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WELCOME TO THE 2020 SPRING CATALOGUE We are very pleased to present to you the Oxbow Books Spring 2020 catalogue. The first half of the catalogue contains books on archaeology, ancient history, and the middle ages from our own imprints and our partner publishers. The second half, beginning on p. 64, contains books on wider themes including arts and culture, film and cinema, philosophy, politics, and social sciences.

We are delighted to welcome new partner publishers Bridge 21 Publications, Kerns Verlag, Blikvelduitgevers Publishing, Center for Romanian Studies, Vita Histria, and Golden House Publications, whose new titles and backlist can be found throughout this catalogue.

With so much packed into this catalogue, we’re confident that there will be something to interest you. Trade ordering information can be found inside the back cover.

To download a digital version of this or any of our past catalogues, visit bit.ly/oxbcatalogues.

Books marked will also be available to purchase as ebooks

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ARCHAEOLOGY, ANCIENT HISTORY & MIDDLE AGES

HUMANITIES, ARTS & CULTURE

PREHISTORY

AMERICAN HISTORY

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ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NEAR EAST

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ARCHITECTURE

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GREECE & THE HELLENISTIC WORLD

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ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

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ROME & THE ROMAN PROVINCES

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

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LATE ANTIQUE & BYZANTINE ARCHAEOLOGY

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GENDER & SEXUALITY

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MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY

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MILITARY HISTORY

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BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY

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MUSIC & DANCE

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WORLD HISTORY

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SPORTS

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NUMISMATICS

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PHILOSOPHY

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HERITAGE & CONSERVATION

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POLITICS & SOCIOLOGY

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY

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TELEVISION, FILM & CINEMA

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LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

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POETRY & FICTION

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THEOLOGY

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Making One's Way in the World The Footprints and Trackways of Prehistoric People

By Martin Bell (University of Reading)

Addresses the topic of how we identify and interpret patterns of movement in prehistory.

This book draws on the evidence of landscape archaeology, palaeoenvironmental studies, ethnohistory, and animal tracking to address the neglected topic of how we identify and interpret past patterns of movement in the landscape. It challenges the pessimism of previous generations which regarded prehistoric routes such as hollow ways as generally undatable.

The premise is that archaeologists tend to focus on ‘sites’ while neglecting the patterns of habitual movement that made them part of living landscapes.

Evidence of past movement is considered in a multiscalar way from the individual footprint to the long-distance path including the traces created in vegetation by animal and human movement.

It is argued that routes may be perpetuated over long timescales creating landscape structures which influence the activities of subsequent generations. In other instances, radical changes of axes of communication and landscape structures provide evidence of upheaval and social change.

Palaeoenvironmental and ethnohistorical evidence from the American North-West coast sets the scene with evidence for the effects of burning, animal movement, faeces deposition and transplantation which can create readable routes along which are favoured resources.

Oxbow Books • 9781789254020 Hardback • 246 x 189mm • 304 pages January 2020 • £50.00

About the author: Martin Bell is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading. His principal research interests include the way in which archaeology can help the understanding of environmental change, and coastal archaeological environments. He has been carrying out research into the prehistory of the Severn Estuary for 30 years.

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The Bell Beaker Transition in Europe Mobility and Local Evolution During the 3rd Millennium BC Edited by Maria Pilar Prieto Martínez (University of Santiago de Compostela) and Laure Salanova (Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense)

New perspectives on the Bell Beaker transition across Europe.

A range of new and different perspectives on the Beaker phenomenon across Europe. The focus is not on Bell Beaker pottery but on social groups, using technological studies and physical anthropology to understand mobility patterns during the 3rd millennium BC. Chronological evolution is used to reconstruct the rhythm of Bell Beaker diffusion and the environmental background that could explain this mobility and the socio-economic changes observed during this period of transition toward Bronze Age societies.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253849 • New in Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 216 pages • May 2020 • £35.00

Art in the Eurasian Iron Age Context, Connections and Scale Edited by Courtney Nimura (Institute of Archaeology, Oxford), Helen Chittock, Peter Hommel and Chris Gosden (Institute of Archaeology, Oxford)

Explores Iron Age art at a Eurasian scale and considers connections between Celtic and northern Eurasian art.

