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Immigration and Exile ForeignLanguage Press in the UK and in the US

Connected Histories of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Edited by Bénédicte Deschamps, Paris Diderot University, France & Stéphanie Prévost, Paris Diderot University, France This wide-ranging edited volume brings together for the first time interdisciplinary case studies of the exile foreign-language press (in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Flemish, Polish, among other languages) across Britain and the US, establishing a useful comparative framework to explore how periodicals tackled key political, linguistic and literary issues from the 19th century to the present day. It offers fresh perspectives into the influence of these marginalised publications, and forms a major contribution to the burgeoning field of transnational periodicals.

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 384 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350107045 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350107069 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350107052 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Mercy and British Culture, 17601960

James Gregory, Plymouth University, UK Employing an innovative cultural-historical approach, James Gregory provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in modern Britain, spanning over two centuries� Split into 3 main parts, the first explores mercy's religious and philosophical aspects; the second, at the royal acts of mercy from the Hanoverian accession to Victoria's death; and the third, case studies of large-scale mobilization of mercy discourses in Britain, Europe, and the US�

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 288 pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781350230040 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350142589 ePub 9781350142602 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350142596 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

The Art and Science of Making the New Man in Early 20thCentury Russia

Edited by Yvonne Howell, University of Richmond, USA & Nikolai Krementsov, University of Toronto, Canada This volume offers a multidisciplinary investigation into how the ‘new man’ was made in Russia and the early Soviet Union in the early 20th century, focusing on the interplay between the rapidly developing experimental life sciences and countless cultural products� With contributions from scholars from across the globe, this volume brings to light the surprising historical trajectories of ‘new man’ visions, their often obscure origins, acclaimed and forgotten champions, unexpected and complicated results, and mutual interrelations�

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 288 pages • 32 bw illus PB 9781350232846 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350232839 ePub 9781350232860 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350232853 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

Mothers, Criminal Insanity and the Asylum in Victorian England

Cure, Redemption and Rehabilitation

Alison C. Pedley, Independent Scholar, UK Explores the experiences, treatments and regimes undergone by women who had been designated insane from 1850 to 1900 in three notorious institutions: Bethlem, Fisherton House and Broadmoor� Focusing particularly on patients who had murdered, or attempted to murder, their own children, it shows how insanity gave the Victorians an acceptable explanation for these dreadful crimes and how admission to a dedicated asylum was seen as the safest and most humane solution for the ‘madwoman’ and society as a whole�

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350275324 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350275348 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350275331 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment • Bloomsbury Academic

Gay and Lesbian Activism in the Republic of Ireland, 1973-93

Patrick McDonagh, Independent Scholar, Ireland This thematically-arranged study traces the emergence of visible gay/lesbian communities across Ireland and their impact on public perceptions of homosexuals� Along the way it explores the critical and hidden activism of lesbian women, the unknown role of rural provincial activists, the importance of interactions with international gay and lesbian organizations and the extent to which HIV/AIDS impacted the gay rights campaign in Ireland� In doing so, this book also contextualizes the dramatic changes in perceptions of homosexuality that have taken place in recent years�

UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 240 pages • 9 colour illus PB 9781350197459 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350197466 ePub 9781350197480 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350197473 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic

The Life Cycle of Russian Things

From Fish Guts to Fabergé, 1600 - Present

Edited by Matthew P. Romaniello, Weber State University, USA, Alison K. Smith, University of Toronto, Canada & Tricia Starks, University of Arkansas, USA In this innovative study, experts from across the globe come together to situate Russian material culture studies at an interdisciplinary crossroads, foreground unique Russian and Soviet materials, and re-orient commodity studies more generally� The Life Cycle of Russian Things presents a complex narrative, not only in terms of material consumption but also in terms of production and the secondary life of resale, inheritance, or even destruction� The book sheds new light on economic history and consumption studies by reflecting the diversity of Russia’s experiences over the last 400 years�

UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 264 pages • 17 bw illus PB 9781350186064 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350186026 ePub 9781350186040 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350186033 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic