tour of Germany, covering everything from daily staples to holiday specialties. Chapters are organized thematically, making it easy to focus in on particular courses or types of dishes. The main text is supplemented by sidebars that offer interesting bite-sized facts, a chronology of important dates in German culinary history, and a glossary of key food- and dining-related terms.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9798765122525
• £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798765122532 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9798765122549 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: The Global Kitchen • Bloomsbury Academic
Organic Food and Farming
A Reference Handbook
Shauna M. McIntyre
Organic Food and Farming: A Reference Handbook is a valuable resource for students and general readers curious about the history, evolution, and growth of the organic food movement. This book begins with a deep dive into the origins of organic farming, offering a clear discussion of what constitutes organic production and how that has changed over time. Next, the volume provides a comprehensive overview of growth of organics as both an industry and a social movement and the inherent challenges that occur from trying to be both. The book additionally covers controversial issues and challenges, along with good news about what is working and what is possible.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 360 pages 7 bw illus
PB 9798765166994 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440870033
ePub 9798216125419 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440870040 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Contemporary World Issues • Bloomsbury Academic
Encyclopedia of Spices and the Spice Trade
History, Cuisine, and Culture
Victoria R. Williams, Independent Scholar, UK
Discover the rich history and deep cultural significance of spices, from defining the flavors of regional cuisines to spurring Western exploration and colonialism. This book examines spices from a variety of perspectives, including their impact on culinary traditions, role in health and medicine, and influence on world economics and geopolitics for hundreds of years. More than 125 entries profile individual spices, influential locations and trade routes, key time periods in the history of the spice trade, and much more. Each entry includes cross-referencing and a list of further readings. A selection of engaging sidebars supplement the main text.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 320 pages
HB 9798765114827 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9798765114841 • £72.64 / $90.00
ePdf 9798765114834 • £72.64 / $90.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
Your Questions Answered
Alice C. Richer, Independent Scholar, USA
While following a plant-based diet can provide many health and environmental benefits, vegetarians and vegans are at greater risk for certain nutritional deficiencies. This book follows a reader-friendly question-and-answer format that anticipates readers' needs and concerns. Prevalent myths and misconceptions are identified and dispelled, and a collection of case studies illustrates key concepts and issues through relatable stories and insightful recommendations.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9798765152478 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440870989
ePub 9798216161523 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440870996 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
That's What He Said What Men Say About Gender and Society
J. E. Sumerau & Giuseppina Valle Holway
Conversations abound concerning boys, men, and masculinity in society. Whether we look to the recurring images of mass shootings, the rise of men’s movements and online communities, or newspaper coverage of modern fatherhood, stories of what it means to be a man permeate social, cultural, political, religious, and scholarly debates throughout the nation. That’s What He Said provides readers with important insights into what men think are the most important socio-political issues today.
UK February 2026 • US February 2026 • 192 pages • 20 b/w illustrations; 24 tables
PB 9781538196960 • £26.99 / $36.00 • HB 9781538196953 • £78.00 / $105.00
ePub 9781538196977 • £26.34 / $32.40
ePdf 9798765155189 • £26.34 / $32.40
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Gender and Memory in Hungary
From the Siege of Budapest to Present Day
Lisa Pope Fischer
This book shows how unique life stories about major turning points can reveal a collective story of how constructed memories provide an understanding of present-day society. The author follows elderly Hungarian women's unofficial histories about living through World War II as well as the socialist and post-socialist eras to show adaptation to change, insights into economic strain, generational divisions, issues related to the aging process, and understandings of nation and identity.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666974270 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978771055 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216255437 £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Plural Feminisms
Navigating Resistance as Everyday Praxis
Edited by Sohini Chatterjee, The University of Western Ontario, Canada & Po-Han Lee, National Taiwan University
Drawing 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. Chapters explore 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.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350332690 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350332737
ePub 9781350332720 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350332713 £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
Disability Justice Activism in the Classroom
Alternative Worldmaking through Queer, Critical Race, and Feminist Practices
Paulina Abustan
Through ethnographic fieldwork in a multicultural K-5 environment, Abustan discovered practices among young children that counter the traditional educational setup of training students to be individualistic and competitive. In this particular environment, the author finds that the teacher and students draw on disability, queer, critical race, feminist practices like rest and relaxation, building community, and honoring differences to engage in alternative worldmaking.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1 pages • 5 b/w illustrations
HB 9781666916300 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978769014 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216266518 £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Sexual Harassment
Your Questions Answered
Justine J. Reel, University of North Carolina–Wilmington, USA
This book answers readers' most pressing questions about sexual harassment, including how to identify it, its causes, and its effects. It also provides guidance and resources for anyone experiencing or witnessing sexual harassment. The book explores what exactly constitutes sexual harassment, and how it is different from assault, bullying, and other forms of unwanted attention. Readers will better understand how being sexually harassed impacts an individual's academic or work performance, psychological well-being, and even physical health.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 176 pages
PB 9798216365761 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440869891
ePub 9798216144113 • £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9781440869907 • £32.72 / $40.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Aesthetics and the Gay Auteur
Seeing Queerly
Scott Stoddart
This book theorizes how cinema directors – some independent and some mainstream – apply a queer aesthetic to the stories they tell. The author develops the concept of the “queer gaze” to explore the ways in which film narratives and aesthetic reflect on both heteronormative and queer themes.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1 pages • 20 colour illustrations
HB 9781666955729 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978767959 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216269922 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Queer Harlem Renaissance Women in the Soviet Union
The Travels of Louise Thompson Patterson, Dorothy West and Constance White
Aisha Powell
This manuscript explores the experiences of three prominent Harlem renaissance women before, during, and after a 1932 trip during which 22 members of the Harlem renaissance traveled to Russia to star in a German-Russian film production about racism in the United States. The author argues this trip marked a fundamental change in women's perspectives and experiences of life in the U.S.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666949520 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978764620 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216260110 £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Transgender Studies
Edited by J. E. Sumerau
The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Transgender Studies is a comprehensive yet concise overview of important issues, themes, and research on transgender people and populations. Coupling both their scholarly expertise with their lived experiences, the contributors tackle a full gamut of topics, including medical care, education, coming out, bathroom and military politics and possibilities, and the creation of families. Scholars and students alike will find this to be an accessible and essential primer on the societal forces that impact and shape the lives of transgender people.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 192 pages
PB 9798216377337 • £31.99 / $42.95
Previously published in HB 9781538136010
ePub 9781538136027 • £101.38 / $126.00
ePdf 9798881879808 • £101.38 / $126.00
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
LGBTQ Life in America Examining the Facts
Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College & Brian F. Harrison, Founder and Executive Director, Center for American Political Engagement
This indispensable book debunks common myths and misconceptions about the LGBTQ community while providing accurate information about LGBTQ people, their successes and shared history, and the current challenges they face in American society. Beginning with the origins of LGBTQ identity and history, the book addresses the current status of the LGBTQ community; gender expectations and performance in American culture; transgender and non-binary identity; behaviors and outcomes associated with LGBTQ people; and, finally, diversity within the community. Utilizing authoritative sources and lay-friendly explanations, this work punctures myths, misconceptions, and incorrect assumptions about sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expectations and norms.
UK July 2025 US July 2025 240 pages
PB 9798216201694 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440875052
ePub 9798216110781 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440875069 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Contemporary Debates • Bloomsbury Academic World English
A Political Biography of the Indonesian Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Movement
Saskia Wieringa, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Here, the history of the Indonesian LBT movement is charted, from invisibility, to visibility and now as it moves again into hiding. Saskia Wieringa tracks the movement’s progress and explores the persistence of the butch/femme model of relationships; the proliferations of identities; family violence and conversion therapy; religion; and the anti-LGBT campaign.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 312 pages
PB 9781350422841 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350422803
ePub 9781350422810 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350422827 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic World All Languages (except Indonesian)
Beauty Labor and Shaping Identity in the Salon
Beyond Skin Deep
Hannah McCann
This book examines beauty practices and beauty services through empirical research in Australia with salon workers and clients in order to show the role they play in identity making. The author offers a perspective that is neither dismissive of beauty practices as trivial, inescapably patriarchal, and harmful, nor defensive of beauty via the neoliberal postfeminist rhetoric of “choice”.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1 pages • 10 tables
HB 9781666945836 • £90.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978766228 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216251712 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Coercive Sexual Intimacy, Trauma, & Agency Among College Students Taking It
Kristen
Myers & Patricia Wallace
For decades, feminists have been educating young people about healthy sexual interactions, promoting the benefits of affirmative consent. Despite concerted affirmative consent campaigns, coercive sexual intimacy and sexual assault persist, with some students (mostly men) still forcing sex on their partners—“taking it” from them. Facing ubiquitous sexual pressure, young people often relent to unwanted sex and “just take it.” Outsiders pass judgement on victim/survivors, demanding, “It’s just sex! Shut up and take it!” Survivors—despite their trauma—resist, “taking back” bodily empowerment.
In this book, the authors conduct an intersectional analysis of data provided by a diverse group of college students to explore these four meanings of “taking it.” They contextualize their analysis, examining the impact of sexual education in the U.S. as well as laws and policies aimed at reducing sexual assault. Using both sociological and social psychological lenses, they seek to illuminate the grey area surrounding sexual consent. The authors’ goal is to help spur changes in culture, practices, rules, and infrastructure to ultimately reduce sexual violence and increase sexual autonomy for all people.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666948264 • £90.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978770454 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216252795 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Arab American Women, Identity, and Intersectionality
Reima Shakeir & Jasmine Kaduthodil
This volume extends postcolonial feminist theory to include intersectionally marginalized bodies in the classroom and in social science discourse. Shakeir examines the ways in which Arab American Muslim women navigate the public space, from the university to their professional lives. Authenticity, self-policing, and performance are all examined intergenerationally, to reflect on the survivance of the Arab identity across both decades and oceans. The book acts equally as a methodological and instructional guide for students and theorists, and also uses first-person testimonials and stories from Arab American Muslim women for anyone willing to expand their perspective.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 144 pages
HB 9781666908596 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978766549 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216266228 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Dating Apps, Modern Romance, and Social Inequality
Hannah Regan
How do we fall in love in the 21st century? By sharing the stories of dating app users, author Hannah Regan raises important questions about how social inequality exists in our intimate lives, and how technology reinforces these long-held social beliefs. This book situates current patterns of dating and relationships within the historical context of courtship, to explore how the introduction of new technology has changed romantic partnerships. The analysis encourages us to question whether dating is changing, or whether we are simply enacting the same old social patterns in new ways.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 192 pages • 6 b/w
HB 9781666973822 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978768680 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216253518 • £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Breaking Boundaries: New Horizons in Gender & Sexualities • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Gender Identity and Expression
Your Questions Answered
M. Killian Kinney, Pacific University, USA
This book answers young readers' questions about gender—what it is, what it isn't, and how it impacts our experiences and our interactions with others. The book’s reader-friendly, question-and-answer format anticipates readers' needs and concerns and makes it easy to find specific information quickly. Prevalent myths and misconceptions are identified and dispelled, and a collection of case studies illustrate key concepts and issues through relatable stories and insightful recommendations. The book also includes a section on health literacy, equipping teens and young adults with practical tools and strategies for finding, evaluating, and using credible sources of health information.
UK July 2025 • US May 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9781440878312 • £40.00 / $55.00
ePub 9798216172710 • £39.91 / $49.50
ePdf 9781440878329 • £39.91 / $49.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 2025
Edited by Shana Hertz Hattis
This valuable resource provides the most complete source of comprehensive and useful information about the nation’s individual states, metropolitan and micropolitan areas, and their component counties. This edition features the latest information on population, health coverage, crime rates, income and housing, employment, and much more.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 448 pages
PB 9798892050951 £115.00 / $150.00
ePub 9798892050968 • £108.57 / $135.00
ePdf 9798216368977 • £108.57 / $135.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Protected
Birth Control's Remarkable Story and Uncertain Future
Katherine Quimby
Protected explores questions such as, how has birth control changed over the years? Will there ever be a birth control pill for men? Why is birth control so politically controversial? Why are Black women more likely to prefer methods they can start and stop without a visit to the doctor? Are hormones in birth control safe? What impact will the overturn of Roe v. Wade have on the ability to get birth control? What does religion really say about it? Are there better methods out there, either right now or coming in the future?
On an individual level, birth control changes lives. It means finishing school before starting a family. It means managing pain to make daily activities bearable. The benefits accrued across the millions of individuals using birth control have added up to huge societal impacts. When societies have greater access to birth control, women obtain more education, get better jobs, and earn higher wages. Greater economic mobility for women contributes to a more gender equal society. Societies need birth control. We need birth control.
Protected tells the story of birth control, it’s past, present, and future, with the goal that after you read it, you will help spread the word about the essential role of birth control in empowering individuals and shaping society.
UK
ePdf 9798765165164 £22.35 / $27.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Teen Pregnancy Your Questions Answered
Paul Quinn, Dominican University, USA
Teen pregnancy can have an enormous impact on adolescents, their families, and society. What resources are available, and what rights and responsibilities do the pregnant teen, the father, and the teen's parents have? Do pregnancy and birth pose unique health risks for mother and child? How does being born to a teen mother affect a child's health and future? This book follows a reader-friendly question-and-answer format that anticipates reader's needs and concerns. Prevalent myths and misconceptions are identified and dispelled, and a collection of case studies illustrates key concepts and issues through relatable stories and insightful recommendations.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 176 pages
PB 9798765152508 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440876110
ePub 9798216153955 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440876127 £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Arousal, Answered An Expert’s Guide to Authentic Pleasure and Liberating Sex
Kayna Cassard
Our culture is (not so) secretly obsessed with sex. People are aching for information to address the hidden worries they are carrying as a burden every day. In a world where most intimacy courses, books, and professionals focus on "unleashing sexual power" or "becoming sexual god/desses," this book caters to individuals who yearn for a starting point and a safe space to address and understand their sexual difficulties without overwhelming expectations. It provides the bridge from poor sexual health education to sexual empowerment from a credible source.
Based on personal and clinical experience, the author understands that deep down, people desire an end to the disappointment they often associate with their sexual experiences. Their true yearning is for accessible solutions that enhance intimacy, build confidence, and foster genuine connections on the most fundamental levels.
Above all, readers of this book are seeking the reassuring knowledge that they are not inherently "broken" when it comes to sex.
In this groundbreaking sex and intimacy book, readers embark on a transformative journey that challenges the one-size-fits-all view of sexual arousal. Drawing on extensive research, trauma-informed neuroscience, and clinical expertise, Kayna Cassard, MA, LMFT, introduces a revolutionary model to navigate the complexity of sexual arousal and desire.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages 10 Tables
HB 9798881800345 £20.00 / $29.95
ePub 9798881800352 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765160817 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Relationship Rx Prescriptions for Lasting Love and Deeper Connection
Jessica Griffin & Pepper Schwartz
What if couples could take their relationship vitamins or medicine in order to prevent and treat problems in their relationships or restore their struggling relationship back to health?
Here, two seasoned relationship experts address the top problems in relationships and provide simple strategies and exercises, grounded in relationship science, that couples can use to have the healthiest –and happiest – relationship of their lives.
The reader will benefit from discussions about research on effective communication strategies, adult attachment styles, cognitivebehavioral therapy techniques, and lessons learned from decades of relationship research, making Relationship Rx an easy pill to swallow.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages • 2 b/w illustrations;4 textboxes
PB 9798881805395 • £13.99 / $18.95
Previously published in HB 9781538165737
ePub 9781538165744 • £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9798765160503 • £16.76 / $20.65
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
World English
Big Reactors
Practical Strategies for Parenting a Highly Sensitive Child
Claire Lerner
Highly sensitive children (HSCs) process and react to experiences more deeply than other children. In Big Reactors: Practical Strategies for Parenting a Highly Sensitive Child, child development specialist Claire Lerner helps parents develop the tools to support their HSC’s strengths while also showing them how to cope with everyday challenges. She details the key traits of HSCs, describes the science behind the traits, and explains the ways in which children can learn to manage their emotions and reactions effectively. Case studies from Lerner’s practice and personal experiences show the methods and tools in action, helping parents readily apply the lessons in their own household. Big Reactors is an invaluable resource for those looking for a more tailored and personalized form of gentle parenting.
UK
HB 9798881802820 £20.00 / $26.95
ePub 9798881802837 £19.95 / $24.25
ePdf 9798881854683 • £19.95 / $24.25
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Parenting Redefined A Guide
to Understanding and Nurturing Your Child's Behavior to Help Them Thrive
Kristen Cook
Today’s parents are too-often bombarded with conflicting advice and unrealistic expectations. Kristen Cook, MD, helps parents navigate this difficult landscape with a combination of research-driven expertise and compassionate understanding. In Parenting Redefined: A Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Child’s Behavior to Help Them Thrive, Dr. Cook walks parents through the key concepts of their child’s development, how it impacts the way they act, and how that knowledge should inform their parenting style. She shows parents how to determine their child’s unique temperament, understand ageappropriate behavior, and recognize what needs correcting. Filled with practical advice, actionable plans, relatable anecdotes, and the latest science, Parenting Redefined presents readers with a childcentric approach that emphasizes the need for empathy and patience to foster a loving, respectful relationship.
UK January 2026 US November 2025 248 pages
HB 9798881808112 £20.00 / $28.00
ePub 9798881808129 £20.75 / $25.20
ePdf 9798881866648 • £20.75 / $25.20
Bloomsbury Academic Good
to Go
A Fresh Take on Potty Training for Today's Intentional Parent
Gia Gambaro Blount & Laura Birek
Modern potty-training methods often follow a high-pressure approach that fails to align with today’s more collaborative parenting styles. Good to Go is here to fix that, teaching 90% of the pottytraining skills children need before ditching the diapers. Developed by parenting expert Gia Gambaro Blount and tested by toddler mom podcaster Laura Birek, this realistic approach to potty training draws from twenty years of wisdom and utterly relatable (and often hilarious) stories that keep it real. Blount and Birek guide parents through their time-tested method with actionable tips, practical strategies, real-life examples, and fun ways to teach concepts like wiping and body cues. By combining the science of child development with modern parenting approaches, the Good to Go method honors the natural learning process, reducing parental stress, boosting confidence, and setting children up for potty-training success.
US October 2025 • 224 pages • 16 bw images, 7 tables, 16 textboxes
HB 9798765148846 $28.00
ePub 9798765148853 $25.20
ePdf 9798765148860 $25.20
Bloomsbury Academic USA/Canada
Adoption Unfiltered
Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
Sara Easterly, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard & Lori Holden
Authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent) interview dozens of adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, social workers, therapists, and other allies—all sharing candidly about the challenges in adoption. While finding common ground in the sometimes-contentious space of adoption may seem like a lofty goal, it reveals the authors’ optimistic aim: working together with truth and transparency to move toward healing. This book models the importance of adults in adoption working together in the spirit of curiosity and empathy—to better support adoptees and their first and adoptive families.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 320 pages
PB 9798216368151 • £17.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781538174692
ePub 9781538174708 £24.74 / $30.60
ePdf 9798216219187 £24.74 / $30.60
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
World English
Autism and the Military Family
Jaime B. Parent
Autism and the Military Family is an invaluable resource that offers guidance for the unique challenges of ASD military families, including how to navigate healthcare, education, finances, insurance, as well as the emotional needs and stresses within the family unit.
UK February 2026 • US February 2026 • 200 pages
HB 9781538196823 • £28.00 / $38.00
ePub 9781538196830 • £27.93 / $34.20
ePdf 9798765160206 • £27.93 / $34.20
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Trying Time
A Comprehensive Guide to Infertility, IVF, and Family Building
Jessica Manns
There are limited evidence-based, easily accessible resources available to those trying to conceive or facing infertility. In particular, there is limited focus on mental health awareness surrounding infertility, and those trying to conceive are often left feeling isolated while suffering in silence.
The Trying Time: A Comprehensive Guide to Infertility, IVF, and Family Building is an all-in-one guide filled with evidence-based, up-to-date information voluntarily contributed by health care professionals.
Unlike any other IVF resource currently available, The Trying Time combines evidence-based, professionally contributed information about IVF and infertility with a strong emphasis on mental health awareness. Further, it will incorporate personal anecdotes that readers can relate to. The goal is for this guide to resonate with each person who reads it, whether they are trying to conceive or supporting a loved one, or simply want to learn more about the process.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages • 33 b/w illustrations; 4 tables
HB 9798881807351 £15.00 / $26.00
ePub 9798881807368 £19.15 / $23.40
ePdf 9798881867553 £19.15 / $23.40
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Health and Medical Issues Today
Mental Health of Athletes
Christine L. B. Selby
Explore the complex relationship between sports and mental health and discover the influence of biological and social factors on athletes' psychological wellbeing. Part I of this book explores the complex relationship between sports and mental health, including risk factors that can lead to mental health issues among athletes. Part II features coverage of several high-interest issues in this field, including the risk of suicide among athletes and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on athlete mental health. Part III provides a variety of useful materials, including illuminating case studies, a glossary, and a directory of resources.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 280 pages
HB 9781440881121
£55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798765110669 £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9781440881138 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Health and Medical Issues Today • Bloomsbury Academic
The Teen Health Revolution
Unlocking Lifestyle Secrets for the Mind, Body, and Soul
Abdullah Ansari, Zain Ansari, Emaad Ansari & Qasim Ansari
In today’s world, teenagers face an unprecedented rise in chronic diseases and mental health challenges. The Teen Health Revolution: Unlocking Lifestyle Secrets for the Mind, Body, and Soul empowers teens to take charge of their own wellbeing and reverse this trend. Topics include gut health, managing stress, tech balance, bullying, the importance of sleep, practicing gratitude, connecting with nature, and more. With expert-backed strategies, actionable advice, lifestyle tips, and tools for managing over twenty common chronic conditions among teens, this book offers teens practical steps that are easily integrated into their everyday routines in order to improve their brains and bodies for a healthier, happier life.
UK January 2026 US November 2025 240 pages 30 bw Photos, 26 sidebars
HB 9781538195901 £21.00 / $28.00
ePub 9781538195918 £20.75 / $25.20
ePdf 9798765160589 • £20.75 / $25.20
Bloomsbury Academic
Vaccination
Examining the Facts
Lisa Rosner, Stockton University, USA
This resource provides clear, unbiased, and up-todate information on vaccination, which protects the world's populations not only from pandemics like COVID-19 but other dangerous diseases as well. This book answers questions about how vaccines work, what causes side effects, and how COVID-19 vaccines were developed so quickly. It also addresses broader questions, such as how to protect vaccine supply chains and how to prevent public health issues from being politicized. In addition to correcting well-known misinformation about vaccines, this book also provides up-to-date research on ways to counter misinformation and decrease vaccine hesitancy.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9798216201717 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877605
ePub 9798216161332 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440877612
• £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Contemporary Debates Bloomsbury Academic World English
Medical Tourism
Lydia Gan, University of North Carolina, USA
Medical tourism, a complex interplay of healthcare, economics, and culture, offers both opportunities and challenges for patients, providers, and nations alike. This book offers an accessible introduction to this multifaceted topic. Chapters in Part I provide readers with the background information they need to better understand and develop informed opinions about the topic. Part II delves into specific issues and controversies related to this subject, offering balanced and unbiased coverage. Part III features case studies that bring the subject to life, illustrating concepts and issues discussed in the text. A glossary and annotated directory of resources round out the volume.
UK July 2025 US May 2025 216 pages
HB 9798216170341 £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798216170365 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9798216170358 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Health and Medical Issues Today • Bloomsbury Academic
The Geography of Disease
How Location and Culture Influence Health in Today's World
Jing Luo, Bloomsburg University, USA
The Geography of Disease opens with an introduction that explains what medical geography is and why geography can be an important factor in studying health. The book is organized into five main sections: Ecology and Disease, Population Health and Well-Being, Social Determinants of and Policy Impacts on Health, Globalization and Public Health, and Spatial Technology and Public Health. Each section begins with a broad overview of the topic, followed by a series of relevant essays. Essays focus on specific examples that bring the book's core concepts to life. Sidebars augment the main text, providing additional, high-interest content.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages
HB 9781440875595 £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798765114520 £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9781440875601 • £54.28 / $67.50 Bloomsbury Academic
Meditations on Money A Spiritual and Practical Guide
Donna Schaper
Money, like sex and politics, is rarely discussed openly—but what if we were able to talk about it more, as friends, family, and neighbors? Meditations on Money pulls back the curtain on our deepest assumptions, making them less toxic, powerful, and dangerous. With humor, insight, and the tone of a trusted friend, Donna Schaper invites readers to reflect on money and their relationship to it, offering a spiritual companion in learning to live with money, break free from its grip, and gaining calm, clarity, and freedom in your life.
UK March 2026 • US December 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9798881842451 £20.00 / $27.00
ePub 9798765163085 £19.95 / $24.30
ePdf 9798765163092 £19.95 / $24.30
Bloomsbury Academic
Am I Lying to Myself?
How To Overcome Denial and See the Truth
Jane Greer PhD
Denial helps us manage difficult information rather than face the truth—about ourselves, loved ones, and the world. But it can also stymie progress and upend our ability to take action in our lives. Here, Dr. Jane Greer shows us how to recognize, battle, and ultimately conquer denial in our lives, so we may face the truth and move forward.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9798881805401 • £5.99 / $22.00
Previously published in HB 9781538164235
ePub 9781538164242 • £18.35 / $22.45
ePdf 9798765160190 • £18.35 / $22.45
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
World English
Trauma and Resilience
Your Questions Answered
Keith A. Young, Journeys Mental Health, LLC, USA
Traumatic experiences come in many forms, from fighting in a war zone to suffering abuse at the hands of a stranger or a loved one to being in or witnessing an accident. Trauma can have farreaching and long-lasting negative impacts, affecting psychological well-being, relationships, and even physical health. But with proper treatment, many individuals are able to not only survive, but thrive. This book follows a reader-friendly question-and-answer format that anticipates readers' needs and concerns. Prevalent myths and misconceptions are identified and dispelled, and a collection of case studies illustrates key concepts and issues through relatable stories and insightful recommendations.
UK May 2025
• US May 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9798765152485 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440870965
ePub 9798216157304 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440870972 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Schizophrenia
Your Questions Answered
Romeo Vitelli, Psychologist in private practice, USA
Schizophrenia is one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized mental illnesses. Discover the truth about this condition, which affects roughly 25 million people worldwide. The book’s questions cover what schizophrenia is and its common characteristics, the factors that may lead to its emergence, how schizophrenia is diagnosed and managed, and how to best support friends or loved ones living with schizophrenia. Augmenting the main text are engaging case studies accompanied by insightful analyses, a common misconceptions section that dispels popular myths about schizophrenia, a glossary, a directory of resources, and a guide to health literacy.
UK July 2025 US June 2025 136 pages
HB 9798765120323 £40.00 / $55.00
ePub 9798765120330 £39.91 / $49.50
ePdf 9798765120347 • £39.91 / $49.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic
Grief and Loss
Your Questions Answered
Louis Kuykendall Jr., Independent Scholar, USA
The information, guidance, and resources this book offers make it a valuable tool for anyone directly or indirectly affected by grief, particularly teens and young adults. It makes the subject of grief approachable and accessible to readers through a simple Q&A format, covering topics such as what events are likely to cause grief, how experiences of grief differ, and how to find support when coping with grief.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9798765152461 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440868009
ePub 9798216092384 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440868016 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic
World English
The Science and Psychology of Music
From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym
Edited by William Forde Thompson, Bond University, Australia & Kirk N. Olsen, Macquarie University, Australia
Why are some people unable to carry a tune while others are musical savants? What do our musical preferences say about our personality and the culture in which we were raised? Why do certain songs remind us so strongly of particular people, places, or events? How can music be therapeutically used to help those with autism, Parkinson's, and other medical conditions? The Science and Psychology of Music: From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym answers these and other questions.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 368 pages • 33 bw illus
PB 9798216201618 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440857713
ePub 9798216142195 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781440857720 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Essential Oils
Your Questions Answered
Randi Minetor, Independent researcher, USA
Many people use essential oils regularly yet know very little about them. What exactly makes them "essential"? Can they really be used to treat ailments like infections, fevers, and sore throats? Is it safe to ingest them or use them around children and pets? How can you tell if a company selling essential oils is offering a low-quality product or engaging in shady business practices? This book answers these and many more questions about these popular yet often poorly understood products.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 156 pages
PB 9798216367635 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877841
ePub 9798216080930 £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9781440877858 £32.72 / $40.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Marijuana
Your Questions Answered
Aharon W. Zorea, University of Wisconsin–Platteville, USA
This book explores marijuana from a variety of angles, including its impacts on the brain and body, potential for abuse, and legal status. Relying on science rather than sensationalism, it answers young readers' most pressing questions about this controversial drug. Public opinion on marijuana has changed substantially in the last 20 years, and today many young people view the drug as benign or even beneficial. But how exactly does marijuana affect the body and mind, and what are the potential risks of abuse or addiction?
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9798216367567 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877155
ePub 9798216186342 £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9781440877162 • £32.72 / $40.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Sports Injuries
Your Questions Answered
James H. Johnson, Smith College, USA
This book explores how to recognize, treat, and prevent sports injuries and offers guidance on which sports and training techniques are most likely to lead to injury. Engaging in sports has numerous health benefits, but it's an unfortunate reality that it can also lead to injury. Some sports, such as football and cheerleading, are particularly notorious for causing harm to young athletes. Specializing in a particular sport or going too hard too fast can also lead to injury. But which injuries are most likely to occur, and how should they be treated in both the short- and long-term?
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9798216367086 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440875632
ePub 9798216148197 • £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9781440875649 • £32.72 / $40.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Healthy Friendships
Your Questions Answered
Lauren Holleb, University of Maine, USA
This accessibly written book explores what friendship is and why it's so important to our wellbeing and provides practical suggestions for teens and young adults wishing to experience deeper, more fulfilling connections. What exactly separates a friend from an acquaintance? Can men and women really "just be friends"? How do friendships change as we move from childhood to adolescence to adulthood? How can you support a friend in need, and how should you address conflicts and misunderstandings? This book answers these and many other questions readers may have about friendship.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 144 pages
PB 9798765152492 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440867354
ePub 9798216095231 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440867361 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Exercise
Your Questions Answered
Justine J. Reel, University of North Carolina–Wilmington, USA
This book answers readers' most pressing questions about exercise and physical activity and will serve as a valuable resource to anyone interested in starting and maintaining healthy habits in this important area of health. Whether it’s going for a run, or spending an afternoon gardening, moving our bodies regularly is vital for both our physical and mental well-being. This book will explore the different forms of exercise and physical activity, their benefits and risks, why so many people find it difficult to be physically active, and how to create and maintain a healthy, sustainable plan for physical activity.
UK August 2025 US August 2025 168 pages
PB 9798216367161 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440869914
ePub 9798216185277 • £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9781440869921 • £32.72 / $40.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Yoga
Your Questions Answered
Anjali A. Sarkar, Independent Scholar, USA
An ideal resource for teens and young adults interested in incorporating a yoga practice into their lives, this book answers readers' questions about the origins, benefits, and potential risks of yoga and offers practical advice for getting started. As a part of Bloomsbury's Q&A Health Guides series, this book follows a reader-friendly question-and-answer format that anticipates readers' needs and concerns. Prevalent myths and misconceptions are identified and dispelled, and a collection of case studies illustrates key concepts and issues through relatable stories and insightful recommendations.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 168 pages
PB 9798765152515 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440871726
ePub 9798216169352 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440871733 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Pregnancy and Birth A Reference Handbook
Keisha L. Goode, State University of New York Old Westbury & Barbara Katz Rothman
Pregnancy and Birth: A Reference Handbook provides students with information on what pregnancy and birth are, have been, and can be as transformative personal and social events. The volume opens with a background and history of the topic, followed by a chapter on related problems, controversies, and solutions. A perspectives chapter contains essays from a variety of individuals on topics such as surrogacy, doulas, and adoption. The remaining chapters provide students with additional information, such as profiles, data and documents, resources, a chronology, and a glossary.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 344 pages
PB 9798765167106 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440869211
ePub 9798216131755 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440869228 £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Contemporary World Issues • Bloomsbury Academic
Hormones
Your Questions Answered
Tish Davidson, Independent Scholar, USA
This book provides easy-to-understand, scientifically backed answers to readers' questions about hormones, helping them understand the many important roles they play, particularly during adolescence. Especially during the teenage years, people are quick to blame raging hormones for everything from acne to rebellious behavior. But hormones play vital and varied roles throughout our lives, driving such basic processes as growth and metabolism and orchestrating sexual maturation and reproduction. For many, hormones are mysterious and misunderstood. How much do you really know about hormones, how they affect our health, and how what we do can affect them?
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 176 pages
PB 9798216367642 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877315
ePub 9798216098980 • £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9781440877322 • £32.72 / $40.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Acne
Your Questions Answered
Shayan Waseh, Temple University, USA
This book addresses readers' most pressing questions and concerns about acne, including its causes, effects on the skin, and impact on selfesteem. It provides guidance and resources for anyone struggling with acne, including information about when to see a dermatologist. Readers will better understand why acne happens, what support resources are available for people with acne, and what kinds of treatment are available to acne sufferers.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9798216367413 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440879685
ePub 9798216185291 • £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9781440879692 £32.72 / $40.50
Series: Q&A Health Guides Bloomsbury Academic World English
Plunder and Survival
Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art
Suzanne Loebl & Abigail Wilentz
Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal figures, events, and artworks effected by the ruthless Nazi attack on modern art and the art world’s subsequent repositioning in America. Each chapter focuses on a selection of artworks, the individuals who owned or acquired them, and those who decided their fate. Since the book spotlights Hitler’s crusade against “degenerate” art, readers will encounter many Expressionist works as well as old masters stolen by the Nazis and later restituted. The text also includes personal anecdotes about the author's relatives, their voyage from Germany to America, and the fate of their art collections.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages • 15 Color Photos
HB 9781538194225 • £25.00 / $29.00
ePub 9781538194232 • £21.55 / $26.10
ePdf 9798881857523 £21.55 / $26.10
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Soviet SCI_BERIA
The Politics of Expertise and the Novosibirsk Scientific Center
Ksenia Tatarchenko, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Akademgorodok is regularly presented as evidence of the success of modern Russian innovation and yet, as Ksenia Tatarchenko reveals, the history and legacy of this city is not so simplistic. Drawing on a range of previously unexplored archive materials from across the globe, this book offers a new history of the science city from its foundations in 1957 to the present day. In doing so, Tatarchenko not only fosters a conversation between history and science but also sheds new light on the late Soviet politics of expertise.
UK October 2024 US October 2024 344 pages
HB 9781350165830 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350165854 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350165847 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
World All Languages (except Russian)
Mass Observing the Coronation of Charles III
Monarchy, Spectacle and Experience
Edited by Jennifer J. Purcell, Saint Michael's College, Vermont, USA, Lucy D. Curzon, University of Alabama, USA & Fiona Courage, University of Sussex, UK
Using the observations and writings of the British public who experienced it, this book documents and analyses the coronation of Charles III in its social and cultural contexts. It relates the activities and opinions of Mass Observers on the preparations and occasion of the first British coronation in 70 years, as well as the findings of Mass Observation investigators in several locations in the UK (including London) during the May 6th weekend. The volume also bears witness to social and cultural change over time, including the media response and reporting of both pre-coronation planning and coronation weekend events, such as the Big Lunch, the Big Help Out and the crowning ceremony itself.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 39 bw illus
PB 9781350441774 • £22.99 / $30.95 • HB 9781350441781 • £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781350441767 • £20.69 / $28.34
ePdf 9781350441798 • £20.69 / $28.34
Series: The Mass-Observation Critical Series Bloomsbury Academic
Holocaust Testimonies
Reassessing Survivors' Voices and Their Future in
Challenging Times
Edited by Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, University of Colorado Boulder, USA, Wolf Gruner, University of Southern California, USA, Miriam Offer, Western Galilee College, Israel & Boaz Cohen, Western Galilee College, Israel
Drawing from a vast range of witness accounts, including a neverbefore-published survivor interview, and addressing pertinent issues of testimony such as digital innovation, gender, and memory politics, Holocaust Testimonies takes much-needed stock of the past, present and future of Holocaust testimony in the post-witness age.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 312 pages • 14 bw illus
HB 9781350237872 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350237896 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350237889 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Development and Transformation of Eurasianism During the Cold War
Eurasianism in the Soviet Intellectual Milieu
Michal Racyn, Masaryk University
The book examines the transformation of selected Eurasianist ideas in the post-Stalinist USSR. The main focus is on the development of Eurasianist historiographic and historiosophic concepts in Soviet academia and the Russian nationalist milieu between the 1950s and 1990s.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781666972023 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978761490 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216263050 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Lure of the South
Health, the Victorians and the Continent
Richard Aspin, Wellcome Collection, UK
Looks at the experience of British health seekers in the explosion of continental touring that occurred after the opening of the Post-Napoleonic European continent to relatively easy access. Examining why they went, where and how; who advised and guided them; how they lived (and sometimes died) when abroad; and their influence on the wider development of European tourism, Aspin explores the delusion of climatotherapy, a promise of a cure that somehow remained forever out of reach.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 296 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350444720 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350444744 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350444737 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Coal in Modern Britain
A Social and Cultural History from 1830 to the Second World War
Charles-François Mathis, Paris 1 PanthéonSorbonne University, France
This is the first book to examine the social and cultural significance of coal in modern British society. An English-language translation of CharlesFrançois Mathis’s award-winning study, it gets to the heart of Britain’s evolving relationship with this controversial energy source. How did the general public use and manage coal on a daily basis? Did they readily accept it, did they reject it, and how? What were the material and cultural features of a society so reliant on coal? Historians have long considered the political, technical, and economic structures of energy systems, but here the vital social and cultural contexts are crucially laid bare.
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The Secret History of UK Security Vetting from 1909 to the Present
Daniel Lomas, University of Nottingham, UK
Daniel Lomas draws from newly released archival material, Freedom of Information releases and interviews to expertly craft the first substantive examination of the impact of vetting on BAME and LGBT groups, and the legacy of the ‘bar’. The result is a groundbreaking contribution to existing scholarship.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 272 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350234505 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350234895 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350234888 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Ninety Humanists and the Ethical Transition of Britain
The Open Conspiracy 1930-80 Callum G. Brown
This book argues that the period of social change in Britain between 1930 and 1980 was due to the work of just 90 high profile humanists. Using a wealth of archival materials, including correspondence between members of the group, Callum Brown identifies a new motivation behind moral changes of the time. Brown goes beyond established narratives that attribute such changes to youth revolution and social movements, and instead focuses on a network of humanists who worked to realign the British state and alter its governance to their principles of humanitarianism, individual autonomy, and internationalism.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 276 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350528277 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350528291 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350528284 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Well-being Past and Present
The History and Contemporary Practice of a Cultural Phenomenon in Britain
Edited by Siobhan Hyland, Paul Jackson, University of Northampton, UK & Mark Rothery, Department of History, Northampton
This interdisciplinary volume examines the various ways well-being has been invoked as a concept or term throughout historical periods. Focusing on the interactions between historical research and heritage and archival methods and practices, the volume bridges the gap between historical experiences of well-being and contemporary well-being interventions by institutions and communities. Well-being Past and Present contributes not just to our historical understanding of well-being but how we can utilise history and heritage to establish communities of care in Britain.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781350499843 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350499867 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350499850 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation In Place of Squalor
Phil Child
The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation makes the claim that the bricks, mortar and bulldozers of urban transformation in post-war Britain represented for Labour a political vision of the future. A timely contribution both to urban history and to the history of post-war Britain, it challenges existing interpretations of modernism, connects urban change to the political ideas that drove it, and allows us to comprehend the state of urban Britain today.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 232 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350423657 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350423435
ePub 9781350423640 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350423633 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Uprisings in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Mediation and the Transformation of Political Culture
Monika Barget, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
This study examines how the British Empire of the 18th century avoided revolution by integrating opposition agents as new spaces of power opened up. Monika Barget convincingly argues that this process of constitutionalisation meant that groups from the aristocracy to the church, from the army to the people at large, were brought into the system in a way that negated the obvious, serious challenges that were posed to the Empire by the Glorious Revolution, the Jacobite Rebellion, the American Revolution, and Jacobin threats of the late-18th century. Barget goes on to highlight the lasting political and legal repercussions of this process.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350377141 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350377134
ePub 9781350377165 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350377158 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Cultures of Early Modern Europe • Bloomsbury Academic
Revelations
The Nazi Dictatorship
Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation - 40th Anniversary Edition
Ian Kershaw
The 40th-anniversary edition of Sir Ian Kershaw’s ground-breaking study of the Third Reich. With a brand new foreword by Mary Fulbrook, The Nazi Dictatorship covers all the major themes and debates relating to Nazism including the Holocaust, Hitler’s authority and leadership, economics in the Nazi state, Nazi foreign policy, German resistance, and the aftermath. Regarded by many as the world’s leading authority on Hitler and the Third Reich, Kershaw has redefined the way we look at this period of modern European history.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 368 pages
PB 9781350537996 • £25.99 / $35.95 • HB 9781350537989 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350538016 • £23.39 / $32.39
ePdf 9781350538009 • £23.39 / $32.39
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations • Bloomsbury Academic
Fascism in Europe and Beyond A History of the First Hundred Years
Paul Baxa, Ave Maria University, USA
This is an examination of fascism from its fin-desiècle origins to the the re-emergence of fascist ideas in recent times. Historiographical discussions, illustrations, biographical textboxes and maps are interwoven into the text, while a valuable collection of primary documents can be found at the end of the book to facilitate further study. PaulBaxa’s underlying assertion that fascism is primarily a cultural movement – a political cult in fact – that relies on charismatic leaders who have been able to articulate and project the fantasies and desires of their followers provides a consistent position throughout, one that both enriches and enlivens the text itself and that offers a useful jumping-off point for classroom discussions.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 320 pages • 30 bw illus
PB 9781350242234 • £22.99
Bloomsbury Academic
Historical Dictionaries of Europe
Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria
Raymond Detrez
The history of Bulgaria is covered from early times to the present. This is done through chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has cross-referenced entries on key individuals, organizations, events, places, and political, economic, social, and cultural themes.
UK February 2026 • US December 2025 • 656 pages
HB 9781538199619 • £160.00 / $220.00
ePub 9781538199626 £158.86 / $198.00
ePdf 9798881866808 £158.86 / $198.00
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Europe • Bloomsbury Academic
A Concise History of Byzantium 25th Anniversary Edition
Warren Treadgold, Saint Louis University, USA
Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, this edition marks the 25th anniversary of this classic text, featuring a brand new preface from the author. Offering a concise overview of the broad and complex history of Byzantium, Warren Treadgold examines the causes behind Byzantium’s successes, failures, and remarkable longevity. Spanning twelve centuries and three continents, Byzantium linked the ancient and modern world, shaping and transmitting Greek, Roman and Christian traditions that survive today. Approachable and highly readable, A Concise History of Byzantium covers Byzantine political leadership, military strategy, cultural attitudes, and social, institutional, and demographic changes.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 304 pages
PB 9781350541337 • £25.99 / $35.95 • HB 9781350541320 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350541351 £23.39 / $32.39
ePdf 9781350541344 £23.39 / $32.39
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations • Bloomsbury Academic
Nationalism From Below in the East European and Soviet Borderlands
Popular Responses to Nation-Building, 1900-1940
Edited by Petru Negura, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Germany, Andrei Cusco, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania & Svetlana Suveica, University of Göttingen, Germany
Bringing together an international cast of contributors, this book engages with popular responses to nationalising and state-building projects in Eastern Europe. The book uses several case studies to highlight, from a comparative perspective, the local population’s social and political peculiarities around national identification. It considers how these positions have changed over time and impacted the relationships between these neighbouring regions, which today make up parts of various independent states. Lastly, it reflects on how gender-based statuses and hierarchies overlap and intertwine in everyday settings of staging nationhood, alongside ethnicity, religious affiliation, class, and age.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 320 pages • 7 bw illus
HB 9781350443754 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350443747 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350443761 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: A Modern History of Politics and Violence • Bloomsbury Academic
Historical Dictionary of Ireland
Frank A. Biletz
Historical Dictionary of Ireland, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introductory essay, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on key topics, events, places, political organizations, social and cultural institutions, economic phenomena and trends, social and cultural movements, and leading political, religious, scientific, and cultural personalities.
UK February 2026 • US December 2025 • 640 pages
HB 9781538157336 £200.00 / $275.00
ePub 9781538157343 £197.98 / $247.50
ePdf 9798765160893 • £197.98 / $247.50
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Europe • Bloomsbury Academic
Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome
Camilla Annerfeldt, Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, Italy
This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods. It also challenges the notion – well-established in dress historical research on the early modern period – that one was supposed to dress solely according to one’s social station; as Camilla Annerfeldt explores in great depth, this notion does not always seem to have been applicable to early modern Rome because of its very constitution.
UK January 2025 US January 2025 248 pages 48 bw illus
HB 9781350431447 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350431461 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350431454 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Montenegro and Serbia A Velvet Divorce?
Kenneth Morrison, De Montfort University, UK & Vesko Garcevic, Boston University, USA
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the often divergent history between Serbia and Montenegro in the tumultuous period between 1988 and 2020. Utilising both primary and secondary sources, many previously unpublished in English, this book provides a detailed examination of the bilateral relationship between Serbia and Montenegro over the last two decades and explores the historical, political and social dynamics that underpin it – covering in-depth the key historical events for the two states in the process.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 272 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350266162 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350266186 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350266179 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Munich Crisis of 1938
Political Turmoil on the Brink of the Second World War
Piotr M. Majewski, University of Warsaw, Poland
Bringing together a range of perspectives from across Europe, this book examines the Munich crisis of 1938. It reveals how the actions of the West, Nazi Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia and others influenced each other at this time, driving the world to the brink of a new war. The Munich Crisis of 1938 explores the critical political dimension to events as they unfolded, but it also offers insights into military aspects, pivotal private meetings, street riots, demonstrations, and reports in the international media to offer a rounded study of the subject.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781350436589 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350436602 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350436596 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
A Salon-in-Exile
Hortense Mancini and the French Diaspora in Restoration London
Annalisa Nicholson, King's College London, UK
This open access book re-evaluates the influence of the Ancien régime salons, which were the foremost cultural centres in early modern France. Presided over by women, these salons carved out spaces for poetry recitals, performances, and scientific lectures amid polite conversation, enabling mixed-gender intellectual exchange. In A Salon-in-Exile, Annalisa Nicholson explores the translation of the salon from France to England in the late-17th century via the first book-length study of the Mazarin salon, one of the most celebrated salons in Europe and the most vibrant Francophone community in London.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781350415775 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350415799 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350415782 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Selected Writings of Marc Bloch
Essays from the Annales School, 1914-1944
Edited by Iona Singh
Translated by Iona Singh
This book brings a selection of the influential writings of Marc Bloch into the English language, largely for the very first time. This collection presents Bloch’s precise understanding of the contours of the history discipline, defined by the abuttal and transgression of its borders by other subjects. Consequently, it provides a theoretical underpinning for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary concepts via historical studies, pulling into its fold diverse themes such as customs, agriculture, economics, nutrition, technology, manners, art, fashion, and countless other topics explored by Bloch himself in the process.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 176 pages
HB 9781350513426 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350513457 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350513440 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Austrian Identity and Modernity Culture and Politics in the 20th Century
Edited by Elana Shapira,
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Bring together an interdisciplinary cast of scholars, this volume explores national and nationalist identification(s) in Austria, as they were represented through culture and design, in response to the political environment in the first half of the 20th century. The book addresses the processes of evolution, conflict, destruction, and critical reassembling of interrelated Austrian cultures. Divided into four chronological parts covering the late-19th century to the post-WWII era, it serves to offer up innovative approaches to the concepts of nation and nationalism, as well as ground-breaking research on the roles played by regionalism, Europeanism, and migration played in culture, design and the shaping of Austrian identities.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 312 pages • 20 colour illus and 80 bw illus
HB 9781350441934 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350441965 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350441958 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Historical and Contemporary Challenges for Central and Eastern European Cities
Narrating Contested Urban Space
Edited by Elisa-Maria Hiemer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany & Anna Seidel, Humboldt University, Germany
This open access book explores urban narratives of Central and Eastern Europe, examining how cities that are shaped by shifting borders and heterogenous identities navigate spatial conflict, cooperation, and re-appropriation. Combining interdisciplinary insights from history, architecture, cultural studies, and linguistics, it offers fresh perspectives on a region defined by political discontinuity and cultural complexity.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 20 tables
HB 9781666971309 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978770416 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9798216256076 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Interdisciplinary Studies on Spatial Dynamics and Marginalization in Central and Eastern Europe Bloomsbury Academic World English
Narrative, Piety and Polemic in Medieval Spain
Biblical Rhetoric in the Reconquest Chronicles of León-Castile
Alun Williams, University of Exeter, UK
This book provides an original perspective on biblical narrative and rhetoric in the evolution of history writing in León-Castile during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It focuses on six Hispano-Latin chronicles, two of which make unusually overt and emphatic use of biblical texts. Of particular importance is the part played by the influence of exegesis that became integral to scriptural and liturgical influence, both in and beyond monastic institutions. Alun Williams examines the material as part of a comparative exploration of language and religious allusion, showing how the authors used these biblical-liturgical elements to convey historical context, purpose and interpretation.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 304 pages
PB 9781350415270 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781788314619
ePub 9781350143692 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350143708 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Children’s Emotions in Europe, 1500 – 1900
A Visual History
Jeroen J. H. Dekker, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Jeroen Dekker observes children’s emotions mainly in the child’s world and in the domestic emotional space, and connects them with history’s ongoing, underlying discourse on education and the emotions. This discourse was developed by theologians, philosophers, and moralists like Augustine, Aquinas, Erasmus, Descartes, Jacob Cats, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, by Romantic educationalists like Friedrich Fröbel and Ellen Key, and by scientists like Charles Darwin and William James who emphasized the biological instead of the moral fundament of children’s emotions.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 344 pages • 65 bw illus
PB 9781350198685 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350150706
ePub 9781350150720 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350150713 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The George Bell-Alphons Koechlin Correspondence
The German Church Struggle in an International Perspective, 1933-1954
Edited by Andrew Chandler, University of Chichester, UK & Gerhard Ringshausen, University of Lüneburg, Germany
The letters of George Bell and Alphons Koechlin make an important contribution to our understanding of ways in which the unfolding history of the Hitler regime was interpreted in an international context from its earliest months in 1933 to its final destruction in 1945. This volume provides for the first time all the letters exchanged between Bell and Koechlin in their original English, with full scholarly apparatus and connected material.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 352 pages
PB 9781350455160 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350046993
ePub 9781350047013 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350047006 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: The Selected Letters and Papers of George Bell, Bishop of Chichester • Bloomsbury Academic
A History of Hygiene in Modern France
The Threshold of Disgust
Steven Zdatny, University of Vermont, USA
A History of Hygiene in Modern France tells the story of an epochal change in the human condition that was part of what is often thought of as ‘modernization’ —a process that remade culture and society in France in the 19th and 20th centuries. Hygiene, Steven Zdatny convincingly contends, was that change. He reflects on how the development of hygiene: changed the way people thought about and treated their bodies; put an end to age-old afflictions and brought comfort where discomfort had been the unavoidable companion of existence; and helped produce a tripling of life expectancy.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 328 pages 16 bw illus
PB 9781350428683 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350428690
ePub 9781350428713 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350428706 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Cyprus
Diplomatic History and the Clash of Theory in International Relations
William Mallinson, Guglielmo Marconi University, Italy
What are the mainsprings of international rivalry and conflict and how are they to be uncoveredby international relations theory, history or by the practice of diplomacy? Cyprus is ideal for thoroughly testing theory and practice. This title analyzes Cyprus' problems and the dangers for international relations.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9781350554702 • £28.99 / $39.95
ePub 9780755630622 • £85.00 / $116.09
ePdf 9780755630639 • £85.00 / $116.09
Bloomsbury Academic
World All Languages (except Greek)
Europe’s Welfare Traditions
Since 1500, Volume 1
1500-1700
Thomas McStay Adams, Independent Scholar, USA
This two-volume study traces the interwoven traditions of modern welfare states in Europe over five centuries, from Portugal, France, and Italy to Britain, Belgium, and Germany. Volume 1, which focuses on the period from 1500 to 1700, discusses the concepts of ‘welfare’ and ‘tradition’. It looks at how 16th-century humanists joined with merchants and lawyers to renew traditional charity in distinctly modern forms, and how the discipline of religious reform affected the exercise of political authority and the promotion of economic productivity.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 296 pages • 20 bw illus
PB 9781350580046 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350276208
ePub 9781350276222 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350276215 • £85.50 / $116.09
Bloomsbury Academic
Neo-Nazi Postmodern
Right-Wing Terror Tactics, the Intellectual New Right, and the Destabilization of Memory in Germany since 1989
Esther Elizabeth Adaire
This book exposes the evolution of right-wing extremism in Germany from 1989 to today. It reveals how disparate groups such as skinhead neo-Nazis, New Right (Neue Rechte) intellectuals, and fringe political parties have merged over time to form a coherent extreme-right network that utilizes the destabilization of truth and historical memory as a tactic in its campaign of terror. This far-right scene, Esther Elizabeth Adaire adeptly demonstrates, embodies what the historian Walter Laqueur once dubbed ‘Postmodern Terrorism’: a mixture of cell-based terror structures, reliance on Internet technologies for organizational purposes, and the sowing of epistemic chaos via informational warfare.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 264 pages
PB 9781350417137 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350417120
ePub 9781350417151 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350417144 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War
Edited by Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez, Trent University, Canada, Alison Ribeiro de Menezes, University of Warwick, UK & Adrian Shubert, York University, Canada
Split into four sections covering Military and Diplomatic Issues, Society and Culture, Politics, and Debates, this thematically-arranged volume offers many unique features across 25 innovative essays. It includes chapters on topics that are rarely explored in the literature of the field, such as humanitarianism, children and families, material conditions, the decimation of elites, and archives and sources. The structure facilitates comparison and fresh understanding by examining the opposing forces of Republicans and Francoists together and contributors from the UK, the USA, Canada, Spain and Denmark analyse the major disputes and controversies surrounding each topic.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 520 pages
PB 9781350235267 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350230408
ePub 9781350230422 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350230415 £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks Bloomsbury Academic
Europe’s Welfare Traditions
Since 1500, Volume 2
1700-2000
Thomas McStay Adams, Independent Scholar, USA
This two-volume study traces the interwoven traditions of modern welfare states in Europe over five centuries, from Portugal, France, and Italy to Britain, Belgium, and Germany. Volume 2 examines 18th-century bienfaisance which secularized a Christian humanist notion of beneficence, producing new and sharply contested assertions of social citizenship. It goes on to consider how national struggles to establish comprehensive welfare states since the second half of the 19th century built on the power of the vote as politicians, pushed by activists and advised by experts, appealed to a growing class of industrial workers. Lastly, it looks at how 20th-century welfare states addressed aspirations for social citizenship while the institutional framework for European economic cooperation came to fruition.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 464 pages 20 bw illus
PB 9781350580053 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350276246
ePub 9781350276260 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350276253 • £85.50 / $116.09
Bloomsbury Academic
Feminism, National Identity and European Integration in Modern Spain
Defining a Democracy, 1960-Present
Kathryn L. Mahaney, University of Helsinki, Finland
This book explores the evolution of Spanish feminism in the context of European feminisms and institutions from the 1960s to recent times. Beginning with Sección Femenina, the official Francoist women’s organization, Feminism, National Identity and European Integration in Modern Spain traces the interplay between Spanish women’s policy and international policymaking. At points in the period, Spanish women’s policy at least appeared more progressive than what Western democracies offered. Yet feminists found themselves marginalized in Spanish political decisionmaking, as Kathryn L. Mahaney argues so successfully in this study. Mahaney reveals that women ultimately influenced domestic policy not by acting within national networks but by leveraging European connections, particularly after Spain joined the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1986.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 224 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350195110 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350195103
ePub 9781350195134 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350195127 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Insider-Outsider of Early 20th-Century German Industry
Günter Henle and the Klöckner Steel Conglomerate, 1899–1955
Volker R. Berghahn, Columbia University, USA
Using the life and work of Günter Henle, Volker R. Berghahn examines the postwar West German approach to labour relations and European integration. The study of Henle simultaneously allows Berghahn to reflect on the unique insights into German Jewish life before and during the Nazi dictatorship that his story provides.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9781350448438 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350448445
ePub 9781350448469 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350448452 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Historical Facts and Fictions
The French Revolution Facts and Fictions
Sarah Shurts, Bergen Community College, USA
Did Marie Antoinette really say the famed words, “Let them eat cake?” Were throngs of prisoners released during the storming of the Bastille? This book answers these questions and more, sorting through common misconceptions of the French Revolution and in doing so revealing a more holistic and accurate perspective of this famous moment in world history. With thorough and up-to-date analysis, this work dissects 10 different myths about the French Revolution. Readers will build their understanding of topics from the Reign of Terror to the role of women in the Revolution and learn about key figures from King Louis XVI to Robespierre.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 264 pages
HB 9798216169918 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798216169932 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9798216169925 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Historical Facts and Fictions Bloomsbury Academic World English
Defeated
Losing Presidential Candidates in American History
Martin Gitlin
Defeated: Losing Presidential Candidates in American History is a fascinating and informative look at the presidential hopefuls who aren’t often remembered because they lost their bid for the presidency—yet whose campaigns and stories can teach us so much about American history and politics. Chapters profile the losing candidate for each presidential election—including third-party candidates who made an impact—and include an examination of key issues of the day, details of the election itself, and what happened to the candidate after their loss. Covering every election from 1796 to 2024, Defeated provides invaluable insight into the policies and personalities of presidential candidates and the history of a nation.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 52 bw photos
HB 9781538192955 • £25.00 / $35.00
ePub 9781538192962 • £25.54 / $31.50
ePdf 9798881862589 • £25.54 / $31.50
Bloomsbury Academic
New Approaches to International History
Thomas W. Zeiler, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Beyond the Nixon Shocks
Global
Consequences and
Transformation since 1971
Thomas W. Zeiler, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
In 1971 President Nixon shocked the world with a series of announcements and policies that changed the political landscape at home, and shifted the bases of international power abroad. From newly opened diplomatic channels with China to unilateral monetary and trade reforms, this book argues that the so called ‘Nixon Shocks’ transformed not only America but the international economic, security, political and cultural arenas. Zeiler shows how, along with events such as the release of the Pentagon papers and oil crises, the United States’ foreign and domestic policies of the 1970s indicated the coming of a new world order.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 256 pages
PB 9781350357471 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350357488 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350357495 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350357501 • £19.79 / $26.99
Series: New Approaches to International History • Bloomsbury Academic
Colonial America Facts and Fictions
K. David Goss, Gordon College, USA & A. A. Grishin
This book provides the essential, primary documentation needed to clarify, readjust, and, in some cases, destroy the many commonly held myths of America's colonial past, which is in many respects misunderstood and distorted. Misconceptions abound about Columbus and his discovery; Jamestown, John Smith, and Pocahontas; the Salem Witch Trials; and even the American Revolution. This book explains all of these facts and fictions, and most importantly exposes the modern reader to essential primary documents that clarify the distortions and disprove the popular misconceptions of the past.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9798216366096 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440864261
ePub 9798216062950 £47.09 / $58.50
ePdf 9781440864278 • £47.09 / $58.50
Series: Historical Facts and Fictions • Bloomsbury Academic World English
A History of the United States
Philip Jenkins, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Offering an insightful and concise introduction to the history the United States from pre-European contact up to the present day, this book succinctly depicts the major themes and patterns of American history incorporating social, economic, cultural, religious and political history. This newly revised and updated edition begins before European settlement, and takes the reader through the revolutions, expansion and nation-building of the 18th century, the Civil War and industrialization of the 19th century, war and global supremacy of the 20th, right up to the culture wars and social revolutions of the 21st.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 368 pages
PB 9781350437654 • £24.99 / $39.95 • HB 9781350437647 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350437661 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350437678 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Bloomsbury Essential Histories • Bloomsbury Academic
Transatlantic Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century
Anglo-American Relations and Intertwined Identities
Howard LeRoy Malchow, Tufts University, USA
Ranging through the long nineteenth century, this book explores the evolving cultural relationship between Britain and the United States during this period. From language, speech and racial attitudes to imaginings of the Western frontier, travel memoirs, the role of theatre and Anglophilia and Anglophobia, it shows how actors on both sides of the Atlantic expressed understanding of themselves and their not-so-foreign Other.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 304 pages
PB 9781350562639 £26.99 / $36.95 HB 9781350562646 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350562653 £24.29 / $33.74
ePdf 9781350562660 £24.29 / $33.74
Series: New Approaches to International History • Bloomsbury Academic
Pennsylvania's Debate to Ratify the Federal Constitution of 1787
The Keystone State Decides
Michael H. Taylor, Northeast Community College
Michael H. Taylor examines in detail the debates around ratifying the Constitution in Pennsylvania. He breaks down the multiple week debates and requested revisions, and he places the debates within the context of the time with newspaper analysis.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 350 pages 1 bw map
• £95.00 / $130.00
HB 9781666954203
ePub 9781978764316 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9781666954210
• £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
A Peaceful Patch of Earth
Blacks in Jamestown, Rhode Island in a Time of Racial Turbulence in America, 1850–1920
Peter Fay & Valerie J. Southern
This untold history of a Black community in rural Rhode Island challenges the conventional narrative of an all-white New England culture before the Great Migration of southern Blacks to northern cities in the 20th century. In Jamestown, a thriving Black community took root far earlier, in the late 19th century. A Peaceful Patch of Earth explores their remarkable journey in a time marked by racial turbulence in America.
UK January 2026 US January 2026 160 pages 37 bw; 3 tables
PB 9780761880752 • £14.99 / $19.99
ePub 9780761880783 • £14.36 / $17.99
ePdf 9780761880769 • £14.36 / $17.99
Hamilton Books
Risk in the Anglo-Atlantic World
The American Ship John Jay, the HMS Driver, and the Napoleonic Wars
Catherine Osborne DeCesare, The University of Rhode Island, USA
Using the experiences of the American ship, John Jay, and the British warship HMS Driver, this book recounts the various hazards faced by U.S. neutral trade vessels during the Napoleonic Wars. This book contributes to the historical understanding of the circumstances, causes, and consequences of increased global interaction between American merchant ships and British warships during the Napoleonic Wars.
UK February 2026
• US December 2025 • 304 pages • 10 bw illus, 1 bw photo, and 1 table
HB 9781666967944 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978760813 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9781666967951 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
More Stories from the Heart of Central New York
Historic Homer's Heritage
Martin A. Sweeney
This book is an independent collection, but also companion to the author's previous book, The Heart of Central New York: Stories of Historic Homer, New York (2022), focusing exclusively on stories of a Central New York community’s past. They demonstrate how the press can be used successfully as a tool for documenting a community’s history and for providing a sense of its identity, values, and historical place.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 336 pages • 26 bw (24 figures, 1 map, 1 author photo)
PB 9780761874874 • £32.99 / $44.95 • HB 9780761892038 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9780761879121 • £32.72 / $40.45
ePdf 9780761880424 £32.72 / $40.45
Hamilton Books
Sally Ride
Breaking Barriers and Defying Gravity
Jackie Pérez, Independent Scholar, USA
Explore the life of the first American woman in space, from her childhood, to her accomplishments as a tennis star, and her pioneering achievements as an astronaut and science educator. This biography journeys through Sally Ride’s life while providing historical context of landmark events, movements, and women who paved the way for her success. Written for students of American and women's history, this examination of Ride's contributions places each milestone in its historical context, illuminating not only the world she lived in but also her enduring significance. A detailed chronology, curated sidebars throughout, chronological sequencing, and primary source documents make this a singular and necessary first-stop reference resource on Ride's life and work.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 240 pages • 15 bw illus
HB 9781440874895 • £50.00 / $68.00
ePub 9798765116982 • £49.49 / $61.20
ePdf 9781440874901 £49.49 / $61.20
Series: Women Making History ABC-CLIO
The Liberty Bell and Its Legacy
An Encyclopedia of an American Icon in
U.S. History and Culture
John R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
This encyclopedia provides a one-stop resource for understanding the fascinating history and enduring importance of the Liberty Bell in the fabric of American culture, from the pre–Revolutionary War era to the present day. It explains key concepts, principles, and intellectual influences in the creation and display of the Liberty Bell; profiles its creators and champions; and surveys the place of the Bell and its home in Philadelphia's Independence Hall within the political and cultural lexicon of the nation. Additionally, it provides an overview of depictions of the Liberty Bell in historical and modern art, music, literature, and other cultural areas.
UK January 2025 US January 2025 384 pages 50 bw illus
PB 9798765138298 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440872907
ePub 9798216110866 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781440872914 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Hollywood History
Problems in Modern Latin American History
Sources and Interpretations
Edited
by Anna Rose & Leandro Benmergui
Now in its sixth edition, this leading reader has been updated with new readings and visual sources. This edition includes an added final chapter on current social movements to help students reflect on the ecological realities that inform their world. In addition, the "Legacies of Colonialism" chapter has been restored to give students an understanding of the deep roots of the problems explored. Instead of a separate chapter on women and social change, women's voices have been woven more seamlessly throughout the book to reflect women's parity and equity in history.
With its innovative combination of primary and secondary sources and thoughtful editorial analysis, this text is designed specifically to stimulate critical thinking in a wide range of courses on Latin American history since independence.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 368 pages • 6 b/w illustrations;1 table
PB 9781538193952 • £28.99 / $47.00 • HB 9781538193945 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781538193969 • / $42.30
ePdf 9798765156018 • / $42.30
Series: Latin American Silhouettes • Bloomsbury Academic USA/Canada
The Chicana and Chicano Movement
From Aztlán to Zapatistas
Edited by Adelaida R. Del Castillo, San Diego State University, USA & Norma Iglesias-Prieto, San Diego State University, USA
The impact of the Chicana/Chicano Movement on today's America can be seen in the halls of power, educational access and equity, museum exhibitions of Chicana and Chicano art, and positive self-image among Chicanas and Chicanos. It is also reflected in media arts, theater, music, and dance. This book provides students investigating Chicana/Chicano and Mexican American social and political activism and social justice advocacy with an overview of the major trends and influences of the Chicana and Chicano Movement during the volatile 1960s and 1970s and new directions after.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 368 pages • 25 bw illus
HB 9781440801303 • £90.00 / $107.00
ePub 9798216170945 • £77.43 / $96.30
ePdf 9781440801310 • £77.43 / $96.30
Series: Movements of the American Mosaic • Bloomsbury Academic World English
American Women's History on Film
Rosanne Welch, Stephens College, USA & Peg A. Lamphier, California State Polytechnic University, USA
Throughout film history, stories of women achieving in American history appear few and far between compared to the many epic tales of male achievement. This book focuses largely on films written by women and about women who tackled the humanist issues of their day and mostly won. By exploring a range of films about American women, this book offers readers an opportunity to engage in both history and film in a new way, embracing representation, diversity, and historical context.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9798765166987 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440866609
ePub 9798216182917 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440866616 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Hollywood History • Bloomsbury Academic World English
American Slavery on Film
Caron Knauer, LaGuardia Community College, USA
In this study of 10 films that depict slavery in America, this book analyzes how African American slavery has been and continues to be portrayed in major studio blockbusters and independent films alike. Through analysis of such films as the early silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914), the groundbreaking television miniseries Roots (1977); and the Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet (2019), this resource separates the romanticized and unrealistic depictions of slavery from the more accurate but often unflinching portrayals of its horrors, delivering a comprehensive, readable, and timely examination of enslaved African Americans and slavery in America's film history.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 240 pages
PB 9798765167007 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877513
ePub 9798216184348 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440877520 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Hollywood History • Bloomsbury Academic
The Great Depression on Film
David Luhrssen, Independent Scholar, USA
This book presents the Great Depression through the lens of 13 films, beginning with movies made during the Depression and ending with films from the 21st century, and encourages readers to examine the various depictions of this period throughout history. Separating fact from fiction, detailing where the movies are accurate and where they depart from reality, and placing them in the larger context of historical and social events, this book is indispensable for clearing away misconceptions fostered by the movies while acknowledging the power of film in shaping public memory.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9798765166215 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877131
ePub 9798216091851 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440877148 £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Hollywood History • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Soviet Internment Memory, Nostalgia, and the POW Experience
Maria Cristina Galmarini, College of William & Mary, USA
Using a microhistory based on a unique set of lifewriting sources, this book provides an unparalleled insight into the Soviet POW experience during the Second World War. It reconstructs key moments in the life of former Italian POW Umberto Montini, who was captured by the Soviet Army in 1942, interned in a prisoners’ hospital in Mordovia, and then repatriated to Italy in 1945. The book brings theoretical questions about memory, trauma, and European people’s political trajectories into sustained contact with an individual’s specific experience, organically prompting a reconsideration of key 20th-century events in the process.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 152 pages • 8 bw illus
PB 9781350507746 • £16.99 / $22.95 • HB 9781350507739 • £50.00 / $68.00
ePub 9781350507760 • £15.29 / $21.59
ePdf 9781350507753 • £15.29 / $21.59
Series: Russian Shorts Bloomsbury Academic
Images and the Making of the Russian Empire, 1471-1721
Valerie A. Kivelson, University of Michigan, USA
Exploring the visual record of the Muscovite tsardom, this book demonstrates that, in imperial settings, images actually do things. Richly illustrated with 120 arresting, little-known images, it considers how those images functioned as active agents for and against empire. Valerie A. Kivelson tracks the circulation, reception, and the extraordinary consequences of those images in shaping attitudes and the contours of human lives. The book tackles the rise of racialized thinking in a period often thought to be preracial and highlights how regions claimed by the tsars, particularly Siberia and Ukraine, shaped the terms of their incorporation through imagery, fundamentally changing the empire in the process.
UK
ePdf 9781350516502 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Medievalism in Finland and Russia
Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Aspects
Edited by Reima Välimäki, University of Turku, Finland
This volume explores political medievalism in two language areas that are crucial to understanding global medievalism but are, due to language barriers, often inaccessible to the majority of Western scholars. It reveals that while medievalisms in Finland and Russia share many features with the contemporary AngloAmerican medievalist imaginations, they also display many original characteristics due to particular political situations and indigenous medievalist traditions. They have their own meta-medievalisms, cumulative core ideas and interpretations about the medieval past that are thoroughly examined here in English for the very first time.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages • 7 bw illus
PB 9781350232891 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350232884
ePub 9781350232914 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350232907 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: New Directions in Medieval Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Enchanted Forest of the Sakhaland
Absent Fathers Missing Daughters and the Turuk State of Mind
Natalya Khokholova, American University in Central Asia
This book examines the existence of the Yakutian young ones as silenced inhabitance a “negative space” of fear and myths driven narratives, that contradictio in contrarium would claim their space in the global dialogue of the changing social climates.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 10 b/w photos
HB 9781666922738 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978772168 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216266563 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Autobiographical Traditions in Egodocuments
Icelandic Literacy Practices
Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon, University of Iceland, Iceland
This book investigates the autobiographical traditions of Iceland and what this reveals to us about egodocuments. Using the Icelandic context, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon examines egodocuments as distinct and fascinating manifestations of microhistory, reflecting on their nature, the circumstances in which they originated, and their strengths and weaknesses for scholarly research. Magnússon also provides an insightful historiographical account of how the egodocument has been used in historical works both in Iceland and elsewhere in the world since the 19th century.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 272 pages • 24 bw illus
PB 9781350413160 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350413177
ePub 9781350413191 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350413184 • £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
Frank W. Thackeray & John E. Findling
The History of Croatia and Slovenia
Christopher Deliso, Independent author
This title provides a comprehensive introduction to the intertwined histories of Croatia and Slovenia. Undergraduate readers can access factual overviews of these countries' political systems, geographical details, significant individuals, and more. The volume opens with the prehistoric and ancient roots of these states, and covers their histories from the Roman period, through to the modern period of national awakening in the nineteenth century, and the subsequent events such as the world wars, Communist Yugoslavia and its civil wars of the 1990s, and the events of the 2010s.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 288 pages
PB 9798765150870 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440873225
ePub 9798216097334 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440873232 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations • Bloomsbury Academic
The History of the Philippines
Kathleen Nadeau, California State University-San Bernadino, USA
Explore the rich history of the Philippines from pre-colonial times through to the political, cultural, and environmental events of the 2010s. Among the many topics covered in this second edition are the feminization of outmigration that peaked at the end of the 20th century, globalization and the spread of export processing zones, and the impact of the "call center culture" coupled with that of the overseas diaspora on the changing structure of the traditional family.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9798765150160 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440873584
ePub 9798216098225 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440873591 £21.55 / $26.95
Series: The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Bloomsbury Academic
Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence
National, Regional, International and Transnational
Perspectives
Edited by Sue Onslow, Kings College London, UK, Hugh Pattenden, University of Southampton, UK & Carl P. Watts, Global College of Professional Military Education, USA
60 years on from Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965, this book brings together its most important themes to examine its consequences and offer the most comprehensive overview to date. From the origins of the UDI, to the response of Britain and the Commonwealth, it explores the implications for US foreign policy, transnational cooperation, the South African liberation movements, oil sanctions, international sports boycotts and African Nationalism. In understanding the multiple and complex dimensions of Rhodesia’s UDI, it highlights its importance to wider African and World History. UK
The History of China
David Curtis Wright, University of Calgary, Canada
Chinese society and culture are evolving with a booming economy, expansion, production of consumer and industrial goods, and a growing influence upon the world. The History of China enables readers to delve into the rich history of this powerful nation. This book charts China’s past two millennia, from the ancient Chinese civilization to individual dynasties, and its whirlwind transition to modernity and belated arrival into the international community.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 376 pages • 11 bw illus
PB 9798765150801 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440874390
ePub 9798216097266 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440874406 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations • Bloomsbury Academic
The History of the United Arab Emirates
John A. Shoup, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
This volume explores the political, cultural, and economic history of the United Arab Emirates, from early antiquity through the 2010s. Readers will learn about the long, rich history of the seven emirates, focusing on political history but also highlighting culture, society, economy, and religion. Chronologically arranged chapters examine major eras and turning points in history, such as antiquity, the rise of Islam, British trade, and the discovery of black gold: oil.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 224 pages • 12 bw illus
PB 9798765151044 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440870439
ePub 9798216098256 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440870446 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations • Bloomsbury Academic
Daily Life in Postcolonial Africa
Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin, USA
In its exploration of the complex and ever-changing fabric of African lives after the end of colonial power, this book offers readers insight into how daily life has changed for Africans over the last 75 years and what it looks like today. The book covers various aspects of the lives of the peoples of Africa in the post-colonial era, such as domestic life, economic activities, intellectual pursuits, material culture, political power, leisure, and spiritual engagements. Ultimately, the volume provides readers a glimpse into the diverse lived experiences across this remarkable continent, as it navigates the intricacies of post-colonial existence and establishes its trajectory on the international platform.
UK July 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages • 15 bw illus
HB 9798765130070 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798765130094 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9798765130100 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Daily Life through History • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Cleopatra
A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works
Prudence J. Jones
Cleopatra was the last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt. Cleopatra: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works is a comprehensive resource on her life and legacy.
UK February 2026 US December 2025 208 pages
HB 9781538145203 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781538145210 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798765160237 • £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Significant Figures in World History • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Hindu, Muslim, and the Dynamics of South Asian Identity
Belonging and Conflict from the Past to the Present
Edited
by Peter Gottschalk, Wesleyan University, USA
An inherent tension between Hindus and Muslims represents a social fact that has defined South Asian history for a millennium. This volume brings together a wealth of contributions that demonstrate how ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ are, and always have been, more than markers of religion. Rather, these terms represent contested identities, belongings, communities, ethnicities, histories, regions, neighbourhoods and politics, as well as diverse artistic, literary and music traditions. Arguing that ‘religion’ does not adequately account for these terms, contributors recognise that despite this diversity, notions of ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ have acted as a shared orientation marker of identity and belonging.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350569157 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350569171
£76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350569164 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Critical Perspectives in South Asian History • Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History
Edited by Aviezer Tucker, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic & David Cernín, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
This handbook examines the philosophy of the historical sciences and their synthesis in concepts like Big or Deep History. Written by interdisciplinary philosophers, historians, and scientists, it acts as a valuable guide for anybody interested in scientific knowledge of the deep past, Big History, and the philosophy of science.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 528 pages
HB 9781350409194 £130.00 / $175.00
ePub 9781350409224 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350409217 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Portuguese Colonialism, Food, and Society in Goa 1900-1961
Maria de Lourdes Bravo da Costa, Formerly, Krishnadas Shama State Central Library, Goa, India
This pioneering study explores the role of food in Goa’s social, cultural, and political life from 1900 to 1961—an overlooked period in its colonial history. Unlike previous works, it draws on archival data, oral histories, and texts in Konkani, Portuguese, and English. It analyzes how food shaped power structures, identity, and memory, highlighting class tensions among gaunkars, mundkars, and the Portuguese. The book also examines alcohol’s problematic role, especially among Catholics, and its overlooked social impact.
UK September 2025 • US December 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9789361318740 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9789361317439 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9789361311567 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic India
Writing the History of Modern Revolutions
Gavin Murray-Miller, Cardiff University, UK
This book will provide students with a solid understanding some of the most dramatic moments in modern history, including Revolutions relevant to Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the post-colonial world. It will address the major paradigm shifts that have defined historical approaches to revolution while focusing on key works and scholars in the field.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350282261 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350282254 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350282285 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350282278 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Writing History • Bloomsbury Academic
History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment
Anne-Marie Kilday, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Lombroso in the Americas A Transatlantic History of a Controversial Criminologist
Edited by Silvano Montaldo, University of Turin, Italy & Franco Orlandi, KU Leuven, Belgium
This volume explores the multifaceted influence of Cesare Lombroso, known as the father of modern criminology, and his work across the Americas from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Offering an interdisciplinary and transatlantic perspective, and with essays by European, Latin and North American scholars, Lombroso in the Americas asks how and why this controversial man became one of the most influential criminologists of his time, and sheds light on his transatlantic legacy.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 320 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350571211 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350571242 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350571228 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment • Bloomsbury Academic
Infanticide and Baby-farming in Victorian England
The Torquay Murder of 1865
Mark Jackson, University of Exeter, UK
This open access book explores the tragic case of the Torquay Murder of 1865, when the body of a young boy was discovered abandoned on the outskirts of Torquay in Devon, England. Drawing on a range of original sources including police and inquest reports, court and prison records, witness depositions, newspaper accounts, census records, medical texts, Home Office documents and letters, Mark Jackson carefully reconstructs the complex story of this murder and explores the personal and political consequences of Britain’s first baby-farming scandal.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of Exeter, UK.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350532021 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350532045 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350532038 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment • Bloomsbury Academic
Wayward Girls in Victorian and Edwardian England
Pathways In and Out of Juvenile Institutions, 1854-1920
Tahaney Alghrani, University of Liverpool, UK
Exploring the reform and regulation of juvenile females in the Victorian and early Edwardian era, this book presents the first-hand experiences of incarcerated girls to shed new light on youth criminalisation in the past and the present.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350407169 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350407114
ePub 9781350407138 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350407121 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment • Bloomsbury Academic
Histories of Internationalism
David Brydan, King's College, London, UK & Jessica Reinisch, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
The War for Anatolia and the Remaking of International Order
Greece, Turkey and the End of WWI
Edited by Georgios Giannakopoulos, City St. George’s University of London, UK, Joseph A. Maiolo, King's College London, UK & Gonda Van Steen, King's College London, UK
From 1919 to 1922, Greece and Turkey fought a brutal war for Anatolia that reconfigured international politics. This volume examines the international, transnational and economic dimensions of that conflict and the bitter peace that formally ended it. Bringing together a diverse group of experts drawing on multiple archives and the latest scholarship, this volume analyses the complexities of peacemaking, the foundation of new nations through the violent ‘unmixing’ of peoples, the traumas of military mobilisation, and the remarkable revival of global capitalism on the ruins of old empires.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350420946 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350420960 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350420953 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Histories of Internationalism • Bloomsbury Academic
Dismantling the League of Nations
The Quiet Death of an International Organization, 1945-8
Jane Mumby, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
The League of Nations, one of the world’s first multi-function intergovernmental organisations, was also one of the first to undergo liquidation. This book unveils the last chapter in its story, showing how complex and time-consuming the end of this ‘great experiment’ truly was. Starting with the signing of the Charter of the United Nations in 1945 - the death knell of the League - Mumby traces the closure process that followed and highlights the lingering impact of the League on international organisations today.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 264 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350376939 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350376892
ePub 9781350376922 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350376908 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Histories of Internationalism Bloomsbury Academic
Informing Interwar Internationalism
The Information Strategies of the League of Nations
Emil Eiby Seidenfaden, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Examining the public information strategies employed by the League of Nations between 1919 and 1940, this book brings together international history, intellectual history and the history of communications to tell the story of how officials in Geneva planned for a new kind of public relations to underpin and strengthen the League’s internationalist project.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 224 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350382152 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350382121
ePub 9781350382145 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350382138 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Histories of Internationalism Bloomsbury Academic
Displaced Comrades
Politics and Surveillance in the Lives of Soviet Refugees in the West
Ebony Nilsson, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Drawing on interviews, government records and surveillance dossiers from multiple contents, Displaced Comrades examines the lives of left-wing Soviet refugees who fled the Cold War to settle in Australia. Exploring how they lived under constant suspicion and surveillance, it highlights the long-term effects of war and displacement, offering a new exploration of life as a Soviet ‘enemy alien’ in the West.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 272 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350378421 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350378391
ePub 9781350378414 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350378407 • £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
Empire’s Other Histories
Empires of Violence
Massacre in a Revolutionary Age
Philip Dwyer, University of Newcastle, Australia., Barbara Alice Mann, Nigel Penn, University of Cape Town, South Africa & Lyndall Ryan, University of Newcastle, Australia
This comparative, global study of violence from 1780 to 1820 looks at colonial frontiers in four regions of the world: Australia, Africa, the United States and Europe. Written by four experts in colonial history, including the late Lyndall Ryan, it seeks to re-think the past oppression and exploitation of colonized peoples by placing the violence committed against them in a comparative perspective.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 344 pages
PB 9781350538634 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350538641 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350538658 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350538665 • £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
Emily J. Manktelow, University of Kent, UK & Fae Dussart, University of Sussex, UK & Jonathan Saha & Victoria Haskins, University of Newcastle, Australia
Children and Freedom in the Cape Colony
Age, Labour and Apprenticeship in the Post-Emancipation British Empire
Rebecca Swartz, University of the Free State, South Africa
Between 1830 and 1850 what it meant to be a child changed in fundamental ways across Britain’s expanding empire. This open access book investigates ideas about children and childhood in the Cape colony in the context of slave emancipation, demonstrating how the rebirth and reshaping of values were reflected in the insistent focus of children as the future of the colony. Situating these developments in a broader history of childhood in the British Empire, Swartz uses archival material to reconstruct children’s experiences of the Cape colony, and shows how children shaped, and were shaped by, this colonial context.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350341371 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350341395 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350341388 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Empire’s Other Histories • Bloomsbury Academic
Educating India
Colonialism and Indigenous Knowledge Traditions, c. 1780-1900
Amit K. Suman, University of Delhi, India
The book centres on the historical evolution of education in the Bengal Presidency and the NorthWestern Provinces, with a particular emphasis on the roles of traditional teachers, like pandits, maulvis, and other influential figures within indigenous society. It attempts to find a relationship between indigenous knowledge traditions and the impact of colonialism by examining its pedagogy, curriculum, patronage, administration, and community participation.
UK June 2025 US August 2025 272 pages
HB 9789356408067 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9789356409293 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9789356407251 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic India
World All Languages (excluding India/Indian subcontinent)
Vagrant Lives in Colonial Australasia
Regulating Mobility, 1840-1910
Catharine Coleborne, University of Newcastle, Australia
Investigating the history of vagrants in colonial Australia and New Zealand, this book provides insights into the histories and identities of marginalised peoples in the British Pacific Empire. Showing how their experiences were produced, shaped and transformed through laws and institutions, it reveals how the most vulnerable people in colonial society were regulated, marginalised and criminalised in the imperial world.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 216 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350252721 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350252691
ePub 9781350252714 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350252707 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Empire’s Other Histories Bloomsbury Academic
The Special Operations Executive in Malaya
World War II and the Path to Independence
Rebecca Kenneison, University of Essex, UK
During World War II, agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) infiltrated Japaneseoccupied Malaya. There they worked with Malayan guerrilla groups, including the communist-sponsored Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), regarded as the precursor of the communist insurgent army of the Malayan Emergency. This book traces the development of SOE’s Malayan operations, and analyses the interactions between SOE and the various guerrilla groups.
UK January 2025 US January 2025 270 pages 12 bw illus
PB 9781350539433 £27.99 / $37.95
Previously published in HB 9781788313896
ePub 9781350118584 • £25.19 / $35.09
ePdf 9781350118577 • £25.19 / $35.09
Bloomsbury Academic
History of Emotions
Peter
N. Stearns,
George Mason University, USA & Susan J. Matt, Weber State University, USA
Anger and Politics in Ancient Rome
From the Late Republic to the Early
Empire
Jayne Knight, University of Tasmania, Australia
Anger and politics are clearly intertwined in modern Western societies, but when we look back at ancient Rome we see that anger may have permeated Roman politics to an even greater degree. Through careful analysis of a rich body of surviving literary evidence, this book offers insights into ancient attitudes about political anger from diverse perspectives, and provides an assessment of anger’s role in the performance and construction of elite Roman political identity during the transition from Republic to Principate.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 256 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350561267 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350561281 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350561274 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: History of Emotions • Bloomsbury Academic
Oceans of Feeling
An Emotional History of Caribbean
Migrants in
Postwar Britain
Ryan Walmsley, Swansea University, UK
This book takes the postwar Caribbean migration movement to Britain and explores it from a new, history of emotions orientated approach. Elevating emotion and felt experience to a well-known historical narrative, it enriches our understanding of this defining moment in modern British history, which irrevocably altered the nation’s demographic makeup, cultural fabric and conception of national identity.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350541634 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350541665 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350541658 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: History of Emotions • Bloomsbury Academic
A History of Male Photographers
Analyzing Men as Men in Scientific, Commercial, and Art Photography, 1870 to the Present
Edited by Nicole Hudgins, University of Baltimore, USA
A History of Male Photographers is a multidisciplinary study that uses historical, art historical, and curatorial tools of analysis. Each chapter is a case study on how men used photography to illustrate the tension between social expectations and self-expression.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 304 pages
HB 9781666965421 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978767539 £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216269779 £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Revolutionary Emotions in Cold War Egypt
Islam, Communism, and Anti-Colonial
Protest
Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah, Erskine College, USA
This book delves into the divisive court cases and rousing club newspapers, intimate memoirs and personal poetry of Egyptian activists. These documents reveal that in the early years of the Cold War, morality tales and moral emotions were at the heart of the methods and the successes of Egyptian activists. These practices uncover the mechanics of morality tales, and reveal how activists used narratives to convert emotion to motion and drive social change. Shedding light on how paramilitary groups and protest movements use moral appeals to attract support is still crucially relevant today.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 264 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350383791 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350383760
ePub 9781350383784 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350383777 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: History of Emotions • Bloomsbury Academic
Emotions and the Letter
A History from Antiquity to the Present
Edited by Katie Barclay, Macquarie University, Australia & Diana G. Barnes, University of New England, Australia
From hate mail to suicide notes to begging letters, this book explores the relationship between letter writing and emotion through case studies from antiquity to the 21st century. It shows how the epistolary form has offered a wide range of ways to communicate private feelings, make public statements and offers a rich historical source to explore how people have performed emotions for a range of audiences.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350345157 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350345171 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350345164 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: History of Emotions • Bloomsbury Academic
Temperance Lives
Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918
James Kneale
This book explains how the rise of temperance life assurance affected ideas surrounding the dangers of drinking and abstinence between 1840 and 1918. James Kneale examines how temperance life insurance - initially a speculative business venture - evolved into a social experiment that played a crucial role in persuading ordinary people, doctors, and insurance firms that abstaining from alcohol was safer than drinking it. Drawing from archival materials, Kneale analyses contemporary stories from teetotallers and high-street temperance businesses, and investigates the broader impact on 'temperance towns' such as Manchester, Exeter, and the Pendle area.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350529717
£85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350529731 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350529724 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Body Collected in Australia A History of Human Specimens and the Circulation of Biomedical Knowledge
Eugenia Pacitti, Monash University, USA
Offering an insight into 19th- and early 20th-century medical school dissecting rooms and anatomy museums, this book explores how collected human remains have shaped western biomedical knowledge and attitudes towards the body over the past 200 years. Focusing on specimens collected in Australia, Pacitti asks how and why anatomists and medical students obtained human body parts, and explores the role Australia played in the global narrative of western medical development.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 232 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350373754 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350373723
ePub 9781350373747 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350373730 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Geography in the 21st Century
Defining Moments that Shaped Society [2 volumes]
Edited by Jayson J. Funke, Western Connecticut State University, USA, Waquar Ahmed, University of North Texas, USA, Ipsita Chatterjee, Associate Professor at the University of North Texas & Stephen M. McCauley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Geography studies the relationship of humans and the natural environment, and these 40 essays examine those geographical events that have most profoundly shaped global society in the opening decades of the 21st century. Each chapter examines how these events have transformed how people interact with the environment, from political and economic issues such as elections, market practice, and war, to cultural and social issues such as racism and gender stereotyping at work. Landscapes, regions, cities, nature, society, development -- our entire existence -- is tied up with space and geography. Geography is well-placed to provide important insights and perspectives on the complex events and issues of our time.
UK June 2025 • US April 2025 • 624 pages
HB Pack 9781440873249 • £250.00 / $340.00
ePub 9798765118122 • £245.08 / $306.00
ePdf 9781440873256 • £245.08 / $306.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
World History through Case Studies
Historical Skills in Practice
David Eaton, Grand Valley State University, USA
This innovative textbook demystifies the subject of world history through a diverse range of case studies. Each chapter looks at an event, person, or place from prehistory to the present and from across the globe –from the Kennewick Man to germ warfare, Japanese industrialization and modern-day soccer– and digs deeper, examining why historians disagree on the subject and why their debates remain relevant today. This book is the ideal companion for all students taking world history survey courses.
UK February 2025 • US May 2025 • 360 pages
PB 9781350341739 £24.99 / $34.95 HB 9781350341746 £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350341753 £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350341760 £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Academic
Plastics and Microplastics A Reference Handbook
David E. Newton, Independent Scholar, USA
Beginning with a history of plastic, from the first scientific discovery of the material to its diversity of forms and uses in the present day, this volume delves into the problems and controversies concerning plastic and microplastics, such as the pollution of oceans, rivers, and streams; its exceptionally long shelf life; its contribution to air pollution; and ingestion of microplastics by marine life. It also explores both implemented and proposed solutions to these problems.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 328 pages 7 bw illus
PB 9798765167526 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440875397
ePub 9798216128731 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440875403 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Contemporary World Issues • Bloomsbury Academic
When Fitness Went Global
The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Conor Heffernan, Ulster University, UK
Fitness, exercise and physical culture is a key part of our modern lives, but has this always been the case? In this book, Conor Heffernan shows how the 19th century was critical for the development of the modern fitness industry, and how the globalization of physical culture was entangled in, and spread by, concepts of nationalism, gender, race, empire and medicine.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350500778 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350500785 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350500792 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350500808 • £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
Minorities in Global History
Cultures of Integration and Patterns of Exclusion
Edited by Holger Weiss, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
This collection analyses the concept of minority and minorities in global history. Taking transnational, transregional and comparative approaches, it explores narratives of inclusion and belonging both conceptually and through case studies in postcolonial Africa and Asia. The chapters in this collection address the exposure to and challenge of historical and contemporary treatments of marginalization, exclusion, belonging and inclusion in global history.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 280 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350382244 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350382213
ePub 9781350382237 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350382220 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Lethal Elites
The Institutions and Professionals That Made the Holocaust Possible
Alex Alvarez & Richard R. Fernández
This eye-opening book highlights the role of elites in constructing systems of persecution and extermination during the Holocaust.
Leaders from many sectors of society, including industry, science, and religion came to support and enable the Nazi government, often due to the ways in which they were able to profit and benefit from the policies of persecution and genocide. With both a social science and historical approach, Lethal Elites highlights and assesses the ways in which the influence, training, and expertise of the most powerful and best educated were used in service to the genocidal agenda of the National Socialist Regime.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 312 pages
PB 9798765157008 • £30.00 / $40.00 • HB 9798765157015 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765157022 • £29.53 / $36.00
ePdf 9798765157039 • £29.53 / $36.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Communist Propaganda in PreCold War America
The Daily Worker and the Great Depression
Henry H. Prown, University of Alberta, Canada
As the Great Depression ravaged the United States, economic turmoil at home and geopolitical conflict abroad left disillusioned US citizens especially open to the Soviet Union’s expressed ideals of equality and internationalism. This book shows that press-orientated agitation and propaganda efforts, delivered through newspapers such as the The Daily Worker, played a key role in the political strategy of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) as they rose to unprecedented cultural prominence and political influence.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781350575295 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350575318 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350575301 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series • Bloomsbury Academic
The Holocaust in Eastern Europe
At the Epicenter of the Final Solution
Waitman Wade Beorn, Northumbria University, UK
This book provides an authoritative history of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and makes a compelling case for why the region can be considered ‘the epicentre of the final solution’. Waitman Wade Beorn introduces us to pre-war Jewish life in Eastern Europe, before tracing the escalating nature of Nazi policies in the area during the Second World War. Beorn crucially reflects on the German obsession with the East and its impact on the Nazi genocidal project there. This 2nd edition includes two important new chapters on sources, methods, and historiographical debates in the field and non-Jewish victims of the Nazi genocidal project.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 368 pages • 33 bw illus
PB 9781350387065 £24.99 / $34.95 HB 9781350387072 £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350387096 £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350387089 £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Perspectives on the Holocaust • Bloomsbury Academic
LGBTQI+ Persecution and the Holocaust
An Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Perseverance
Alexis Herr, University of San Francisco, USA
This resource gives voice to the experiences of LGBTQI+ persons prior to, during, and after the Holocaust. Entries consider the lives of the persecuted and the persecutors alongside examinations of the attitudes and ideas that shaped their present and their prejudices; in short, how the German society at large came to condone, and at times participate in, the forceful arrest and disappearance of thousands of their fellow citizens. A chronology of key events, perspective essays, primary sources, and survivor testimony further help shed light on the resilience and resistance of the community and the evolution of their persecution under and after the Nazis.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 264 pages 18 bw
HB 9798216169758 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765111932 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216169765 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
West German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe
Edited by Michael Borchard, Stefan Karner,
Peter Ruggenthaler & Hanns Jürgen Küsters
The Moscow files, now opened for the first time 50 years later, reveal new insights and implications into the creation and implementation of the détente policy. This collection offers a detailed examination of European security from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s with focus on five areas: 1) the first stirrings of détente in West German-Soviet relations, the framework conditions of domestic and foreign policy on the two sides and the extent to which interests ultimately enshrined in treaties were contradictory and/or compatible; 2) the preconditions of détente in the first half of the Brezhnev era; 3) economic interests as a driving force of political change; 4) the consequences of the Treaty of Moscow for East European states; and 5) the consequences of the Transatlantic partnership.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 464 pages • 1 b/w illus
HB 9798765167670 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765167687 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765167694 • £94.20 / $117.00
Series: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series • Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
Italy, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Europe’s Cold War Ethics, Resistance, Political Change
Nancy Jachec, Independent Scholar, UK
Based on extensive new material, much of it unpublished, by and about Sartre from archives across Europe, this book explores Sartre’s lifelong association with Italy, its culture, society and, above all, its intellectual left. It examines the relationships Sartre forged with a number of Italian liberal, leftist and communist intellectuals after the war and their collective efforts to address the ethical crisis they held responsible for fascism, the war, and now, Europe’s Cold War, both in Italy and, by the late 1950s, in Eastern Europe.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 312 pages • 23 bw illus
HB 9781350433816 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350433830 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350433823 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Veterans and America
From the Revolution to Today
Michael D. Gambone, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA
Millions of veterans live among us and are part of one the largest social groups in America. They have redefined civil rights, activism, and public policy for our entire history. Their stories are our stories. Veterans and America: From the Revolution to Today examines four hundred years of military service, social recognition, activism, and public policy. The book addresses the evolving nature of military service from the colonial era to our contemporary global contingency operations and the concurrent relationship between veterans and American society as a whole. An essential read for anyone interested in veterans' affairs and their evolving struggles through centuries of American history.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781538186633 • £25.99 / $36.00
ePub 9781538186640 • £26.34 / $32.40
ePdf 9798881866495 • £26.34 / $32.40
Series: American Ways • Bloomsbury Academic
The Eastern Front in European Memory
On Victims and Heroes, 1945-2024
Xosé M. Núñez Seixas, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Translated by Craig Patterson
This is the first comprehensive study to examine the place of the Eastern Front or Soviet-German War in European memory from a truly comparative perspective across Europe; it encompasses the Soviet and post-Soviet space, Germany (both GDR and FRG, and the Berlin Republic after 1990), Western Europe and Finland. Covering the whole post-war period to the present, with a particular emphasis on recent events, this book offers a cultural perspective on the different ways in which the politics of memory dictated by states interact with and are sometimes counteracted by grass-roots memory initiatives.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 280 pages • 35 bw illus
HB 9781350435995 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350436015 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350436008 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
The Black Panthers and the Soviets
A Comparative History of Human Rights Movements
Meredith L. Roman, SUNY Brockport, USA
The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both the KGB and FBI employed to destroy them. It compares Soviet activists’ exposure of the workings of the Soviet police state with the miniature, city-level surveillance police states that the Black Panthers exposed as operating across the United States and illuminates the legal tactics of counter-surveillance that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers employed as a means of restraining acts of state-sanctioned violence.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 232 pages
HB 9781350436138 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350436152 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350436145 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
G.I. Jive
A Dictionary of Words at War: The Vernacular of Victory (1939-1946)
Paul Dickson
G.I. Jive: A Dictionary of Words at War: The Vernacular of Victory (1939-1946) explores how the language of American World War II military service began to evolve with the first draftees of 1940. Their emerging vocabulary was irreverent, creative, and often obscene, influenced by the worlds of music, jazz, swing, jive, and the nation's fascination with occupational slang.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9798765145135 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765145142 • £58.27 / $72.00
ePdf 9798765145159 • £58.27 / $72.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Beyond the World Bank
The Fight for Universal Social Protection in the Global South
Matthew Greenslade, Development Pathways, UK
In this open access book, Matthew Greenslade sheds some much-needed light on the damage being done by the World Bank’s insistence on pursuing a targeted approach to social protection in lower-income countries, while also describing some of the successes in the grassroots fights for a more universal approach.
The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Act Church of Sweden.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350508828 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350508811 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350508842 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350508835 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Value Struggles
Looking at Capitalism through the Wine Glass
Stefano Ponte
In Value Struggles, Stefano Ponte offers a new and fundamental critique on contemporary capitalism and the inequalities it engenders. Over the course of a three part structure—the first of which lays the theoretical groundwork, the second of which provides empirically rich analysis of winescapes in South Africa and Italy, and the third of which draws out conclusions for other food and agriculture industries—this book explains how power is exercised in contemporary capitalism, by whom, and with what consequences for producers, workers and nature both in the Global South and the Global North.
The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark (Social Sciences and Business).
UK October 2025 US October 2025 272 pages
PB 9781350378629 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350378636 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350378643 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350378650 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Reservation Capitalism
Economic Development in Indian Country, Revised, Updated, and Expanded Edition
Robert J. Miller & Adam Crepelle, Southern University, USA
Reservation Capitalism supplies the true history, present-day circumstances, and potential future of Native American communities and economics. This newly co-authored edition features up-to-date coverage of recent developments in reservation-based low-income tax credits and Community Development Financial Institutions, as well as new chapters on the emerging tribal cannabis industry and tribal investments in the clean energy sector.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 240 pages
PB 9781350464858 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9781350464865 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350464872 £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350464889 • £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
Extraction, Global Commodity Trade, and Urban Development in Zambia's Northwestern Province
An Ethnography of Inequality and
Interdependence
Rita Kesselring, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
An open access ethnographic account of the development trajectories of Solwezi, a rapidly growing copper mining town in Zambia, and Zug, an urban hub for metal trading firms in Switzerland. Provides a valuable and compelling case study of the unequal interdependencies that global capitalism creates between towns and cities in the Global North and Global South, all of which suggests new ways of fighting for more equitable relationships.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781350454309 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350454293 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350454316 • £00.00 / $00.00
Zed Books
Tourism, Development and South Africa
Culture, Equity and Climate Change in the Global South
Garth Allen
Leading tourism and development expert Garth Allen offers a deep dive into the socio-political dynamics shaping tourism in South Africa, provides a broad survey of debates around tourism and sustainable development in Africa and the Global South, and a takes fresh look at key contemporary GlobalSouth tourism phenomena such as cultural tourism, eco-tourism, pro-poor tourism, event tourism, and medical tourism. A one-stop resource for students and researchers interested in international tourism studies, political economics, international development, and the international political economics of Africa and the Global South.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 224 pages
HB 9781350445468 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350445482 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350445499 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Economies of Care
Market Women in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
Olivia Barnett-Naghshineh, University of Exeter, UK
In this major intervention in feminist anthropologywhich remains largely be rooted in western feminist ideologies - open access Economies of Care examines emotional aspects of economic life in the marketplaces of Papua New Guinea; where market women’s labour is a nexus not only for gender relations, but also for wider spiritual, cosmological and reciprocal ones. What role do emotions and care for others play in the relational economy in which this marketplace is embedded?
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 248 pages
HB 9781350320901 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350320918 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350320925 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Indigenous Nation-Building in Australia
Resistance, Resilience, Resurgence
Larissa Behrendt, Miriam Jorgensen, University of Arizona Native Nations Institute, USA, Alison Vivian, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Daryle Rigney, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Damein Bell, Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, Australia, Steve Hemming, University of Technology Sydney, Australia & Stephen Cornell, University of Arizona, USA
This vital and timely book is the first sustained investigation of the creative strategies employed by two Australian Indigenous nations in re-asserting their sovereign capacities for self-determination. Describing and comparing the governance innovations developed by Elders and leaders of the Gunditjmara People and the Ngarrindjeri Nation reveals the distinctive contributions made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations to a worldwide movement of Indigenous nation rebuilding. By sharing these Australian Indigenous leaders’ insights, this book provides practical, sophisticated and tested methods to further Indigenous self-government across the globe.
UK January 2026
• US January 2026 • 240 pages • 2 maps, 1 illustration, 1 table
PB 9781350441286 • £22.99 / $30.95 • HB 9781350441279 • £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781350441309 • £20.69 / $28.34
ePdf 9781350441293 • £20.69 / $28.34
Series: Indigenous Self-Rule • Bloomsbury Academic
Conundrums of Care
Feminist Entanglements in Critical Development Studies
Wendy Harcourt
Drawing on over a decade’s experience of authoritative publishing, teaching, and organizing around the subject, renowned feminist development scholar Wendy Harcourt offers the first incisive open access overview of how the lively feminist debates on care, in both minority and majority worlds, are crucial for critical development studies.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Erasmus University Rotterdam.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350459595 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350459601 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350459618 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350459625 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: New Writing in Critical Development Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Decolonizing WesternIndigenous Dialogues
Interwoven Epistemologies for Multiple Modernities
Edited by Karsten Kiewitt, University of Applied Sciences Clara Hoffbauer Potsdam, Germany, Ronald Lutz, University of Applied Sciences of Erfurt, Germany, Gregory Cajete, University of New Mexico, USA, Maria do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves, Scalabrinian Centre for Migration Studies (CSEM), Brazil. & Ditlhake Kefilwe Johanna, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
This groundbreaking book offers a unique collection of Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches to decolonizing international development and its approaches to major issues such as pandemics, global warming, and ever-growing inequality. It provides a unique, rare forum for discourse between the expressive potentials of differing world views, and ultimately, for developing cooperation in the terms of Eisenstein’s notion of interbeing, which counteracts the “History of Separation” between nature and culture and between Global South and Global North. What emerges is a path forward towards a new, interwoven modernity characterized by an embrace of separate, but mutually constitutive, ways of knowing.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 288 pages
HB 9781350425200 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350425217 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350425224 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Key Ideas in Law
Series Editor: Nicholas J McBride
Short, stimulating introductions
Key Ideas in Law: The Concept of Fairness
Brice Dickson, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
This book explores how the concept of fairness is used in different legal fields to ensure that the laws we live under are just and reasonable.
It looks at the part fairness plays in law-making in different areas including public law, criminal law, contract law, tort law and trust law, family law, employment law, consumer law, immigration law and tax law. It presents careful analysis of relevant legislation and judicial decisions, especially those of the UK’s Supreme Court.
The book prompts readers to think more deeply about how laws should be written and applied so as to make societies fairer for everyone.
UK May 2025 • US June 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9781509989065 • £12.99 / $17.95 • HB 9781509989058 • £45.00 / $61.00
ePub 9781509989072 • £11.69 / $16.19
ePdf 9781509989089 • £11.69 / $16.19
Series: Key Ideas in Law • Hart Publishing
Royal Law
Prerogative Foundations
Robert Craig, University of Bristol, UK
This book argues that all non-statutory powers of the Crown are royal prerogative powers and asserts that the Crown does not possess or exercise any 'third source' powers, common law powers or 'Ram doctrine' style freedoms. Taking the definitions of royal prerogative powers presented by AV Dicey, Blackstone, Wade and Harris in turn the book argues that recent case law considering third source powers must be reconsidered as examples of judicial regulation of prerogative powers, including an often-overlooked prerogative power to administer the realm.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 288 pages
HB 9781509965953 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509965960 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509965977 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
The Law-Making Process
Michael Zander KC, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Now in its 9th edition, The Law-Making Process presents a complete overview of the law-making process in the UK.
Written by Michael Zander KC, one of the foremost authorities on the workings of the legal system, it combines critical and clear commentary with a well-chosen and wideranging selection of materials so that students have at their fingertips everything they need to know about the law-making process.
UK August 2025 US September 2025 576 pages
PB 9781509986507 £59.99 / $79.95 HB 9781509986514 £120.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781509986521 • £53.99 / $72.89
ePdf 9781509986538 • £53.99 / $72.89
Hart Publishing
Comparative Law in Asia
Essays in Honour of Andrew Harding
Edited by Ngoc Son Bui, University of Oxford, UK & Munin Pongsapan, Thammasat University, Thailand
This book comprises essays in honour of Professor Andrew Harding, a leading scholar in the fields of Asian legal studies and comparative constitutional law.
Written by his colleagues and friends, the essays deal with important themes in comparative law in Asia, including comparative law methodology and theory; comparative constitutional law; legal transplants and development; and comparative law and society. The essays cover Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, and Commonwealth Asia.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 368 pages
HB 9781509986545 • £110.00 / $150.00
ePub 9781509986552 £99.00 / $134.99
ePdf 9781509986569 £99.00 / $134.99
Hart Publishing
Controlling the Administrative State
Essays in Honour of Matthew Groves
Edited by Mark Aronson, University of New South Wales, Australia & Greg Weeks, Australian National University, Australia
This book discusses some of the most important issues facing administrative law and related doctrines. Leading public law scholars from across the common law world have contributed chapters to recognise the exceptional scholarship and career of Professor Matthew Groves at Deakin University, Australia.
Readers interested in public law – whether practitioners, researchers or students – will discover a wealth of engaging and thoughtprovoking considerations of the most topical current issues in administrative law by a selection of prominent academics.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 384 pages
HB 9781509975501 • £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509975518 £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509975525 £90.00 / $122.84
Hart Publishing
Democracy in Crisis?
The Putney Debates 2023
Edited by Richard Clary, Harvard Law School, USA, Zim Nwokora, Deakin University, Australia & DJ Galligan, University of Oxford, UK
This volume explores the state of representative democracy on the global stage.
It does this against the backdrop of crises such as the USA Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, recent refusals to accept election results in various countries, and recent attempts to restrict the voting franchise, as well as longer-term trends such as the rise of populism and declining trust in political elites.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781509980895 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509980901 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509980925 £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory
Charles Barzun, University of Virginia, USA & Maartje De Visser, Singapore Management University & Matthias Klatt, University of Graz, Austria
Essays on Freedom and Proportionality
Edited by Dimitrios Kyritsis, University
of Essex, UK
This open access book explores the connection between proportionality and the moral concept of freedom from a variety of philosophical perspectives. It showcases novel attempts to combine proportionality and freedom that are inspired by Kant, Rawls and Bernard Williams. It also situates its central question within debates about the legitimacy of judicial power and keeps sight of the pivotal issues around the meaning of human rights that courts around the world use a proportionality analysis to resolve.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 248 pages
HB 9781509973804 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509973774 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509973781 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory Hart Publishing
Equality Before the Law
Equal Dignity, Wrongful Discrimination, and the Rule of Law
Michael P Foran, University of Glasgow, UK
This book presents a defence of the value of equality within law which is neither purely formal nor an all-things-considered theory of justice.
The book argues that equality is grounded in the principle of equal moral status of all subjects of the law. It explores the argument that this principle of moral equality is the fundamental normative basis of the common law constitution and essential for the rule of law.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781509964987 • £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509964949
ePub 9781509964956 • £38.69 / $52.64
ePdf 9781509964963 • £38.69 / $52.64
Series: Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory • Hart Publishing
Constitutional Systems of the World
The Distorting Lens of Convergent Constitutional Theory
Peter Cane, University of Cambridge, UK
This book challenges the near-universal acceptance of a US-style, Western constitutional paradigm as the best basis for comparative constitutional studies.
Main pillars of this ‘convergent constitutional theory’ are rooted in the revolutionary, late-eighteenth century – a lost world; constitutional arrangements that deviate from the paradigm are often branded as ‘outliers’ or even not constitutional at all; and the foundations of the paradigm in liberal democracy give no space for other forms of constitutionalism.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 152 pages
HB 9781509988464 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781509988457 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781509988440 • £72.00 / $98.54
Series: Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory • Hart Publishing
Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation – Comparative Perspectives
Volume 1: National Reports
Edited by Matthias Klatt, University of Graz, Austria
This book is part of a 2-volume set which investigates the canon of constitutionally conforming interpretation. Both volumes analyse the canon’s use in the national, supranational and international context and reflect on the issues raised.
This volume presents national reports from 19 jurisdictions, to shed light on the canon’s structural background, the conditions of its application, and its critical reception.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 464 pages
PB 9781509976331 £74.99 / $100.00
Previously published in HB 9781509953844
ePub 9781509953851 • £67.49 / $91.79
ePdf 9781509953868 • £67.49 / $91.79
Series: Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory • Hart Publishing
Andrew Harding, National University of Singapore & Benjamin L Berger & Heinz Klug, University of Wisconsin, USA & Peter Leyland, SOAS, University of London, UK & Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, Australia
The Constitution of South Africa
A Contextual Analysis
Heinz Klug, University of Wisconsin, USA
This new edition presents the South African Constitution in its historical and social context.
The chapters present a detailed analysis of the different provisions of the Constitution, addressing the historical context, the legal, political and philosophical sources of the Constitution, its principles and structure, the bill of rights, parliament and executive as well as the Constitution's provisions for cooperative government and regionalism. The final chapter discusses the challenges facing the Constitution and its aspirations in a democratic South Africa.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 336 pages
PB 9781509963317 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781509963225 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509963232 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509963249 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Constitutional Systems of the World • Hart Publishing
The Constitution of the European Union A Contextual Analysis
Ulrich Haltern, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
This book provides a contextual analysis of the constitution of the European Union which, unlike most constitutions, does not belong to a state. It illustrates that the EU is an international organization that has moved beyond the features of international law into a terrain very close to the municipal law of federal states. It explores the judicial impact of the European Court of Justice and the legislative role of the Commission and European Parliament.
UK February 2025 US March 2025 272 pages
PB 9781782257479 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781509985104 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781782257493 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781782257516 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Constitutional Systems of the World • Hart Publishing
Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law
Automation in Governance Theory, Practice and Problems
Edited by Yee-Fui Ng, Monash University, Australia & Matthew Groves, Deakin University, Australia
This book examines the principles and practice of automation in public governance.
Automation is changing the face of government and public law. The collection examines key challenges posed by automation, focusing on theoretical issues, case studies, as well as practices and proposals for reform. It brings together scholars, public officials and judges from a range of jurisdictions, including the UK, the USA, Canada, Austria, France and the Netherlands to examine principles that should guide automation in government and what can be learned from the growing policy failures involving automation.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 448 pages
HB 9781509984985 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781509984992 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781509984978 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law • Hart Publishing
Small State Constitutionalism
Edited by Maartje De Visser, Singapore
Management University, Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, Australia & Elisabeth Perham, University of New South Wales, Australia
This volume addresses the important, but undernoticed, question of the impact of state size and scale for constitutional law and governance, and brings together leading global scholars to focus on the lessons from a range of small states and jurisdictions in this context.
The collection features contributions by scholars living and working across the Global South and North, and includes attention to the constitutional experiences of small states and jurisdictions in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, the Caribbean and Oceania that have not received much coverage in the literature.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 496 pages
HB 9781509979769 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781509979776 £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781509979783 £85.50 / $116.09
Hart Publishing
The Rise of Constitutionalism A Global Perspective
Kostas Chrysogonos, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
This book explores the past and present of constitutional governance in the first quarter of the 21st Century and offers insights on the future of constitutionalism. From the struggles for democratic governance in Latin America to Asia’s delicate balance between tradition and modernity and Africa’s post-colonial arrangements, the book answers a critical query: amidst the promises of democratic ideals, do formal constitutions always translate into effective governance?
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 496 pages
HB 9781509981717 • £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509981724 • £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509981700 • £90.00 / $122.84
Hart Publishing World All Languages (except Greek)
Constitutional Courts, Media and Public Opinion
Angioletta Sperti, University of Pisa, Italy
This book analyses how the recent information revolution has radically changed the way courts communicate with the public. It focuses on the consequences of the communication revolution of courts both in terms of their relationship with public opinion and of the legitimacy of judicial review of legislation. The book will interest scholars in constitutional law and public comparative law, sociologists, historians, political scientists, and scholars of media law and communication studies.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781509953646 • £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509953608
ePub 9781509953615 £40.49 / $55.34
ePdf 9781509953622 £40.49 / $55.34
Series: Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law • Hart Publishing
The Language of Comparative Constitutional Law
Questioning Hegemonies
Edited by Erika Arban, University of Melbourne, Australia, Maartje De Visser, Singapore Management University & Jeong-In Yun, Korea University, south Korea
This volume examines the impact and salience of language in the field of comparative constitutional law. It addresses the epistemological and conceptual implications of English as the lingua franca and the related global influence of Anglophone jurisdictions in orienting the discourse. It does this through the identification of concepts, designs and ideas that warrant engagement and exploration also outside of those origin jurisdictions. In doing so, the volume underscores that language is not a neutral device but can produce hegemonic pressures and expectations.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 416 pages
HB 9781509983933 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509983940 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509983957 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Human Rights and Corruption in Brazil
Democracy at a Crossroads
Lucas Delgado, Brazilian Council of Justice, Brazil
This book identifies 2 polarising concepts used by Brazilian sociology to explain the formation of Brazil as a society: corruption and human rights.
The book examines the outcomes of international human rights regimes in Brazil, involving rights and policies related to: the right to food, the fight against hunger, and conditional cash transfer programs; the right to health and the public healthcare system; the right to racial equality and affirmative action in superior education; and the right to recognition and the protection of indigenous populations.
The book sheds light on how democracy evolves or recedes over time under their influence.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9781509981977 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509981991 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509981984 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Constitutionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean Hart Publishing
Contagion, Technology, and Law at the Limits
Edited by Lynette J Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore & Jack Jin Gary Lee, The New School for Social Research, New York, USA
This open access book explores law, politics, and inequality in fights against infectious diseases. Guided by a theoretical framework called “governing through contagion”, the studies in this book analyse how past and present governments have tried to combat contagious diseases, such as the bubonic plague, cholera, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19. They examine how these governments used law and other technologies, including waste management, mask-wearing, quarantine stations, house inspections, and the burning of entire neighbourhoods, to achieve their aims of protecting populations and ensuring productivity.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781509970742 • £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509970704
ePub 9781509970728 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509970711 • £00.00 / $00.00
Hart Publishing
Referendums as Representative Democracy
Leah Trueblood, University of Oxford, UK
In referendums on fundamental constitutional issues, do the people come together to make decisions instead of representatives? This book argues that they do not. It offers an alternative theory of referendums whereby they are one of many ordinary ways that voters give direction to their representatives. The book argues that referendums are better understood as exercises in representative democracy.
Challenging the current treatment of referendums in processes of constitutional change both in the United Kingdom and around the world, the book strengthens the case for referendums by showing how they can support, rather than undermine, institutions of representative democracy.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 168 pages
PB 9781509948772 • £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509940806
ePub 9781509940813 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509940820 • £76.50 / $103.94
Hart Publishing
Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 3
Constitutional Structure
Edited by Ngoc Son Bui, University of Oxford, UK, Mara Malagodi, University of Warwick, UK & Christopher Roberts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
This is the third in a 4 volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in 19 Asian jurisdictions. Volume 3 looks at both the formal and functional aspects of constitutional structure in Asia. The jurisdictions covered include: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 528 pages
HB 9781509949779 • £160.00 / $220.00
ePub 9781509949786 • £144.00 / $195.74
ePdf 9781509949793 £144.00 / $195.74
Hart Publishing
Facts in Public Law Adjudication
Edited by Joe Tomlinson, University of York, UK & Anne Carter, University of Adelaide, Australia
This book considers how courts engage with questions of fact in public law adjudication. It also considers whether the existing laws and practices surrounding evidence are sufficient, and how other disciplines might assist the courts.
The book reconnects the key practical issues surrounding evidence and facts with the lively academic debate on judicial review in the common law world; it therefore contributes to an emerging area of scholarly debate and also has practical implications for the conduct of litigation and government policy-making.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 328 pages
PB 9781509957422 • £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509957385
ePub 9781509957392 • £40.49 / $55.34
ePdf 9781509957408 • £40.49 / $55.34
Hart Publishing
CIETAC Arbitration Rules 2024
Article-by-Article Commentary
Eckart Brödermann, Brödermann Jahn Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Germany & Björn Etgen, GvW Graf von Westphalen, Germany
This book provides detailed information on arbitration in China from a legal and a cultural perspective. Among the over one thousand options for institutional arbitration offered globally, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) is top ranking. The CIETAC Arbitration Rules were recently reformed, and were enforced on 1 January 2024. They include several notable changes concerning, for example, the digitalisation of CIETAC arbitration, interim awards, and the approach to ad hoc arbitration. The book concludes with overviews of the changes to the Chinese and English versions of the CIETAC Arbitration Rules.
UK October 2024 • US November 2024 • 208 pages
PB 9781509984374 • £60.00 / $80.00
Beck/Hart
World English (excluding Austria/Czech Republic/Germany/Japan/Poland/Switzerland)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation Law and Technology
Edited by Matthias Haentjens, Leiden University, the Netherlands, Louise Gullifer, University of Cambridge, UK & Ilya Kokorin, Leiden University, the Netherlands
This book provides a commentary on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), a game-changing EU regulation for crypto-assets and crypto-asset services.
Leading experts in the fields of financial law, regulation, and technology examine the goals, rules and operation of MiCAR.
The book is designed for anyone dealing with crypto-assets or considering entering the crypto space. This includes representatives from legal and business communities, both incumbent (banks, investment firms, investment funds) and new market players (crypto exchanges, wallet service providers, issuers of stablecoins), supervisory authorities, students and academics.
UK October 2025 • US December 2025 • 448 pages
HB 9781509970407 • £120.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781509970414 • £108.00 / $147.14
ePdf 9781509970421 • £108.00 / $147.14
Series: Hart Studies in Commercial and Financial Law • Hart Publishing
Charity Law and Governance
Private Purpose, Public Benefit, and the Regulatory Strategy
Edited by Ross Grantham, University of Queensland, Australia & Kim D Weinert, University of Queensland, Australia
This book presents a critical, in-depth analysis of the changes taking place in the governance of charities and charity law in Australia, New Zealand, and England.
Featuring contributions from both renowned and up-and-coming international charity law scholars, this book stands out for its comprehensive coverage. Each chapter delves into the nuanced, complex issues arising from the modernisation of charity law, providing a rich, insightful exploration of the concept of 'charity' as it straddles the realms of legal theory and state-regulated practice.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9781509979271
£90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509979288 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509979295 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Delisting of Stock Corporations in Europe and Beyond Rationales, Forms, and Perspectives
Edited by Vassilios Tountopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece & Rüdiger Veil, LudwigMaximilians-Universität, Germany
This book examines delisting — and the difficult questions it raises around investor protection — from the perspectives of the company, shareholders, trading venues, and supervisory authorities.
Delisting is analysed with a view to finding common ground in the EU; the book also considers approaches in jurisdictions outside Europe, in particular Australia, Hong Kong, India, South America, and the USA.
Offering a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of the major questions for listed companies who want to go private, the book will be of great interest to academics, lawmakers, supervisors, lawyers and judges.
UK
HB 9781509974788 £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509974795 £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509974801 £90.00 / $122.84 Hart Publishing
The Societal Company
Sustainability, Shareholder Value, and European Company Law
John Quinn, Dublin City University, Ireland
Many attempts have been made to reduce the harms caused by business and to make companies become socially responsible. This book approaches the subject from a new perspective arguing that reflexive law offers the best means to align the interests of large companies with those of society and that recent developments in European company law fit a reflexive model.
This book presents an argument for how the ‘societal company’ – a company that has a culture of transnational responsibility to do no harm but that retains the autonomy necessary to be economically productive – can be established through reflexive law.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 208 pages
HB 9781509977741 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509977758 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509977765 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law Hart Publishing
Consumer Rights and Protections
Examining the Facts
Nancy Hendricks, Independent Scholar, USA How did industrialization drive the development of consumer rights and protections in the USA? How have these laws defended consumers against business fraud, deceptive advertising, industrial pollution, and unsafe or unethical practices? Why have political opinions about consumer rights become so polarizing? This resource answers these questions and many more, surveying ways in which consumer rights and protections have evolved in response to momentous changes in business, technology, and society, and providing readers with insights into the past, present, and possible futures of consumer rights in America.
UK July 2025 US June 2025 232 pages
HB 9781440881305 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798765116821 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9781440881312 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Contemporary Debates • Bloomsbury Academic
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 03 The President, Revised as of January 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 3 presents regulations for the handling and dissemination of Presidential documents and the standards of conduct, public information provisions, and the enforcement of non-discrimination on the basis of handicap applicable to the Executive Office of the President.
UK
PB 9781636711126 • £52.00 / $67.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 03 The President • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture 1-26, Revised as of January 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 7 presents regulations governing the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and forty subordinate departments and agencies. Regulated activities include: marketing services, food and consumer services, crop insurance, plant and animal inspection, agricultural research, natural resources, etc.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 652 pages
PB 9781636714479 • £41.00 / $53.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture 27-52, Revised as of January 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 7 presents regulations governing the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and forty subordinate departments and agencies. Regulated activities include: marketing services, food and consumer services, crop insurance, plant and animal inspection, agricultural research, natural resources, etc.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 608 pages
PB 9781636714486 £42.00 / $55.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture 1200-1599, Revised as of January 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 7 presents regulations governing the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and forty subordinate departments and agencies. Regulated activities include: marketing services, food and consumer services, crop insurance, plant and animal inspection, agricultural research, natural resources, etc.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 790 pages
PB 9781636711294 £52.00 / $67.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture 1940-1949, Revised as of January 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 7 presents regulations governing the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and forty subordinate departments and agencies. Regulated activities include: marketing services, food and consumer services, crop insurance, plant and animal inspection, agricultural research, natural resources, etc.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 626 pages
PB 9781636711331 • £19.99 / $27.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 09 Animals and Animal Products 1-199, Revised as of January 1, 2020
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 9 presents regulations governing animal and plant health inspection services, grain inspection, packers and stockyard administration, and food safety and inspection of meat and poultry.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1070 pages
PB 9781641434799 £25.00 / $34.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 09 Animals and Animal Products Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 09 Animals and Animal Products 1-199, Revised as of January 1, 2022 PT2
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 9 presents regulations governing animal and plant health inspection services, grain inspection, packers and stockyard administration, and food safety and inspection of meat and poultry.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1084 pages
PB 9781636711409
• £25.00 / $33.50
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 09 Animals and Animal Products • Bloomsbury
Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy 1-50, Revised as of January 1, 2022
Part 2
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 1118 pages
PB 9781636711430 £25.00 / $33.50
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy 1-50, Revised as of January 1, 2022 PT1
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1118 pages
PB 9781636711423
• £25.00 / $33.50
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy 1-50, Revised as of January 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1118 pages
PB 9781636714677 • £52.00 / $67.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy 200-499, Revised as of January 1, 2020
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1038 pages
PB 9781641435369 £40.00 / $52.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking 500599, Revised as of January 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 12 presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 554 pages
PB 9781636711553 • £35.00 / $44.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking 9001025, Revised as of January 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 12 presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 768 pages
PB 9781636711577 • £25.00 / $32.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14 Aeronautics and Space 110-199, Revised as of January 1, 2021
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 14 presents regulations governing the activities of the Department of Transportation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the areas of aeronautics and space, including: aircraft, airmen, airspace, air traffic, certification of air carriers and operations, and airports.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 960 pages
PB 9781636718101 • £50.00 / $65.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14 Aeronautics and Space • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Food and Drugs 1300End, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 21 presents regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office of the National Drug Control Agency in the area of food and drugs.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 330 pages
PB 9781636711959 £19.99 / $29.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Food and Drugs Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code
of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Food and Drugs 300499, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 21 presents regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office of the National Drug Control Agency in the area of food and drugs. These regulations encompass food and drugs for human and animal use, biologics, cosmetics, medical devices, radiological health, and controlled substances.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 404 pages
PB 9781636711911 • £30.00 / $35.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Food and Drugs • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code
of Federal Regulations, Title 23 Highways, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 23 presents regulations by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration detailing planning and research, engineering and traffic operations, rightof-way and environment, public transportation, and highway safety.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 816 pages
PB 9781636715223 • £38.00 / $50.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23 Highways • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code
of Federal Regulations, Title 24 Housing and Urban Development 500 - 699, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 24 presents regulations governing housing and urban development as set forth by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Topics covered include: fair housing; mortgage and loan insurance programs; and slum clearance and urban renewal.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 814 pages
PB 9781636712017 • £39.99 / $54.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 24 Housing and Urban Development • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 24 Housing and Urban Development 700 - 1699 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 24 presents regulations governing housing and urban development as set forth by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Topics covered include: fair housing; mortgage and loan insurance programs; and slum clearance and urban renewal.
UK
PB
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 1.01.60, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 736 pages PB 9781636712062 £42.00 / $55.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 24 Housing Urban Dev 1700-End 2024
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 17 presents regulations governing commodities and securities exchanges. It includes the rules of Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of the Treasury.
UK
PB
Code of Federal Regulations,
Title 26 Internal Revenue 1.4011.409, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 768 pages
PB 9781636712116 £49.00 / $64.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 1.4101.440, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 720 pages
PB 9781636712123 • £48.00 / $62.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 1.611.139, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 624 pages
PB 9781636712079 £38.00 / $50.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue Bloomsbury Academic World English
UK
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 2-29, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service.
PB 9781636712215 • £51.00 / $66.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 40-49, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April.
UK
PB 9781636712239 • £19.99 / $29.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations,
Title 26 Internal Revenue 500599, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 688 pages
PB 9781636712260 £10.99 / $14.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 600END, Revised as of April 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 208 pages
PB 9781636712277 £14.99 / $20.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27 Alcohol Tobacco Products and Firearms 1-39, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 27 presents regulations by the U.S. Treasury that govern alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. Subchapters address liquors; firearms; procedures and practices; and alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1028 pages
PB 9781636715520 £51.00 / $66.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27 Alcohol Tobacco Products and Firearms Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, TITLE 29 LABOR OSHA 1910.1000-END, Revised as of July 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 29 presents regulations addressing labor management standards; wages and hours; equal employment; occupational safety; and pension and welfare benefits.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 722 pages
PB 9781636715636 • £38.00 / $49.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29 Labor/OSHA Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30 Mineral Resources 200699, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 30 presents regulations governing mineral lands and mining applied by the United States Bureau of Mines.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 672 pages
PB 9781636715698 • £43.00 / $56.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30 Mineral Resources • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30 Mineral Resources 700End, Revised as of July 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 30 presents regulations governing mineral lands and mining applied by the United States Bureau of Mines.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1008 pages
PB 9781636712444 • £49.00 / $64.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 30 Mineral Resources • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 31 Money and Finance 200499, Revised as of July 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 31 presents regulations governing money and finance issues applied by the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Monetary Offices, Fiscal Service, Secret Service, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and Office of International Investment.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 608 pages
PB 9781636715728 £37.99 / $52.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 31 Money and Finance • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 34 Education 1-299, Revised as of July 1, 2022
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 34 presents regulations governing education related activities and programs. General provisions, civil rights, elementary and secondary education, special education and rehabilitative services, vocational and adult education, bilingual education and minority languages affairs, postsecondary education, educational research and improvement, literacy, and disability are addressed in separate chapters.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 616 pages
PB 9781636712574 • £43.00 / $56.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 34 Education • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the Environment 150-189, Revised as of July 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 928 pages
PB 9781636716206 £41.99 / $56.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the Environment • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the Environment 190-259, Revised as of July 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 608 pages
PB 9781636716213 £32.99 / $44.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the Environment • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the Environment 300-399, Revised as of July 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 576 pages
PB 9781636716244 • £33.99 / $47.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the Environment • Hart Publishing World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the Environment 1060-END, Revised as of July 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 784 pages
PB 9781636716312 • £49.99 / $67.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 Protection of the Environment • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 102-200, Revised as of July 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 41 sets forth practices of wage determination, health and safety standards, regulations governing purchase from people who are blind or severely disabled, and employment practices expected of federal contractors.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 766 pages
PB 9781636716343 • £44.99 / $62.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 41 Public Contracts and Property Management • Hart Publishing World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42 Public Health 400-413, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 42 presents regulations that apply to: medical personnel; medical care and examinations; health related grants; fellowships, internships, and training; quarantine, inspection, and licensing; occupational safety and health research; health assessments; vaccines; Medicare and medical assistance programs; and standards and certification of facilities and services.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 1018 pages
PB 9781636716374 • £51.00 / $66.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42 Public Health • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42 Public Health 414-429, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 42 presents regulations that apply to: medical personnel; medical care and examinations; health related grants; fellowships, internships, and training; quarantine, inspection, and licensing; occupational safety and health research; health assessments; vaccines; Medicare and medical assistance programs; and standards and certification of facilities and services.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 1018 pages
PB 9781636716381 • £51.00 / $66.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42 Public Health • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 46 Shipping 166-199, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 46 presents regulations applied by the Coast Guard to merchant marine officers and seamen, uninspected vessels, tank vessels, load lines, marine engineering, documenting and measuring vessels, passenger vessels, cargo and miscellaneous vessels, offshore supply vessels, mobile offshore drilling units, electrical engineering, small passenger vessels, oceanographic vessels, occupational safety and health standards, and lifesaving systems. Maritime Administration regulations cover policies, practices and procedures, maritime carriers, subsidized vessels, vessel financing assistance, emergency operations, training, and ports. The Maritime Commission also holds the responsibility for maritime carriers, terminals, tariffs, domestic offshore commerce, and foreign commerce.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 512 pages
PB 9781636716565 • £37.99 / $52.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 46 Shipping • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code
of
Federal Regulations,
Title 46 Shipping 200-499, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 46 presents regulations applied by the Coast Guard to merchant marine officers and seamen, uninspected vessels, tank vessels, load lines, marine engineering, documenting and measuring vessels, passenger vessels, cargo and miscellaneous vessels, offshore supply vessels, mobile offshore drilling units, electrical engineering, small passenger vessels, oceanographic vessels, occupational safety and health standards, and lifesaving systems. Maritime Administration regulations cover policies, practices and procedures, maritime carriers, subsidized vessels, vessel financing assistance, emergency operations, training, and ports. The Maritime Commission also holds the responsibility for maritime carriers, terminals, tariffs, domestic offshore commerce, and foreign commerce.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 464 pages
PB 9781636716572 • £32.99 / $45.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 46 Shipping • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications 0-19, Revised as of October 1, 2024
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio services, and policies related to national security. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by October. Publication follows within six months.
UK
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications 40-69, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio services, and policies related to national security. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by October. Publication follows within six months.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 738 pages
PB 9781636716619 £32.99 / $45.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications • Hart Publishing World English
Code
of
Federal Regulations,
TITLE 46 SHIPPING 500-END, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 42 presents regulations that apply to: medical personnel; medical care and examinations; health related grants; fellowships, internships, and training; quarantine, inspection, and licensing; occupational safety and health research; health assessments; vaccines; Medicare and medical assistance programs; and standards and certification of facilities and services. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by October. Publication follows within six months.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 336 pages
PB 9781636716589 • £21.99 / $29.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42 Public Health • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations,
Title 47 Telecommunications 20-39, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio services, and policies related to national security. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by October. Publication follows within six months.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 592 pages
PB 9781636716602 • £38.99 / $52.95
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications 70-79, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio services, and policies related to national security. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by October. Publication follows within six months.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 896 pages
PB 9781636716626 £49.99 / $67.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications 80End, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio services, and policies related to national security. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by October. Publication follows within six months.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 896 pages
PB 9781636716633 • £49.99 / $67.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications • Hart Publishing World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System Chapters 3-6, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 48 presents regulations which cover acquisition planning, contracting methods and contract types, socioeconomic programs, general contracting requirements, special categories of contracting, contract management, clauses, and forms.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 462 pages
PB 9781636716671 • £28.99 / $39.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System • Hart Publishing World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 18-199, Revised as of October 1, 2021
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration; marine mammals; whaling; fisheries; tuna fisheries; and international fishing.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 896 pages
PB 9781636717425 £43.00 / $56.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 18-199, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration; marine mammals; whaling; fisheries; tuna fisheries; and international fishing.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 896 pages
PB 9781636716893 £41.99 / $56.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 200-227, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration; marine mammals; whaling; fisheries; tuna fisheries; and international fishing.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 1148 pages
PB 9781636716909 • £52.00 / $67.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 228-599, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration; marine mammals; whaling; fisheries; tuna fisheries; and international fishing.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 496 pages
PB 9781636716916 • £35.00 / $43.00
Series: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Code of Federal Regulations,
Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries
600-659, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration; marine mammals; whaling; fisheries; tuna fisheries; and international fishing.
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 660-End, Revised as of October 1, 2023
Office Of The Federal Register (U.S.)
Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration; marine mammals; whaling; fisheries; tuna fisheries; and international fishing. UK
Contract Law
Ewan McKendrick, University of Oxford, UK
The 16th edition of Ewan McKendrick KC’s bestselling textbook is the go-to-resource for all students of contract law.
Its comprehensive coverage and incisive analysis gives students the edge in coursework and exams.
Unrivalled for the clarity of its explanation, the new edition expertly links analysis of fundamental doctrines of the law of contract with practical examples of the operation of the law of contract, thus providing students with a deep understanding of contract law. Fully updated with the latest developments in the law, it makes an ideal core text for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
UK May 2025 • US July 2025 • 648 pages
PB 9781350508217 • £36.99 / $49.95 • HB 9781350508224 • £120.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781350508248 • £33.29 / $45.89
ePdf 9781350508231 • £33.29 / $45.89
Series: Hart Law Masters • Hart Publishing
Good Faith and Relational Contracts, Volume 2 Application to Specific Principles
Anthony Gray, Bond University, Australia
This book explores the use of the doctrine of good faith in the common law when interpreting contracts and resolving disputes. It discusses the implications of relational contract theory and good faith for issues such as liquidated damages clauses, discretion to terminate a contract, contract forfeiture, employment contracts, and contractual remedies. The author discusses the potential for good faith to unite a number of currently disparate contract law and equitable principles into a coherent framework, providing an opportunity to question and jettison some archaic aspects of existing doctrine that are no longer defensible.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 264 pages
HB 9781509980994 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509981007 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509981014 • £81.00 / $110.69 Hart Publishing
The Foundations of Tort Law in the Civilian Tradition
A Comparative Perspective
Enrique Barros, University of Chile
The leading Spanish-language treatise on the law on torts has now been translated to English, making it accessible to jurists, scholars, and practitioners throughout the world.
It addresses the central analytical questions in modern tort theory by reference to first principles, explaining how doctrinal tension has resulted from the law's evolution. It also offers a theoretical framework for understanding and analysing the doctrines behind the main tort rules found in different jurisdictions, including their interrelationship and historical development. Steeped in Chilean legal doctrine and case law on torts, it considers authorities from Britain, Germany, the USA, France, and Spain.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 848 pages
HB 9781509983278 • £150.00 / $200.00
ePub 9781509983285 £135.00 / $183.59
ePdf 9781509983292 £135.00 / $183.59
Series: Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law • Hart Publishing World English
Landmark Cases in the Law of Punitive Damages
Edited by James Goudkamp, University of Oxford, UK & Eleni Katsampouka, King's College London, UK
Punitive damages are private law’s most controversial remedy. This book traces the development of the jurisdiction from the foundational decisions of Huckle v Money and Wilkes v Wood in England, to leading modern cases such as Harris v Digital Pulse Pty Ltd in Australia, Whiten v Pilot Insurance Co in Canada, Couch v AG (No 2) in New Zealand, PH Hydraulics and Engineering Pte Ltd v Airtrust (Hong Kong) Ltd in Singapore and Mathias v Accor Economy Lodging, Inc and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co v Campbell in the United States.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 408 pages
PB 9781509967049 • £59.99 / $79.95
Previously published in HB 9781509967001
ePub 9781509967018 • £53.99 / $72.89
ePdf 9781509967025 £53.99 / $72.89
Series: Landmark Cases Hart Publishing
The Future of Private Law
Anna Beckers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands & Daniel Markovits & Hans-W. Micklitz, European University Institute, Italy & Marija Bartl, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands & Simon Deakin, University of Cambridge, UK
The Future of the Person
Edited by Hans-W. Micklitz, European University Institute, Italy & Giuseppe Vettori, University of Florence, Italy
The notion and the concept of the person as a legal subject underpin national private law orders. Three questions are inspiring the current debate: whether after the 'subject' of the 19thcentury Codes and the 'person' of the 20th-century Constitutions, there is a social figure or figures or other categories of reference useful for our work, whether the centrality of fundamental rights can be replaced by forms of the 'impersonal' and how and why subjectivities must be rethought in the age of infocracy and autocracies. The contributions in this volume should be understood as an invitation for discussion and controversies.
UK March 2025 US March 2025 384 pages
HB 9781509982721 £110.00 / $150.00
ePub 9781509982738 • £99.00 / $134.99
ePdf 9781509982745 • £99.00 / $134.99
Series: The Future of Private Law • Hart Publishing
The Foundations of European Transnational Private Law
Edited by Anna Beckers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Hans-W. Micklitz, European University Institute, Italy, Rodrigo Vallejo, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands & Pia Letto-Vanamo, University of Helsinki, Finland
This collection identifies and assesses the role of EU private law, beyond the EU marketplace, but within the transnational market. It explores the implications of the external reach EU private law is having at both a substantive and normative level. Its team of experts do this by relating the external dimension of European regulatory private law to two discussion points: its concrete contribution of different sectors of transnational markets; and its relevance to contemporary legal conceptions of transnational law and ordering. This allows the book to set out the role of European private law in the global political economy.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 424 pages
PB 9781509962969 • £49.99 / $67.95
Previously published in HB 9781509962921
ePub 9781509962938 • £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509962945 • £90.00 / $122.84
Series: The Future of Private Law • Hart Publishing
The Right to be Oneself
Guido Alpa, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
What does the right to be oneself entail? And how is it manifest in our understanding of the law?
The leading commentator on this subject explores these questions, taking an ambitious and multi-faceted approach. To answer them, he draws on private law, jurisprudence, constitutional law, as well as history, art and literature. This treatise, translated from the Italian original and expanded to give a more international perspective, is the seminal work on the development of identity-protection through law.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 304 pages
PB 9781509972487 £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509972449
ePub 9781509972456 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509972463 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Future of Private Law • Hart Publishing
Hart Studies in Private Law
Cause and Consideration
Exploring the Foundations of Contract Law
Edited by Bruno Rodríguez & Rocío Caro Gándara, University of Málaga, Spain & Antonio Legerén-Molina, University of A Coruña, Spain
This book provides a comprehensive study of two parallel notions of civil and common law: cause and consideration.
It does this in three ways; with historical, comparative, and functional perspectives. Aspects of cause and consideration are hotly contested by contract lawyers and this book will bring clarity by looking at the English and Continental positions. Key areas of focus include: enforceability, questions of legality and morality, contractual justice, and the correction of unjustified property displacements.
Bringing together a team of experts, the book discusses complex questions of academic and practical importance.
UK June 2025 • US July 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9781509971398 £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509971404 £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509971411 • £90.00 / $122.84
Series: Hart Studies in Private Law • Hart Publishing
Politics, Policy and Private Law
Volume I: Tort,
Property and Equity
Edited by Jodi Gardner, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Amy Goymour, Janet O'Sullivan & Sarah Worthington, University of Cambridge, UK
This is a landmark and ambitious research project looking at private law through the policy prism undertaken by a team of acknowledged experts in their fields.
This first volume explores tort law, property law and equity, with chapters looking at the Grenfell disaster, compensation of medical injuries post COVID-19, the gig economy and co-ownership. The volumes also explore traditional private law areas, such as psychological injury and the impact of fairness and/or equality obligations. They highlight the similarities and differences across many aspects of private law, allowing for a richer analysis across all the strands of private law.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 280 pages
PB 9781509961009 • £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509960965
ePub 9781509960972 • £40.49 / $55.34
ePdf 9781509960989 • £40.49 / $55.34
Series: Hart Studies in Private Law Hart Publishing
The Scope and Structure of Unjust Enrichment
Duncan Sheehan, University of Leeds, UK
This ambitious book grapples with ongoing debates on the structure of unjust enrichment. It argues that while unjust enrichment has the function of reversing defective enrichments, there is scope for normative pluralism in how the law achieves this.
Drawing on comparative material from Germany, Scotland and South Africa the book argues for a legal framework which combines elements of the absence of basis and unjust factors approaches. It assesses how that structure can be mapped against the causes of action that make up unjust enrichment, and concludes with a treatment of defences.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 240 pages
PB 9781509942435 £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509942442
ePub 9781509942459 • £37.79 / $51.29
ePdf 9781509942466 • £37.79 / $51.29
Series: Hart Studies in Private Law • Hart Publishing
Stability and Change in Modern Property Law
A Comparative Approach to the Principle of Numerus Clausus
Ernesto Vargas Weil, University of Cambridge, UK
This book examines the English and German version of the numerus clausus principle which holds that there is a list of permitted property rights. It challenges recent views that the principle renders property law inflexible and unable to accommodate social and economic changes. Relying on a novel approach combining property theory and comparative research of English and German law, it argues that the restrictions the principle imposes on the creation of new property types actually does accommodate social changes through a process of ‘functional transformations’ of the existing property rights. This unique study makes an original contribution to property law theory.
UK August 2025 • US September 2025 • 352 pages
HB 9781509981922
• £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509981939
• £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509981946 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: International Studies in the Theory of Private Law • Hart Publishing
Law at the Cutting Edge
Essays in Honour of Sarah Worthington
Edited by Sinéad Agnew, University of Cambridge, UK & Marcus Smith, High Court of England and Wales, UK
This collection celebrates the immense contribution of Sarah Worthington to the field of private law. Defining the subject broadly, experts from the judiciary and the academy address contemporary challenges arising in the fields of agency, company law and insolvency, contract law, equity, the law of money, personal property, restitution and unjust enrichment. The breadth of the contributors' expertise and their willingness to offer innovative and insightful solutions to difficult problems perfectly mirror Sarah Worthington's rigorous and inspirational approach to private law scholarship.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 376 pages
PB 9781509965199 £49.99 / $67.95
Previously published in HB 9781509965151
ePub 9781509965168 • £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509965175 • £90.00 / $122.84
Hart Publishing
Constitutional Rights in Private Law
Tom Kohavi, University of Oxford, UK
This book provides the philosophical foundations for the application of constitutional rights in private law—and more broadly, for social justice-oriented private law reform.
It does this by connecting lessons from political and moral philosophy to those from constitutional and private law theories about their nature and limits. This allows the author to construct a framework for bringing constitutional rights and social justice to bear on private law’s ongoing operation. This is an impressively rigorous analytical work, which will be widely welcomed by private lawyers, legal theorists and social rights scholars.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781509977109 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509977116 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509977123 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: International Studies in the Theory of Private Law • Hart Publishing
Hart Studies in European Criminal Law
Anne Weyembergh, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium & Katalin Ligeti, University of Luxembourg & Valsamis Mitsilegas, University of Liverpool, UK
AI Evidence and Criminal Proceedings
Edited
by Katalin Ligeti, University of Luxembourg
This open access book analyses the challenges that AI evidence poses to fundamental rights and principles of criminal procedure and the rule of law, and proposes new policies to address these issues. It provides a comparative overview on the usage of AI evidence in court, offering insights from data protection law, ICT law and human rights law that will shape the future regulation on AI evidence in criminal courts.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Luxembourg.
UK November 2025 • US September 2025 • 368 pages
HB 9781509976560 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509976577 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509976584 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Hart Studies in European Criminal Law • Hart Publishing
Admissibility of Evidence in EU Cross-Border Criminal Proceedings
Electronic Evidence, Efficiency and Fair Trial Rights
Edited by Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain & Farsam Salimi, University of Vienna, Austria
This book provides a systematic and analytical account of the problems facing transnational criminal justice. It details issues arising in the transnational prosecution of crimes; assesses existing obstacles on admissibility of evidence; assesses the impact that the impediment of free circulation of evidence has on fundamental rights of the defendants facing criminal trial; and drafts a proposal for the future of regulation.
The book offers essential insights on how to outline the main general rules that could be adopted at EU level, balancing the need for efficiency in prosecution and the protection of human rights.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 216 pages
PB 9781509972036 • £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509971992
ePub 9781509972005 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509972012 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Hart Studies in European Criminal Law • Hart Publishing
Proportionality of Criminal Offences and Penalties in EU Law
A Hybrid Principle
Lorenzo Grossio, University of Turin, Italy
This book analyses the theorisation and application of proportionality of criminal offences and penalties, shedding light on its hybrid nature. It deepens the applications of the hybrid principle of proportionality of criminal offences and penalties in the EU legislative practice on the harmonisation of offences and penalties and ECJ case-law on the review of domestic criminal measures.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 252 pages
HB 9781509984749 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509984756 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509984763 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Hart Studies in European Criminal Law • Hart Publishing
Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law
Principles of Polish Criminal Procedure
Jaroslaw Zagrodnik, Silesia University, Poland & Kazimierz Zgryzek, Silesia University, Poland Little is available in English on the procedural aspects of the Polish criminal justice system and the tenets of its criminal process. This book addresses this gap, setting out an analysis of the founding principles, its main phases and those systemic and structural components which inform it. Taking an applied, practical approach, pre-trial, trial, post-trial, questions of evidence and remedies are all addressed. The authors, experts in the field, also explore the role of more general rule of law/standards of law questions currently impacting on the law and its interpretation. Comparative criminal lawyers will welcome this important new work.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 368 pages
PB 9781509950812 • £59.99 / $79.95
Previously published in HB 9781509950775
ePub 9781509950782 • £53.99 / $72.89
ePdf 9781509950799 • £53.99 / $72.89
Series: Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law • Hart Publishing
Indiscriminate and Disproportionate Attacks in International Law
Bridging the Accountability Gap
Luigi Daniele, Nottingham Law School, UK
The book identifies the unresolved legal problems surrounding the prevention and control of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks as international war crimes, critically unpacking the macroscopic implications of these problems for international adjudications. The author demonstrates that the Rome Statute of the ICC, legibus sic stantibus, does not allow to prosecute and punish the most recurring forms of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks, crucially impairing the ability of this institution to pursue the objectives declared by its founding treaty. It concludes by offering two amendment proposals for the Rome Statute to bridge the gaps and overcome the antinomies identified.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9781509976072 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509976089 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509976096 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law • Hart Publishing
Parole Futures
Rationalities, Institutions and Practices
Edited by Harry Annison, University of Southampton, UK, Nicola Carr, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland & Thomas Guiney, University of Nottingham, UK
At a time when many parole systems are experiencing considerable strain, the aims of this collection are twofold: first, to encourage systematic and critical reflection on the rationalities, institutions and practices of parole. Second, to think big, and pose ambitious ‘what if’ questions about the possible futures of parole and prison release. Offering novel insights this international collection builds the case for, and then showcases, a ‘way of doing’ parole research that is global in outlook, interdisciplinary in approach and unapologetically normative in character.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 336 pages
HB 9781509982172 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509982189 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509982196 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Oñati International Series in Law and Society • Hart Publishing
Altruism and the Criminal Law Duties of Rescue and Tolerance
Andrew Ashworth, University of Oxford, UK & Juan Ignacio Piña Rochefort, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
This book explores the foundations of the principle of altruism and its relationship to the criminal law, examining the justifications for the duty of easy rescue and the duty of tolerance.
By analysing the duty of easy rescue, it can be shown that altruism has plenty to say in different parts of the criminal law. A detailed analysis is made of the form that criminalisation should take, bearing in mind the basic principles of English law and considering the strengths and weaknesses of the duty of easy rescue as it is formulated in German, French, Spanish and Italian criminal codes.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781509985760 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509985777
• £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509985753 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
World All Languages (except Portuguese/Spanish)
Global Reflections on Positionality in Rural Access to Justice Research
Edited by Michele Statz, University of Minnesota, USA & Daniel Newman, Cardiff University, UK
This book offers a unique look at rural access to justice through a series of personal and professional reflections by leading scholars in the field. Engaging a “position sensibility,” it explores how our identities, class backgrounds, and professional privileges shape research and writing–and, correspondingly, how there can be no “one size fits all” approach to rural place and justice.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages
HB 9781509972821 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781509972838 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781509972845 • £85.50 / $116.09
Hart Publishing
Criminal Law and Prior Fault
Comparative Perspectives on Addiction and Intoxication
Edited by Anna Goldberg, University of Groningen, the Netherlands & Paloma Manguele, University of Sussex, UK
This book offers fresh perspectives on the role of addiction in prior fault by integrating legal, psychological, neuroscientific, and philosophical dimensions. Are intoxicated defendants responsible for harms they cause to persons and property when intoxicated? Should they be criminally liable for those harms, even if they act without intention or control? What if their intoxicated state is associated with addiction?
Diving into the complex interaction between addiction, intoxication, and law, prior fault is addressed from various jurisdictions including England and Wales, Germany, and the Netherlands, and contains perspectives from Northern American law.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9781509981281 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509981298 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509981304 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Criminal Law Reform Now, Volume 2
Proposals and Critique
Edited by Melissa Bone, University of Leicester, UK, J J Child, University of Birmingham, UK & Jonathan Rogers, University of Cambridge, UK
Returning for a 2nd volume, this book highlights and explores the current reform debates that matter most to legal experts, with each chapter making a case for positive change.
Each chapter presents legal reform proposals, with topics ranging across criminal law, criminal justice, and evidence – including corporate liability, consent to bodily harms, prostitution, legal context and domestic abuse, drugs, economic crimes, defendant anonymity, appeal court structures, and the procedures of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Each chapter is followed by a comment from a different author, providing an additional expert view on each reform proposal.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 352 pages
PB 9781509959228 £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509959181
ePub 9781509959198 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509959204 • £76.50 / $103.94
Hart Publishing
Modern Criminal Law
Essays in Honour of GR Sullivan
Edited by A P Simester, National University of Singapore
This book brings together leading scholars from the next generation of UK criminal lawyers to celebrate the work of G R (Bob) Sullivan, Emeritus Professor at University College London, in the year of his retirement from writing Simester and Sullivan’s Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine. The contributors examine areas in which Professor Sullivan’s own writing has been influential, ranging from general doctrines such as causation and culpability, across specific offences like theft and fraud, through defences including necessity and insanity; before turning, finally, to matters affecting the criminal process, notably challenges to the doctrine of precedent in criminal law.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 336 pages
PB 9781509956180 • £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509956142
ePub 9781509956159 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509956166 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Aviation Law
Edited by Stephan Hobe, University of Köln, Germany & Moritz Heile, Goodvice, Germany
This books offers an expert guide to the aviation industry, by two of its leading commentators. Starting with history and sources, it goes on to look at the provision of international services and the specific European and German aviation market. It then explores questions of liability and security. Finally, it examines environmental considerations and suggests future trends and challenges.
UK November 2025 US December 2025 512 pages
HB 9781509957163 • £200.00 / $270.00
Beck/Hart/Nomos
World English (excluding Austria/Czech Republic/Germany/Japan/Poland/Switzerland)
Europeanisation of Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
The Aarhus Convention in the Balkans
Edited by Bojana Todorovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia & Roberto Caranta, University of Turin, Italy
This book analyses the ways in which Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention enables environmental access to justice in the Balkans, a region at the epicentre of extreme climate change events. Adopting a law-in-context approach, the chapters explore national cultures and driving forces shaping the implementation of Aarhus standards in Albania, Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, and Serbia. The book combines EU law and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights with the bottom-up Europeanisation brought about by rising environmental protests and the activism of civil society organisations in the region.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 280 pages
HB 9781509979622 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509979639 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509979646 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
The Legal Recognition of Animal Sentience
Principles, Approaches and Applications
Edited by Jane Kotzmann, Deakin University, Australia & M B Rodriguez Ferrere, University of Auckland, New Zealand
This book explores the movement towards the recognition of animal sentience in the law. It explores some first principles underpinning the recognition of animal sentience, including the nature and scope of sentience provisions, the connection between sentience and empathy, drafting issues, and the relationship between sentience recognition and animal rights. The book highlights the operation of animal sentience provisions in several jurisdictions throughout the world and considers sector-specific applications and limitations of animal sentience recognition.
This collection is an essential read for both practitioners and academics alike, as well as any group seeking to advance the interests of non-human animals.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 360 pages
PB 9781509970490 £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509970452
ePub 9781509970469 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509970476 • £76.50 / $103.94
Hart Publishing
Offshore Energy Law Challenges and Opportunities for Renewables and Hydrocarbons
Edited by Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, University of Bergen, Norway, Madeline Taylor, Macquarie University, Australia, Eduardo G Pereira, University of São Paulo, Brazil & Eddy Wifa, University of Aberdeen, UK
This book examines the regulatory, environmental, financial, sociolegal, and safety aspects that shape offshore energy infrastructure projects and their operation.
Offshore Energy Law provides a functional analysis that covers the life cycle of offshore energy developments, including renewable and hydrocarbons, within the broader context of the energy crisis and energy transition debates. Written and edited by leading global offshore energy experts, the book brings together a global and sectoral comparative perspective to central offshore energy topics such as licensing, socio-legal challenges and opportunities, safety and ecological governance, and the use of marine/maritime spatial planning.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 432 pages
HB 9781509964390 • £120.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781509964406 • £108.00 / $147.14
ePdf 9781509964413 • £108.00 / $147.14
Series: Global Energy Law and Policy • Hart Publishing
Major Cases in Climate Law A Critical Introduction
Thomas L Muinzer, University of Aberdeen, UK
This book introduces readers to major rulings from around the world that centre on climate change: The Heathrow Runway Case (UK); The Urgenda Case (Netherlands); The Colombian Amazon Case (Colombia); The Centre for Oil Pollution Watch Case (Nigeria); The Gloucester Resources Case (Australia); Climate Case Ireland (Ireland). The reader is taken through relevant facts, issues, law and commentary pertinent to each case, and a clear, critical and evaluative account of each ruling is provided. This introduction to important cases in the area is essential reading for those engaged with climate law and policy in educational and practical settings.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 256 pages
HB 9781509980314 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509980307 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509980291 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Climate Change, Cattle, and the International Legal Order
Rebecca Williams, University of Glasgow, UK
Livestock food systems need to be rapidly rethought to tackle the global climate crisis. This book examines how climate concerns for the livestock sector are governed in international law and addresses the sector’s inclusion or (lack thereof) across the international governance of climate change, agriculture, forests and trade.
The book is a key text for all those with an interest in the legal governance of climate change and agriculture, adding to the timely debate of the future sustainability on the global diet and the relationship between affluence and climate change.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781509968626 • £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509968589
ePub 9781509968596 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509968602 • £76.50 / $103.94
Hart Publishing
Modern Studies in European Law
Asia-Pacific Trusts Law, Volume 3
Boundaries in Context
Edited by Ying Khai Liew, University of Melbourne, Australia & Masayuki Tamaruya, Tokyo University, Japan
This collection explores the boundaries of trusts law in the Asia-Pacific region.
It is uncontroversial to state that the region’s jurisdictions are diverse, reflecting a mix of histories, economies, politics and legal systems. This collection illustrates how this diversity is reflected in trusts law. But this thematic and systematic exploration from a region-wide perspective also identifies patterns of commonality in those factors which limit the operation of trusts law, particularly as jurisdictions encounter domestic and international challenges. By charting both convergence and divergence, this study is pivotal in shaping and guiding the future development of trusts law in the region.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 352 pages
HB 9781509972951 • £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509972968 • £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509972975 • £90.00 / $122.84
Hart Publishing
European Security Union Law and Policies
Edited by Jan-Hendrik Dietrich, Federal University of Administrative Science
Cross-border threats have increased the importance of internal and external security for the EU Member States. The 2020 EU Security Union Strategy provides a coherent regulatory framework for numerous concepts, strategies and action plans in the field of EU security measures concerning, for example: critical infrastructure and network information systems, counter-terrorism and institutional intelligence cooperation.
These and other security issues are discussed in the book, providing insights into the extent and limits of European security cooperation and the degree to which Member States remain solely responsible for their own national security, especially in light of recent ECJ case law.
UK May 2025 US July 2025 512 pages
HB 9781509965434 £160.00 / $220.00
Beck/Hart/Nomos
World English (excluding Austria/Czech Republic/Germany/Japan/Poland/Switzerland)
International Subsidies
A Handbook
Edited by Marc Bungenberg, University of Siegen, Germany
This commentary provides a rigorous and magisterial guide to the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. Edited by a recognised expert in the field and with contributions from leading practitioners, it opens with an overview of the Regulation, its history, and relationship to other instruments. It goes on to give an extensive article-by-article examination, expanded in line with case law, to ensure its practical and applied focus. This will be the go-to-text for all practitioners in the field of competition law and specialists in state aid law.
