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A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity
Edited by Robin Osborne, University of Cambridge, UK A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and buildings to furniture and fashion� Many of our current attitudes to the world of things are shaped by ideas forged in classical antiquity� We now understand that we do not merely do things to objects, they do things to us� Reinterpreting objects in Greece and Rome casts new light on our understanding of ourselves and turns the ancient world upside down�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 280 pages • 35 b/w HB 9781474298650 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350226616 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350226609 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age
Edited by Julie Lund, University of Oslo, Norway & Sarah Semple, Durham University, UK A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400, examining the creation, use and understanding of human-made objects and their consequences and impacts� The power and agency of objects significantly evolved over this time. Exploring objects and artefacts within art, technology, and everyday life, the volume challenges our understanding of both life worlds and object worlds in medieval society�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 296 pages • 47 b/w HB 9781474298681 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350226630 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350226623 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance
Edited by James Symonds, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600� The Renaissance was a cultural movement, a time of re-awakening when classical knowledge was rediscovered, leading to an efflorescence in philosophy, art, and literature. The period fostered an emerging sense of individualism across European cultures� This sense was expressed through a fascination with materiality and the natural world, and a growing attachment to things�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 296 pages • 47 b/w HB 9781474298735 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350226647 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350226654 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Carolyn White A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Industry covers the period 1760 to 1900, a time of dramatic change in the material world as objects shifted from the handmade to the machine-made� The revolution in making, and in consuming the things which were made, impacted on lives at every scale – from body to home to workplace to city to nation� Beyond the explosion in technology, scientific knowledge, manufacturing, trade, and museums, changes in class structure, politics, ideology, and morality all acted to transform the world of objects�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 224 pages • 50 b/w HB 9781474298797 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350226708 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350226692 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Audrey Horning, Queen’s University Belfast, UK A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1600 to 1760, a time marked by the movement of people, ideas and goods� Particular objects encapsulate the contradictory impulses of the age – from scientific instrumentation and Baroque paintings to slave ships and shackles� The entwined forces of capitalism and colonialism created new patterns of consumption, facilitated by innovations in maritime transport, new forms of exchange relations, and the exploitation of non-Western peoples and lands� The world of objects in the Enlightenment reveal a Western material culture profoundly shaped by global encounters�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 256 pages • 47 b/w HB 9781474298780 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350226678 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350226661 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age
Edited by Laurie Wilkie, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, USA & John Chenoweth, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA A Cultural History of Objects in the Modern Age covers the period 1900 to today, a time marked by massive global changes in production, transportation, and information-sharing in a post-colonial world� New materials and inventions – from plastics to the digital to biotechnology – have created unprecedented scales of disruption, shifting and blurring the categories and meanings of the object� If the 20th Century demonstrated that humans can be treated like things whilst things can become ever more human, where will the 21st Century take us?
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 280 pages • 43 b/w HB 9781474298803 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350226715 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350226722 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity
Edited by Paul Christesen, Dartmouth College, USA & Charles H. Stocking, Western University, Canada From the founding of the Olympics and Rome’s celebratory games, sport permeated the cultural life of Greco-Roman antiquity� Gymnasiums, monumental arenas, and circuses for chariot racing were constructed, and athletic contests proliferated� Sports-themed household objects were popular, whilst the exploits of individual athletes and gladiators were celebrated in poetry and sculpture� This rich sporting culture attests to the importance of leisure among the middle and upper classes of antiquity� But rising costs, barbarian invasions, and Christianity would sweep it all away� A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 272 pages • 34 b/w illus HB 9781350023963 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350282964 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350282957 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance
Edited by Alessandro Arcangeli, University of Verona, Italy Shaped by new scientific thinking, sport was incorporated into the educational curriculum of the Renaissance and became the object of intellectual analysis. Texts proliferated on the medical benefits of sport and on the best way to joust, fence, ride, play ball games, swim, practice archery, wrestle, or become an acrobat� Sport became the visible sign of the mind’s control over the physical body, such control and decorum often becoming an end in itself� A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance covers the period 1450 to 1650�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 256 pages • 46 b/w illus HB 9781350023987 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350283039 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350283046 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age