This volume explores Iron Age art at different scales and considers the longdistance connections, mutual influences, and shared ‘ways of seeing’ that link Celtic Art to other art traditions across northern Eurasia. It brings together papers on topics such as animal and human imagery, technologies of production, and the design theory behind Iron Age art.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253948 • Hardback b/w and colour illus. • 240 x 170mm • 260 pages • December 2019 • £48.00

Mediterranean Archaeologies of Insularity in the Age of Globalization Edited by Anna Kouremenos (American School of Classical Studies at Athens) and Jody Michael Gordon (Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston)

Explores how comparative archaeologies of insularity can contribute to discourse on ancient Mediterranean ‘globalisation’.

This volume brings together for the first time archaeologists working on different islands and a range of material culture types to examine diachronically how Mediterranean insularities changed during eras when connectivity increased.

Each chapter aims to situate a specific island or island group within the context of the globalising forces and networks that conditioned a particular period, utilising archaeological material to reveal how islanders shaped their insular identities at the nexus of local and global influences.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253443 • Paperback b/w illus. • 240 x 170mm • 256 pages • June 2020 • £38.00

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Houses of the Dead Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers 17 Edited by Alistair Barclay (Cotswold Archaeology), David Field (English Heritage) and Jim Leary (York University) Series: Neolithic Studies Group

Explores the interface between Neolithic structures of the living and the dead.

LBK longhouses have widely been considered to provide ancestral influence for both rectangular and trapezoidal long barrows and cairns, but it is also possible to observe evidence of more contemporary inspiration. What do the features found beneath long mounds tell us about this and to what extent do they represent domestic structures? How can we distinguish between domestic houses or halls and those that may have been ritual?

Oxbow Books • 9781789254105 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 320 pages • February 2020 • £40.00

Rural Settlement Relating Buildings, Landscape, and People in the European Iron Age Edited by Dave Cowley (Historic Environment Scotland), Manuel FernándezGötz (University of Edinburgh), Tanja Romankiewicz (University of Edinburgh) and Holger Wendling (Salzburg Museum/Keltenmuseum Hallein)

Case studies of Iron Age rural settlement from across Europe illustrating both diversity and common themes.

A contribution to the study of rural life in Iron Age Europe, collating case studies extending from southern Spain to northern Scotland and from Denmark to the Balkans. Papers are grouped thematically to open up crossregional comparisons, ranging across studies of buildings and farms to wider settlement patterns and land use strategies.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908187 • Paperback • 40 b/w and 78 colour illus. • 280 x 210mm • 240 pages • Novemeber 2019 • £48.00

ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDBACK 9789088908194 • £140.00

Maidanets'ke Development and Decline of a Trypillia Mega-site in Central Ukraine

By René Ohlrau (Kiel University) Series: Scales of Transformation

Examines the Trypillian ‘mega-sites’ located north of the Black Sea. At the end of the 5th millennium BCE, some of the vastest settlements of the time emerged on the forest steppe north of the Black Sea. How did people come together in Trypillia ‘mega-sites’ with several thousand dwellings? How long were such sites inhabited, and how many people lived there? Were these settlements the first towns, preceding the Mesopotamian development? To address these questions, this book presents the results of the investigations at the Maidanets'ke ‘mega-site’.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908484 • Paperback • 141 b/w and 93 colour illus. • 280 x 210mm • 312 pages • December 2019 • £55.00

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How's Life?

Living Conditions in the 2nd and 1st Millennia BCE Edited by Marta Dal Corso, Wiebke Kirleis (Kiel University), Jutta Kneisel, Nicole Taylor, Magdalena Wieckowska-Lüth and Marco Zanon Series: Scales of Transformation

This book examines Bronze Age and Iron Age developments and their influence on daily life.

The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age saw many developments in metalworking, social structure, food production, nutrition, and diet. At the same time, networks in Europe intensified and human impact on the environment changed in character. This volume investigates past living conditions through aspects of the archaeological record related to production, well-being, human relations, and the local environment.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908019 • Paperback • 29 b/w and 43 colour illus.

280 x 210mm • 210 pages • Available Now • £40.00

ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDBACK 9789088908026 • £120.00

Megalithic Monuments and Social Structures Deposition Practices in the Early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik Culture

By Maria Wunderlich (Kiel University) Series: Scales of Transformation

An exploration of megalith building activities, supported by rich and varied case studies.

Combines various archaeological and ethnoarchaeological case studies on social implications of megalith building activities from a comparative perspective. This book presents a rich body of new data to clearly demonstrate the importance of cooperative and competitive structures and their effect on feasting activities and megalith building.