UK May 2025 • US June 2025 • 704 pages
HB 9781509970223 • £250.00 / $340.00
Beck/Hart/Nomos
World English (excluding Austria/Czech Republic/Germany/Japan/Poland/Switzerland)
The Impact of War (in Ukraine) on the EU
Edited by Inge Govaere, Ghent University and College of Europe, Belgium, Sacha Garben, College of Europe & Eleanor Spaventa
This book charts the transformative effect of the war in Ukraine on the EU, from both a legal and policy perspective. The EU, itself a unique peace project born out of two world wars, consistently evolves from one security crisis to the next. This book focuses on the constitutional and substantive impact on the EU of the recent war in Ukraine. More so than ever before, this particular war proves to be a truly pivotal moment for the EU. Drawing on expert contributions, this book masterfully explores how the EU is being challenged to the core.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 344 pages
HB 9781509986088 • £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509986095 • £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509986101 • £90.00 / $122.84
Series: Modern Studies in European Law • Hart Publishing
Dissensus over Liberal Democracy
Insights from European Judges
Edited by Ramona Coman, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, Viktor Kazai, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, Leonardo Puleo, University College Dublin, Ireland & Andrew Bradley, Institut d'études européennes, Belgium
This book explores what judges do and how they perceive their roles in the context of growing dissensus over liberal democracy. Focusing on the European landscape, it asks eighteen judges how they perceive their roles when judicial independence and democracy are under pressure. The book features interviews with judges from various EU and non-EU Member States and courts, complemented by a series of academic commentaries discussing the relationship between law and politics in times of dissensus over liberal democracy. While the book engages with these issues through European narratives, its findings contribute to broader debates beyond Europe and the EU.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 416 pages
HB 9781509985005 • £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509985012 • £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509985029 £90.00 / $122.84
Series: Modern Studies in European Law Hart Publishing
Environmental NGOs and Access to Justice before the CJEU
Mario Pagano, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
This book tells a fascinating legal mobilisation story. Analysing EU environmental litigation over the last 30 years, it illustrates how the European environmental movement has patiently attempted and succeeded in expanding access to justice opportunities before the EU Courts. This is despite the longstanding reluctance of the EU Court of Justice to soften its standing requirements for private applicants bringing cases directly to Luxembourg. This research draws on both doctrinal analysis and qualitative methods of socio-legal inquiry. It includes interviews with key stakeholders: environmental lawyers, plaintiffs, and activists, which give an invaluable perspective on strategic litigation before the EU judiciary.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9781509980000 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509980017 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509980024 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Modern Studies in European Law • Hart Publishing
Modern Studies in European Law
Free Movement and Welfare Access in the European Union
Re-Balancing Conflicting Interests in Citizenship Jurisprudence
Victoria Hooton, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Germany
This book assesses EU free movement law and its balancing of fundamental EU objectives and its Member States’ concerns regarding their welfare systems. It takes a dual approach: a combination of doctrinal analysis of EU citizenship case law and mobility data. This clearly shows an imbalance between the representation and protection of these conflicting interests in EU case law. The study goes on to identify avenues for reform and to highlight the importance of the principle of proportionality for attaining a legitimate balance of interests. This will be much welcomed by scholars of EU free movement and citizenship law.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 336 pages
PB 9781509966899 • £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509966851
ePub 9781509966868 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509966875 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Modern Studies in European Law Hart Publishing
The European Integrated Border Management
Frontex, Human Rights, and International Responsibility
Giulia Raimondo, University of Luxembourg
This open access book addresses the challenges related to the implementation of the EIBM and the human rights responsibilities that it can trigger. It looks at two discourses: firstly at a reflection on the concept of EIBM and its human rights impact; secondly at the question of the attribution of international responsibility for violations that occurred in the implementation of the EIBM.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 344 pages
PB 9781509964581 • £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509964543
ePub 9781509964550 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509964567 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Modern Studies in European Law • Hart Publishing
EU Law in the Digital Age
Edited by Maria Bergström, Uppsala University, Sweden & Valsamis Mitsilegas, University of Liverpool, UK
The fifth industrial revolution is impacting on all aspects of society. This open access collection looks at how the European Union and its legal framework is reacting, responding, and evolving to best accommodate the reality of this new environment. Experts in the field examine the questions from all aspects of EU law. This is a thoughtful collection on a question that will dominate EU law in the coming years.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swedish Studies Network.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 416 pages
HB 9781509981182 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509981199 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509981205 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Swedish Studies in European Law • Hart Publishing
Private Autonomy in EU Internal Market Law
Parameters of its Protection and Limitation
Rufat Babayev, Leicester University, UK
A fresh perspective on the normative framework of the EU’s internal market. The book explores the place of the ideals of private autonomy in the EU’s legal order and the parameters of their protection within its legal and regulatory framework. Looking at the coexistence of, and interaction between, varying expressions of private autonomy, it offers a comprehensive review of the protection of private autonomy at the normative core of the internal market. The book also introduces a new framework for understanding the correlation between the free movement and competition law regimes and the fundamental economic rights protected in the Charter.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 312 pages
PB 9781509976126 • £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509920693
ePub 9781509920709 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509920716 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Modern Studies in European Law • Hart Publishing
The Normative Foundations for EU Criminal Justice
Powers, Limits and Justifications
Jacob Öberg, University of Southern Denmark
Should the European Union regulate criminal justice? This open access book explores the question forensically, establishing whether a compelling normative justification for EU action in the field exists. It develops an integrated standard based on the perspectives of the effective allocation of regulatory authority between the EU and the Member States, representation-based political theories, and harmbased theories of criminal law.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 200 pages
PB 9781509962372 £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509962334
ePub 9781509962341 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509962358 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Modern Studies in European Law • Hart Publishing
The European Ombudsman Investigated
From
Old Battles to New Challenges
Edited by Deirdre Curtin, Anna Morandini, Sarah Tas European University Institute, Italy, & Tanja Ehnert, EU Ombudsman, France
This open access volume traces the evolution of the European Ombudsman over its first almost three decades. It focuses on the current challenges and future perspectives of this ever-innovative EU institution. Leading voices from academia, EU institutions, civil society, and the European Ombudsman’s office, highlight developments and future potential in salient fields.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European University Institute.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 232 pages
HB 9781509975600 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509975617 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509975624 • £00.00 / $00.00
Hart Publishing
Dawn Raids Under Challenge
Due Process Aspects on the European Commission's Dawn Raid Practices
Helene Andersson, Counsel at Delphi, Sweden
This 2nd edition provides an updated analysis of the European Commission’s dawn raid practices. Examining the obligations imposed by the Charter and the ECHR and the response of the Luxembourg and Strasbourg Courts, the book shows that whereas the Strasbourg Court strikes a balance between efficiency concerns and fundamental rights, the approach of the EU Courts is not equally balanced. The book provides an essential examination of this important subject, and is of great practical interest to companies, practitioners, and enforcers. It is also of theoretical interest, offering reflections on the effectiveness and legitimacy of the Commission’s enforcement powers.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 344 pages
PB 9781509969463 • £49.99 / $67.95
Previously published in HB 9781509969425
ePub 9781509969432 £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781509969449 £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Hart Studies in Competition Law • Hart Publishing
Women, Their Lives, and the Law
Essays in Honour of Rosemary Auchmuty
Edited by Victoria Barnes, Queen's University Belfast, UK, Nora Honkala, University of Reading, UK & Sally Wheeler, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
This collection of essays honours Rosemary Auchmuty, Professor of Law at the University of Reading, UK. She has fostered the study of women’s academic careers and, more politically, advanced progress on gender and equality issues including same-sex marriage and property law. Her research promotes the case of feminist legal history as a way of revealing the place of women and challenging dominant historical narratives that cast them aside.
The chapters, and the collection as a whole, examine areas of law that have a deep significance for women’s lives.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 320 pages
PB 9781509962129 • £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509962082
ePub 9781509962099 • £40.49 / $55.34
ePdf 9781509962105 • £40.49 / $55.34
Hart Publishing
Presumption of Innocence Under China's National Conditions
Alexandra Kaiser, Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany.
This book shines a light on one of the most controversial legal principles of fair trial in Chinese criminal justice: the presumption of innocence.
Drawing on broader legal-political discourses within the Party-State and institutionalised academia, it observes decades of legal reforms in China and explains why the principle of presumption of innocence is contested.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 336 pages
HB 9781509973101 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509973118 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509973125 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Manning the Law
Why the Legal Person Remains a Man
Ngaire Naffine, University of Adelaide, Australia
This is a study of elite English men of English law and the methods they used to retain and justify their power and privilege, through controlling the story of the legal person.
It looks at how these men of legal authority thought of themselves and their institution; how they studied and explained law; and how they put themselves in the middle of it, as the standard human in need of legal regulation and protection and in charge of that regulation and protection, and assigned to women an inferior legal role and being.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781509983513 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509983506 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509983490 £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Immediate and Progressive Realisation in International Human Rights Law
Tobias Wirthle, Münster University, Germany
This book makes a new contribution to the old debate about differences between socio-economic and civil and political rights. Though now widely accepted, less attention has been paid to whether it is still valid. The book asks this question, assessing the traditional differentiation in the context of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It shows that these rights converge more than diverge and this accepted difference should be abandoned. Human rights lawyers, advocates, practitioners and policy makers will find this invaluable as it brings clarification to this key question.
UK February 2025 • US March 2025 • 328 pages
HB 9781509982479 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509982486 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509982493 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Human Rights Law in Perspective Hart Publishing
Hanging in the Balance
The Function of Justification in Achieving Women’s Equality
Meghan Campbell, University of Birmingham, UK
This book gives the first in-depth assessment of how justification functions when women are claiming equality. One of its distinctive characteristics is the question of whether any analytical entwining or unwinding of equality and justification enhances the protection of women’s rights to equality in constitutional democracies. It proposes an asymmetric relationship between equality and justification, and takes a three-part approach, looking at theory, practice and methodological design. This is an intriguing, articulate and compelling examination of a question with real and applied significance to human rights and equality lawyers.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 272 pages
HB 9781509967872 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509967889 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509967896 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Implementing the Right to Decide under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Supporting the Legal Capacity of All Persons with Disabilities
Janos Fiala-Butora, University of Galway, Ireland
This book addresses one of the most controversial questions in contemporary human rights law: how can people with severe cognitive disabilities make their own decisions? The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) puts in place supported decision-making in this regard but governments have struggled to implement it. This book provides a solution (legal and theoretical): the modified support framework. This gives governments a robust model enabling them to move away from the traditional guardianship approach to decision-making and to empowering people with disabilities. This is an important and timely contribution to the rights of an under-represented group.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781509980321 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509980338 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509980345 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Free Global Cities
The Future Leaders in Migration and Public Governance
Edited by Christian H Kälin, Henley & Partners, UK
This collection sets out a radical solution to the current global refugees crisis; the construction of "Free Global Cities." It draws on the experience of experts who have long grappled with the issue: intellectuals, diplomats, lawyers, and entrepreneurs. Its broad interdisciplinary scope encompasses sustainable development; human rights; economics and finance; public policy; citizenship; migration and mobility; and health care, to support the "Free Global City" model. It provides a solution-focused response to arguably the world’s most pressing issue, setting out its legal and economic ramifications. Ambitious and practical, this is a thought-provoking treatise on a sometimes seemingly intractable challenge.
UK March 2025 • US May 2025 • 616 pages
HB 9781509976416 • £120.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781509976423 • £108.00 / $147.14
ePdf 9781509976430 • £108.00 / $147.14
Hart Publishing
Copyright and Anonymity in the Creative User-Generated World
Rachel Maguire, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
This book explores the relationship between copyright law, online anonymity, and creative usergenerated content (CUGC).
It evaluates the co-existence of copyright law and normative systems regulating a CUGC landscape made up of artists, photographers, and writers, and makes novel recommendations for copyright reform. It takes a multi-jurisdictional approach across Anglo-American and EU legal systems; qualitative findings are drawn from creators and communities on Reddit and 4chan.
This valuable resource for researchers and students provides a distinct perspective in framing CUGC creators as copyright holders, using original empirical research and examining online anonymity as a pivotal factor influencing regulation.
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Right to Asylum Between Demagogy and Hypocrisy
Marc Bossuyt, University of Antwerp, Belgium
This book provides insight into the realities of, and the right to, asylum from the frontiers of refugee law. The book combines expert analysis and firsthand testimony. Written by one of the giants in the field, the first Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, it blends the professional and the personal, to give a candid, compelling account of how asylum law has developed over the last quarter century. It looks back at some of the key cases of asylum, but also forward, suggesting how Europe might address current challenges such as deportation and regularisation.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 336 pages
HB 9781509982677 £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509982684 £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509982691 £90.00 / $122.84
Hart Publishing World English
A Practitioner's Guide to the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent
Paul England, Taylor Wessing, London, UK
This book provides advice on all procedural aspects of the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent system.
NEW TO THE 2ND EDITION: Additional chapters on the impact of the UPC and Unitary Patent on managing licences, and on confidentiality; coverage of the latest UPC guidance; references and case notes on every significant procedural case from the UPC divisions and the Court of Appeal; and coverage of every Rule of the Rules of Procedure.
The book is written by patent experts with hands-on experience of running cases in the UPC and is a must-read for private practitioners and in-house counsel.
UK May 2025 • US June 2025 • 544 pages
HB 9781509979677 • £160.00 / $220.00
ePub 9781509979684 • £144.00 / $195.74
ePdf 9781509979691 • £144.00 / $195.74
Hart Publishing
Copyright and Patent Laws for the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Authorship and
Inventorship
Revisited
Eva Janecková, University of Bristol, UK
This book responds to the need to distinguish human creations from those produced by AI.
It does so by tracing human attributes of authorship and inventorship in statutory requirements for protection and ownership in European copyright and patent laws.
This book guides authorities, practitioners, and students through the main arguments of the debate concerning copyright and patents for objects entirely or partly generated by AI. It also makes original contributions to advance the ongoing academic and policy debates on AI and intellectual property law.
UK July 2025 US August 2025 240 pages
HB 9781509976232 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509976249 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509976256 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Intellectual Property and Desktop 3D Printing
Law
and Digital Innovation
Plamen Dinev, University of Manchester, UK
This book explores the relationship between consumer 3D printing and IP law. It features 161 survey participants and 10 interviews with leading 3D printing experts, designers, legal practitioners, and users.
The book begins with a contextual overview of 3D printing’s socioeconomic aspects before addressing the challenges it poses to IP. It explains why decentralised manufacturing may be a problem for the legal framework and highlights the key areas of copyright, patent and trade mark law where reform may be necessary. It offers specific solutions and recommendations informed by the empirical data. UK
International Economic Law as Symphony
Thomas
Cottier and the Harmonies of Trade
Edited by Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland, Rodrigo Polanco, World Trade Institute, Switzerland & Pierre Sauvé, World Bank, Switzerland
This open access book brings together eminent scholars of international trade to celebrate the scholarly, diplomatic, and institution-building achievements of Thomas Cottier. Covering both general trade policy and the economic relations between Switzerland and the EU.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 336 pages
HB 9781509980789 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509980772 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509980765 • £00.00 / $00.00
Hart Publishing
Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia
Law,
Development, and Practice
Edited by Pratyush Nath Upreti, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
This book brings together leading scholars from South Asia and beyond to examine the development of IP law within national South Asian systems and values.
Part 1 addresses IP historical development, access, and sustainability aspects. Part 2 is devoted to recent IP practices. Part 3 provides a comparative study with a focus on institutions, courts, and practices drawing on some key IP issues. Each contribution focuses on new innovative IP practices developed in South Asia and will serve as a stepping stone for further discussion.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 432 pages
HB 9781509978809 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509978793 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509978786 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
The Marketisation of Framework Agreements in the UK Practice, Regulation and Reform
Steven Brunning, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, UK & Luke RA Butler, University of Nottingham, UK
This book examines the increasing marketisation of framework agreements in UK public procurement and proposes reform to refocus the purpose of this purchasing tool and renew the emphasis on public service delivery.
Through detailed empirical research, the book examines how contracting authorities set up and use framework agreements in practice, the behaviours of centralised procurement authorities and the private sector, and how these have been addressed or not under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 implementing EU Directives. This reveals the scale of marketisation, the effect of legal rules on framework agreement efficacy, and the need for regulatory and other reform.
UK November 2025 • US December 2025 • 352 pages
HB 9781509985623 • £110.00 / $150.00
ePub 9781509985616 • £99.00 / $134.99
ePdf 9781509985609 • £99.00 / $134.99
Hart Publishing
Studies in International Trade and Investment Law
Federico Ortino, King's College London, UK & Gabrielle Marceau, Legal Affairs Division, WTO Secretariat & Gregory Shaffer, University of California, USA & Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland
Hong Kong as an Actor in International Economic Law
Multilateralism, Bilateralism, and Unilateralism
Julien Chaisse, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
This open access book explains why Hong Kong adopts a triangular approach (combining unilateralism, bilateralism, and multilateralism) in its external trade and investment relations, describing how it applies the methods necessary to manage the triple-track strategy, and identifying the legal, political, and economic implications of this approach.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com
UK November 2025 US November 2025 328 pages
PB 9781509968206 • £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509968169
ePub 9781509968176 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509968183 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series:
International Trade Law and Global Data Governance
Aligning
Perspectives and Practices
Neha Mishra, Graduate Institute, Switzerland
This open access book examines how international trade agreements apply to domestic regulations on cross-border data flows and proposes a multilayered framework to align international trade law with evolving norms and practices in global data governance. As the book offers a broad perspective on the significance of digital trade rules in a datafied world, it will help its readers explore fresh avenues in the future development of digital trade rules.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781509961733 • £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509961696
ePub 9781509961702 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509961719 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Studies in International Trade and Investment Law • Hart Publishing
Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, and the Law
AI’s Hidden Influence on Our Digital Experience
Mark Leiser, Independent Consultant, UK; formerly of Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam, the Netherlands
This book provides essential insights on dark patterns and AIpowered deceptive design for anyone who wants to understand the pervasive influence of these hidden forces shaping our digital experiences. It explains how the law fails to address deceptive design practices and explores implications for privacy, autonomy, and consumer protection in the digital age.
By uncovering the complex layers of modern deceptive design, the book equips readers with the knowledge to recognise these tactics and consider their impact on user choice and trust. It is essential reading for legal professionals, digital rights advocates, designers, and anyone invested in fair digital practices.
UK August 2025 • US October 2025 • 320 pages
PB 9781509987115 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781509987108 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781509987092 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781509987085 • £19.79 / $26.99
Hart Publishing
New Digital Services Act A Practitioner's Guide
Edited by Torsten Kraul, Noerr PartGmbB, Germany
This book provides clarity, both for companies offering online services and for users of digital services, on the New Digital Services Act.
The new Act includes obligations for providers of digital services in order to ensure that activities that are illegal offline are also prohibited online.
The book takes a comprehensive look at:
- Which providers are affected under which conditions
- Which obligations they must comply with
- Which innovations apply to liability on the internet and
- What are the consequences of breaches of law.
UK December 2024 • US February 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781509969982 • £140.00 / $190.00
Nomos/Hart
World English (excluding Austria/Czech Republic/Germany/Japan/Poland/Switzerland)
Private Law and the Data Act
Münster Colloquia on EU Law and the Digital Economy VIII
Edited by Sebastian Lohsse, University of Münster, Germany, Reiner Schulze, University of Münster, Germany & Dirk Staudenmayer, University of Münster, Germany
This edited volume explores EU private law and the Data Act. With insights from leading academics and practitioners, this book brings welcome clarification to and expert explanation of a fastmoving field of consumer law.
UK October 2024 • US December 2024 • 256 pages
HB 9781509985166 • £65.00 / $90.00
Nomos/Hart
World English (excluding Austria/Czech Republic/Germany/Japan/Poland/Switzerland)
EU Platform Law A Handbook
Edited by Björn Steinrötter, University of Potsdam, Germany, Christian Heinze, RuprechtKarls-University Heidelberg, Germany & Michael Nikolaus Denga, Martin Luther University HalleWittenberg, Germany
The European Union has introduced key legislation to regulate online platforms: the Digital Services Act (DSA); the Digital Markets Act (DMA); and the Data Governance Act (DGA). This handbook examines the content of these new legal acts systematically. Its main focus is on the DSA and DMA, with a chapter dedicated to the platform-related aspects of the DGA. Under the editorial stewardship of recognised experts in the field, leading commentators provide authoritative and rigorous guidance to the new legislative environment for the digital space.
UK February 2025 • US March 2025 • 704 pages
HB 9781509959792 • £160.00 / $220.00
Beck/Hart/Nomos
World English (excluding Austria/Czech Republic/Germany/Japan/Poland/Switzerland)
Big Data for the Public Good
Regulating Access to Public Sector Big Data for Research and Innovation
Stergios Aidinlis, Durham University, UK
This open access book looks at interactions between UK public sector officials and researchers/ innovators to shed light on barriers to data access and use.
This book is for researchers and innovators who want to understand and overcome the barriers to accessing UK public sector data. It is also for policy makers who are interested in how public sector data can be used to improve decision-making, scrutinise government work, and promote the public interest.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781509973309 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509973316 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509973323 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Hart Studies in Information Law and Regulation • Hart Publishing
Data Protection and Privacy, Volume 16
Ideas That Drive Our Digital World
Edited by Hideyuki Matsumi, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, Dara Hallinan, FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, Diana Dimitrova, FIZ Karlsruhe –Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, Germany, Eleni Kosta, Tilburg University, the Netherlands & Paul De Hert, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
This book explores the complexity and depths of our digital world by providing a selection of analyses and discussions from the 16th annual international conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP): Ideas that Drive Our Digital World. The first half of the book focuses on issues related to the GDPR and data, whereas the second half of the book shifts focus to novel issues and ideas that drive our digital world.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 304 pages
PB 9781509975969 • £26.99 / $36.95
Previously published in HB 9781509976003
ePub 9781509975990 • £49.50 / $67.49
ePdf 9781509975983 • £49.50 / $67.49
Series: Computers, Privacy and Data Protection • Hart Publishing
The Legal Consistency of Technology Regulation in Europe
Edited by Inge Graef, Tilburg University, the Netherlands & Bart van der Sloot, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
By bringing together fundamental rights, economic law, and recent legislation in the areas of digital platforms, data, and AI, this open access book gives a comprehensive picture of the state of play in technology regulation in the EU.
The book analyses the legal consistency of technology regulation from three perspectives: (1) the relationship between the EU and the Council of Europe; (2) the relationship among EU regulatory frameworks; and (3) the relationship between EU and Member State law.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 240 pages
PB 9781509968060 £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509968022
ePub 9781509968039 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509968046 • £00.00 / $00.00
Hart Publishing
Defaming the Freedom of Religion or Belief
A Historical and Conceptual Analysis of the United Nations
BM van Schaik, Open University, the Netherlands
This book examines the evolution and controversies surrounding the formulation and interpretation of the freedom of religion or belief as a universal right within the United Nations. From legal and philosophical standpoints to the political dimensions of the subject, the book navigates through the complex terrain, shedding light on challenges to the universality and nondiscriminatory implementation of this fundamental freedom. Beyond theoretical and legal debates, the study reveals how actors within the United Nations have strategically 'defamed' the freedom of religion or belief, reshaping its interpretation away from its original 1948 objectives.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 248 pages
HB 9781509980468 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509980475 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509980482 £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Future-Proof Legal Services
How Innovation, Legal Tech and AI Have Been Reshaping the
Legal Market
Edited by Riccardo de Caria, University of Turin, Italy & Silvia Martinelli, University of Turin, Italy
This book provides a state-of-the art picture of the transformation of the global legal market.
The book caters to all those interested, professionally or academically, in keeping track of the evolution of the legal services market. Practising lawyers who want to be “future-proof”, law students, new specialised legal professionals active in the business and financial sectors, scholars and other researchers (both lawyers and economists) conducting research in the field, as well as anyone engaged in providing legal education, will find in this book extremely valuable insights on current trends and future developments in the legal market.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 416 pages
HB 9781509987009 £110.00 / $150.00
Valuing Employment Rights A Study of Remedies in Employment Law
ACL Davies, University of Oxford, UK
This book analyses a neglected topic: remedies for breaches of employment rights. It argues that some of the remedies set out in statute or at common law are a poor ‘fit’ for the employment rights they are supposed to protect. Moreover, the remedies on offer do not always suggest a sensible ranking of employment rights. The book suggests why some of these problems might have arisen and makes proposals for reform.
Ranging across theory and doctrine, and analysing criminal, contract, tort, and statutory employment law, this book will be of interest to academics seeking a deeper understanding of the subject.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages
PB 9781509955305 £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509955268
ePub 9781509955275 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509955282 • £76.50 / $103.94
Hart Publishing
Catholic Dioceses, Legal Systems, and Corporate Accountability
Meredith Edelman, Monash Business School, Australia
This book explores how different countries handle a particularly difficult type of corporate wrongdoing: Catholic dioceses' responsibility for child sexual abuse.
The book analyses cases involving child sexual abuse in dioceses in both Australia and the USA to show how different legal systems have handled similar claims. It draws on theories of responsive law to show how those systems can be restructured to better hold corporations to account.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781509982073 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509982080 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509982097 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Gaskell and the Law
Paul Mitchell, University College London, UK
This is the first ever study of law in the fiction of Elizabeth Gaskell.
Until now, her use of law, which is crucial to her portrait of society, has never been systematically explored. This book shows that Gaskell’s fiction is rich with insights into the law of her time, and that reading her work with a lawyer’s eye deepens and enriches the reading experience.
As a leading scholar of Victorian legal history, Paul Mitchell brings out the richness and sophistication of Gaskell’s engagement with the law, and proposes both new readings and new valuations of this important novelist’s work.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 224 pages
HB 9781509939732 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781509939749 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509939756 • £76.50 / $103.94
Hart Publishing
Informal Decision Making in the European Community under the Luxembourg Compromise The Law That Never Was
Philip Bajon, Aston University, UK
This book analyses the informal decision-making process in the EU against the background of a gradually emerging European legal order.
Based on extensive multi-archival research in the UK, France, Germany, the Benelux countries and in Community institutions, the book explores the resistance against majority rule under the so-called Luxembourg Compromise of 1966.
Presenting a deeply revisionist account of European law and politics the book demonstrates how the Luxembourg arrangement served as a compromise between the Treaty text and political reality, as a counterweight to technocratic ideas, and as a bridge between irreconcilable divides over European unification.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 448 pages
HB 9781509982851 • £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781509982844 £90.00 / $122.84
ePdf 9781509982837 £90.00 / $122.84
Hart Publishing
Law and Politics at the National Industrial Relations Court 1970-75
"Rather Peculiar Things"
Peter Oldham KC, 11 King’s Bench Walk, UK
This is a revelatory account of the National Industrial Relations Court’s defining crisis, and of the highly unorthodox way in which its President, Sir John Donaldson, went about his role.
Author Peter Oldham KC uniquely fuses decades of practitioner experience with research in political archives to shine a bright new light onto how and why the NIRC found itself doing – in Donaldson’s own words – “rather peculiar things".
UK
The Reformation of the Constitution
Law, Culture and Conflict in Jacobean
England
Ian Ward, Newcastle University, UK
This book provides a fresh account of one of the defining judicial engagements in English legal history.
It provides a fresh account of the years 1606 to 1616 which witnessed a series of increasingly volatile confrontations between, on the one side, King James I and his Attorney-General, Sir Francis Bacon, and on the other, Sir Edward Coke, successively Chief Justice of Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781509957798 • £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781509957750
ePub 9781509957767 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509957774 £76.50 / $103.94
Hart Publishing
Instruments of Peacemaking 1918-1941
The Failure of Diplomacy
Michael Reynolds, BPP University Law School, UK
This book is the sequel to Instruments of Peacemaking 1870-1914 and considers the modes of diplomacy and dispute resolution of statesmen and jurists. It focuses on key crises settled by international arbitration and/or diplomacy, comparing such processes in terms of the degree of success during one of the most turbulent and unstable times in modern history.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 432 pages
HB 9781509976287 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781509976294 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781509976300 • £85.50 / $116.09
Hart Publishing
A Natural History of Legal Argument
Etiology, Elements, and Effects
Geordie Duckler
This book explores how trial lawyers use argumentation, language manipulation, and deceit to influence juries and shape legal outcomes. By examining the strategic techniques of persuasion used in legal settings, it reveals how individual actions, motivated by self-interest, trigger broader changes in legal and ethical ideals. With a focus on the intersection of law, manipulation, and social change, this work offers a thought-provoking look at how legal tactics shape behavior and practice inside and outside of the courtroom.
UK February 2026 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781666954111 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798765192924 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798765192917 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Metamorphoses of Global Law On the Interaction of Law, Time, and Technology
Ricardo Resende Campos, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the relationship between law, time, and new technologies to explain the emergence and transformation of global law, with a special focus on platform economy.
It describes the ‘metamorphoses of global law’ on the basis of an experimental understanding of legal theory that looks beyond the systematisation of dogmatic categories, the reproduction of prefabricated theories. It offers a novel and sound theoretical approach to the formation of society within a highly digitalised and platform-oriented world, conjugating the work of several relevant authors, such as Niklas Luhmann, Gunther Teubner, Carl Schmitt, Jürgen Habermas, and Lawrence Lessing, among others.
The book answers the myriad questions that the platform economy poses for law, shedding light on the possibility of a hybrid regulation, i.e., the mixture of political-constitutional external regulation and a self-regulation by the digital code, in an attempt to overcome simplistic notions of platform governance. It provides a comprehensive exploratory analysis on the phenomena of digitalisation, platformisation, big data, algorithms, and their relevance to law in global society.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781509963454 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509963461 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509963478 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: European Academy of Legal Theory Series • Hart Publishing World All Languages (except German/Portuguese)
Moral Responsibility and Artificial Intelligence
Maximilian Kiener, University of Oxford, UK
This book uses the 'Lorry Driver Paradox’, a novel puzzle, to explore and clarify our understanding of moral responsibility. It breaks new ground in the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), and connects moral philosophy, legal theory, and AI ethics. The book employs a paradox-driven methodology through a combination of legal and philosophical perspectives, and provides solutions to challenges around ‘responsibility gaps’ and trustworthy AI. It presents a novel conception of strict answerability, as opposed to strict liability, and argues that taking responsibility is a genuine normative power, like consenting or promising.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781509956845 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509956852 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509956869 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Law and Practical Reason • Hart Publishing
The Alexy-Poscher Debate on Legal Principles
Robert Alexy, Kiel University, Germany & Ralf Poscher, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Edited by Rafael Giorgio Dalla-Barba, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Germany
This collective work provides a chronological and up-to-date reconstruction of the three-round legal debate between Robert Alexy and Ralf Poscher.
The debate represents the German development of an enduring jurisprudential controversy over distinguishing legal principles from legal rules, classically addressed by HLA Hart and Ronald Dworkin.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 200 pages
HB 9781509980611 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509980604 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509980598 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing World All Languages (except German)
Towards a New Theory of Adjudication Integrating Theory and Practice
Andrew Phang, Supreme Court of Singapore
This book explores the major theories of common law adjudication and presents a new theory of judicial adjudication.
It argues that the existing major theories of common law adjudication each capture only part of what occurs in actual court proceedings.
It presents a new theory of adjudication that not only incorporates both useful and modified elements of these theories but also integrates them with elements of virtue ethics as viewed from an adjudicative perspective (embodied within, amongst other things, the judicial oath of office).
UK November 2025 US November 2025 336 pages
HB 9781509976959 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509976966 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509976973 • £81.00 / $110.69
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Law and the Unity of Practical Reasoning
Edited by Diego Dei Vecchi, University of Girona, Spain, Sebastián Figueroa Rubio, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, Pablo Rapetti, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico & María Cristina Redondo, University of Genoa, Italy
This open access book introduces the first systematic approach to the debate on the unity or fragmentation of practical reasoning and its profound implications for legal philosophy.
Bringing together legal philosophers from the Hispanic-Latin world, the book presents a thoughtful dialogue with the Anglo-American literature, making it of interest to scholars from both cultural traditions. Although the topic is rarely discussed explicitly and systematically, it is pivotal to debates about legal normativity, the nature of law, and the rationale behind legal decisions.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 248 pages
HB 9781509981571 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781509981564 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781509981557 £00.00 / $00.00
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Natural Law, Ethics and Human Vulnerability
Sean Coyle, University of Birmingham, UK
This book explores human vulnerability through the lens of natural law theory.
Beginning with a detailed examination of natural law ethics, centred upon the virtues (Part One), it sets out the relationship between natural law and human vulnerability.
Part Two poses the problem of how human beings and government can build resilience in the face of these vulnerabilities. Its main contention is that the central aims of vulnerability theory, including that of state responsiveness, are pre-figured in the social teachings of the Catholic Church.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 336 pages
HB 9781509988518 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781509988501 £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781509988495 • £85.50 / $116.09
Hart Publishing
Litigants in Person in the Civil Justice System
In Their Own Words
Kate Leader, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Why do people represent themselves? What works and what doesn’t work for self-represented parties? And how can we improve Litigant in Person (LiP) experiences to make the civil justice system fairer?
Based on in-depth interviews with individuals who have acted as Litigants in Person in the civil courts, this book provides a deep account of LiP experiences that help to show how much we don’t know about LiPs, the civil justice system and LiPs’ place within it, as well as the kinds of things we ought to be doing to improve access to justice for unrepresented parties.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9781509948369 • £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509948321
ePub 9781509948338 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509948345 £76.50 / $103.94
Hart Publishing
Technology, Health, and Law in Life and Death
Before the Cradle to Beyond the Grave
Edited by Neera Bhatia, Deakin University, Australia
This book brings together leading global scholars to examine the legal, ethical, and social implications of biotechnological innovations in healthcare throughout the lifecycle — from the potential of life being formed outside the womb to the possibility of life after death.
This book examines how emerging health technologies are profoundly disrupting legal knowledge of life and death in the developed world.
The book makes a significant and original contribution to the field of health law and bioethics by adopting a socio-legal perspective in examining the legal, ethical, and social implications of technologies that create, sustain, and foster life and death.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 224 pages
HB 9781509978816 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509978823 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509978830 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Free Speech Theory A Radical Restatement
Paul Wragg, University of Leeds, UK
What does free speech mean? In this book, Paul Wragg argues for a universal formulation of free speech drawn exclusively from autonomy. He demonstrates that although the right has some applicability to the horizontal plane, it is more restrictive in some contexts, and more empowering in others, than the literature presently recognises.
This innovative, rigorously researched, and comprehensive restatement of the right to free speech is both topical and important. It is an invaluable resource for policy makers, practitioners, and commentators across the globe.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9781509958283 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509958290 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509958306 • £81.00 / $110.69
Hart Publishing
Care Proceedings with an International Element
An Empirical Study
Maria Sofia Wright, Practising English Solicitor, UK
Presenting the findings of 100 care cases, this book analysis of how jurisdictional issues are determined and how information sharing of child protection operates across borders. It illustrates how prospective carers are assessed and how legal permanence for children living overseas is secured. It identifies ways in which children’s welfare interests are compromised, and suggests solutions: identifying how private international law instruments should be improved to promote the best interests of children.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781509977307 • £90.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781509977314 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509977321 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Studies in Private International Law Hart Publishing
Studies in International Law
The United Nations Security Council and the Authorisation of Force
Form, Character and Nature
Marko Svicevic, Palacký University, Czech Republic
This book examines the United Nations Security Council’s authorisation of the use of force, considering the extensive body of UN Security Council resolutions across its now eighty years of existence. UN Security Council practice shows that authorising resolutions explicitly determine a situation a threat to international peace and security, invoke Chapter VII (or VIII), use specific authorising language, place time or functional limits on authorisation, and impose reporting obligations on those authorised to use force. The book ultimately argues that prior explicit authorisation constitutes a well-established practice, rejecting the legality and admissibility of implicit or retroactive authorisation.
UK August 2025 US August 2025 304 pages
HB 9781509971251 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509971268 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509971275 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Studies in International Law • Hart Publishing
The Effectiveness of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights
The Case of Indigenous Territorial Rights
Gabriela CB Navarro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has the most developed jurisprudence on Indigenous rights, yet this case law is understudied. This book addresses this gap by exploring the Court and its cases from both the perspective of international law and the legal protection of Indigenous territories. Setting out the network of actors and institutions involved in such litigation, it examines the motivations and constraints in domestic politics affecting international orders (and by extension the impact of the Court). It provides both an important statement on the effectiveness of international tribunals and a fascinating insight into the evolution of Indigenous rights.
UK January 2025 US January 2025 264 pages
HB 9781509979066 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509979073 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509979080 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Studies in International Law • Hart Publishing
The Standard of Review before the International Court of Justice
Between Principle and Pragmatism
Felix Fouchard, University of Münster, Germany
This book examines how the International Court of Justice (ICJ) reviews State behaviour through the prism of the standard of review. It develops a rationale to support the ICJ’s application of deferential standards of review as a judicial avoidance technique, based on strategic considerations. It then empirically assesses all 31 decisions of the Court in which the standard of review was at issue, showing how the Court determines that standard, and answering the question of whether it varies its review intensity strategically. The book will be beneficial to all scholars of the Court and those interested in judicial strategy.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 264 pages
PB 9781509971343 • £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509971305
ePub 9781509971312 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781509971329 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Studies in International Law • Hart Publishing
The Irish Yearbook of International Law, Volume 16, 2021-2022
Edited by Bríd Ní Ghráinne, Maynooth University, Ireland, James Gallen, Dublin City University, Ireland & Richard Collins, University College Dublin, Ireland
This new volume covers the years 2021 and 2022, including global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit fall-out, the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, a civil war in Ethiopia, protests in Iran, and Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine. Reports also cover topics on human rights in Ireland, the law of the sea, the exploitation of mineral resources of celestial bodies by private enterprises and the protection of the right to food. Additionally, the book includes four book reviews covering subjects such as international economic law, colonialism and the protection of animals in armed conflict.
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The Arctic Großraum
Geopolitics and the High North Christopher R Rossi, Arctic University of Norway
How should the Arctic be viewed in the 21st century? In this book, a leading commentator assesses the competing players for the Arctic, looking at broad questions of governance and security.
The author challenges the view that the Arctic is a passive space which is the focus of competitive advances from superpowers, arguing that it is more correctly understood as a dynamic pluriverse. Drawing on international law, international relations and diplomacy, this is an important re-assessment of the Arctic and its position in geo-politics.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 304 pages
HB 9781509988327 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781509988334 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781509988341 • £81.00 / $110.69
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The Character of International Law
A Festschrift for Rob Cryer
Edited by Emma J Breeze, Birmingham Law School, UK, Mark Drumbl, Washington & Lee University, USA, Gerry Simpson, LSE Law School, UK & Marianne Wade, Birmingham Law School, UK
Professor Robert Cryer was a foundational voice in modern international criminal law. This book celebrates his life, work, and influence. The book constellates 17 chapters in distinctive sections, each reflecting on the character of international law. They include criminal law, the law of war, music and harm, gender-based violence, nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence, law after war, the crime of aggression, drones and targets, the domestication of international law, and the role of law in inter-state relations. The book journeys to Japan, Bosnia, and Ukraine, while reflecting on the role of teaching and mentorship in the life of international law.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 368 pages
HB 9781509983377 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781509983384 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781509983391 • £85.50 / $116.09
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The Law, Politics and Theory of Treaty Withdrawal
Frederick Cowell, Birkbeck College, UK
This book explores how the law of treaty withdrawal operates. In particular, it focuses on withdrawal clauses within multilateral treaties. It situates these clauses within the wider context of the international rule of law. It goes on to show that for such withdrawal clauses to work, States have to behave as rational actors, averse to damaging their reputation and be willing to accept the existence of a wider rule-bound framework.
Using insights from international relations and critical legal theory this book unpacks how and why the law of withdrawal operates and the forces that threaten its operation in the future.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781509970001 • £41.99 / $57.95
Previously published in HB 9781509938568
ePub 9781509938575 • £37.79 / $51.29
ePdf 9781509938582 • £37.79 / $51.29
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Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ Legal and Policy Perspectives
Edited by Ilias Trispiotis, University of Leeds, UK & Craig Purshouse, University of Hong Kong
This book looks at why and how states should legally ban LGBTIQ+ ‘conversion therapy’. Few states have legislated against LGBTIQ+ ‘conversion therapy’, with many currently considering its legal ban.
Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ brings together leading academics, legal and medical practitioners, policymakers, and activists to illuminate the legislative and non-legislative steps that are required to protect individuals from the harms of ‘conversion therapy’ in different contexts.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781509961191 • £44.99 / $60.95
Previously published in HB 9781509961153
ePub 9781509961160 £40.49 / $55.34
ePdf 9781509961177 £40.49 / $55.34
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Tax, Public Finance, and the Rule of Law
Edited by Dominic de Cogan, University of Cambridge, UK, Alexis Brassey, University of Cambridge, UK & May Hen, University of Cambridge, UK
This book offers a key point of reference for reflective and thoughtful examinations of the rule of law in tax and related disciplines.
It features a stellar cast of established and early-career researchers from a variety of jurisdictions who have entered into conversations about the nature of the rule of law; its relevance to questions about tax, welfare, distribution and public spending; and the challenges involved in applying legal standards in these fields.
The book is accessible to those new to taxation and public finance as well as to experts, and to lawyers and non-lawyers alike.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 368 pages
HB 9781509977802 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781509977833 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781509977826 • £85.50 / $116.09
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The Organization of Information
Daniel N. Joudrey, Simmons University, USA
The fifth edition of The Organization of Information provides a timely, detailed introduction to organizing in a variety of information contexts, including library cataloging, archival description, indexing, museum registration, metadata creation for digital collections, organizing on the web, linked data, and the development of the Semantic Web. Providing a thorough overview of the field’s major issues, challenges, and standards, The Organization of Information is an essential resource for students in library and information science programs as well as for established professionals who want to refresh their knowledge of the latest developments in the field.
UK November 2025 • US September 2025 • 688 pages
PB 9781440878619 • £59.99 / $79.95 • HB 9781440878596 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798216184331 • £57.47 / $71.95
ePdf 9781440878602 £57.47 / $71.95
Series: Library and Information Science Text Series Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
Medical Library Association Books Series
Library Staff Development Handbook
Supporting Your Most Important Resource
Mary Grace Flaherty, UNC-Chapel Hill
In order to address some of our societal shifts and changes since the publication of the first edition, this new volume has been updated throughout. New sections have been added and include promoting staff morale during challenging times, providing a safe work environment, coaching remote workers, and attending to diversity and biases in the library workplace. A new chapter dedicated to working with library supervisory boards has also been included. In keeping with the first edition, this new volume applies to a wide variety of library settings and includes numerous tips, resource suggestions, and “real life” examples.
UK January 2026 US January 2026 144 pages 6 bw illus
PB 9798881800017 £32.99 / $44.95 HB 9798881800000 / $95.00
ePub 9798881800024 • £32.72 / $40.45
ePdf 9798765160404 • £32.72 / $40.45
Series: Medical Library Association Books Series • Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
Library Technical Services Future Forward
Mary Beth Weber, Rutgers University Libraries & Melissa De Fino, Rutgers University Libraries
The work done by technical services librarians has undergone tremendous changes. Their work is increasingly complex with the advent of generative AI, read and publish agreements, Open Access, the large-scale switch from print to electronic resources, reparative resource description, and the impending implementation of BIBFRAME. The book is comprehensive in its coverage of technical services work, beginning with collection development, covering acquisitions, electronic resources, resource description, and assessment, and concludes with a discussion of skills sets needed for success.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 176 pages • 1 bw illus
PB 9781538197837 • £22.99 / $36.00 • HB 9781538197820 • £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781538197844 £26.34 / $32.40
ePdf 9798881856557 £26.34 / $32.40
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Careers in Library and Information Services
First-Hand Accounts from Working Professionals
Edited by Priscilla K. Shontz, Lone Star CollegeMontgomery, USA
Written in a conversational, candid tone, Careers in Library and Information Services collects first-hand accounts from workers who have earned a master’s of library science degree to help new LIS graduates understand their career options.
Chapters, all snapshots of a particular career, are gathered into parts: the introduction is followed by careers in public libraries, school libraries, academic libraries, special libraries, and careers outside of libraries. Each chapter author describes their typical duties, shares likes and dislikes, and offers advice for those wanting a job like theirs.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 392 pages
PB 9798216185758 • £43.99 / $59.95 • HB 9798216185864 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798216185765 • £43.10 / $53.95
ePdf 9798216185772 • £43.10 / $53.95 Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
The Medical Librarian’s Manual for Teaching Evidence-Based Practice
Joseph Andrew Burt
Evidence-Based Practice is a key component of education and progressive skill sets in the clinical setting. Librarians in hospitals and universities are in a unique position to teach EBP to the next generation of students, and this is the book that can help them do that.
UK February 2026 • US February 2026 • 160 pages • 14 bw illus
HB 9781538193396 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9781538193402 • £58.27 / $72.00
ePdf 9798881864880 • £58.27 / $72.00
Series: Medical Library Association Books Series • Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
Planning Library Spaces
A Practical Guide for Library Building Projects
Lauren Stara, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Illustrated by Kelsey Kruse
The book examines the uniqueness of libraries as a building type, space planning basics, and trends in library design. The topics of sustainability, resilience, and occupant health and wellness in library buildings, all of which have gained importance in the last decade, are also explored. Finally, detailed dimensional data on the size and space requirements for typical library shelving, furniture, and equipment are provided, creating a working reference for anyone planning library spaces.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages • 184 bw illus
HB 9781538182406 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9781538182413 • £58.27 / $72.00
ePdf 9798765154700 • £58.27 / $72.00
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Seeking Meaning
A Process Approach to Library and Information Services, 30th Anniversary Edition
Carol C. Kuhlthau, Rutgers University, USA
The publication of Carol C. Kuhlthau’s Seeking Meaning in 1993 marked a watershed moment in how we think about information seeking. The Information Search Process (ISP) model it introduced helped generations of educators prepare students for the increasingly complex information environments they would encounter, and its central findings have only grown in importance during the last 30 years.
Kuhlthau’s canonical research, accompanied in this anniversary edition by new essays exploring the text’s legacy and continued importance, is required reading for students of library and information science in the United States and abroad and an invaluable resource for anyone providing library and information services.
UK August 2025 • US May 2025 • 288 pages
PB 9798216193449 • £49.99 / $67.95 • HB 9798216193456 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798216193463 • £49.49 / $61.15
ePdf 9798216193470 • £49.49 / $61.15
Series: Libraries Unlimited Guided Inquiry Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
AI and Digital Leadership
Transforming Libraries, Archives, and Museums for the Future
Angela I. Fritz, University of Iowa
As GLAMs strive to keep pace, this book turns to explore how cultural heritage institutions can draw on a model of digital leadership to help them meet the challenges posed by the ethical implementation and use of generative AI in the stewardship of distinctive collections. Although digital leadership has been widely written about in the fields of business management, communication and marketing and information technology, it has not yet been addressed in a book format for the GLAM sector.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 160 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781538191088 £33.99 / $46.95 HB 9781538191071 £70.00 / $95.00
ePub 9781538191095 £34.32 / $42.25
ePdf 9798765160282 £34.32 / $42.25
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School Librarians and Principals Leading Together International Perspectives
Edited by Dianne Oberg, University of Alberta, Canada & Luisa Marquardt, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
School Librarians and Principals Leading Together offers a timely collection of research literature addressing the role of the principal in adopting, implementing, evaluating, and institutionalizing school libraries. An international group of contributors makes this a wide-ranging and comparative study of the important relationship between principals and librarians in service of student learning and achievement. Chapter topics include principals’ perceptions of the impact of the school library on student academic achievement, flexible scheduling, school libraries as technology hubs, and the ways in which the impact of the library/librarian is assessed, from rural Thailand to New Zealand to China to the United States.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 248 pages
HB 9798216188605 • £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9798216188636 • £97.39 / $121.50
ePdf 9798216188629 • £97.39 / $121.50
Series: School Librarianship Worldwide • Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited World English
The Quick-Start Library Guide
A Handbook for Paraprofessionals and New School Librarians
Kelly Mayfield, Librarian, Columbus, OH, USA & Amy O. Milstead, Mesquite, Texas, USA
This practical guide sets new librarians and paraprofessionals up for success. New librarians will build the confidence to develop systems and create plans for programs and partnerships with teachers and other professionals. Paraprofessionals will develop knowledge of library science topics such as cataloging, collection development, and weeding. Topics specific to the school library, such as reading levels and book fairs, teach readers what they need to know to hit the ground running, while lists of additional resources provide opportunities for more in-depth learning.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9798216184690 • £36.99 / $49.95
ePub 9798216184683 • £35.92 / $44.95
ePdf 9798216184676 • £35.92 / $44.95
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The Whole-School Community Read
A Comprehensive Guidebook
Margaux DelGuidice-Calemmo, Garden City High School, NY, USA & Jeannette Balantic, Garden City School District, Long Island, USA
Collaborative reading programs can foster a love of reading, increase student engagement, build a community of readers, and simultaneously improve literacy. This resource provides librarians and teachers of learners at all levels with advice on finding funding, building successful collaborations within the school community, and allowing students to have a voice in book selection. Come away with ideas on how to promote the program, celebrate milestones, and assess and improve the initiative going forward.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 168 pages
PB 9798216186045 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9798216380641 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798216186052 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798216186069 £28.73 / $35.95
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Book Banning in 21st-Century America
Emily J. M. Knox
The books focuses on the why of censorship and posits that many censorship behaviors and practices, such as challenging books, are intimately tied to the how one understands the practice of reading and its effects on character development and behavior. It discusses reading as a social practice that has changed over time and encompasses different physical modalities and interpretive strategies. In order to understand why people challenge books, it presents a model of how the practice of reading is understood by challengers including “what it means” to read a text, and especially how one constructs the idea of “appropriate” reading materials.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 240 pages 5 bw illus
PB 9781538195079 £26.99 / $39.95 HB 9781538195062 £80.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781538195086 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798881865696 • £28.73 / $35.95
Series: Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series • Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
Classic Fairy Tales and Modern Retellings
A Guide for Librarians, Teachers, and Readers
Pauline Dewan, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Designed to help librarians, teachers, and reading partners feel more confident in selecting and suggesting fairy-tale books for children and teens, this comprehensive guide offers themes, read-alikes, reading levels, awards, and curricular tie-ins. Readers will learn about the distinguishing characteristics of fairy tales, key authors (contemporary and historical), major trends, and significant changes in the genre. They will also discover the therapeutic power of fairy tales, their empowering impact on children and teens, and the reasons that fairy tales continue to attract young readers. Insightful and engaging annotations will increase their knowledge of the riches of the genre.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9798216186274 • £39.99 / $54.95 • HB 9798216377917 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798216186281 • £39.91 / $49.45
ePdf 9798216186298 • £39.91 / $49.45
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100 Glues, Brews, and Goos
Kid-Tested Activities That Stimulate Creativity and Critical Thinking
Diana F. Marks, Pennsylvania, USA
Illustrated by Donna L. Farrell
Never run out of activity ideas again with this book of 100 kid-tested, child-centered activities. Recipes and formulas work solo or in groups and fill rainy days with hands-on activities. Adults will appreciate their connection to broad areas of learning, including STEAM and the language arts. Recipes can travel the globe and be enjoyed by people from a variety of cultures and countries. And they won’t be outgrown—there’s plenty for children to create as they progress in both age and interests.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9798216190127 • £21.99 / $29.95
ePub 9798216190134 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798216190141 • £21.55 / $26.95
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An Archivist's Guide to Copyright
Navigating Risk Management
William J. Maher
This book provides a foundation in the law to support a risk-management approach for archivists to use in assessing their own collections and institutional circumstances. Readers learn core parts of the law, how to apply basic tools to address archives-specific issues, and learn effective use of existing exceptions and limitations. The book's goal is to provide archivists with the ability to navigate copyright to achieve the ultimate archival mission: to preserve the broadest array of heritage material and enable as wide a use as possible.
UK March 2026 US March 2026 264 pages 4 bw illus
PB 9798881801687 • £32.99 / $45.00 • HB 9798881801670 • / $95.00
ePub 9798881801694 • £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9798881855086 • £32.72 / $40.50
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Reflecting Your Community
Using Diversity Audits to Improve Your Library's Collection
Edited by Ann Ford
This book provides key insights and observations gathered from the author’s extensive work in libraries and with public librarians. Hard topics that are often avoided around DEI initiatives such as managing collections amidst book banning and restrictive legislation, vendor accountability, and personal bias in collections are addressed. Readers will learn how to meet their patrons where they are, build lasting and meaningful collections to reflect their diverse communities, and maintain a culture of inclusion. Throughout the book, the author highlights libraries that have successfully curated and maintained this culture and provides sample data, resources and tips for the reader to follow.
UK May 2026 • US May 2026 • 208 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781538194270 • £27.99 / $38.00 • HB 9781538194263 • / $95.00
ePub 9781538194287 £27.93 / $34.20
ePdf 9798881857424 £27.93 / $34.20
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Practical Marketing for Your School Library
C. L. Mansfield, Hong Kong
Is your school library struggling to gain visibility within your school and community? Marketing Your School Library provides librarians with the strategies and tools needed to develop a comprehensive marketing plan that will raise awareness and drive student engagement and colleague collaboration. This practical, easy-to-implement guide goes beyond traditional library promotion to deliver innovative, low-cost ideas for creating standout newsletters, social media campaigns, and event-based programming that will position your library as an essential hub of learning and discovery within your school community. Upgrade your marketing game and take your library's impact to new heights!
UK November 2025 US November 2025 200 pages
PB 9798216192459 £36.99 / $49.95 HB 9798216379676 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798216192466 • £35.92 / $44.95
ePdf 9798216192473 • £35.92 / $44.95
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A Practical Guidebook to Trauma Informed Archival Practice
Best Practices and Case Studies
Edited by Michelle Ganz, Dominican Sisters of Peace & Veronica L. Denison, Adams Library at Rhode Island College, USA
A Practical Guidebook to Trauma Informed Archival Practice: Best Practices and Case Studies looks at trauma in archival work through various user perspectives. Understanding the different types of traumas that can be expressed leads to creating policies and workflows that can help reduce the harm caused by potentially traumatic collections. This book is the practical guide to dealing with trauma in archives that will help not only the archivists who work with these difficult collections, but also patrons, donors, and users who interact with them.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 200 pages • 15 bw illus
PB 9781538195048 • £36.99 / $36.00 • HB 9781538195031 • £95.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781538195055 £26.34 / $32.40
ePdf 9798881865788 £26.34 / $32.40
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Chaucer's Language
Simon Horobin, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, UK
Assuming no previous linguistic knowledge or familiarity with Middle English, Chaucer's Language leads the reader through basic linguistic concepts, highlighting how Chaucer's English differs from present-day English, and the significance of this for interpreting and understanding his work. Horobin provides close analysis and comparison with the writings of Chaucer’s contemporaries to show how Chaucer drew on the variety of Middle English to achieve particular poetic effects. This 3rd edition has been fully revised throughout with updated examples, insights from the most recent scholarship and a new chapter on using digital images.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781350473782 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9781350473799 • £90.00 / $120.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Comparing Linguistic Diachronies
The Naxos
Papers (Volume III)
Edited by Nikolaos Lavidas, University of Athens, Greece, Alexander Bergs, Osnabrück University, Germany, Elly van Gelderen, Arizona State University, USA & Ioanna Sitaridou, University of Cambridge, UK
This volume presents eight case studies examining diachronic linguistics and language contact, as well as different aspects of language change. The chapters cover a variety of topics and consider the relationship between historical data and linguistic theory. They also examine the diachronic development of linguistic characteristics in different levels of linguistic analysis including historical morphosyntax, historical phonology, historical pragmatics and historical sociolinguistics. Focusing on common directions of change in various languages, including English, Gothic, Ancient Greek, Eastern IndoAryan and Hebrew, the authors provide explanations that reveal the role of internal factors as well as of language contact.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 192 pages • 7 bw illus
HB 9781350516335 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350516359 • £85.50 / $116.09
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Bloomsbury Academic
Navigating Dementia and Society
Exploring How People Affected by Dementia Negotiate and Reshape
Popular Discourses
Emma Putland, Lancaster University, UK
This open access book explores how people affected by dementia (either by having a diagnosis or being a carer or loved one of someone who does) in the UK reiterate, challenge and reshape wider discourses surrounding the syndrome, both in conversation and by directly responding to visual and linguistic social texts. Key themes include the need for nuance when discussing dementia, and the tensions between different types of understandings of dementia.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 304 pages • 26 bw illus
HB 9781350428867 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350428881 • £00.00 / $00.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Characters and Surprises in Stand-up Comedy
A Linguistic Exploration of How Comedians Use Impersonation and Expectation to Create Humour
Lorenzo Logi, Sydney University, University of New South Wales and Macquarie University, Australia
This book employs a social semiotic methodology to investigate how comedians use impersonation and expectation to create humour in stand-up comedy. It advances the linguistic cartography of how meaning-making resources contribute to humour in the genre. Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) underpins the book’s approach and is integrated with recent work on multimodality and paralanguage. The author develops a framework for identifying and analysing the intermodal semiotic resources that contribute to impersonation and expectation in humour, and applies it through discourse analysis of excerpts from texts by Ricky Gervais, Eddie Izzard and Michelle Wolf.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350448391 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350448414 • £85.50 / $116.09
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics • Bloomsbury Academic
Language and LGBTQ+ Youth
Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional
Lens
Lucy Jones, University of Nottingham, UK
This book takes a queer linguistics approach to argue that young people’s identity constructions reveal their marginalisation in society, given the constraining ideological structures of gender and sexuality that they navigate together. It shows that an intersectional approach to theorising identity construction is crucial for the analysis of marginalised groups. The author develops a framework for an intersectional sociocultural linguistics (ISL) and applies it to linguistic ethnography with members of four LGBTQ+ youth groups in the UK. In focusing on these individual, varied identity constructions, the book also provides a unique, in-depth insight into the reality of being young and LGBTQ+ today.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages • 1 bw illus
HB 9781350469495 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350469518 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350469501 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Queer Linguistics • Bloomsbury Academic
Voice and Nation in Plurinational Bolivia
Aymara Radio and Song in an Age of Pachakuti
Karl Swinehart, University of Louisville, USA
This ethnographic account of Indigenous language activism explores how Aymara media and cultural workers combat the threat of language obsolescence by making the language audible in diverse corners of Aymara life. Drawing on research conducted among Aymara language radio broadcasters, hip hop artists, and community members, it also examines the role Indigenous multilingualism plays in Bolivian politics.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 200 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350324756 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350324718
ePub 9781350324732 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350324725 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Linguistic Anthropology • Bloomsbury Academic
The Future of Language
How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way we Communicate
Philip Seargeant, The Open University, UK Will language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives? From the rise of artificial intelligence and speaking robots, to brain implants and computer-facilitated telepathy, language and communications expert Philip Seargeant surveys the development of new digital ‘languages’, such as emojis, animated gifs and memes, and investigates how conventions of spoken and written language are being modified by new trends in communication.
UK April 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350538474 • £14.99 / $19.95
Previously published in HB 9781350278851
ePub 9781350278868 • £13.49 / $18.89
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Bloomsbury Academic
Harmonious Discourse Analysis
Ecolinguistics through Chinese Culture and Philosophy
Ruihua Zhao, Sun Yat-sen University, China & Guowen Huang, City University of Macau, China
Integrating aspects of Chinese culture with modern theories of language, this book puts forward a new approach to ecolinguistics: harmonious discourse analysis (HDA). As well as enabling readers to be open to alternative approaches and discourses in the analysis of a variety of Chinese-context-based examples, it also helps readers understand the tradition and development of ecological ideas in China, before further expanding the sphere to examine East-West dialogues of ecolinguistics.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350376618 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350376632 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350376625 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics Bloomsbury Academic
Ecological Communication and Ecoliteracy
Discourses of Awareness and Action for the Lifescape
Edited by Maria Bortoluzzi, University of Udine, Italy & Elisabetta Zurru, University of Genoa, Italy
This open access book discusses how the environmental crisis is communicated as an urgent global and local issue in a variety of media, texts and events. Focusing on a wide range of case studies (news articles, institutional websites, artwork installations, signposting, social campaigns, and other) the contributions explore how communicative actions can help meet the challenges of ecologicallyoriented change.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages • 20 bw illus
PB 9781350335868 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350335820
ePub 9781350335844 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350335837 £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics Bloomsbury Academic
Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics
Arran Stibbe, University of Gloucestershire, UK & Mariana Roccia
Ecolinguistics, Social Justice and Sustainability
Voices from the Global South Edited by Mohamed Mliless, Independent Researcher, Morocco, Mohammed Larouz, Moulay Ismail University of Meknès, Morocco, David Stringer, Indiana University Bloomington, USA, Diego Luis Forte, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, George M. Jacobs, University of Malaya, Malaysia & Meng Huat Chau, Zhejiang International Studies University, China
This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between language and the environment in the Global South. It brings forward new perspectives and voices to broaden our understanding of the role of language in addressing ecological challenges. The book navigates through various dimensions of ecolinguistics, shedding light on critical issues and innovative approaches across diverse contexts.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages • 20 bw illus
HB 9781350523807 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350523821
£00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350523814 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics • Bloomsbury Academic
How We Talk About Animals, and Why it Matters
The Power of Discourse
Alison Sealey, Lancaster University, UK
Providing a fascinating insight into the way we talk about animals, this book brings together new material from scientific studies and popular culture to explore the relationships between humans and other animals. It will appeal to a wide readership in light of the climate crisis and awareness of the loss of biodiversity both globally and locally. Demonstrating how animals are represented in contemporary English, this book draws on data from a wide range of genres and contexts including interviews with professional communicators about animals and focus groups involving people with different experiences of, and attitudes towards, animals in various contexts.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350519619 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350519664 • £85.50 / $116.09
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Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics Bloomsbury Academic
Multispecies Discourse Analysis
The Nexus of Discourse and Practice in Sea Turtle Tourism and Conservation
Gavin Lamb
This book explores how language and communication shape the increasingly entangled lives of people and sea turtles at the nexus of sea turtle conservation and ecotourism in Hawai‘i. It offers researchers in ecolinguistics and related fields in discourse analysis an integrative theoretical and methodological approach to empirically investigate multispecies discourses and practices, and how they can help ethically shape human-wildlife interaction.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages • 15 bw illus
PB 9781350229655 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350229617
ePub 9781350229631 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350229624 £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics Bloomsbury Academic
Exploring Clinical Communication in Asia
Culture, Discipline, Best Practice and Clinicians’ Voices in the Chinese Context
Jack Pun, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Audrey Chan, University of Cambridge, UK
Drawing on socially-oriented functional linguistics, this book offers a detailed and systematic overview of the role that language plays in clinician-patient communication in Asian contexts and puts forward a communication model specific to this particular sociocultural and medical setting, providing detailed and research-driven recommendations for healthcare professionals.
UK
ePub 9781350298132 £85.50 / $116.09
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Language and Healthcare Bloomsbury Academic
Language, Data Science and Digital Humanities
Jukka Tyrkkö, Linnaeus University, Sweden & Mikko Laitinen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Linguistic Data Science and the English Passive Modeling Diachronic Developments and Regional Variation
Axel Bohmann, University of Cologne, Germany, Julia Müller, University of Freiburg, Germany, Mirka Honkanen, Independent Researcher, Germany & Miriam Neuhausen, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Filling a gap in existing research, this book employs multivariate statistical analyses of several large corpora to explore different factors determining the choice of English passive auxiliary. Addressing both diachronic developments and synchronic regional variation, it combines traditional corpus linguistics with newer machine-learning tools, testing the influence of various predictors with the use of automated sentiment analysis and subject detection, manual animacy coding, distributional semantics, and a mixed-effects regression model.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages • 20 bw illus
HB 9781350386549
• £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350386563 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350386556 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Language, Data Science and Digital Humanities • Bloomsbury Academic
Text Analytics for Corpus Linguistics and Digital Humanities
Simple R Scripts and Tools
Gerold Schneider, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Helping to understand and apply state-of-the-art text analytics methods to detect and visualize phenomena in text data, this book shows readers how to conduct experiments with their own corpora and research questions, underpin their theories, quantify the differences and pinpoint characteristics. It also demonstrates how to use the programming language R, as well as simple alternatives and additions to R.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 236 pages • 25 bw illus
PB 9781350370869 £22.99 / $30.95
Previously published in HB 9781350370821
ePub 9781350370845 £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350370838 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Language, Data Science and Digital Humanities • Bloomsbury Academic
Metalanguage and Identity From Narration to Reflection
David Evans, Liverpool Hope University, UK & Manel Herat, Liverpool Hope University, UK
This book is an exploration into the process in which everyday narrative language can become reflective and then analytical. It shows that there are levels in language which correspond with conceptual structures existing in wider society, which shape the formation of a metalanguage. The authors explore the development of different strands of metalanguage, for example, mind-based logic, physically based metaphor and social grammar, to provide a fuller account of language and identity by challenging sweeping existential accounts of language.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 216 pages • 8 bw illus
HB 9781350497856 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350497870 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350497863 £85.50 / $116.09
Bloomsbury Academic
Corpus and Discourse
Gavin Brookes, Lancaster University, UK & Michaela Mahlberg, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses
Exploring Identity through Fiction
Edited by Anna Cermakova, Lancaster University, UK & Michaela Mahlberg, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Providing an interdisciplinary perspective on children’s fiction and childhood, this book offers a fresh insight into the key issues in fiction for children, such as gender, social stereotypes, embodied and spatial experience, and emotions. Connecting classic children’s texts, such as Alice in Wonderland with contemporary fiction, such as Harry Potter, the book innovatively brings together perspectives from corpus linguistics, stylistics, cognitive linguistics, literary and cultural studies, and human geography to cast light on the role of literature in how children construct the world around them.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 280 pages • 50 bw illus
PB 9781350342262 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350176980
ePub 9781350177000 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350176997 £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Corpus and Discourse Bloomsbury Academic
Contrastive Corpus Linguistics Patterns in Lexicogrammar and Discourse
Edited by Anna Cermakova, Lancaster University, UK, Hilde Hasselgård, University of Oslo, Norway, Markéta Malá, Charles University, Czech Republic & Denisa Šebestová, Charles University, Czech Republic Marking 30 years of contrastive corpus linguistics, this volume provides a state-of-the-art of the field, charting its development over time and pushing the boundaries of the discipline. By exploring the application of complex multi-genre multilingual data sets and expanding the horizons of contrastive studies, it demonstrates how a juxtaposition of cross-linguistic and register variation can deepen our insight into language variation and use.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 312 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350385979 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350385931
ePub 9781350385955 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350385948 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Corpus and Discourse • Bloomsbury Academic
The Semiotics of Banknotes and Coins
Reading Contemporary Currency Design
Sebastián Moreno Barreneche, ORT University of Uruguay, Uruguay
This book studies currency from a semiotic perspective, analysing currency as text, in a broad sense, as defined by semiotics. This shows how currency functions as the material support for the construction of an idea of the nation. The semiotic examination of the currencies of countries including Canada, Mexico, Switzerland and Uruguay allows us to extract some general conclusions regarding how money and currency can be the object of specific semiotic strategies revolving around the collective identity of a nation and the aspects of its cultural memory the State wants to bring to the fore as distinctive traits of that collective identity.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages • 55 bw illus
HB 9781350451360 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350451384 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350451377 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics Bloomsbury Academic
Bloomsbury Advances in Translation
Translating
Human
Inner Life In and Between the Arts
A Semiotic Approach to the Emotions and the Process of
Translation
Edited by Malgorzata Gamrat, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
This book examines how human inner life can be translated in different arts and between the arts. It shows the arts as a tool of communication using a wide array of case studies taken from different times and cultures. The methodological perspective is multidimensional covering translation studies and semiotics studies, as well as different arts’ fields – music, literature, film, visual arts, multimedia and video games. The book combines these approaches and tools for each field in order to create a new approach that permits an examination of the process of translation in various arts connected to human inner life.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 288 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350453258 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350453272 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350453265 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Translation • Bloomsbury Academic
Jeremy Munday, University of Leeds, UK & Kathryn Batchelor, University College London (UCL), UK
Translation, Interpreting and Technological Change
Innovations
in
Research, Practice and Training
Edited by Marion Winters, Heriot-Watt University, UK, Sharon Deane-Cox, University of Strathclyde, UK & Ursula Böser, Heriot-Watt University, UK
This book examines the impact of technological advances on translation and interpreting and how new technologies are changing the very nature of language and communication. Reflecting on innovations in research, practice and training, chapters consider what these shifts mean for translators and interpreters. Exploring advances and challenges created by this rapidly evolving environment, this book presents the different but intertwined perspectives of translation and interpreting and examines how the field is changing.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 224 pages • 7 bw illus
PB 9781350212985 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350212947
ePub 9781350212961 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350212954 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Translation • Bloomsbury Academic
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Laura Filardo-Llamas, University of Valladolid, Spain
Adopting a novel method for the study of conflict, framed in the cognitive linguistic tradition within critical discourse studies, this book explores how opposing communities construe discourse worlds which appear to reflect the existence of “paradoxical realities”. Grounded in examples specific to Northern Ireland, each chapter also highlights how the method used could be applied to other conflictual contexts.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 304 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350373761 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350373785 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350373778 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Critical Discourse Studies Bloomsbury Academic
Walter Benjamin and Cultural Translation
Examining a Controversial Legacy
Birgit Haberpeuntner, University of Vienna, Austria
Dissecting the radical impact of Walter Benjamin on contemporary cultural, postcolonial and translation theory, this book investigates the translation and reception of Benjamin’s most famous text about translation, “The Task of the Translator”, in English language debates around ‘cultural translation’. It offers a clearer picture of the translation and reception processes that have generated the immense impact of Benjamin on contemporary cultural theory, as well as new perspectives for a way of reading that re-shapes the canonized texts themselves and holds the potential of disturbing, shifting and enriching their more ‘traditional’ readings.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 216 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350387218 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350387188
ePub 9781350387201 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350387195 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Translation • Bloomsbury Academic
Hermeneutical Narratives in Christian Religious Experience International Perspectives
Edited by Malgorzata Haladewicz-Grzelak, Opole University of Technology, Poland & Malgorzata Widel-Ignaszczak, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
This book explores the intersection of culture, language, and religious experience, and approaches hermeneutics as a meta-perspective to approach Christian religious communication. It draws on the work of scholars from diverse geographical areas and academic fields, with a particular emphasis on Orthodox and Catholic Christianity and Slavic scholarship. Offering critical insights into hermeneutics in the tradition of Schleiermacher, Gadamer and Ricoeur.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 19 bw illus
HB 9781350518469 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350518483 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350518476 • £85.50 / $116.09
Bloomsbury Academic
Applied Cognitive Ecostylistics
From Ego to Eco
Edited by Malgorzata Drewniok, University of Lincoln, UK & Marek Kuzniak, University of Wroclaw, Poland
This volume is a collection of the latest research that seeks to apply the theory and methodology developed over the last 40 years in the area of applied cognitive ecostylistics to both literary and real-life texts, engaging with a wealth of examples from First World War poetry and Anne of Green Gables through to Condé Nast Traveller hotel descriptions. Exploring the cultural effects of the eco-turn, the collection engages the reader in the problem of the present-day Anthropocene, manifested as Ego-Eco tensions at the level of communicating self-needs and the needs of the Other.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350362222 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350362185
ePub 9781350362208 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350362192 £85.50 / $116.09
Bloomsbury Academic
A Multimodal Language Faculty A Cognitive Framework for Human Communication
Neil Cohn, Tilburg University, The Netherlands & Joost Schilperoord, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Presenting a model of a multimodal language faculty which heralds a re-organization of the structures of language and their guiding assumptions, this book shows that although the primary human expressive behaviors — speaking, signing, drawing — may seem distinct, they actually decompose into similar cognitive building blocks, which coalesce into a multifaceted multimodal communicative system.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 352 pages 83 bw illus
PB 9781350402454 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350402416
ePub 9781350402430 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350402423 • £85.50 / $116.09
Bloomsbury Academic
Angela Carter's Futures Representations, Adaptations and Legacies
Edited by Sarah Gamble, Swansea University, UK & Anna Watz, Uppsala University, Sweden
This book explores Angela Carter’s creative and critical afterlives as well as the multiple ways in which her work is amenable to being read through current critical and cultural theories. Examining topics as diverse as theatrical adaptations of Carter’s novels, her ‘posthuman politics’, and the inspiration of her work for contemporary writers, the essays in this collection demonstrate Carter’s continuing relevance into the twentyfirst century.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350343573 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350343597 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350343580 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Medicine, Theology and Wellness in Britain from the Enlightenment to Modernity
Lesa Scholl, University of Melbourne, Australia
What is the soul? What is the relationship of the body to the soul? This book focuses on these questions in the context of nineteenth-century Britain, exploring the ways in which medicine and theology co-created modern perceptions of the impact of nutrition on mental health and wellness. It intervenes in the presumed conflict between science and religion in the long nineteenth-century studies by exposing the way medicine and theology worked together to form ideas of health and wellness.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 248 pages
HB 9781350410909
£85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350410923 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350410916 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Children’s Literatures, Cultures, and Pedagogies in the Anthropocene
Multidisciplinary Entanglements
Edited by Terri Doughty, Vancouver Island University, Canada, Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, University of Wroclaw, Poland & Janet Grafton, Vancouver Island University, Canada
This open access book explores how children’s literature and cultures allow them to navigate environmental crises. With chapters from global researchers working in literary, cultural, childhood and education studies, it provides multidisciplinary perspectives on, and models for, how children might embrace hope over fear. It examines various forms of storytelling, learning, thinking, and teaching, asking what children can learn from each other, from intergenerational and interspecies engagement and from human and more-than-human teachers.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Wroclaw University, Poland
UK May 2025 US May 2025 264 pages 20 bw illus
HB 9781350509979
Angela Carter's Pasts Allegories and Intertextualities
Edited by Sarah Gamble, Swansea University, UK & Anna Watz, Uppsala University, Sweden
This book offers a fresh look at Angela Carter’s critical and intertextual engagements with the past. Examining a broad range of Carter’s work (novels, short stories, poetry, as well as stage plays), the essays in this collection explore a stimulating selection of topics, including folk song, medieval literature, magic realism, and the occult. Frequently drawing on newly available archival material, the volume lays out the ways in which Carter wove allusions into her own narratives, creating a lively and challenging dialogue with the cultural materials of the past and present.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 232 pages • 1 bw illus
HB 9781350343511 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350343535 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350343528 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Framing Ageing
Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
Edited by Julia Langbein, Anne Fuchs, University College Dublin, Ireland & Mary Cosgrove, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Bringing together established and emerging scholars of old age from the Humanities and Social Sciences as well as gerontologists and medical practitioners, this open access book both showcases new scholarship and provides new methods and concepts for ongoing conversations about old age as an object of analysis in contemporary culture.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 264 pages 15 bw illus
PB 9781350341456 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350341418
ePub 9781350341432 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350341425 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Humanities, Ageing and Later Life • Bloomsbury Academic
British Children's Literature in Japanese Culture Wonderlands and Looking-Glasses
Catherine Butler, Cardiff University, UK.
The first comprehensive study to explore the engagement of the Japanese with British children's literature, this considers its many manifestations in print, on the screen, in tourist locations and throughout Japanese popular culture. Taking stock of influence of literary works such as Gulliver's Travels, Alice in Wonderland, Tom's Midnight Garden, the Harry Potter series, the imagery of Thomas the Tank Engine and the characters of Beatrix Potter, this lively account draws on literary criticism, translation, film and tourist studies to explore how British children’s books have been selected, translated, understood, adapted and reworked into Japanese commercial, touristic and imaginative culture.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 232 pages • 30 bw illus
PB 9781350511903 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781350195479
ePub 9781350195493 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350195486 • £19.79 / $26.99
Series: Bloomsbury Perspectives on Children's Literature Bloomsbury Academic
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in Antiquity
Edited by Debbie Felton, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, USA
Spanning chronologically from the third millennium BCE through to the seventh century CE and beyond, and geographically from the Mediterranean to the Near East and Asia, this book explores the earliest known evidence of familiar folk tales and fairy tales in the ancient world.
An essential resource for scholars and students of ancient literature, history, and cultural studies, this book explores topics including: forms of the marvelous, gender and sexuality, monsters and the monstrous, the significance of spaces, socialization and moral messaging, and the uses and abuses of power.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 20 illus
PB 9781350593862 • £25.99 / $35.95
Previously published in HB 9781350093799
ePub 9781350281196 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9781350281189 £67.50 / $91.79
Series: The Cultural Histories Series Bloomsbury Academic World English
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Age of the Marvelous
Edited
by Suzanne Magnanini, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Drawing on the contributions of scholars working on Italian, French, English, Ottoman Turkish, and Japanese tale traditions, this book underscores the striking mobility and malleability of fairy tales written in the years 1450 to 1650. The essays examine how early modern scientific theories, debates on the efficacy of witchcraft, conceptions of race and gender, religious beliefs, the aesthetics of landscape, and censorial practices all shaped the representations of magic and marvels in the tales of this period.
An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history and cultural studies,contributors explore themes including: forms of the marvelous, adaption, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, space, socialization, and power.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350594128 • £25.99 / $35.95
Previously published in HB 9781350094659
ePub 9781350285903 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9781350287525 • £67.50 / $91.79
Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Long Nineteenth Century
Edited by Naomi J. Wood, Kansas State University, USA
This volume explores the period when the European fairy tales conquered the world and shaped the global imagination in its own image.
Examining how collectors, children’s writers, poets, and artists seized the form to challenge convention and normative ideas, this book explores the fantastic imagination that belies the nineteenth century’s materialist and pedestrian reputation.
With contributions from international scholars across disciplines, this volume is an essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history, and cultural studies.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 248 pages • 21 bw illus
PB 9781350594142 • £25.99 / $35.95
Previously published in HB 9781350095366
ePub 9781350287556 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9781350287563 • £67.50 / $91.79
Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Middle Ages
Edited by Susan Aronstein, University of Wyoming, USA
Spanning the years from 900 to 1500 and traversing geographical borders, from England to France and India to China, this book uniquely examines the tales told, translated, adapted and circulated during the period known as the Middle Ages.
An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history and cultural studies, this volume explores themes including: forms of the marvelous, adaptation, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, spaces, socialization, and power.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9781350593879 • £25.99 / $35.95
Previously published in HB 9781350094482
ePub 9781350287570 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9781350287587 • £67.50 / $91.79
Series: The Cultural Histories Series Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Long Eighteenth Century
Edited by Anne E. Duggan, Wayne State University, USA
This volume traces the evolution of the genre over the period known as the long eighteenth century. It explores key developments including: the French fairy tale vogue of the1690s, dominated by women authors including Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy and Marie-Jeanne Lhéritier, the fashion of the oriental tale in the early eighteenth century, launched by Antoine Galland’s seminal translation of The Thousand and One Nights from Arabic into French, and the birth of European children’s literature in the second half of the eighteenth century.
This book explores such themes and topics as: forms of the marvelous, adaptation, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, spaces, socialization, and power.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 27 bw illus
PB 9781350594135 • £25.99 / $35.95
Previously published in HB 9781350095229
ePub 9781350287549 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9781350287532 • £67.50 / $91.79
Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Modern Age
Edited by Andrew Teverson, Kingston University, UK
Drawing together contributions from an international range of scholars in history, literature, and cultural studies, this volume uniquely examines creative applications of fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It explores how the fairy tale has become a genre that flourishes on film, on TV, and in digital media, as well as in the older technologies of print, performance, and the visual arts.
This book explores such themes and topics as: forms of the marvelous, adaptation, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, spaces, socialization, and power.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 28 bw illus
PB 9781350594159 • £25.99 / $35.95
Previously published in HB 9781350095717
ePub 9781350287594 £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9781350287600 £67.50 / $91.79
Series: The Cultural Histories Series Bloomsbury Academic
Jane Austen in 50 Words
Maria Frawley, George Washington University, USA.
What does Jane Austen mean when she writes approvingly of a character's 'gentility' and ‘delicacy’, or critically of another's 'indolence' and 'impertinence’? What are her characters doing when they take the measure of a person's 'air' and 'address'? These questions and more are answered in this Janeite treasure trove, which examines the distinctive language woven through Austen’s signature stories.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 216 pages
PB 9781350528208 • £14.99 / $19.95 • HB 9781350528215 • £45.00 / $61.00
ePub 9781350528239 • £13.49 / $18.89
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Bloomsbury Academic
The Politics of Disinterestedness in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Browning, Eliot, Wilde
Natalie Roxburgh, University of Hamburg, Germany
This book historicizes the concept of disinterestedness by examining discourses on political economy during and before the 19th century. It argues that certain literary texts developed to respond to the way all interests are transformed into economic interests in this period, and the implications for aesthetics and aesthetic autonomy. Reading canonical authors, Browning, Eliot and Wilde, through disinterestedness sheds new light on literary value and the formal techniques seen as important by the end of the 19th century, just as liberal democracy took hold in Britain.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9798765134986 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9798765135006 • £65.46 / $81.00
ePdf 9798765135013 • £65.46 / $81.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The 18th Century Today
Literature and Media from Beauty and the Beast to Bridgerton
Edited by Madeleine Pelling, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, UK & Emrys D. Jones, King's College London, UK
Exploring how 18th-century narratives are taken-up, recycled and re-visioned in contemporary media, this book combines scholarly essays with interviews from curators, historians, actors and producers. Highlighting how contemporary depictions give marginalized lives visibility, the role of genre in reenacting period culture, and the potential for modern adaptation to transmute historical suffering, this book covers such works from theatre, TV, film and games as The Great, Bright Star, Harlots, Belle, Bridgerton, The Revolutionists, Beauty and the Beast and Black Sails.
UK
HB 9781350528871
ePub 9781350528901 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350528895 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Melancholic Life
Literary Expression and the Experience of History from Burton to Keats
Jonathan C. Williams, Bilkent University, Turkey What binds 18th-century melancholics such as James Thomson, Sarah Fielding’s David Simple, or Henry Mackenzie’s Harley is a belief that critical thought is worth voicing whether or not it contributes to social change. That belief converges with 18th-century ideas of sentiment and loneliness, but it also syncs up in surprising ways with theoretical models of political subjectivity that emerge in the 20th century. Attention to melancholic expression reveals resonances not only to medical, religious, poetic, and philosophical language, but also between early modern thinkers and those in the 20th century.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9798765127308 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765127339 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765127346 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Funny Dostoevsky
New Perspectives on the Dostoevskian Light Side
Edited by Lynn Ellen Patyk, Dartmouth College, USA & Irina Erman, The College of Charleston, USA
Funny Dostoevsky demonstrates how and why Dostoevsky is one of the most humorous 19thcentury authors, even as he plumbs the depths of the human psyche and the darkest facets of European modernity. Contributors go beyond traditional categories of humor, such as satire, parody, and the carnivalesque, to apply unique lenses to their readings of Dostoevsky. These include cinematic slapstick and the body in Crime and Punishment, the affective turn and hilarious (and deadly) impatience in Demons, ontological jokes in Notes from Underground and The Idiot, and feminist approaches to Dostoevsky's funny and furious women.
UK
PB 9798765109793 • £28.99 / $39.95
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ePub 9798765109809 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765109816 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Sex and Nation in Transatlantic Literatures
Agata Szczeszak-Brewer, Wabash College, USA
Staging a vital counter-narrative to global nationalist discourses, this book explores how 20th and 21st-century postcolonial literatures criticize hetero-normative definitions of nationhood, weaving a trans-national and trans-Atlantic network of influences despite the pronounced geopolitical and cultural differences. With wide geographical scope and a comparative approach, Szczeszak-Brewer delves into the metaphorical currency of male impotence, sexual aggression and gender-nonconforming characters in nationalist narratives from Ireland, the U.S, Poland, France, Britain, South Africa, and Senegal, in the work of writers such as James Joyce, Witold Gombrowicz, Jean Toomer, Bessie Head, Zoë Wicomb, JM Coetzee, Andrea Levy, Patrick McCabe, David Diop.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 248 pages
HB 9781350323339 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350323353 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350323346 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Global Perspectives in Irish Literary Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Violence and Postcolonial Marginalities in South Asian Literature
Edited by Zakir Hussain, Ghulam Rabani & Rajbir Samal
Postcolonial Marginalities: Violence in South Asian Literature explores the multifaceted dimensions of violence represented in the literature of South Asia. It sheds light on the intricate relationships between colonial legacies, social structures, and violence in the South Asian region. In the context of South Asia, a region marked by rich cultural diversity and historical complexities, the intersections of postcolonialism, violence, and literature become particularly salient.
UK February 2026 • US December 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781666973167 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978759787 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216266082 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Edith Wharton and German Culture
Maria Novella Mercuri
Edith Wharton and German Culture examines the relation between Wharton’s work and life and German culture. It assembles the many—some known—connections between them, but it is also breaking new ground by elaborating on the many ways in which one can read Wharton’s work in relation to German literature and philosophy.