Edited by Noel Fallows, University of Georgia, USA A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age covers the period 600 to 1450� Lacking any viable ancient models, sport evolved into two distinct forms, divided by class� Male and female aristocrats hunted and knights engaged in jousting and tournaments, transforming increasingly outdated modes of warfare into brilliant spectacle� Meanwhile, simpler sports provided recreational distraction from the dangerously unsettled conditions of everyday life� Running, jumping, wrestling, and many ball games - soccer, cricket, baseball, golf, and tennis – had their often violent beginnings in this period�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 288 pages • 47 b/w illus HB 9781350023970 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350283015 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350283022 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Rebekka von Mallinckrodt, University of Bremen, Germany A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800, a period often seen as a time of decline in sporting practice and literature� In fact, a rich sporting culture existed and sports were practised by both men and women at all levels of society� The Enlightenment called into question many of the earlier notions of religion, gender, and rank which had previously shaped sporting activities and also initiated the commercialization, professionalization and associativity which were to define modern sport�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 256 pages • 47 b/w illustrations HB 9781350023994 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350283053 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350283060 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Mike Huggins, University of Cumbria, UK A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920 – a period of cultural and political tensions� The changing roles of women, social class, ethnicity and race, imperial relationships, nation-building, and amateur and professional approaches all shaped sport� New sports were invented and team games were regulated, institutionalized, commercialized, and professionalized� Sport became increasingly global� At the same time, increasing urbanization, population, wages, and leisure time drove demand for sport ever higher�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 280 pages • 49 b/w illus HB 9781350024045 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350283084 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350283077 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age
Edited by Steven A. Riess, Northeastern Illinois University, USA A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to today� Over this time, world-wide participation in sport has been shaped by economic developments, communication and transportation innovations, declining racism, diplomacy, political ideologies, feminization, democratization, as well as increasing professionalization and commercialization� Sport has now become both a global cultural force and one of the deepest ways in which individual nations express their myths, beliefs, values, traditions and realities�
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 288 pages • 43 b/w illus HB 9781350024052 • £75�00 / $110�00 ePub 9781350283107 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350283091 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Marriage in Antiquity
Edited by Karen Klaiber Hersch, Temple University, USA Marriage is often defined as a union between consenting adults that lasts a lifetime� But is marriage a blessing, or curse? This volume shows that the people of the ancient Mediterranean were divided on such questions, and reveal ancient Greek and Roman opinions on marriage were as varied and complex as today� A Cultural History of Marriage in Antiquity presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage�
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 216 pages • 37 Bw illus PB 9781350355583 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781350001800 ePub 9781350179646 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350179653 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Joanne M. Ferraro, San Diego State University, USA Why marry? The personal question is timeless� Yet the highly emotional desires of men and women during the period between 1450 and 1650 were also circumscribed by external forces that operated within a complex arena of sweeping economic, demographic, political, and religious changes, as this volume explores� A Cultural History of Marriage in the Renaissance and Early Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage�
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 232 pages • 51 bw illus PB 9781350355637 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781350001831 ePub 9781350103191 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350103184 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Paul Puschmann, Radboud University, the Netherlands This volume looks at how marriage was a key life course transition during the age of empires (1800–1900), and rite of passage with major cultural significance. While in some ways the institution of marriage became threatened – for instance through rising divorce rates in Western societies – in others it became more anchored than ever before� A Cultural History of Marriage in the Age of Empires presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; Family Economy; Love and Sex; Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage�
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 256 pages • 51 bw illus PB 9781350355651 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781350001893 ePub 9781350179745 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350179752 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Joanne M. Ferraro, San Diego State University, USA & Frederik Pedersen, University of Aberdeen, UK This volume traces the medieval discussion of marriage in practice, law, theology and iconography� It provides an examination of the wider political and economic context of marriage and offers an overview of the ebb and flow of society’s ideas about how expressions of human sexuality fit within the confines of a clearly defined social structure and ideology. A Cultural History of Marriage in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage�
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 240 pages • 43 bw illus PB 9781350355613 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781350001824 ePub 9781350179714 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350179721 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Edward Behrend-Martínez, Appalachian State University, USA A Cultural History of Marriage in the Age of Enlightenment explores the ways that new ideas, cultural ideals, and economic changes, big and small, reshaped matrimony into the institution that it is today, allowing love to become the ultimate essential ingredient for modern marriages� The volume presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage�
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 192 pages • 31 bw illus PB 9781350355644 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781350001886 ePub 9781350103214 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350103207 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Marriage in the Modern Age
Edited by Christina Simmons, University of Windsor, Canada Spanning cultures across the 20th century, this volume explores how marriage, especially in the West, was disestablished as the primary institution organizing social life� A Cultural History of Marriage in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage�
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 232 pages • 42 bw illus PB 9781350355668 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781350001909 ePub 9781350179776 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350179783 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Law in Antiquity