Sidestone Press • 9789088907869 • Paperback • 114 b/w and 246 colour illus. • 280 x 210mm • 450 pages • December 2019 • £90.00

ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDBACK 9789088907876 • £195.00

Magical, Mundane or Marginal?

Deposition Practices in the Early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik Culture Edited by Daniela Hofman (University of Bergen)

Papers on Early Neolithic depositional practices reflect on what they tell us about society, belief and world view.

This volume examines deliberately placed deposits on Early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik sites and addresses two main goals. First, it contributes a new approach to the study of Linearbandkeramik world view by focusing on depositional practices more generally and addressing the connections between them. Second, it contributes to the ongoing discussion regarding the variety of depositional phenomena across the European Neolithic and their theoretical and methodological implications.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908613 • Paperback • 26 b/w and 32 colour illus.

280 x 210mm • 250 pages • March 2020 • £45.00

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Exploring a Terra Incognita on Crete Recent Research on Bronze Age Habitation in the Southern Ierapetra Isthmus Edited by Konstantinos Chalikias (Arcadia University) and Emilia Oddo (Tulane University)

New research on the largely neglected Bronze Age Ierapetra Isthmus.

This book brings together for the first time scholars working on the Bronze Age settlement patterns and material culture of the southern Ierapetra Isthmus, a region that actively participated in the coastal and maritime trade networks of East Crete. Aiming to be the first building block in the development of an archaeological understanding of the region of the southern Ierapetra Isthmus, it presents the status of the discipline and indicates future research trajectories.

INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory) • 9781931534994 Paperback • 66 illus. • 229 x 152mm • 166 pages • Available Now • £23.00

Gournes, Pediada: A Minoan Cemetery in Crete

By Calliope E. Galanaki (Ministry of Culture, Greece) Series: Prehistory Monographs

Places results of excavation of an Early Bronze Age Cretan cemetery in wider Aegean context.

This volume covers the results of the excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery—including 37 tombs and an associated rectangular Minoan building —at Gournes in north-central Crete, which revealed strong relations with the Cyclades during the time of the Kampos Cultural Group, as exemplified by the distinctive style of pottery and other types of burial objects such as obsidian pieces and metal items.

INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory) • 9781931534260 Hardback • 322 illus. • 280 x 216mm • 460 pages • April 2020 • £55.00

Alatzomouri Pefka: A Middle Minoan IIB Workshop Making Organic Dyes Edited by Vili Apostolakou, Thomas M. Brogan (Institute of Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete) and Philip P. Betancourt (Temple University) Series: Prehistory Monographs

Exploration of one of the most important sites for the early history of dyeing ever found in Minoan Crete.

Explores a Cretan Middle Bronze Age (Middle Minoan IIB) workshop for making and using natural dyes. Excavations uncovered pottery and stone vessels, stone tools, animal bones, and botanical remains. The site is of great importance for the history of Bronze Age technology as well as for the light it sheds on what was clearly a major Minoan industry.

INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory) • 9781931534253 Hardback • 142 illus. • 280 x 216mm • 324 pages • December 2019 • £55.00

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Keos XI: Ayia Irini The Wall Paintings of the Northeast Bastion: Social Context and the Miniature Frieze

By Lyvia Morgan (University College London) Series: Prehistory Monographs

Fully illustrated study of wall paintings from Ayia Irini and their iconography.

The results of the study of the wall paintings from the Northeast Bastion at Ayia Irini, situating them within the wider social context of the island of Kea and the Aegean world. When the site was excavated, the paintings had long since collapsed, fracturing into thousands of small pieces. This study attempts to bring the wall paintings back to life through the best-preserved fragments.

INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory) • 9781931534970 Hardback • 166 illus. • 305 x 222mm • 630 pages • December 2019 • £55.00

The Beginnings of Art and Music Ice Age Discoveries from the Caves of Southwestern Germany

By Nicholas J. Conard (University of Tübingen) and Claus-Joachim Kind (University of Tübingen) Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory

Translation of “Als der Mensch die Kunst Erfand", examining finds from prehistoric Germany.

Some of the world’s oldest evidence for figurative art has been discovered on the Swabian Jura in Southwest Germany. This book transports the reader into the world of the Ice Age, describing and interpreting these amazing finds. This book is a translation of the original volume entitled Als der Mensch die Kunst Erfand, first published by Theiss Verlag-WBG, Stuttgart, in 2017.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751339 • Hardback • 110 illus. • 284 x 254mm 192 pages • October 2020 • £46.00

Early Symbolic Culture and the Evolution of Behavioral Modernity Edited by Nicholas J. Conard (University of Tübingen) and Ewa Dutkiewicz (Berlin State Museums) Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory

Papers on early symbolic culture and the evolution of behavioral modernity.