UK February 2026 • US December 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781666926330 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978772007 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216254164
• £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Reading Literature and Chronic Pain
Josie Billington, University of Liverpool, UK
This valuable and insightful study into chronic pain and its treatment advances a striking analysis of the complex phenomenon of chronic pain, also attesting to the importance of the medical humanities in addressing urgent questions that medical science alone cannot resolve.
Based on unique empirical research with people who are living with chronic pain, this book is the first of its kind to demonstrate the value of literature and literary reading both as a discourse for understanding pain and as an intervention in its treatment.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350270251 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350270213 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350270237 £17.99 / $24.29
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Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
Edited by Cosima Bruno, SOAS University of London, Lucas Klein, Arizona State University & Chris Song
Providing the first systematic overview of modern and contemporary Chinese literature from a translation studies perspective, this handbook provides students, researchers and teachers with a context in which to read and appreciate the effects of linguistic and cultural transfer in Chinese literary works. It provides new tools for reading and appreciating modern and contemporary Chinese literature in the global context of its translation and offers in-depth studies about eminent Chinese authors and their literary masterpieces in translation.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 472 pages
PB 9781350215351 £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9781350215306
ePub 9781350215320 • £126.00 / $171.44
ePdf 9781350215313 • £126.00 / $171.44
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Eliot Now
Edited by Megan Quigley, Villanova University, USA & David E. Chinitz, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Over a dozen new volumes of T. S. Eliot’s poetry, prose, and letters have been published in the past decade. This collection presents unabashedly fresh approaches to Eliot, while simultaneously guiding readers through the new materials that are available for the first time outside of restricted archives.
UK August 2025 US August 2025 288 pages
PB 9781350564169 £18.99 / $25.95
Previously published in HB 9781350173927
ePub 9781350173941 • £17.09 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350173934 • £17.09 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
The Post Bildungsroman Coming of Age at the Margins
Edited by Ricardo Quintana-Vallejo
The Post Bildungsroman reimagines the comingof-age genre, exploring youth, identity, and belonging in narratives at the margins of comics, videogames, and experimental novels. The essays in this collection use the theoretical framework of the Bildungsroman to analyze youth development, identity-in-flux, decolonial logic, as well as negotiation of maturity and belonging in contemporary narratives at the margins of literature (sequential art, comics, videogames, experimental novels, etc.).
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781666978988 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978763081 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216264279 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Mutant Narratives in Ecological Science Fiction
Thinking with Embodied Estrangement
Kaisa Kortekallio, University of Helsinki, Finland
Using an innovative multidisciplinary approach which is deeply invested in posthumanist thought, this book demonstrates how reading science fiction shapes the way we engage with lived environments. In dialogue with works by widely studied science fiction authors Greg Bear, N.K. Jemisin, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Jeff VanderMeer, it draws out how they function as mutant narratives. The first to systematically integrate three fields - feminist posthumanism, cognitive narratology, and science fiction studies - this book offers a complex and coherent understanding of readerly experience as material, embodied, dynamic, and imaginative.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781350296800 £28.99 / $39.95
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ePub 9781350296787 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350296770 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Posthumanism in Practice • Bloomsbury Academic
Decolonizing Knowledge Looking Back, Moving Forward
Edited by Radha D'Souza, University of Westminster, UK & Sunera Thobani, The University of British Columbia, Canada
This book reflects on texts from anti-colonial thinkers of the past – J.P.S. Uberoi, Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire, C.L.R. James and Andaiye, among others – to draw out earlier generations' understandings of decolonization. Contributors writing from multiple disciplines provide key insights from their thinking and examine their relevance for contemporary struggles for racial, gender and class justice. These essays straddle a range of themes from theory and practice, art and literature, gender and identity, and political economy, to address a subject that is preoccupying academia and activists in the 21st century.
UK
£21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765125489 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Reading Kafka in Prague
On Translation, Samizdat, Censorship, Export, and Dissent
Veronika Tuckerová, Harvard University, USA
The first book on the reception of Kafka in Czechoslovakia offers a contextualized understanding of the writer by focusing on the period from his death through the end of Communism. Using a broad comparative framework with a focus on translation and intercultural transmission, as well as archival materials and interviews, this book shows definitively how Kafka shaped the lives and work of his Czech readers, including inner-circle Communists, scholars, artists, and disaffected emigrés. Looking at five distinct movements in the reading of Kafka's work in 20th-century Czech lands, this previously unknown story grants 21st-century readers new insights into his oeuvre.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 344 pages • 5 b&w photographs
HB 9798765118375 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765118382 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765118399 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic World All Languages (except Czech)
Literature and the Telephone Conversations on Poetics, Politics and Place
Sarah Jackson
Taking the ‘question of literature’ as its starting point, this open access book addresses the telephone’s propensity to mediate but also to interrupt communication, as well as the ways in which it taps into some of the most urgent concerns of the modern and contemporary age, including surveillance, mobility, globalization and the ethics of answerability. In so doing, it provides a fascinating look at how the telephone has been shaping literature and culture from the early twentieth century to the present.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Nottingham Trent University.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 248 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350269774 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350259607
ePub 9781350259621 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350259614 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Literature in Late Monolingualism
Literacies for the Linguacene
David Gramling, University of British Columbia, Canada
Monolingualism is bad, literature is good — right? Though an oversimplification, many of us do tend to quickly associate monolingualism with control, nationalism, indifference, and racist violence. In contrast, literature stands as a beacon for expansive human expression and experience, across Earth’s thousands of human languages. But what if this division of things leads us to underestimate the ongoing historical and aesthetic relationship between monolingualism and literature? What if novels made in a European mould tend to be much more obliged and indebted to monolingual structures than their publishers, and even their critics, acknowledge? Instead of whistling past this inconvenience, Literature in Late Monolingualism recognizes it squarely—and details how many authors of contemporary novels do so too.
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 240 pages
PB 9798765113912 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9798765113929 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765113936 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765113943 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
The Rise of Office Literature
Bureaucratization and Aesthetics in Britain and France, 1810-1900
Daniel Jenkin-Smith, Aston University, UK
Romantics, satirists, journalists, novelists, feminists, radicals, conservatives, Naturalists and Decadents: a whole slew of French and British writers from across the 19th century were obsessed with offices. A cloistered world of mind-numbing, repetitive labour, the office was also, somehow, a key component of emergent modern society – a contradiction that enthralled and confounded readers, writers and office workers alike. This book explores the changing portrayal of office life as the history of a ‘forgotten genre’, asserting that ‘office literature’ is an essential tool for understanding the interrelation of aesthetic, social, technological, and ideological change across 19th century.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 288 pages • 4 b&w illustrations
HB 9798765104774
£90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765104798
£87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765104804 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
When Criticism Goes to War Njegos,
Zoran
Andric and Their Detractors
Milutinovic, University College London, UK
A bold intervention into the lingering debates on Serbian writers Petar Petrovic Njegos and Ivo Andric in the late Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav period and the widespread Bosniak nationalist discourse surrounding their works. This open access book interrogates the political and moralizing (mis)use of literature and asks difficult questions about the relationship between literature, history, politics and ethics: Does representing something in fiction mean endorsing it? Should fiction be used to rewrite history?
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 168 pages
HB 9798765133811 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9798765133774 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9798765133804 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Bandwidths
Reading Across Media with Garrett Stewart
Edited by David LaRocca, Cornell University, USA
Critical luminaries from the fields of literary and film studies assess the methods and scope of Garrett Stewart’s career-long work across the fields of literary history and poetics, cinema and media studies. Essays analyze directly, or extrapolate from, Stewart’s evolving methodology: a “signature” analytic intensity tested in its yield on interpretive challenges from literary prose and art history through cinema theory and screen stardom. Bandwidths accompanies a companion volume, Attention Spans—Stewart’s “autobiographical,” or better, autophilosophical chronicle of method and evolution. Contributors to Bandwidths either address Stewart’s aims and achievements directly or build implicitly on them in fresh investigations of their own.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9798765112991 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765113004 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765113011 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Global Bunyan and Visual Art
Edited by Angelica Duran & Katherine Calloway
This book advances the conversation about the presence, aesthetic appropriation, and reinterpretation of the foundational English author John Bunyan (1628–1688), whose works and legend have had a vibrant afterlife in visual art. Focusing on the global reach of Bunyan’s works and legend through multiple media and cultural adaptations provides a unique opportunity to discover the varied and generative influence of Bunyan on cultures past and present, promoting a more diverse appreciation of Bunyan's unparalleled reach.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 432 pages • 133 bw illus
HB 9781666960792 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781666960808 £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765154540 £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Sacred Places in Comparative (Post)-Colonial Writing
From Alexandria to Gondar
Rosanna Masiola & Matteo Baraldo
With a focus on regions neglected in African Anglophone literature (such as Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia), this book enlightens the reader about the diversity of postcolonial literature, including the role of Afro-Mediterranean cultures and the dynamics of colonization and hegemony.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9781666972238 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781978764002 • £72.64 / $90.00
ePdf 9798216261117 • £72.64 / $90.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Auditory Perception in Twentieth-Century SelfNarratives
Oto-bio-graphical
Subjects
Claudia Cerulo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
This book closely explores connections between poststructuralist interest in auditory perception and the decentered autobiographical subject in 20th-century self-narratives. The first part of the book engages with the interest of 20th-century theorists with sound and perception, examining terms and usage by Derrida, Lacoue-Labarthe, Nancy, Irigaray, Kristeva, and Cixous. The second part of the book then close-reads three autobiographical works to show how these works artistically anticipate what would be theorized only a few decades later, and create the conditions for a pre-verbal apprehension of the world, raising questions about the ineffable source of writing and the writing process itself.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 224 pages
HB 9798765139172 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765139189 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765139196 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Poetics of Prophecy and Planetary Hispanic Modernism
The Tragic Aesthetic of the Vates Poets
Matthew Fehskens, East Tennessee State University, USA
This study shows that the prophetic Vates aesthetic is consistent across multiple poets in Europe, Spanish America, and the United States and constitutes a fundamental aspect of the production of literary modernism in Spanish. The phenomenon is general, from the movement’s founding authors such as Cuban José Martí and Nicaraguan Rubén Darío, to Uruguayan poets Delmira Agustini and María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, as well as Spanish authors Antonio Machado, Miguel de Unamuno, and Ramón del Valle Inclán.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages • 3 b&w illustrations
HB 9798765126783 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798765126790 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798765126806 £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Tides of Progress
Anglo-Hispanic Print Culture, 1890–1945
Edited by Peter Hulme, University of Essex, UK & Ana Rodríguez Navas, Loyola University, USA
This volume studies the connections, interactions, and mutual appraisals between the Hispanic and Anglo spheres during a critical period in which print culture evolved from the province of the lettered few into a mass-media phenomenon. Print culture is increasingly gaining recognition as a fruitful area for literary study and literary history, and this volume’s comparative approach significantly expands the scope of current scholarship. The authors present print culture as becoming one of the most visible ways through which modernity and ideas of progress were encountered, consumed, shared, and assimilated by the public, in both the Anglo and Hispanic spheres.
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Wars We Never Fought
Armed Conflict in Speculative Fiction
Edited by Matthew B. Hill, Coppin State University, USA & Leigha H. McReynolds, University of Maryland, USA
Wars We Never Fought offers 16 accessible and wide-ranging critical essays, with insight into how and why creators in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and related genres use war as a device within the diegetic worlds of their stories; what the depictions of war and warriors within these texts suggest regarding notions such as race, class, gender, sexuality, difference, sociopolitical power, and other cultural values; and how the textual dramatization of entirely fictitious wars might reflect, interrogate, and even structure understanding of warfare in the "real world."
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 304 pages • 5 b&w illustrations
HB 9798765121535 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765121559 • £94.20 / $117.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
European Churches and Chinese Temples as Neuro-Theatrical Sites
Mark Pizzato, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Integrating research across various cognitive science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how traditional designs and spaces of Chinese temples and European churches – as outer theatrical spaces – have left cultural imprints for how our "inner theatres" are staged. Gathering theories and research from theatre, philosophy of mind and emotion, and various cognitive, affective, and social science fields, this book applies them to the art, architecture, and history of religious buildings, from Buddhist, Daoist, Confucian, and Imperial temples, to Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches and sites important in Judaism and Islam.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 328 pages • 40 b&w illustrations, 6 diagrams, 9
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PB 9798765109106 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765109113
ePub 9798765109120 £94.20 / $117.00
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Series: Cognition, Poetics, and the Arts • Bloomsbury Academic
Literatures as World Literature
Sofia Ahlberg, Uppsala University, Sweden & Thomas Oliver Beebee, Penn State University, USA
Life Writing as World Literature
Edited by Helga Lenart-Cheng, Saint Mary's College of California, USA & Ioana Luca, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
We live in the age of popular self-representation where most people produce or consume autobiographical material, whether that be as memoirs, selfies, blogs, etc. This book is the first to investigate this global phenomenon in the context of world literature, examining how life writing and world literature converge. Experts from around the globe map regional and local autobiographical traditions, exploring the dynamic interplay between local and global aesthetics and sociopolitical concerns. Case studies include prison narratives from communist regimes, Japanese diaries, multilingual Caribbean memoirs, Indian auto/biographical comics, and stories by Taiwanese domestic workers.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 328 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9798765107119 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765107133 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765107140 • £94.20 / $117.00
Series: Literatures as World Literature Bloomsbury Academic
Cavafy as World Literature
Edited by Takis Kayalis, Hellenic Open University, Greece & Vicente Fernández González, University of Malaga, Spain
The poetry of C.P. Cavafy has attracted an international audience for nearly a century and, during the last three decades, has been unequivocally recognized as “world literature.” This unprecedented volume clarifies, enriches and problematizes multiple facets of Cavafy’s presence in the contemporary global literary sphere, while also drawing attention to its historical background through discussion of largely unknown material from the poet’s library, archive and early critical reception. With essays from 19 scholars and researchers from 6 countries, this volume offers a collective and multidimensional overview of Cavafy’s presence and function in World Literature.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 304 pages • 10 b&w illustrations
HB 9798765105313 • £95.00 / $130.00
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Series: Literatures as World Literature • Bloomsbury Academic
Film as World Literature
Edited by Robin Truth Goodman, Florida State University, USA
How might framing literature as eclipsed by more "advanced" media suppress and obscure minority discourses? How might film's rise as more popular and "globalizable" drive a nation’s "soft power" to dominate political thinking? This volume asks how current divisions between media and scholarly fields reinforces global social inequalities. Chapters discuss film’s relation to world literature by considering not only literary adaptations across nations, regions, languages, ideologies, and contexts, but also by exploring film’s intersections with literary theory, narrative, history, genre, and experimentation. Contributors investigate how literature interiorizes film technologies, visual techniques, image formation, frame, indexicality, angle, the gaze and narrative pleasure.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 304 pages • 27 b&w illustrations
HB 9798765113400 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765113424 • £94.20 / $117.00
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Series: Literatures as World Literature • Bloomsbury Academic
New Directions in German Studies
Imke Meyer, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Ecologies of Writing
Natural, Technical, and Social Conditions of Textual Production in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Edited by Urs Büttner, University of Oxford, UK & Jacob Haubenreich, Johns Hopkins University, USA
This edited collection explores the multiple dimensions of authorship that constitute the "ecology" of writing. Examining the early 20th century to the present, Ecologies of Writing expands our understanding of this period of dramatic media-technological transition in which writers become increasingly self-reflexive and responsive to the materials and changing environments of their craft Drawing from works in German literature and theory, contributors expand this framing to encompass the vast array of material, social, environmental, and economic influences that all inform the practice of writing.
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Series: New Directions in German Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
The "German Illusion"
Germany and Jewish-German Motifs in Hélène Cixous’s Late Work
Olivier Morel, University of Notre Dame, USA
As of January 2021, Hélène Cixous has published at least 1116 pages of texts related to “Germany.” These texts are written, in one way or another, under the name, under the signs or influence of “Germany,” “German,” “Osnabrück,” and read together they offer a unique literary meditation on the Holocaust. The study of Cixous’s “German trope” helps us refine our understanding of an uncannily original oeuvre that embodies the complexities of modernity’s genocidal history in a new way. It sheds light on under-researched dimensions of Cixous’s publications on gender while providing insights into a major creator of our time.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 288 pages • 33 b&w illustrations
PB 9798765107386 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765107379
ePub 9798765107393 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798765107416 • £28.73 / $35.95
Series: New Directions in German Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Anglo-German Entanglements in English Fiction
From the Cold War to Brexit
Daniela Keller
This book offers a timely and fresh look at AngloGerman relations in English fiction from the Cold War to Brexit. It shows how writers have employed physical phenomena, such as quantum entanglement, to move beyond an alleged fixed binary opposition between the nations.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages • 7 b/w illus
HB 9781666934885 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978766860 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216201311 £87.01 / $108.00
Series: New Critical Humanities Bloomsbury Academic World English
Intertextual Exoticism
Oceania and Colonial Loss in Early Twentieth-Century German Literature
Richard Sperber, Carthage College, USA
Richard Sperber reads a body of non-canonical German exoticist literature published after imperial Germany's loss of colonial Oceania in 1914, applying theories of "intertextuality" (Kristeva) and recent scholarship on literary exoticism to explore Germany's postwar crises of psychology, masculinity, and national identity mapped onto Oceanic spaces. Through analyzing the nuances between narratives that make up these exotic texts, and also by comparing German exotic literatures about Oceania with other canonized adventure texts set in European colonies, such as Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Sperber defines a genre of transnational and intertextual postwar literature that brings new perspectives on the conditions of colonial loss.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 376 pages
HB 9798765135525 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765135495 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765135501 • £94.20 / $117.00
Series: New Directions in German Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
Writing the Mountains
The Alpine Form in German Fiction
Jens Klenner, Bowdoin College, USA
Writing the Mountains reveals how landscape and discourses of environmental formation impress themselves on the literary imagination and argues that mountains serve as dynamic spaces of material change that generate new aesthetic and narrative forms. Through close readings of several canonical works by German, Austrian, and Swiss writers in which the mountains are depicted as unknowable, labyrinthine, or mercurial, Klenner uncovers the surprising transformations that landscape and the material environment can enact on the subjects within a story and how that story is told. Writing the Mountains claims that the environment’s mutability in fact demands a poetics that can account for shifting forms.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9798765106518 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765106501
ePub 9798765106525 • £79.83 / $99.00
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Series: New Directions in German Studies Bloomsbury Academic
The Health Resort in Modern European Literature
Transnational Trajectories
Henrike Schmidt, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany & Astrid Köhler, Queen Mary University of London, UK
This innovative open access book traces a transnational trajectory of the ‘literary spa’ from its rise in the Enlightenment period to the wellness age of the 21st century. The Health Resort in Modern European Literature maps spa literature and spa reading across and between several European locations and cultures, highlighting their various intertextual links and references, including hitherto less studied texts in.
The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA).
UK February 2025 US February 2025 280 pages 15 bw illus and 15 colour illus
HB 9781350377967 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Love and Russian Literature From Benjamin to Woolf
Ira Nadel, University of British Columbia, Canada Russia haunted the British cultural imagination throughout the 20th century – whether as a romantic source of literary and political inspiration or as a warning of creeping totalitarianism. In this new book, Ira B. Nadel, charts the story of that influence through the work of some of the key figures in British literature across the century, including Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham, Jane Harrison, Virginia Woolf, and H.G. Wells.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages
PB 9781350425583 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350115019
ePub 9781350115033 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350115026 £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
Contemporary Science Fiction and The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
Sacrifice and Narrative Coherence
Jonathan P. Lewis
This book seeks to create a new means of interrogating the direction in which contemporary science fiction is progressing. Narratives about the loss of control over time, reality, and human consciousness demonstrate the on-going ideological crises of faith in institutions like religion, capitalism, and education.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 176 pages
HB 9781666956863 • / $100.00
ePub 9781978768550 • £72.64 / $90.00
ePdf 9798216253112 • £72.64 / $90.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The American Sentence From Pulpit to Pulp Fiction
Ira Nadel, University of British Columbia, Canada
A compelling quest to locate a history and poetics of the American sentence, this book uses four stages in the story of American letters - the sermon, the telegraph, the newspaper and the screen - to ask what in fact is an American sentence and how has it changed?
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350473089 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9781350473096 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9781350473119 • £16.19 / $22.94
ePdf 9781350473102 • £16.19 / $22.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Post-9/11 Great American Novel
Fictional Perpetuations of White American Trauma and Islamophobia
Sheheryar Sheikh, Dalhousie University, Canada
Examines four major novels – Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), Updike’s Terrorist (2006), DeLillo’s Falling Man (2007), and Waldman’s The Submission (2011) – through the conceptual framework of a “new” so-called Great American Novel oeuvre. The author demonstrates a concerted effort by these writers to address the “Muslim Question” in novels that feature and critique traumatized white Americans creating mechanisms with which to mitigate the trauma of 9/11 as it resurges at even the thought of Muslims existing in America after 9/11.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9798765134405 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765134429 • £87.01 / $108.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Pilgrim Myths in American Fiction, 1820-1920
Kari Miller
Pilgrim Myths in American Fiction, 1820-1920 is not about retelling the history to separate the facts from the myths. It is about how the myths evolved in the first place. These American legends developed through popular fiction that was widely available and easily shared, written by authors on a mission to define American identity and for whom the story was both personal and local.
UK February 2026 • US December 2025 • 240 pages • 4 b/w/ illus
HB 9781666956689 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978765450 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216259626 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Fantasy
A Short History
Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway University, UK
A comprehensive but concise history of fantasy literature, this book traces the central forms and influences on fantasy through the centuries to arrive at our understanding of the genre across literature, art and media today. Pinning its evolution on three key moments - the 19th-century resurgence of interest in Arthurian legend, the rise of Christian allegory, and the emergence of a Norse, Germanic and Old English mythic identity – Adam Roberts explores the global dissemination and diversity of 21st-century fantasy in this accessible and dynamic history, covering such phenomena as Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and fantasy videogames.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 296 pages
PB 9781350407824 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9781350407831 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9781350407855 • £16.19 / $22.94
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Bloomsbury Academic
Perspectives on Fantasy
Brian Attebery, Idaho State University, USA & Dimitra Fimi, University of Glasgow, UK & Matthew Sangster, University of Glasgow, UK
Power and Society in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
Building a Fantasy Civilization
Edited by Justine Breton, Reims University, France
A critical deep-dive into conceptions of power and society in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, this book brings together experts in fantasy literature, political sciences, economics, philosophy, history, and journalism. Surveying the Discworld’s institutionalised power structures, it explores ideas such as language, translation, humour, crowds, community, justice and coercion in novels including Arms, Equal Rites, Carpe Jugulum, Guards! Guards!, Jingo, Night Watch, Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad and more.
UK April 2025 US April 2025 240 pages 5 bw illus
HB 9781350465312 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350465336 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Perspectives on Fantasy • Bloomsbury Academic
Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder
Cristina Bacchilega, University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA & Pauline Greenhill, University of Winnipeg, Canada
This open access book explores how and to what extent fairy tales and their modern adaptations from literature, film and television are put to work for justice in the areas ecology, kinship, disability, space and place, and gender. Guided by theorizing across fields from ecology to gender studies, it interrogates a range of international works such The Magic Fish, Paddington, Babine, The Shape of Water and The Dragon Prince
The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and The University of Winnipeg, Canada.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 232 pages • 15 bw illus
HB 9781350348264 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350348288 • £00.00 / $00.00
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Series: Perspectives on Fantasy Bloomsbury Academic
Reading Tolkien in Chinese Religion, Fantasy and Translation
Eric Reinders, Emory University, USA
Approaching translations of Tolkien's works as stories in their own right, this book reads Chinese translations of his Middle-earth writings to uncover new and unique perspectives that enrich the meaning of the original texts. Eric Reinders reveals the mechanics of meaning by literally back-translating the Chinese into English, thus digging into conceptual common grounds between religion, fantasy and translation: the suspension of disbelief, and questions of truth - literal, allegorical and existential. With coverage of themes including gods and heathens, elves and 'Men', race, mortality and immortality, fate and doom, and language, the book is an ambitious exercises in comparative imagination across cultures.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 200 pages
PB 9781350374683
Speculative Mimesis in Fantasy Literature
Rethinking
Relations Between Fiction and Reality
Elise Kraatila, Tampere University, Finland With 21st-century perceptions of reality increasingly a matter of interpretation, this open access book identifies fantasy as a uniquely effective form of storytelling for engaging with contemporary senses of reality. Proposing a new theory of fantasy’s relationship with our reality as a speculative form of mimesis, it demonstrates how fantasy’s “what if?” propositions, grand-scale scenario models, and thought experiments offer more artistic ways of engaging with current notions of reality. Discussing works by Kazuo Ishiguro, N. K. Jemisin and Joe Abercrombie, illuminates how these writers utilized fantasy’s expressive repertoire to explore issues including global inequality, to climate crisis and the 'post-truth' era.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Tampere University, Finland.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 256 pages
HB 9781350521438 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350521452 • £00.00 / $00.00
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Series: Perspectives on Fantasy • Bloomsbury Academic
Fantasy and the Politics of Subversion
Speculative Writing in Colonial India
Mayurika Chakravorty, Carleton University, Canada
Focusing colonial Indian Fantasy texts from the late 19th to early 20th century, this book explores the origins, motivations, nature and role of speculative writing around the period of Indian independence. It examines the works of authors Sanjibchandra Chattopadhyay, Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay, Rajshekhar Basu and Sukumar Ray to show how their writing offered commentaries on the colonial situation whilst grappling with questions surrounding science, progress, the environment, ethics and morality. Focusing on key works influenced by European, Persian, classical Sanskrit and local folk traditions, we see how speculative writers challenged the dominant literary tropes of both colonial and revivalist classicism.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages • 11 bw illus
HB 9781350401396 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350401419 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Perspectives on Fantasy Bloomsbury Academic
Tolkien's Medievalism in Ruins
The Function of Relics and Ruins in Middle-earth
Edited by Nick Katsiadas & Carl Sell
This collection demonstrates how to achieve more comprehensive scholarship on J. R. R. Tolkien, connecting Tolkien studies with other literary periods and cultural contexts.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781666971484 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978762138 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216265351 £87.01 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic World English
Gothic Celebrity
Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga
Harriet Fletcher, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Exploring how the Gothic consistently disrupts the narrative of immortality that modern celebrity culture creates, this book considers how celebrity and the Gothic are effective vehicles for understanding modern society’s responses to death and ageing. Tracing Gothic celebrity through motifs including vampires, decaying portraits, and ageing bodies as they manifest in 19th-century Gothic literature, mid-century Hollywood film, postmodern art and postmillennial television, it offers celebrity case studies of Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Lady Gaga. Staking a claim for the pertinence of the Gothic to cultural history and media studies, it covers The Picture of Dorian Gray, Sunset Boulevard, What Happened to Baby Jane, Andy Warhol’s Gothic Portraits and FX’s American Horror Story.
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Historicizing Modernism
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Allen Stroud
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction covers the history of science fiction literature through a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on writers, subgenres, and technical terms.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 352 pages
HB 9781538184806 £160.00 / $210.00
ePub 9781538184813 £151.68 / $189.00
ePdf 9798881868178 £151.68 / $189.00
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts • Bloomsbury Academic
Erik Tonning, University of Bergen, Norway & Matthew Feldman, University of York, UK
Italian Futurism and the Development of English Literary Modernism
Robyn Jakeman, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Going against most accounts of Futurism in England, this book unpacks the profound influence of Italian Futurism’s role in the development of English literary modernism. Beginning with an analysis of Italian Futurism’s transnational affiliations, its position in the European cultural field, and a reassessment of its reception in England, it goes on to re-evaluate three key modernist figures: the Poetry Bookshop proprietor and editor Harold Monro; the Vorticist impresario Wyndham Lewis; and the poet and artist Mina Loy.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages • 4 bw illus
HB 9781350327689 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350327702 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Historicizing Modernism • Bloomsbury Academic
The Irish Proust
Cultural Crossings from Beckett to McGahern
Edited by Max McGuinness, University College Dublin, Ireland & Michael Cronin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
This collection of essays is the first book devoted to exploring Marcel Proust’s influence on Irish literature and Irish themes within his work. Featuring contributions from eleven scholars of French and Irish studies, The Irish Proust reveals a surprising textual dimension of Proust’s novel and traces the enduring legacy of his work throughout modern Irish letters.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350499348 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350499362 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Historicizing Modernism Bloomsbury Academic
James Joyce's Early Works in Ireland's Textual Cultures
Niels Caul, Champlain College, Ireland
Putting Joyce back into dialogue with other Irish writers of his generation, such as George Moore, George Egerton, Hannah Lynch, Shan Bullock, Forrest Reid and Charlotte O’Conor Eccles, this book shows that his experiments with narrative styles and structures were a renegotiation rather than a rejection of earlier Irish conventions.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 264 pages
HB 9781350528550 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350528574 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Historicizing Modernism • Bloomsbury Academic
James Joyce and Cultural Genetics
The Joycean Genome
Wim Van Mierlo
As a genetic study, this book uncovers the creative DNA of James Joyce’s oeuvre by looking at the cultural forces that shaped him and that he in turn shaped in the creation of his books, developing a two-way relationship with history, memory and national identity. It examines Joyce's oeuvre, from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, through Ulysses to Finnegans Wake
Based on evidence from his personal library and the extensive archive of reading notes, ideas, sketches and drafts, this book investigates how Joyce used, absorbed and repurposed these materials creatively in his writing.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 248 pages • 4 b/w illus
PB 9781350418936 • £28.99 / $39.95
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ePub 9781350169906 • £26.09 / $36.44
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Series: Historicizing Modernism • Bloomsbury Academic
Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism
Laci Mattison, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA & Paul Ardoin, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA & S. E. Gontarski, Florida State University, USA
Understanding Sade, Understanding Modernism
Edited by James Martell, Lyon College, USA
From Lacan to Dalí, through Simone de Beauvoir, Beckett, Horkheimer, Burroughs, Pasolini, Foucault, Deleuze, up to Žižek, the Marquis de Sade’s influence and impact in modernism and modern thinking is hard to measure. Understanding Sade, Understanding Modernism presents its readers with a chance to reflect on the importance of this radical oeuvre from different perspectives. Contributors examine Sadean literature and thought through some of its main texts in a series of comparative essays not only examining Sade’s influence in French, European, and American thought, but also criticizing it in the context of some of modern philosophy’s most relevant subjects.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9798765109151 • £95.00 / $130.00
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Series: Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism • Bloomsbury Academic
Understanding Badiou, Understanding Modernism
Edited by Arka Chattopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India & Arthur Rose, University of Durham, UK
In his philosophical project, aesthetic orientation and political leanings, Alain Badiou is a product of, and a leading advocate for, European modernism. From the milieu of May 1968 to the contemporary ‘postmodern’ ethos, Badiou returns, time and again, to avant-garde modernist texts – aesthetic, political, philosophical and scientific – as inspiration for his response to present situations. This volume explores Badiou’s readings of aesthetic, political and scientific modernities, connects Badiou’s thought with the various strands of aesthetic, philosophical, amorous and political modernisms, and includes a glossary of Badiou's key concepts and categories.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 304 pages
PB 9781501384448 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501384400
ePub 9781501384417 • £87.01 / $108.00
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Series: Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism • Bloomsbury Academic
Understanding Lacan, Understanding Modernism
Edited by Thomas Waller, University College Dublin, Ireland & Sinan Richards, King's College London, UK
Despite an affinity with early 20th-century modernism, Lacan’s name is still more routinely associated with the category of so-called "postmodernism," thus rendering the question of style and periodization somewhat out of focus. This book asks and responds to a series of questions: Is Lacan a modernist or a postmodernist, and what is the difference? How significant was the influence of modernist literature and art on the development of Lacan’s ideas? Can one approach Lacan’s own texts as modernist works or documents? And how do received definitions of what modernism is/was change when viewed through a Lacanian lens?
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9798765114896 • £90.00 / $120.00
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ePdf 9798765114919 • £87.01 / $108.00
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism • Bloomsbury Academic
Samuel Beckett's Lyric Failure
Mantra Mukim, CY Cergy Paris Université, France
Providing one of the first book-length accounts of Samuel Beckett’s poetry, this work illustrates how Beckett's poetry, and its failures, reconfigure the lyric form. Reading Beckett alongside nineteenth and twentieth century European poets such as Hölderlin, Mallarmé, Rimbaud, Montale, and Apollinaire, the book situates failure in the triangulation of the lyric impulse, subjectivity, and the human voice.
UK March 2025 US March 2025 256 pages
HB 9781350464186 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350464209 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350464193 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics • Bloomsbury Academic
David Jones, Disability and Modernist Form
Corporeality, Woundedness and Embodiment in the 'Makings'
Colette Nic Aodha, independent researcher, Ireland
Employing a fresh theoretical approach to David Jones' work, this is the first book to use disability studies as a lens through which to consider his post-war work. Unpacking the distinct corporeality in the work of Welsh modernist maker, poet, painter, and engraver, David Jones (1895-1974) that emerges from the trauma of Jones’s participation in the Great War it relates Jones’s pioneering visual art and poetic form to antecedents (William Blake) and modern artists (Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst).
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 232 pages • 9 bw illus and 5 colour illus
HB 9781350454507 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350454521 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350454514 • £76.50 / $103.94 Bloomsbury Academic
Mary Butts
Necessary Contradictions and Feminist Reconstructions
Edited by Joel Hawkes, University of Victoria, Canada
Established and new scholars, publishers, printers, and artists enter into conversation exploring the work of British author Mary Butts. Taking its cue from Butts’s experimental, rhythmic writing, the collection is a nonlinear exchange of essays and responses. Chapters range between Butts’s writing techniques and forms, her position in the modernist canon, contested sites of feminism in her work, and queer and postcritical readings. The collection looks to be a feminist engagement, asking questions of what this might look like, why it is needed, and how such an approach offers insight into an erudite, contradictory, and experimental body of work.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 272 pages 21 bw illus
PB 9781501380754 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501380716
ePub 9781501380723 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9781501380730 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Environmental Cultures
Greg Garrard, University of British Columbia, Canada & Richard Kerridge, Bath Spa University, UK
Global Fictions and Environmental Disaster
Imagining Survival on Our Changing Planet
Martin Premoli, California State University, San Bernardino, USA.
Examining contemporary literary depictions of environmental disasters through a North–South axis, this book explores the resonances and dissonances between environmentalisms of marginalized communities in the U.S. and the global South. Featuring texts from authors such as Jesmyn Ward, Monique Roffey, Paulo Bacigalupi, Alexis Wright, Linda Hogan, and Henrietta RoseInnes, it models how a comparative (global North-global South) approach to literary studies can help us untangle the complex power dynamics of the Anthropocene.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350353152 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350353176 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350353169 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Environmental Cultures Bloomsbury Academic
21st-Century Climate Imaginaries
Global Activism, Ecopoetry and the Arts of Environmental Justice
Natalie Pollard, University of Exeter, UK
Arguing that many iconic 21st century metaphors and images used to communicate climate change and ecological crisis actually conceal the destructive foundations of Anthropocene life, this open access book considers five case studies – from Chile, Greenland, the Pacific Islands, the UK, and Canada – to examine a range of activist poetic projects which challenge dominant visual and narrative practices often used to articulate ecosystemic threats.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The University of Exeter.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 256 pages 26 bw illus
HB 9781350401822 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350401846 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350401839 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Environmental Cultures • Bloomsbury Academic
Concrete and Plastic Thinking through Materiality
Kylie Crane, University of Rostock, Germany
Plastic and concrete are two of the most important and ubiquitous materials of the modern age. This open access book brings these two materials together, using a wide range of sources, including novels, essays, travel and nature writings, films, advertisements, policy documents and (popular) science writing to examine the ways in which we invent, and re-invent, the world and worlds we inhabit.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The University of Rostock.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 232 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350380639 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: Environmental Cultures Bloomsbury Academic
Hemingway, Ecology and Culture
Re-reading Hemingway in the Anthropocene
Lay Sion Ng, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Using an ecocritical lens to broaden the scope of Hemingway studies, this open access book unpacks Hemingway’s unique perspective on nature, providing fresh insights into the author and his nonhuman characters in the Anthropocene era.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 248 pages
HB 9781350469303 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: Environmental Cultures Bloomsbury Academic
Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment
Place, Precarity and Justice
Pramod K. Nayar, University of Hyderabad, India
Examining a wide variety of poets from the last three decades of the 20th century to the present, from Asian, African, South American and settler colonies such as Canada and Australia, Pramod K. Nayar maps a poetry of ecological care, vulnerability and resilience.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781350499089 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: Environmental Cultures • Bloomsbury Academic
Waking to Nature with Thoreau and Benjamin
Or, Psychopolitical Ecology
Rod Giblett, Deakin University, Australia
What do two white men born in the 19th century have to say that could be of any use or value in the current conjuncture of climate collapse and the recent re-rise of reactionary forces against progressive politics? Turns out, a lot, especially on waking up and critiquing anti-woke ideology on the topics of nature, life, social injustice, environmental destruction, and industrial capitalism and its technologies. As Giblett shows, Henry David Thoreau – an inspiration for William Melvin Kelley’s writing on ‘staying woke’ – and Walter Benjamin provide tools of critique for waking to sexism, racism and placism.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 232 pages
HB 9798765129289 • £90.00 / $120.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Writing Borders and Other Barriers in the Era of Climate Crisis
Communities of Engagement
Edited by Olga Michael, University of Cyprus, Cyprus, Alan Rice, Ludmila Martanovschi, Ovidius University, Romania, Katerina Antoniou, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus. & Jennifer Marie Bridgett Webster, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Bringing together intersectional perspectives across disciplines such as the humanities, arts, and social sciences, this book explores borders and crossings in relation to environmental damage and injustice in the context of the climate crisis.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 248 pages • 5 bw illus
HB 9781350499195 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
New Directions in Life Narrative
Worldly Spirits, Extra-Human Dimensions, and the Global Anglophone Novel
Hilary Thompson, Bowdoin College, USA
Engaging contemporary Anglophone literature from the Asian, Middle Eastern and Caribbean diasporas, this book explores how such works invoke spirit forces, spirit realms and spirit beings such as positive forces that present visions of the Earth as agentive and animate. Rejecting notions that these are uncanny hauntings or products of an exotic East or global South, this book builds a critical framework for analysing worldly spirits that draws upon anthropological discussions of animism, the art movement Dimensionism, and multispecies theories of animals’ diverse perceptual worlds.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350373853 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Bloomsbury Academic
Anna Poletti, Utretch University, Netherlands & John David Zuern, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA & Kate Douglas, Flinder's University, Australia
Experimental Life Writing Today
Edited by Vanessa Guignery, PARIS & Wojciech Drag
This comprehensive volume offers critical essays surveying the forms of innovation in contemporary Anglophone life writing. Experimental Life Writing Today provides a historical context for examining avant-garde tendencies in biography and autobiography and outlines the poetics of experimental life writing. It surveys autofiction, biofiction, paramemoir, autotheory, graphic memoir, eco-memoir and the lyric essay as experimental genres of life writing. This volume features chapters devoted to themes and concepts such as illness, disability, mourning, relationality and place. The reader can find essays examining formal aspects and devices such as fragmentation, narration and point of view, and catalogue within experimental life writing.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 264 pages • 15 bw illus
HB 9781350529915 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: New Directions in Life Narrative • Bloomsbury Academic
Women (Re)Writing Illness as Her Own
Edited by Rachel N. Spear
Women (Re)Writing Illness as Her Own illuminates ways in which writing processes and products enable women to create spaces of their own— spaces that interrogate illness, challenge restitution (re)constructions, and work within and around various limitations associated with women writing illness. This collection streamlines writing studies with its framework and focus on writing process and products and relies heavily on trauma studies as a prominent lens. Including scholarly and hybrid pieces, this collection also blends creative writing with literary studies, often stressing how illness itself can weigh on the process of writing.
UK March 2026 • US January 2026 • 192 pages • 5 B/W illus
HB 9781666979947 £75.00 / $110.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Life Writing and the End of Empire
Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives
Emma Parker, Keele University, UK
Exploring how legacies of British colonialism have shaped modern life narrative, this book compares the autobiographical writings of Penelope Lively, J. G. Ballard, Doris Lessing and Janet Frame. Emma Parker illuminates unrecognized connections between them as they travelled to London from their respective childhood homes in Egypt, Shanghai, Southern Rhodesia, and New Zealand. This book asks what it means to be ‘at home’ in the former British Empire; scrutinizes the spaces of habitation through which the authors remember colonialism; coins the term speculative life writing; and examines material possessions that emblematize the legacies of the colonialism.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350353831 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: New Directions in Life Narrative • Bloomsbury Academic
Faulkner’s Fashion
Gender, Race, Class, and Clothing
Christopher Rieger, Independent Scholar, USA
Clothing is one of the most important and pervasive material items throughout William Faulkner’s fiction. This book analyzes the writer’s use of clothing from a variety of critical approaches, considering how clothing and dress intersect with race, class, and gender across Faulkner’s novels and short stories. It also considers clothes as material objects, using Thing Theory and Object Oriented Ontology to illuminate the role clothing plays as an object in conjunction with its multiple layers of symbolic meaning to both the wearer and the observer.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 184 pages • 15-20 B&W photographs
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Black Surrealist
The Legend of Ted Joans
Steven Belletto, Lafayette College, USA
Black Surrealist. Poet. Artist. Jazz trumpeter. Member of the Beat Generation. Life-long wanderer. Pan-Africanist. Black Power agitator. Author of his own “poem-life.” Ted Joans (19282003) was all of these things, and yet none of these labels adequately capture the beauty and complexity of his life and work. In the over 30 books of poetry and prose he published in his lifetime, Joans makes visible links among key artistic and political movements of the 20th century that are seldom discussed together: Surrealism, the Beat movement, Pan-Africanism, and Black Power.
Drawing on interviews and deep archival research, this critical literary biography explores Joans’s life as told through these relationships and through his remarkable creative output, which often explored his life and its connections to wider aesthetic and political experiences of the 20th century.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 496 pages
PB 9781501379543 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781501379550 • £90.00 / $120.00
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Anglophone Literature and Migration
Critical and Creative Voices (1946-2016)
Edited by Nicoletta Vallorani, University of Milan, Italy, Simona Bertacco, University of Louisville, USA & William Boelhower, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, USA
This Handbook explores tales of migration via a systematic study of a large of corpus of Anglophone literary texts written by migrant authors and/or on the topic of migration from the start of the United Nations International Migration Report to the first year in which the number of displaced people reached the level of the Second World War.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 544 pages • 4 bw illus
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Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
A History of Autofiction
Cognitive and Cultural Work from 18thCentury England to Contemporary Global Anglophone Literatures
Alexandra Effe, University of Oslo, Norway
This book maps the history of autofictional literature and its developments against socio-historical changes, cultural trends, and philosophical-psychological discussions around the mind. Tracing autofiction’s emergence in 18th-century England to its grip on present-day authors, it focuses on salient authors and texts from anglophone autofiction around the world and shines spotlights on socio-historical and biographical ideas and foregrounds autofictional elements of works not previously considered within the genre. Interdisciplinary and holistic in approach, Alexandra Effe brings research in neuroscience, psychology and philosophy of the mind to bear on this booming writing mode and develops a cognitive-holistic approach to the triad of author, text, and reader.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 392 pages • 4 bw illus
HB 9781350539570 • £130.00 / $175.00
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Psychoanalytic Horizons
Esther Rashkin, University of Utah, USA & Hilary Neroni, University of Vermont, USA & Peter L. Rudnytsky, University of Florida, USA
Film Adaptation and the Real
Subjectivity and Cinematic Mediation
Hee-seung Irene Lee, University of Auckland, New Zealand
What does the striking prevalence of adaptations in cinema lead us to think about adaptation? This open access book answers this question from a psychoanalytic perspective, offering an intriguing window into this mode of filmmaking as a universal, primordial task of every speaking being. Using key examples – from Hamlet and Hitchcock to Kubrick’s The Shining and Jones’s Adaptation – the book draws on Freud and Lacan to explain concepts such as desire, the drive, the Oedipus complex, the uncanny, and anxiety.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 256 pages
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Series: Psychoanalytic Horizons • Bloomsbury Academic
Psychoanalysis and the Patriarchal Tradition
Augustine to Milton
Peter L. Rudnytsky, University of Florida, USA
Psychoanalyst and literary scholar Peter L. Rudnytsky trains his critical eye on canonical works from St. Augustine’s Confessions to Milton’s major poems. Arguing that the Oedipus complex can be viewed as the “latent content” of the Fall, Rudnytsky at once respects the explanatory power of these master-myths while he interrogates their claims to universality. Rudnytsky’s synthesis of psychoanalysis, feminism and literary criticism sheds new light on old masterpieces even as it reveals the contours of an entire corpus, and he demonstrates the potentialities of psychoanalytic approaches to literature.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 304 pages
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Series: Psychoanalytic Horizons • Bloomsbury Academic
The Ethics of Immediacy
Dangerous Experience in Freud, Woolf, and Merleau-Ponty
Jeffrey McCurry, Duquesne University, USA
The Ethics of Immediacy recounts the far-reaching consequences of the modern turn towards a new ethics of immediacy. During the first half of the twentieth century, a profound transformation took place in European culture in how human beings conceived of themselves. A newfound appreciation for the realm of immediate experience in human life emerged. With Freud himself making a signal contribution to this existential revolution, and with Woolf and Merleau-Ponty taking up Freud’s ideas in their own unique ways, all three figures began to regard first-order, spontaneous, direct, unselfconscious, concrete experience of self and world as standing at the heart of what it means to be human.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 224 pages
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Series: Psychoanalytic Horizons • Bloomsbury Academic
Closer Reading
Garrett Stewart's Essays in Refraction
Garrett Stewart, University of Iowa, USA
Edited by David LaRocca, Cornell University, USA
Perhaps the most prolific and exacting reader of his generation, Garrett Stewart offers here a first: a book of essays — on close analysis of novels, literary theory, conceptual art, and cinema — joined by an entirely fresh interview that zooms in and out to account for the range and delicacy of his critical acumen. These fresh reflections immerse our attention in writers from Dickens to Hopkins to Forster to John le Carré, and in image practice from Francis Ford Coppola to recent conceptual art installations across half a dozen countries.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 320 pages
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Bloomsbury Academic
Attention and Drift
Santayana and Cavell in the Present
Prasanta Chakravarty, University of Delhi, India
Attention and drift are not opposites but interconnected forces that help us engage with life’s fluidity. Attention isn’t fixation, and drift isn’t mere distraction; instead, they create a dynamic tension that fuels creativity and critical thought. This book explores these ideas through the works of George Santayana and Stanley Cavell, thinkers who embraced life’s contingencies with insight and appreciation. Their perspectives weave together literature, philosophy, art, and religion, celebrating the beauty of wandering thought, deep engagement, and the serendipitous nature of creativity and criticism.
UK September 2025 • US December 2025 • 208 pages
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Bloomsbury Academic India
World All Languages (excluding India/Indian subcontinent)
Print and the Novel in 19th Century Kerala
Reconsidering Colonial
Modernity
Ashokan Nambiar C., Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
The book provides a new historical account for the emergence of the early Malayalam novel—which enables a reconceptualisation of colonial modernity—by placing it in the context of the larger print culture of late nineteenth-century Kerala. It offers new ways to understand the widely prevalent notion of ‘Kerala navodhanam’ (Kerala renaissance), understood conceptually as ‘modernity’. It aims to change conceptions about the early novels and the formation of modernity in Kerala and shows new ways to look at contemporary social, political and cultural issues.
UK January 2025 US March 2025 172 pages
HB 9789356407312
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Bloomsbury Academic India
World All Languages (excluding India/Indian subcontinent)
Kant, Adorno, and the Forms of History
William S. Allen, University of Southampton, UK William S. Allen sets the works of Theodor Adorno, Immanuel Kant and Peter Weiss in dialogue, revealing how an interrogation of the aesthetics of 'the whole' and the conception of history in Western thought reveals new ways of thinking about history and historically. This book traces how Adorno's reconsideration of history through his readings of Kant's Critique of Judgement are distinct from formulations offered by other thinkers. More than any of them though, Adorno's aesthetics has introduced an alternative thought, which, Allen shows, has been modified and extended in the work of Peter Weiss and other contemporary thinkers.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 264 pages
HB 9798765133965 • £90.00 / $120.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Posthumanism and India
A Critical Cartography
Edited by Debashish Banerji, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA, Md. Monirul Islam, Presidency University, Kolkata & Samrat Sengupta, Sammilani Mahaviyalaya, Kolkata
The editors of this volume opine that the discourse of posthumanism in India warrants urgent consideration, if we are to adequately address both national and global emergencies and look for solutions that India may be in a unique position to offer. Essays in the volume are by scholars in the area dealing with representative directions relating to posthumanism in India. These are divided into five areas of cultural relevance —internal selves and others; technology, normativity and ethics; human and animal; bodies and their discards; becoming-cosmos. Together they form the beginnings of an approach to a critical cartography of posthumanism as it pertains specifically to India.
UK June 2025 US August 2025 288 pages
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Bloomsbury Academic India
World All Languages (excluding India/Indian subcontinent)
Re-temporalising the Cultural in India
Edited by Ritwick Bhattacharjee, University of Delhi, India & Srinjoyee Dutta, Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Noida, India
The book looks at the different ways the temporal features in the existential exigencies of the human located within the definitive boundaries of Indianness. This has been done through an interrogation of different cultural artefacts that have been produced, across the space and time of the Indian nation, to look not only at representations of Time but how time (as the temporal) actually finds a play in them. The global interaction that India has had to go through, either as a British colony or a world post-colony, has allowed a meshing in of the western philosophical conceptualisations of time with (and within) the Indian ones.
UK June 2025 • US August 2025 • 320 pages
HB 9789356404120 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Bloomsbury Academic India
World All Languages (excluding India/Indian subcontinent)
Theory Across Disciplines
Edited by Jeffrey R. Di Leo, University of Houston-Victoria, USA
Surveying the extraordinary scope of contemporary theory, this book brings together contributors from across the world to speak to the ways in which theoretical concerns from a variety of disciplines such as law, journalism, architecture, Black Studies, and digital humanities operate within their respective fields of concern.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 472 pages 6 bw illus
HB 9781350424272 £140.00 / $190.00
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Series: Theory Across Disciplines • Bloomsbury Academic
Unfaithful A Translator's Memoir
Suzanne Jill Levine, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
In this witty and incisive memoir, Suzanne Jill Levine – winner of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation – establishes a new way of writing about a translator’s life. Levine analyses how her openness to new experiences, along with a knack for translating the most difficult Latin American novels and positive interactions with her authors, took her from a modest New York background into a whole new literary and linguistic world. Levine fleshes out the embodied nature of translation in provocative detail, with humor and style.
UK August 2025 • US June 2025 • 184 pages
PB 9798765133736 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9798765133729 • £60.00 / $80.00
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Series: Translated By Bloomsbury Academic
Invading the American Canon
Translators of Russian Literary Fiction, 1863-1984
Muireann Maguire, University of Exeter, UK
This open-access book tells the story of Nicholas Wreden. It also narrates for the first time, using archival sources to rediscover the lives of Wreden and other translators, the history of the translation of Russian literature in America, its critical reception and its assimilation into American novels. Using theory and methodology from contemporary sociology and the emerging sub-discipline of translator studies, this book sets Wreden’s exceptional life story within the context of the history of Russian literary influence on the American imagination in the 20th century.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by a European Research Council Horizon 2020 Starting Grant (grant agreement no. 802437)
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Series: Literatures, Cultures, Translation • Bloomsbury Academic
New Directions in Religion and Literature
Emma Mason, University of Warwick, UK & Mark Knight
Marian Poem-Prayers in the Modern Age
Real Assent
Jean Ward, Gdansk University, Poland
Exploring a range of twentieth and twenty-first century Marian prayer-poetry - prayer poems directed to or involving Mary – by poets such as T. S. Eliot, David Jones, Geoffrey Hill, Elizabeth Jennings, Hilary Davies and Rowan Williams, this book traces its resurgence from the late nineteenth-century to the present day.
UK November 2025 US November 2025
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Borges's Creative Infidelities
Translating Joyce, Woolf and Faulkner
Leah Leone Anderson, University of WisconsinMilwaukee, USA
This study offers new perspectives on Jorge Luis Borges’s translation theories and his translations from English into Spanish, including of Faulkner’s The Wild Palms (1939), Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own (1929), and Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Borges is famous for his celebration of "creative infidelity" and ability to faithfully recreate other authors’ styles in Spanish. However, by studying sources and translations side by side, Leone Anderson reveals transformations in these texts, showing how translation practice can stem from a translator's understanding of literature. She thus makes a strong case for the study of translated literature and its impact.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9781501398322 • £28.99 / $39.95
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ePub 9781501398292 £72.64 / $90.00
ePdf 9781501398308 £72.64 / $90.00 Bloomsbury Academic
Faith in Verse
Biblical Presence in Contemporary AngloAmerican Poetry
Philipp Reisner, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Examining the profound influence of biblical themes on contemporary poetry written in English, this book explores the work of Brooks Haxton, Suji Kwock Kim, Kevin Hart, and Li-Young Lee. Going beyond a mere examination of literary works, it considers how the presence of biblical references shapes and transforms contemporary Anglo-American poetry in unique and compelling ways.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350532212 £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature • Bloomsbury Academic
Modern European Borders in Fiction
The Divided Continent
Andrew Hammond, University of Sussex, UK
There are few features of the contemporary world more significant than national and regional borders. In modern Europe, the practices of human division have defined the continent from the early years of the Cold War to the present barriers of Fortress Europe, whose exposure of irregular migrants to trafficking, discrimination and deportation is rarely absent from the daily news. Modern European Borders in Fiction references over 600 novels and short stories analysing engagement of post-1945 novelists.
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The Crossroads of Music and Literature
New Essays on the Muse of Song
Edited by Kelly Baron & Andrew DuBois
This book brings together fourteen original essays from an international, intergenerational cohort of scholars, each taking a fresh approach to the manner in which music plays a crucial role in literary texts and to the ways in which music is itself a work of literature. The relationship of song lyrics to lyric poetry is taken up in work on artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Motörhead, Nas, and Townes Van Zandt, while the centrality of music and sound in the midst of prose is probed in novels by Ralph Ellison, Valeria Luiselli, and Ann Petry.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 6 b/w illus, 6 tables
HB 9781666968729 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978766174 • £79.83 / $99.00
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
Critical Interventions in the Medical and Health Humanities
A Cultural History of Vertigo
Unbalanced
Anindya Raychaudhuri, University of St Andrews, UK
The first interdisciplinary history of vertigo, this book covers medical accounts from antiquity to the present, testimonies of lived experience, and literary and cultural representations of vertigo from writers and filmmakers such as Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Bishop and Alfred Hitchcock.
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Art and the Critical Medical Humanities
Edited by Fiona Johnstone, Durham University, UK, Allison Morehead, Queen’s University, Canada & Imogen Wiltshire, University of Lincoln, UK
With 27 essays by more than 40 contributors from a range of countries including Australia, Spain, and Germany, this agenda-setting Open Access volume addresses artworks from the sixteenth century to the present day. It presents contributions that art histories and practices can make to debates and developments in the critical medical humanities, serving as a key reference point for those working in medical humanities and artaligned fields.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Wellcome Trust.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 312 pages • 51 bw illus
HB 9781350506336 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: Critical Interventions in the Medical and Health Humanities • Bloomsbury Academic
Angela Woods, Durham Univeristy, UK & Corinne Saunders, Durham University, UK & Sowon Park, UC Santa Barbara, USA & Stuart Murray
Decoding Iran’s Foreign Policy
Strategic Interests, Power and Influence
Ross Harrison, Senior Fellow and Director of Research Middle East institute
Iranian foreign policy is aimed at achieving regional prominence and rebuffing U.S. efforts to limit Iran’s influence. This book uses a ‘strategic lens’ to analyze Iran’s current foreign policy. Ross Harrison argues that to understand Iranian behavior it is essential to look at it from the perspective of Iran’s strategic interests, namely: its capabilities; how Iran interprets the region, the international community and itself; and the state’s conception of time and territory in its foreign policy calculations. Iranian foreign policy is revealed to evince ideological strains but also realpolitik considerations based on current interpretations of the national interest.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 288 pages
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Series: Middle East Institute Policy Series • I.B. Tauris
The Lion and the Sun Environmental History and the Formation of Modern Iran
James M. Gustafson
This book explores this critical transitional period in Eurasian history from an environmental perspective. It argues that severe ecological challenges dating to the late 17th century, and deepening over the post-Safavid crisis of the 18th century, drove a severe decline in the demography and resource base on the Iranian plateau. This in turn gave rise to the perennially troubled Qajar period in the 19th century.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 272 pages
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I.B. Tauris
Labour History and the Economy in Iran
Workers, Entrepreneurs and the State
Edited by Mary Yoshinari & Serhan Afacan
This book presents a multifaceted view of Iran’s economic development and the people who made it possible, from the late Qajar period to the revolution of 1979. Containing innovative scholarly research across a wide spectrum of historical viewpoints and methodologies, the book brings to light a number of new findings using a body of largely unknown research from Iranian archives. It examines economic and labour history together, covering topics such as the private sector, family business and worker histories, and events in the provinces.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 296 pages
HB 9780755652594 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755652631 • £76.50 / $103.94
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The Iranian Christian Diaspora
Religion and Nationhood in Exile
Benedikt Römer, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
In this book Benedikt Römer weaves the history and contemporary story of the Iranian Christian community together, placing it in the context of a wider ongoing religious transformation in Iranian society. Examining abundant source material available in the Iranian Christian exilic milieu, this book draws extensively upon five unstudied series of Persian-language Christian exile magazines published between the early 1990s and the 2020s, Persian-language video material and a number of interviews with Iranian Christian pastors with leadership positions in the Iranian Christian diaspora.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 248 pages
PB 9780755651726 £28.99 / $39.95
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The Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I
Safavid Ruler of Iran
Shah Tahmasp I
Edited by Andrew Peacock, University of St Andrews, UK
Translated by Andrew Peacock, University of St Andrews, UK
A remarkable first-person narrative by a sixteenth-century Iranian ruler, the Memoirs of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp (1514-1576), originally written in Persian, represent a vitally important primary source for the history of the Middle East in the period. They shed light on the Safavid conflict with the Uzbeks and Ottomans, which played a decisive role in shaping the modern frontiers of the region. The Memoirs also represent an invaluable source for the internal political and religious life of the Safavid court, and the ways in which Shah Tahmasp, one of the most important rulers in Iranian history, wished to be remembered and viewed. This first English translation is furnished with an extensive introduction and notes that situate the work in its literary and historical context.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 184 pages
PB 9780755653560
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Iran and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean World
Edited by Andrew Peacock, University of St Andrews, UK
This book brings together a collection of internationally renowned scholars from a variety of disciplines – including archaeology, history, literature, linguistics, art history – to examine Iran’s political and commercial relations with the Indian Ocean world in history, Persian-speaking communities in the Indian Ocean world, Persian(ate) elements in Indian Ocean languages and literatures, Persian texts dealing with the Indian Ocean, and connections in material culture.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 376 pages
HB 9780755656028 £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: British Institute of Persian Studies • I.B. Tauris
The Plays and Films of Bahram Beyzaie
Origins, Forms and Functions
Edited by Saeed Talajooy, University of St Andrews, UK
This book analyses Bahram Beyzaie’s influential plays such as Arash and So Dies Pahlevan Akbar and films such as The Crow, Bashu, the Little Stranger and Killing Mad Dogs from a range of critical perspectives including ecofeminist, sociopolitical, new-historicist, archetypal and psychoanalytical readings. It explores Beyzaie’s dialogue with filmic genres such as noir, different Iranian languages such as Gilaki, Iranian epics and ritual practices such as ta’ziyeh plays and javanmardi chivalry cults. It shows how Beyzaie’s works negotiate narratives of belonging and undermine the dominant exclusionist discourses in Iran, and how they use the resources of Iranian folk and performance traditions to comment on the position of women, children, intellectuals, and minorities in society.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 264 pages
PB 9780755652730 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755652693
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Series: British Institute of Persian Studies • I.B. Tauris
Piety and Politics in Qajar Iran
The Takkiyya Mu’avin al-Mulk in Kermanshah
Nahid Massoumeh Assemi
This book examines the history, patrons, builders, and features of the Takkiyya Mu’avin al-Mulk, a space for performances of the religious ritual Shi’i ta’ziyeh in Kermanshah, mapping the building and its decorative programme to reveal how and why these have functioned since its creation in the Qajar period until today. In the process, the book examines the meaning of the rituals the building was used for, and the intersection of art, architecture and a burgeoning sense of national political identity as manifested in the building by those who built and used it.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 77 bw illus 22 colour illus
PB 9780755652686 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: British Institute of Persian Studies • I.B. Tauris
Israel and the Gaza Strip since 1967
A History of Occupation, Domination and Unilateralism
Trude Strand, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland.
Drawing on extensive archival research and firsthand experience from the region, this book tells the story of how and why Israeli decision-makers opted to conquer, occupy, colonise and dominate the Gaza Strip for strategic and diplomatic purposes, turning the area into both an asset and a liability for the State of Israel since 1967.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9780755656172 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9780755656165 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9780755656202 £19.79 / $26.99
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The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951
Ilan Pappé
This seminal text by renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, discusses one of the most significant periods in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on archival material, it presents the reader with a comprehensive and general history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war. Pappe shows that in sharp contrast to the recollections and myths of both sides, the military events of 1948 were not decisive. The victory of the Zionist organization was determined by politicians on both sides - in the discussions and decisions of the United Nations and in the Arab League - long before a shot had been fired.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 344 pages
PB 9780755651221 • £24.99 / $34.95
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Theatre and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Identity, Resistance and Contested Narratives
Azza Harras
This ground-breaking exploration employs postcolonial theory to analyze a diverse array of theatrical works by Israeli, Palestinian, and Western playwrights.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 232 pages
HB 9781788311274 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755656547 • £76.50 / $103.94
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SOAS Palestine Studies
Adam Hanieh & Dina Matar, SOAS,
University of London, UK
Producing Palestine
The Creative Production of Palestine Through Contemporary Media
Edited by Dina Matar, SOAS, University of London, UK & Helga Tawil-Souri
Palestine has often been defined in the global imaginary through conflict, resistance, oppression and violence. This volume addresses the creative labour of producing Palestine, particularly in technological and media spaces that are defined by their porousness and by their intermediality – crossing genres of popular culture and disciplinary boundaries. It offers 16 ‘cases’ which collectively conceptualize, engage in, and invite readers to participate in the production of Palestine and its theorization. These cases contend that representations of Palestine carry multiple meanings, that Palestine is continually produced and reproduced, dynamically generating new knowledge production across media, languages, temporalities, geographies and disciplines.
UK October 2024 US October 2024 296 pages
PB 9780755654253
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HB 9780755654260 £65.00 / $90.00
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Series: SOAS Palestine Studies • I.B. Tauris
Between Reality and Documentary
A Historical Representation of Gaza Refugees in Colonial, Humanitarian and Palestinian Documentary Film
Shahd Abusalama
This book investigates representations of Palestinian refugees in Gaza in colonial, humanitarian and Palestinian documentary films, spanning until the 1993 Oslo Agreement. Chapters examine various film sources throughout this period including British Pathé, newsreels, Quaker and UNRWA documentaries, and Palestinian opposition cinema. In exploring the historical, ideologically fuelled, representations of Gaza and its refugees in colonial and humanitarian films, and the opposition to it, this book reaffirms the continuity of Palestinian resistance, refugees’ call for return, and the importance of Gaza itself to the Palestinian struggle.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9780755653102 £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: SOAS Palestine Studies • I.B. Tauris
Stolen Nation
The Right to Reparation of Palestinian Refugees
Lena El-Malak
This book provides a legal analysis of the right to reparation of Palestinian refugees under international law for the destruction and expropriation of their property since the 1940s. Discussing the legal landscape related to property ownership prior to the creation of the State of Israel and the legal basis for the right to reparation under international law, Lena El-Malak advocates for a lawbased approach to enforce this right and the form it should take.
UK December 2024
• US December 2024 • 256 pages
HB 9780755652792 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755652815 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755652822 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: SOAS Palestine Studies • I.B. Tauris
Tunisia Under Ben Ali
A History of an Authoritarian Regime, 1987-2011
Daniel Zisenwine
Daniel Zisenwine looks at Tunisia under the rule of Ben Ali, from 1987 when he rose to power until the 2011 protests that led to his downfall. Zisenwine offers an analysis of this authoritarian regime from its early days, to the attempts in the 2000s to reform economically and the societal discontent that eventually led to the 2011 protests. This book is vital for those researching the Middle East and North Africa, as well as for those interested in the anatomy of authoritarian regimes and their downfall.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781784531850 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781786726285 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781786736345 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Resisting Domination in Palestine
Mechanisms and Techniques of Control, Coloniality and Settler Colonialism
Edited by Alaa Tartir, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland, Timothy Seidel, Eastern Mennonite University, USA & Tariq Dana
Israel is exerting control on Palestine in ways that have never been seen before. This book identifies these sites of control and domination and how they operate across intellectual, ecological, political and economic levels. It also demonstrates how these sites of control are resisted. Split into four themed parts, the book offers readers critical, interdisciplinary and decolonial perspectives that are based on fieldwork. It provides an understanding of how neoliberalism, imperial histories, and settler colonialism foster exploitation and dispossession.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 248 pages
PB 9780755650873 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755650835
ePub 9780755650859 • £81.00 / $110.69
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Series: Unsettling Colonialism in our Times • I.B. Tauris
The Formation of the UAE State-Building and Arab Nationalism in the Middle East
Kristi
Barnwell, University of Illinois, USA
Based on primary source materials from British and American government archives, speeches, government publications from the Arab Emirates - as well as memoirs and secondary sources - the book sheds light on the processes and problems surrounding the creation of the UAE. Kristi Barnwell demonstrates that Arab rulers in the Persian Gulf strove to create their new state with close ties to Great Britain, which provided technical, military and administrative assistance to the Emirates; while also publicly embracing the popular ideologies of anti-imperialism and Arab socialism that were still dominating the political discourse in the Arab world.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9780755654062 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781838605278
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I.B. Tauris
The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire History
and Legacy
Edited by Hans-Lukas Kieser, University
Mouradian
of Zurich, Switzerland & Khatchig
Drawing on contributions from an international group of more than forty established and emerging academics, this Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire and the Modern Middle East presents an in-depth exploration of the scholarship that has recently emerged in the vibrant fields and subfields on the religious and ethnic communities and nation-states it covers. Within the broad rubric of political history, it tackles religion, gender, identity, social conditions, environment and histories from below, from peripheries and from borderlands. Surveying the state of the art of the scholarship its interdisciplinary dimensions and future directions, and foregrounding the formative role of mass violence in the history of the region, this handbook serves as a reference to researchers, diplomats, students, and the general reader.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 768 pages
HB 9780755644353 £150.00 / $200.00
ePub 9780755644490 • £135.00 / $183.59
ePdf 9780755644506 • £135.00 / $183.59
Series: I B Tauris Handbooks • I.B. Tauris
Land and Legal Texts in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire Harmonization, Property Rights and Sovereignty
Malissa Taylor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Published in association with the British Institute at Ankara.
Using Arabic and Ottoman Turkish sources drawn from three genres of legal text, this book is the first full-length study in decades to investigate the evolution of Ottoman land law from its “classical” articulation in the sixteenth century to its reformulation in the 1858 Land Code. The book demonstrates that well before the nineteenth century the tradition of Ottoman land tenure law had developed an indigenous form of property right that would remain intact in the Land Code.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 216 pages
PB 9780755647729 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755647682
ePub 9780755647705 • £26.09 / $36.44
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Series: The Ottoman Empire and the World • I.B. Tauris
Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World
Bedross Der Matossian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
The Agony of a People
Haig Toroyan’s Eyewitness Account of the Armenian Genocide
Zabel Yesayan
Edited by Maral Aktokmakyan & Tamar Marie
Boyadjian
Translated by Arakel Minassian
Haig Toroyan’s account of his journey from Dikranagerd (Diyarbakir in modern-day southeastern Turkey) along the Euphrates River to Mesopotamia and Iran is a unique and hauntingly detailed account of the Armenian Genocide in 1915, translated into English for the first time.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 200 pages 2 bw illus
PB 9780755654314 £19.99 / $26.95 HB 9780755654307 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9780755654321 • £17.99 / $24.29
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Series: Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World • I.B. Tauris
The Armenian Genocide and Turkey
Public Memory and Institutionalized Denial
Hakan Seckinelgin
Hakan Seckinelgin investigates the mechanisms by which denial of the events of 1915 are reproduced in official discourse, and the effect this has on Turkish citizens. Examining state education, media discourse, academic publications, as well as public events debating the Armenian genocide, the book argues that, at the public level, there exists a ‘grammar’ or ‘repertoire’ of denial in Turkey which regulates how the issue can be publicly conceptualised and understood. The book’s careful analysis examines the way that knowledge about the genocide is censored in Turkey, from the language that must be used to publicly discuss it, to the complex way in which selective knowledge and erased history is reproduced, from 1915 and subsequent generations until today.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9780755653652 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755653614
ePub 9780755653621 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World • I.B. Tauris
Armenians in Turkey after the Second World War
An Archival Reader of USSR Consular Documents
Talin Suciyan
A reader of newly unearthed archival documents made by the Soviet consulate in 1940’s Turkey. These primary sources include consular correspondence, demographic information, a review of Turkish and Armenian press, and most importantly oral testimony of Armenian survivors of the 1915 genocide living in both Istanbul and the provinces sharing their stories while seeking to emigrate to Soviet Armenia. Includes a critical introduction and the original Russian language sources in an appendix.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 184 pages
HB 9780755646326 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755646340 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755646333 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World • I.B. Tauris
The Armenian Women's Movement in the Late Ottoman Empire
Modernity, Nationalism and Gender
Hasmik Khalapyan
This book analyses the history of the women’s movement among Ottoman Armenians. Examining debates on the role of women in the Armenian context, Armenian women’s access to education, work and marriage rights, it reveals how women were empowered by nationalist discourses and the wider movement for reform in the empire, and the ways these limited or broadened women’s activism. Drawing from primary source material, it provides a comprehensive analysis of changes to the socioeconomic, political, cultural status of Ottoman Armenian women from end of the Tanzimat period to the outbreak of World War I.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 224 pages
HB 9780755652846 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755652884 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755652877 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World • I.B. Tauris
Ararat in America
Armenian American Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century
Benjamin F. Alexander, New York City College of Technology, USA
How has the distinctive Armenian-American community navigated its identity as an ethnic minority while ‘assimilating’ to life in the United States? This book examines the role of community leaders and influencers, including clergy, youth organizers, and partisan newspaper editors, in fostering not only a sense of Armenian identity but specific ethnic-partisan leanings within the group’s population. It explores the rivalry between two major Armenian political parties, the Tashnags and the Ramgavars.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages • 16 bw illus
PB 9780755648856 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755648818
ePub 9780755648832 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780755648825 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World • I.B.
Syrian-Armenian Women Migrants in Armenia
Gender, Identity, and Painful Belonging
Anahid Matossian, Marine Corps University, USA
This book traces the experiences of SyrianArmenian women refugees in Armenia as they navigated their changing and gendered identities from their adopted ‘homeland’ to their socially constructed new ‘ancestral’ home. The rich ethnographic research conducted over 6 years by the author reveals how women adjusted to new lives in Armenia, supported themselves through gendered work such as embroidery production, yet mostly challenge simple identities such as ‘refugee’ or ‘repatriate’. It further reveals crucial insight into how experiences and traumatic memories of war in Syria and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict reciprocally shape each other in the minds of the women interviewed.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 232 pages
HB 9780755648467 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755648481 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World
The Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party
Politics, Ideology and Transnational History
Edited by Bedross Der Matossian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Divided into sections which cover the origins, ideology, and regional history of the revolutionary Armenian Social Democrat Hnchakian Party, this book situates the history of the Hnchaks within debates around socialism, populism, and nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. The SDHP was not only an Armenian party but had a global Marxist outlook, and scholars trace the emergence and role this influential party played from their split with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the events of the Armenian genocide to the formation of the first Armenian Republic and then Soviet Armenia.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 296 pages
PB 9780755651344 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755651375
ePub 9780755651351 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780755651368 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Armenians in the Modern and Early Modern World • I.B. Tauris
The Early Nizari Ismailis and their Neighbouring Powers
Politics in the Caspian Provinces Miklós Sárközy
I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. This new history of the Alamut era of the Nizari Ismaili community concentrates on the local politics of the remote mountainous Caspian region. This is where religious leader, Hasan-i Sabbah, famously founded the medieval Nizari Isma’ili state. Miklos Sarkozy presents here a fresh investigation of this period through a detailed examination of the regional Caspian histories across the turbulent 10th and early 11th centuries. His analysis sheds light on how the Nizari Ismailis were able to survive and flourish through difficult times and establish themselves as a vital polity of the Muslim world.
UK
ePub 9780755656691 £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9780755656707 £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Ismaili Heritage • I.B. Tauris
World English
/ $100.00
The Banquet of the Brethren: An Ismaili Guide to Spiritual Hermeneutics
Part 1 A Persian critical edition of Nasir-i Khusraw’s Khwan al-ikhwan
Rahim Gholami, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK
I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. The Ismaili missionary (da'i), and poet, Nasir-i Khusraw (d. after 462), wrote Khwan al-ikhwan (The Banquet of the Brethren) when he was living in his remote mountain refuge of Yumgan in Badakhshan. As well as being an important example of Ismaili theology, Khwan al-ikhwan is also a reflection of the learning of the age, including the conception of a geo-centric cosmos, Aristotelian physics, and Neoplatonic philosophy, which greatly influenced the Ismaili da'is of the Iranian lands.
UK October 2024 • US February 2025 • 616 pages • 1 bw illus
PB 9780755653911 • £29.99 / $40.95 • HB 9780755653928 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9780755653935 • £26.99 / $36.44
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Series: Ismaili Texts and Translations • I.B. Tauris
World English
Balkan Muslims and the Middle East
The Influence of the Arab World on the Islamic Revival
Harun Karcic, Executive Producer, Aljazeera Balkans
The current revival of Islam among Balkan Muslims is due to a long history of contact with the Arab World. This book is the first to examine the evolving relationship between the Balkans and the Middle East covering three phases: under communism, during its violent collapse, and during its uneasy post-war and postYugoslav independence. Harun Karcic identifies how official links with the Middle East sparked an Islamic revival. In particular, the book shows how Yugoslavia used its Muslim population as ‘gate openers’ in the Arab world and to lobby for support when war broke out in 1992.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9780755646845 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755646869 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755646852 £76.50 / $103.94
I.B. Tauris
Critical Studies on Islamism Series
Rethinking Islamic Politics in Tunisia
A Gramscian Analysis
Fabio Merone & Francesco Cavatorta, Laval University, Canada
Written by two renowned experts of political Islam, this book uses the philosophy of Gramsci to provide a new perspective on Islamism and Salafism in Tunisia. In particular, the book explains how the ideological/theological side of Islamic activism realizes itself into practical political action. In doing so, it argues that Islamists and Salafists can be described as ‘post-Islamist’ in the same way communist parties became ‘post-communist’ and ‘post-ideological’, where ideology has the same meaning as revolutionary politics. The theoretical approach and critical outlook developed here provides an innovative framework to understand Islamist politics in other contexts.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 208 pages
HB 9780755656387 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755656417 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755656400 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Critical Studies on Islamism Series • I.B. Tauris
Sufism and Zen in the West
The Transformation of Modern Religious Life and Practice
Edited by Saeko Yazaki & Michael Conway
In this book, scholars analyse the ways in which Sufism and Zen were introduced to and developed in the West. The collection shows that the popularity of these religions arose not because of the substantive shared elements within the two traditions, but because their promoters in the West employed similar strategies to respond to the interests of a modern, Western audience.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 264 pages
HB 9781838602352 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781838602376 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781838602383 • £76.50 / $103.94
I.B. Tauris
History and Memory in the Abbasid Caliphate
Writing the Past in Medieval Arabic Literature
Letizia Osti, University of Milan, Italy
Abu Bakr al-Suli was a noted polymath and table companion in the courts of three Abbasid caliphs. In addition to his work as observer of the court, he is perhaps best known for his poetry - which would have a long-lasting influence on Arabic literature - historiographical insight and skill as a chess player.
Letizia Osti here provides the first full-length English-language study devoted to al-Suli. In so doing, she sheds light onto broader questions, such as: How did the Abbasid court make sense of the past? What was the importance of written culture? And book collecting? What does ‘historiography’ mean in a medieval Islamic context?
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 200 pages
PB 9780755647811 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781788319232
ePub 9781838600563 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781838600570 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Early and Medieval Islamic World • I.B. Tauris
Unheard Voices of the Young Egyptian Brothers
Pathways of Activism after 2013
Doha Abdelgawad
The crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt led to hundreds of members being imprisoned or killed after 2013. This book examines the reaction of the Muslim Brotherhood’s young members to the MB’s political failure. While much attention has been given to how young Islamists were radicalized, this book is the first to also examine and give voice to Islamists’ political disengagement. The book is based on interviews with 48 MB members aged 18 – 35. The research reveals the multiplicity of personal, societal and political factors that determine members’ very different actions, motivations and ideas.
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 232 pages
HB 9780755650484 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755650507 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755650491 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Critical Studies on Islamism Series • I.B. Tauris
Vali Dakhani and the Early Rekhtah Networks
Sharing Poetry’s Pleasures
Heidi Pauwels & Purnima Dhavan, University of Washington, USA
Placing the earliest Urdu poets and their craft in the lively social gatherings, bazaars, shrines, and courts of eighteenth century South Asia, this book reframes the history of Urdu within the diverse contexts from which it emerged. Dhawan and Pauwels re-examine the long-dominant mischaracterization of Urdu as an elite language of South Asian Muslims by analysing the poetic biographies of Vali Dakhani and his contemporaries Fa’iz, Abru and Hatim. The authors reveal how selective attention to a handful of poets and rarefied courtly texts obscured the much more diverse roots of an important vernacular tradition, thereby reconstructing a lost literary network of speakers, poets and participants in Urdu’s past.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 266 pages
HB 9780755650057 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755650071 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755650064 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Library of Islamic South Asia • I.B. Tauris
Songs of the Arabian Red Sea A Cultural History
Dionisius A. Agius, University of Exeter, Muhammad Alhazmi, University in Madinah & Hasan Hujairi, Independent Artist
The Arabian Red Sea was, in the days of sail, a hub for trade and pilgrimage. Dhows sailed to the sea towns from the Sinai Peninsula or across from the Egyptian coast on their way to Jeddah or Mecca and Medina. Mariners sang work songs or songs for entertainment on board the dhow or in a number of sea towns. The song was, therefore, an integral part of the maritime landscape.
Although the tradition of singing these songs still exists in sea towns, the last practitioners are now elderly and it is possible that the original songs will die out with them; the old wording is slowly being forgotten as new adapted and/or non-maritime versions are appearing.
This interdisciplinary book documents the typology of sea songs of the Arabian Red Sea shores, their origin and provenance, their different keys and styles and where, when and how the songs are sung, thus presenting a unique cultural history of these sea songs for the first time.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 264 pages
HB 9780755634064 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755634088 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755634071 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Sufis in Medieval Baghdad
Agency and the Public Sphere in the Late Abbasid Caliphate
Atta Muhammad, Talim-ul-Islam College, Pakistan
This book examines the political and social activities of Sufis in Baghdad in the period 1000-1258, arguing that Sufis played an important role in creating a public sphere that existed between ordinary subjects and the government. Drawing on Arabic sources and secondary literature, it explores the role of Sufis and their institutions including their ribats or lodge houses, from the use of Sufis as political ambassadors to their role in redistributing charity to the poor, revealing the role of Sufism in structuring a wide range of social and political arrangements in this period.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 192 pages
PB 9780755647620 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755647583
ePub 9780755647606 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780755647590 • £26.09 / $36.44
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Gertrude Bell's Moment in the Middle East A Reappraisal
Liora Lukitz
A nuanced re-evaluation of the Gertrude Bell’s legacy in the Middle East. Examining Bell’s published and unpublished correspondence, diaries, books and official documents, the book charts Bell’s evolution from an explorer and travel writer to an influential policymaker in the creation of Iraq. It reappraises Bells motivations, complicating perceptions of an Orientalist agent of the British Empire and examining the legacy of her views and actions on contemporary Iraq.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 248 pages
HB 9780755655496 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755655519 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755655526 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Armenians in the Byzantine Empire
Identity, Assimilation and Alienation from 867 to 1098
Toby Bromige, City University of London, UK
This book investigates the relationship between Armenians and the Byzantine Empire, arguing that up until the eleventh century migrants of Armenian background were able to fully assimilate into the Empire, recognized fully as Romaioi (Byzantine Romans). It uses the extant sources from a number of traditions and material culture in a chronological approach to reveal issues of migration, religion, ethnic stereotypes, and cultural assimilation, bringing to life the experiences of Medieval Armenians in the Empire, including their ultimate alienation at the onset of the Turkic migration to Anatolia.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9780755642465 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755642427
ePub 9780755642441 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780755642434 • £26.09 / $36.44
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Theodore Metochites
Patterns of Self-Representation in Fourteenth-Century Byzantium
Ioannis Polemis, University of Athens, Greece
In this book, Ioannis Polemis provides the first in-depth study of Byzantine statesmen and philosopher Theodore Metochites’ oeuvre, revealing the complex way he represented the authorial self to critique the politics and mores of his day, whilst at the same time shielding himself from potential criticism. Polemis details the way Metochites deftly manipulated figures and tropes from classical antiquity and early Christianity to justify his role in public life, which was traditionally shunned by scholars in the pursuit of ‘logos’. The book provides unique insights into one of the late Empire’s most important figures, as well as more widely deepening our understanding of classical reception in Byzantium and the social, political and intellectual climate of Constantinople in the fourteenth century.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 216 pages
PB 9780755651399 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755651429
ePub 9780755651405 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780755651412 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: New Directions in Byzantine Studies • I.B. Tauris
Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan
Government and Diplomacy by Sir Henry Dobbs at the Apex of Empire
Ann Wilks
While little known today, Henry Dobbs was a key architect of the treaties that secured British India’s borders with restive Afghanistan and the Mandatory Iraq. This book brings Dobbs’s role in these events at the apex of the British Empire to light, drawing on previously untapped sources made up of Dobbs’ private records and letters and official sources to do so. Revealed are Dobbs’s interactions with other members of the colonial administration and its advisors, including Percy Cox and Gertrude Bell, combined with the personal reflections of a ‘man on the spot’ which show the contingency that attended the twilight decades of the British Empire.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9780755651283 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755651320
ePub 9780755651306 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780755651313 £26.09 / $36.44
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Climate Policy and Politics in the Middle East
Environmental, Economic and Political Challenges
Edited by Aisha Al-Sarihi, University of Singapore & Michael Mason, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
The Middle East region is one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This book assesses the extent to which there is political and economic space for Middle Eastern states to transition into a sustainable, just and climate resilient future.