Edited by Julen Etxabe, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada From the Code of Hammurabi (ca� 1750 BCE) to Justinian’s Corpus Iuris Civilis (529-534 CE), this volume draws upon legal texts and nontextual forms (such as vase-painting, sculpture, and architecture) to uncover the diverse and rich legal traditions of societies ranging from the Ancient Near Eastern cities of Assyria and Babylon in Mesopotamia to the Ancient Israelites, and from Ancient Greece to Rome of the Archaic and Classical Periods� With a wealth of textual and visual sources, it presents key cultural case studies on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 216 pages • 44 bw illus PB 9781350368262 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474212298 ePub 9781350079243 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350079236 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Law in the Early Modern Age
Edited by Peter Goodrich, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, USA Opened up by the revival of Classical thought but riven by the violence of the Reformation and Counter Reformation, the terrain of Early Modern law was constantly shifting� This volume explores the war of jurisdictions and the emergence of national legal traditions in continental Europe and in Britannia� Drawing upon a wealth of textual and visual sources, this volume presents key cultural case studies on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 280 pages • 46 bw illus PB 9781350368675 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474212649 ePub 9781350079304 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350079298 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Reform
Edited by Ian Ward, Newcastle University, UK The Age of Reform is synonymous with innovation and change but this period was also deeply conservative and cautious - alongside Great Exhibitions and Great Reform Acts came systemized police forces, courts and prisons� This volume focuses on human stories caught between legal formality and social reform: a newly uniformed police, criminal mugshots, judge and jury, child labor, and neighborliness in the crowded urban landscapes of Europe and the United States� Drawing upon both visual and textual sources, it presents key studies on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 208 pages • 38 bw illus PB 9781350368699 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474212748 ePub 9781350079328 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350079311 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Law in the Middle Ages
Edited by Emanuele Conte, Roma Tre University, Italy & Laurent Mayali, University of California, Berkeley, USA In 500, the legal order in Europe was structured around ancient customs, social practices and feudal values� By 1500, the effects of demographic change, new methods of farming and economic expansion had transformed the social and political landscape and had wrought radical change upon legal practices and systems throughout Western Europe� This volume explores this change and the encounters between Christianity and Roman legal thought which shaped the period� Drawing upon both textual and visual sources, this volume presents key case studies on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 184 pages • 34 bw illus PB 9781350368330 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474212533 ePub 9781350079281 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350079274 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK & John Snape, Warwick Law School, University of Warwick, UK The Enlightenment was marked by innovation in political, cultural, religious, and educational ideas and many viewed Britain as an exemplar of a state governed by moderate laws under a moderate constitution� This work explores the place of law in a range of creative and artistic media, all of which flourished in a commercial society with law at its center and enlightenment as its aim� Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents key cultural case studies on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 216 pages • 37 bw illus PB 9781350368682 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474212656 ePub 9781350079250 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350079267 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Law in the Modern Age
Edited by Richard K. Sherwin, New York University Law School, USA & Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney, Australia The period since the First World War has been distinguished by the loss of any unitary foundation for truth, ethics, and the legitimate authority of law� With the emergence of radical pluralism, law has become a site of creativity, a source of rights for those historically excluded from its protection, and a mechanism for confronting state authority and corporate power� Drawing upon a wealth of visual, textual and sound sources, this volume presents key cultural case studies on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 248 pages • 38 bw illus PB 9781350368705 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474212779 ePub 9781350079342 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350079335 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Money in Antiquity
Edited by Stefan Krmnicek, University of Tuebingen, Germany The modern, Western concept of money began with the electrum coins that were produced in Asia Minor in the seventh century BCE� The introduction of coinage prompted momentous economic, political, and social developments: long-distance trade, wealth creation, and the financing of military and political power. It became a marker of identity and became embedded in religious practice and superstition. The problems of money also emerged: inflation, monetary instability, and the breakup of monetary unions� This volume examines key case studies on money covering technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 216 pages • 48 bw illus PB 9781350363816 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474237024 ePub 9781350253469 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350253384 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Money in the Renaissance
Edited by Stephen Deng, Michigan State University, USA Money during the Renaissance meant coinage and local credit systems� These monetary forms shaped ideas on monetary value, the economic, political, religious, and aesthetic uses of coinage, and the moral implications of usury and credit systems� There was a growing awareness that individuals, up to and including the monarch, were powerless to overcome the market forces that determined value and directed the movement of goods and money� This volume examines key cultural case studies on money in the early modern period covering technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 216 pages • 40 bw illus PB 9781350365483 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474237093 ePub 9781350253506 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350253490 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Money in the Medieval Age
Edited by Rory Naismith, University of Cambridge, UK Money in its many forms - coin, metal, commodity, and concept - played a central role in shaping the character of medieval society� Money had economic, institutional, social, and cultural dimensions which developed the legacy of antiquity and set the scene for modern developments including the rise of capitalism and finance and a moralized discourse on the proper and improper uses of money� This volume examines key cultural case studies on money in the medieval age covering technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 232 pages • 47 bw illus PB 9781350363946 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474237109 ePub 9781350253483 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350253476 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Christine Desan, Harvard University, USA The Enlightenment was a time of monetary turmoil and transformation in Europe with new ideas about human agency and capacity to promote economic progress, efforts to reframe divinity in terms compatible with market exchange, new instruments of credit, and innovative institutions such as national banks and capital markets� These changes sparked debates on the sources of value, the morality of the market, and the very nature of money� This volume examines key cultural case studies on money in the period of the Enlightenment covering technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 256 pages • 46 bw illus PB 9781350365674 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474237079 ePub 9781350253513 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350253520 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Money in the Age of Empire