This volume publishes results from the conference on early symbolic culture and the evolution of behavioural modernity, held as part of the Hugo Obermaier Meeting in Heidenheim, Germany. The contributions explore the emergence of symbolic expression in the archaeological records of Europe, Africa and East Asia.

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Kerns Verlag • 9783935751315 • Hardback • ca. 115 illus. • 245 x 176mm 330 pages • December 2019 • £46.00

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Ice Age Archaeology The Record from the Ach and Lone Valleys of Southwest Germany

By Nicholas J. Conard (University of Tübingen), Michael Bolus (University of Tübingen), Ewa Dutkiewicz (Berlin State Museums) and Sibylle Wolf (University of Tübingen)

Examines the current state of research in a remarkable archaeological landscape.

The Lone and Ach valleys on the Swabian Jura, and the surrounding areas, represent a remarkable archaeological landscape. In this volume, four archaeologists from the University of Tübingen present the current state of research from the cave sites in the area, describing the significance of the archaeological work for both academics and the general public alike.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751322 • Paperback • 156 illus., 19 tables • 210 x 150mm 276 pages • October 2020 • £18.00

Zeichen Markierungen, Muster und Symbole im Schwäbischen Aurignacien

By Ewa Dutkiewicz (Berlin State Museums)

Examines symbolic communication through finds from prehistoric caves.

This volume explores early symbolic communication through the finds uncovered in the Aurignacian cave sites of the Swabian Jura in Southwest Germany. It includes many useful images, illustrations and tables for an international readership in the field of prehistory. German text with English summary.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751346 • Hardback • 128 illus., 46 tables 302 x 217mm • 440 pages • November 2019 • £55.00

Schmuckstücke The Elfenbeinbearbeitung im Schwäbischen Aurignacien

By Sibylle Wolf (University of Tübingen) Series: Tübinger Monographien zur Urgeschichte

Studies insights into early human societies through the lens of ornamental assemblages.

Presents an important contribution to our understanding of Aurignacian personal ornaments. The author examines the ornamental assemblages of Southwest Germany and compares them to those from Southwest France, and offers important insights into early human societies. The extensive documentation and numerous illustrations will be useful to researchers from the non-German-speaking world.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751216 • Hardback • 143 illus. • 302 x 217mm 316 pages • Available Now • £55.00

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Das Helga-Abri Lithische Technologie und Rohmaterialversorgung der spätmagdalénienzeitlichen und frühmesolithischen Gruppen

By Thomas Hess (University of Tübingen) Series: Tübinger Monographien zur Urgeschichte

A lithic analysis of finds from the site of Helga-Abri in southwest Germany.

Presents a lithic analysis of finds from the site of Helga-Abri in southwest Germany. The extensive documentation of lithic artifacts offers an important resource for researchers outside of the German-speaking world. Text in German.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751278 • Hardback • 179 illus., 48 tables 245 x 176mm • 292 pages • Available Now • £37.00

Geißenklösterle Chronostratigraphy, Paleoenvironment and Subsistence during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the Swabian Jura Edited by Nicholas J. Conard (University of Tübingen), Michael Bolus (University of Tübingen) and Susanne C. Münzel (University of Tübingen) Series: Tübinger Monographien zur Urgeschichte

Explores key issues in Palaeoloithic archaeology and human evolution.

The demise of the Neanderthals, the arrival of modern humans in Europe, and the evolution of art, music and symbolic are synonymous with the site of Geißenklösterle Cave in the Ach Valley on the Swabian Jura. This volume presents a wide range of results from the archaeological sciences including geoarchaeology, dating, paleoecology, human subsistence, and extensive zooarchaeological studies. Text in German and English.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751155 • Hardback • 106 illus., 22 tables 302 x 217mm • 416 pages • Available Now • £55.00

A Tale of Two Swabian Caves Geoarchaeological Investigations at Hohle Fels an Geißenklösterle

By Christopher E. Miller (University of Tübingen) Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory

A geoarchaeological examination of two important cave sites in Southwest Germany.

