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A Cold War Escape

Stejarel Olaru Translated by Alistair Ian Blyth Drawing on secret police archive pages, secret service intelligence documents, and wiretap recordings, this book tells the compelling story of Nadia Comaneci’s life and career as a child prodigy and legendary gymnast using insights from the communist dictatorship which monitored her� It explores Nadia’s complex relationship with her sometimes abusive coaches, her mental struggles and 1978 suicide attempt, and her remarkable resurgence to Olympic gold in 1980� Olaru considers the impact of Nadia’s withdrawal from international activity and reflects on burning questions surrounding the defection to the United States that she successfully undertook in November 1989�

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 368 pages • 7 bw illus HB 9781350321298 • £25�00 / $35�00 ePub 9781350321311 • £22�50 / $31�59 ePdf 9781350321304 • £22�50 / $31�59 Bloomsbury Academic World English

19th-Century Hungarian Political Thought and Culture

Towards Settlement with Austria, 1790-1867

Edited by Ferenc Hörcher, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Beginning with an overview of 19th-century Hungary in a European context, this book explores the fundamental characteristics of the country’s political system and its geopolitical background at this time. The contributors reflect on the stories of some of the most influential voices, as well as their networks, impacts and legacies� Through this, the book offers novel insights into how Western political culture was perceived and adapted in a country long considered by many to belong to the European periphery�

UK July 2023 • US July 2023 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350202917 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350202931 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350202924 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Dismembered Policing in Postwar Berlin

The Limits of Four-Power Government

Mark Fenemore, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Assessing the impact of Germany’s defeat on the policing of Berlin, this book addresses the reconstruction of the police force as a crucial component of fourpower government� Fenemore discusses how each occupation government sought to act as an advertisement for its country’s respective cultural values, mores and system of governance� As an international, multi-archival study, the book draws on evidence in French and German as well as in English� Using law enforcement as a lens, it examines issues like mass rape, the black market, interracial sex and political violence�

UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 272 pages HB 9781350334168 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350334199 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350334182 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

A Short History of the Byzantine Empire

Revised Edition

Dionysios Stathakopoulos, King's College London, UK Stathakopoulos focuses on the Byzantine Empire’s political, social, economic and cultural history, providing a critical synthesis of cutting-edge scholarship� Authoritatively written and meticulously researched, this is the perfect companion for undergraduate students and scholars studying the Byzantine Empire as it conveys the complexities of Byzantine history in a solid and accessible way�

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 224 pages PB 9781350233416 • £14�99 / $19�95 • HB 9781350233409 • £45�00 / $61�00 ePub 9781350233430 • £13�49 / $19�22 ePdf 9781350233423 • £13�49 / $19�22 Series: Short Histories • Bloomsbury Academic

Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the Quest for Homogeneity in Interwar Europe

Edited by Emmanuel Dalle Mulle, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland, Davide Rodogno, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland & Mona Bieling, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland Interwar European majority-minority questions have been predominantly discussed in the context of the East until now� This volume challenges that geographical emphasis by examining both Eastern and Western European experiences� It thus lays the foundation for a new comparative international history of the relations between national majorities and minorities in Europe after the Great War. Building on the assumption that nationalist conflicts are based on the dynamic interaction of multiple actors, this book brings together different perspectives and methodological approaches (political, social and transnational) to provide a comprehensive account of minority questions between the two World Wars�

UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 336 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350263383 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350263406 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350263390 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Lakes and Empires in Macedonian History

Contesting the Waters

James Pettifer, University of Oxford, UK & Miranda Vickers, Independent Scholar, UK Drawing from oral testimonies, this book tells the story of the Psarades, a lakeside village in Macedonian Greece� In exploring its roots and confronting questions of national identity, international borders and movement of people, James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers skilfully uncover the wider social, cultural and political history of this lake region� The result is a nuanced and sophisticated transnational account of Macedonia from prehistory to the 21st century which will be essential reading for all Balkan scholars�

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 240 pages • 12 bw illus PB 9781350226173 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350226135 ePub 9781350226159 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350226142 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Legacies of the Portuguese Colonial Empire

Nationalism, Popular Culture and Citizenship

Edited by Nuno Domingos, University of Lisbon, Portugal & Elsa Peralta, University of Lisbon, Portugal Decolonization represented the end of colonial rule, but did not eradicate imperial and colonial categories and mythologies� Situated in the wider context of European colonial legacies, this book looks at the legacies of the Portuguese empire in today’s Portugal� Using an interdisciplinary agenda, with contributions from experts in the fields of history, anthropology, literature, and sociology, the several case studies included in the volume look at commemorative practices that feed on imperial mythologies, old colonial and racial classifications that condition citizenship rights, and post-imperial modes of culture consumption�

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 304 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781350289772 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350289802 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350289796 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Franco's Famine

Malnutrition, Disease and Starvation in Post-Civil War Spain

Edited by Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco, University of Granada, Spain & Peter Anderson, University of Leeds, UK At least 200,000 people died from hunger or malnutrition-related diseases in Spain during the 1940s� This book provides a political explanation for the famine and brings together a broad range of academics based in Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia to achieve this� Topics include the political causes of the famine, the physical and social consequences, the ways Spaniards tried to survive, the regime’s reluctance to accept international relief, the politics of cooking at a time of famine, and the memory of the famine�

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 280 pages PB 9781350268340 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350174641 ePub 9781350174665 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350174658 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Making Fascism in Sweden and the Netherlands

Myth-Creation and Respectability, 1931-40

Nathaniël D. B. Kunkeler, University of Cambridge, UK Making Fascism in Sweden and the Netherlands is the first in-depth analysis of Swedish and Dutch fascism in the English language� Drawing on a wealth of archival material and focusing on two peripheral fascist movements (the Swedish National Socialist Workers’ Party and the Dutch National Movement), this sophisticated study de-centres contemporary fascism studies by showing how smaller movements gained a political foothold in liberal, democratic regimes and shining a spotlight on the movement’s performative process�

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 288 pages • 12 bw illus PB 9781350192416 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350192331 ePub 9781350192355 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350192348 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Sites of Violence and Memory in Modern Spain

From the Spanish Civil War to the Present Day

Edited by Antonio Míguez Macho, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Centred around places of violence such as concentration camps and military courts, Antonio Míguez Macho and his team of expert scholars explore the connections between violence and memory in modern Spain� Most importantly for a nation with an uncomfortable relationship with its own past, Sites of Violence and Memory in Modern Spain shines an important spotlight on how and why sites of violence also became sites of forgetting�

UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 232 pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781350199248 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350199200 ePub 9781350199224 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350199217 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Power and Ceremony in European History

Rituals, Practices and Representative Bodies since the Late Middle Ages

Edited by Anna Kalinowska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland & Jonathan Spangler, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK From oaths and hand-kissing to coronations and baptisms, Power and Ceremony in European History considers the governing practices, courtly rituals, and expressions of power prevalent in Europe and the Ottoman empire from the medieval to modern era, showing how such performances were integral to the evolution of the state� This book is of immense value to both historians and art historians interested in representations of power and the political climate of Europe from 1450 onwards�

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 288 pages • 26 bw illus PB 9781350268869 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350152182 ePub 9781350152205 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350152199 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: Cultures of Early Modern Europe • Bloomsbury Academic