Edited by Federico Neiburg, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & Nigel Dodd, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK The nineteenth century was a time of intense monetization of social life: money became the only means of access to goods and services, especially in the new metropolises; new technologies and infrastructures emerged for saving and circulating money and for standardizing coinage; and paper currencies were created� Money became a central issue in politics, the arts, and sciences - and the modern discipline of economics was born� This volume examines key cultural case studies on money in the Age of Empire covering technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 208 pages • 24 bw illus PB 9781350365797 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474237406 ePub 9781350253537 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350253544 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
A Cultural History of Money in the Modern Age
Edited by Taylor C. Nelms, Filene Research Institute, USA & David Pedersen, University of California, San Diego, USA Bracketed by global financial crises and economic downturns, the modern age has been defined by debates about, and transformations of, money� The period witnessed the consolidation of national currencies and monetary policies as well as the diversification of payment technologies and the proliferation of financial instruments. And modern money has remained deeply unsettled into the 21st century� Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine cultural case studies of the period covering technologies, ideas, ritual and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the issues of the age�
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 280 pages • 63 bw illus PB 9781350366497 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474237116 ePub 9781350253551 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350253568 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Carlos F. Noreña, University of California Berkeley, USA A Cultural History of Western Empires presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity� With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject� This volume explores the cultural history of empire in antiquity, covering: War, Trade, Natural worlds, Labor, Mobility, Sexuality, Resistance and Race�
UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 296 pages • 45 bw illus PB 9781350358201 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474242585 ePub 9781350290334 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350290341 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Matthew Gabriele, Virginia Tech, USA A Cultural History of Western Empires provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity through six volumes� This volume explores the cultural history of western empires in the middle ages, from 800-1450 CE� Guiding the reader through eight thematic chapters; war, trade, natural worlds, labor, mobility, sexuality, resistance and race, it asks if there was such a thing as ‘medieval empire’ and explores how the culture and human experience of this era was ruled, shaped and redirected by imperial powers�
UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 288 pages • 48 bw illus PB 9781350358218 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474242592 ePub 9781350290365 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350290372 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania, USA A Cultural History of Western Empires provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity through six volumes� This volume explores the cultural history of western empires during the Renaissance through eight thematic chapters; war, trade, natural worlds, labor, mobility, sexuality, resistance and race� It explores the different ways in which the cultures of the Renaissance were shaped by imperial powers, and how Renaissance empires foreshadowed later imperial dynamics�
UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 296 pages • 45 bw illus PB 9781350358225 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474242608 ePub 9781350290273 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350290280 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Kirsten McKenzie, University of Sydney, Australia A Cultural History of Western Empires provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity through six volumes� This volume explores the cultural history of western empires during the ‘age of empire’, the long 19th century when western empires claimed more territory and global influence than ever before or since. It guides the reader through eight thematic chapters; war, trade, natural worlds, labor, mobility, sexuality, resistance and race�
UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 256 pages • 42 bw illus PB 9781350358256 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474242615 ePub 9781350290402 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350290419 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Ian Coller, La Trobe University, Australia A Cultural History of Western Empires provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity through six volumes� This volume explores the cultural history of western empires during the Enlightenment, a time when European thought was transformed, and the foundations of many fundamental structures of our modern world were laid� It guides the reader through eight thematic chapters; war, trade, natural worlds, labor, mobility, sexuality, resistance and race, exploring the cultural history of this age of empires, both old and new�
UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 256 pages • 48 bw illus PB 9781350358249 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474242622 ePub 9781350290389 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350290396 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
Edited by Patricia Lorcin, University of Minnesota, USA A Cultural History of Western Empires provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity through six volumes� This volume explores the cultural history of western empires in the modern age through eight thematic chapters; war, trade, natural worlds, labor, mobility, sexuality, resistance and race across eight chapters� Richly illustrated, it explores the cultural history of empire during the war-torn 20th century when European empires were undone and the United States rose to prominence�
UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 256 pages • 41 bw illus PB 9781350358263 • £25�99 / $35�95 Previously published in HB 9781474242639 ePub 9781350290426 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350290433 • £67�50 / $93�42 Series: The Cultural Histories Series • Bloomsbury Academic