The book offers a regional political economy perspective, comparing the hydrocarbon-rich Gulf States with those Arab states in the Mashreq (Levant) and Maghreb (North Africa) lacking matching resources to undertake investments.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 192 pages
HB 9780755656110 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755656141 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755656134 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Women, Football and Social Change in Saudi Arabia
Pioneer Players
Charlotte Lysa, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights in Oslo, Norway
The research in this work is based on fieldwork in Riyadh, interviews with players and pioneers of women’s football in Saudi Arabia, and analysis of social and traditional media and other available documents. In tracing the developments of women’s football in Saudi Arabia, Charlotte Lysa offers a groundbreaking social history of contemporary Saudi society and a narrative of change: change within football, change in women’s roles, and change in the structures of society.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9780755644209 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755644223 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755644216 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Gender and Islam • I.B. Tauris
The Middle East in 1958
Reimagining a Revolutionary Year
Edited by Jeffrey G. Karam, Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon
The revolutionary year of 1958 epitomizes the height of the social uprisings, military coups, and civil wars that erupted across the Middle East and North Africa. This edited volume is the first book to explore this pivotal year in its global, regional and local contexts. It draws on declassified and multilingual archives, reports, memoirs, and newspapers in thirteen country-specific chapters, shedding new light on topics such as Anglo-American competition after the Suez War, Turkey’s efforts to stand as a key pillar in the regional Cold War, the Algerian War of Independence and the collapse of the Fourth Republic in France.
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 248 pages • 12 b/w illus
PB 9780755656875 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781788319423
ePub 9780755606818 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780755606801 • £26.09 / $36.44
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The Kakais of Iraq History, Beliefs and Culture
Maria Rita Corticelli, International University of Erbil, Iraq
Yarsans, known in Iraq as the ‘Kakais’, are a Kurdish speaking indigenous population who originated from the Zagros Mountains in today’s Northern Iraq. Persecuted throughout history, they are still under threat of disappearing. This book documents Yarsan history, religion and culture through historical research, interviews and in-depth fieldwork. It is the first book written by a member of the community, who has rare access to their sacred texts. The first-hand testimonies of dervishes and other Kakai members sheds light on this little-known community for a global readership.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 192 pages • 30 b&w illus.
HB 9780755649259 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755649273 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755649266 £76.50 / $103.94
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Governance of Resistance in North and East Syria
The Experience of Rojava
Edited by Zeynep Kaya, University of Sheffield, UK & Robert Lowe, London School of Economics, UK
This book examines governance developments in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (also known as Rojava) ten years after the emergence of the de facto Kurdish administration.
Based on on-the-ground fieldwork and theoretical analysis, chapters explore how the community grapples with the challenges of the new administrative structures, the experiences of its different communities – Kurdish and non Kurdish – and the construction of political and social identities. Specific governance challenges relating to gender equality, education, migration and displacement are highlighted and juxtaposed with the ‘resistance narrative’ that underpins the administration’s governance style.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9780755654918 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780755654932 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780755654949 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Kurdish Studies • I.B. Tauris
The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment
Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East
Edited by Hala Auji, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Raphael Cormack, Columbia University, USA & Alaaeldin Mahmoud, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Studies on the 19th to mid-20th century’s transformative cultural movement known as the Arab nahda (renaissance), have largely considered the moment’s concerns with nationalism, secularism, and language, often told from the perspective of privileged groups. This collection shifts the focus away from elite circles to quotidian audiences, exploring music, visual media, theatre and popular fiction. Paying special attention to networks of movement and exchange across Arab societies in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Morocco, the ‘translocal/transnational’ cultural histories in the book also contribute to global studies on gender, sexuality, and morality.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 256 pages • 25 bw illus
PB 9780755647446 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755647408
ePub 9780755647422 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780755647415 • £26.09 / $36.44
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Secular Muslim Feminism
An Alternative Voice in the War of Ideas
Hind Elhinnawy, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Secular Muslim feminists are involved in challenging Islamic fundamentalism and gender inequalities from within non-religious frameworks. They emphasise the indispensable role of secularism and secular spaces to ensure equality for all. Drawing on the author’s 15 years of feminist activism, observations and conversations with founders and leaders of various organisations, this book examines secular Muslim feminists’ voices and ideas. The book is also based on their works, writings and public speeches. The author suggests that by recognising these women, and engaging with their diverse aspirations, a new path for Muslim women’s rights and Islam can be seen.
Female Police Officers in Pakistan
Diverse Realities, Continuities and Change
Sadaf
Ahmad, Associate Professor at Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUM
This book is the first to examine women’s experiences of working in the police in Pakistan. It draws on extensive ethnographic research including interviews with 250 female officers and a few hundred hours of observation. Adopting a postcolonial and intersectional approach, the book sheds light on the diversity of women’s experiences of recruitment, policing and career prospects and how these differ across rank, cadre and region. It reveals why some female officers are able to support women’s access to justice and facilitate gendered change among the police while others reproduce dominant organisational - and sometimes even patriarchal - values and systems.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
I.B. Tauris
The I.B. Tauris Handbook to Gendering the Cultural Histories of the Modern Arab World
Edited by Hoda Elsadda & Seteney Shami
This handbook uses ‘gender’ as a mode of analysis to produce a new gendered cultural history of the Arab world. It shows a new generation how to study the region using a gender lens and establishes this approach as a field. The five thematic parts correspond to the specific areas focused on by new cultural historians: histories of practices; histories of representations; narrative sites of memory; histories of material culture; and histories of the body. The book draws together the most innovative work of feminist scholars from across history, anthropology, literature, sociology, psychology, theology, economics, political science, law, and translation studies.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 416 pages
HB 9780755648252 • £150.00 / $200.00 / $200.00
ePub 9780755648276 • £135.00
Power and Authority in Afghanistan
Rethinking Politics, Intervention and Rule
Edited
by
Anna Larson, Dipali Mukhopadhyay & Omar Sharifi
This volume provides a critical analysis of power and authority in Afghanistan, and how the conception and practice of these have shifted both historically and over the past twenty years. Contributors examine the deep colonial roots of ethnography, geography and anthropology, and assess the international intervention’s influence on power and authority structures.
UK
ePdf 9780755647491 £81.00 / $110.69
I.B. Tauris
PB 9780755658145 • £28.99 • HB 9780755657681 • £85.00 / $115.00 / $115.00
I.B. Tauris
Beirut Radical
A Global Microhistory from the Sixties to the Lebanese Civil War
Dylan Baun, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Beirut Radical tells the story of Imad Nuwayhid, a student, leftist intellectual in the making, traveller, activist, worker, and ultimately a “martyr” killed fighting in the Lebanese Civil War in 1975. Using Imad’s writings and personal documents, communist party sources, and interviews with his comrades, family, and friends, Dylan Baun charts Imad’s trajectory, connecting personal experiences to wider forces of history, providing a unique window into this lost era of radical youth politics and culture. Beirut Radical shows the complexity with which young men and women connected the Arab world and Global South to the Global North, pursuing careers alongside their faith in and activism for a better world.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 272 pages
PB 9780755655281 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9780755655243 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9780755655250 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9780755655267 • £19.79 / $26.99
I.B. Tauris
Interpretive Theme Writer's Field Guide
How to Craft Strong Themes from Big Idea to Presentation
Jon Kohl
The interpretive theme is the most important sentence an interpreter inks on paper. This pocket companion offers writers strong theme examples, worksheets, exercises, inspirational quotes, and technique highlights for use at the desk, in the exhibit hall, or on the trail. The second edition includes two new chapters on structuring interpretive presentations based on themes and how different psychological profiles influence both themes written by communicators and themes appreciated by audiences. It also includes a new series of mini guest essays written by specialists from around the world. All other sections have been updated and improved for a global English-speaking communicator audience.
UK April 2026 US February 2026 272 pages 37 b/w photos; 20 tables
PB 9798881807504 £33.99 / $46.95 HB 9798881807498 £110.00 / $140.00
ePub 9798881807511 • £34.32 / $42.25
ePdf 9798881867577 • £34.32 / $42.25
Series: National Association for Interpretation • Bloomsbury Academic World English
1970s Jazz Fusion
Matthew Reed Baker, Writer, USA
From the earliest glimmers of America’s Music going electric, traditional fans accused such legends as Miles Davis and Donald Byrd of contaminating an art form so rich in history and complex in structure with the brazen commercialism and seeming simplicity of new genres like rock, soul, and funk. The accusations of selling out were only compounded by the fact that artists like Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea sold far more records and reached more non-jazz fans in the 1970s with their fusion records than with their straight-ahead jazz records. Find out more about the musical hybrid that has become one of the most influential genres of music in jazz, rock, soul, and hip-hop.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 176 pages
PB 9798765119525 • £14.99 / $19.95
ePub 9798765119532 • £14.36 / $17.95
ePdf 9798765119549 • £14.36 / $17.95
Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Tropicália
Ana Leorne, Writer, France
This comprehensive portrait of Tropicália, from influences to results, from context to main players, and everything in between also explores how Tropicália helped reinvent Brazil's cultural identity in a post-colonial world. While post-colonialism remains a vital concept to understand the movement, the genre's conceptual core comes from a unique mix of native and foreign influences: Tropicália doesn't repudiate the international pop panorama, instead choosing to align with the era by assuming itself as its undeniable product. The genre also reveals an enthusiastic desire for propelling culture (and counterculture in particular) forward, repudiating senseless conservatisms and niche intellectualisms in favour of a broader reach of Brazilian music.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 176 pages
PB 9798765119068 £14.99 / $19.95
ePub 9798765119044 • £14.36 / $17.95
ePdf 9798765119037 • £14.36 / $17.95
Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Café Tacvba's Re
Carmelo Esterrich, Columbia College Chicago, USA
Examines the 1994 album by the Mexican group Café Tacvba as a spectacularly unique musical object that adopts and adapts myriad musical genres with the pulse, the attitude, and the energy of punk and rock. Mambo and ska, samba and salsa, punk and industrial, disco and Mexican banda, are but a few of the genres in this musical trip. But Re is not appropriation, but rather transformation: 20 original tracks of music that think through the music created and consumed in Latin America. The lyrics add layer after layer of either nuance or shock, as they play with the cultural and musical expectations of the many genres included in the album.
UK November 2025
• US November 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9798765106556 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765106563 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765106570 £11.17 / $13.45
Series: 33 1/3 Bloomsbury Academic
20th Century Ambient
Dusty Henry, Writer, USA
20th Century Ambient details a crucial period in which ambient music became a fully realized idea and is secretly one of the most popular genres in the world. It wasn’t until the 20th century that it became a defined genre. This book walks through ambient’s ambiguous timeline to uncover not just the genre’s evolution but to understand why it resonates so deeply with the human spirit. From Erik Satie’s classical compositions, hidden histories in blues and dub music, innovations by Brian Eno and Alice Coltrane, all the way through modern artists spearheading ambient in the still early 21st century.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9798765119334 • £14.99 / $19.95
ePub 9798765119341 • £14.36 / $17.95
ePdf 9798765119358 • £14.36 / $17.95
Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Plunderphonics
Matthew Blackwell, Freelance Writer, Spain
In the 1980s, a group of pranksters led by Canadian composer John Oswald and San Francisco band Negativland took on the major labels by making music with purposefully uncleared samples. Pillaging and parodying music from Dolly Parton, Beethoven, the Beatles and dozens of others, they incited legal threats that they then turned into publicity for their cause. In a wide-ranging history that discusses landmark works by Steinski, The Tape Beatles, People Like Us, DJ Shadow, J Dilla, and Danger Mouse, this book narrates the battle against restrictive copyright laws and the rise of a movement toward a shared creative commons.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 184 pages
PB 9798765119488 £14.99 / $19.95
ePub 9798765119495 £14.36 / $17.95
ePdf 9798765119501 • £14.36 / $17.95
Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Cocteau Twins' Blue Bell Knoll
Chris Tapley, Writer, UK
This book examines Blue Bell Knoll to dive deep on the value of artistic ambiguity, the limits of language, and what we can learn about creative practice from this once-in-a-lifetime band. Throughout the 80s and 90s Cocteau Twins defined dream pop and opened the door for shoegaze. Robin Guthrie’s reverb-soaked guitar sound and production set the template for a generation, while Elizabeth Fraser’s mesmerising voice and mysterious lyricism beguiled listeners. Blue Bell Knoll was their fifth album and their first to be released on a major label in the US.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 152 pages
PB 9781501390449 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9781501390456 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9781501390463 £11.17 / $13.45
Series: 33 1/3 Bloomsbury Academic
Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
Kameryn Alexa Carter, Freelance writer, USA
Conceived and first composed on her laptop at home, with some vocals recorded in her bathroom, Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part Two is lo-fi and highly sophisticated—exquisitely analog and experimentally techy. Kameryn Alexa Carter explores how the album reaches toward the past and dreams up new futures, in the process suggesting that the veil between the two temporalities is nearly translucent. An organism at once cohesive and discordant, it flows, jams, grooves, bounces. It transforms.
UK November 2025 US September 2025 128 pages
PB 9798765106464 £10.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765106471 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765106488 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: 33 1/3
• Bloomsbury Academic
Ministry's The Land of Rape and Honey
Jason Pettigrew, Freelance journalist, USA
This deeply sourced book traces back the music-biz climates surrounding Ministry’s first two full-length releases before exploring the vision, methods and controversies that helped ascend LORAH to its rightful legend status. In the years following the record’s release, Ministry has been embraced by the world’s heavy metal community, thanks to the music’s continued extremity. But LORAH may be the one common title members of Nine Inch Nails, Anthrax and ZZ Top have in their collections, be it phonograph or phone. And the story behind it remains fascinating.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9798765106839 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765106846 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765106853 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: 33 1/3 Bloomsbury Academic
Yo La Tengo's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Elliott Simpson, Freelance writer, UK
Hailed as a “quiet masterpiece” upon release, Yo La Tengo’s And Then Nothing Turned Itself InsideOut proposed a radical new future for rock music. Released at a time when the music industry was changing dramatically thanks to the rise of online file sharing, it suggested that the only way for a band to survive was to listen to themselves. The book argues that great art does not come from suffering, but instead, steady, unglamorous work. It is an album that helped forge a new mythology for rock and roll: one not built on sex, drugs and debauchery, but instead the quiet lives of people living in peaceful suburban homes. From the nothingness of the everyday, something incredible can emerge.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 128 pages
PB 9798765106679 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765106686 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765106693 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: 33 1/3 • Bloomsbury Academic
John Cale's Paris 1919
Mark Doyle, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
In this vivid, wide-ranging book, Mark Doyle hunts down the ghosts haunting Cale’s most enduring solo album. There is the ghost of the Velvet Underground, whose abrasive sound and ethos Cale nearly managed to exorcise. There is the ghost of Dylan Thomas, a fellow Welshman who haunts not just Paris 1919 but much of Cale’s life and art. There are the ghosts of history, of a failed peace and a cold war, and of Christmas, a surprising visitor who lends the proceedings a nostalgic, childlike air. With erudition and wit, Doyle offers new ways to listen to an old album whose mysteries will never fully be resolved.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9798765106792 • £9.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765106808 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765106815 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: 33 1/3 • Bloomsbury Academic
Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell
Joel Mayward, George Fox University, USA
Critically acclaimed as one of the best albums of 2015, the elegiac and intimate record about the death of Sufjan’s estranged mother reflects the musician’s own paradoxical posture—Carrie & Lowell is both sacred and profane, Christian and queer, traditional and progressive, modern and postmodern. This book considers Carrie & Lowell as a mystical metamodern mementomori, Stevens’ symphonic (as opposed to systematic) approach to the questions of mortality, meaning, and God. Fusing critical observations with personal narrative, Mayward examines the unique audience reception of Carrie & Lowell and the questions it raises: in a world of division, how might Stevens’ affecting music act as a bridge of love between seemingly irreconcilable communities?
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9798765132760 • £10.99 / $14.95
ePub 9798765132777 • £11.17 / $13.45
ePdf 9798765132784 • £11.17 / $13.45
Series: 33 1/3 • Bloomsbury Academic
Taco Hemingway's Jarmark
Kamila Rymajdo, Journalist, UK
Jarmark is Taco Hemingway’s fifth album, and his most political to date, coming soon after he became the first Polish artist to be streamed a billion times on Spotify. Previously described as the voice of a generation with nothing to say, Hemingway’s political turn can be read as an intervention, not least because Jarmark was released two days before the presidential election in 2020, which had the potential to end PiS (Law and Justice)’s reign. As such, the book examines the album as a response to a crisis point in Polish society, with a country divided about its future.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 136 pages
PB 9798765103067 £16.99 / $22.95 HB 9798765103050 £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765103074 • £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9798765103081 • £16.76 / $20.65
Series: 33 1/3 Europe • Bloomsbury Academic
Crowded House's Together Alone
Barnaby Smith, Independent Scholar, Australia
Together Alone holds a special place in the hearts of Crowded House fans and remains one of Neil Finn’s boldest musical statements – and his favourite Crowded House album. Recorded amid the isolated Karekare wilderness, the album is drenched in mystery and atmosphere, with songs possessing special qualities that those on other Crowded House albums – as good as they are – do not. But why exactly are they so hypnotizing? Featuring first-hand accounts, from Finn and others, the book also explores the intense circumstances of its recording, its major players, and other factors including the influence of Maori culture.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 136 pages
PB 9798765105153 • £16.99 / $22.95 • HB 9798765105160 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765105177 £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9798765105184 £16.76 / $20.65
Series: 33 1/3 Oceania Bloomsbury Academic
Robert Forster's Danger in the Past
Patrick Chapman, Writer, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland. That World Cup summer of 1990. A 21-year-old poet is entranced by The Go-Betweens: 1978–1990. As the city outside goes football crazy, the poet discovers his new favorite band and learns that he’ll never see them live; they have recently split up. That same day, Robert Forster is celebrating his 33rd birthday and recording his solo album Danger in the Past at Hansa Studios, Berlin, with members of the Bad Seeds. This book introduces an enduring album to new listeners while offering the ultimate companion to fans who regard Danger in the Past as a true ‘rock’n’roll friend.’
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 168 pages
PB 9798765128077 • £16.99 / $22.95 • HB 9798765128084 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765128091 • £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9798765128107 £16.76 / $20.65
Series: 33 1/3 Oceania Bloomsbury Academic
Various Artists' Truckload of Sky: The Lost Songs of David McComb Vol. 1
Glenn D'Cruz, Deakin University, Australia
A Truckload of Sky: The Lost Songs of David McComb (2020) was written by McComb and recorded by his friends and musical collaborators after his untimely death at age 36 in 1999. McComb's songwriting is notable for its erudite, poetic lyrics which are married to haunting melodies that evoke the tumult and disorientations generated by love. Here, a hauntological approach is used to unpack the album's structure and composition. This book examines the ways A Truckload of Sky echoes McComb’s stylistic and thematic obsessions while generating important questions about the relationship between popular music and memory, time and death.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9798765127469 £16.99 / $22.95 HB 9798765127452 £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765127476 £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9798765127483 £16.76 / $20.65
Series: 33 1/3 Oceania • Bloomsbury Academic
John Sangster's The Lord of the Rings, Vols. 1-3
Bruce Johnson, University of Turku, Finland
The Lord of the Rings suite, produced during the 1970s, based on the Tolkien books, is the most ambitious compositional oeuvre ever undertaken in Australian jazz. Its composer John Sangster's career embraced the entire historical spectrum of jazz styles from traditional to the avant-garde. One of the most complex figures in Australian music, in both temperament and musical style, nothing in the recording history of Australian jazz, and perhaps Australian music in general, matches the monumental stature of this suite, which he called his musical autobiography.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 144 pages
PB 9798765121122 • £16.99 / $22.95 • HB 9798765121115 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765121139 • £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9798765121146 • £16.76 / $20.65
Series: 33 1/3 Oceania Bloomsbury Academic
TISM's Machiavelli and the Four Seasons
Tyler Jenke, Freelance journalist, Australia
TISM’s third full-length album was almost destined to fly under the radar. A noted sonic shift from a band whose very existence seemed based around pushing the limit and avoiding the spotlight, the record would ultimately storm the charts, be certified Gold, and go so far as to win Best Independent Release at the 1995 ARIA Awards. The group eschewed popular rock trends as they adopted their unique brand of dance music, which in turn translated to greater success. Using first-hand accounts and cultural analysis, this book charts how one of the country’s most enigmatic rock outfits managed to become one of its most noted success stories.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 168 pages
PB 9798765114094 • £16.99 / $22.95 • HB 9798765114087 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9798765114100 £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9798765114117 £16.76 / $20.65
Series: 33 1/3 Oceania • Bloomsbury Academic
Eyeliner's Buy Now
Michael Brown, Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand
Brimming over with fake wind-chimes, dreamy synth pads, and hyperactive slap-bass, Eyeliner’s Buy Now is an ebullient homage to the kitsch sounds of the 80s and 90s. It epitomizes a new kind of album for our times: DIY, all-digital, free, licensed as Creative Commons, and belonging to a “virtual” genre, an internet-based scene without geographic center. Drawing on the album’s production archive and interviews with Rowell, this book argues that Buy Now offers both musical pleasure and mental survival-training for an era when sincerity and irony can appear dangerously indistinguishable.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 168 pages
PB 9781501394997 • £16.99 / $22.95 • HB 9781501395000 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9781501397837 £16.76 / $20.65
ePdf 9781501397820 £16.76 / $20.65
Series: 33 1/3 Oceania • Bloomsbury Academic
Lata Mangeshkar:
My Favourites, Vol. 2
Anirudha Bhattacharjee, Business Consultant and Writer, India & Chandrashekhar Rao, Writer, India
Lata Mangeshkar: My Favourites, Vol. 2 is the story of 50 songs the songstress chose as her favourites among her own work, from a repository of over 5,000. The book covers an expanse of nearly forty years, connecting the reader to the real-life events behind the songs, going back to the times when music listening in India was limited to the radio, the 78 RPM shellac, and the occasional visit to the cinema, and later, the vinyl records, cassettes, the 30 minutes Chitrahaar on television every week, and VHS systems which were finding a place in middle-class homes.
• £16.76 / $20.65
Series: 33 1/3 South Asia • Bloomsbury Academic
Uncharted Territory
What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves
Chris Dalla Riva
Popular music history collides with data analytics and numbers in this insightful and surprising look at the greatest hits, musicians, fads, forgotten artists, and more. Did you know that hit songs in the late 1950s were regularly about gruesome death? That the key change died around 2003? That a US vice president wrote a number one hit? That while TikTok has spawned countless hits, it’s made artists more anonymous than ever before? Whether you danced the twist or the dougie at your senior prom, Chris Dalla Riva reframes everything you thought you knew about music over the last 6 decades.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 336 pages
HB 9798765149843 • £25.00 / $34.00
ePub 9798765149911 £24.74 / $30.60
ePdf 9798765149904 £24.74 / $30.60
Bloomsbury Academic
Make My Funk the P-Funk
Parliament-Funkadelic's Meteoric Rise in 1975 from Chocolate City to Mothership Connection
Daniel Bedrosian
P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of ParliamentFunkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal albums: Chocolate City, Let’s Take It to the Stage, and Mothership Connection. By the end of it, George Clinton and P-Funk were catapulted into superstardom. Incorporating exclusive insights from significant P-Funk members including Clinton himself, this book pulls back the curtain on these albums, revealing details of production styles, artistic processes, musical influences, themes, historical importance, and more. The book also dives into P-Funk lore and political and social influences, including Clinton’s Afrofuturism.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 21 b/w photos
HB 9798881800642 • £25.00 / $34.00
ePub 9798881800659 • £24.74 / $30.60
ePdf 9798881842703 • £24.74 / $30.60
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Beatles Real Person Fiction
The Role of Fiction in 21st-century Beatles Fandom
Bethany Easton, Cumbria University, UK 21st-century Beatles fans continue to find new ways to access the group and view new content. Interviews with and surveys of authors and readers alongside textual analysis of BRPF texts provide insight into the fandom and creation of fanfiction. This analysis ultimately demonstrates that all generations of Beatles fans desire belonging to a community in which their fandom can be shared and Beatles knowledge celebrated. For newer generations of fans who were not present during the Beatles active period, BRPF offers a way to learn more about the group whilst gaining an intimacy with them.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 200 pages
HB 9798765109250 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765109267 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765109274 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
American Melodies
Popular Music, Ecology, and the Quest for Community
Robert McParland, Felician University, USA
American Melodies is a study of America’s varied music genres that is grounded in interviews with folk, rock, and jazz musicians, music listeners, songwriters, and organizers of music programs in communities. The author explores the dreams and concerns that are being voiced in songs. Through interviews and conversations, he examines how the spirit of jazz, folk music and Americana, country, and rock music bring to life reflection on relationships between people, connection with their communities, and expression of social and ecological concern.
UK February 2026 US February 2026 240 pages
HB 9781666973792
£90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978767263 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216251132 • £87.01 / $108.00
Series: For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Concepts We'll Ponder
The Inaugural Phish Studies Conference
Edited by Stephanie Jenkins, Natalie Dollar & Dana Reason
This book brings together fourteen scholars from the humanities and social sciences to creatively and productively focus their conceptual tools, methodologies, and disciplinary norms on analyzing the improvisational rock band Phish and the subculture of their fanbase. Each chapter explores some aspect of the Phish Phenomenon, whether philosophical, legal, musical, statistical, and/ or cultural. Phish Studies is by its very nature multidisciplinary, relying on multiple approaches and methodologies to theorize and analyze the band and its scene; the volume reflects this diversity, representing the fields of musicology, philosophy, communications, statistics, law, and more.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666955187 • £95.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978767898 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216253006 • £79.83 / $99.00
Series: For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Listen to Movie Musicals!
Exploring a Musical Genre
James E. Perone, Mount Union College
Exploring musical theater on film for fans of the genre, Listen to Movie Musicals! focuses on 50 must-hear movie musicals featured in the United States In this book, there are 50 movies featured for critical analysis including many of the bestknown film musicals of the past and present. The list also includes several important movie musicals that were popular successes that are not necessarily on the "best-of" lists in other books. This volume also includes a greater focus on the actual music of movie musicals than do most other books, making it a stand-out title on the topic for high school and college readers.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9798216201823 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440869716
ePub 9798216111955 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440869723 £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Exploring Musical Genres • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Listen to Soul!
Exploring a Musical Genre
James E. Perone, Mount Union College
Listen to Soul! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of soul music for fans of the genre, with a focus on 50 must-hear singers, songs, and albums that define it. This book provides both an overview and a critical analysis of what makes soul music in the United States. A list of 50 songs, albums, and musicians includes many of the best-known hits of the past and present as well as several important popular successes that are not necessarily on the "best-of" lists in other books.
UK July 2025 US July 2025 248 pages
PB 9798216219484 £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440875250
ePub 9798216112013 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440875267 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Exploring Musical Genres • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Listen to Punk Rock!
Exploring a Musical Genre
June Michele Pulliam, Louisiana State University
Looking at the evolution of punk from its inception in 1975 to 2020, Listen to Punk Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre delves into the lasting impact of the genre throughout society today and provides readers with a fuller picture of punk rock as an inclusive genre with continuing relevance. The book gives those new to the genre an overview of important bands and products related to the movement in music, including publications, fashion, and films about punk rock. Notably, it pays special attention to diversity within the genre, discussing bands often overlooked or mentioned only in passing in most histories of the movement.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 296 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9798216251002 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440865725
ePub 9798216111993 £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440865732 £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Exploring Musical Genres • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Listen to Hip Hop!
Exploring a Musical Genre
Anthony J. Fonseca, Elms College & Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith, Westfield State University, USA, and Springfield College, USA
With a focus on 50 defining artists, songs, and albums, Listen to Hip Hop! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of non-rap hiphop music for scholars and fans of the genre. Most entries focus on specific songs, carefully analyzing and deconstructing musical elements, discussing their sound, and paying close attention to instrumentation and production values. Finally, sections on the background and history of hip hop, hip hop's impact on popular culture, and the legacy of hip hop provide context through which readers can approach the entries. This book aims to provide a close listening/reading of a diverse set of songs and lyrics by a variety of artists who represent different styles outside of rap music.
UK July 2025 US July 2025 280 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9798216270041 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440874871
ePub 9798216111948 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440874888 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Exploring Musical Genres • Bloomsbury Academic World English
American Rap Scenes An Analysis of 25 Locations
Lavar Pope, Loyola University Chicago, USA
Rap in America examines the factors of geography, migration, movements, music, and technology on the origins, persistence, and legacy of rap music in 25 local music scenes. By studying how each of these micro units developed, we can better understand how each scene interacts, collaborates, and engages with the others. Across seven themed chapters, this book explores the evidence of these factors on 25 scenes through both systematic evaluation of themes and data analysis. By providing area-centered analysis of a culture many see as monolithic, Lavar Pope highlights the unique histories of rap and hip-hop music in mid-size and major cities across the country.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 320 pages
PB 9798765118962 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9798765118931 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765118948 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765118924 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Hip-Hop Style and Identity in Toronto
Music Pedagogy from the Cypher
Myrtle D. Millares, University of Toronto, Canada
Set amidst Toronto’s increasingly inter-cultural communities, B-boy Jazzy Jester, MC LolaBunz, and DJ Ariel demonstrate various stages of artistic development. By living with and traversing the web of social imperatives they inhabit, these artists learn to use hip-hop’s creative tools to produce knowledge and meanings expressed through sound and movement. Their personal stories of migration, Indigenous sovereignty, and intersectional, generational struggle and triumph as artists’ identities are (re)created. These narratives allow for an intimate understanding of the spaces, people, communities, and sounds that fill and shape the individuals who continue to nourish the Toronto hip-hop scene.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9798765110522 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765110539 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765110546 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Sweet Freedom's Song
How Music of Patriotism, Protest, and Persistence Shapes American Identity
Michael Lasser
A musical adventure through America as a land of songs, uncovering how American identity and values are found in popular and folk music. Michael Lasser cuts across a wide swath of history and people, from “This Land Is My Land” to Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, and shows how songs that help to shape and reflect American attitudes possess an element of patriotism. This book looks at a wide variety of songs including protest songs, songs from African American people as slaves and as free people, and songs of women’s suffrage; it also critically analyzes racist, ethnic, and anti-immigrant songs.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 296 pages
HB 9798765149157 • £30.00 / $38.00
ePub 9798765149171 • £27.93 / $34.20
ePdf 9798765149164 • £27.93 / $34.20
Bloomsbury Academic
Poetics of Listening
Inner Life, Social Transformation, Planetary Practices
Brandon LaBelle, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway
Poetics of Listening brings critical attention to listening as a practice, one that can wield significant impact onto individual, interpersonal and communal wellbeing. From social inclusion to intersubjective understanding, deep attention to healing and repair, political recognition to ecological sensitivity, listening is fundamental to negotiating our most fundamental challenges. Through thoughtful examinations of listening’s role across society, Poetics of Listening convincingly shows listening to be not only important to social struggles, but a form of poetic imagination and communion.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9798765125816 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9798765125809 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765125823 • £18.35 / $22.45
ePdf 9798765125830 £18.35 / $22.45
Bloomsbury Academic
Vítezslava Kaprálová
Thematic Catalog of the Works
Karla Hartl
The Thematic Catalog of the Works by Vítezslava Kaprálová constitutes the most comprehensive inventory of compositions of one of the most remarkable personalities in Czech music of the first half of the twentieth century. The description of all relevant sources—sketches, autographs, and authorized copies of compositions, traced chronologically from the earliest to the definitive version—enables the reader to follow the composer’s creative development. The catalogue entries contain a great number of littleknown details, while correcting errors and omissions of all previous inventories and lists of Kaprálová’s works. The thematic catalog encompasses the composer’s entire oeuvre, including juvenilia, torsos, and lost works. It is complemented with the usual lists and indexes for quick reference.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 472 pages • 163 b/w
HB 9781666976281 • £100.00 / $135.00
ePub 9781978759862 • £97.39 / $121.50
ePdf 9798216266167 • £97.39 / $121.50
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Semi-Conducting
Rambles Through the Post-Cagean Thicket
Nicolas Collins, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Written by a composer long immersed in new and experimental music this book provides a tour of the music, technologies and people that have transformed how we make, hear and think about sound over the past fifty years. As both a participant and critical observer in the post-Cagean musical landscape, Nicolas Collins uses anecdotes and analysis to survey the history and aesthetics of the musical avant-garde. It follows a personal chronology of observations and experiences with music, technology, economics and culture.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9798765127568 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9798765127551 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765127575 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9798765127582 • £21.55 / $26.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Listening to Landscape
Hauntology and the Echoes of Albion
Phil Hubbard, Kings College London, UK
Moving deftly between cultural theory, musicology and geography, Listening to Landscape serves as a primer on hauntronica that defines the genre as uniquely concerned with questions of landscape and Englishness. However, it argues that 21stcentury hauntronica is not mere nostalgia, but should be considered a provocation that helps us imagine a new radical politics for the Anthropocene. In making this argument, it speaks to urgent questions of national identities in the post-Brexit era, offering a distinctive take on the way contemporary culture deals with the ghosts and memories of Albion.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9798765112922 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765112939 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765112946 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
A Sound Word Almanac
Edited by Bernd Herzogenrath, Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany
An assemblage of nearly 70 practitioners and theoreticians, artists and scholars, write short and slightly longer entries on their favorite ‘sound word’ – words related to sound: onomatopoetical, mythological, practical, etc., words of personal importance to the artists and their craft, words from their memory, related to sound. This almanac has mainly collected sound words from contributors for whom English is not the first language, to contribute such a word or concept in their own mother-tongue (maybe even untranslatable) with a personal, explanatory, poetic entry, and also English-speaking artists, to contribute with nonstandard English--for example Gaelic Irish, different dialects words-words that have the potential to maybe even change our perspective on listening-musicking-thinking.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 168 pages
PB 9798765109090 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9798765109052
ePub 9798765109069 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798765109076 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media
Carol Vernallis, Stanford University, USA & Holly Rogers, Goldsmiths University of London, UK & Lisa Perrott, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Anonymous Sounds
Library Music and Screen Cultures in the 1960s and 1970s
Edited by Nessa Johnston, University of Liverpool, UK, Jamie Sexton & Elodie A. Roy, Northumbria University, UK
This cross-disciplinary collection provides the first comprehensive study of library music practices in the 1960s and 1970s. Library music was inexpensive, off-theshelf music available to license for a small fee. It was widely used in television and film as a cheaper alternative to commissioned soundtracks. This book addresses questions about creativity, authorship and agency: How and in what conditions were library music tracks written, recorded and disseminated? Why has anonymity traditionally been such an important aspect of library music? How can we interpret the contemporary revival of library music and the phonoarchaeological practices of collectors, reissue record labels, musicians and DJs?
ePub 9798765109878 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765109854 • £87.01 / $108.00
Series: New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media • Bloomsbury Academic
Haunted Soundtracks
Audiovisual Cultures of Memory, Landscape, and Sound
Edited by Kevin J. Donnelly, Staffordshire University, UK & Aimee Mollaghan, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
This collection of essays focuses on audiovisual forms that foreground landscape, sound and memory. The scope of inquiry emphasises the ghostly qualities of a certain body of soundtracks, extending beyond merely the idea of 'scary films' or 'haunted houses.' Rather, the notion of sonic haunting is tied to ideas of trauma, anxiety or nostalgia associated with spatial and temporal dislocation in contemporary society. Touchstones for the approach are the concepts of psychogeography and hauntology, pervasive and established critical strategies that are interrogated and refined in relation to the reification of the spectral within the soundtracks under consideration here.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781501389597 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501389559
ePub 9781501389566 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781501389573 • £28.73 / $35.95
Series: New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media • Bloomsbury Academic
Tyler, The Creator's Hip Hop Revolution
Beyond Gangsta
Gustavo Souza Marques, CIPHER ERC Research Team Wandesford Quay Research Centre Cork, Ireland
An in-depth exploration of the musical work of Tyler, The Creator as a watershed in American hip-hop culture, this book considers the audiovisual work of Tyler through close analyses of his music videos, lyrics and performances as a rapper, music producer and music video director. Featuring an interview with Luis “Panch” Perez; Director of Photography for Tyler’s music videos, Gustavo Souza Marques examines Tyler through thoughtful discussions on race and racism, calling on the work of Frantz Fanon, and music videos such as “Yonkers”, “Buffalo” and “Find Your Wings,” as well as the author's ethnographical work in Los Angeles.
UK February 2026 • US February 2026 • 224 pages
HB 9798765124130 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765124147 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765124154 • £87.01 / $108.00
Series: New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media • Bloomsbury Academic
Traveling Music Videos
Edited by Tomáš Jirsa, Palacký University, Czechia & Mathias Bonde Korsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
Traveling Music Videos offers a new interdisciplinary perspective on how contemporary music videos travel across, shape, and transform various media, online platforms, art institutions, and cultural industries. With the onset of digital technologies and the proliferation of global video-sharing websites at the beginning of the 21st century, music video migrated from TV screens to turn instead to the internet, art galleries, concert stages, and social media. As a result, its aesthetics, technological groundings, and politics have been radically transformed.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 288 pages
PB 9781501398032 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501397998
ePub 9781501398001 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781501398018 • £28.73 / $35.95
Series: New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media • Bloomsbury Academic
The Music Lover's Guide to North America
Museums, Historical Sites, and Other Points of Interest
Josephine
Matyas & Craig Jones
A first-of-its-kind guidebook to American music museums and other sites, from the iconic to the obscure.
The Music Lover's Guide to North America is the first guidebook of its kind, focused on the best music museums and other points of interest between the Atlantic and the Pacific, in both Canada and the United States. In addition to practical information it provides fascinating background on the history, culture, geography, and politics of the United States, and covers everything from major destinations like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to festivals, signature instrument shops, driving and walking tours, and more.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 50 BW Photos
PB 9781493089635 • £19.99 / $26.95
ePub 9781493089642 • £19.95 / $24.25
ePdf 9798765155448 • £19.95 / $24.25
Backbeat
World English
Sounding North
Inuit in the Canadian Musical Landscape
Jeffrey van den Scott
This book investigates the role that Inuit play in the musical soundscape of Canada. The author considers the intersection of Inuit musical ideas in the broader Canadian framework; a framework shaped by colonial narratives and an idea of North.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666981292 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978760578 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216261759 • £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Critical Studies in Historical Ethnomusicology: Deep Soundings • Bloomsbury
Academic
World English
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Music and Art
Edited by Sarah Mahler Kraaz, Ripon College, USA & Charlotte de Mille, The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK
This volume brings together prominent scholars, artists, composers, and directors to present the latest interdisciplinary ideas and projects in the fields of art history, musicology, and multi-media practice. Organized around ways of perceiving, experiencing and creating, the book outlines the state of the field through cutting-edge research case studies. Cross or inter-media works are not thought of in isolation but in a global historical context that shows our cultural existence to be complex, conflicted, and entwined.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 400 pages
PB 9781501377754 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781501377716
ePub 9781501377723 • £144.49 / $180.00
ePdf 9781501377730 • £144.49 / $180.00
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks Bloomsbury Academic
Rock of Pages
The Literary Tradition of 1980s Heavy Metal
Jesse Kavadlo, Maryville University of St. Louis, USA
In 1985, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), led by "Washington Wives" Tipper Gore and Susan Baker, conducted a moral and legal crusade against the Filthy Fifteen, a list of songs they found to be objectionable from the likes of AC/DC, Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Twisted Sister, and Mötley Crüe. Rock of Pages identifies how the "dangerous" heavy metal of the 1980s can be analyzed through literary criticism, how heavy metal helps us understand what's dangerous about literature, and why this matters.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9798765140802 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9798765140819 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765140826 • £19.95 / $24.25
ePdf 9798765140833 • £19.95 / $24.25
Bloomsbury Academic
Scripture and Song in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Edited by James Grande, King's College London, UK & Brian H. Murray, King's College London, UK
As composers and performers drew inspiration from the Bible and new historical sciences called into question the historicity of Scripture, controversies raged over the performance, publication and censorship of old and new musical forms. Both elite and popular music came to play a significant role in the formation, regulation and contestation of religious and cultural identity and were used to address questions of class, nation and race, leading to the beginnings of ethnomusicology. This richly interdisciplinary volume brings together musicologists, historians, literary and art historians and theologians to reveal points of intersection between music, religion and cultural history.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9781501376412 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501376375
ePub 9781501376382 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781501376399 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
Music and Technology
A Historical Encyclopedia
James E. Perone, Mount Union College
Rather than focusing on technical and mechanical details, Music and Technology: A Historical Encyclopedia features the sociological role of technological developments by highlighting the roles they have played in society throughout time. This book introduces readers to the most significant technological developments in music making and listening, including such topics as metronomes and the development of music notation as well as synthesizers, the latest music collaboration apps, and other 21stcentury technologies. Students and music fans alike will gain valuable insight from this alphabetized encyclopedia.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 352 pages
PB 9798216270133 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440878299
ePub 9798216120292 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781440878305 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Positively Fourth and Mercer
The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club, The Bottom Line
Allan Pepper, Music promoter, Englewood, NJ, USA & Billy Altman, Journalist, Westchester County, NY, USA
When young music promoters Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky opened their night club the Bottom Line in an industrial area of Greenwich Village, no one could have foreseen its long-term success and impact on New York City.
The story of the Bottom Line, told by co-founder Allan Pepper and award-winning music journalist Billy Altman, as well as scores of on and offstage participants whose exploits helped create its lasting legacy, Positively Fourth and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club, The Bottom Line will appeal to anyone interested in music, show business and the workings of a legendary club that defined its time in New York City.
UK
ePub 9781493080151
ePdf 9798765161425
Backbeat
World English
/ $40.45
Daft Punk and the Legacy Album
A Vision
of Ambition
Sébastien Lebray, University of Strasbourg, France
Random Access Memories (Daft Life/Columbia, 2013) will remain the very last Daft Punk album. Often understood as an expression of nostalgia towards the music of the 1970s-1980s, this work should not be reduced to a simple tribute to the masters of disco. Beyond their "retro" airs, their interest in old studios and their preference for analog equipment, Daft Punk invent new creative approaches in the continuity of the history of electronic music, leaving more room for humanity and collective performance. The band claims audacity and ambition in a way that is reminiscent of the spirit (more than in the style) of the 1970s progressive rock, with characteristics such as the expansion of the instrumentarium, experimentation in the recording studio, and the development of structures.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 280 pages
HB 9798765121634 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765121641 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765121658 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
America, the Band
An Authorized Biography
Jude Warne
Celebrating the band’s fiftieth anniversary, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell share stories of growing up, growing together, and growing older. Journalist Jude Warne weaves original interviews with Beckley, Bunnell, and many others into a dynamic cultural history of America, the band, and America, the nation. Reliving hits like “Ventura Highway,” “Tin Man,” and of course, “A Horse with No Name” from their 19 studio albums and incomparable live recordings, this book offers readers a new appreciation of what makes some music unforgettable and timeless.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 30 b/w photos
PB 9798216197423 £17.99 / $24.95
Previously published in HB 9781538120958
ePub 9781538120965 £18.35 / $22.45
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
World English
The Poetry of Bob Dylan Thirty Essays on Thirty Songs
Edited by Mike Chasar, Willamette University, USA
The Poetry of Bob Dylan brings together leading literary, music, and cultural critics to analyze the lyrics to thirty different songs by Bob Dylan. An innovative resource for Dylan scholars, this book as a whole explicates how and why—and from a wide variety of perspectives—the work of the 2016 Nobel Literature Laureate is in fact so literary. By focusing first and foremost on the lyrics as poetry, rather than on the music or on Dylan’s cultural status, this collection models a range of ways to better understand his songs as literary phenomena.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 240 pages
HB 9798765124185 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765124192 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765124208 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Everyday Voice Care
The Wellness Guide for Singers, Actors, and Talkers
Joanna Cazden
This is an essential resource for all types of voice users, providing practical tools that can help keep the voice healthy and reliable. Licensed speech therapist, singer, and voice teacher Joanna Cazden suggests habits of lifestyle and attitude that help readers prioritize vocal health, avoid common injuries, and enjoy a comfortable voice. Using simple language and combining modern medicine with home remedies, this is a whole-person guide to vocal self-care. This second edition is updated with current research and addresses new material including the effects of COVID-19 and other viruses, prevention of video call fatigue, and vocalizing through a mask.
UK
Series: National Association of Teachers of Singing Books Bloomsbury Academic
Independence in 21st-Century Popular Music
Cases from Beyond Anglo-America
Edited by Shannon Garland, University of California, Merced, USA, Pedro Belchior Nunes, New University of Lisbon, Portugal & Pedro Roxo, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Can music be made “independently” in the 21st century? More than a generation of musicians, music workers, and music companies have now been operating in the context of profound shifts in music dissemination and production in the “digital era.” Scholarly focus on musical independence has often been centered on genres, like punk and indie, rooted in the US and UK. This volume, focused outside the Euro-American context, shows the variety of ways musicians, music workers and businesses manage the economic, media and cultural shifts intertwined with digitalization, asking what it means now to say one is “independent.”
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 344 pages
HB 9798765112755 • £90.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798765112762 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765112779 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Pianists and the Music of their Time
Facing the Unknown Zélia Chueke
Translated by Stephen Thomson Moore
This book is based on a series of interviews with renowned pianists responsible for the creation of works by Elliott Carter, Claude Debussy, André Riotte and Iannis Xenakis. The pianists' discourse is illustrated by musical examples, linking the visible, that’s to say, the score, and the invisible, meaning the music transmitted by the composers to the performers. By comparing the reactions and practices of the 20th and 21st centuries facing the unknown, the author guides the reader into the heart of a vast, unexplored universe of sound.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 432 pages
HB 9781666958096 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978765283 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216268758 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Unsilenced
Women Musicians, Gender-Based Violence, and the Popular Music Industry
Rosemary Lucy Hill, University of Huddersfield, UK, Bianca Fileborn, University of Melbourne, Australia & Catherine Strong, RMIT University, Australia
This book explores how women who have experienced gender-based violence within the music industry represent and construct this violence through their creative and public-facing outputs. Analysis of three key case studies – Kesha, Lingua Ignota, and Alice Glass - demonstrates that gender-based violence influences creative productions. The representation of this abuse is identified in the artists' music, lyrics, and visual accompaniments and the incorporation of their experiences and responses to abuse in their public personas. The authors uncover what it is about the music industry itself that might facilitate or enable such experiences and perpetuate abuse.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9798765101742 •
Bloomsbury Academic
Nostalgia, Song and the Quest for Home
Production, Text, Reception
Edited by Paul Carr, University of South Wales, UK
This book explores a neglected aspect of scholarship surrounding the study of song—its relationship with nostalgia and notions of ‘home’ (in its broadest sense). Each essay in this collection studies these factors from the perspective of ‘production’, ‘text’ and ‘reception,' either individually or in combination. What is the relationship between nostalgia and creativity? How are nostalgic production techniques used in song construction? Through case studies of nostalgic songs or albums about home and musicological analysis, authors identify nostalgic trends by songwriters, songs and albums. The collection facilitates an examination of nostalgic narratives from subjective perspectives, such as those of audiences.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 256 pages
HB 9798765124338 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765124352 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765124369 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Critical Reflection in Practice
A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
Gary Rolfe, Swansea University, UK, Dawn Freshwater, University of Auckland, New Zealand & Melanie Jasper, Swansea University, UK
Building on its highly respected predecessors, the third edition of a bestselling text analyses and explores the importance of reflection in professional health and social care practice with academic depth and clarity. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that offers hands-on advice and support, it presents a structured method that will enable readers to both challenge and develop their own practice.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 296 pages 23
PB 9781350533400 £32.99 / $44.95 HB 9781350533417 £100.00 / $135.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
The Fourth Tier
Modernizing MTSS for Student Mental Health
Armand Pires & Ryan Sherman
This book provides an overview of the student mental health crisis and shares a framework to support the development of supports that schools and districts can enact to better meet the needs of all students. By leveraging the existing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) model as a starting point and adding a critical fourth tier, this book provides a framework for educators and decisionmakers to review, plan, and implement an enhanced level of support for their students.
UK February 2026 • US December 2025 • 160 pages • 13 b/w figures, 5 tables, 10 textboxes
PB 9781475875058 • £23.99 / $32.95 • HB 9781475875041 • £65.00 / $90.00
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Series: AASA The School Superintendents Association • Bloomsbury Academic
Zizek's Essays 1PP
Against Progress
Slavoj Žižek, Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London, UK
'Sublime moments from history might be remembered but that story is over, everything should be re-thought, one should begin from the zero-point.'
How do we start from a zero-point? We forget the notion of progress or things always getting better. Revolution isn't gradual progress but, rather, a repetitive movement where we start from the beginning again and again. In a whirlwind tour touching upon everything from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, gentrification, Mary Poppins, Einstein's theory of relativity and Taylor Swift, Žižek argues that the forward thrust of history is but an illusion.
UK October 2024 • US January 2025 • 136 pages
PB 9781350515857 • £9.99 / $12.95
ePub 9781350515871 • £8.99 / $12.14
ePdf 9781350515864 • £8.99 / $12.14
Series: Žižek's Essays • Bloomsbury Academic
Multi/Race/Less/Ness
A Theopoetic Humanistic Alternative to Category
Jon Ivan Gill, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA
It is not new, or radical, to suggest that ‘race’ is a social construct. The bold challenge put forward by Jon Ivan Gill is that this idea is just a halfway house – questioning the fixity of race while doing nothing to lessen the trauma caused by its continued presence as a category of human identity. Showing the role that philosophy of religion has played in reifying ideas of race and racial categories, Gill looks beyond that legacy to a world after those ideas. If race as a category is impermanent, then it can be undone.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350435483 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350435476 • £65.00 / $90.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Felix Guattari and the Ancients
Theatrical Dialogues in Early Philosophy
Edited by Gary Genosko, University of Ontario, Canada & Carlos A. Segovia, Saint Louis University Missouri, Spain
Félix Guattari’s Parmenides is a brief but extremely suggestive dialogue that brings life to his concerns about psychoanalysis, semiotics, the history of philosophy, and contemporary post-theatre. This volume includes the facsimile edition of the original manuscript followed by its transcription and its annotated translations into English, German, Spanish, Japanese, Polish and Russian. Accompanying commentaries, diagrams, and studies of the text give an incredibly in-depth analysis of Guattari’s theatrical work and its significance to his wider body of thought.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9781350468887 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350468894 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350468917 • £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350468900 • £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
Theories of Ugliness
An Unseemly Aesthetic History
Mark William Roche, University of Notre Dame, USA
Taking in ancient, medieval and early modern concepts, all the way through to more recent Anglo-American conceptions, this book reveals the extraordinary preoccupation with ugliness exhibited across the history of Western aesthetic and philosophical writing. Fascinating insights from dialectical, categorical or purely aesthetic perspectives are found in thinkers such as Hegel, Lessing, Schlegel, Nietzsche, Adorno, Julia Kristeva and most notably Karl Rosenkranz. As a counterpoint to beauty, a target of negation, a literary device, or a victim of humour, this book offers a new way of thinking about the ugly.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 304 pages
PB 9781350425606 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350425590 • £65.00 / $90.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
The Red Years
Alain Badiou, École Normale Supérieure, France
Translated by Steven Corcoran
The Red Years (Les Années Rouges) features three key texts by renowned and controversial contemporary French philosopher, Alain Badiou: Theory of Contradiction, Of Ideology, and The Rational Kernel of the Hegelian Dialectic. Hitherto unavailable in English, these three texts elucidate the formative role of Badiou’s Maoist ‘phase’ – an essential moment in his political and philosophical trajectory. Furthermore, these texts are vital to any understanding of radical French thought and politics in the 1970s, and in the wake of the Cultural Revolution.
The Red Years also features original essays from leading commentators Tzuchien Tho, and a concluding essay by Bruno Bosteels, which argues for the presence of Maoism in Badiou’s mature thought. Badiou has also written a wholly new preface for this edition.
UK November 2025 • 208 pages
HB 9781472596079 £65.00
ePub 9781472596086 £18.00
ePdf 9781472596093 £18.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English (excluding Central/North/South Americas)
New Perspectives on Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Edited by Andrew Alexander Davis, Belmont University, USA & Sebastian Rand, Georgia State University, US
This collection of new perspectives on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right breaks down some of the most stubborn barriers between the book and its readers. From its polemical Preface to its closing ruminations the state and world history, Hegel’s seminal text can often appear antiquated and conservative to even the most motivated reader. These essays remove those obstacles by demonstrating how radical many of his reflections on politics and ethics remain some 200 years after its publication. Maintaining this focus on how Hegel’s work speaks to us today offers readers an invaluable set of launchpoints to explore his lasting contribution to both the new and perennial concerns of philosophy.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350476059 £85.00 / $115.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350476073
£76.50 / $103.94
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Bloomsbury Academic
Deception in Modern Art and Hollywood
Jela Krecic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Over the last 200 years, a paradoxical fear of deception has grown in the fields of art and popular culture – modes of expression that are traditionally dedicated to creating illusory, artificial worlds.
Deception in Modern Art and Hollywood pursues this topic on several levels. It explores the philosophical implications of ‘being in the know’ and the fear of deception within the theoretical frame of Hegelian dialectics and Lacanian psychoanalysis. Meanwhile, a Marxist theoretical tradition – from Theodor Adorno to Fredric Jameson and Louis Althusser – is used to conceptualize the broader historical, social and political implications of these ideas. Ranging from the late nineteenth century to the present day, this exciting text takes psychoanalytic and Marxist theory to classic Hollywood themes of appearance, mediation, indirection and deception. It presents a novel understanding of our ongoing, entangled affair with moving images, and the emancipatory messages that they may contain.
UK August 2025 US August 2025 224 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350515086 • £85.00 / $115.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350515109 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350515093 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Biopolitics as a System of Thought
Serene Richards, New York University London, UK
Our contemporary mode of life is characterised by what Serene Richards in Biopolitics as a System of Thought calls: Smart Being. Smart Being believes in the solutions of techno-capital where living is always at stake and directed to survival. Armed with this concept, this book examines how we arrived at this mode of being and asks how it could be that, while the material conditions of our lives have increasingly worsened, our capacities for effective political action, understood as the capacity for transforming our existing social relations, appear to be diminishing.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 224 pages • 1 bw illustration
PB 9781350412125 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350412088
ePub 9781350412101 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350412095 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Postanarchism and Critical Art Practices
Saul Newman, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK & Tihomir Topuzovski, The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Macedonia
Engaging with contemporary debates about the political role of art in an era of total market subsumption, this book shows how artists respond to the challenges of political authoritarianism, police violence, right-wing populism, ‘post-truth’ discourse, economic inequality, pandemics, and the environmental crisis, transforming the public sphere in new and unexpected ways. It argues that the best way to understand these new critical discourses and practices is through an updated political theory of anarchism - or what we call postanarchism - where the insurrection against power and the politics of singularity are central.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 200 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350410381 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350410343
ePub 9781350410367 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350410350 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
The Adventures of the Commodity
For a Critique of Value
Anselm Jappe, Fine Arts Academy, Italy
The Adventures of the Commodity explores critical conceptions of a capitalist society that is ordered entirely around the exigencies of the commodity, money and labour.
A distinctive introduction to critiques of capitalism and commodity society, this book illuminates the difficult concept of 'abstract' labour. Merging this with the social critique known as the “critique of value”, first developed by Robert Kurz and the German journal, Krisis, in the 1990s, the book highlights in particular a central, and often contested, aspect of this critique: the claim that capitalism has entered into a crisis that is not cyclical, but terminal.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781350381186 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350381193
ePub 9781350381216 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350381209 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Critical Theory and the Critique of Society • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Environmental Affectivity Aesthetics of Inhabiting
Omar Felipe Giraldo, University of Mexico, Mexico & Ingrid Fernanda Toro, ECOSUR, Mexico
Following Spinoza’s lead, this book imagines an embodied environmental ethics based on the relations between sentient beings and sustained by affections, sensibility, the senses, and contact. Engaging embodied, cognitive, phenomenological, and psychoanalytic aspects of affectivity, Omar Felipe Giraldo and Ingrid Fernanda Toro help us understand how places inhabit us, and therefore, how places transformed lovingly have the immense capacity to modify the body, to redirect desire, to clarify our sensibility – in order to create an affectivity in a direction opposite to the regime imposed by this ecocidal society.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 176 pages
PB 9781350345140 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350345102
ePub 9781350345126 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350345119 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Hannah Arendt’s Ambiguous Storytelling
Temporality, Judgment, and the Philosophy of History
Marcin Moskalewicz, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Through an original interpretation of Hannah Arendt’s historiography, Marcin Moscalewicz reveals an underacknowledged philosophy of history in her vast and variegated oeuvre. Moskalewicz situates Arendt’s own position via her engagement with idealistic and materialistic philosophies of history via Kant and Marx. Teasing out the distinction between theory and philosophy of history in her historiography, this book casts Arendt’s philosophy of history as an aesthetic project, a ‘fragmentary historiography’ and the only credible methodological response to the existence of totalitarianism, making a thoughtful departure from current Arendt scholarship.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 272 pages
PB 9781350295919 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350295872
ePub 9781350295896 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350295889 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Noticing
How we Attend to the World and Each Other
Ziyad Marar, Deputy Managing Director and Executive Vice President Global Publishing at Sage Publications
In his exhilarating quest to help us notice better, Ziyad Marar poses a deceptively simple question: ‘what are you good at noticing?’ In a triple corkscrew of philosophy, psychology and literature, Marar unwinds the impenetrable tangles of noticing. Invisible gorillas, child murderers and magicians are among the unlikely assistants enlisted in the task of trying to work out not just what noticing is, but what it could be. In the end, our noticing is tied up with the very core of our humanity – the capacity to connect, to care, to attend to others and the world.
Noticing looks at what it means to engage with care, consideration and meaning without becoming overwhelmed. The elusive balance between having to ignore some things whilst truly noticing others.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 264 pages
HB 9781350376236 • £20.00 / $27.00
ePub 9781350376250 • £18.00 / $25.64
ePdf 9781350376243 • £18.00 / $25.64
Bloomsbury Academic
In Dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff
Philosophies, Encounters and Friendship
Edited by Pamela Sue Anderson & Michele Le Doeuff
The work of Michèle Le Dœuff creatively disrupts established notions of what philosophy might be. Far from being a discipline about the leader and the disciple and a hierarchy of knowledge, Le Dœuff proposes a philosophy of dialogue and friendship. The conversations in this book explore how this philosophy can be enacted.
UK June 2025 US June 2025 264 pages 2 colour photographs
PB 9781350269972 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350134997
ePub 9781350135017 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350135000 • £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Enduramorphosis
Performance as Transformation through Endurance
Chelsea Coon
This book unfolds the theory of enduramorphosis, an emergent strangeness that arises in an endurance performance when the body is pushed to its limit and reacts. Artist Chelsea Coon works across performance and lens-based extensions in photography, video, livestream, digital arts, and new media. Through her work, Coon explores how enduramorphosis is manifested differently across divergent performances. Written from a first-person perspective, this book presents an accessible intellectual exploration of the process and conceptualization of provocative and profound performances. Chelsea Coon combines powerful emotional resonance with physical and psychological extremes, giving the reader insights into the phenomenon of enduramorphosis and a rare glimpse into the motivations, feelings, desires and visceral excesses experienced by the performing body as it undergoes a transformation that lasts.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 10 b/w photos
HB 9781538190173 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781538190197 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798881865481 • £87.01 / $108.00
Series: Performance Philosophy • Bloomsbury Academic
Luxury Philosophy
John Armitage, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK
Providing an original and authoritative historical guide to modern and contemporary responses to luxury, John Armitage encapsulates within this book the philosophy of major thinkers who have explored the term since the 18th century. Finding alternative modes of understanding it, and further enriching its concept, he argues that the negative characterization by 18th- and 19th-century continental philosophers of luxury as dissatisfaction or as an evil enjoyed by the idle rich gave way in the 20th century and beyond to more positive, even potentially revolutionary, continental philosophies of luxury as voluptuousity, squander, uselessness, and abundance.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 216 pages
PB 9781350414846 £19.99 / $26.95 HB 9781350414839 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350414877 £17.99 / $24.29
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Bloomsbury Academic
Architecture Exchange: Engagements with Contemporary Theory and Philosophy
Joseph Bedford, Virginia Tech University, USA
How Does Architecture Distribute the Sensible?
Engaging Jacques Rancière
Edited by Joseph Bedford, Virginia Tech University, USA
This book brings Jacques Rancière’s demand for equality and his reformulation of aesthetics into direct dialogue with architecture. In doing so, it inquires into the role that architecture plays in distributing the sensible, in creating aesthetic experiences, in creating order or dissensus, in serving as a mode of critique, and in emancipating or stultifying its users and subjects.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 20 bw photos
HB 9781350342804 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350342828 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350342811 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Architecture Exchange: Engagements with Contemporary Theory and Philosophy • Bloomsbury Academic
How is Architecture Political?
Engaging Chantal Mouffe
Edited by Joseph Bedford, Virginia Tech University, USA
Chantal Mouffe has transformed the contemporary understanding of politics through her re-reading of political theory inspired by anti-foundationalist philosophy—based on Saussure’s linguistics, Freud’s psychoanalysis and Derrida’s deconstruction.
This book brings Chantal Mouffe’s agonistic model of politics into direct dialogue with architecture and inquiries into the role that architecture plays constructing the political order of society. In doing so, it asks in what ways architecture operates politically; whether institutionally, in terms of its spaces and its part in forming cities, or as an aesthetic object with mediatic agency.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 192 pages 20 bw photos
PB 9781350263109 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: Architecture Exchange: Engagements with Contemporary Theory and Philosophy • Bloomsbury Academic
The Originary Structure
Emanuele Severino
Translated by Damiano Sacco, ICI Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Germany
The Originary Structure is the first book written by Emanuele Severino. It lays out the logical structure that underlies the philosophical development of his thought for the next six decades. According to Severino himself, this book constitutes ‘the ground as part of which all his subsequent writings receive their own meaning’ – first and foremost because it aims to articulate the structure of the appearing and meaning of everything that is and appears, according to a logic that should prove itself to be unable to be refuted by any (non-) philosophical discourse.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 528 pages
PB 9781350498778 £29.99 / $40.95 HB 9781350498785 £95.00 / $130.00
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Series: The Works of Emanuele Severino • Bloomsbury Academic World English
A World Not of this World
The Reality of Images and Imagination
Alfredo Ferrarin, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
Breaking classical assumptions that images are exclusively reproductions and imagination is a secondary faculty, this book explores what images really are and what imagination can do. Ferrarin begins by charting a history of the philosophy of imagination, from Aristotle and Kant to Freud and Sendak. He then examines the twofold nature of every image, the image itself and what it depicts, before distinguishing between natural, artificial, mental and memory images. The final chapters probe imagination’s cognitive functions. Ferrarin contends that imagination is not always a flight from reality, but is instead also a way of figuring out what is real.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 416 pages
HB 9781350544789 • £110.00 / $150.00
ePub 9781350544802 • £99.00 / $134.99
ePdf 9781350544796 • £99.00 / $134.99
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Phenomenologies of Incarnation in Michel Henry and Emmanuel Falque
Saving Flesh, Redeeming Body
Mark Novak, University of Calgary, Canada
Bringing Michel Henry and Emmanuel Falque into dialogue, Mark Novak explores how they both articulate a phenomenology of the body and flesh in relation to incarnation and resurrection. Beginning with an overview of phenomenology’s origins and the shift towards embodiment, Novak surveys numerous theories from Husserl’s foundational distinction between flesh and body to Merleau-Ponty and Maine de Biran. With this, focus turns to Henry and Falque’s writings. This volume illustrates how phenomenological foundations inform both thinkers' theological views and uncovers the differences and, in some cases, unexpected similarities between their positions on the central Christian tenets of resurrection and incarnation.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781350421318 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350421332 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350421325 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Postcolonial Historical Materialism
The Heritage of Critical Theory Filippo Menozzi, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Through a reappraisal of the work of Bloch, Lukács, Adorno, and Benjamin, Filippo Menozzi rethinks the tradition of critical theory in relation to pressing concerns in postcolonial studies. Revealing these authors’ continued relevance to urgent issues in the 21st century, Menozzi reimagines them as central to an alternative genealogy of critical theory that moves beyond “Western Marxism”. In doing so, this book challenges, more broadly, the view of critical theory as steeped in Eurocentrism, culturally conservative, and politically defeatist. Contesting this in four chapters, Menozzi inserts Adorno, Lukács, Bloch, and Benjamin into key contemporary debates, from orientalism to immigration.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9781350410138 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350410152 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350410145 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Jean-Luc Nancy after the Theological Turn
A Phenomenology of Kenosis
Nikolaas Cassidy-Deketelaere, KU Leuven, Belgium
A novel and profound reading of Jean-Luc Nancy’s deconstruction of Christianity in the context of French phenomenology’s ‘theological turn’, this is an important contribution to continental philosophy of religion. Following Derrida’s treatment of Nancy, Nikolaas Cassidy-Deketelaere thinks ‘after’ the theological turn by achieving a deconstruction of phenomenology’s inherent theological structure which made that turn possible: starting from the theological turn phenomenology was structurally inclined to produce, this book seeks to move beyond it (i.e., to ‘de-theologise’ phenomenology).
UK November 2025 US November 2025 272 pages
HB 9781350512078 £85.00 / $115.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Jean-Francois Lyotard
The Later Interviews and Debates
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Edited by Kiff Bamford, Leeds Beckett University, UK
With contributions selected from the last fifteen years of his life, this second volume of Jean-François Lyotard’s interviews and debates includes hard-to-find and previously untranslated material. Discussions in Paris and London include contributions from thinkers such as Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe; Christine Buci-Glucksmann and Alain Badiou whilst significant interviews elsewhere in Europe, North and South America elucidate the consequences of the varied reception given to his work. These interviews and debates record an evident delight in the activity of thinking which is not about rhetorical flourish or rehashing staid assumptions but of grappling with some of the most important questions confronting thought today.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 304 pages
HB 9781350357419 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350357440 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
Philosophies of the Afterlife in the Early Italian Renaissance
Fifteenth-Century Sources on the Immortality of the Soul
Joanna Papiernik, University of Lodz, Poland
The immortality of the soul is one of the oldest tropes in the history of philosophy and one that gained significant momentum in 16th-century Europe. Yet, by engaging with old prints, manuscripts and other archival material, Joanna Papiernik reveals just how much interest there already was in the afterlife debate in 15th-century Italy. Through examination of four neglected but central figures – Agostino Dati, Leonardo Nogarola, Antonio degli Agli and Giovanni Canali – and with two editions of unpublished primary texts, this book investigates the rich and varied nature of these writers’ scholarship and the important impact it had on later philosophical thinking.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350345829 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350345836
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition Bloomsbury Academic
Philosophy of the Medium
The Age of McLuhan in Question
John Lechte, Macquarie University, Sydney
Bold and expansive, this book argues that we have for too long focused on the technical specificities of media, when we should have been focusing on what it is that mediums do, that is, on their ‘content’ rather than their formal and technical qualities. It offers a deeper understanding of what we mean by the term ‘media’: it is that which comes ‘between’ and which facilitates the transmission of content, essentially a creator of possibilities, yet never present as such in the light of its success as a vehicle for meaning.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 240 pages
PB 9781350299221 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350299184
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Bloomsbury Academic
The Tragic Imagination in Shakespeare and Emerson
Andy Amato, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Explaining the “tragic imagination” as a creative faculty employed to answer the perennial Riddle of the Sphinx – a theory of the world that advances human freedom and dignity in spite of historical injustice – Amato seeks to retrieve and rehabilitate this concept. Exploring how Emersonian transcendentalism affirms rather than denies the tragic sense of life, “tragic idealism”, Amato further employs Emerson’s theoretical lens to reframe the central themes of Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, towards achieving liberation. Uncovering the tragic imagination in literature and philosophy, this book argues for its renewed deployment, in creative redress, to our current social-political situation.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 224 pages
PB 9781350373617 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350373570
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ePdf 9781350373587 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Walter Benjamin and Political Theology
Edited by Brendan Moran, University of Calgary, Canada & Paula Schwebel, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Tracing Walter Benjamin's convergences with, and divergences from, influential German theorist Carl Schmitt, this edited collection places his thinking in the context of broader 20th century political philosophy of his time, and examines the question of whether Benjamin presents the possibility for a distinctive political theology, mapping the coordinates of this question without collapsing the tensions internal to Benjamin’s thought. This volume brings together a host of multifaceted contributions that explore why Benjamin has been a fertile source for thinking about political theology and the possibilities that this new perspective brings to light.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350284388 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350284340
ePub 9781350284364 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350284357 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Walter Benjamin Studies • Bloomsbury Academic
The Ethics of Giacomo Leopardi
A Philosophy for the Environmental Crisis
Alice Gibson, Kingston University, UK
Providing a comprehensive introduction to the work of poet-philosopher, Giacomo Leopardi, Alice Gibson pushes his thought into new directions by investigating how his ethics and philosophy of nature offer a means for understanding and taking responsibility for the environmental crisis. Through examination of his entire oeuvre, from the Zibaldone to his later poems, this book disrupts the common image of Leopardi as a pessimistic, nihilist poet. Bringing his thought into dialogue with contemporary ecological theorists such as Donna Haraway and Timothy Morton, Gibson instead uncovers how Leopardi advances the ethics we need today to reframe our relationship with nature.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350298637 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350298644
ePub 9781350298668 • £26.09 / $36.44
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Bloomsbury Academic
Radical Intimacy in Contemporary Art
Abjection, Revolt, and Objecthood
Keren Moscovitch, School of Visual Arts, USA and The New School, USA
Radical Intimacy in Contemporary Art examines practices that operate at the edges of sexuality and its socially sanctioned expressions. Using psychoanalysis and objectoriented feminism, Keren Moscovitch focuses on the work of several contemporary, provocative artists to initiate a dialogue on the role of intimacy in challenging and reimagining ideology. She explores the work of Leigh Ledare, Genesis P-Orridge, Ellen Jong, Barbara DeGenevieve, Joseph Maida and Lorraine O’Grady, who, through their radical practices, engage in such consciousness shifting. Guided by the feminist psychoanalytic canon of Julia Kristeva throughout, Moscovitch situates these artists in the emerging lineage of feminist new materialism.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages
PB 9781350298224 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350298187
ePub 9781350298200 £26.09 / $36.44
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Bloomsbury Academic
American Philosophies
From Wounded Knee to the Present: 2nd Edition
Erin McKenna, University of Oregon, USA & Scott L. Pratt
American Philosophies offers the first historically framed introduction to the tradition of American philosophy and its contemporary engagement with the world. The 2nd edition of this book presents a survey of the historical development of American philosophy, as well as coverage of key contemporary issues in America including race theory, feminism, gender, indigenous peoples, philosophies of disability and environmentalism. It also takes seriously the dramatic political and social machinations since 2017 and engages with emerging voices and traditions. A substantial and provocative introduction to the work of the major American thinkers and their contemporary interlocuters.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 448 pages
PB 9781350342743 • £26.99 / $36.95 • HB 9781350342750 • £80.00 / $110.00
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates
Edited by Russell E. Jones, University of Oklahoma, USA, Ravi Sharma, Clark University, USA & Nicholas D. Smith, Lewis & Clark College, USA
A detailed philosophical analysis of Socrates' life and thought, this handbook provides a broad range of perspectives on Socrates across 15 in-depth chapters, which cover and expand upon the influential tradition of interpretation outlined in the work of Gregory Vlastos. Fully updated to take Socratic studies in a new direction, this 2nd edition includes new chapters on topics such as Socratic thought in Xenophon, extensively revised chapters, and a new format.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 424 pages
PB 9781350415973 £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350185678
ePub 9781350185692 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350185685 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
A Concise History of Western Philosophy
From
Platonism to Nihilism
Mark Anderson, Belmont University, USA
Mark Anderson tells the compelling story of the history of western thought through the conflict between the order of Being and the change of Becoming. In Anderson's retelling Plato is the premier philosopher of Being, Nietzsche the peerless advocate of the philosophy of Becoming. He relates the west’s transition from a realist worldview to the world of skepticism, relativism, and nihilism that we inhabit today, offering novel and thought-provoking interpretations of major figures from western philosophy. This is essential reading for anyone interested in Platonism and its power to help us understand the ethical crisis of our postmodern world.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 160 pages
PB 9781350555990 • £14.99 / $19.95 • HB 9781350555983 • £45.00 / $61.00
ePub 9781350556003 • £13.49 / $18.89
ePdf 9781350555976 • £13.49 / $18.89
Bloomsbury Academic
The Function Argument in Aristotle's Ethics
Happiness and the Human Good Jakub Jirsa, Charles University, Czech Republic
This book gives a systematic account of the development of the “function argument” from Plato’s Republic to the Nicomachean Ethics, with an explication of the interdependence between different versions of the argument which appear in Aristotle's ethical writings. In close readings of Aristotle’s ethical writings in the Proptrepticus, the Eudemian Ethics and the Nicomachean Ethics, Jirsa makes the case that the function (ergon) argument serves to differentiate between happiness (eudaimonia) and the happy life (eudaimon bios). The book then evaluates Aristotle’s function argument against contemporary critiques.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9781350511750 £85.00 / $115.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Revisions and Reconstructions
in the Thought of R.G. Collingwood
From Pre-History to Economics
Peter Johnson, University of Southampton, UK
Opening new ground in neglected aspects of R.G. Collingwood’s philosophy, Johnson presents essays on Collingwood’s distinctive account of pre-history, the relationship between his last great works The Principles of History and The New Leviathan, and his views on money in comparison to those of J.M. Keynes. Chapters also consider his assessment of Edward Gibbon as a historian and his use of biblical citation in relation to the work of Thomas Hobbes. Johnson’s insightful reflections and in-depth analysis of a range of areas in Collingwood’s thinking connect them through historical and conceptual themes relevant to contemporary debates about his philosophy.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 232 pages
HB 9781350498457 £85.00 / $115.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Philosophy of the History of Philosophy
Nathaniel Goldberg Philosophy of the History of Philosophy answers three urgent questions that all philosophers face: How do philosophy and the history of philosophy relate? How should philosophers generally approach the history of philosophy? For what reasons should philosophers who are not historians of philosophy study the history of philosophy? How philosophy and the history of philosophy relate informs how—if at all—philosophers generally should approach the history of philosophy, which serves as an organizing principle for what fail, and what succeed, as reasons that non-historically focused philosophers should study it.
UK January 2026 US October 2025 224 pages
PB 9781666976908 £26.99 / $36.95 HB 9781666976885 £80.00 / $115.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781978765252 £83.02 / $103.50
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
Human Flourishing in the Age of Digital Capitalism
AI, Automation and Alienation
Edited by Andrius Bielskis, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
With a distinctive theoretical framework combining Aristotle, Marx, and MacIntyre, the essays in this volume ask how the forms of artificial intelligence and technologies of automation in digital capitalism affect human flourishing, and what meaningful work looks like under these conditions. The volume contains eight essays from scholars in the UK, Europe and USA, specializing in the philosophical and ethical dimensions of technology and political theory. This timely and novel intervention in the automation debate will appeal to those in philosophy, politics, literary and cultural studies interested in new technologies both from the perspective of normative ethics and the critique of political economy.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 232 pages
PB 9781350510715 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9781350510722 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9781350510739 • £16.19 / $22.94
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Bloomsbury Academic
"The Unthinkable" in Ethics, History and Philosophical Anthropology
A Pragmatic-Transcendental View
Sami Pihlström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Combining a pragmatist approach with a Kantian-inspired transcendental strategy, Sami Pihlström distinguishes between what is ‘unthinkable’ and what is merely ethically wrong. He demonstrates how issues concerning the unthinkable vs. the thinkable, from the ethical response to the Holocaust to philosophical considerations of monstrous characters in gothic fiction, challenge the categories we use to structure the world. Turning our attention to the ethically and ontologically constitutive character of the boundaries we draw, while utilizing conceptual and argumentative resources from the Wittgensteinian tradition in moral philosophy, it will be welcomed by students and scholars interested in the fundamental ethical issues of human life.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 232 pages
HB 9781350506527 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350506541 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350506534 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Pursuit of Success
A
Philosophical Examination of Happiness, Well-Being, and Meaning in Life
Christine Vitrano
This book examines the concept of a successful life, which is an important ideal that most people desire, though they have the wrong ideas about how to attain it. Christine Vitrano argues that outward achievements—such as wealth, material possessions, or professional status—are not necessary for success and that it need not involve the pursuit of objectively valuable, worthwhile, or meaningful activities. Borrowing key insights from ancient philosophers such as the Stoics and Epicurus, the author argues that the successful life requires nothing more than achieving happiness in a morally good life.
UK January 2026 • US November 2025 • 176 pages
HB 9781666924923 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978760424 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216267584 £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
The Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies
Beyond Nudging and Persuasion
Edited by Joel Anderson, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Lily E. Frank, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands & Andreas Spahn, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
This book investigates behaviour change technologies (BCTs) from an ethical perspective, examining the broader societal and philosophical implications of these types of technologies. These technologies—ranging from fitness trackers and smart home systems to digital nudging and persuasive AI—are increasingly shaping our choices, habits, and lifestyles. This book moves beyond nudging and persuasion to explore a broader spectrum of ethical concerns, including autonomy, privacy, trust, responsibility, and social justice. Contributors from leading scholars do not merely critique BCTs but also offer constructive ethical frameworks and ethical analysis for their responsible design and implementation.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 276 pages • 3 bw illus
HB 9781786613264 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781786613271 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798765155424 • £94.20 / $117.00
Series: Philosophy, Technology and Society • Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Practical Kantian Ethics
A Commonsense Account of Moral Life
Donald Wilson, Kansas State University, USA
By reversing the usual order of Kantian interpretation, Donald Wilson begins with Kant’s applied moral philosophy and uses this later work to offer a radically new account of his views. Through an “inner freedom” model, Wilson explains diverse threads in Kant’s moral theory informing obscure aspects of the Groundwork and presents a different and comprehensive vision of Kantian moral life. This new account transcends the narrow rational asceticism often associated with Kant’s view, embedding morality in our humanity. Focused on the integration of diverse norms and the lived experience of morality, this nuanced account is essential reading for anyone working on Kant’s moral philosophy today.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781350501270 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350501294 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350501287 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
E. M. Cioran and the Human Condition
Karl White, King's College London, UK
This masterful account puts E.M. Cioran into his rightful place as one of the key figures in postwar French thought. Acknowledged for decades as a pillar of European culture, the Romanian émigré to Paris has been overlooked by Anglophone scholarship, but by placing him into conversation with acclaimed mainstream thinkers like Martha Nussbaum, Hannah Arendt and Samuel Beckett this book finally redresses that balance. Framing its discussions with enduring theological themes like guilt, original sin, salvation and apocalypse, the true value of Cioran’s work for Western thought is brought to the fore. These ideas often go unnoticed in the work of other more conventional thinkers, making Cioran an essential figure in confronting the apocalyptic nature of our own age.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 232 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350498549 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350498563 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350498556 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Global Ethics in a Time of Crises
Edited by Göran Collste, Linköping University, Sweden & Torbjörn Lodén, Stockholm University, Sweden
A thought-provoking and essential collection for anyone seeking insight into how we can build a more just and sustainable world. This book brings together leading international scholars in philosophy, social sciences, and religious studies to reflect on how global problems can be understood and addressed through an ethical lens. As the original scholarship in this volume reveals, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East; the tensions in East and Southeast Asia and growing global insecurity; the climate crisis and environmental destruction; and the risk for global pandemics and global inequalities all call for action based on globally shared ethical principles and values.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages • 1 bw illus
HB 9798881800444 • £80.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798881800468 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765160336 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics
Edited by Ezio Di Nucci, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Ji-Young Lee, University of Copenhagen, Denmark & Isaac A. Wagner, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
This bioethics handbook offers chapters on a broad range of bioethical topics in the following categories: foundational concepts, theory and method, healthcare ethics, research ethics, public health, technology, and the environment. The handbook also serves as a one-stop starting resource for multi- and interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners who engage with bioethics in their work.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 432 pages • 3 b/w illustrations; 1 table
PB 9798216366102 £32.99 / $44.95
Previously published in HB 9781538162361
ePub 9781538162378 £101.38 / $126.00
ePdf 9798881880224 • £101.38 / $126.00
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Playing God with Emerging Technologies
How to Avoid the Traps of TechnoOptimism and Techno-Pessimism
Moti Mizrahi
Public debates over the morality of new or emerging technologies tend to devolve into false dichotomies of optimism versus pessimism. This book provides a conceptual framework for engaging in such debates in a critical manner through the lens of “playing God” arguments, which allow us to assume an intermediate attitude between the extremes of hype and panic and to approach the governance of new or emerging technologies in ways that might help to increase our control over, improve our understanding of, and prevent our misuse or abuse of such technologies.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 176 pages
HB 9781666964523 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978760974 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216263210 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics
Edited by Matilda Carter, University of Leeds, UK
Emphasising the vulnerability and interdependency of humans, care ethics has emerged in recent years as a powerful alternative to dominant modes of thinking in moral theory. Bringing together the theoretical and applied dimensions of care ethics, this volume provides an authoritative overview of what care ethics is, internal debates within the field, and the contributions it can make to contemporary issues, from disability and care to public administration. With an international team of experts providing interdisciplinary approaches to care, this is the place to start to gain an in-depth insight into care ethics and its role in addressing worldwide vulnerabilities.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 448 pages
HB 9781350428379 • £140.00 / $190.00
ePub 9781350428393 • £126.00 / $171.44
ePdf 9781350428386 • £126.00 / $171.44
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ethics
Edited by Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University, USA
Expanded to represent the fundamental questions at the heart of philosophical ethics today, this 2nd edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ethics covers key topics in metaethics and normative ethical theory. With 12 fully revised chapters, and 3 new chapters on moral relativism, moral responsibility, and Confucian ethics, this volume provides a one-stop resource for students of ethics. Updates include introductory overviews of the field and methodological issues, as well as an appendix of additional resources, including technical terms in ethics.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 464 pages
PB 9781350415706 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350217881
ePub 9781350217904 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350217898 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks Bloomsbury Academic
Ethics in a Capitalist Economy
Why
Markets Needs Virtues
Robert CB Miller, Independent Researcher, UK
In a novel application of the work of neoAristotelian virtue ethics to the philosophy of business, Robert CB Miller argues that free market capitalism requires virtues to mitigate its flaws and to enhance its strengths. This book outlines modern virtue ethics, deriving from Aristotle and Aquinas and reinvigorated by writers including Elizabeth Anscombe and Philippa Foot. It sets out 3 types of virtue specific to economic activity: contractual, behavioural and entrepreneurial. In each of these domains, it shows how flaws in the market economy can be mitigated by the application of particular virtues in order to encourage human flourishing.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages • 4 bw illustrations
HB 9781350515383 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350515406 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350515390 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Aesthetic Question Experience, Judgement, Value
Jane Forsey, University of Winnipeg, Canada
The nature and meaning of the ‘aesthetic’ animates Jane Forsey’s provocative dive into the foundations of philosophical aesthetics. We liberally apply ‘aesthetic’ to a wealth of experiences from horror movies to fine art, but underlying our use is a long-standing commitment to the centrality of pleasure. Forsey questions why traditional aesthetic theories find it difficult to include experiences of the negative—the ugly, the fearsome, the grotesque, the banal. Through an analysis of major themes and debates in aesthetics, Forsey argues that this connection to positive valuation severely restricts the kinds of objects and experiences that are counted as justifiably aesthetic.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 224 pages
PB 9781350552319 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350552302 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350552326 • £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350552333 • £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
African American Film Noir and Philosophy
Racing Shadow and Light
Dan Flory, Montana State University, USA
In this book Dan Flory relies on recent advances in philosophy of film, philosophy of emotion, cognitive film theory, and critical philosophy of race to guide his analyses of Film Noir. Making sense of techniques, themes, and characterizations filmmakers have used in order to structure movies into films noirs, Flory focuses on those viewer responses that are not consciously registered by higher-level forms of cognition. He argues that embodied, affective, and implicit reactions are key to understanding how film noir typically conveys ideas, feelings, and perspectives concerning race. His approach is provides an opportunity to both diagnose and seek ways to overcome this vexing sociopolitical problem.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350496828 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350496842 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350496835 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Hysterical Sublime Humanism in the Age of Posthuman Capitalism
Matthew Flisfeder, University of Winnipeg, Canada
Developing the concept of the hysterical sublime, first theorised by Fredric Jameson, to challenge posthumanist perspectives on the Anthropocene, this book facilitates the rethinking of universal and dialectical humanism as concepts for grappling with 21st-century capitalism. Through the concept of the hysterical sublime, this book argues that, not only is anthropocentrism and humanism the unconscious core of posthumanist theory; emancipatory politics must take ownership of this perspective and renew universalist and dialectical humanism as the core of the political project resistant to capitalism and the Capitalocene.
UK July 2025 US July 2025 264 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350536104 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350536128 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350536111 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Arts in Philosophical Practice
Prospects, Perspectives and Practices
Edited by Jeanette Bresson Ladegaard Knox
This edited collection explores the question: How can the arts enrich philosophical practice and help us better investigate the complexities of human existence? It delves into the interplay between philosophy and the arts, showcasing how their combination can inspire new ways of thinking, connecting, reflecting, and understanding. By discussing ways in which art forms—literature, music, drama, visual arts, and more—can be integrated into philosophical practice, the book reveals how abstract ideas can be made tangible and illuminates how the arts and philosophy can jointly enhance professional fields and contribute to the art of living.
UK March 2026 • US January 2026 • 1 pages • 10 tables
HB 9781666947007 £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978760851 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216262596 £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Philosophical Practice • Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Technics and Enaction
A Philosophy of Imagination
Émilien Dereclenne, Independent Researcher, France
Providing an innovative approach to conceptualising imagination or creativity, this book offers a new theory of imagination linked to technical, social and embodied factors. Challenging the dominant internalist and representationalist theories, this book combines enacted, embodied, ecological, extended, embedded cognitive theories with material anthropology and the French philosophy of technics and imagination to shine a light on the role of technical and socio-material engagement in imaginative and creative processes. Engaging with both enactive and French philosophers of technics, Émilien Dereclenne showcases how French philosophers of technics can help 5E cognitive sciences achieve their own theoretical goals about imagination.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781350507593 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350507616 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350507609 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Philosophy of Role-Playing Games
Art, Inquiry, and Ritual
Albert R. Spencer
The Philosophy of Role-Playing Games: Art, Inquiry, and Ritual explores how RPGs serve as immersive laboratories for exploring identity, ideology, and self-discovery: the agency of the players and the authority of the Gamemaster (GM) cooperatively interact with the rules and dice to simulate the immersive worlds that they build and explore. Combining insights from RPG scholars and philosophical giants, it examines the unique aesthetics of RPGs and their potential for philosophical and spiritual reflection through collaborative play.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 224 pages
PB 9781666942798 • • HB 9781666942774 • / $115.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781978762640 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798216264132 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
The Phenomenology of Paint Between
Materiality and Illusion
Adam Geczy, University of Sydney, Australia
Analyzing the different modes of appearance and application of the most ubiquitous medium in art and ritual, this book examines paint from anthropological, ethnographic, aesthetic, historical and chemical viewpoints. The result is a clearly articulated account of both the materiality and phenomenology of paint, as substance and idea. It discusses the provenance, politics and chemistry of pigments, the role of concealment and beautification as paint is applied to bodies, the stories and practices of hiding paint by artists, and efforts to isolate paint as an essential quantity, ending on the philosophical question as to whether paint is separable from colour. From bodily substances to chemical engineering, this study provides a history of ritual and representation through the “lens” of paint, the medium that reveals through covering.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 224 pages • 25 bw illus
HB 9781350446915 • £85.00 / $115.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350446939 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350446922 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Aesthetics and Contemporary Art • Bloomsbury Academic
Imaginative Experience in the Arts
Promoting Liberal Education
Charles Altieri
Carefully argued with exemplary readings of poems, paintings and fiction, Imaginative Experience in the Arts outlines a new impetus for criticism and liberal education grounded in the way art stimulates our powers of imagination and enriches our experience of the world. In contrast to literary critics and philosophers who argue for the importance of aesthetic experience by subordinating it to knowledge and practical concerns, Altieri defends a view of subjective imaginative experience as important in itself, and already socially oriented. Chapters test Altieri’s concepts about the nature of aesthetic experience against readings of canonical poems, novels and paintings, by Langston Hughes, Giorgione, Cézanne, Silvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Baudelaire, Virginia Woolf, William Carlos Williams and Mina Loy. Two appendices cover the limitations of AI poetry, and review other important arguments for the powers of imagination.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages
HB 9781350526655 • £85.00 / $115.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350526679 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry Bloomsbury Academic
Iris Murdoch and the Ancient Quarrel
Why Literature Is Not Philosophy
Lyra Ekström Lindbäck
Lyra Ekström Lindbäck revisits the crucial distinction between literature and philosophy in Iris Murdoch’s work to make a break with existing scholarship on Murdoch’s philosophy and literature that ultimately re-states the philosophical value of literature, alongside literary aspects of philosophy. This book differs by deepening her insistence on the differences between the disciplines, providing a consistent and polemical argument for the distinction between literature and philosophy more generally. Engaging thinkers such as Plato, Kant, Hegel, Sartre, Weil, and Cavell, Iris Murdoch and the Ancient Quarrel delves into the aesthetic characteristics that distinguish philosophy and literature.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350332959 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry
James D. Reid, Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA & Rick Anthony Furtak, Colorado College, USA
Deception
Mind, Metaphor,
Memes, and Mimicry Machines
Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Deception challenges readers to think about their own lies – from their first lies in childhood to the clever, provocative ones they told just recently. Scouring a number of texts in philosophy, poetics, literature and theory, both western and eastern, the book urges that, at a time when phrases like ‘fake news’ ‘gaslighting’ and ‘false narratives’ have become an intrinsic part of global vocabulary, an interdisciplinary discussion on the intertwined future of the twins ‘lying’ and ‘truthtelling’ is an urgent imperative.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 304 pages • 15 bw illus
HB 9781350466579 • £85.00 / $115.00 / $115.00
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry Bloomsbury Academic
Kierkegaard and the Poetry of the Gospel
Essays on the Lily Discourses
Edited by Frances Maughan-Brown, College of the Holy Cross, USA & Rick Anthony Furtak, Colorado College, USA
This book is a collection of essays that respond to Kierkegaard’s beautiful and vital Lily Discourses. Long branded as “merely” devotional writings, Kierkegaard’s texts dealing with the lilies and birds spoken of in Matthew’s gospel are rich with poetic nuance and philosophical significance. In this volume emerging and established interpreters address Kierkegaard's religious, literary and dramatic aspirations in these discourses. With the fields and approaches of each contribution ranging from analytic aesthetics to eco-theology, this is the go-to text for anyone looking to teach or write about the Lily Discourses across the disciplines of philosophy, literary studies and religion.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 256 pages 10 bw illus
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry • Bloomsbury Academic
Owen Barfield’s Poetic Philosophy
Meaning and Imagination
Jeffrey Hipolito, Independent Scholar, USA
Owen Barfield’s Poetic Philosophy: Meaning and Imagination is the first book to offer an overview, at once introductory and comprehensive, of the philosophical thought of Owen Barfield. Beginning by placing Barfield’s early poetics in the context of the critical hurly-burly of modernist London of the 1920s, it shows how Barfield’s subsequent development of a philosophy of history, metaphysics, and ethics culminates in his development of a poetic cosmology. The book itself culminates in an analysis of the Burgeon trilogy, in which Barfield recapitulates the themes and arguments of his poetic philosophy by exemplifying them in three genre-defying works of fiction.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 264 pages
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry • Bloomsbury Academic
The Temptation of Non-Being
Negativity in Aesthetics
Artemy Magun
Why do we enjoy artworks that depict disasters and suffering? Is this a hangover from the Modernist impulse to break the rules of harmony? Is there actually a proper way to perform negativity in art without resorting to nihilism? This book uses these fundamental questions to paint a picture of contemporary art as beset by an outbreak of the negative, and to construct a new theory of art as a medium of complex negativity. Artemy Magun shows through examples from Lars von Trier, Jacek Malczewski, Andrei Platonov and Fyodor Dostoyevsky, how these negative practices become progressively more complex and explicit.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350430020 £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy • Bloomsbury Academic World All Languages (except Russian)
Daoist Phenomenology
A Vertical Reading
Jay Goulding, York University, Canada
Jay Goulding’s Daoist Phenomenology represents a lifelong project of interpolating the works of Martin Heidegger with the interweavings of Daoism and Zen. Illustrating styles of reading complex texts from Europe and East Asia, Goulding moves away from horizontal reading of simple comparisons on a single plain to vertical reading as a deep dive of ideas into ancient worlds. Vertical Reading is hermeneutic strategy that captures the depth of connection between phenomenology and Daoism, especially Heidegger and classical Daoists Laozi and Zhuangzi. His method, drawng on writing and ideas from popular culture including Jules Verne, George Lucas and Bruce Lee, promotes further intercultural dialogues between two great traditions in world philosophies.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9781350470477 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: Daoism and the Human Experience • Bloomsbury Academic
Considering, Questioning and Re-Imagining Harmony
Multicultural, Multihistorical and Multidisciplinary Reflections
Edited by Karyn Lai, University of New South Wales, Australia, Rick Benitez, University of Sydney, Australia & Chenyang Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Are harmony and disruption mutually exclusive? This collection critically examines the concept of harmony and its association with perfection. Harmony is pursued by individuals, families, societies and nations as a fundamental value. Yet it often comes at the cost of freedom, creativity and individuality. This book explores ways in which it may be misleading to regard harmony as opposed to difference or to think that harmony and disruption are independent. Featuring examples of historically and culturally diverse perspectives of harmony, an international line-up of contributors reflect on ideas from ancient Greek, Chinese, Indian and Japanese thought. By including historically and culturally diverse perspectives of harmony to widen the horizons of consideration, this collection present a more inclusive understanding of this major philosophical and political concept.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 320 pages
HB 9781350453210 £85.00 / $115.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Derek Jarman’s Visionary Arts
Exploring Land and Depth
Michael Charlesworth, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Michael Charlesworth sheds light on the varied ramifications of Jarman's artistic practice from his years at Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, and provides the first book-length study of his interest in depth psychology. He draws on Jarman's paintings, including his landscapes from the 1960s and 70s and his 'black' and 'broken glass' series from the 1980s, showcases Jarman's excellence as a writer, and emphasizes themes and artistry rather than narrative in his films. Exploring the ways in which Jungian and post-Jungian psychology were absorbed into Jarman's varied works, Derek Jarman’s Visionary Arts celebrates him as one of the major British artists of the late 20th century.
Academic
Communitarianism, Confucianism and the Self
Andrew Tsz Wan Hung, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
While the challenges facing the East and West can seem particular and mutually exacerbating, this enriching study creates a new platform for philosophical dialogue between the two. As Confucian thought wrestles with the push for modernization, and liberal democracy finds new cracks in its political consensus that undermine the communitarian ethos of solidarity, the opportunity for mutual understanding that this vital book offers has never been more pressing. Andrew Hung draws a comparison between the communitarianism of Charles Taylor and the Confucian teachings that still guide modern day China, finding potential for mutual inspiration through similar understandings of the self.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 224 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350430181 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: Philosophical Anthropology Bloomsbury Academic
Bong Joon Ho
Philosopher and Filmmaker
Anthony Curtis Adler, Yonsei University’s Underwood International College, South Korea
With the release of Parasite (2019), South Korean director, Bong Joon Ho, secured his place as one of his generation’s leading filmmakers. Yet while scholars and critics have long appreciated his penetrating critique of Korean society and global capitalism, his ouevre has not been considered from a philosophical perspective. In Anthony Adler’s fascinating interpretation, however, Bong asserts that Western philosophy is itself a “cinematic apparatus” and claims philosophy anticipates cinema’s technical and expressive means. As such, cinema in turn possesses an extraordinary capacity to criticize philosophy from within.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages
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ePub 9781350414686 • £19.79 / $26.99
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Series: Philosophical Filmmakers • Bloomsbury Academic
The Origins of Modern Japanese Philosophy
Nishida Kitaro and the Meiji Period
Richard Stone, Waseda University, Japan
Nishida Kitaro is widely considered as the first original philosopher in modern Japan. Addressing this claim, Richard Stone critically examines Nishida’s relation to his contemporary philosophers in the Meiji era (1868-1912), highlighting the continuity, difference and relationships between them. He argues that ideas starting from early Meiji philosophers were gradually given more rigorous treatment over the course of the era, eventually culminating in Nishida’s early philosophy. The Origins of Modern Japanese Philosophy offers an engaging insight into the Meiji period, bringing Nishida’s work into dialogue with his predecessors.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9781350346833 £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in World Philosophies • Bloomsbury Academic
Reading the I Ching (Book of Changes)
Themes, Imagery, Expressions, and Rhetoric
Geoffrey Redmond, Independent Scholar
Reading the I Ching (Book of Changes) includes the interlinear Chinese text, and a glossary of key words in English, Chinese, and pinyin. These features make it essential reading for students taking courses in Chinese philosophy, Chinese religion, and early Chinese history, as well as readers looking for a clear and accessible gloss of this text.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages
PB 9781350443532 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Bloomsbury Academic
Otherworlds
Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History
Federico Campagna, Independent Scholar, UK
In this lyrical and expansive work, Federico Campagna creates a philosophical portrait of attempts to reimagine the world, as they have emerged at the most dramatic junctures in Mediterranean history. Each chapter is dedicated to an existential challenge posed by history, and to the daring responses that were dreamed up by the peoples of the Mediterranean. Although a book of intellectual history, this is also a unique form of philosophizing, Mediterranean philosophizing, and a sourcebook for preparing ourselves for the otherworlds to come.
UK June 2025 US September 2025 392 pages
PB 9781350536388 £18.99 / $25.95 HB 9781350536395 £60.00 / $80.00
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
Consciousness Mattering A Buddhist Synthesis
Peter D. Hershock, East-West Center, USA
In this volume, Peter D. Hershock presents a contemporary Buddhist theory in which brains, bodies, environments, and cultures are relational infrastructures for human consciousness. Drawing on insights from meditation, neuroscience, physics, and evolutionary theory, he demonstrates that human consciousness is not something that occurs only in our heads. Shedding new light on the co-emergence of subjective awareness and culture, the possibilities for machine consciousness, the risks of algorithmic consciousness hacking, and the potential of intentionally altered states of consciousness, Hershock advances our understanding of consciousness to invite us to consider how freely, wisely, and compassionately consciousness matters.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350411258 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Bloomsbury Academic
The Highest Good in the Nicomachean Ethics and the Bhagavad Gita
Knowledge, Happiness, and Freedom Roopen Majithia, Mount Allison University, Canada
This open access book presents the first comparative study of Nicomachean Ethics and the Bhagavad Gita Roopen Majithia demonstrates how the Gita stresses the objectivity of knowledge and freedom from being a subject, while the Ethics emphasizes the knower. Reading them together, Majithaia enriches our understanding of two cornerstone texts in the Greek and Indian philosophical traditions.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Marjorie Young Bell Faculty Fund and The Hart Almerrin Massey Endowment.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 264 pages
PB 9781350215139 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Bloomsbury Academic
Philosophy as Orientation
Giving a New Meaning to the Earth
Emilio Carlo Corriero, University of Turin, Italy
Translated by Vanessa Di Stefano, Translator, UK
This book makes a radical philosophical intervention on the question of the Anthropocene, proposing that to rethink our relationship with nature also requires the rediscovery of philosophy understood as orientation. The book draws on Anglophone philosophical traditions and philosophers and puts them into a generative dialogue with continental philosophers, in particular Schelling and Nietzsche, providing a novel framework for understanding ecological crisis. It is an significant addition to the environmental thought recently revitalized by Timothy Morton and Bruno Latour, and will be essential reading not only for philosophers but for those in environmental humanities and science studies.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 224 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350497436 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
Identity in Science Fiction
Brain Transplants and Other Misadventures
Edited by Tom Cochrane, Flinders University, Australia
In the first science fiction and philosophy anthology to focus on identity, a set of exemplary stories raise deep questions about who and what we are. Each story is accompanied by an introductory overview and narrative explaining the ideas and the principal philosophical arguments behind it. We gain a deeper appreciation of stories by Roald Dahl, John Varly and Ursula Le Guin as we are seamlessly introduced to the philosophy of personal identity. Thought-provoking and highly entertaining, this one-of-a-kind anthology challenges traditional beliefs around how we see ourselves and allows us to understand what it means to be human.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 320 pages
PB 9781350499805 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350499799 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350499812 • £19.79 / $26.99
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Bloomsbury Academic
Badiou's Ontology of the Present
Society, Economy and Culture in Transition
Michael Hauser, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Emerging from the twin shadows of neoliberalism and postmodernism, Michael Hauser paints our current historical moment as an interregnum, born of but departing from those two towering modes of late 20th century culture. Drawing together a vast range of thinkers and theoretical models, from Gramsci to Jameson, and answering some of the contradictions at the heart of Alain Badiou’s most influential works, Hauser traces the reasons for the decline and demise of the grand narratives of the 20th century and the ideologies that replaced them.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 320 pages • 3 bw illus
HB 9781350437845
£90.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350437876
£81.00 / $110.69
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Bloomsbury Academic
Being and Nothing
The Primordial Question of Philosophy
Lorenz B. Puntel
Translated by Alan White
In this masterful work, leading German philosopher Lorenz B. Puntel answers the primordial question of philosophy: "Why at all is there Being and not absolutely nothing?" Considering the history of philosophy from Parmenides through to Heidegger and beyond, he charges philosophy with persistently failing to adequately confront the question of Being. In response, Puntel sets out a systematic philosophy to rival Hegel's Science of Logic and Whitehead's Process and Reality. This volume first critically analyses all of the major stages in the “forgetfulness of Being” in Western philosophy, situating a vast range of historical philosophers within Puntel's theoretical framework, Structural-Systematic Philosophy (SSP), which unites continental philosophy's comprehensiveness with the precision and linguistic rigor of the analytic tradition. The second part develops the methodical question of a systematic theory of Being. Being and Nothing is the third in Puntel's trilogy comprising Structure and Being (2008) and Being and God (2011).
UK June 2025 US June 2025 544 pages 0
HB 9781350503458 £140.00 / $160.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics
Christopher Gauker & Johannes L. Brandl & Mark Textor & Max Kölbel
The Growing-Block View
Philosophy of Time, Change, and the Open Future
Graeme A. Forbes, University of Kent, UK
Graeme A. Forbes presents a compelling argument for the Growing-Block view. He explores ontological questions central to the metaphysics of time, addressing why time does something space does not and why the past differs from the future. Forbes argues for the view that the past exists, the future doesn’t, and that the passage of time is causation bringing about events according to the laws of nature. From the armchair to philosophy of physics to the human world, he offers a comprehensive examination of these issues.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 320 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350504288 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350504301 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350504295 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics • Bloomsbury Academic
Unreal Beliefs
An Anti-Realist Approach in the Metaphysics of Mind
Krzysztof Poslajko, Jagellonian University, Poland
Krzysztof Poslajko offers a novel version of an antirealist view about beliefs, rejecting the extreme proposal of eliminativism that claims beliefs do not exist. He argues we should rather say that beliefs exist, but they are not real. By arguing for the antirealist view as a revision of our common-sense view about the nature of mind, Poslajko makes the case for adopting a pragmatic metaphilosophy when we deal with philosophical questions about belief.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9781350355002 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350354760
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Series: Mind, Meaning and Metaphysics Bloomsbury Academic
Innovations in Teaching Philosophy
A Toolkit for the 21st-Century Classroom
Edited by Brynn F. Welch,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
This essential companion tackles the current challenges in higher education with bite-size chapters offering practical advice on a variety of issues, from the role of technology to inclusive classrooms.
Here you will find guidance from award-winning teachers about what they have tried in the classroom, how it worked, and why they did it. Motivated by a recognition of the ever-changing landscape philosophy teachers face, the conversational tone of the short chapters emphasize accessibility and practicality. A final section written exclusively by students considers the wonders and woes of the various styles of teaching they have encountered. Here is a chance to understand more about the immensely rewarding experience of teaching philosophy.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 400 pages
PB 9781350544840 • £24.99 / $34.95
ePub 9781350544857 • £22.49 / $31.04
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Bloomsbury Academic
Wittgenstein Versus Anscombe on How to Live
Linked Philosophical Lives
Duncan Richter
Part biography of two of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers, part guide to how we can and should live our lives, this book is a unique exploration of philosophical ethics, drawing from Ludwig Wittgenstein and Elizabeth Anscombe’s different beliefs about killing in war, about sexuality, about politics, about God, and about the meaning of life. It contrasts the writings, influences, and lives of these two notoriously eccentric and difficult thinkers, inviting the reader to decide which, if either, is the better role model.
UK January 2026 • US November 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781666981506 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781978759480 • £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216268352 • £83.02 / $103.50
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Eco-Freud From A to Z
Michael Marder, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
An unprecedented conceptual portrait of Freud as an ecological thinker, this book analyzes our current approaches to ecology and the environmental crisis through the lens of psychoanalysis. Conceived as a theoretical tool-kit, the alphabetically arranged entries—from “Geo-psycho-analysis” to “Trauma extensions” and from “Fetishism and the Climate” to “Obsessive Self-Blaming”— guide the reader toward a deeper appreciation of the unconscious forces at work in our green dreams and nightmares.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9781350538436 • £19.99 / $27.95 • HB 9781350538429 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350538450 • £17.99 / $24.29
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Bloomsbury Academic
World All Languages (except French/German/Italian/Portuguese/Spanish)
The Principles of Philosophy
A Defense of Reason
Mohammad M. Tajdini
The Principles of Philosophy: A Defense of Reason presents an absolute and universal defense of the rational moral law, and a strong and uncompromising criticism of skepticism and relativism. Using clear and simplified language, the author discusses the views of both Eastern and Western thinkers, regarding a significant philosophical issue.
UK January 2026 • US January 2026 • 448 pages • 1 bw (Author photo)
HB 9780761880837 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9780761880844 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9780761880851 • £79.83 / $99.00
Hamilton Books
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Wittgensteinian Feminism
Edited by Sandra Laugier, Sorbonne University, France, Isabel G. Gamero Cabrera, Complutense University, Spain, Jasmin Trächtler, TU Dortmund, Germany & Camille Braune, Sorbonne University, France
Presenting the first in-depth exploration of the field, this book tracks recent developments in Wittgenstein research, epistemology, feminism and practical philosophy to show the diversity surrounding the connection between Wittgenstein’s ordinary language philosophy and feminism. Divided into four thematic parts, it covers the history of ordinary language philosophy, moral and political thought, feminist epistemology and conceptual approaches to gender in languages, bringing together works by feminist philosophers who question the way in which ordinary language philosophy can enrich moral and political thought.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 400 pages
HB 9781350506732 • £140.00 / $190.00
ePub 9781350502130 • £126.00 / $171.44
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Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
My Animals & Flowers
Lessons from the Natural World
Theodor Lessing
Edited by Benton Arnovitz, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, USA
Translated by Peter C. Appelbaum
Translated into English for the first time, My Animals and Flowers bring forth Theodor Lessing’s visionary philosophy of need in an idiosyncratic series of musings on the natural world, which range from light-hearted to darkly shadowed. Full of imagination, wit, and insight into the nature and history of living species, they demonstrate Lessing’s brilliant ability to combine biological observation with social, psychological, political, historical, educational, and above all, philosophical thoughts. Grimly pessimistic about human society, Lessing found both a mirror and a refuge in the world of animals and flowers. In observing nature and attributing all type of human characteristics to animals and plants, he exposes the fusing of nature and culture, and – in dialogue with the natural world – confronts a whole cluster of political questions from the question of equality for women and marital fidelity to the pollution of cities and man’s destruction of the environment.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 384 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350526785 • £150.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350526815 • £135.00 / $183.59
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Epistemology of Language Use
Wittgenstein and a Philosophical Pragmatics
Arley Ramos Moreno, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Edited by Cristiane Gottschalk, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Paulo Oliveira, University of São Paulo, Brazil & Rafael Lopes Azize, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Arley Ramos Moreno, a pioneering Brazilian philosopher, makes an important contribution to current discussions around meaning, knowledge, and symbolism in the first English translation of his work. Connecting philosophy of language, linguistics, semiotics, and phenomenology, Moreno builds on Wittgenstein's legacy. His focus is on ways of producing meaning that involve the circumstances of enunciation and applications of words. He explores interlocutions and the different techniques for assigning names to things. Extending Wittgenstein’s therapeutic philosophy and representing a significant step towards integrating the Kantian transcendental into the pragmatic domain, this ambitious project is edited by a team of scholars who worked closely with Moreno.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 176 pages
HB 9781350503656 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350503670 £76.50 / $103.94
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
Human Flourishing A Conceptual Analysis
Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley, Bath Spa University, UK
In this first systematic reconstruction of the concept of human flourishing, Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley addresses the central problems with the treatment of the concept in psychology, education, policy and science. He develops a sophisticated methodology of conceptual analysis and makes the case for paying closer attention to complex human contexts, purposes and uses. Re-humanizing current research on the concept that is technicalized and detached from ordinary uses, this volume takes the ‘human’ in conceptions of human flourishing seriously.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 280 pages
PB 9781350418929
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ePub 9781350418905 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Bloomsbury Academic
Mimetic Theory, AI, and Desiring Machines
Explorations in Technology, Film, Fiction, and Philosophy
Edited by Thomas Ryba, Purdue University, USA & Sandor Goodhart, Purdue University, USA
Thomas Ryba and Sandor Goodhart bring together a team of renowned scholars to theorize artificial intelligence from a Girardian perspective for the first time. Chapters present cutting edge reflections on Girard’s mimetic theory in connection with science, humans, fiction, film, philosophy and God, shedding light on artificial intelligence and the consequences of the implementation of humanoid robots into daily life. Drawing on close interpretative readings of films, including A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Ex Machina and Her, as well as literary productions, philosophic essays and theological concepts, it offers a novel approach to utilize the seminal ideas of Girard.
UK December 2025 US November 2025 416 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350382732 £130.00 / $175.00
ePub 9781350382756 £117.00 / $159.29
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Series: Violence, Desire, and the Sacred • Bloomsbury Academic
J. B. Basedow and F.S. Bock on Pedagogy
Translations
of Two 18th-Century
Textbooks
Johann Bernhard Basedow & Friedrich Samuel Bock
Edited by Robert B. Louden, University of Southern Maine, USA
Translated by Robert B. Louden, University of Southern Maine, USA
Johann Bernhard Basedow’s Method Book for Fathers and Mothers (1773) and Friedrich Samuel Bock’s Textbook of the Art of Education (1780) were key texts used by Kant in his lectures on education. Translated into English for the first time, Robert Louden explores how both works not only served as the basis for Kant’s Lectures on Pedagogy (1803) and related Reflexionen, but also had a broad influence on the practical, anthropological and religious dimensions of his philosophy. This is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Kant’s thoughts on education, pedagogy and philosophical anthropology, as well as educational reform during the Enlightenment.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 368 pages
HB 9781350360914 • £130.00 / $175.00
ePub 9781350360938 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350360921 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Kant’s Sources in Translation • Bloomsbury Academic
In Defence of Cosmopsychism A Fundamental Approach to the Problem of Consciousness
Khai Wager, University of Oxford, UK
In this original study Khai Wager explores cosmopsychism and its relation to cognate views such as panpsychism, panqualityism and perennialism. Drawing our attention to the combination and derivation problems, Wager brings a cosmopsychism approach into critical engagement with panpsychism and investigates their respective handling of these challenges. Setting out an overall defence of cosmopsychism and attuning to enduring currents of human thought, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of philosophy of mind, metaphysics and philosophy of religion.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 280 pages
HB 9781350508613 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350508637 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350508620 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
God Is Undead Psychoanalysis for Unbelievers
Lorenzo Chiesa, University of Newcastle, UK & Adrian Johnston, University of New Mexico, USA
In God Is Undead, Chiesa and Johnston reassess the contemporary consequences of psychoanalytic perspectives on belief and disbelief. Jointly rejecting numerous efforts past and present to render psychoanalysis compatible with faiths, spiritualisms, and religiousity, Chiesa and Johnston debate with each other about just what sort of non-belief, whether one qualified by agnostic sensibilities (Chiesa) or not (Johnston), can and should be extracted from psychoanalysis.
UK May 2025 • US February 2025 • 320 pages
PB 9781350516052 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350516045 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350516076 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350516069 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Academic
World All Languages (excluding Germany/Italy)
Expanding Philosophy of Religion
On Order, Authority, and Modern Civil-Military Relations
Lindsay P. Cohn
Lindsay P. Cohn reads Augustine from the perspective of modern civil-military relations, analyzing how Augustine’s views on order, authority, war, peace, violence, and public service help illuminate or set off current debates about democratic control of the military, the ideal relationship between the soldier and the wider society, and the role of the military leader in policy and strategic planning. While Augustine never wrote a treatise on war or military service, nor indeed on political theory of any kind, his ideas about these topics form part of a centuries-old theoretical and ethical tradition with great contemporary relevance.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 120 pages
PB 9781350297210 • £18.99 / $25.95 • HB 9781350297227 • £60.00 / $80.00
ePub 9781350297241 • £17.09 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350297234 • £17.09 / $24.29
Series: Reading Augustine • Bloomsbury Academic
J. Aaron Simmons, Furman University, USA & Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University, USA
Reimagining Philosophy of Religion
Understanding, Commitment, and Making-Believe
Amber L. Griffioen, University of Konstanz, Germany, and University of Notre Dame, USA
By exploring how analytic philosophy of religion can broaden its horizons to combat old biases, Amber L. Griffioen makes the discipline socially and practically relevant. Divided into units on Reorientation, Reformation, and Revolution, she engages with a wide range of religious phenomena, from religious cognition and beliefs to imagination, prayer, religious experiences, mysticism and compassion. With each chapter examining one aspect of traditional analytic philosophy of religion, she provides suggestions for how the field can develop in more constructive and inclusive directions.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350328501 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9781350328471 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350328495 £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350328488 £19.79 / $26.99
Series: Expanding Philosophy of Religion • Bloomsbury Academic
Benjamin, Deleuze and the Baroque
The Early Modern Origins of Media Theory
Noa Levin, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
Benjamin, Deleuze, and the Baroque argues that their media theories were informed by their respective readings of the philosophy and mathematics of G.W. Leibniz, and how the Baroque can thus be seen as the locus of modern media. Providing close critical analyses of Deluze and Benjamin’s works on cinema, which remain understudied in the English language, it explores how, in their dual roles of philosopher and cultural critic, the pair may illuminate our own age of multiple crises through the Baroque.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350414211 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350414235 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350414228 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Walter Benjamin Studies Bloomsbury Academic
Rethinking Philosophy of Religion with Wittgenstein
Religious
Diversities and Racism
Thomas D. Carroll, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Thomas C. Carroll uses Wittgenstein’s thoughts on religion and language to bring a crosscultural perspective to philosophy of religion. Through a focus on Chinese philosophical and religious traditions and the intertwining of racism and religion in the United States, Carroll highlights two related features of Wittgenstein’s philosophy: the relevance of contextual backgrounds to interpreting ways of life and the importance of reflecting on existential purposes in philosophical inquiry. By demonstrating how Wittgenstein's ideas can enrich our understanding of the complex phenomenon of religion and the place it has in our lives, this inclusive and timely study asks us to rethink how we approach philosophy of religion.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781350471559 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350471573 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350471566 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Expanding Philosophy of Religion • Bloomsbury Academic
Cosmopsychism and Original Sin Corruption in a Conscious Universe
Harvey Cawdron, University of St Andrews, UK
This book explores the applications of cosmopsychism, the idea that the universe is conscious, to contemporary discussions of original sin in Christian analytic theology. There are two issues in scholarship of original sin that the book focuses on. The first is the transmission issue, that of explaining how original sin is transmitted between humans. The second is the apparent tension between original sin and moral responsibility. Cawdron argues that cosmopsychism can help us resolve both of these issues and develops two models of original sin to address tensions between the doctrine and moral responsibility
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350532427 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350532441 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350532434 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion • Bloomsbury Academic
Atheism and Love in the Modern Era
Practicing Indifference
Colby Dickinson, Loyola University Chicago, USA
A critique of religious belief which addresses the question of how a secular world can continue to mine religious traditions for their conceptual and emotional riches. Taking in popular, philosophical and theological discussions of religion, Colby Dickinson argues that theism and atheism taken together can peel back the layers of abstraction, alienation, and disillusionment that always accompany our humanity in order to help us really see how it is to exist in this world. This book takes up the notion of love as a cultivation and practice of indifference—a crucial concept that unites both religion and atheism.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 208 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350475380 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350475403 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350475397 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Defeating the Evil-God Challenge
In Defence of God’s Goodness
Jack Symes, Durham University, UK
The evil-god challenge is one of the most popular topics in contemporary philosophy of religion. In this landmark text, Jack Symes offers the most detailed examination of the challenge to date. Exploring the nature of god through the leading schools of philosophical theology, Symes argues that it is significantly more reasonable to attribute goodness to god than evil. Drawing from a breadth of ground-breaking material – in metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics and epistemology – Symes claims to defeat the evil-god challenge on behalf of traditional theism.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350419322 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350419285
ePub 9781350419308 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350419292 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
An Apostle for Atheists
Paul and the Quest for Radical Philosophy
Ole Jakob Løland, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Confronting the readings of Freud, Nietzsche and Spinoza with insights not only from the more recent philosophical readings of the letters of Paul but also from historical-critical scholarship on the Bible, this book lifts the veil over a new picture of the apostle as a figure with potential value for non-Christians and atheists.
An Apostle for Atheists leaves us with ideas that compel us to reconsider Paul’s negative reputation for secular modernity and appreciate him as a figure of a radically new politics as well as a renewed psychoanalysis.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9781350420106 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350420076
ePub 9781350420090 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350420083 • £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
World All Languages (except Spanish/Norwegian)
God and the Liberation of Reason in French Philosophy
Edited by Stephanie Rumpza, Sorbonne Université, France & M. E. Littlejohn, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Demonstrating that engagement with the question of God in contemporary French philosophy marks a deep awareness of the nature of philosophy and its relation to history, the work collected here offers new perspectives on theological orientations in phenomenology. With twelve contributions from leading experts in French philosophy of religion, the essays in this volume use the question of God to deconstruct the metaphysical patterns still carved into our thought, and reconstruct new paths that might be open to philosophy after we abandon them. The volume makes available major thinkers seldom translated, promising to deepen the Anglophone reception and understanding of contemporary French philosophy.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781350438354 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350438378 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350438361 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Transcending Fictionalism
God, Minimalism and Realism
Jessica Eastwood, University of Lincoln, UK
Exploring alternative conceptions of the divine, Jessica Eastwood considers the ways of believing in God that are authentic and sincere, moving beyond traditional metaphysical structures that many find difficult to accept. She examines a unique branch of religious non-realism known as religious fictionalism, making the case for its ability to resonate on an intellectual and emotional level. Considering the extent to which fictionalism allows us to make sense of the role of religion in our spiritual lives, she also presents its limitations on adhering to what might be an attractive contemporary model for philosophy of religion called ‘the humane turn’.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 264 pages
PB 9781350327665 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350327627
ePub 9781350327641 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350327634 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
New Heidegger Research
Irish Phenomenology
Thinking with Heidegger and Beyond
Edited by Róisín Lally, Gonzaga University, USA & Daniel O’Dea Bradley, Gonzaga University, USA
This volume brings together leading Irish phenomenologists—many of them internationally renowned—to explore the themes most characteristic of their work and deeply rooted in their experience of Ireland. Taking a phenomenological approach, the book weaves together investigations into Ireland’s island geography, traditions of poetry and hospitality, colonial traumas, and even contemporary issues such as autism. It also situates Irish thought within a broader philosophical heritage from John Scotus Eriugena to contemporary debates on phenomenology and metaphysics. It traces a material history of literary inscription from the ancient Ogham script to the digital age.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9798765143766 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765143773 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765143759 • £87.01 / $108.00
Series: New Heidegger Research • Bloomsbury Academic
Imagining with Purpose in Childhood
Children as Emerging Agents Envisioning Lives Worth Valuing
Natalie M. Fletcher
Imagining with Purpose in Childhood argues that when conceived as a deliberate, flexible process, moral imagining may contribute to children’s emerging agency by expanding and enriching their envisioned options for what they believe is worth valuing within their current and future circumstances, thereby helping to make their autonomy more responsible. Drawing on neo-Aristotelian virtue theory, the Capabilities Approach and classical pragmatism, this approach is designed to assist children in confronting some important challenges to responsible autonomy: their relation to others, their relation to self and their relation to knowledge.
UK January 2026 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781666918823 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781978769922 • £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216266846 £83.02 / $103.50
Series: Philosophy of Childhood Bloomsbury Academic World English
Stephen Hetherington on Epistemology
Knowing, More or Less
Stephen Hetherington, University of New South Wales, Australia
Edited by Jeremiah Joven Joaquin & Mark Anthony Dacela, De La Salle University, Philippines
Bringing together Hetherington’s unique body of writing for the first time, this collection features previously published as well as new material that links his approaches to key issues including knowledge, justification, fallibility, scepticism and the Gettier Problem. Advancing our understanding of the systemic nature of Hetherington’s thinking, Stephen Hetherington on Epistemology presents his distinctive perspective on some of philosophy’s central questions about knowledge – an inviting blend of forensic detail and ‘big picture’ proposals.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350344952 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350344747
ePub 9781350344761 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350344754 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Heidegger's Russians
Bibikhin and Dugin on the Other Beginning
Michael Meng, Clemson University, USA & Jeff Love, Northwestern University, USA
This book provides a philosophical account of Martin Heidegger’s significant impact on contemporary Russian philosophy and, in particular, on two central figures, Aleksandr Dugin (1962-) and Vladimir Bibikhin (1938-2004). The focus of this account is the revolutionary in terms of the attempt by these Russian thinkers to imagine a new Russia, an other beginning for Russia, in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Both these thinkers are important figures in Russian culture, with Dugin having notorious influence on the thinking of Putin’s regime and the contemporary far-right.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9781538146279 • £95.00 / $125.00
ePub 9781538146286 £90.20 / $112.50
ePdf 9798881857325 £90.20 / $112.50
Series: New Heidegger Research Bloomsbury Academic
The Challenge of Lonergan’s Thought
The Reach of Critical Realism
Andrew Beards, Allen Hall Seminary In challenging us to be conscious of our own subjectivity, Bernard Lonergan set out an updated mode of Aristotelian epistemology that took insights from every major philosophical tradition of the modern era. This book explains how that unique positioning makes his ideas perfectly placed to bridge the divide between analytic and continental philosophy. Andrew Beards uses Lonergan’s approach not only to understand the many connections between analytic and continental traditions, but to engage with them in new and creative ways. Throughout, he puts Lonergan into conversation with other leading thinkers like St John Henry Newman, G. E. Moore, Friedrich Nietszche and L. M. Chauvet.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 256 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350459243 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350459274 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350459267 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Understanding the European Union
John McCormick, Indiana University, USA
This is the must-have introduction to the European Union. Offering a primer on the EU’s history, institutions, and politics, this concise textbook also covers the various challenges and opportunities faced by the EU, from the democratic deficit and the potential of future enlargement to the spread of nationalism and crises such as Brexit and the impact of the global pandemic. This book will be the ideal guide for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses in political science, global affairs and European studies. It is also a suitable starting point for anyone seeking to learn more about the EU.
Central and East European Politics
Changes
and Challenges
Edited by Paula M. Pickering, Zsuzsa Csergo & Jennie L. Schulze
Clear and comprehensive, the 6th edition of Central and East European Politics: Changes and Challenges offers an authoritative and up-to-date analysis of the transformations and realities in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and Ukraine.
Featuring a set of comparative country case studies as well as thematic chapters on key issues, this new edition includes updates surrounding the effects of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on politics across the region, the rise of new centers of power for the region, and the continued challenges of sustainable democratic governance following the rise of influence in populism and illiberal political movements.
UK
PB 9781538198902 • £24.99 / $65.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
European Security From Ukraine to Washington
Richard Rose
Explores the military and economic threats to European countries from the end of the Second World War to current challenges to the European Union and Washington from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9781350471344 • £21.99 / $29.95 •
ePub 9781350471337 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350471320 • £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
Edith Summerskill
The Life and Times of a Pioneering Feminist Labour MP
Mary Honeyball, Former Labour MEP, UK Edith Summerskill was a remarkable politician, feminist, physician, campaigner and writer. Dr. Edith, as she was known, served in Clement Attlee's transformational post-war Labour government and oversaw the National Insurance scheme which solidified the welfare state in Britain. Labour MEP Mary Honeyball, provides the first biography of this remarkable pioneer for women in politics. Honeyball shows how Summerskill's direct campaigning was instrumental in promoting women's causes throughout her life, and lays out her remarkable achievements in securing the equal rights of housewives and divorced women over property.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 280 pages
PB 9781350499652 • £16.99 / $22.95
Previously published in HB 9781350252424
ePub 9781350252431 £27.00 / $37.79
ePdf 9781350252448 £27.00 / $37.79
Bloomsbury Academic
Silk Mirage
Through
the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan
Joanna Lillis
Silk Mirage is a compelling portrait of Uzbekistan, a country at the heart of the ancient silk road and now the centre of a secret power struggle in Central Asia. Based on extraordinary interviews, Lillis explores Uzbekistan’s politics, economics, history, arts and culture – and asks where Uzbekistan stands eight years after the death of its dictator, and 600 years since it’s ancient capital Samarkand was the centre of the world’s trade network.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 320 pages
HB 9781350292468 £20.00 / $27.00
ePub 9781350292475 • £18.00 / $25.64
ePdf 9781350292482 • £18.00 / $25.64
Bloomsbury Academic
Everyday Politics in Russia From Resentment to Resistance
Jeremy Morris, Aarhus University, Denmark
A landmark contribution to the field, Morris is the only social researcher to have carried out fieldwork in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. This sheds new light on the everyday political lives of ordinary Russians and their attitudes towards the war in Ukraine, their government and their lives since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 264 pages
PB 9781350509313 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350509320 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350509337 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350509344 £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
World All Languages (except Russian)
The Emerging Republican Minorities
Racial and Ethnic Realignment in the Trump Era
Udi Sommer, Tel Aviv University, Israel & Idan Franco, Northwestern University, USA
How is it possible that Donald Trump, a champion of racist and anti-immigrant policies, has only attracted more minority voters since 2016? Drawing on extensive statistical analysis, this book challenges the conventional wisdom on Black, Latino, and Asian American voters. Much like for white voters, minority-hostile positions on race, immigration, and China are critical in explaining how members of those same minority groups vote, even for candidates who prima facie should not win any of their support. Using detailed regression models and robust empirical tests, this book demonstrates how minority constituencies are more ideologically diverse than commonly thought.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9798765134153 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798765134177 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798765134160 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Frivolous Politics
Cultural Decadence in American Neopopulism
Daniel O'Keefe, Independent Scholar, USA
Examines how contemporary populism in the United States is the political expression of an underlying cultural decadence. With a new theoretical framework, built upon an exploration of cultural decadence and postmodern communication technology, O’Keefe brings a fresh approach to the field of populism studies. Both progressive and traditional-minded readers will be better equipped to engage with and understand the causes and draws of populism in today's increasingly polarized political culture.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 224 pages
HB 9798765150887 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798765150917 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798765150900 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Gun Politics in America
Historical and Modern Documents in Context [2 volumes]
Harry L. Wilson, Roanoke College, USA
Discover the history and evolution of gun rights and gun control in the USA from the colonial era to the present with this two-volume collection of 129 primary sources. All documents are further supplemented with explanatory headnotes and introductory materials to help readers understand the social and political context in which they appeared. Featuring important political speeches, Supreme Court opinions, agency reports, and congressional testimonials, this set provides readers with a front-row seat to observe the complex and often-surprising evolution of gun ownership, gun culture, and gun politics in the USA.
UK May 2025 • US February 2025 • 760 pages
HB Pack 9781440881268 • £190.00 / $270.00
ePub 9798765118153 • £187.60 / $234.00
ePdf 9781440881275 • £187.60 / $234.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Democrats in Turmoil
The Bitter Fights to Select a Presidential Nominee, 1896-1924
Bradley C. Nahrstadt, Independent Scholar, USA
Recounting the Democratic National Conventions in 1896, 1904, 1912, 1920, and 1924, this book details the bitter inner-party struggles that almost always led to Democratic losses in the fall. The Democrats couldn’t win an election around the turn of the 20th century—not because they couldn’t find good candidates but because of the infighting and bitter nomination battles prior to and during their national conventions. This book tells the story of the issues facing the country heading into the conventions and general elections, the background and personalities of the men who fought for the nomination, and the tumultuous rivalries among Democratic factions.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 368 pages • 50 bw
HB 9798765132449 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765132463 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765132456 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Second Amendment in Court
Defining the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Donald J. Campbell, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, USA
The Second Amendment has long been the subject of myriad court cases, at both the state and federal levels. In this valuable sourcebook, close examination of these court decisions demystifies the controversy surrounding the amendment. Featuring a chronological presentation of actual court decisions from the early 1800s through the present, as well as contextual information and analysis from the author, this book traces the conflicting legal opinions that have led to our current understanding of the Second Amendment.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 344 pages
HB 9798765137284 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765137307 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798765137291 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Congressional Directory, 2023–2024, 118th Congress
Joint Committee on Printing
The official Congressional Directory, published by the United States Congress, is the official source for making the right connections to members of Congress, their key staff, and important contacts throughout the federal government. This authoritative and comprehensive reference source, designed for quick, easy access, is organized alphabetically by state congressional districts, committee, and federal agency. Political science graduate and undergraduate students, staff in think tanks, lobbying firms, businesses with congressional or lobbying personnel, general contractors working with the federal government, the general public, and the library market will find this Congressional Directory a key title in their reference collection.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 1258 pages
PB 9798892050777 • £15.99 / $37.00 • HB 9798892050784 • £45.00 / $66.00
ePub 9798765162606 • £27.14 / $33.30
ePdf 9798765165300 • £27.14 / $33.30
Bloomsbury Academic World English
America & Islam
Soundbites, Suicide Bombs and the Road to Donald Trump
Lawrence Pintak
Donald Trump’s weaponization of Islamophobia in his first campaign for U.S. president shocked the world. Yet his promise to end the Gaza war rallied many American Muslims to his side in the 2024 election. Here, acclaimed journalist Lawrence Pintak argues that Trump is a symptom of America’s fractious and contradictory relationship with Islam that stretches back centuries.
UK October 2025
• US October 2025 • 400 pages
PB 9781350556362
• £14.99 / $19.95
Previously published in HB 9781784539092
ePub 9781788315586
• £27.00 / $37.79
ePdf 9781788315593 • £27.00 / $37.79
Bloomsbury Academic
Congress and U.S. Veterans
From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis
Lindsey Cormack, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Providing a compelling look at veterans' policy, this book describes why the Republican party is considered the party for veterans despite the fact that Congressional Democrats are responsible for a greater number of policy initiatives. Drawing on thousands of e-newsletters sent from Congress to constituents, Congress and U.S. Veterans argues that the distribution of veterans across districts and the Republican Party is based on government spending, which pulls Republican legislators in opposite directions. This eye-opening book offers a history of veterans' programs, highlights legislative leaders and the most pressing policy areas for reform, identifies the issues most often discussed by members of Congress from each party, points out which congresspeople have acted on veterans' issues and which have not, and analyzes veteran population distribution and legislative policy preferences.
UK November 2024 US November 2024 312 pages
PB 9798765136034 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440858369
ePub 9798216064923
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ePdf 9781440858376 • £28.73 / $35.95
Series: Conflict and Today's Congress • Bloomsbury Academic
Winning the War on Poverty Applying the Lessons of History to the Present
Brian L. Fife, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA
Winning the War on Poverty highlights the ideological differences between liberal and conservative beliefs and includes insights drawn from a well-rounded group of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, economics, and public health. Premised on the idea that only the lessons of history can help policymakers recognize that the United States has a persistent poverty problem that is much worse than it is in many other democracies, the book suggests an 18-point plan to substantively address this dilemma.
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 248 pages
PB 9798765134467 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440832819
ePub 9798216165767 £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781440832826 • £28.73 / $35.95
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Contemporary Youth Activism Advancing Social Justice in the United States
Edited by Jerusha Conner, Villanova University, USA & Sonia M. Rosen, Arcadia University, USA
At a time when youth are too often dismissed as either empowered consumers or disempowered deviants, it is vital to understand how these young people are pushing back, challenging such constructions, and advancing new possibilities for their institutions and themselves. This book examines the latest developments in the field of contemporary youth activism and documents the myriad ways in which youth activists are effecting social change, even as they experience personal change.
UK February 2026 • US February 2026 • 448 pages
PB 9798765133613 • £17.99 / $24.95
Previously published in HB 9781440842122
ePub 9798216065814 • £68.65 / $85.50
ePdf 9781440842139 • £68.65 / $85.50
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Right Women
Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators
Edited by Malliga Och, Idaho State University, USA & Shauna L. Shames, Rutgers University, USA
With literature on conservative women in the United States still in its infancy, The Right Women fills an important gap by examining Republican women as distinct from their male Republican and Democratic female counterparts while also exploring the shifting role of Republican women in their party and in politics overall. The Right Women brings those subjects together in one volume that provides fascinating reading for students, scholars, and anyone else interested in U.S. politics.
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 312 pages
PB 9798765134474 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440851629
ePub 9798216139843 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781440851636 • £28.73 / $35.95
Series: Gender Matters in U.S. Politics • Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Presumption
Race and Injustice in the United States
D. Marvin Jones, University of Miami, USA
D. Marvin Jones writes that the problem of race lies in the way Blackness has been inextricably knotted together in our culture with presumptions. During segregation this was a presumption of inferiority, but in our era, it is primarily a presumption of dangerousness or criminality. In chapters on slavery, urban spaces, the drug war, media portrayals, and white spaces, Jones shows how the presumption of guilt continues to shape the treatment of Black people in the United States. He argues that this presumption is a social process linked to a widely shared racial ideology.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 264 pages
PB 9798765115626 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440867712
ePub 9798216172215 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781440867729 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Fighting for the Progressive Center in the Age of Trump
Joseph M. Hoeffel, former US Representative, Pennsylvania, USA
A dedicated politician who has served as a congressman and state legislator defines the formidable challenge for progressives after the 2016 election—and explains how to bring back leaders focused on working in the broad center of politics in order to get things done for the people. Readers will understand how regaining ground for liberal and progressive thinkers requires winning public support, which depends on fighting to reestablish the political center with policies that are socially liberal and fiscally responsible.
UK October 2024 US October 2024 184 pages
PB 9798765135907 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440859540
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Meltdown
The Financial Crisis, Consumer Protection, and the Road Forward
Larry Kirsch, IMR Health Economics, USA & Gregory D. Squires, George Washington University, USA
Meltdown reveals how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was able to curb unsafe and unfair practices that led to the 2008 financial crisis. In interviews with key government, industry, and advocacy groups along with deep archival research, Kirsch and Squires show where the CFPB was able to overcome many abusive practices, where it was less able to do so, and why. This book is essential reading for anyone involved in the provision of financial services, staff of financial services and consumer protection regulatory agencies, and fair lending and consumer protection advocates.
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 176 pages
PB 9798765136713 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440842429
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Navigating Social Security Disability Programs
A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates
James Randall Noblitt, California School of Professional Psychology, USA & Pamela Perskin Noblitt, Independent Scholar, USA
Almost all medical and mental health professionals will need to interact with Social Security at some point, but will not understand the relevance or importance of their response. This book responds to a previously unmet need: unlocking the mysteries of Social Security disability programs and providing medical and mental health clinicians, as well as advocates, with the information necessary to act in the best interests of their clients.
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 576 pages
PB 9798765136645 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440870019
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Hate Unleashed America's Cataclysmic Change
Edward W. Dunbar, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, it became clear that hostility, intolerance, and violence targeting minorities, immigrants, and socially progressive individuals was more prevalent in the United States than many thought. This book looks at the process by which America moved away from a progressive democratic model of governance in response to themes of economic and cultural vulnerability. It also spells out the challenge for Americans living in a time of political conservatism and unbridled hostility toward minorities, immigrants, and socially progressive individuals—and what democratic-minded people can do to take action.
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 264 pages • 9 bw illus
PB 9798765135921 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440858147
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World English
Modern American Political Dynasties
A Study of Power, Family, and Political Influence
Edited by Kathleen Gronnerud, Saddleback College, USA & Scott J. Spitzer, California State University-Fullerton, USA
This collection offers a front seat view of the rise, reign, and fall of powerful modern political families and examines the effects they have had on political, social, and economic issues in American society. It is the only published volume to include biographical and contextual information on major political dynasties in addition to fascinating research on high-profile personalities.
UK November 2024 US November 2024 384 pages 24 bw illus
PB 9798765136935 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440854422
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Politics of Cancer Malignant Indifference
Wendy N. Whitman Cobb, Cameron University, USA
This book offers insight into the realities of science policy and the ways in which the federal government is both the source of funding for much of cancer research and often deficient in setting comprehensive and consistent anti-cancer policy. Readers will come to understand how Congress, the president, the bureaucracy, and the cancer industry all share responsibility for the current state of cancer policy confusion and consider whether pharmaceutical companies, for-profit cancer treatment hospitals, and interest groups like the American Cancer Society have a personal incentive to keep the fight alive.
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 216 pages
PB 9798765136942 • £28.99 / $39.95
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The Declaration of Independence
America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture
John R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
This A-to-Z encyclopedia surveys the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Declaration of Independence by explaining its contents and concepts, profiling the Founding Fathers, and detailing depictions of the Declaration in art, music, and literature. It includes more than 200 entries examining various facets of the Declaration and its enduring impact on American law, politics, and culture.
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State Lethality, Organized Crime, and Criminal Governance as a Political Agenda in Latin America
Edited by Luiz D. Vazquez, Autonomous University of Mexico, Marcial A. Garcia Suarez & Marília Carolina B. de Souza, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Franca
This edited collection proposes a cross-cutting discussion on the connection between three main focuses, namely, the State, Criminal Organizations, and Criminal Governance understood as an effect often seen in Latin America through the approach between the State and its public security agencies and the non-state violent actors.
UK
How Cambodia Survived the Killing Fields
From International Pawn to a Contemporary Quest for Stability
Michael Haas, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Weaving a critique of major power intervention into political history, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Cambodia from 1953 to the present. Michael Haas has been deeply and personally involved in many aspects of the recent history of the country, and his research uncovers details of 20th-century US realpolitik such as Lyndon Johnson’s indiscriminate bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, US funding of the Khmer Rouge in the 1980s, and the Unites States’ cessation of economic control to China since the 1990s.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 248 pages
HB 9798765137277 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798765137253 • £79.83 / $99.00
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The
AMLO Administration in
Mexico
Polity, Politics, and Policy
Edited by Manuel Anselmi & José del Tronco
Scholars from around the globe provide cuttingedge analysis on the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration and the “Fourth Transformation,” one of the most significant structural changes in a large democracy, not only in Latin America but around the world. Chapters assess the complexity of this transformation and look at a wide variety of topics including the paradoxes in AMLO’s strategic ambivalence, leadership styles and communication, democratic institutions and executive power, and social policies and implementation. It also provides an historical perspective on the development of the Morena movement, highlighting its evolution to the present day.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 280 pages
PB 9798765149805 £24.99 / $34.95 HB 9798765149799 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765149829
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Contemporary Japan
Duncan McCargo, University of Leeds, UK & Sara Park, University of Helskini, Finland
Introducing you to all aspects of Japanese society, culture, politics, economy, geography and history, this book guides you through the country's enduring features, recent trends and the most interesting areas of analysis, including: changing gender roles and the changing nature of family life; the impact of immigration and declining population; the dominance of the LDP and the legacy of Shinzo Abe; the politics of education; the role of the media and the online sphere; new social movements; environmentalism; trends in Japan's external relations and the LDP's increased defence spending. With case studies, the latest data and lively debate, Contemporary Japan is essential reading if you are studying any aspect of Japanese sociology, politics, history, culture or language, or if you are simply interested in learning more about the country.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9781350419827
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Series: Contemporary States and Societies Bloomsbury Academic
Reinventing Aurobindo Ghose
Ideational Vision and Nationalism
Bidyut Chakrabarty, Previously, Vice-Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, India
Aurobindo Ghose’s ideology challenges the traditional division between his nationalist and spiritual phases. His nationalism (1893–1910) was deeply rooted in India’s intellectual heritage, resisting Westernisation and advocating cultural revival. Rather than abandoning politics for spirituality, he saw them as interconnected in India’s freedom struggle. Rejecting colonial assimilation, he championed mass mobilisation across castes, religions, and genders. His vision was not a shift but a seamless evolution, integrating political resistance with spiritual awakening. Aurobindo’s thought defies simplistic categorisation, offering a holistic framework where nationalism and spirituality converge in the pursuit of India’s selfrealisation and cultural resurgence.
UK September 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9789361312113 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9789361312991 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9789361314803 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic India
Peacekeeping in Darfur
The Dilemmas of an African Union-UN Force Commander
Martin Luther Agwai, King's College London, UK & Akinbode Fasakin, Swedish Defence University, Sweden
Agwai provides unique insight into what went wrong in Darfur, and the myriad challenges facing international peacekeeping operations more generally. Crucially, he highlights the lack of multi-level cooperation between the people of Darfur and the intervening parties, and how the absence of a bottomup approach to peacebuilding works against peace being both achieved and maintained.
UK February 2026 US February 2026 256 pages
PB 9780755642724 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9780755642731 £65.00 / $90.00
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Series: African Perspectives on Peacebuilding and Leadership • Bloomsbury Academic
Securing Peace in Angola and Mozambique
The Importance of Specificity in
Peace Treaties
Miranda Melcher, King's College London, UK
Demonstrating the critical importance of the small details in the implementation, success and failure of peace treaties, this book uniquely examines the entire treaty process over fifteen years of negotiations in Angola and Mozambique to show that this longer view is crucial to understanding the implementation and outcomes of peace treaties.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350407961 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350407930
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Comparative Capitalism A Global Perspective
Magnus Feldmann
The debate surrounding Varieties of Capitalism has been limited by its excessive focus on Western Europe and North America. Comparative Capitalism takes a global perspective to understand capitalist diversity, considering not only liberal and coordinated market economies but also networked, hierarchical and new market models. The book accounts for the significance of state structures, global integration and natural resources, and includes a range of case studies from across East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Offering tables and overviews of key features of each economy, this book is essential reading for students of political economy and international development.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9781350423107 • £32.99 / $44.95 • HB 9781350423091 • £100.00 / $135.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
State, Society and Corruption in Africa
The Evolution of Corruption from the Precolonial Period to the Present Yusuf Ali & Abiodun Alao, The Brookings Institution, USA
An illuminating interrogation of the impacts of corruption on state structures and institutions in Africa, focusing on a variety of institutions and establishments – including the judiciary to the legislature, civil service to religion, tertiary education to national economies – with case studies from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350476196 £28.99 / $39.95 HB 9781350476189 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350476172 £26.09 / $36.44
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Series: Peace, Society, and the State in Africa • Bloomsbury Academic
Global Political Economy Evolution and Dynamics
Robert O'Brien, McMaster University, Canada & Marc Williams, University of New South Wales, Australia
This seventh edition offers an accessible introduction to today’s world economy, and considers traditional and critical theories of global political economy. Tracing the global economy from its early origins through each phase of a shifting world order, the book takes a non-Eurocentric approach, covering both traditional elements of the global economy (such as trade and finance) while also addressing important contemporary areas of concern, including social inequality, cryptocurrencies, populism and protectionism. Reflecting the latest empirical and scholarly developments, this new edition offers new chapters on race and health, along with an extensive companion website.
UK November 2024 US January 2025 512 pages
PB 9781350347892 • £34.99 / $47.95 • HB 9781350347885 • £110.00 / $150.00
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Gender, Ethnicity and Employment in War and Peace
Relations in Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Zones
Samanthi J. Gunawardana
Focused on the changes in one global factory, Gupta Garments Katunayake (GGK), situated in the Katunayake Free Trade Zone in Sri Lanka, this book takes a long-range approach to understanding the relationship between gender, development, security, and employment relations, through the separatist war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, 1983-2009) and post-war periods in Sri Lanka.
UK December 2029 • US December 2029 • 240 pages • 10 BW Illustrations, 10 Tables
HB 9781786609328 / $105.00
ePub 9781786609342 £75.83 / $94.50
ePdf 9798881866945 £75.83 / $94.50
Series: Global Political Economies of Gender and Sexuality • Bloomsbury Academic World English
International Organization
Hylke Dijkstra, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, Andreas Kruck, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany & Bernhard Zangl, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Now in its fourth edition, this core textbook covers the workings, policies and performance of international organizations such as the UN, the IMF and the World Bank. It addresses key contemporary issues ranging from human rights protection to trade, financial relations, and international development. Accounting for the Russo-Ukrainian War and the increasing political relevance of climate change and migration, this new edition is fully updated throughout to consider NATO and collective defence, refugee policies, and biodiversity. With new material on regional cooperation, as well as crises of legitimacy, this textbook is essential for undergraduate and postgraduate students of international relations.
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Power Competition in the Red Sea
Testing the Post-Liberal International Order
Federico Donelli, University of Genoa, Italy
A comprehensive analysis of recent security developments and interactions between states in the Red Sea region, highlighting the political, economic, and security interests of the key global players such as China and the US.
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HB 9781350426290 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350426283 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350426313 • £76.50 / $103.94 Bloomsbury Academic
COVID-19 in Middle East and North Africa
Pandemic, Impacts and Responses
Edited by P R Kumaraswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, Sameena Hameed, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India & Md. Muddassir Quamar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global community, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was no exception. While the pandemic affected all countries, its impact and management varied. Gulf economies, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Israel, reliant on global trade and tourism, faced significant setbacks. Conversely, unstable countries like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Libya dealt with compounded challenges due to ongoing crises. This volume analyzes how 20 MENA countries responded to COVID-19, exploring the roles of religion, politics, and international organizations through a rigorous yet systematic approach.
UK September 2025 • US December 2025 • 464 pages
HB 9789361313042 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9789361316524 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9789361312021 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic India
World All Languages (excluding India/Indian subcontinent)
Serbia’s Balancing Act
Between Russia and the West
Vuk Vuksanovic
In a time of extreme tension between Russia and the West, this book demonstrates how Serbia, a small but strategically important Balkan country is navigating its position between clashing great powers, and how this precarious balancing act impacts Serbian domestic and foreign policy.
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HB 9781350400603 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350400610 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350400627 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Human Rights around the World A Reference Handbook
Yvonne Vissing, Salem State University, USA
Are human rights in retreat in nations and regions across the world? How are quality of life measures related to education, nutrition, and political representation integral to understanding human rights in a given country or region? This resource answers all these questions and many more. Using a blend of original writing, personal essays, and illuminating primary documents, this volume explains the political and philosophical foundations of human rights, details the evolution of human rights movements, and covers major events, controversies, and factors related to campaigns for human rights from ancient times to the present day.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages • 7 bw illus
HB 9798765120033 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798765120057 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9798765120064 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Contemporary World Issues • Bloomsbury Academic
When Religious and Secular Interests Collide
Faith, Law, and the Religious Exemption Debate
Scott A. Merriman, Troy University, USA
Can religion be used to legalize discrimination? This book examines the countervailing arguments in the religious exemption debate and explains why this issue continues to be so heated and controversial in modern-day America. Readers will gain vital historical background about this battleground topic of academic and public interest, see how the contentious issue has changed in the past, and learn about recent developments. This book accompanies primary source documents, such as excerpts of important Supreme Court decisions, with insightful analysis of how the religious exemption issue surfaced in modern American culture.
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 216 pages
PB 9798765136652 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440847073
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ePdf 9781440847080
Bloomsbury Academic World English
£28.73 / $35.95
£28.73 / $35.95
Hate Groups A Reference Handbook
David E. Newton, Independent Scholar, USA
Hate Groups: A Reference Handbook covers the topic of hate groups from the earliest pages of human history to the present day. It starts with a historical background of the topic and a review of current problems, controversies, and solutions. The remainder of the book aids readers in their research on the topic, with an extended annotated bibliography, a chronology, a glossary, lists of noteworthy individuals and organizations in the field, and important data and documents.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 360 pages • 7 bw illus
PB 9798765167533 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440877742
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Series: Contemporary World Issues • Bloomsbury Academic
Epigenetics and Public Policy
The Tangled Web of Science and Politics
Shea K. Robison, Idaho State University, USA
The exciting field of epigenetics offers novel and unanticipated science-based insights into human origins and development. It also poses fundamental challenges to many of the assumptions of the prevailing science of genetics. When science changes, how does public policy respond? This book comprehensively considers the political implications of the emerging science of epigenetics in specific policy domains, addressing the intersections of epigenetics with cancer, obesity, the environment, and the law.
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 384 pages
PB 9798765135754 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440844690
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
Water Rights in the United States
A Guide through the Maze
Charles R. Porter Jr.
In our rapidly changing world, with the drastic impact of climate change, water policy is the one policy that we must get right. Water Rights in the United States: A Guide through the Maze provides a concise onestop resource providing state-by-state analysis of water ownership, regulatory agencies, and water polices.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 220 pages
PB 9798892050890 • £72.00 / $94.00
ePub 9798892050906 • £67.85 / $84.60
ePdf 9798216369141 • £67.85 / $84.60
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Nile History's Greatest River
Terje Tvedt, University of Bergen, Norway
The greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world's leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river’s mouth to its ancient sources. The result is a journey through 5000 years of history and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic, political and mythical significance of the river.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 416 pages 20 colour illus
PB 9781350522237 £19.99 / $26.95
Previously published in HB 9780755616794
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Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Intersectional Climate Justice in Eastern Africa
Edited by Neil J. W. Crawford, University of Stirling, UK, Susan Nanduddu, African Centre for Trade and Development, Uganda, Katie McQuaid, University of Leeds, UK & Elvin Nyukuri, University of Nairobi, Kenya
This open access book considers the interconnections between climate change and a number of intersecting socio-economic and political factors in one of the world’s most climate vulnerable regions. The book’s focus on Eastern Africa provides an important and timely opportunity to look at the diversity of lived realities of the climate crisis today, offering a key place to learn from and explore questions relating to the inherent structural inequalities of climate change globally.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 288 pages
HB 9781350516434 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350516441 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350516458 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Challenging Anthropocene Ontology
Modernity, Ecology and Indigenous Complexities
Elisa Randazzo, University of Hertfordshire, UK & Hannah Richter, University of Hertfordshire, UK
This book problematises the depoliticising character of Western Anthropocene discourses in relation to indigenous ecologies. Drawing on Critical Indigenous Studies, the authors reveal how the anti-colonial struggles of Indigenous communities, the unequal distribution of responsibilities for and suffering from ecological change and the continuation of political and economic power structures from the Holocene, are concealed and devalued in Western discourses of the Anthropocene.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 192 pages
PB 9780755634712 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780755634675
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Bloomsbury Academic
The Road to a Hunger-Free America
Selected Writings of Mark Winne
Mark Winne, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, USA
Each of the essays in this book is about one or more facets of the American food system, including hunger and food insecurity, diet and health, race and justice, farming, climate change, and sustainability. Organized by people, places, and actions that have had noteworthy impact on the food movement over the past two decades, these pieces demonstrate and encourage positive and effective responses to a growing list of challenges to food security, sustainability, and health.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9798765132340 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9798765132357 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9798765132371 • £21.55 / $26.95
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Bloomsbury Academic
Comparative Government and Politics
European Politics
A Comparative Introduction
Jens Meijen & Tim Bale
Comparative in approach and organised around key themes, such as the media, political participation and elections, European Politics guides you through the political institutions, processes and issues that matter in Europe today. In this fifth edition, Tim Bale and new co-author Jens Meijen build on this well-established text to include extensive coverage of recent events and current political trends in Europe’s fast-changing landscape. With debating boxes, country profiles, up-to-date scholarship, data and examples, this textbook is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to develop their understanding of Europe’s politics. It is suitable for use on Comparative European Politics and European Union Politics courses, as well as courses on Comparative Politics more broadly.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 496 pages • 98 illus
PB 9781350414013 • £37.99 / $51.95 • HB 9781350414075 • £120.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781350414082 • £34.19 / $47.24
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Series: Comparative Government and Politics • Bloomsbury Academic
The Wokisme Controversy
The Americanization of Debates on Identity, Race, and Gender in France
Hervé-Thomas Campangne, University of Maryland, USA
Focusing on French controversies about wokisme—a translation of the American word wokeism—this book reflects on France's ongoing transformation into a multicultural society and the divisions this change has caused. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements, American debates on race, gender, and equity reverberated throughout France, which some reactionaries perceived as a new form of American cultural imperialism. Combining analysis of political, academic, and journalistic discourse with international relations approaches, this book unpacks French anti-Americanism in the context of recent debates on U.S.-style woke ideology, intersectionality, and cancel culture.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9798765132395 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798765132418 • £79.83 / $99.00
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Bloomsbury Academic
Waste Management
A Reference Handbook
David E. Newton, Independent Scholar, USA Waste Management: A Reference Handbook provides an in-depth look at the waste management industry in the USA and elsewhere, including such issues as food scraps, recycling, and other kinds of solid waste. The variety of resources provided, such as further reading, perspective essays about waste management, a historical timeline, and useful terms in the industry, differentiates this book from others in the field.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 344 pages • 7 bw illus
PB 9798765166895 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440872822
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Series: Contemporary World Issues Bloomsbury Academic
Russian Government and Politics
Eric Shiraev, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
This new edition covers everything students need to know about the key institutions, people, parties and policies in Russian government and politics, as well as covering political behaviour, participation and communication. Revised to offer coverage and analysis of recent events, this new edition offers discussion of the war in Ukraine and its geopolitical, economic, social and psychological consequences. It also offers critical discussion of the Russian political system and its pivot toward authoritarianism, as well as detailed discussion of social and cultural issues and their interaction with politics; to further underline the role of individual personalities and the political impact of informal political and business arrangements in Russia. With new research and statistical updates including opinion polls, expert opinions, and other sources, this is the ideal text for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Russian politics or comparative government and politics more broadly.
UK March 2025 • US May 2025 • 480 pages
PB 9781350444027 • £34.99 / $47.95 • HB 9781350444010 • £120.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781350444003 • £31.49 / $43.19
ePdf 9781350443990 • £31.49 / $43.19
Series: Comparative Government and Politics • Bloomsbury Academic
The New Conservatism and its Critics
Edited by Joseph Prud'homme
The rise of Donald Trump has underscored the importance of understanding the intellectual defenses of a so-called New Conservatism. This book contains essays defending new forms of conservatism, critiques of this movement by scholars sympathetic to conservatism and classical liberalism, and criticisms of conservativism, both new and old. Its 23 chapters are authored by leading thinkers, including Patrick Deneen, Arthur Milikh, Scott Yenor, Robert George, Wilfred McClay, Joshua Mitchell, R.R. Reno, Corey Brettschneider, Laura Field, and Jacob Levy.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 392 pages
HB 9781666938579 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978762756 • £94.20 / $117.00
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Bloomsbury Academic World English
Until Our Lungs Give Out Conversations on Race, Justice, and the Future
George Yancy, Emory University, USA
From Library Journal's Starred Review: "All readers stand to learn something from this compelling book."
Award-winning author, scholar, and social visionary George Yancy brings together the greatest minds of our time to speak truth to power and welcome everyone into a conversation about the pursuit of justice, equality, and peace.
This interwoven collection of searingly honest interviews with leading intellectuals includes conversations with Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, Cornel West, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Peter McLaren. Each conversation bears witness to the weighty moment in which it was first conducted and presented by Truthout and Tikkun magazines while pointing to ramifications, future hurdles, and practical optimism for moving forward.
UK January 2026 US November 2025 400 pages
PB 9798216371014 £14.99 / $19.95
Previously published in HB 9781538176429
ePub 9781538176436 • £24.74 / $30.60
ePdf 9798765182277 • £24.74 / $30.60
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
World English
Culture, Cash, and Class in Jamaica's Carnival
Edited by Alpha Obika, Caribbean School of Media and Communication & Yvette Rowe, Caribbean School of Media and Communication
The collection details the development and cultural and economic significance of Jamaica’s Carnival. The publication is a useful resource that openly explores emerging trends and debates in the carnival sector while mapping a course for its sustainable future.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 10 tables
HB 9781666971934 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978770768 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216253433 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Visionary Praxis of Violeta Parra
Music, Poetry, and Art
Lorna Dillon, Edinburgh College of Art & Patricia Vilches, Lawrence University
This book examines Chilean singer-songwriter, visual artist, poet and ethnographer Violeta Parra (1917–1967). The authors explore Parra’s profound desire to preserve and retain cultural tradition even as she blended, transformed, and embraced notions of modernity and the avant-garde.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 186 pages 12 b&w photos
HB 9781666931228 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978761308 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216263739 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora
Essays on Migration, Identity, and Literary and Cultural Representations
Edited by Aleah N. Ranjitsingh, Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY)
This book expands notions of the Caribbean diaspora, which is often cast in very specific ways, so as to account for the Asian as part of the Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora. It seeks to be descriptive, while also countering a limited discourse on the Caribbean diaspora.
UK March 2026 US January 2026 304 pages 18 b&w figures
HB 9781666968484 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978760868 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216262602 • £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Urban Planning in the Early Cities of Muslim Arabs
Principles
and Practice
Kamila Naim Ashour, Independent Scholar
This book provides a concise reference guide on many of the early cities of the Muslim Arabs that emerged between the seventh century AD, and the early 11th century AD. Kamila Ashour traces the evolution of these cities in historical texts until the early 16th century AD, coinciding with the decline of the Mamluk state.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 288 pages • 35 tables
HB 9781666964738 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781978761902 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216265931 £94.20 / $117.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series
Counterintelligence Theory and Practice
Hank Prunckun
Counterintelligence Theory and Practice, Third Edition, offers comprehensive updates, expanded content, new case studies, and a new chapter on cybersecurity, providing readers with the latest insights into counterintelligence practices
UK April 2026 • US February 2026 • 328 pages • 55 b&w photos
PB 9781538194508 • £33.99 / $45.00 • HB 9781538194492 • £110.00 / $140.00
ePub 9781538194515 • £32.72 / $40.50
ePdf 9798216200741 • £32.72 / $40.50
Series: Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis
Hank Prunckun
In the dynamic and rapidly evolving field of intelligence, staying abreast of the latest methodologies and practices is crucial. This book is an essential guide for seasoned practitioners and aspiring analysts. This edition not only continues the legacy of its predecessors but also addresses the new challenges in intelligence analysis using the scientific approach to research.
UK March 2026 • US January 2026 • 352 pages
PB 9798881802967 • £36.99 / $50.00 • HB 9798881802950 • / $155.00
ePub 9798881802974 • £36.72 / $45.00
ePdf 9798765160435 • £36.72 / $45.00
Series: Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series Bloomsbury Academic World English
Confronting the Evolving Global Security Landscape
Lessons from the Past and Present
Max G. Manwaring, U.S. Army War College, USA
By dissecting lessons from both the past and the present, this book helps civilian and military leaders, opinion makers, scholars, and interested citizens come to grips with the realities of the 21st-century global security arena. This book uses case studies to investigate the evolving nature of global security and to advocate for security concepts, policy structures, and policymaking precautions that are necessary for the United States to play more effectively in the global security arena.
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 192 pages
PB 9798765135914 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440867828
ePub 9798216064886 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781440867835 • £28.73 / $35.95
Series: Praeger Security International Bloomsbury Academic World English
International Relations Theory of War
Ofer Israeli, University of Haifa, Israel
Based on an in-depth review of the leading theories in the field of international relations, International Relations Theory of War explains an innovative theory on the international system that the author applies comprehensively to a large number of case studies. The book argues that there is a unipolar system that represents a kind of innovation relative to other systemic theories. It further posits that unipolar systems will be less stable than bipolar systems and more stable than multipolar systems, providing new insights relative to other theories that argue that unipolar systems are the most stable.
UK November 2024 US November 2024 248 pages
PB 9798765136874 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440871344
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Series: Praeger Security International • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Emerging Security Challenges
American Jihad, Terrorism, Civil War, and Human Rights
Seung-Whan Choi, University of Illinois-Chicago, USA
Taking a consistent theoretical and empirical approach, this book explicates the relationships among four closely related areas of concern for national security: the growing threat of America's homegrown jihadists, the continuing rise of terrorism, the causes of gross violations of human rights, and the pervasiveness of civil war. Each chapter presents systematic, empirical evidence of security trends for more than 100 sample countries, determined using the most current statistical methods, and concludes with practical policy recommendations.
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 320 pages
PB 9798765135938 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781440863042
ePub 9798216078739 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9781440863059 £28.73 / $35.95
Series: Praeger Security International Bloomsbury Academic World English
Forgetting How to Win
The U.S. Army, State Department, and USAID in Modern Post-Combat Operations
Jeremy Kasper, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Army, USA
Examines how three American national security institutions (the U.S. Army, Department of State, and U.S. Agency for International Development) adapted to address unexpected and unfamiliar post-combat crises. Focusing on topics such as crisis response, adaptation, pragmatic policy solutions, and personal relationships, this book introduces four pivotal case studies which examine how national security institutions responded to postcombat operations in Grenada, Panama, Kosovo, and Afghanistan between 1983-2008.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9798765142271 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798765142301 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798765142295 • £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Praeger Security International Bloomsbury Academic
Praeger Security International
Who Fights for Governments?
Paramilitary Mobilization in Ukraine and Beyond
Huseyn Aliyev, University of Glasgow, UK
Explores why, when and under which circumstances individuals decide to take up arms mobilizing for pro-government militias, based on research on Ukraine's response to Russian aggression in the Donbas War and the 2022 Russian invasion.
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Proxy Wars from a Global Perspective
Non-State Actors and Armed Conflicts
Edited by Pawel Bernat, Polish Air Force University, Poland, Cüneyt Gürer, George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies, Germany & Cyprian Aleksander Kozera, University of Warsaw, Poland
Based on ten global case studies of proxy warfare, this volume reassesses how changing global and systemic factors shape the ways in which states use non-state actors as proxies in their armed conflicts. Bringing together contributions from scholars of international relations and global security studies, this explores cases of regional and global significance including Israel and Palestine, the Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Central Asia, Syria, Ukraine, NagornoKarabakh, Brazil and Yemen. Drawing on theory and practise, it sheds light on policy implications for how we understand and negotiate with states using proxy warfare in the future.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 288 pages
PB 9781350369320 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350369283
ePub 9781350369290 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350369306 • £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
A Driving Anger
The Psychology of Road Rage
Anne O'Dwyer
Why are today's drivers so angry and what can we do about it?
Road rage is hardly new, but its incidence and intensity are rising. On any given day, at least one person in the U.S. is shot or injured in a road rage incident, and just about everyone has a road rage story to tell. A recent study found that 80% of all drivers admit to experiencing significant anger while behind the wheel. Expressions of driving anger can involve verbal threats, stabbings, intentionally ramming into vehicles, following a driver for miles, and, too often lately, lethal shootings.
In A Driving Anger, author Anne O’Dwyer, who has been teaching, researching, and talking with people about road rage for over 20 years, seeks to answer the question: Why do so many people who are otherwise calm, cool, and collected become enraged when behind the wheel?
Drawing from psychological theory, research, and data as she weaves together explorations with personal accounts of driving anger, the author challenges common misconceptions and describes the roots of anger and the primary psychological triggers of road rage. These include feelings of anonymity, biases we tend to hold about strangers, unrealistic expectations of independence on the roadway, misdirected outrage, and being in a rush. She also compares driving anger in both the US and abroad and to related lifestyle anger such as air rage, checkout rage, and sports rage.
Armed with an understanding of the causes and effects of road rage, O’Dwyer concludes with nine concrete strategies and technologies that can help reduce driving anger in ourselves, those we drive with, and other drivers.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 320 pages
HB 9798881800369 £30.00 / $37.00
ePub 9798881800376 £27.14 / $33.30
ePdf 9798765161470 • £27.14 / $33.30
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Judgment and Decision-making
In the Lab and the World Nancy S. Kim, Northeastern University, USA Nancy Kim presents a multidisciplinary introduction to the dynamic field of judgment and decisionmaking. The textbook delivers insights from cognitive psychology, combined with findings from fields as diverse as neuropsychology, behavioural economics, social, developmental and clinical psychology, and philosophy. Kim explains the neurological structures and cognitive processes that underlie how we make decisions and form judgments in our everyday lives. Readers can also expect to learn the implications of these decisions upon an individual’s prospects for health and longevity.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 360 pages
PB 9781350421530 • £37.99 / $51.95 • HB 9781350421523 • £120.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781350421516 • £34.19 / $47.24
ePdf 9781350421509 • £34.19 / $47.24
Bloomsbury Academic
Between Two Worlds A Psychiatrist and Her Son’s Quest for Compassionate Care
Ellen Bassuk & Daniel Schoonover
For four decades, Ellen Bassuk has navigated the worlds of psychiatry, advocacy, and motherhood— shaped by her son Daniel Schoonover’s lifelong struggle with mental illness, especially schizophrenia. Between Two Worlds is their deeply personal and captivating memoir, chronicling Daniel’s journey through a broken health care system. From early childhood, Daniel’s developmental milestones were unusual, leading to hospitalizations and rejections from schools and institutions that were ill-equipped to accommodate him. As a single mother and psychiatrist, Bassuk fought to protect and advocate for her son. This book is a call to action—urging transformation from institutionalization to connection, from stigma to compassion.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 224 pages 11 bw illus
HB 9798881842536 £25.00 / $35.00
ePub 9798216200628 £25.54 / $31.50
ePdf 9798216277583 • £25.54 / $31.50
Bloomsbury Academic
Burnout within Peer Support for Transgender, Queer, and NonBinary Volunteers
The Dedicated and the Committed Shanéa Thomas, University of Maryland Shanéa Thomas centers the voices of transgender, queer, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming peer support workers to address burnout within a helping profession. He highlights how gender identity can affect burnout in peer support volunteers and the responsibility of supporting these individuals through burnout recovery.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 128 pages
HB 9781666961423 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978766990 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9781666961430 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Dismantling Racism in the United States
Rooted in Slavery and the Fabric of American Society
Shawn Blue, Thomas Jefferson University, USA As the United States grapples with anti-DEI policies, this book unpacks racism in America through psychological and historical analysis. Shawn Blue examines the structural foundation and psychological makeup of the transatlantic slave trade, and its formation of a system of racial hierarchy that created and perpetuated multiple biases and stereotypes of Black Americans in contemporary society. The book unveils the various ways racist ideologies were deliberately constructed to sanction economic, emotional, and physical exploitation of Black Americans. It begins to do the hard work of dismantling generations of racialized biases and stereotypes that have oppressed Black Americans.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 208 pages 5 b/w photos
HB 9781666949346 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978764699 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781666949353 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Christianity as a World Religion
Sebastian Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA & Kirsteen Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
A fully updated introductory textbook that examines Christianity as a global faith, locally rooted in varied communities across 2,000 years of history. New to this edition: - further coverage of the role of migration and transnational movements; more attention to the intersections between peoples, churches, regions and communities; more explicit coverage of race and race theory, and gender and sexuality, theory and method; relevant updates throughout, including #blacklivesmatters, climate-change, rituals, US Roman Catholicism, and Hispanic migration, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; chapter summaries and recommended readings.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 432 pages • 40 bw illus
PB 9781350371514 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350371521 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350371545 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350371538 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Academic
Fulfill Thy Ministry
Loren B. Mead & J. Michael Martinez
Race and enslavement were the major issues confronting the Christian Church in the United States throughout the nineteenth century. During the antebellum era, churches debated whether their scriptures condoned race-based slavery.
This book examines the lives and careers of three white Episcopal clergy from South Carolina: Peter Fayssoux Stevens (1830-1910), A. Toomer Porter (1828-1902), and William Porcher DuBose (18361918). These men present illuminating case studies because they were contemporaries yet their responses to how the Southern church welcomed or rejected freed Blacks significantly diverged following the Civil War. Studying these figures tells a larger story about how the Christian church, and the South, understood faith commitments in the context of social and religious racism—racism that, sadly, remains in evidence in the church today.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 256 pages
PB 9798881803551 £28.99 / $40.00 HB 9798881803544 / $110.00
ePub 9798881803568 £29.53 / $36.00
ePdf 9798881868000 • £29.53 / $36.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity
Dyron B. Daughrity, Pepperdine University, USA
Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria
Becoming in an African Megacity
Stéphan de Beer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Glimpse into the impact of Christianity in one of Africa’s largest and fastest-growing megacities, located in the Gauteng City-Region. Addressing a scarcity of religious scholarship in the field of urban studies, this book focuses on the Johannesburg–Pretoria corridor and Christian faith expressions in the African megacity. Connecting socio-spatial change in post-apartheid South African cities with the changing Christian landscape, this book interrogates the connections and disconnections between Christianity and urban change. It provides valuable insights to students of religion, sociology and urban studies seeking to understand contexts where global migration and Christian faith increasingly co-exist.
UK July 2025 US July 2025 344 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350329904 £24.99 / $34.95 HB 9781350329898 £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350329928 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350329911 • £22.49 / $31.04
Series: Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity • Bloomsbury Academic
Ritual Healing in the Zion Christian Church in South Africa
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle, University of South Africa, South Africa
The Zion Christian Church is one of the largest churches in the African continent with footprints in other parts of the world. This book uses the ritual healing process to study the healing practices including music, prophecy, and social restrictions of the Zion Christian Church. This church is essential in understanding the healing practices within the broader context of the African Independent Churches. The book also uses decolonial theory to argue that the intersections of Indigenous African medicine and faith healing are relevant for the decolonisation of the knowledge system on faith healing.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 180 pages
HB 9781350552876 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350552890 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350552883 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion and Cultures • Bloomsbury Academic
Christians in the City of Lagos
Caleb O. Oladipo, Campbell University Divinity School, USA
As well as tracing the historical development of Christianity in Lagos, this book gives readers a sense of daily life in Lagos for Christians through original ethnographic research. Incorporating interviews of Christians from six of the most influential churches in Lagos, it explores first-hand accounts of faith and practice in the city, offering a unique perspective to scholars of global Christianity.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350401273 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350401266 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350401242 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350401280 • £19.79 / $26.99
Series: Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity • Bloomsbury Academic
Maximus the Confessor and the Trinity
The Early Works
Eric L. Lopez
This book explores Maximus’ Trinitarian theology, starting with his early works and then moving through the various stages of his writing to analyze how his theology had developed. While Maximus’ Trinitarian theology must be correlated with his Christology, this book offers a more nuanced and chronological account that demonstrates how a broader set of traditions, concerns, and controversies gave shape to his thought.
UK November 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781978700093 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9798216353911 • £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216258155 • £83.02 / $103.50
Fortress Academic
Sensing Islam
Engaging and Contesting the Senses in Muslim Religiosity
Simon Stjernholm
Presents, discusses and analyses historical as well as contemporary examples of how the senses have been engaged and contested in Muslim religiosity. Combining the research fields of Islamic Studies, anthropology of Islam, material religion and sensory studies, this book covers a range of materials, including writings by Muslim religious authorities, ethnographic material, sound recordings and interviews.
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HB 9781350324138 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350324152 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350324145 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion • Bloomsbury Academic
Islamic Algorithms
Online Influence in the Muslim Metaverse
Gary R. Bunt, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
This is the first detailed thematic discussion of historical and contemporary Muslim ‘influencers’, and their representation in cyberspace. The book provides an understanding of how Islam ‘functions’ in digital frameworks, through analysis of the impact of social media, apps and increasing connectivity across diverse Muslim contexts. The case studies enable readers to contextualise key cyber developments, including the ways that authorities used online media throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, and how political-religious forces in Indonesia underpin activities through social media.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 328 pages
PB 9781350418301 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350418264
ePub 9781350418288 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350418271 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Muslims and Popular Culture
Edited by Hussein Rashid, Harvard Divinity School, USA & Kristian Petersen, Old Dominion University, USA
An international team of contributors provide in-depth analysis that chronicles Islamic cultural products in regional and transnational contexts, explores dominant and emerging theories about popularization, and offers provocations in the field of religion and popular culture. The handbook is structured in six parts: spaces; appetites; performances; readings; visions; and communities.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 416 pages • 35 bw illus
PB 9781350419377 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350145399
ePub 9781350145412 • £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9781350145405 • £117.00 / $159.29
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Islam of the Global West
Frank Peter, Erlangen Center for Islam and Law in Europe, Germany & Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Carlton College, USA
Integration in Multicultural England
Community Relations between Muslims and Non-Muslims
Jörg Friedrichs, University of Oxford, UK
Taking an innovative approach that moves away from mapping “British Muslims” or “British Islam”, this book instead discusses community relations between Muslims and nonMuslims in British society. Discussed are the actual ways Muslims and non-Muslims relate, or fail to relate, where it matters most, namely in diverse inner cities. Inner-city residents prove experts when it comes to community relations. A tour of diverse English inner cities, from Halifax to Birmingham, and further to the East End of London, their insights are relevant for community cohesion, both in England’s diverse inner cities but also in other British and non-British contexts.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350555242 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350555266 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350555273 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Islam of the Global West • Bloomsbury Academic
The Contemporary British Mosque
The Establishment of Muslim Congregations and Institutions
Abdul-Azim Ahmed, Cardiff University, UK
Details the establishment of early mosques in Britain during the era of Empire, and the more rapid growth in the years following the Second World War. AbdulAzim Ahmed answers the question of what a mosque does, and what role it has for Muslims and the wider society. The case of the Muslim congregation, a poorly understood and often overlooked dimension of religion in Britain, is detailed, and through the congregation, issues of diversity, denomination, sacredness, and society are explored. Repositioning mosques as social, cultural and political spaces, this volume provides new insights on key contemporary debates.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350259010 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350258976
ePub 9781350258990 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350258983 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Islam of the Global West • Bloomsbury Academic
The Ministry of Louis Farrakhan in the Nation of Islam
Dawn-Marie Gibson, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Placing Farrakhan’s life and leadership in historical context, this book traces his evolution from a fiery Black Nationalist in 1960s Harlem to a respected leader in sections of the USA and abroad, providing insights into the history of African American Islam, Black Nationalism and Islam in the West. Archives drawn on include the FBI’s files on the NOI and its leaders, Farrakhan’s writings in the Muhammad Speaks newspaper in the 1960s and early 1970s, and lectures and interviews from the late 1970s to the present day.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9781350426337 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350068506
ePub 9781350068520 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350068513 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Islam of the Global West • Bloomsbury Academic
Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia
Edited by Jack Meng-Tat Chia, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Exploring prominent Buddhist leaders, politicians, and diplomats who have engaged in Buddhist diplomacy in modern Asia since the twentieth century, this open access book argues for the need to bring Buddhism into the study of international relations in modern Asia. Through its multidisciplinary approach, this book advances a new direction of scholarship that bridges diplomatic history, international relations, and religious studies. Scholars range from religious studies specialists, anthropologists, historians, and political scientists.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council (Singapore).
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 320 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781350530126 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350530119 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350530102 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Appropriating the Dao
The Euro-American Esoteric Reception of China
Edited by Lukas K. Pokorny, University of Vienna, Austria & Franz Winter, University of Graz, Austria
This book explores the reception and appropriation of East Asian religious and philosophical notions, ideas, and patterns of thought within the Euro-American esoteric current from the 18th - 21st century. Chapters encompass research on the early phase of reception, pertaining to Daoism and the Yijing in the 19th century’s Euro-American occult milieu, with additional attempts to locate tropes and patterns even earlier – that is, within the 18th century’s mesmerism and figurism.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 240 pages
PB 9781350289604 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350289567
ePub 9781350289581 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350289574 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Notion of Solitude in Pali Buddhist Literature
Finding a Space in the Crowd
Indaka Weerasekera, Independent scholar, UK
Exploring how notions of solitude in Pali literature are encompassed in various literary forms, this book includes close analysis of some of the most famous Buddhist verses about solitary practice. It considers how solitude is valued as one significant aspect of the Buddhist path, including how the imagery of landscape serves to both inspire solitary practice as well as functions as a metaphor for meditation.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 272 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350426108 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350426061
ePub 9781350426085 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350426078 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Nature, Disaster, and Animism in Japan
Anima Philosophica
Edited by Ishii Miho, Kyoto University, Japan & Fujihara Tatsushi, Kyoto University, Japan
This open access book investigates problems in modern Japan, such as pollution, nuclear accidents, and environmental destruction. Through this, the book reconsiders the works of thinkers such as Minakata Kumagusu and Nishida Kitaro. The contributors consider animistic thoughts and practices that can link humans and nature in Japan, creating a philosophy of life— anima philosophica. Contibuting to recent academic debates, the book analyzes the Minamata disease and the 2011 Earthquake and tsunami.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 288 pages 15 bw illus
HB 9781350506848 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350506862 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350506855 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Vestiges of Japanese Spirituality
Challenging the Standard Model of Religious History
Brian J. McVeigh, University at Albany, SUNY, USA
A bold analysis of Japanese religious history that challenges conventions, this book explores the psychology of spirit possession, shamanism, divination, and Shugendo (mountain asceticism). Brian J. McVeigh demonstrates how the practices of Japan’s new religions are relics of an earlier mentality that have been creatively re-adapted and repurposed for the present-day.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 176 pages • 3 bw illus; 7 tables
HB 9781666977936 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781978769588 • £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216257073 • £83.02 / $103.50 Bloomsbury Academic
Historical Dictionary of Jainism
Kristi L. Wiley, Ana Bajzelj, Steven M. Vose & Christoph Emmrich
Historical Dictionary of Jainism, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries.
UK April 2026 • US February 2026 • 352 pages
HB 9781538145302 • £160.00 / $160.00
ePub 9781538145319 • £115.75 / $144.00
ePdf 9798765160909 • £115.75 / $144.00
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in
the Ancient Near East
Edited by Shawna Dolansky, Carleton University, Canada & Sarah Shectman, independent scholar, USA
Cutting across disciplinary boundaries and challenging traditional understandings of historical cultures, this handbook examines and interrogates the ways in which gender, sexuality, and religion were mutually constructed and negotiated in ancient Near Eastern societies. Chapters look at ritual and ceremonial practices, iconographic representations, mythological and divinatory texts, personal beliefs, and piety, focusing on the intersections of gender, sexuality and religion as a central category of inquiry.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 496 pages
HB 9781350382015 £140.00 / $190.00
ePub 9781350382039 £126.00 / $171.44
ePdf 9781350382022 • £126.00 / $171.44
Bloomsbury Academic
Weird Confucius
Unorthodox Representations of Confucius in History
Zhao Lu, New York University Shanghai, China
Zhao Lu analyses the eclectic, fictitious representations of Confucius that have been widely celebrated by communities of people throughout history. He considers depictions of Confucius as prophet, a fortune-teller, a powerful demon hunter, a shrewd villain of 19th-Century American newspapers, and as an embodiment of feudal evils in the Cultural Revolution. In doing so, Lu shows that these representations reflect the specific anxieties of these communities.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 3 bw illus
PB 9781350327603 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350327528
ePub 9781350327580 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350327573 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Netherworld in Ancient Egypt and China
An Imagined Paradise
Mu-chou Poo, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Considering the striking similarities between the treatment of the dead and conceptions of the netherworld in ancient Egypt and China, how can these traditions be compared?
In this book, Mu-chou Poo considers this question, and provides a new perspective on archaeological materials, including tomb structures and funerary texts, by addressing them in the context of universal human problems such as death, the future of the dead, and the search for happiness in life.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 176 pages • 12 bw illus
PB 9780567702043 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567702005
ePub 9780567702036 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780567702012 • £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Academic
World All Languages (except Chinese)
Temporal Explorations in the Anthropology of Religion
History, Cosmology and Spirits
Edited by Diana Espírito Santo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile & Ruy Blanes, Independent Scholar
How do people make sense of their past, and look forward into their future, through practices – religious, spiritual or otherwise – in places of both modernity and political trauma? This volume investigates how political, social, and individual temporal and historical horizons generated and/or reformulated in relation to embodied, material, and ideological/teleological contexts. It also considers how this history-making projects itself onto imagined futures or alternative historical lines and how temporal continuities and discontinuities are created.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 264 pages • 3 bw illus
HB 9781350467637 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350467651 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350467644 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe
Edited by Todd H. Weir, University of Groningen, The Netherlands & Lieke Wijnia, Museum Catharijneconvent, The Netherlands
This open access handbook provides a comparative framework, addressing religious heritage issues across Europe, and across religions (including secularism). It reflects the sense of societal urgency faced by religious heritage in the 21st century, and provides an understanding of the impact of recent historical developments and contemporary heritage practices. Themes discussed include tourism, the (post)secular, economics, multiple usages, Jewish heritage, Muslim heritage, museums, contemporary art, and architecture.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 472 pages
PB 9781350251427 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9781350251380
ePub 9781350251403 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350251397
• £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Asylum and Conversion from Islam to Christianity in Europe Interdisciplinary Approaches
Edited by Lena Rose, University of Konstanz, Germany & Ebru Öztürk, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
This book draws together previously disjointed scholarship on the topic of asylum and conversion to Christianity. In particular, it shows how boundaries of belonging are negotiated between Middle Eastern ex-Muslim asylum seekers, church representatives, legal decision-makers and policymakers.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 216 pages
PB 9781350407916
• £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350407879
ePub 9781350407893
ePdf 9781350407886
Bloomsbury Academic
• £76.50 / $103.94
• £76.50 / $103.94
Pain, Play and Music
Death and Healing Rites Among the Wana
Giorgio Scalici, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy,
This book shows how the Wana people of Morowali accept the experiences of pain, illness and loss, and transform them into something positive: rituals that celebrate life, friendship and the community. By examining these rituals, this book describes and analyses how music is used by the Wana to heal the members, control emotions, reinforce the sense of community and mark the cultural death of the community member.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 256 pages 15 bw illus
PB 9781350236295 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350236257
ePub 9781350236271 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350236264 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Esotericism in Western Culture
Counter-Normativity and Rejected Knowledge
Wouter J. Hanegraaff, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
This accessible introduction by the world’s leading expert explains why the study of esotericism is not a marginal pursuit but belongs at the center of modern research in the humanities. Reflecting updates in the field since the foundational publication Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed (2013), Wouter J. Hanegraaff demonstrates that the exclusion of “rejected knowledge” from normative accounts of Western civilization is the reflection of a narrow Eurocentric ideology that became the template for discrediting and ultimately destroying so-called “primitive” cultures associated with “superstition” and “pagan idolatry” during the global colonial age.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 344 pages
PB 9781350459694 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350459687 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350459717 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350459700 • £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism and Millennialism
Edited by Tristan Sturm, Queen’s University Belfast, UK & Andrew Crome, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
In an age shadowed by pandemics, climate catastrophe, authoritarian resurgence, and existential technological threats, this Handbook offers a timely and indispensable exploration of how societies make sense of their Ends—and their hoped-for new beginnings. This groundbreaking volume gathers leading scholars to trace the evolution, meanings, and enduring potency of apocalyptic and millennial ideas across religious, secular, and cultural landscapes.
Dismantling simplistic portrayals of End Times thinking, this volume reveals instead its nuanced, world-shaping logic. Whether manifest in religious movements or global politics, apocalypse is no longer a marginal concern—it is the defining hermeneutic of our times.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 528 pages
HB 9781350421615 • £140.00 / $175.00
ePub 9781350421639 • £126.00 / $171.44
ePdf 9781350421622 • £126.00 / $171.44
Bloomsbury Academic
The Study of Religion in Sweden Past, Present and Future
Edited by Henrik Bogdan, University of Gothenburg, Sweden & Göran Larsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Provides a comprehensive examination of the study of religions in Sweden, from the early twentieth century to the present and shows how the intersection of national and social forces shape the study of religion in specific countries and contexts. Chapters emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the study of religions, and bring together the voices of 30 scholars, and analyse the international impact of Swedish scholarship.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 296 pages
PB 9781350413320 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350413283
ePub 9781350413306 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350413290 £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Women Leaders, Queer Faithfuls
Reinventing Religion in Contemporary Spain
Josep Almudéver Chanzà, Newcastle University, UK
Through the ethnographic focus on one village, Josep Almudéver Chanzà captures the re-centering of religion in European societies alongside a global rise in neo-conservative politics. Through participant observation, in-depth interviews, and archival research, Chanzà shows the return and re-invention of public expressions of faith as framed by the oral histories and everyday experiences of Spanish villagers.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 208 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9781350500167 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350500181 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350500174 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Space and Place • Bloomsbury Academic
Evangelicals, Catholics, and Vodouyizan in Haiti
The Challenges of Living Together
Edited by Celucien L. Joseph, San Jacinto College, USA & Lewis A. Clorméus, Yale University, USA.
Exploring the subject through many different theoretical frameworks and epistemological traditions, this book confronts the history of Haiti’s three major practicing religious faiths: Vodou, Roman Catholicism, and Protestant Evangelicalism. This book will be beneficial to scholars, practitioners, historians, and sociologists of religion, as well as the religious communities themselves in Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 288 pages
PB 9781350351745 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350351707
ePub 9781350351721 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350351714 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Religious and Cultural Difference in Modern British Political Cartoons
Tahnia Ahmed, Department for Transport, UK
Focusing on British broadsheets such as The Times and The Guardian, and tabloid publications such as The Sun and The Daily Mail, this book looks at the visualization of post-colonial Britain through cartoons. Tahnia Amend examines how Irish, Jewish, Sikh and Muslim communities are Othered, interrogating the patterns and trends in the way they are depicted – both consciously and unconsciously – by cartoonists in Britain from the 20th century onwards.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 20 bw illus
PB 9781350294141 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350294103
ePub 9781350294127 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350294110 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Conversations on Humanity and Creativity
Edited by Anthony B. Pinn, Rice University, USA
Bracketing the theological-philosophical debate over who is right, this open access book looks at the work and aims of people supporting either position, and how we make meaning in a time of increasing division. Concluding that dialogue produces a much richer understanding of human activity than monologues, this book brings together humanist, secular, and religious scholars, artists, film-makers and activists, to show the common ground in experiences through culture, art and beauty.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by William Marsh Rice University
UK
ePdf 9781350527188 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Bluegrass and Religion
Pete Ward, Durham University, UK
Divided into two parts, this book explores the ways in which they have taken on new meanings in a post-religious environment. First giving a historical account of the relationship between Bluegrass Music and Religion, Pete Ward explores how the genre has been shaped and influenced by Christian experience and practice. The second part of the book is based on ethnographic field work, including textual analysis of songs and participant observation of concerts and interviews with performers. The differences of context between the US and the UK are considered as they relate to issues of post Christian sensibilities and non-religion.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 224 pages
HB 9781350175686 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350175709 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350175716 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music • Bloomsbury Academic
Minority Religions and Religious Tolerance
The Jehovah’s Witness Test
Edited by Zoe Knox, University of Leicester, UK & Emily B. Baran, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
This book is founded on a simple premise: that Jehovah’s Witnesses are a crucial litmus test for tolerance. When Witnesses do not enjoy basic freedoms to practice their faith, scholars should consider what their treatment reveals about the broader state of tolerance and respect for religious pluralism and religious minority groups. This is what the authors call the ‘Jehovah’s Witness test’. Taken together, this volume is a call for scholars to look to the treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses as a barometer for the overall health of religious tolerance and basic civil liberties in our contemporary world.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 232 pages 9 bw illus
HB 9781350372238 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350372252 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350372245 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Life Reimagined Retirement as a Spiritual Journey
Marilyn Sewell
As the first female senior minister of First Unitarian Church in Portland, Oregon, a venerable institution founded in 1866, Marilyn Sewell sees her work as a spiritual calling. The church grows under her leadership. All is well. That is, until it's time to retire. She finds herself awash in profound questions of being: Who am I, without my identity as the minister of First Unitarian?
Unmoored, she spends seven years examining the family history that brought her to this place, looking at what has driven her lifelong frantic work ethic. The writing itself begins to reveal the answers she is seeking.
Ultimately, Marilyn realizes that she still has gifts to give, revealed only when she learns to get quiet, to breathe, to listen —to embrace and live out a second calling.
UK
PB 9798765157831
ePub 9798765157855
ePdf 9798765157879 • £18.35 / $22.45
Bloomsbury Academic
Judaism, History, and the Environment
Climate Change and Natural Disasters
Dean Phillip Bell, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, USA
Engaging creatively with Jewish sources and history, this book offers new ways of addressing the issues of the Anthropocene and natural disasters. Rather than seeing religion as a stumbling block or cause of environmental degradation, historical examples are instead bought into conversation with classical Jewish texts and contemporary Jewish thought. Case studies include earthquakes of Georgian England, floods of 18th century Germany, and natural disasters experienced by Jews in the Ottoman Empire.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 264 pages
PB 9781350463219 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350463202 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350463226 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350463233 • £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
Sacred Laughter
Laughter and Humor in Religious, Cultural, and Mythic Traditions
Edited by Michael K. Cundall Jr.
This anthology focuses on the way humor and laughter have influenced religions, cultures, and mythical traditions throughout human history. Primarily focusing on historical cases, this anthology covers a wide variety of religious and cultural traditions.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 256 pages 13 bw illus; 4 tables
HB 9781666973044 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781978770270 £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216261100 • £83.02 / $103.50
Bloomsbury Academic
Interpreting the Bible and the Qur’an through Love
Scripture, Love, and Hermeneutics
Tareq Hesham Moqbel, University of Oxford, UK
This book explores how the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim exegeses use the idea of love as an interpretive tool to explicate and interpret Holy Scriptures. The analysis in each chapter identifies numerous cases of love-informed exegesis covering various themes and sheds light on the similarities and differences in the employment of love in the three Scriptural traditions.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 228 pages
HB 9781350424876 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350424890 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350424883 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
Dawn Llewellyn, University of Chester, UK & Sîan Hawthorne, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK & Sonya Sharma, University College London, UK
Women and the Catholic Church
Negotiating Identity and Agency
Tracy McEwan, University of Newcastle, Australia
This open access book develops a new methodological framework for analysing the power, participation, and identity of women in patriarchal religious institutions. It theorises the harm women experience in Catholicism as a form of gendered violence, and conceptualises and defines “everyday spiritual abuse”. The book also critically examines how women negotiate and subvert hegemonic systems of power and knowledge in Catholicism through the lived identities and experiences of Gen X women in Australia. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350424821 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350424845 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350424838 £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality Bloomsbury Academic
Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora
Restorying a Genocide
Susan J. Palmer, McGill University, Canada, Dilmurat Mahmut, Independent scholar, Canada & Abdulmuqtedir Udun, Journalist, Canada
Explores the journey of ten Uyghur women who overcame ethnic discrimination and religious persecution in China to resettle in the West where they have developed leadership qualities and established meaningful careers as the voices of over one million Uyghurs trapped in the “re-education” camps and prisons of Xinjiang. These narratives are based on interviews conducted over Skype or Zoom between 2020 and 2021, collected as a form of oral history.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 208 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350418370 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350418332
ePub 9781350418356 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350418349 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality • Bloomsbury Academic
Resurrecting Virtues against Evil
A Study of the Cultivation and Exercise of Virtues of the Oppressed
Wonchul Shin
This book focuses on discovering particular moral and theological virtues of the oppressed embodied in their daily practices of survival, resistance, and flourishing. In contemporary virtue discourses in the fields of moral philosophy and Christian ethics, the lived experiences of the oppressed have been rarely utilized as a source, which in turn leads to the lack of sufficient attention to structural and cultural violence against this particular community. This project aims to address this methodological problem by employing a specific socialscientific methodology, the extended case method.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781978710986 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9798216354222 • £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216260684 • £83.02 / $103.50
Fortress Academic
Thinking about Justice Through the Ministry of John M. Perkins
A Trinitarian Ethic RaShan Frost
This book argues that within Perkin’s ministry methodology, one can see an underlying ethical conception of justice that is grounded within the Trinity and that grounding informs Christian theological, sociological, and political practices. Perkins’ 3R ministry strategy of reconciliation, relocation, and redistribution provide categories in the theological, sociological, and political practice respectively. The book explores what informs Perkins’ theology and ethic of justice and how his view of justice should shape and inform how we view justice as Christians.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages • 10 tables
HB 9781978717497 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9798216354598 • £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216265238 • £83.02 / $103.50
Fortress Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religious Ecstasy
Edited by Alison Marshall, Brandon University, Canada, Rubina Ramji, Cape Breton University, Canada & Michael Wilkinson, Trinity Western University, Canada
Providing case studies that highlight the diverse voices of people who have ecstatic religious experiences, this book brings together chapters on ecstasy, transformations of the mind and body, and interactions between the living and spirits. This book focuses on ecstatic contexts across North and South America, Africa, Japan and beyond. In each case, intersectional analysis is used to uncover the links among racial, social, and gendered political margins.
Using a wealth of research from both past and present, the authors interrogate institutional contexts of possession, intoxication and exorcism, uncovering group interactions between people and gods, saints, angels, or demons.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 296 pages • 7 bw illis
HB 9781350347014 • £140.00 / $190.00
ePub 9781350346994 • £126.00 / $171.44
ePdf 9781350347007 • £126.00 / $171.44
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Affect Ethnography
Exploring Performance and Narrative in the Creation of Unstories
Cristiana Giordano, UC Davis, USA & Greg Pierotti, University of Arizona, USA
Playing with the relation between truth and representation in the stories we tell as ethnographers, this book contributes to the current debates around experimental research methodologies and ethnographically grounded theatrical forms. It departs from other studies in the field by proposing a unique and easily followed methodology that brings together theatrical devising practices and anthropology. The practice described in the book, Affect Ethnography, also emphasizes embodied and affective approaches to empirical research and defines a process for rendering this type of material into imaginative academic writing, collaborative performance, and other inventive forms, applicable across a range of academic disciplines.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 320 pages 10 bw illus
PB 9781350374850 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350374812
ePub 9781350374829 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350374836 • £81.00 / $110.69
Bloomsbury Academic
Lessons From the Revolutions of 1989 in East Central Europe
So You Say You Want a Revolution?
Edited by David S. Danaher, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Barbara J. Falk, Royal Military College of Canada & Delia Popescu
This book has a two-fold purpose: (1) to teach about, in an accessible way, the East Central European culture of dissent, and (2) to explore connections between that time and place and our own post-1989 globalized world where dissent and resistance are more prominent and necessary than ever.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781666968064 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978769847 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216257653 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Belarus in the Time of Crisis
External and Internal Factors of Political Dynamics
Edited by Andrei V. Korobkov, Middle Tennessee State University, USA & Grigory V. Ioffe, Radford University, USA
This book considers the fundamental issue of handling society pervaded by a schism or fundamental disunion in terms of values and geopolitical issues by focusing on Belarus and connecting this analysis to larger conversations of cleft countries.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 10 b/w photos
HB 9781666955248 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978766259 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216251750 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Contemporary Oppositional Art in Russia
The Artistic Non-Commitment Strategy of Shimmering
Daniil Leiderman, Texas A&M University, USA
The book examines Moscow Conceptualism through the prism of “shimmering”, an artistic tactic structuring how artists belonging to this underground group in the USSR of the 1970s-1980s modeled space, subject and their own authority.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 256 pages 30 b/w photos
HB 9781666923278 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978768536 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216266396 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Practicing Communities in Post-Yugoslav Theatre and Performance
Edited by Leo Rafolt, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Croatia
This edited collection explores the multifaceted intersection between performance art and community dynamics, providing a comprehensive overview of diverse projects and their impact within the post-Yugoslav context. From the self-walling performances of Vice Tomasovic to the documentary theater project KoTo(R) o KOTORU directed by Petar Pejakovic, each contribution delves into the intricate relationship between artistic expression and communal identity.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 256 pages 40 tables
HB 9781666971422 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978764040 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216259794 • £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Queen Marie of Romania's Fashion, Diplomacy, and Enduring Legacy Reigning in Style
Simona Preda, University of Bucharest, Romania
This book offers an unprecedented exploration of a remarkable historical figure, Queen Marie of Romania, through the unique lens of her fashion, style, and jewelry. By situating Queen Marie's fashion within the broader historical and political context, Simona Preda provides a comprehensive understanding of her role in Romanian society, her personality, and her broader impact on European culture and politics.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 20 tables
HB 9781666968156 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978764613 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216260103 £87.01 / $108.00
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Rainbow Trap
Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion
Kevin Guyan, University of Edinburgh, UK
Rainbow Trap is the first book to foreground the importance of systems – and their associated documents, policies and administrative practices – as a key battleground for LGBTQ equalities in the UK.
Looking across digital and non-digital systems, Guyan investigates five industries – the police, borders, film and television, tech and global brands – and expose a hidden rule book that constructs, categorises and commodifies LGBTQ identities.
Polarising Sexualities and Genders
Divisions, Differences and LGBTQIA+ Equalities
Edited by Kath Browne, University College, Dublin, Ireland & Emily Kazyak, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
This open access collection tackles polarisations around sexualities and genders and opens out debates and discussions to reflect on how people live them, including and moving beyond social movements and political debates. Crossing a variety of geographical contexts, including India, USA, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain, it brings together leading and emerging scholars in multiple disciplines to explore, theorise and hope for change in social, legal, and political sexual/gendered/LGBTQIA+ landscapes.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9781350449855 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350449862 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350449879 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350449886 • £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
The Queer Politics of Pride
Global LGBTQ+ Activism and Homocapitalism
Daniel Conway, University of Westminster, UK
The first book to explore the global politics of LGBTQ+ Pride, exploring the impacts, controversies and potential of Pride across the world. Drawing from extensive fieldwork in South and East Asia, South Africa, the Philippines, Cuba and New York, this book builds on critical queer scholarship, and includes the perspectives and critiques of grassroots queer activists and applies contemporary social, political and international theory to conceptualise Pride as part of the global processes of capitalism and its socio-political and spatial dynamics.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350402263 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350402270 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350402287 • £19.79 / $26.99
ePdf 9781350402294 £19.79 / $26.99
Bloomsbury Academic
DanceSport’s Economy of Desire
A Queer-Feminist Perspective
Val Meneau, University of Graz, Austria
This book examines how the DanceSport dispositive shapes its actors’ opportunities, desires, and choices to reproduce the heteronormative gender binary, focusing on the DanceSport dispositive, a network of power that spans over and influences objects (such as clothes or competition halls), discourses (such as federations’ competition regulations, syllabus books, judging criteria), and practices (dancing or choreographing).
UK November 2025 US November 2025 224 pages
HB 9781350531680 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350531697 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350531703 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
Ascetics As Activists
Saffron Women of Hindu Nationalism
Koushiki Dasgupta, Vidyasagar University, India
Ascetics as Activists examines the position of the female ascetics or sadhvis within the right-wing Hindu nationalist discourse in India. This open access book calls attention to the role of religion in gendered identity formation and political activism of the female ascetics in reference to the project of Hindutva in contemporary India. Ignoring disciplinary divisions, this book cuts through history, politics, and gender studies to explore an authentic perspective of asceticism, activism, spirituality, and masculinity as these have been constituted in the representation of female ascetics within the Hindutva movement.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9781350448988 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350448995 £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350449008 £00.00 / $00.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Love and Romance in China
From Comrades and Partners to AI Lovers
Pan Wang, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Love and Romance in China examines love, affection, and emotions in China from Maoist to contemporary China, focusing on the intersections with politics, economics, gender, class, race and technology. Wang draws on a wide range of texts, including government statistics on marriages and divorces, legal documents, Maoist folk songs, poems, posters, love letters, media texts, popular discourses, online dating websites, and ethnographic observations and interviews.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 216 pages
HB 9781350511804 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350511811 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350511828 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Academic
The Art of Fatherhood
What Art, Film, Television, and Literature Tell Us about Being a Good Father
Noah Charney & Miha Mazzini
Fatherhood is a fundamental aspect of human existence and a central theme in the arts, yet depictions of fathers in art have been overshadowed by those of mothers and children. The Art of Fatherhood explores representations of fathers in visual culture and literature from ancient to contemporary times and includes a broad definition of fathers, covering father figures and metaphorical “fathers.” This book provides a definitive look at how fathers have been portrayed in the arts and how that reflects cultural and societal views on fatherhood through history, and it shares lessons on “being a good father” and parenting today.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 192 pages • 35 colour illustrations
HB 9781538193822 • £25.00 / $32.00
ePub 9781538193839 • £23.14 / $28.80
ePdf 9798765155073 £23.14 / $28.80
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Domestic Violence Examining the Facts
Wendy C. Regoeczi, University of South Carolina, USA
How prevalent is domestic violence in American communities? Are people who commit acts of domestic violence treated differently depending on their socioeconomic background? What percentage of domestic violence abusers are men? This volume of the Contemporary Debates series answers those questions and many more. It considers the extent to which domestic violence permeates American society, as well as the socioeconomic and psychological drivers of that violence. It also examines efforts to reform legal and law enforcement systems to make their policies and practices more sensitive to crimes of domestic violence and their corrosive impact on relationships and families.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 248 pages
HB 9781440878213 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798216171300 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9781440878220 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Contemporary Debates • Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Great Resignation
The New Refusal of Work Francesca Coin, University of Parma, Italy
Based on the experiences of workers, this book analyzes the reasons behind the unexpected growth of the 'great resignation' and demonstrates how resigning today not only prevents exploitative conditions from deteriorating our health and relationships, but also allows us to reclaim time for ourselves and our lives.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 208 pages
PB 9781350534360 £19.99 / $26.95 HB 9781350534353 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350534377 £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350534384 • £17.99 / $24.29
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
Taken No More
Protect Your Children Against Traffickers and Cults
Robin Boyle-Laisure
In Taken No More, Robin Boyle-Laisure warns parents, caregivers, and guardians about the dangers of human trafficking and cults. She offers tips on how to talk to children of any age to make sure they are aware and on guard but not sheltered, and includes an entire chapter devoted to online predatory behavior due to its ever-rising influence. Boyle-Laisure also describes the progressive stages of targeting, grooming, recruitment, coercion, and control and provides warning signs that a child is being groomed. Drawing on expert insight and full of strategies and resources that readers can turn to for help, Taken No More is a vital guidebook for parents, as well as for educators, law enforcement, law makers, and more.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 240 pages • 3 bw images, 8 textboxes
HB 9798881804589 • £25.00 / $34.00
ePub 9798881804596 £24.74 / $30.60
ePdf 9798881867768 £24.74 / $30.60
Bloomsbury Academic World English
Generation X
The Popular Culture That Defined the MTV Generation
Kevin L. Ferguson, Queens College, City University of New York, USA & Melissa Lenos, University of Pittsburgh, USA
This all-in-one resource provides a wide-ranging, entertaining overview of Generation X and its enduring impact on American culture in such realms as music, television and film, literature, advertising, and other creative arts. The book's robust encyclopedia section focuses on people and ideas and works from Generation X that had a particularly noteworthy or lasting impact on American culture. These informative entries are further supplemented with an introductory essay that takes a deeper contextual dive into Generation X attitudes toward work and leisure, race and ethnicity, personal relationships, politics, and social media.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 376 pages • 34 bw
HB 9781440874611 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9798216172697 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9781440874628 • £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
Inequality at the Urban–Rural Nexus
Gregory M. Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas & Kirsten Kemmerer
This book adds a crucial dimension to our understanding of social inequality, shedding welcome light on a long-neglected component of identity and society which has in recent years become increasingly visible and central in the current social and political climate of the United States and beyond.
UK February 2026 • US November 2025 • 224 pages • 10 figures bw 2 tables
HB 9781666963861 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978761919 £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216265948 £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Studies in Urban–Rural Dynamics Bloomsbury Academic World English
Love/Hate
The American Junior Golf Experience
Ryan King-White, Matthew Hawzen & Marty Clark
This book provides an extensive overview of the history, progression, contemporary practices, and personal experiences of junior golf in twenty-first century America. As a whole, the book is especially unique, seamlessly bridging together literatures from academic disciplines such as (Physical) Cultural Studies (PCS), Sociology (of Sport), and Sport Management, respectively.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666958485 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978769281 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216257875 • £79.83 / $99.00
Series: Social Justice and Equity in Contemporary Sport • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Youth Activism
A Reference Handbook
Hava Rachel Gordon, University of Denver, USA
This resource explores the past, present, and future of youth activism in the USA and around the world. It places a special focus on prominent youth activists, their organizations, and the causes to which they are determined to make change, including civil rights, environmental issues such as climate change, gender and LGBTQ+ rights, and US military actions and financial investments to which they are opposed. How has youth activism changed over the decades? What impact are young activists having on the political causes that are important to them today? This wideranging resource answers all those questions and more.
UK July 2025 • US May 2025 • 264 pages • 7 bw illus
HB 9781440879883 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798765116456 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9781440879890 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Contemporary World Issues • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Black Lives Matter
A Reference Handbook
Shaonta' Allen, Dartmouth College, Simone N. Durham, University of Maryland, College Park & Angela Jones, Stony Brook University, USA
Beginning with the infamous incidents of police brutality that spurred the creation and growth of Black Lives Matter, this book goes on to profile leading and influential activists and organizations, such as the NAACP, movement co-founder Alicia Garza, and civil rights activist and sportsman Colin Kaepernick. Readers will gain an understanding of important organizational priorities, as well as criticisms of BLM and controversies surrounding the group. A broad range of personal essays explore the persistent problems of police violence and racial discrimination in the USA.
UK July 2025 US July 2025 336 pages 7 bw illus
HB 9781440879173 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9798216172734 • £54.28 / $67.50
ePdf 9781440879180 • £54.28 / $67.50
Series: Contemporary World Issues • Bloomsbury Academic
Fire Dragon Feminism
Asian Migrant Women's Tales of Migration, Coloniality and Racial Capitalism
Ee Ling Quah, Western Sydney University, Australia
Featuring stories of early settler and contemporary Asian migrant women in Asia-Pacific region, this open access book discusses Asian migrant women’s encounters with coloniality and racial capitalism at their workplace and in their everyday life.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 216 pages
PB 9781350447820 • £21.99 / $29.95 •
ePub 9781350447837 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350447844 • £00.00 / $00.00 Bloomsbury Academic
$90.00
Race Relations in America
Examining the Facts
Nikki Khanna & Noriko Matsumoto, University of Vermont, USA
This book is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand race relations, systemic racism, and racial inequality in America. Readers will gain a better understanding of high-interest topics such as white privilege, racial bias in criminal justice, media bias, housing segregation, educational inequality, disparities in employment, racial stereotypes, and personal attitudes about race and ethnicity in America. The authors draw from scholarly research in biology, genetics, medicine, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and economics to answer these questions, and in doing so they prepare readers to enter any conversation about American race relations in the 21st century as informed citizens.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 304 pages
PB 9798216201625 • £21.99 / $29.95
Previously published in HB 9781440874000
ePub 9798216135098 • £21.55 / $26.95
ePdf 9781440874017 • £21.55 / $26.95
Series: Contemporary Debates • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Adorno and the Question of Theology
Religion and Reason Beyond Foundations
Rachel R. Rosner
This book offers a groundbreaking reappraisal of Theodor W. Adorno’s philosophy by examining the critical function of his theological language. Rather than signalling a theological position or rhetorical flourish, this language exemplifies Adorno’s nonfoundational method of critique. At the center of this approach is the concept of constellation, a mode of thought that brings concepts into relation without subsuming them under a fixed system, allowing for reflection, judgment, and ethical responsiveness in the absence of ultimate grounds. Accessible to newcomers and illuminating for specialists, this book offers both an introduction to Adorno’s comprehensive philosophy and a path beyond enduring paradoxes in his reception.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 1 pages
HB 9781666980332 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978767751 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216269854 • £79.83 / $99.00
Series: The Frankfurt School in New Times • Bloomsbury Academic World English
The Spectacle of Online Life
Edited by Christopher T. Conner, Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo & Matthew N. Hannah
Edited by Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, Christopher T. Conner, and Matthew N. Hannah, this volume offers a groundbreaking exploration of the digital age's most pressing paradoxes: connection and isolation, democratization and control, authenticity and performance. Chapters in the text draw on insights from the Frankfurt School, Situationist International, and contemporary media studies. This collection delves into topics as varied as promotional livestreaming, climate change conspiracy theories, beauty influencer culture, and the role of artificial intelligence in content moderation. As the authors show, digital platforms are a double-edged sword both empowering grassroots movements and reinforcing systemic inequalities.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 288 pages
PB 9798216368199 • £17.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781666948387 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781978760042 • £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9798216264651 • £87.01 / $108.00
Series: The Frankfurt School in New Times • Bloomsbury Academic World English
Natural Law, Homophobia, and LGBTQI+ Exclusion in the Catholic Church
Vivencio O. Ballano, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
In this cutting-edge work, Ballano investigates how the deductive natural law moral framework and institutional homophobia play a key role in the social exclusion of the LGBTQI+ community in the Catholic Church. He traces the contours of this discrimination by using Francis’s synodal theology as the primary conceptual framework along with sociological perspectives on gender, gender diversity, and morality.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9780567722652 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9780567722645 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9780567722676 £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9780567722669 £22.49 / $31.04
T&T Clark
The Catholic Dialogue School From Theory to Practice and Back
Lieven
Boeve, KU Leuven, Belgium
Based on diligent theological work and practical experience, Boeve explores how Catholic schools can reconfigure their identity in an increasingly secular and pluralised world. At a time when Christian values education has lost its plausibility and effectiveness, this work examines how a wider 'Catholic dialogue school' project would welcome the plurality of beliefs among its staff and students, actively facilitate dialogue between them, and introduce the Christian voice into this dialogue in a contemporary and challenging way.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 208 pages
HB 9780567723611 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567723642 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567723635 • £76.50 / $103.94
T&T Clark
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In Solidarity with the Earth
A Multi-Disciplinary Theological Engagement with Gender, Mining and Toxic Contamination
Edited by Hilda P. Koster, University of St Michael's College, University of Toronto, Canada & Celia Deane-Drummond, Campion Hall, University of Oxford, UK
Engages an international consortium of theologians, sociologists, and environmental scientists on the effects of resource extraction and pollution on women’s lives, in particular the lives of poor, minoritized and Indigenous women. Based on case studies, the book creates a multidisciplinary conversation on the gendered vulnerabilities resulting from extractive industries and toxic pollution, and also charts the resilience and courage of women as they resist polluting industries, fight for clean water and seek to protect the land. While ecumenical in scope, the book takes its departure from the concept of integral ecology introduced in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’
UK April 2025 US April 2025 256 pages
PB 9780567706126 • £28.99 / $39.95
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ePub 9780567706119 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780567706096 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: T&T Clark Explorations in Theology, Gender and Ecology • T&T Clark
T&T Clark Studies in Ressourcement Catholic Theology and Culture
Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary, USA & Tracey Rowland, University of Notre Dame, Australia
Hope and History
The Communio and Concilium Alternatives
David Collits, Independent Scholar, Australia
This book will enable readers to understand contemporary divisions in Catholic theology. By examining a case study of issues in Catholic fundamental theology, Collits charts a path forward by advocating a rootedness in the Revelation of the Person of Jesus Christ. He does so by exploring metaphysics, the historyontology and nature-grace relationships, soteriology and Christology. Furthermore, in examining the hope-history debate, this book tackles fundamental political and philosophical questions.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 304 pages
HB 9780567718525 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9780567718549 £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9780567718532 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Ressourcement Catholic Theology
Natural Law & the Secular Mythos
What Has Been Left "Unsaid" in Current Debates in Natural Law
Gregory Morgan, St Catherine Laboure Catholic Church
This book argues that natural law – when construed as an epistemological and trans-cultural lingua franca, adjudged capable of legitimating the rational intelligibility and universal applicability of specific Christian moral principles within contemporary “secular” discourse – has failed. Through a detailed analysis of the contributions of three prominent natural law theorists who are located within a shared philosophical-theological tradition, namely, John Finnis, Jean Porter, and John Milbank, the text will seek to illuminate the extent to which this failure is as much intramural as it is extramural.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 280 pages
HB 9780567716972 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567717009 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567716996 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Ressourcement Catholic Theology and Culture • T&T Clark
Ontological and Historical Dimensions of Salvation According to Joseph Ratzinger To Identity through History
Isabel C. Troconis, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Italy
Through the study of Joseph Ratzinger's writings, the present book highlights the relational and existential character of the theology of one of the best-known and most influential Catholic thinkers of our time.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 176 pages
HB 9780567719126 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567719157 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567719133 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Ressourcement Catholic Theology and Culture T&T Clark
Anime, Religion, and Theology
Edited by David Armstrong & Roberto J. De La Noval
This book brings together scholars to unpack the religious ideas, themes, motifs, texts, traditions, and practices that suffuse anime. Immensely popular with Western audiences since the 1980s, anime continues to be a prominent medium through which contemporary people, especially younger generations, are engaging ideas about God or ultimate reality, the world, and the self. This volume brings an academic lens to anime and shows the central role that religion plays in the intellectual and visual architecture of many popular shows, including Dragon Ball, Madoka Magica, Gurren Lagann, Sword Art Online, and more.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 344 pages
HB 9781978714915 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798216276081 £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216251422 £94.20 / $117.00
Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture • Fortress Academic
Theology and the Films of Christopher Nolan
Cinematic Transcendence
Joel Mayward, George Fox University, USA
This work of theological film criticism provides an analysis of filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s entire filmography, from Following (1998) to Oppenheimer (2023). It identifies the parallels and resonances between Nolan’s cinema and the works of philosopher Paul Ricoeur and theologian St. Augustine in order to demonstrate how Nolan’s films are truly doing theology and philosophy through the medium of film.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus
HB 9781978711587 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9798216354260 £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216265122 £83.02 / $103.50
Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture Fortress Academic
Theology, Religion, and Ted Lasso
Edited by Daniel Cameron
This book provides a theological lens through which to view Ted Lasso. The volume explores themes such as faith, belief, hope, imagination, and more. The volume is written from a particularly Christian viewpoint and is organized in two parts. The first, “On the Road,” examines what Ted Lasso can teach us about our own personal journeys of spiritual transformation. The second, “The Lasso Way,” focuses on spiritual transformation from the perspective of Ted as the spiritual guide. Contributors begin by examining personal growth before moving on to think more deeply about individual roles as disciples and spiritual guides to others.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 256 pages 10 tables
HB 9781978717374 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9798216354574 £83.02 / $103.50
ePdf 9798216265184 • £83.02 / $103.50
Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture • Fortress Academic
Blurring the Boundaries of Religion and Popular Culture
Implicit Theology, Secular Spirituality, and Speculative Fiction
Karen Trimble Alliaume & Maryellen Davis
Collett
In an era shaped by increasing levels of religious non-affiliation and social polarization, Karen Trimble Alliaume and Maryellen Davis Collett explore religious ideas and practices that empower practitioners to meet universal yet deeply personal human needs and desires by engaging with popular culture.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 1 b/w illus
HB 9781666934854 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781978763494 • £79.83 / $99.00
ePdf 9798216260462 £79.83 / $99.00
Bloomsbury Academic
World English
"Death to the World" and Apocalyptic Theological Aesthetics
Robert Cady Saler, Christian Theological Seminary, USA
Explores how a specific phenomenon within U.S. Eastern Orthodoxy provides insight into how one particular mode of contemporary religious identity formation happens in and among the porous boundaries of church, the Internet, the market place, the punk rock culture, and politics.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 152 pages
PB 9780567704498 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567704450
ePub 9780567704481 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567704443 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Explorations at the Crossroads of Theology and Aesthetics • T&T Clark
The Scandal of Pentecost A Theology of the Public Church
Wolfgang Vondey, University of Birmingham, UK
This work analyses the day of Pentecost in its significance for the public advent of the church following the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. The primary interest of this evaluation is to identify the contributions of Pentecost to a theology of the ‘public church’ – a concept originally developed by the historian of religion Martin E. Marty. At its heart, this book proposes a public ecclesiology with the foundational argument that the day of Pentecost initiates the public witness of the Christian community indicative of its recognition as disciples of Jesus Christ.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 280 pages
PB 9780567712684 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567712646
ePub 9780567712677 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780567712653 • £26.09 / $36.44
T&T Clark
No Godforsaken Place
Prison Chaplaincy, Karl Barth, and Practicing Life in Prison
Sarah C. Jobe, Divinity School, Duke University, USA
How is it possible to inhabit the atonement? How do we enact Jesus’ prior act of reconciling the world to God? What does it mean to live and die with Christ the salvation of the cosmos in our own bodies and lives today? In the tradition of theological ethnography, this work brings together theological and biblical reflection with data from a two-year, collaborative ethnography on current and former prison chaplains.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 248 pages
PB 9780567719485 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9780567719492 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9780567719522 • £19.79 / $26.99
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Social Ethics, Ethnography and Theologies • T&T Clark
T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology
Christ for the Excluded
Christology, Globalization, and Liberation
Robert J. Rivera, St. John's University, USA
Robert J. Rivera critically engages the contemporary challenges of neo-liberal globalization. Concerned with the ways in which neo-liberal processes of globalization can, and do, exclude the most vulnerable, Rivera offers a Christology of liberation that is rooted in, and privileges, the lived realities of the excluded. This Christology, Rivera argues, is a critical resource that enables the excluded to resist, redeem, and re-imagine globalization. In dialogue with the social sciences and decolonial philosophies, Rivera puts forward an account that is suggestive of the ways in which theologians can respond to contemporary challenges of injustice in our world today.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 192 pages
HB 9780567688569 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567688583 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567688576 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Edward Schillebeeckx • T&T Clark
Ian A. McFarland, Candler School of Theology, USA & Ivor J. Davidson, University of Aberdeen, UK & John Webster, University of St Andrews, UK & Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK
John Webster's Vision of Moral Agency
A Study in Theological Moral Ontology
W. Jeremy Jones, Memphis City Seminary, USA
This book explores, for the first time, John Webster’s contribution to one of the most important and contested topics in Christian theology: the relationship between divine and human agency. Jones achieves this through close study of Webster texts ranging from his early, middle and late periods. It highlights that Webster’s moral ontology is not only a major theme in his thought but is among his most significant contributions to contemporary systematic and moral theology. This text will be of interest to Webster scholars and those teaching courses in late modern systematic theology and theological ethics.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 232 pages
HB 9780567718853 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567718884 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567718877 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology • T&T Clark
Augustine, Rahner, and Trinitarian Exegesis
An Exploration of Augustine's Exegesis of Scripture as a Foundation for Rahner's Trinitarian Project and Rule
Martin E. Robinson, Hope Anglican Church, Leppington, Australia
Robinson argues that Augustine provides weighty, biblically rich, support for Rahner’s Trinitarian agenda at exactly those points where Rahner is explicitly critical of Augustine and the “Augustinian-Western tradition”, overcoming various weaknesses detected in the later tradition, and pre-empting many of Rahner’s later solutions. This is the first consideration of how Augustine’s attention “to the biblical statements concerning the economy of salvation” intersects with Rahner’s assessment of the Augustinian-Western tradition.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 248 pages
PB 9780567714862 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567714831
ePub 9780567714848 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567715678 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology • T&T Clark
Sin and the Vulnerability of Embodied Life
Towards a Catholic Theology of Social Sin
Charlotte Bray, University of Manchester, UK
By drawing on a diverse range of thinkers from both within and outside of the Catholic tradition, this book examines what sin is and how it shapes our lives in a fallen, yet grace-filled, world. It explores how Catholics should speak about sin and grace in a world where structural injustice holds sway causing harm and violence to both people and planet.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 240 pages
HB 9780567714879 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567714893 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567714886 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology • T&T Clark
Supralapsarianism Reconsidered
Jonathan Edwards and the Reformed Tradition
Phillip A. Hussey, Christ Fellowship Church, USA
This incisive book directly tackles the scholarship of Jonathan Edwards and interrogates the relationship between Christ and the decree within Reformed Theology. In doing so, it reveals the contemporary theological significance of supralapsarian Christology.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9780567714824 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567714787
ePub 9780567714800 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567714794 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology • T&T Clark
Befriending Scripture
Sideways Glances at a Theology of Reading
Jonathan Rowlands, St Melitus College, UK
In this detailed and wide-ranging work, Rowlands addresses various topics relating to the Scripture’s reading in the Church, including questions of Scripture’s ontology, biblical hermeneutics, literary theory, antisemitism, historiography, and spiritual formation, amongst others. By rethinking Theological Interpretation of Scripture from its very foundations, Rowlands mediates between historical and theological approaches. In doing so, he offers a vision for theological reading that bridges the continuing disciplinary divide between biblical studies and systematic theology.
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T&T Clark Handbook of Modern Theology
Edited by Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK & R. David Nelson, Independent Scholar, USA
This comprehensive handbook to modern theology covers the major contexts, developmental trajectories, movements of thought, concerns, figures, and key texts which mark Christian theology from Enlightenment to the present.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 1040 pages
HB 9780567687166 • £140.00 / $190.00
ePub 9780567687180 £126.00 / $171.44
ePdf 9780567687173 £126.00 / $171.44
Series: T&T Clark Handbooks T&T Clark
T&T Clark Handbook of Election
Edited by Edwin Chr.van Driel, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA
Offering not only state-of-the-art introductions from Biblical, historical, and constructive theologians, this volume also fosters an inter-disciplinary and crossconfessional conversation, reclaiming the idea of election as a central notion for any retelling of the biblical narrative. These essays explore the variety of ways in which election is spoken about in the Scripture, drawing on research from the last 20 years that offers a more sophisticated framework than the traditionally theological categories of “elect” and “reject”.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 608 pages
PB 9780567713926 • £39.99 / $54.95
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ePub 9780567683380 £117.00 / $159.29
ePdf 9780567683373 £117.00 / $159.29
Series: T&T Clark Handbooks T&T Clark
T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology
Daniela C. Augustine, University of Birmingham, UK & Wolfgang Vondey, University of Birmingham, UK
Spirit and Method
Pentecostal Theology and the Pneumatological Imagination
Edwin Rodriguez-Gungor, Diocese of St. Anthony, USA
This work offers a generative and hospitable theological methodology rooted in the distinctives of pentecostal spirituality. The methodology is further enlivened by a Spirited imagination and opened toward critical, constructive, and conciliatory dialogue with the wider Christian tradition. This inter- and cross-disciplinary work is a careful yet generous, drawing together of knowledge and wisdom from different domains—historical, philosophical, and theological—in ways recognizably pentecostal and effectively missional.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9780567712059 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology
The Pentecostal Gender Paradox
Eschatology and the Search for Equality
Joseph Lee Dutko, Oceanside Community Church, Canada
This study critically assesses the relationship between women’s equality and eschatology in the Pentecostal movement. For over one hundred years the role of women in Pentecostalism has been debated without a firm consensus. The two competing impulses of the liberation and the exclusion of women in Pentecostal churches has been described numerous ways, including as the so-called Pentecostal “gender paradox.” By examining gender solely through an eschatological lens in history, Scripture, and praxis, Dutko argues that eschatology provides a valid critical approach in the Pentecostal gender debate because it provdes a consistent hermeneutic that authorizes the unrestricted ministry of women.
UK May 2025 US May 2025 312 pages
PB 9780567713650 £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology • T&T Clark
Theological Metaphysics
A Pentecostal Theology of Being Ray C. Robles, Grand Canyon University and the Northern California Bible College, USA
This work offers a constructive and critical engagement with pentecostal spirituality, and with pentecostal theology via the larger ecumenical, creedal, and dogmatic metaphysical tradition. Thus, this book is explicitly and intentionally limited to understand metaphysics in conversation with the historical Christian tradition, and to understand a pentecostal vision of it.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9780567713766
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Series: T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology • T&T Clark
Engaging Nicene Trinitarianism
Historical Analysis, Theological Exploration, and Contemporary Relevance
Edited by Matthias Grebe, Nadine Hamilton, Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany & Christian Schlenker, University of Tübingen, Germany
Twelve original studies delve into Trinitarian theology and the Nicaean Creed along with their sustained ability to inform discourse, ecclesiology and society today. For scholars, the Council of Nicaea represents a perennial source of interdisciplinary intrigue, driving ongoing research and scholarly inquiry. As we approach the 1700th anniversary of this historic event, this volume re-examines past discussions, introduces fresh perspectives, and rejuvenates dialogue on a topic as relevant today as it was in the fourth century. These essays emphasise fostering constructive dialogue between Eastern and Western churches.
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T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics
How To Do Christian Ethics
Living the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day
Edited by Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen, UK, Nadine Hamilton, Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany & Daniel R. Patterson, St Trivelius Institute, Bulgaria
Discover how pressing contemporary moral issues can be approached and discussed in a distinct and coherently theological fashion. This book displays a more direct approach that has the distinct advantage of being approachable, dramatic, and contemporary. Each chapter approaches its subject matter by demonstrating how the sources of Christian moral reasoning— Scripture and church doctrine—can be imaginatively brought to bear on contemporary moral perplexities. This mode of teaching shows in tangible ways how the Christian gospel does in fact reveal our moral world in clear and penetrating ways.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 336 pages
PB 9780567717504 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9780567717511 • £75.00 / $100.00
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T&T Clark
Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen, UK & Susan F. Parsons, Editor of Studies in Christian Ethics
The Spirit of the Corporation
A Theological History
Michael T. Black, Independent Scholar
The practical consequences of the spiritual destruction of modern corporations are grave for all those touched by corporate power – employees, customers, governments, and the innumerable victims of its institutional inhumanity. This work cannot claim to have solved the ‘corporate problem’. Instead, it hopes to provide an alternative to the jargon-filled, self-justifying, and ultimately futile conceptions of the corporate institution which are used to justify its current spiritual aridity.
UK December 2024 US December 2024 288 pages
HB 9780567717092 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark
English Public Theology
A Reformation Response to the Crisis of Natural Rights
Joan Lockwood O’Donovan, University of St. Andrews, UK
Examines the public theology of the English Reformation in a fresh and compelling way, as affording elements of a comprehensive theological critique of the western tradition of natural rights. It swims against the current tide of scholarly ethical and political discussion which, outside of Anglican circles, overlooks or dismisses the moral and political theology of the English Reformation. It also plunges against the tide of influential critiques of modern social and political thought, often Aristotelian or Thomist in perspective, which view Reformation theology as a source of the modern problems rather than a resource for addressing them.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 328 pages
PB 9780567712561 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark
Addiction and the Captive Will
A Colloquy between Neuroscience and Augustine of Hippo
Cynthia Geppert, University of New Mexico and Albany Medical College, USA
Conducts a dialogue between the early Christian theologian, Augustine of Hippo, and three modern models of addiction. The choice, learning, and brain disease models of addiction are examined in conversation with Augustine’s insight in the Confessions into the mechanism of sin’s subversion of the human will, apart from the grace of God. The book argues that Augustine’s doctrine of the captive will most closely aligns with the brain disease model of addiction, and that his theology can bring a transcendent dimension both to the neuroscientific understanding of addiction and pathways out of it.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 280 pages
PB 9780567713568 £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark
Beyond Male and Female? A Theological Account of Intersex Embodiment
Sam Ashton, St Paul's, Hadley Woods, UK
Are all people either male or female or does intersex embodiment push us beyond the malefemale binary? Traditionalists hold to the former, innovationists argue for the latter. This book combines insights from both camps to maintain that we may know the ‘what’ of our sexed embodiment when we work out where we fit within God’s big story of creation to consummation. It examines the breadth and depth of ancient and modern approaches to discerning the theological meaning and significance of sexed embodiment.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 288 pages
PB 9780567713186 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark
T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics
Jennifer McBride, McCormick School of Theology, USA & Michael Mawson, University of Auckland, New Zealand & Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK
“In the Face of Barbarism”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Ethics of Everyday Life
Edited by Dallas Gingles, Southern Methodist University, USA & Michael DeJonge, University of South Florida, USA
Can Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writings improve our morality in day-to-day life? Far from being exclusively relevant to exceptional circumstances, this work reveals that Bonhoeffer’s moral vision focuses on everyday human flourishing. His work is highly relevant to yesterday, today and tomorrow.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 176 pages
HB 9780567718372 £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics • T&T Clark
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Refuting Carl Schmitt's Dezision
A Comparative Study on "Decisions"
Karola Radler, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Karola Radler examines Bonhoeffer’s and Schmitt’s intellectual paradigms of thought of theology and jurisprudence. Whilst both thinkers encounter constitutional institutional models, they arrive at opposing conclusions and actions. This book tackles how they approach the indicators for a decision of choices between alternatives, the urgency of resolving the problems at hand, the intended goal, and the following active manifestation.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 224 pages
HB 9780567714596 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics • T&T Clark
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception
Kevin O’Farrell, Joni and Friends Disability Ministry, USA
Examining Bonhoeffer's understanding of the exception as an extraordinary moment in history that disarms persons, impinging on one's understanding of politics and ethics, this book states that this leads to distinctive narrations of key concepts in Bonhoeffer’s corpus: responsibility, the free venture, simple obedience, and action beyond the law. It also offers a different portrait of Bonhoeffer to contemporary narrations.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9780567709448 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics • T&T Clark
Redeeming Autonomy
Theology, Agency, Social Justice
Edited by Christopher J. Insole, Durham University, UK & Benjamin R. DeSpain, Australian Catholic University, Australia
What can theology offer to philosophical discussions of autonomy? In this distinctive collection of essays, Insole and DeSpain lead a cadre of academics from across the world in answering this question. In doing so, they challenge the narrow conception of ‘liberalism’ that has characterised much of the discussion around relational autonomy. The contributions analyse modern and concrete examples relating to autonomy. These scenarios include essays on trauma, transgender issues, disability and end-of-life debates. Additionally, they explore broader political issues that relate to autonomy such as democracy, the economy and migration.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 296 pages
HB 9780567720719 • £85.00 / $115.00
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T&T Clark
Reformed Humanism
Essays on Christian Doctrine, Philosophy, and Church
David Fergusson, University of Cambridge, UK
The three sections of the collection deal respectively with Doctrinal Themes, Philosophical Engagements and Church and Society. Core doctrines to be explored include God, creation, Christology, anthropology and eschatology. The philosophical material represents theological interactions with Humean scepticism, the ambivalence of Adam Smith’s religious commitments, the possibility of a natural theology after Darwin, and recent work on religion and science. The final section deals more broadly with issues in contemporary church life and the contested place of theology in the university.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 304 pages
PB 9780567712783 £28.99 / $39.95
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T&T Clark
Living Postcolonial Anglicanism
Prospects for a Polycentric Anglican Communion
Edited by Kwok Pui-lan & Ian T. Douglas
This work reimagines the Anglican Communion as a polycentric and multivocal community serving God’s mission. It offers theological and ecclesiological wisdom from Anglican scholars from around the world, with missional and pastoral possibilities for a postcolonial Anglican Communion.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 272 pages 3 bw illus
HB 9781666979978 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies in Religion and Theology • T&T Clark
The Lyric Voice in English Theology
Elizabeth S. Dodd, Sarum College, UK
Elizabeth S. Dodd traces the contours of a lyric theology through the lens of English lyric tradition. She addresses the dominance of narrative and drama in contemporary theological aesthetics by drawing on recent lyric theory. Informed by the work of critics such as Jonathan Culler, Dodd explores the significance of lyric for theological discourse. Lyric is presented here as a short, musical, expressive and personal form that is also fragmentary, embodied, socially located and performative.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9780567713131 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Series: T&T Clark Studies in English Theology • T&T Clark
The Other Lutherans
Voices from the Global South
Edited by Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary, USA, Marcell Steurnagel & Samuel Yonas Deressa
This edited collection introduces western readers to Global South voices writing on Lutheran identity, theological themes, worship and the arts, and missions and society. The authors contribute approaches to Lutheran theology and practice in response to issues ranging from confessional commitment to contextualization, and from religious nationalism to human trafficking.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 416 pages • 3 bw
HB 9781978711310 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798216329534 • £94.20 / $117.00
ePdf 9798216258094 £94.20 / $117.00
Fortress Academic
A Thorn in the Flesh
Same-Sex Inclusion in the Episcopal Church
Caroline J. Addington Hall
In this revised and updated edition of A Thorn in the Flesh, Rev. Carol Addington Hall tells the story of how the Episcopal Church became the largest U.S. denomination to officially sanction samesex relationships and how this contentious issue has been used to further conservative political agendas, both here and abroad—raising vital questions of whether people with different understandings of authority and truth can live in harmony.
A Thorn in the Flesh is ideal for anyone who wants to understand the divisions within the Episcopal Church and the broader Anglican Communion on issues of sexuality, gender identity, and marriage equality.
UK March 2026 • US January 2026 • 288 pages
PB 9798881805746 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9798881805739 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9798881805753 • £28.73 / $35.95
ePdf 9798881867805 • £28.73 / $35.95
T&T Clark
On the Voices, Contexts and Tasks of Theology: Experiments in Quaker and Feminist Thought
Rachel Muers, University of Edinburgh, UK
This book collects Rachel Muers’ programmatic work on theology’s tasks and contexts, developed in different institutional contexts and with a view to the future health of the field. It draws on the distinctive perspectives and approaches of Quaker theology and makes them available for a wider ecumenical theology.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9780567721259 • £85.00 / $115.00
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T&T Clark
The Cross at the Heart of the Church
Study in Ecumenical Recognition
Petre Maican, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Can Eastern Orthodoxy apply the term “church” to other Christian communities? Emerging from the 2016 Pan-Orthodox Council, this issue sparked one of the most heated debates in contemporary Eastern Orthodoxy. According to Maican, grappling with this question within the current framework of Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology presents significant challenges. In this unifying work, he argues that neither the emphasis on the Eucharist nor the adherence to the Tradition of the Fathers is capable of accommodating legitimate Christian otherness. Instead, Maican proposes a cruciform ecclesiology, positing the cross as not only foundational to doctrines and sacraments but also as the primary criterion for discerning the ecclesial nature of a community.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 160 pages
HB 9780567720283 • £85.00 / $115.00
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T&T Clark
God, Struggle, and Suffering in the Evolution of Life
Christopher Southgate, University of Exeter, UK, Paul S. Fiddes, University of Oxford, UK, Michael Lloyd, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, UK, Neil Messer, University of Baylor, USA., Bethany Sollereder, University of Edinburgh, UK & Mark R. Wynn, University of Oxford, UK
In this incisive open access book, six leading academics press on the question of resistance to the divine will in non-human creation. As such it also provides a model for how theology can be done collaboratively, respecting diversity of positions and using that diversity to advance the frontiers of debate.
The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open Access was funded by the University of Exeter, Baylor University, and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
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T&T Clark
Dalits, Shame, and Salvation
A Conversation in Affective, Intercultural Theology
Andrew Ronnevik, Martin Luther Seminary in Lae, Papua New Guinea
This book elaborates a Christian theology of shame and salvation by engaging with India’s Dalits (or so-called “untouchable” people) and the contemporary study of emotions. Andrew Ronnevik develops interrelated accounts of shame, dignity, and communion, showing how these affective themes animate sin and salvation in crucial ways.
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Fortress Academic
When Israel Was Young A History of the Jewish People from the Beginnings to the Roman Conquest of Jerusalem
Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK
Brings together all the historical information relevant to understanding the history of Israel and synthesizes it in an understandable way for those with an interest in the early history, culture, and religion of the Jews. Grabbe also explains what has been discovered by archaeologists, Egyptologists, and Assyriologists that is important for understanding the history of ancient Israel. This is not a brief survey, rather a birdseye view from one of the most significant scholars of his generation.
ePub 9780567714343 • £22.49 / $31.04
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T&T Clark
Jonah, Micah and Nahum: An Introduction and Study Guide
Julie Woods, Independent Scholar, UK Julie Woods introduces students to the books of Jonah, Micah and Nahum in the Old Testament by examining the books' structures and characteristics. She covers the latest Biblical scholarship, including historical and interpretive issues, and focuses in particular on the literary and theological emphases of the texts, while also paying attention to the role and characterization of animals, nature, human civilization, the corruption of leadership, conflict and warfare, and the hope of a world at peace.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 120 pages
PB 9780567696687 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9780567696694 • £55.00 / $75.00
ePub 9780567696700 • £16.19 / $22.94
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Series: T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the Old Testament • T&T Clark
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University, USA & Laura Quick, Princeton University, USA
Ethical Issues in the Abraham Narrative
Eryl W. Davies, Bangor University, UK
Eryl W. Davies enhances understanding of the ethical issues embedded in the stories concerning Abraham in Genesis 12-25. He focuses on the ethics of deception in Gen. 12:10-20 and 20:1-18 and the ‘dark side’ of the character of God, as revealed in stories such as the binding of Isaac in Gen. 22, while also considering how the writings of philosophers such as Kant, Kierkegaard and Habermas illuminate aspects of the biblical stories.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 184 pages
HB 9780567719850 • £90.00 / $120.00
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Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies T&T Clark
Narrative Paths Through Mamre and Sodom
The Oak and the Gate Ambra Suriano Ambra Suriano analyses the narrator’s techniques, exploring the influence of the readers’ understanding and playing with their interpretative freedom in recounting particular episodes in the Book of Genesis She argues that a synchronic analysis of the text uncovers a series of binary oppositions that characterise the narrative world of Mamre and Sodom.
UK April 2025 US April 2025 200 pages
HB 9780567718655 £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Woe-Speeches within the Context of an Oracular Inquiry
Chapter 2 of Habakkuk
Michael Floyd
Michael H. Floyd explores how the woe-speeches in Habakkuk 2:6-20 are related in form and content to the message revealed to the prophet in Hab 2:1-5, defending his reading through spirited debate with other scholars who have similarly proposed a fresh take on various exegetical puzzles of Chapter 2.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 160 pages
HB 9780567717016 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies T&T Clark
Co-texts and Contexts in the Book of Jonah
Marian Kelsey, University of Nottingham, UK
Marian Kelsey argues that the book of Jonah weaves together many narratives with shared themes into a phenomenon of ‘interlocking allusion’. While describing the adventures of its protagonist, the narrative uses phrases, plot-lines and themes from many other scriptural texts, in such a way that a core interest of the book is to reflect upon a concept of and significant elements from scripture. Kelsey thus suggests that the author(s) of the book engages with and reflects on scriptural literature, exploring the character of God as presented in the literature, and the implications for humanity when it behaves in a manner judged to be wicked.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 192 pages
HB 9780567723888 £90.00 / $120.00
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Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
The Library of Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament Studies
Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University, USA & Laura Quick, Princeton University, USA
Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible
Edited by Samuel Hildebrandt, Nazarene Theological College, UK & Ekaterina Kozlova, London School of Theology, UK
The issue of personal loneliness is an acute challenge in the 21st century, and any response faces the initial problems of definition and language in discussing such intensely private matters. The essays in this volume turn to ancient prose and poetry in the search for such articulation, as the Hebrew Bible offers a deep pool for reflections about terminology, the diversity within the lonely crowd, and the overlap between loneliness and theology.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9780567714442 • £90.00 / $120.00
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Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies T&T Clark
Religion in Ancient Israel Essays in Honour of John Day
Edited by Katherine E. Southwood, University of Oxford, UK, Stuart Weeks, Durham University, UK, H.G.M. Williamson, University of Oxford, UK
This volume intersects with the work of John Day to illuminate major aspects of the religion of Ancient Israel in its geographical and historical context as well as by attention to the literatures of neighbouring peoples (especially, though not exclusively, Ugaritic). The introduction to the volume uses Day’s scholarship as a framework within which the individual studies can be contextualized, whilst also describing broader developments within the field during the course of Day’s career (such as arguments over the dating of texts, and questions about the very nature of ‘ancient Israel’).
UK December 2025 US December 2025 336 pages
HB 9780567713001 • £90.00 / $120.00
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Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Introducing a Hermeneutics of Cispicion
Reading Sarah and Esau’s
Gender (Failures) Beyond
Cisnormativity
Jo Henderson-Merrygold, Church of England, UK
Jo Henderson-Merrygold challenges cisnormative presuppositions that shape and, at times, obscure the variations in gender and sex exhibited by key characters in the ancestral narrative of Genesis 12–50. It charts the progression from Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutics of suspicion, through liberation, feminist and queer approaches. Focusing on Deryn Guest’s queer and trans hermeneutics, Henderson-Merrygold then offers a new strategy for reading against fixed, binary gender assumptions, where a character’s sex always matches that assigned at birth.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9780567713124 • £28.99 / $39.95
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ePub 9780567713117 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies T&T Clark
Gender Distinction in Israelite Personal Names
A Socioreligious
Investigation
Phyllis A. Bird, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA
This book challenges the traditional view that no significant distinction exists between male and female names in the Hebrew Bible. Comparing all female names from the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew inscriptions, and Elephantine documents with comparable male names, it demonstrates clear distinctions of form and content, including theological content.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 176 pages 4 tables
HB 9798765159361 • £90.00 / $120.00
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Series: Feminist Studies and Sacred Texts • T&T Clark
Hope for a New David in the Psalter's Narrative Impulse
Reading the Psalms as Utopian Literature
S. D. Ellison, Irish Baptist College, Moira, Northern Ireland, UK
This work argues the 150 discrete psalms can be read as possessing a narrative impulse (i.e., as a book). The Psalter’s narrative impulse fosters hope for a new Davidic king, ruling from Zion, after vanquishing enemies; it portrays a biblical utopia.
UK December 2025 US October 2025 336 pages 2 tables
HB 9781978717732 • £90.00 / $120.00
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ePdf 9798216256274 • £87.01 / $108.00
Fortress Academic
The Chronicles of David and Solomon
1 Chronicles 10 - 2 Chronicles 9: A New Translation and Commentary
Yigal Levin, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
An in-depth critical commentary on 1 Chronicles 10 – 2 Chronicles 9. Yigal Levin examines all the literary, historical, geographical and ideological issues revelant to the text and presents a close reading of the Hebrew text. In particular the work draws on Levin's geographical expertise, and includes several specially drawn maps. Levin will cover the earlier parts of the text in two future volumes.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 496 pages
HB 9780567674302 • £130.00 / $175.00
ePdf 9780567674319 • £117.00 / $159.29
T&T Clark
T&T Clark Handbook to the Masoretic Text
Edited by George Athas, Moore College, Australia & David Davage, Orebo School of Theology, Sweden
A comprehensive guide to the key features of the Masoretic Text: its origins, transmission, history and textual forms. The companion traces the development of MT from ancient manuscripts found in the Judean Desert, through to the pointed medieval codices and the Second Rabbinic Bible. It outlines the main aspects of ancient and medieval scribal practice, including a brief history of the Tiberian School of scribes, the development of the vowel and cantillation system, introduction to the marginal Masorah notes, and describes the major codices.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 608 pages
HB 9781350082632 • £140.00 / $190.00
ePub 9781350082656 • £126.00 / $171.44
ePdf 9781350082649 • £126.00 / $171.44
Series: T&T Clark Handbooks • T&T Clark
The Library of New Testament Studies
Reimagining at the Sources
Probing the Story of Israel from its Origins to Jesus of Nazareth
James Atwell
Offers the fruits of a lifetime’s reflection on the Bible and its role within the Christian faith, from a respected scholar and priest. Atwell lays out the history of Israel, and the biblical roots of Christian faith from the origins of Israel’s religious traditions to Jesus of Nazareth.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 400 pages
PB 9780567711953 • £39.99 / $54.95
Previously published in HB 9780567711915
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T&T Clark
Chris Keith, Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway
Animals in the New Testament
Perspectives from Animal
Studies and
Ancient Contexts
Edited by Justin David Strong, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway & Ruben Zimmermann, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
This volume explores the ubiquity of animals and the remarkable density of animal language in the New Testament and its contemporary world. By situating the New Testament amid ancient discourses and incorporating understanding from the emerging field of Animal Studies, the contributors explore the insights that emerge when non-human animals and notions of animality take centre stage.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 296 pages
HB 9780567715821
• £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567715845 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567715838 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Engaging the First Christian Historian
Essays on Luke-Acts
Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner, Gateway Seminary, USA & Brian J. Tabb, Bethlehem College and Seminary, USA
This volume assembles essays on Luke and Acts by noted scholars from North America, Europe, and Oceania. Some contributors explore the historical and social aspects of reading Luke and Acts together, while others focus on the book of Acts in its historical and literary context. Two essays consider the fundamental institutions of Luke-Acts – the Temple and the Church, respectively. A final essay reflects on Acts’ narrative portrayal of God, who is both spiritual and social.
UK October 2025
• US October 2025 • 232 pages
HB 9780567713421
• £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567713452 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567713438 • £81.00 / $110.69
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Early Christian Widows and their Social-economic Situation, Support, and Contribution to the Church
Rebekah Yurong Zhao
In the first consideration of widows in early Christianity, Rebekah Yurong Zhao explores the social-economic situation of widows, their means of support, and their contributions to the church. Through literary analysis of three different genres of early Christian texts – narrative, instruction, and apologetic texts, Zhao argues that historical conclusions can be drawn, especially when set against the cultural backgrounds in both the Roman world and ancient Judaism.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9780567721358 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567721396 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567721372 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Heavenly Space in Hebrews and Its Jewish and Christian Environment
Passing through the Heavens
Stephen C. Wunrow
Stephen Wunrow addresses the pressing question of what the author of Hebrews meant by his descriptions of heaven, arguing that the author intended his references to heavenly space to be interpreted as realistic descriptions of a real place. Wunrow posits that language about heaven is neither metaphor nor a description of a “place” outside the creation, by examining other early Jewish and Christian texts that narrate or describe humans ascending into heaven. Given the nature and the function of heavenly space as described in these texts, Wunrow suggests it is most probable that the authors of the texts intended their descriptions of heavenly space to be understood as realistic.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 208 pages
HB 9780567721518 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567721549 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567721525 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
The Library of New Testament Studies
Chris Keith, Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway
Inaugurated Resurrection in Earliest Christianity
Daniel W. Hayter, King's College London, UK
Daniel W. Hayter explores the concept of ‘inaugurated resurrection’ within earliest Christianity; the view that believers have experienced a present resurrection with Christ, in advance of their final resurrection at his return. He argues that belief in inaugurated resurrection is already discernible in Paul’s own writings, in large part due to the influence of Scripture, suggesting that the influence of Ezekiel 36–37 on Paul’s understanding of the gift of the Spirit helps to explain this belief: Paul saw inaugurated resurrection as a way of speaking of receiving the Spirit.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 224 pages
HB 9780567719713 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567719744 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567719720 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Paul, the Temple, and Building a Metaphor
David Anthony Basham, Ashland University, USA
David Basham argues that Paul and the Corinthians share a “system of associated commonplaces” about the Jerusalem temple. He proposes that when Paul applies temple language to the Corinthians by calling them naos theou (“God’s temple”), he sparks a creative process of interaction between the temple and the Corinthian assembly; a process of selecting, emphasizing, and organizing information from the source domain (temple) to see the target domain (the Corinthians) in a new light.
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 184 pages
HB 9780567718327 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567718358 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567718334 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Jesus' Physical Appearance
Biography, Christology, Philosophy
John D. Nelson
John Nelson presents the first full length study of the Gospels’ treatment of Jesus’ appearance, exploring precisely why, though Christ’s image is recognised across the modern world, he is not physically described in the texts. Nelson argues that while the Gospels resemble Graeco-Roman biographies in their focus on a single individual, they also frequently depart from the genre’s conventions; one of their most glaring omissions, picked up in recent scholarship, is their total silence on what Jesus looked like.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9780567723208 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567723239 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567723215 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Priesthood and Temple in John’s Apocalypse
Constructing the Sanctuary
Timothy B. Tse
Timothy B. Tse argues that, while John uses language drawn from the Hebrew Bible’s descriptions of YHWH’s dwelling place such as the Tabernacle and various iterations of the Temple, scholarship has overlooked the importance of his spatial transformation of that language. Tse thus uses theories relating to Relevance, Resistance Theory, Critical Space Theory, and Conceptual Metaphor, to demonstrate that a significant part of John’s apocalyptic strategy of resistance is to re-present his vision to his audience spatially, so that they can experience a divinely ordained alternative to the world in which they live.
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 184 pages
HB 9780567716095 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567716125 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567716101 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity
Thomas A. Robinson
Omitting god-fearers from the story of Christian success has rarely been considered. But what if the evidence for god-fearers was scarce in its quantity and suspect in its quality? Thomas A. Robinson examines in depth the theory, evidence, and trail of scholarly work on god-fearers, making a case for a substantial revision in the depiction of the god-fearer phenomenon and in the story of early Christianity and its engagement with both Jews and with the larger Greco-Roman population.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 176 pages
HB 9780567722300 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567722331 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567722317 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
The Theme of Promise in the Epistle to the Hebrews A
Promise Remains
Daniel Stevens, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
Daniel Stevens analyses the use of the language of divine commitment in the Epistle to the Hebrews, arguing that the author distinguishes promise from the cultic language of covenant to sketch a unique mixture of continuity and discontinuity among the people of God across time.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9780567717740 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567717771 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567717757 £76.50 / $103.94
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
The Library of New Testament Studies
Chris Keith, Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway
Character Studies in the Gospel of Matthew
Edited by Matthew Ryan Hauge, Azusa Pacific University, USA & Craig Evan Anderson
This volume examines a multitude of characters in Matthew's gospel and provides an in-depth look at the different approaches currently employed by scholars working with literary and reader-oriented methods. Craig Evan Anderson and Matthew Ryan Hauge have amassed a collection of exegetical character studies, including Mary, John the Baptist and the Roman Centurion.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9780567699527 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567699480
ePub 9780567699510 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567699497 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies T&T Clark
The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae
A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition, Volume II
Josep Rius-Camps & Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
A comparison of the message of Acts transmitted by Codez Bezae with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text, represented by Codex Vaticanus. For each section of Acts, there is a side by side translation of the Bezan and Alexandrian manuscripts, followed by a critical apparatus and, finally, a commentary that explores the differences in the message of the two texts. It is concluded that the Bezan text, with its interest in internal Jewish affairs and its focus on the struggles of the early disciples to free themselves from their traditional Jewish expectations and to achieve, despite their mistakes, a more accurate understanding of their master's teaching, is the earlier of the two texts.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 416 pages
PB 9780567724281 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567040121
ePub 9780567486950 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780567253125 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies T&T Clark
The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae
A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition: Acts 13.1-18.23, Volume III
Josep Rius-Camps & Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
The third volume in the four-volume commentary on the Book of Acts, this work presents a fresh look at the text of Codex Bezae and compares its message with that of the Alexandrian text of which Codex Vaticanus is taken as a representative. Of particular interest are the person of Paul and the unfolding of his character and theology. It is found that in the Bezan text Luke portrays him as a fallible disciple of Jesus who is hindered by his traditional Jewish understanding from fully carrying out the mission entrusted to him in these first stages.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 416 pages
PB 9780567724274 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567032485
ePub 9780567106308 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9780567219510 £26.09 / $36.44
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Reading
the Way, Paul, and “The Jews” in Acts within Judaism
“Among My Own Nation”
Jason F. Moraff, The King’s University in Southlake, USA
Jason F. Moraff challenges the contention that Acts’ sharp rhetoric and portrayal of “the Jews” reflects anti-Judaism and supersessionism. He argues that, rather than constructing Christian identity in contrast to Judaism, Acts binds the Way, Paul, and “the Jews” together into a shared identity as Israel, and that together they embark on a journey of repentance with common Jewishness providing the foundation.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 208 pages
PB 9780567712509 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567712462
ePub 9780567712493 • £26.09 / $36.44
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Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
The Importance of Outsiders to Pauline Communities
Opinion, Reputation and Mission
Emma Louise Parker, Cranmer Hall, UK
This book argues that, despite Paul’s often dramatic and critical descriptions of non-Christians, his letters reveal a deep concern for the presence of outsiders and for their opinion of Christians. Parker suggests that outsiders are enormously important to Paul: they determine whether Christian communities dwindle or thrive, while also playing a key role in helping such communities to understand and shape their purpose as missional disciples, develop their thinking and practice around normal daily events and relationships — and even shape how they understand God.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 208 pages
PB 9780567713841 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567713803
ePub 9780567713834 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567713810 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings
Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha and Canon Tom de Bruin, Newbold College of Higher Education, UK
What can contemporary media fandoms, like Anne Rice, Star Wars, Batman, or Sherlock Holmes, tell us about ancient Christianity? Proposing an ingenious analysis, Tom de Bruin argues that disparaging terms applied to ancient Christian derivative texts, such as fakes, forgeries or corruptions, are not sufficient to capture the production, consumption, and value of these writings. He instead suggests seeing them as analogous to contemporary fan fiction, and explores the analogies between current fan fiction and Christian pseudepigrapha, apocrypha and other secondary texts—and their limits.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 216 pages
PB 9780567706676 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567706638
ePub 9780567706669 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567706645 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces • T&T Clark
Reimaging the Magdalene
Feminism, Art, and
the
CounterReformation
Siobhán Jolley, National Gallery, UK
This book offers a new, intersectional feminist approach to utilising and interpreting the visual reception of Mary Magdalene. Through employment of Liberative Reception Criticism, which develops traditional reception theory in line with liberative hermeneutics, via the insights of intersectionality as critical theory, Siobhan Jolley provides a novel means of analysing how women, and particularly the Magdalene, are imaged in Christian tradition.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 224 pages • 14 bw illus
HB 9780567714268 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567714299 • £81.00 / $110.69
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Series: The Library of New Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces • T&T Clark
Imag(in)ing Jesus in the Universal or Particular
Cross-Cultural Bible Film Reception of The Lumo Project: The Gospel of Mark and Son of Man
Victoria Olaide Omotoso, University of Exeter and University of Southampton, UK
A critical exploration of cross-cultural Bible film reception presented through an analysis of the responses of UK and South African audiences to The Lumo Project: The Gospel of Mark (2014) and Son of Man (2006). Victoria Olaide Omotoso’s study seeks to fill the gap in existing research into the Bible and film by placing more emphasis on audience reception and highlighting the non-Western experience of biblical films. Through an examination of historic and cinematic debates, audience responses and filmmaker responses, Omotoso explores the ethnicity of Jesus, theological contexts and implications, and the presentation of Jesus in an androcentric world.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9780567709776 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567709806 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567709783 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces T&T Clark
The Bible in Photography
Index, Icon, Tableau, Vision
Sheona Beaumont, Diocese of Chichester, UK
This volume addresses the untold story of biblical subjects in photography. Sheona Beaumont argues that stories, characters, and symbols from the Bible are found to pervade photographic practices and ideas, across the worlds of advertising and tourist information, the book and the gallery, in critical reviews and artists’ reflections. Throughout her journey, she includes lively discussion of photographs dealing with the Bible in surprising ways, from images by William Henry Fox Talbot in the 19th century to David LaChapelle in the 21st.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages • 55 colour images
PB 9780567706577 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567706539
ePub 9780567706560 • £99.00 / $134.99
ePdf 9780567706546 • £99.00 / $134.99
Series: Scriptural Traces & The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Hebrews: A Social Identity Commentary
Matthew J. Marohl, St. Olaf College, USA
Matthew J. Marohl introduces a culturally sensitive reading of Hebrews by employing a social identity approach which allows readers to encounter a unique and powerful depiction of the faithful Jesus and a dynamic group of Christ-followers called upon to maintain their faithfulness .In the end, this social identity approach reveals a work with two strands thoroughly intertwined.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 176 pages
HB 9780567696038 £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567696069 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567696045 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: T&T Clark Social Identity Commentaries on the New Testament • T&T Clark
Keir Hardie, the Bible, and Christian Socialism
The Miner's Prophet
Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, Loyola Marymount University, USA
Daniel L. Smith-Christopher focuses on the life and efforts of Keir Hardie, one of the founders of the UK Labour Party and one of the foremost figureheads of trade unionism. Drawing upon the work of two significant American theorists contemporary to Hardie's efforts, Herbert Gutman’s classic essay on “Working-Class Religion” and Michael Gold's call for “Proletarian Literature”, Christopher-Smith marries British and American historical and theoretical debates to argue that Hardie's work is surely the quintessential example of a “proletarian exegesis” of the Bible.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 256 pages 7 illustrations, all line drawings taken from The Labour Leader newspaper
PB 9780567707642 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567707604
ePub 9780567707635 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567707611 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces • T&T Clark
Variations in Christian Art
Mennonite, Mormon, Quaker, and
Swedenborgian
Edited by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Georgetown University, USA
The artistic traditions of four major Christian denominations (Mennonite, Mormon, Quaker, Swedenborgian) are examined and outlined in detail in this groundbreaking volume that presents the first synthesis of the artistic contributions of those traditions. Diane ApostolosCappadona has curated a volume that presents four single-authored contributions in one place, broadening the study of Christian art beyond Roman Catholic, Orthodox and 'protestant' traditions to consider these more recent Christian approaches in close and expert detail.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 392 pages
PB 9780567714381 £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9780567698124
ePub 9780567698155 • £126.00 / $171.44
ePdf 9780567698131 • £126.00 / $171.44
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T&T Clark Library of New Testament Greek
Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada
Discourse Analysis and the Greek New Testament
Text-Generating Resources
Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada & Matthew Brook O'Donnell, University of Liverpool, UK
This volume examines and outlines the Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) model of discourse analysis and its relationship to the New Testament since it was introduced to New Testament Greek studies by Porter in the 1980s. Structured in two parts, part one introduces basic concepts related to SFL, part two provides a detailed exploration of discourse analysis in terms of the textual metafunction.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 320 pages
PB 9780567709899 • £34.99 / $47.95
Previously published in HB 9780567709851
ePub 9780567709882 £31.49 / $43.19
ePdf 9780567709868 £31.49 / $43.19
Series: T&T Clark Library of New Testament Greek • T&T Clark
A Case Frame Study of the Text of the Gospel of Mark
With Grammar and Lexicon of Predicators
Paul L. Danove, Villanova University, USA
Paul Danove presents a case frame grammar and lexicon for the Gospel of Mark, with three major goals. He first provides a step-by-step introduction to case frame analysis, incorporating various adaptations and extensions to address the needs of the study of the Greek of the New Testament. He then provides a comprehensive introduction to the most frequently observed predicator usages in the New Testament, finally combining all syntactic, semantic, lexical, and further descriptive grammatical information in a manner that guides the interpretation and translation of predicators in their grammatical contexts.
UK February 2025 US February 2025 320 pages
HB 9780567714923 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9780567714954 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567714930 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: T&T Clark Library of New Testament Greek • T&T Clark
Biblical Languages: Greek
Moulton's Grammar of New Testament Greek
Volume 3: Syntax: With a New Critical Introduction by Stanley E. Porter
Wilbert Francis Howard, Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada & Nigel Turner
Volume 3 focuses on the construction of the sentence. Divided into two parts, it begins with a detailed discussion of nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and pronouns, to give the reader a clear and comprehensive understanding of the individual elements making up the language. Part two concerns the complete sentence and its syntax, featuring sections on the ordinary simple sentence and its construction and on different types of sentences and their varying structures.
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 480 pages
PB 9780567717238 • £27.99 / $37.95
Previously published in HB 9780567470553
Series: Biblical Languages: Greek • T&T Clark
Moulton's Grammar of New Testament Greek
Volume 4: Style: With a New Critical Introduction by Stanley E. Porter
James Hope Moulton, Wilbert Francis Howard, Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada & Nigel Turner
Volume 4 examines the diverse styles of writing exhibited by each author of the New Testament. It explores the grammatical and other linguistic features which distinguish the work of one author form that of another, attempting to isolate and identify varying techniques.
UK March 2025 US March 2025 224 pages
PB 9780567717221 • £27.99 / $37.95
Previously published in HB 9780567605382
Series: Biblical Languages: Greek • T&T Clark
Moulton's Grammar of New Testament Greek: New Edition
Volume 2: Accidence and Word Formation: With a New Critical Introduction by Stanley E. Porter
James Hope Moulton, Wilbert Francis Howard, Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada & Nigel Turner
This second volume of a classic work on New Testament Greek deals with three essential components of the language: sounds and writing (including the alphabet, modern printed Greek and orthography), accidence (word inflection, noun declension and verb conjugation), and word formation (including word-composition, prepositions and word-formation by suffixes).
UK March 2025 US March 2025 632 pages
PB 9780567717245 £27.99 / $37.95
Previously published in HB 9780567346780
Series: Biblical Languages: Greek • T&T Clark
International Critical Commentary
Christopher M. Tuckett & Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University, USA & Stuart Weeks, Durham University, UK
Mark 1-4
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Craig S. Keener
Craig S. Keener provides an in-depth critical and exegetical commentary of the first four chapters of Gospel of Mark in this first of four volumes of commentary on the Markan text. Keener brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to provide a complete overview and understanding of this crucial Christian document.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 824 pages
HB 9780567668356 £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9780567668363 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9780567668349 • £67.50 / $91.79
Series: International Critical Commentary • T&T Clark
Mark: A Critical Introduction
Craig S. Keener
No stone is left unturned in this reference level introduction to the gospel of Mark. Craig S. Keener provides a thorough overview of both Mark’s textual history and every issue related to the authorship and context of the gospel. This volume lays the groundwork for Keener’s monumental International Critical Commentary on Mark.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 496 pages
HB 9780567723307 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9780567723376 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9780567723352 • £67.50 / $91.79
Series: International Critical Commentary • T&T Clark
Mark 5-9
A Critical and Exegetical
Commentary
Craig S. Keener
In this second volume of his four volume work on the text of Mark's Gospel Craig S. Keener provides an in-depth critical and exegetical commentary on Mark chapters 5-9. The text covered in this volume focuses largely on the healings of Jesus including the raising of Jairus' daughter, the Canaanite woman's daughter, the deaf mute and the man born blind. Also featured are the feeding of the 5000, Peter's confession of faith, and Jesus' predictions of his death. This part of the Gospel finishes with the Transfiguration.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 896 pages
HB 9780567668387 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9780567668400 • £67.50 / $91.79
ePdf 9780567668394 • £67.50 / $91.79
Series: International Critical Commentary • T&T Clark
Ecclesiastes 1-5
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Stuart Weeks, Durham University, UK
This new volume in the ICC on Ecclesiastes 1-5 brings together all the relevant aids to exegesislinguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to enable the scholar to have a complete knowledge and understanding of this Old Testament book. Stuart D. Weeks incorporates new evidence available in the field, surveys the wealth of secondary literature and provides an extensive introduction to Ecclesiastes as a whole.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 736 pages
PB 9780567717153 • £25.99 / $35.95
Previously published in HB 9780567031136
ePdf 9780567693525 £23.39 / $32.39
Series: International Critical Commentary • T&T Clark
The Apologists and Paul
Edited by Todd D. Still, Baylor University, USA & David E. Wilhite, Baylor University, USA
Leading international contributors examine the use of Paul’s writings in the work of ante-Nicene apologetic writers such as Clement, Melito, Tatian and Cyprian. The volume examines apologetics as a broad genre in which many early Christian writers participated, offering rhetorical defences for emerging aspects of doctrine, rooted in understanding of the scriptures. An afterword by Todd D. Still considers whether or not Paul was an ‘apologist’ himself.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 360 pages
PB 9780567715494 • £38.99 / $52.95
Previously published in HB 9780567715456
ePub 9780567715487 • £108.00 / $147.14
ePdf 9780567715463 • £108.00 / $147.14
Series: Pauline and Patristic Scholars in Debate • T&T Clark
Jesus in Indigenous Maori Understanding
A Contextual Biblical Interpretation of Jesus, Land, Genealogy, and Identity
Wayne Te Kaawa, University of Otago, New Zealand
Wayne Te Kaawa applies a Maori theological framework rooted in Atua (Divine), Whenua (Land) and Tangata (People) to key passages of the bible concerning the genealogy of Jesus and his relationship to the environment, in particular to the land and to the people. The theme of ‘people of the land’ within the biblical text is explored from an ‘indigenous people of the land’ perspective. This reveals two things, the indigeneity of Jesus and how Christianity has treated/mistreated indigenous people throughout the world.
UK
The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media
Edited by Tom Thatcher, Cinicinnati Christian University, USA, Chris Keith, Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway, Raymond F. Person, Jr., Ohio Northern University, USA & Elsie R. Stern, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, USA
The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media (DBAM) is a convenient and authoritative reference tool for scholars and students on terms and concepts relating to the study of the Bible and related literature in ancient communications culture. Engaging with the development of scholarship on interdisciplinary theories of oral tradition and performance, personal and collective memory, ancient literacy and scribality, and visual culture, ritual, the history of Israel, Christian origins, and rabbinics, this Dictionary provides a reference tool of critical importance.
UK January 2026 • US January 2026 • 504 pages
PB 9780567717177 • £34.99 / $47.95
Previously published in HB 9780567222497
ePub 9780567678379 £171.00 / $232.19
ePdf 9780567678386 £171.00 / $232.19
T&T Clark
Blessed Victors
Theology of Persecution in the Third Century Church
Ruth Sutcliffe, James Cook University, Australia
Ruth Sutcliffe argues that the early Church Fathers’ theological understanding of the role of persecution in the Christian life informed their exhortations to individual and communal response, contributing to the church’s remarkable survival and growth through this period.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 304 pages
PB 9780567710789 £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9780567710741
ePub 9780567710772 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567710758 • £76.50 / $103.94
T&T Clark
God and the Little Grey Cells
Religion in Agatha Christie's Poirot Stories
Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
Dan W. Clanton examines the presence and use of religion and Bible in Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novels and stories and their later interpretations. Clanton begins with a brief biography of Christie and her own religious identity before discussing the background(s) to Poirot’s own Belgian Catholicism in the late 19th-early 20th century. He then examines the ways in which Bible is used in the novels as well as the ways in which Poirot understands God and evil to be at work in the world.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages
PB 9780567715760 • £27.99 / $37.95
Previously published in HB 9780567696076
ePub 9780567696106 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9780567696083 • £76.50 / $103.94
T&T Clark
The Bible in the Age of Empire: A Cultural History
Edited by Scott McLaren
An interdisciplinary examination of the bible during a period of history when European countries were expanding their reach, and during a period of huge industrial and political change. The contributors examine how the bible developed as a cultural text during this time, facing new challenges to its authority from the work of Charles Darwin, as well as having its authority used to justify the colonial project and the suppression of indigenous peoples. Chapters view the period through specific lenses such as art, literature and politics.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 184 pages
PB 9781350438545 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350087682
ePub 9780567714374 £85.50
ePdf 9780567714367 • £85.50
Bloomsbury Academic
T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics
Edited by Uriah Y. Kim, Graduate Theological Union, USA & Seung Ai Yang, Chicago Theological Seminary, USA
The first reference resource on how Asian Americans read and interpret the Bible, this volume also serves a valuable role in both developing and disseminating what can be termed as Asian American biblical hermeneutics. Part 1 describes six major ethnic groups that make up 85% of the Asian population and outlines the specific concerns each group has when its members read the Bible. Part 2 examines critical methods in biblical interpretation and suggests adjustments that may be helpful in Asian American interpretation. Finally, Part 3 provides 25 interpretations by Asian American biblical scholars on specific biblical texts.
UK April 2025 • US April 2025 • 544 pages
PB 9780567716590 • £42.99 / $58.95
Previously published in HB 9780567672605
ePub 9780567672629 £38.69 / $52.64
ePdf 9780567672612 £38.69 / $52.64
Series: T&T Clark Handbooks • T&T Clark
The Library of Second Temple Studies
Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK
Male Circumcision and Female Bodies in Jewish and Christian Communities of Ancient Egypt
Females and Foreskins
Rebecca Harrocks
Rebecca Harrocks presents some of the earliest evidence of male circumcision from ancient Egypt, exploring the connotations and implications for the Jewish and Christian communities of Alexandria and Egypt. The relevance of male circumcision for Jewish females is evident in Hebrew scripture, especially in relation to marriage, procreation, and parenthood, but little attention has been paid to women in scholarship. Harrocks addresses this oversight by considering not only what male circumcision meant for men, but also what it meant for women and the female body.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages • 6 bw illus
HB 9780567722690 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567722720 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567722706 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies • T&T Clark
Eschatology and the Use of Psalms in Hebrews
Songs for
the Last Days
Seth Whitaker, University of St Andrews, UK
Seth Whitaker argues that the Psalm texts function as the structural and theological backbone of Hebrews from start to finish, and that few scholars have examined the use of Psalms outside of quotations or connected the author of Hebrews' use of Psalms with his broader eschatological outlook. Whitaker suggests that the author’s eschatology is his dominating exegetical assumption, allowing numerous psalms to be read with multiple meanings.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 200 pages
HB 9780567720955 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567720986 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567720962 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies T&T Clark
A Hellenistic Ethical Lexicon
Three Hundred and Seven Rules of
Conduct of Expanding Empires
Doron Mendels, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Building on his previous work on Hellensitic Interstate Political Ethics (T&T Clark 2022) leading historian Doron Mendels presents three hundred interstate ethical rules of conduct which he has discovered within three reconstructed Hellenistic codes. These codes appear in the work of three major Hellenistic historical writers, and Mendels also adds remarks that appear in The Letter of Aristeias.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 160 pages
HB 9780567718273 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567718303 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567718280 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Jewish and Christian Texts T&T Clark
'Ex Oriente Lux' in Second Temple Texts
Eschatological and Heavenly Revelation
Edited by Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA & Marc Grønbech-Dam
This volume presents a collection of studies offering fresh scholarly insights into various Second Temple texts, encompassing apocalyptic themes and text-critical challenges. The volume illuminates the intricate dynamics of Second Temple literature and their potential historical and theological implications for the development of Christianity and Judaism in the first century.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9780567721884 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567721921 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567721907 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies T&T Clark
Redescribing Moral Agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot A Triadic Comparison
World Kim, Rosebrook Presbyterian Church, USA
World Kim argues that recent scholastic studies have overemphasized differences amongst various Second Temple texts and neglected the similarities between them. By employing four stages of comparison—description, juxtaposition, re-description, and rectification— Kim re-describes moral agency in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot, and aims to rectify the relationship between these texts.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 192 pages
HB 9780567719591 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567719621 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567719607 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies • T&T Clark
Second Temple Judaism in Scholarly Perspective Advancing Recent Developments
Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner, Gateway Seminary, USA & Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany
Using the groundbreaking T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism (2020) as a departure point, leading scholars consider developments in methodology, historical and textual studies, and interdisciplinary approaches to Second Temple Judaism. Each contributor begins with a clear statement about the methodological issues at work in their chapter, and how these contribute to ongoing scholarly discourse. The topics covered include archaeology, synagogues, the New Testament as Second Temple literature, marriage practices, group dynamics, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and reception history. The volume concludes with a postlude by John J. Collins.
UK September 2025 US September 2025 256 pages 10 bw illus
HB 9780567707291 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567707321 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567707307 • £81.00 / $110.69
T&T Clark
T&T Clark Library of Homiletics
Carolyn J. Sharp, Yale Divinity School, USA
Preaching that Confronts Confederate Monuments
Religion and Anti-Racism in United States
Politics
David M. Stark, University of the South, Sewanee, USA
Stark looks at the way many Confederate monuments provided ongoing opportunities for commemorative speeches and ceremonies that would entrench racist ideologies in the American South. He highlights best practices from recent counter-proclamations against monuments to the Lost Cause [e.g. Julian Carr's 1913 Silent Sam speech], developing a counter-homiletic that confronts Confederate monuments and the racist and white supremacist preaching ideologies around them.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 192 pages
HB 9780567719812
£90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567719843 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567719829 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: T&T Clark Library of Homiletics • T&T Clark
Preaching and Paul's Letter to the Romans
A Commentary on Paul and the Arrogant Gentiles
Ronald J. Allen
Allen argues that Paul wrote Romans to address the gentiles in the early Church at Rome because they exhibited arrogance towards Jewish members, thereby undermining the community of love and mutual support that God seeks for all. In this pastorally engaged work, Allen not only provides historical commentary on Romans but also helps preachers and scholars make connections between arrogance and its destructiveness in communities today, as well as inviting congregations to participate in the grace that makes possible a loving and mutually respectful community.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 296 pages
HB 9780567719751 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567719799 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567719768 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: T&T Clark Library of Homiletics • T&T Clark
The Suffering of Job and an Enfleshed Homiletic
Bearing
the Body’s Witness
Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby
Using the story of Job - a man whose life has been destroyed “for no reason” (Job 2:3) - McLaughlinSheasby develops an ‘enfleshed’ homiletic, in which she argues that the capacity to speak truly of God is dependent upon the capacity to speak truly of the suffering of others. On this basis, McLaughlin-Sheasby proposes a theological and practical vision of preaching that is ethically responsive to those beyond the pulpit, asking the question: what does it look like for preachers to become faithful witnesses to the suffering of others?
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9780567716248 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9780567716279 • £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9780567716255 • £81.00 / $110.69
Series: T&T Clark Library of Homiletics • T&T Clark
Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
An Introduction to AI for Architects
Neil Leach, Florida International University, USA
Fully updated to cover all the latest developments in the field—from ChatGPT and smart assistants to ground-breaking diffusion models for 3D modelling—Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence introduces AI for designers and explores its seismic impact on architectural practice. Highlighting current case-studies as well as near-future applications, this edition explores how AI transforms every part of the process, from the inspiration and the brief to detailed performance- and data-driven design. Written by one of the world’s leading experts in the field, this is a must-read for architects and designers wishing to stay at the forefront of AI.
UK May 2025 • US June 2025 • 336 pages • 83 color illus
PB 9781350438743 £19.99 / $26.95 HB 9781350438750 £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350438767 £17.99 / $24.29
ePdf 9781350438774 £17.99 / $24.29
Series: Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
World All Languages (except Chinese/Italian/Portuguese/Spanish)
Building Modern Scotland
A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997
Alistair Fair, University of Edinburgh, UK, Lynn Abrams, University of Glasgow, UK, Kat Breen, University of Edinburgh, UK, Miles Glendinning, University of Edinburgh, UK, Diane Watters, Historic Environment Scotland & Valerie Wright, University of Edinburgh, UK
A new history of Scotland’s postwar new towns; combining architectural, social and political history to illustrate what was planned, what was built, and how these places were experienced by the diverse communities who lived and worked in them. Drawing on archives and oral history, this open access book provides a new account of 20th-century Scotland, and shows how a better understanding of the new towns’ history and value could be used to inform present-day decision-making.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
UK February 2025 • US April 2025 • 240 pages • 60 bw illus and 40 colour illus
HB 9781350401709 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350401723 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350401716 • £00.00 / $00.00 Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The Minimum Dwelling Revisited CIAM's Practical Utopia (1928–31)
Aristotle Kallis, Keele University, UK
This book provides an intellectual history of the modernist ‘minimum dwelling’, exploring how early modernism saw mass housing as a primary vehicle for achieving the utopian transformation of society. It reappraises the often-overlooked 2nd and 3rd CIAM conferences (1929-31), revealing them both as milestones in the organisation's annals and as seminal moments in the history of interwar modernism. Serving as a corrective to the overemphasis on CIAM IV and the Athens Charter, the book is essential reading for scholars researching urban design during the interwar period.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 248 pages • 36 bw illus
PB 9781350346222 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350346185
ePub 9781350346208 £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350346192 £26.09 / $36.44
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Another Modernism
Home Economics and the Design of Domestic Space in the US, 1900-1960
Anna Myjak-Pycia, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Targeting an important gap in design history, Another Modernism sheds light on the unacknowledged contribution of home economists to 20th-century modernist design. In analysing the home economists’ conception of space, the book argues that their focus on the user’s tactility constituted an alternative model of modern architecture – a popular and largely rural modernism which focused on the specificity of the female user and her personal experience of the domestic interior. Based on little-known archival material, and with an emphasis on (mostly) female researchers and users/occupants, it will appeal to architects, design historians, and anyone interested in gender, women, and disability studies.
UK
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture
Janina Gosseye, ETH Zurich, Switzerland & Tom Avermaete, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Hans Heyerdahl Hallen
Nordic Influences on Modern Architecture in South Africa
Kathi Holt, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Errol Haarhoff & Walter Peters
Analysing the life and work of architect Hans Heyerdahl Hallen (1930–2022), this book reveals the transnational influences that shaped his practice in South Africa, and the migratory circles of ideas that defined a new form of subtropical architecture. Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, the study features a wealth of previously-unpublished archival material to explore the role of the architect in colonial contexts, and the need for architecture to respond to local communities and climate.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 320 pages 96 color illus
HB 9781350510326 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350510340 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350510333 • £76.50 / $103.94
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Paolo Portoghesi
Architecture between
History, Politics and Media
Silvia Micheli, University of Queensland, Australia & Léa-Catherine Szacka, The University of Manchester, UK
Featuring previously-unpublished archival material, interviews by the authors and articles from professional and mainstream press, this book looks at the work of the Italian architect, theorist and historian Paolo Portoghesi (1931-2023). The book presents Portoghesi in his multifaceted role of mediator, politician, historian and designer and, through his work, offers a new perspective on postmodern architecture, showing the agency of other spheres of knowledge – history, politics and media – in the making of postmodern architectural discourse.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 232 pages • 75 bw illus
PB 9781350408616 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350117136
ePub 9781350117150 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350117143 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Malayan Classicism
From the Architecture of Empire to Asian Vernacular
Soon-Tzu Speechley, University of Melbourne, Australia
Presenting the first comprehensive account of Malaya’s most widespread architectural style prior to World War II, Malayan Classicism looks at how the classical architecture of the British Empire was transmitted, translated, and transformed in the hands of local builders and architects. Addressing a critical gap in the scholarship, this book charts the metamorphosis of an imperial language of power into a local vernacular style, and provides a new way of reading classical architecture in a post-colonial context that will be applicable throughout the Global South.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages • 60 bw illus
PB 9781350360389 • £24.99 / $34.95
Previously published in HB 9781350360341
ePub 9781350360365 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350360358 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Fairground Theory
The Hidden Life and Architecture of the Travelling Fair
Stephen Walker, Manchester School of Architecture, UK
Even well-known places can be made strange when the fair comes to town. This book develops the first architectural theory of the fair, going behind the scenes of the intense atmosphere to explore its design, its atmosphere, and the people and processes that make it happen. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and archival study of travelling fairs in the UK - alongside examples from around the world - this book uncovers the relational architecture of events, bodies, networks, and machines which has long constituted the hidden life of the fairground.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 256 pages • 60 colour illus
HB 9781350524705 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350524729 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350524712 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Exploring the Thought of Jane Jacobs
The Conversation of Cities
Richard Keeley
Exploring the Thought of Jane Jacobs examines the seven major books by Jane Jacobs’s to explain her thinking on cities, nations, and economies, and to suggest the continuing relevance of her thought to today’s challenges.
UK January 2026 • US January 2026 • 208 pages • 7 bw illus
PB 9780761874898 • £18.99 / $25.95
ePub 9780761879039 • £19.15 / $23.35
ePdf 9780761880431 • £19.15 / $23.35
Hamilton Books
World English
Design and the Vernacular Interpretations for Contemporary Architectural Practice and Theory
Edited by Paul Memmott, John Ting, Tim O’Rourke & Marcel Vellinga
This book explores the intersection between vernacular architecture, local cultures, and modernity and globalization. Focusing on Australasia and Oceania, it examines the relevance of vernacular architecture to contemporary urban planning and architectural design, placing this against a contextual background of rapid political, economic, technological, social and environmental changes including globalization, exchanges of people, finance, material culture, and digital technologies. Sixteen chapters by architects, designers and theorists, including Indigenous writers, provide valuable case studies and lessons for architecture in other global regions and challenge assumptions about vernacular architecture being anachronistic and static, instead demonstrating how it can shape contemporary architecture, nation building and cultural identities.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 320 pages • 65 bw illus
PB 9781350294318 • £24.99 / $34.95
Previously published in HB 9781350294301
ePub 9781350294332 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350294325 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Versailles Mirrored
The
Power of Luxury, Louis XIV to Donald Trump
Robert Wellington, Australian National University, Australia
Across eight case studies of patrons spanning the 18th to the 21st century, this book assesses the ways that Louis XIV’s Palace of Versailles has continued to shape the aesthetics of cultural capital since his death. The book demonstrates how the extravagant palace style began as a symbol of the state in the 17th century; how it was adopted by the nouveau riche to show off their financial success in the 19th century; and, remarkably, how that palace look returned to play a role in statecraft in the hands of US President Donald Trump.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 256 pages • 48 colour illus.
PB 9781350451353 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350451315 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350451339 • £22.49 / $31.04
ePdf 9781350451322 • £22.49 / $31.04
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Visual Cultures and Italian Contexts
Sharon Hecker, Independent Scholar, Italy
American Artists in Postwar
Rome
Art and Cultural Exchange
Peter Benson Miller
Drawing on unpublished archival sources, this book reconstitutes the experiences of a wide range of American artists, critics, and writers working in Rome following World War Two. It presents a case-study based investigation into the reciprocal relationship between American modernist artists and Italian artists, revealing how these artists perceived Rome as an alternative to New York, attracting the likes of canonical figures like Lee Bontecou, Philip Guston and Robert Rauschenberg, alongside less well-known artists, such as Barbara Chase-Riboud, William Congdon, and Claire Falkenstein, among many others. It also establishes the entangled social networks, galleries and institutions sustaining their work and providing entrée into local artistic circles.
UK February 2025 US May 2025 312 pages 32 colour & 77 bw illus
HB 9781350446366 • £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350446380 • £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350446373 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Visual Cultures and Italian Contexts • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Relational Art A Guided Tour
Craig Smith, University of Florida, USA
Taking place in the skies over London, the plazas of Rotterdam, and the hallways of museums worldwide, a new kind of art has emerged since the 1990s. Known as Relational Art, this controversial practice features audience participation in ways never before realised, often using new media and social networking. In this book, academic and artist Craig Smith outlines a rigorous theory of Relational Art, explaining why audience interaction and collective art production has become so relevant.
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 176 pages • 25 bw illus
HB 9781780762555 • £80.00 / $110.00
ePub 9781350201927 • £72.00 / $98.54
ePdf 9781350201910 • £72.00 / $98.54
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Polish Modernism and Jewish Identity
The Art of Henryk Streng, 1924-1960
Piotr Slodkowski, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland
Translated by Eliza Rose
This book uncovers the changing artistic landscape of Poland between the 1920s and 1950s, through the work of Jewish-Polish painter and Holocaust survivor, Henryk Streng (Marek Wlodarski) (1903-1960). Extraordinary for his aesthetic innovation during the two major traumas of 20th-century European history, the Holocaust and Stalinism, Streng’s work disrupted the established notions of 20th-century Polish art, while making the case for an internationalized history of European Modernism – as demonstrated by this book for the first time.
UK January 2025 US April 2025 272 pages 36 bw illus
HB 9781350292505 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350292529 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350292512 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Art and Intimacy in Modern Italy
Entangled Lives
Edited by Sharon Hecker, Independent Scholar, Italy & Teresa Kittler, University of York, UK
Countering the dominant narrative in postwar Italian art history of the lone-male artistic genius, this volume spotlights the vital role creative partnerships played in postwar Italian artistic production. With contributions from international scholars across a variety of subject fields, it considers a range intimate and professional collaborations, widely informed by key contemporary issues surrounding gender and sexuality, modern Italian and queer identities, and transcultural exchange. Presenting a variety of underexplored case studies and new readings of Italian art, the volume will be an important reference point for future work in Italian Studies, Italian Art History, Italian Cultural Studies, and the Transdisciplinary Arts and Humanities.
UK February 2025 US May 2025 320 pages 68 bw illus
HB 9781350420335 £95.00 / $130.00
ePub 9781350420359 £85.50 / $116.09
ePdf 9781350420342 • £85.50 / $116.09
Series: Visual Cultures and Italian Contexts • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Sampling and Site-Specific Practice in Contemporary Art
Margot Bouman, The New School, New York, USA
In the early 20th century, copying, cutting, and pasting entered Western European avant-garde art through collage and readymades, as artists used found objects to create new meaning. This book examines how these techniques have evolved in contemporary art, featuring artists like Andrea Fraser, Douglas Gordon, and Isaac Julien. It explores how they sample fragments of culture—from television to the internet—using quotation, reenactment, and replication. Discussing themes such as queer and race theory, postproduction, and gender fluidity, the book offers a fresh framework for understanding sampling as a key form in 21st-century art and visual culture.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 216 pages • 30 bw illus
HB 9781350114562 £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350196681 £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350196674 £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Moscow Conceptualism, 19751985
Words,
Deeds, Legacies
Mary
A. Nicholas, Lehigh University, USA
At a time of intense political repression during the 1970s and '80s, the Moscow conceptualists offered vital new ways of thinking for artists in the USSR. Based on extensive original research and in-depth interviews with the original artists, Nicholas demonstrates how the work of these radical, unconventional artists challenged the Soviet authorities, official doctrine, and even other colleagues in the nonconformist art world. Offering a counter-narrative to the tradition of Socialist Realism that dominates Soviet art history, this book presents fascinating evidence of the importance of individual protest and demonstrates that socially-engaged art can be a powerful weapon for change in building a better world.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 238 pages 44 bw illus
PB 9781350227903
£28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350227866
ePub 9781350227880 • £76.50 / $103.94
ePdf 9781350227873 • £76.50 / $103.94
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Robert Rauschenberg and Surrealism
Art, 'Sensibility'
and War
Gavin Parkinson, Courtauld Institute of Art, UK
This book gathers generous evidence of the poetic, metaphorical, allusive, associative and connotative dimensions of the work of Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) as identified by Surrealists, and offers new readings of Rauschenberg's key works on that basis. By analyzing Rauschenberg’s art in the context of Surrealism, and drawing from it new interpretations and perspectives, this volume also examines the Surrealist movement within the frame of 1960s American art criticism and history.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 320 pages • 15 colour & 56 bw illus
PB 9781501388705 £18.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781501358296
ePub 9781501358289 £87.01 / $108.00
ePdf 9781501358272
• £87.01 / $108.00
Series: Transnational Surrealism • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
The Art of Mary Linwood
Embroidery,
Installation, and
Entrepreneurship in Britain, 1787-1845
Heidi A. Strobel, University of Evansville, USA
The Art of Mary Linwood is the first book on Leicester textile artist and gallery owner Mary Linwood (1755-1845). Fusing art-biographical writing, material culture studies, art and cultural history, this book explores the complex and highly unorthodox life of Linwood. Showcasing every aspect of her life, ranging from her gallery guides to previously unpublished letters to her contemporaries - such as Birmingham inventor Matthew Boulton and Queen Charlotte - this book provides a much-needed contribution to the scholarship on women and cultural agency in the early 19th century.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 268 pages • 16 colour & 46 bw illus
PB 9781350428126 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350428089
ePub 9781350428102 • £26.09 / $36.44
ePdf 9781350428096 • £26.09 / $36.44
Series: Material Culture of Art and Design • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design
Charissa N. Terranova, University of Texas at Dallas, USA & Meredith Tromble, San Francisco Art Institute, USA
Sea Currents in NineteenthCentury Art, Science and Culture
Commodifying the Ocean World
Edited by Kathleen Davidson, University of Sydney, Australia & Molly Duggins, National Art School, Australia
Through a combination of historical essays and unique object studies by a spectrum of scholars and curators, this book takes a closer look at the material, aesthetic and commercial dimensions of the collection and display, illustration and decoration, and trade and consumption of marine flora and fauna.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 336 pages • 27 colour & 53 bw illus
PB 9781350239265 • £24.99 / $34.95
Previously published in HB 9781501352782
ePub 9781501352805 • £25.54 / $31.45
ePdf 9781501352799 • £25.54 / $31.45
Series: Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design Bloomsbury
Plants by Numbers
Art, Computation, and Queer Feminist Technoscience
Edited by Jane Prophet, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, USA & Helen V. Pritchard, HGK-FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
This open access book takes a queer feminist technoscience approach to the ecologies that emerge from our entanglements with nonhumans (air, rocks, algae, trees, soil and plants) and computational hard/software. Focussing on artists, feminist techno-scientists and theorists working with computation, Plants by Numbers addresses the current need to think beyond the human paradigm, opening up new fields of debate that question the troubled relationship between ecosystems and human technology.
The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Michigan.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 288 pages • 43 colour and 66 bw illus
PB 9781350344969 • £28.99 / $39.95
Previously published in HB 9781350343252
ePub 9781350344945 • £00.00 / $00.00
ePdf 9781350344938 • £00.00 / $00.00
Series: Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Space Feminisms
People, Planets, Power
Edited by Marie-Pier Boucher, Claire Webb, Annick Bureaud, Leonardo/Olats, Paris, France & Nahum
Space Feminisms examines how scientific, popular, scholarly, and artistic imaginations of outer space have, since the 1950s, reflected and embedded Earthly hopes, anxieties, and futures. It centres feminism as a mode by which to both theorize and materialize a redistribution of social power around space exploration, space science, and human presence in extra-Earth environments.
UK February 2026 • US February 2026 • 264 pages • 88 colour illus.
PB 9781350351028 • £24.99 / $34.95
Previously published in HB 9781350346321
ePub 9781350346345 £81.00 / $110.69
ePdf 9781350346338 £81.00 / $110.69
Series: Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design • Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Visual Arts
Contextualizing Art Markets
Kathryn
Brown, Loughborough University, UK
Women, Making, and Everyday Value in Contemporary Installation Art
Jessica Stockholder, Liza Lou, and Sarah Sze Elyse Speaks
This book explores the return of handwork and process-driven practices in installation art by women during the 1990s. Guiding the reader through three key episodes, focussed on the work of Jessica Stockholder, Liza Lou, and Sarah Sze, each case study explores how their work has advanced the legacies of feminist art and upended our relationship with everyday objects. Positioning these artists alongside over 20 other contemporary artists, such as David Hammons, Karen Kilimnik, Rikrit Tiravanija, Do Ho Suh, and El Anatsui, the book draws on previously unpublished interviews and situates their work in relation to contemporary consumerisms and institutionalized frameworks of value. Written in accessible prose, the book explores how work of contemporary women sculptors has challenged our relationship with everyday routines and environments.
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The Handbook of Cultural Work
Edited by Christos Carras, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
This open access handbook explores the increasingly cross-disciplinary nature of cultural work and assesses how it engages with other fields, such as: education, research, and health; as well as the defining issues of our time such as the climate emergency, the quest for sustainable development, discrimination of all kinds, and the need for achieving greater inclusivity. Each of the book’s six sections includes contributions from scholars and practitioners from across Europe based both on their experience of working in and a theoretical analysis of these areas. The book is essential reading for students of arts and cultural management, management in other creative industries, and curation.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Onassis Foundation, Greece.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 360 pages • 16 bw illus
PB 9781350359505 • £39.99 / $54.95
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World All Languages (except Greek)
Contemporary Art and Other Obstructions
Adam Geczy, University of Sydney, Australia
Edited by Alan Cruickshank
What is the position of art in contemporary culture, where it is threatened by an ever-greater diversity of media, discourses, practices, genres and forms?
Contemporary Art and Other Obstructions sets out to answer questions such as these in addressing art and social agency, communication, the problem of Biennales and other major events, and the shadow of postcolonialism as it hangs over art and indigeneity.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 288 pages • 45 bw illus
HB 9781350383562 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Jewish Dealers and the European Art Market, c. 1860–1940
Negotiating Cultural Modernity
Edited by Silvia Davoli, Strawberry Hill House and Garden, UK & Tom Stammers, University of Durham, UK
Adopting a far wider geography than any previous study, this is the first book to consider Jewish dealers as a coherent cohort, tied together by common contexts and strategies, but also a common vulnerability. The essays in this volume presents case studies from the mid-19th to mid-20th century across six thematic subsections: the historic art trade in Paris and London; the role of Jewish dealers as mediators between East and West; cosmopolitan dealers and modernist identities; Jewish art promoters and exhibition makers; the antisemitism faced by Jewish dealers; and the migration, circulation and reinvention of Jewish dealers in the 20th century.
UK March 2025 US June 2025 336 pages 12 colour illus & 80 bw illus
HB 9781350473683 £95.00 / $130.00
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Lillie P. Bliss
Collector, Advocate, and Visionary
Benefactor of the Museum of Modern Art
Irene M. Walsh, Independent, UK
The first comprehensive study of New York art patron and collector Lillie P. Bliss (1864-1931), examining her influential work as an art collector, advocate, and museum founder (MoMA). Combining archival materials, art market analysis, and the evolution of New York's museum scene, the book reconstructs Bliss's career, highlighting her influence on markets and taste. It also reevaluates MoMA's origins, demonstrating how her visionary bequest significantly contributed to the institution's growth and authority during its formative years.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 248 pages • 46 bw illus
HB 9781350459731 • £90.00 / $120.00
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The Art Market and the Museum
Institutional Collecting, Display and Patronage since the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Edited by Frances Fowle, University of Edinburgh, UK & MaryKate Cleary, Independent
This book considers how art market stakeholders, including art dealers, collectors and agents, have shaped museum collections and affected exhibition practices since the mid-19th century. Based on new archival research and data analysis, it features contributions from a wide range of international specialists in the market for material culture as well as European modernism, and explores the origins and development of the modern Western art market and the global art networks that operated not only in Paris, London and New York, but in cities such as Glasgow, Vienna, Melbourne and Kansas City.
UK June 2025 • US June 2025 • 328 pages • 25 colour & 40 bw illus
HB 9781350385351 • £90.00 / $120.00
ePub 9781350385375 • £81.00 / $110.69
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Global Craftivism since the Pussyhats
Handcraft
Responses to Violence, War, Illness, and Isolation
Edited by Hinda Mandell
This anthology offers a framework for understanding why people urgently turn to textile handwork as a site of repair in a world on the brink and examines how craft expression aligns with political activism in a sometimes quirky and always colorful way. In a world at a constant crossroads of despair and disruption, chapter contributors provide a clear-eyed assessment of specific craft-activism campaigns since the “Pussyhats,” focusing on the most pressing political issues of our time, as people seek to stitch a world aligned with their belief systems that is built on a DIYethos of hands-on community building. UK
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Larry Clark and Masculinity
Male Subjectivity and Visual Culture
Dirk Reynders, PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Belgium
Placing an array of his work into conversation with the work of a wide range of other photographers, including David Armstrong, Steven Klein and Nan Goldin, this book explores the visual representation of masculinity in the work of filmmaker and photographer, Larry Clark. It makes a vital contribution to research on Clark, but also visual and photography studies more broadly, where it explores the photographer’s depiction of the male subject as an object of desire. It also expands research in gender and queer studies by examining masculinity as a relational, social and intercultural construct in media and society.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 224 pages • 36 bw illus
HB 9781350385405 £90.00 / $120.00
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Ungovernable Spaces
Community Formation and the Poetics of Resistance
Kristen Kreider & James O'Leary
This open access book presents a range of global, practice-based, case studies that conceptualise community formation in times of social and political turbulence as a process that emerges through local political activism and resistance. A truly interdisciplinary work at the intersection of visual culture, the built environment and poetics, it explores these individual acts of resistance and argues for a necessary inter-relation between politics, ethics and aesthetics. In doing so, it sets out to conceive a new poetics of ‘us’ and demonstrate how the formation of community in and through resistance, on a planetary scale, has the potential to introduce new models of social and cultural interaction.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
UK April 2025 • US June 2025 • 280 pages • 51 colour illus
HB 9781350409088 • £85.00 / $115.00
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Female Art and Agency in Yugoslavia, 1971–2001
Anja Foerschner
Despite being marginalized on the map of contemporary art since the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, Belgrade continues to be a hub of creativity. Especially noteworthy is the presence of women artists, scholars, and activists whose deeply personal, yet highly political, practices are rooted in the city’s legacy of female and feminist artists. Female Art and Agency in Yugoslavia, 1971-2001 offers the first comprehensive study of female and feminist artists and agents—women who formed the art and cultural scene in other ways such as scholarship, theory, exhibition work—in former Yugoslavia since the 1970s.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 200 pages • 32 bw illus
PB 9781350229259 • £28.99 / $39.95
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Rethinking Plastics in Product Design
A Guide to Sustainable Transitions for the Environmental Emergency
Geoff Isaac, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
This book addresses the urgent need to reduce our use of plastics. Tracing the historical use of plastics through to today, and combining the latest theories and methods from sustainable transition design with real-life experiences of product designers and manufacturers, Geoff Isaacs identifies environmentally friendly solutions and provides practical guidance for designers who seek to use plastics more sustainably. Chapters include case studies of over sixty chairs made from renewable plastics to explore the complexities around working with a range of materials and their suitability for applications across other consumer products. The book also features interviews with international contemporary designers including Philippe Starck, Barber Osgerby, Konstanin Grcic, Bertjan Pot and Karim Rashid to illustrate recent successful designs using renewable plastics.
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Designing Smart Objects in Everyday Life
Intelligences, Agencies, Ecologies
Edited by Marco C. Rozendaal, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, Betti Marenko, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK & William Odom, Simon Fraser University, Canada
By offering a critical assessment on the growing place of smart technology in everyday environments, this book outlines a transdisciplinary research agenda for the future of ‘smartness’ to help define, envision, and inspire future collaborative design practices. The integration of digital technologies into physical products is transforming everyday objects. Our appliances, furniture, clothing, are growing in intelligence. This collection of essays and case studies brings together perspectives from interaction design, the humanities, science and technology studies, and engineering, to map, explore and interrogate ways in which our relationships with everyday smart objects might expand and be re-imagined.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350514164 • £27.99 / $37.95
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Women Graphic Designers Rebalancing the Canon
Edited by Elizabeth Resnick
The first in-depth anthology of previously published and newly commissioned illustrated essays on individual female graphic designers representing many diverse cultures who worked professionally during the 20th century.
UK October 2025 US October 2025 608 pages 200 full colour illus
PB 9781350349216 £39.99 / $54.95 HB 9781350349230 £130.00 / $175.00
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Designing Inclusive Public Toilets
Wee the People
Jo-Anne Bichard, Royal College of Art, UK & Gail Ramster, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, UK
This book provides a critical overview of public toilet design in the UK and presents an urgent need to re-evaluate the accessibility of these essential spaces. Drawing on research into public services and social injustice, the authors examine the complexities around using these facilities alongside design considerations related to disability, gender and sustainability. This rigorous study explores issues of navigating and entering facilities, concerns related to cubicles, fixtures and products, in addition to the body’s needs and hygiene. This book presents an inclusive design approach to help designers, planners and managers create these spaces more effectively for every prospective user.
UK June 2025 • US September 2025 • 312 pages • 141 colour images
PB 9781350346031 • £22.99 / $30.95 • HB 9781350346048 • £70.00 / $95.00
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Designing for Local Communities
A guide to freelancing and empowering groups in your neighborhood Meaghan Barry Designing For Local Communities encourages the reader to find their first clients in their local community. By working with small businesses the designer can build a freelancing portfolio, while simultaneously investing in their neighborhood. Lessons are tailored for working with these smallscale clients, with examples, interviews and exercises that will build a strong foundation for an independent design practice.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 176 pages • 50 colour illus
PB 9781350400962 £19.99 / $26.95 HB 9781350400955 £55.00 / $75.00
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The Development of Corporate Design
Brand Identity, Graphic Design and Professionalism in Post-war Britain
David Preston, University of the Arts London, UK Practitioners in Britain were at the forefront of efforts to transform corporate identity design into a recognised practice with its own codified methods. David Preston uses three key design agencies as the springboard to explore this foundational period in the history of graphic design labour practicesthe practical rationality of Hans Schleger & Associates, the systematic methods of Henrion Design Associates and the Design Research Unit and their design manual as an instrument of control. An important contribution to the understanding of post-war graphic design and the advent of branding.
UK November 2025 US November 2025 272 pages 43 b&w, 30 color illus
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The Politics of Global Craft
Edited by D Wood, Independent Scholar, Canada
As climate change, war, social injustice, gender and racial inequality, unchecked technology and exploitative capitalism remain urgent issues, the worldwide craft community has responded in notable ways. In this follow-up to Craft is Political (Bloomsbury, 2021), D Wood and contributors demonstrate how global circumstances have given rise to additional craft scholarship that further interrogates the political agency of craft.
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The Dynamics of Modern Asian Design
Material Culture and Social Agency
Edited by Sandy Ng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong & Megha Rajguru, University of Brighton, UK
Focusing on the late 20th century onward, this book brings to light the ways in which design as a material form has underscored cultural, social and economic changes across Asia. Authors provide a deeper and more enhanced understanding of material culture in Asia through analysis of ceramics, electronic items, fashion, furniture, interior design, architecture, magazines and ornaments from across countries such as China, Hong Kong, India, Japan and South Korea. They explore the production of objects as agents in modern material life, moving beyond their roles as commodities and addressing their values in a range of contexts and subjectivities.
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Design and Agency
Critical Perspectives on Identities, Histories, and Practices
Edited by John Potvin, Concordia University, Canada & Marie-Ève Marchand, Concordia University, Canada
Design and Agency addresses the concept of agency in relation to objects, organisations and people. Contributors expand the scope of design history and practice, avoiding the heroic narratives of a typical modernist approach. They consider both how the agents of design construct and express their identities through practice, while also investigating design's role in the construction of individual identity and subjectivity.
UK January 2025
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PB 9781350513013 • £27.99 / $37.95
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Drawing in Health and Wellbeing
Marks, Signs and Traces
Edited by Philippa Lyon, University of Brighton, UK & Curie Scott, Independent Education Consultant, UK
Drawing has an established history within medicine for learning, recording, investigating and discovery. Bringing together diverse drawing approaches in the form of research and practical projects, this book demonstrates how drawing has extended beyond the realm of medicine with relevance and value for an array of health and wellbeing settings. Chapters critically examine how drawing helps us convey and understand complex illness experiences, and supports a deeper, more holistic form of communication between patient and professional. This book presents the underlying principle that manual drawing, such as sketching, diagrams, cartoons and other forms of mark-making, has important qualities in enabling people to investigate, explain, express and alleviate suffering.
UK May 2025 • US July 2025 • 248 pages • 79 bw illus
PB 9781350359857 • £22.99 / $30.95 • HB 9781350359864 • £70.00 / $95.00
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Exhibitions Beyond Boundaries
Transnational Exchanges through Art, Architecture, and Design 1945-1985
Edited by Harriet Atkinson, University of Brighton, UK, Verity Clarkson, University of Brighton, UK & Sarah A. Lichtman, Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA
After World War II, exhibition spaces were increasingly used as locations for the exercise of "soft power", for displays of cultural diplomacy between nations and for addressing social and political contestation. With impressively global scope, this book explores approaches to the study of exhibitions within and beyond the disciplinary boundaries of art and design history. Case studies include the presentation of African-American Art at FESMAN '66 and FESTAC '77, the US’s 1961 Small Industries Exhibition in Colombo, Israel's early appearances at the Venice Biennale, the Vatican Pavilion at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, and Hong Kong's Pavilion at Expo 70 in Tokyo.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 320 pages • 35 bw illus
PB 9781350568310 • £24.99 / $34.95
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Ceramics and Globalization
Staffordshire Ceramics, Made in China
Neil Ewins, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, China
Neil Ewins' study of the Staffordshire potteries traces how ceramics production has been affected by globalisation. He draws on a combination of sources to examine this, from the press, ceramic objects, and primary interview evidence. The book highlights issues such as 'authenticity', and discovers ramifications for UK manufacturing futures.
UK March 2025 US March 2025 224 pages
PB 9781350514263 £27.99 / $37.95
ePub 9781474289894 • £25.19 / $35.09
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Design Otherwise
Transforming Design Education in the Arab Region
Danah Abdulla, University of the Arts London, UK
How can we study and teach design in a way that is critical, socially engaged and relevant to place?
In this timely book, Danah Abdulla challenges us to imagine a design education and culture that moves beyond blindly borrowing Eurocentric models and frameworks. Drawing on learnings from work with design students, educators and designers in the Arab region, with a particular focus on Jordan and featuring examples from Lebanon, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, Abdulla creates a dialogue with those who have most at stake in education to imagine how we can develop a collaborative, contextually based and socially relevant design education.
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 208 pages • 25 bw illus
PB 9781350295773 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350295780 • £65.00 / $90.00
ePub 9781350295797 • £19.79 / $26.99
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Designing the Domestic Posthuman
Colbey Emmerson Reid, Columbia College Chicago, USA & Dennis M. Weiss, York College of Pennsylvania, USA
By focusing on the neglected intersection of posthumanism and the home from a feminist, care-oriented perspective, this book recovers a plethora of overlooked, sophisticated human-technology mediations and challenges dominant, contemporary visions of future humanity. Chapters explore a range of familiar domestic objects, spaces and practices, revivifying the home as a site of species transformation and highlighting a range of mediated materialisms and embodiments affiliated with domestic space. This book widens the lens of critical focus in posthumanism, feminist philosophy and design and presents an alternative, inclusive design framework for the future.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 208 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350566798 • £24.99 / $34.95
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ePub 9781350301214 • £67.50 / $91.79
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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Studio Properties
A field guide to design
education
Derek Jones, Open University, UK, Elizabeth Boling, Indiana University, USA, James Benedict Brown, Umeå University, Sweden, James Corazzo, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, USA & Nicole Lotz, Open University, UK
This open access book examines the essential properties of the studio within the complex landscape of design education as a place for experimentation and development. Brought together by a team of experts in design pedagogy, Studio Properties is both a tool for education and an inspiration for developing teaching and learning techniques in the studio setting. Motivated by the absence of a comprehensive text on studio pedagogy, this guide is aimed at both those teaching within a studio setting and those interested in the scholarship of design education.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Open University.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 344 pages • 60 colour illus
PB 9781350407503 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350407497 • £75.00 / $100.00
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Making Data
Materializing Digital Information
Edited by Ian Gwilt, University of South Australia, Australia
Delivering on the importance and likely future prevalence of physical representations of data, Making Data is an innovative and engaging study. For many outside of the scientific community, big data and the forms it takes, such as statistical lists, spreadsheets and graphs, often seem abstract and unintelligible. This book explores the creative methods, processes, theories and cultural histories of making physical representations of information and proposes that the making of data into physical objects is the next important development in the data visualization phenomenon.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 280 pages • 33 bw illus
PB 9781350568204 £24.99 / $34.95
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Fashioning Japanese Subcultures
Decentralization and Diversification as Neotribes
Yuniya Kawamura, Fashion Institute of Technology, USA
Fashioning Japanese Subcultures gives unique insight into how and why subcultures evolve and what they mean to their members. This second edition features three new chapters on the global impact of anime, manga and cosplay, global youth subcultures in cyberspace and social media, and neofeminist and cyber feminist frameworks. It also features new fieldwork across Tokyo, New York and social media platforms, updated coverage of Euro-American perspectives in light of advancements in postcolonial theory, and new methodological sections on cyberethnography and auto ethnography.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 256 pages • 75 color illus
PB 9781350436626 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350436633 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350436657 • £22.49 / $31.04
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Fashion Fictions
Imagining Sustainable Worlds
Amy Twigger Holroyd, Nottingham Trent University, UK
This open access book presents a kaleidoscope of crowdsourced responses to an open-ended prompt that asked participants to dream up a new fashion system, exploring the common themes and issues that arose in the myriad of responses received. Bridging the gap between fiction and reality, this imaginative project brings something entirely new the study of fashion and sustainability. Each world differs immensely – in one, the fashion conscious use foliage to dress up for a night out while, in another, commercial trade in clothing is as unthinkable as trade in human organs. These imaginings are fleshed out by the book’s contributors, before being brought to life. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 304 pages 110 colour illus
PB 9781350435636 £21.99 / $29.95 HB 9781350435629 £65.00 / $90.00
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Fashion Communications between Italy and China
Unfolding a Sartorial Relationship
Gaoheng Zhang, University of British Columbia, Canada
Applying the lenses of communication, cultural and fashion studies, Gaoheng Zhang analyses the Chinese and Italian fashion systems, considering the competition and collaboration between these two countries and reflecting on global fashion systems more generally.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 192 pages • 12 bw illus.
HB 9781350544048 • £75.00 / $100.00
ePub 9781350544062 £67.50 / $91.79
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Antigender Fashion
The Possibilities of Gender-Fluid and Non-Binary Fashion Design
Judith Beyer, Formerly Massey University, New Zealand
Can gender-fluid fashion design influence the construction of contemporary masculinities and femininities – and can it be a catalyst for change?
In this rich examination, Judith Beyer develops a new theoretical framework for understanding how fashion can blur and challenge gender boundaries: antigender fashion. After tracing the history of gender-blurring fashion since the 19th century, case studies of four leading contemporary fashion brands situate antigender fashion in a rich theoretical landscape – and illuminate exciting new critical directions for students and researchers.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
UK May 2025 • US May 2025 • 256 pages • 45 bw illus
PB 9781350466043 £24.99 / $34.95 HB 9781350466005 £75.00 / $100.00
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Luxury and the Senses
Past, Present, and Future
Edited by Yasmin K. Sekhon Dhillon, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK & Jo Norman
Tracing the relationship between luxury and the senses, this book looks at the history of luxury as a sensual experience. Bringing together leading international experts, it takes us from ancient Rome to modern California, exploring the importance of sensory triggers like scent, taste and texture to our experience of luxury. With case studies which range from whisky drinking to perfume making, the book examines the influence of luxury brands, and new possibilities opened by technology. Highlighting the emotional and sensuous aspects of creating and consuming luxury goods, this is essential reading for scholars of fashion, luxury studies, and brand management.
UK November 2025 • US November 2025 • 176 pages • 10 color and 12 bw illus
HB 9781350064218 • £85.00 / $115.00
ePub 9781350064232 • £76.50 / $103.94
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Queer and Trans Fashion Brands
Resistance and Revolution in the 21st Century
Kelly L. Reddy-Best, Iowa State University, USA
Queer and Trans Fashion Brands highlights the resilience, creativity, and cultural contributions of 25 fashion entrepreneurs, showing how they serve as agents of change, actively challenging heteronormative norms prevalent in the fashion industry. Kelly L. Reddy-Best draws upon an intersectional feminist framework to offer a nuanced examination of the production, distribution, regulation, and consumption of the products and media associated with these brands and their collective impact on the fashion industry.
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 224 pages • 50 color illus
PB 9781350465879 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350465886 • £75.00 / $100.00
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Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World
A Comparative History of Aromatics, Cosmetics and Adornment, from the Mediterranean to the China Seas Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian, Independent
This richly illustrated book provides a history of luxury items from the Neolithic period to late Antiquity. The material culture of Egyptian and Mesopotamian cosmetics are discussed first, along with the vast region between the Nile and the Indus, with the Iranian plateau at its core. Through the latter, the book ventures westwards to the Greco-Roman world and eastwards to the Indian subcontinent and China. The differing focus of each chapter gives a fuller picture of the global role of aromatics, cosmetics and jewellery within a broader civilizational framework that includes discoveries that have come to light in the last six decades.
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Her World, Women and Fashion in Singapore 1974-1989
Accidental Career Girl to Working Mother of the Year
Nadya Wang, LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore, Singapore Between 1974 and 1989, significant changes were taking place in the lives of Singaporean women and in their local fashion industry. Nadya Wang explores how these shifts were not only reflected in but actively influenced by popular Singapore women's magazine Her World. Analyzing fragments of this publication, as well as other archival material and oral history interviews, the author advocates for a new and decentred understanding of the evolution of the Singapore woman and the Singapore fashion industry.
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Canadian Fashion Economies
A Select History of Fashion Culture, Commerce, and Colonization
Mark Joseph O'Connell, Seneca College, Toronto, Canada
A rich and vital re-examination of Canadian cultural and commercial history told through key fashion objects from First Nations, colonial settler, and contemporary Canadian culture. Where many traditional fashion histories ignore sophisticated pre-colonial networks, First Nation innovations and techniques, and their contributions to colonial dress, O’Connell’s vivid object-based research equips readers with a framework for more nuanced and inclusive histories of Canadian fashion.
UK October 2025 • US October 2025 • 248 pages • 20 bw illus
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Marketing Fashion
A Cross-Cultural Perspective - with STUDIO
Joseph H. Hancock II, Drexel University, USA, Penny Gill, Richard Petrizzi & Patricia Mink Rath Marketing Fashion: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Second Edition presents marketing theories and practices as they specifically relate to apparel, home goods, and other design-driven products. This includes topics such as: Research, Relationships and Branding, Products; Prices and Distribution; Sales, Promotion, and Communications; and Careers. A brand-new appendix on Careers helps students better identify potential jobs in the ever-evolving division of marketing. This book explores in depth contemporary issues such as technology, social media, virtual reality, social responsibility and ethics, ecological production, and considers effective strategies for various economic climates.
UK November 2025 US September 2025 400 pages 250 colour illus
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Apparel Production Terms and Processes
Janace E. Bubonia, Texas Christian University, USA
Apparel Production Terms and Processes, Third Edition defines materials and terms relating to global mass production of raw materials, design and development, garment details and component parts, sizing and fit, patternmaking tools methods and computer technology, pre-production operations, assembly, production and manufacturing, labeling regulations, testing and quality control, inspection, finishing, and packaging. Chapters follow the product from concept to completion. Each chapter opens with a brief introduction followed by terms that are listed alphabetically, terms are grouped according to subject by use or application. This edition expands the global perspective, integrates recent advances in technology, and focuses on sustainability.
UK June 2025 US April 2025 504 pages 1,110 colour illus
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The Stained and Bloodied Cloths of Ireland
A Material Culture View of Irish Shame, Oppression, Morality and Repression
Edited by Catherine Harper, British University in Egypt
This collection of specially commissioned essays tells the stories of cloth, textiles and materials that have been actually or symbolically stained by blood or other body fluids in Ireland’s last 100 years – since partial independence from Britain. By focusing on their role in experiences of shame, oppression, morality and repression that have been instrumental in forming Irish culture, the book ‘lances the boil’ of Irish social history, celebrating the movement of Ireland into post-Church, post-conflict, post-nostalgia modernity that, while a painful transition, is a vital part of a country coming to terms with its past and looking to its future.
UK December 2025
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How Textile Communicates From Codes to Cosmotechnics
Ganaele Langlois, York University, Canada
Textile is a medium of communication that predates even the alphabet. In this pioneering crossover of textile and communication studies, Ganaele Langlois draws on global historical case studies to explore the communicative capacity of textile before shedding light on its more recent appropriation by industrial, capitalist and colonial systems.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 222 pages • 42 bw illus.
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The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Furniture in Antiquity
Edited by Dimitra Andrianou, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
Covering the period from 2500 BCE to the Byzantine Era, this volume focuses on the social history of furniture found in houses, tombs and temples as narrated through the archaeological evidence. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
UK December 2025 US December 2025 296 pages 40 colour and 41 bw illus
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A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Exploration
Edited by Elizabeth A. Carroll, San Jose State University, USA & Christina M. Anderson, SELCS-CMII, University College London, UK
This volume explores the 16th and 17th century transformation of Europe and how this transformation was reflected in the furniture that populated interiors in both public and private spaces. Furniture displayed new designs, forms and materials and in its uses, it mirrored developments in science, technology, government and social relationships. Drawing upon both visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays on key characteristics of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
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A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Empire and Industry
Edited by Catherine L. Futter, Brooklyn Museum, New York City, USA & Christina M. Anderson, SELCS-CMII, University College London, UK
The 19th century in Western culture was a time of both confidence and turbulence. The impacts of empire and industry were reflected in the proliferation of types of furniture, along with their categorization as 'industrial art' at the international exhibitions and world fairs and the increasingly adventurous range of materials that were sometimes used in their construction. Drawing upon both visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 336 pages • 43 colour and 41 bw illus
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A Cultural History of Furniture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Edited by Erin J. Campbell, University of Victoria, Canada & Stephanie Miller, Coastal Carolina University, USA
This volume explores how furniture contributed to the social fabric in the period from the fall of the Roman Empire to the early Renaissance, a period which exhibited a wide array of types and styles, including Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance. Drawing upon both visual and textual sources, it presents essays on key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 304 pages • 32 colour and 57 bw illus
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A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Sylvain Cordier, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA, Christina M. Anderson, SELCSCMII, University College London, UK, Laura Houliston, Former Senior Curator, English Heritage, UK
This volume examines furniture in the 18th century, at the height of court culture in Europe, prompting ever-higher standards of luxury in designs, techniques and materials and more structure and specialization in the furniture-making process itself. Furniture came into its own during this period as a collectable work of art on its own merits. Drawing upon both visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 296 pages • 30 colour and 30 bw illus
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A Cultural History of Furniture in the Modern Age
Edited by Claire I. R. O'Mahony, University of Oxford, UK
This volume explores how the production, consumption, and mediation of furniture reveal shifting cultural habits and histories in the modern era. Drawing upon both visual and textual sources, the volume presents key cultural case studies of furniture on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 296 pages • 32 colour and 28 bw illus
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Exhibition as Interior, Interior as Exhibition
Spaces of Display within and beyond the
Museum and Gallery
Edited by Penny Sparke, Kingston University, UK, Jana Scholze, Kingston University, UK, Pat Kirkham, Kingston University, UK, Ersi Ioannidou, Kingston University, UK, Fiona Fisher, Kingston University, UK & Patricia Lara-Betancourt, Kingston University, UK
This book moves the focus of exhibitions beyond their narratives, instead exploring their design as constructed interiors. Through a diverse range of case studies - spanning from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the former USSR, Croatia, Austria and New Zealand - each chapter draws on a constructed exhibition space to examine the conceptual ideas underpinning its significance. With its thought-provoking content and global scope, this book offers valuable insights for scholars and practitioners alike.
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Digital Drawing for Designers
A Visual Guide to AutoCAD 2025
Douglas R. Seidler, Marymount University, USA
AutoCAD continues to dominate the twodimensional drafting marketplace for architects and interior designers. Digital Drawing for Designers: A Visual Guide to AutoCAD 2025 is designed to help this community by using visual methods to lead to understanding. Starting with the building blocks of drawing, the book progresses through architectural graphic standards, enabling students to create presentation and construction drawings that effectively communicate their design ideas. Advanced features such as annotative dimensions, annotative blocks, express tools, and linking drawings (XREFs). Instructions are illustrated using language and concepts from manual drafting, facilitating a smooth transition to the digital environment for all designers, and showing how your paper idea becomes a digital reality. Clear, concise, and above all visual, this guide gives you what you need to become a pro in AutoCAD.
UK January 2025 • US December 2024 • 280 pages • 450 bw illus
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Fairchild Books
Space Planning for Healthcare Design
Daejin Kim, Iowa State University, Dak Kopec, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA & Jennifer Buergermeister
Healthcare is an evolving specialty in interior design. Space Planning for Healthcare Design examines traditional and emerging clinical health settings, focusing on a holistic approach to designing areas common to hospitals, clinics, and out-patient facilities for different users including patients, healthcare staff, and care givers through unique space planning requirements. Case studies based on industry examples throughout the text highlight an evidence-based design process. Each chapter guides student learning with study tools, including learning objectives, key terms, chapter summaries. Additionally, tables, charts, graphs, floor plans and images are used throughout to support concepts and ideas presented in the text.
UK May 2025 • US March 2025 • 248 pages • 100 bw illus
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Fairchild Books
Design Portfolios
Presentation and Marketing for Interior Designers
Diane Bender, Arizona State University, USA
Design Portfolios: Presentation and Marketing for Interior Designers, Fourth Edition is a crucial resource for students of interior design, architecture, and landscape design looking to master the art of standing out in an evolving job market. It gives readers insight into aspects of portfolio development that often feel ambiguous. Reflecting contemporary portfolio practices, the book spans the basics of selecting and organizing portfolio materials through the final presentation of the work using a variety of print and digital formats. Readers will learn how to create a collection of design work but a unique marketing tool for a successful design career.
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Photoshop® for Interior Designers
A Nonverbal Communication
Suining Ding
Photoshop for Interior Designers, Second Edition introduces step-by-step techniques for interior designers to successfully use Adobe Photoshop to visually communicate their design concept through graphic images and to illustrate design ideas through a visual thinking process. Instructions show how to integrate hand drawings and freehand sketches into digital drawings. Basic and advanced techniques presented include creating floor plans and elevations, preparing perspectives or isometric drawings, and applying materials, lightings, background and entourages for interior design presentations. Taking a multi-media approach, the text demonstrates how to use Photoshop to refine and modify drawings created in Google Sketchup, AutoCAD, Revit Architecture, and other 3D software programs, and introduces how to use InDesign to seamlessly create graphic layouts for presentation to clients.
UK December 2025 • US October 2025 • 424 pages • 460 colour illus
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The Cultural Histories Series
Each multi-volume set in the critically-acclaimed Cultural Histories series looks in depth at a subject through the lens of six historical periods, broadly:
Antiquity | The Medieval Age | The Early Modern Age |17th & 18th Centuries | 19th Century | The Modern Age Each volume covers the same topics so readers can either dive deeply into a particular era or follow a theme across history. Sets are available first in print for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, and subsequently added to Bloomsbury Cultural History online as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www. bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
A Cultural History of Translation
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Lieven D’hulst, KU Leuven, Belgium
How has our relationship with translation changed for different cultures over the centuries? What effect has it had on politics, art and religion?
In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious questions are addressed by 143 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. With the help of a broad range of examples, they illustrate broad trends and nuances of the culture of translation in Western culture from antiquity to the present.
Themes (and chapter titles) are: translators; global views; geographies; knowledges; literature; other cultural practices; sciences; media and intermediality.
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1,700pp. Each volume opens with notes on contributors and an introduction and concludes with notes, bibliography, and an index. Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £395 / $550 (full price: £440 / $610)
HB Pack 9781350171800 £395 / $550
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A Cultural History of Gender
Volumes 1-6
Edited by Susan Broomhall, University of Western Australia, Australia
How has ‘gender’ been created, understood and experienced in different cultures over the centuries? How have differently gendered people interacted with community, economy and power?
In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious questions are addressed by 62 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. With a focus going beyond western assumptions about categories of the self, this set seeks to recognize the wide diversity of approaches to human identity and behaviors around the world from early civilization to the present.
Themes (and chapter titles) are: philosophy and science; the medical body; politics, law and military conflict; environment; economics and labour forms; visual arts and architecture; literature and the dramatic arts; belief and religion; the individual, family and community. The page extent for the pack is approximately 1,600pp. Each volume opens with notes on contributors and an introduction and concludes with notes, bibliography, and an index.
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UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 6 vols • c.1,600 pp •
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Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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Bloomsbury Applied Linguistics Research Issues and Methods
Edited by Alessandro G. Benati, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Leading international experts and rising stars present a state-of-the-art overview of the key research concerns and methodologies within the field of applied linguistics. In 5 volumes focusing on multilingualism, language policy and management, second language acquisition, language teaching and pedagogy, and language assessment, each chapter considers a key research topic, providing an overview of how the area has developed and detailing the most important research methodologies.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £595/$804 (full price £660/$890)
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 5 vols • 1,808 pp HB Pack • 9781350213586 £595 / $804
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The Making of Modern Atlantic Monarchies 1770 to the Present Day
Edited by Carolina Armenteros, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic and Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK, Matthijs Lok, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Iason Zarikos, EKKE Centre for Social Research, Greece
This two-volume study sees contributors from the UK, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Singapore and ten countries from across mainland Europe analyse how monarchy has been theorized and implemented in the Atlantic world from the birth of conservatism during the French Revolution to the present day.
Using monarchy as a lens, it also provides an original exploration of how conservatism, often branded as reactive, can be viewed as a continual response to, and reinterpretation of, pivotal social and political events over the longue durée. 33 chapters are included covering over 20 nations across the Atlantic world as well as parts of Asia.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): £180 / $245 (full price £200/$270)
UK December 2025 • US December 2025 • 2 vols • 640 pp
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