Christopher Miller uses the powerful tools of Geoarchaeology to rewrite the history of human occupation at Geißenklösterle and Hohle Fels caves in the Ach Valley of southwestern Germany. Focusing on these two cave sites, this volume examines the transition from the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in Europe, using soil micromorphology to document clearly this important change in human history.

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Kerns Verlag • 9783935751193 • Hardback • 54 illus., 5 tables 245 x 176mm • 184 pages • Available Now • £37.00

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The Last Hunter-Gatherers The Epipaleolithic in Southwestern Syria

By Kurt Felix Hillgruber Series: Tübingen Publications in the Archaeology of Southwestern Asia

Explores the first large-scale south-western Syrian Paleolithic survey and excavation project.

This volume describes the first large-scale Palaeolithic survey and excavation project conducted in southwestern Syria. The work examines the prehistoric hunters and gatherers who used the resources of the existing ecotopes even in periods of climatic deterioration and who inhabited specialized hunting camps at the beginning of sedentarism, procuring resources at the outskirts of settlement areas.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751261 • Hardback • 180 illus. • 245 x 176mm 290 pages • November 2019 • £37.00

New Perspectives on the Peopling of the Americas Edited by Katerina Harvati (University of Tübingen), Gerhard Jäger (University of Tübingen) and Hugo Reyes-Centeno (University of Tübingen) Series: Words, Bones, Tools: DFG Center for Advanced Studies

Expert reviews and research on the peopling of the Americas.

The mode and timing of the peopling of the Americas remain highly debated topics, with diverse – and sometimes conflicting – conclusions reached by the scholars from different disciplines. In this first instalment of the DFG Center for Advanced Studies Series, experts provide current reviews and original research on the evidence for human occupation of the continent.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751285 • Paperback • 46 illus., 17 tables 240 x 170mm • 224 pages • Available Now • £28.00

Modern Human Origins and Dispersal Edited by Yonatan Sahle (University of Tübingen), Hugo Reyes-Centeno (University of Tübingen) and Christian Bentz (University of Tübingen) Series: Words, Bones, Tools: DFG Center for Advanced Studies

Multi-disciplinary perspectives on anatomical and cultural changes in the human past.

Despite consensus on Africa's central place in the evolution of our species, the emergence of modern human populations and their dispersal out of the continent remain controversial topics. In this second instalment of the DFG Center for Advanced Studies Series, scholars offer multi-disciplinary perspectives, reviews, and original research reports on the mode and timing of anatomical and cultural changes in the human past.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751308 • Paperback • 71 illus., 14 tables 240 x 170mm • 360 pages • Available Now • £37.00

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Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age, Volume III Edited by Anne Delagnes (University of Bordeaux) and Nicholas J. Conard (University of Tübingen)

Explores topics from the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age. This volume presents the research reported at the fourth meeting of Commission 27 of the UISPP on Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age. The 22 papers cover various themes or research which fall in the period of human evolution between roughly 300,000 and 30,000 years ago.

Text in French and English.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751100 • Hardback • 206 illus., 52 tables 245 x 176mm • 529 pages • Available Now • £46.00

Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age, Volume IV Edited by Nicholas J. Conard (University of Tübingen) and Anne Delagnes (University of Bordeaux) Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory

Contributions examining the movement towards behaviour modernity.

This volume presents the research reported at the fifth meeting of Commission 27 of the UISPP on Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age. As a whole, it addresses ways that archaeologists are moving toward a less schematic and more specific and thus more heterogeneous understanding of the phase of human history in which people moved toward a way of life that was in nearly all respects comparable to that of sub-recent hunters and gatherers.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751223 • Hardback • 169 illus., 48 tables 245 x 176mm • 416 pages • Available Now • £46.00 – The Early Upper Paleolithic Occupation at Ghar-e Boof Cave

By Elham Ghasidian (Neanderthal Museum, Germany) Series: Tübingen Publications on the Archaeology of Southwestern Asia

Research on Iranian prehistory that illuminates the Upper Palaeolithic in Iran and southwestern Asia.

Between 2005 and 2007 researchers from the Tübingen Iranian Stone Age Research Project (TISARP) conducted fieldwork at the cave of Ghar-e Boof on the edge of the Dasht-e Rostam in the southwestern Zagros. In this book Elham Ghasidian presents the assemblages from the early Upper Paleolithic of Ghar-e Boof Cave and discusses how these results radically change our views of the Iranian Paleolithic.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751186 • Hardback • 206 illus., 35 tables 245 x 176mm • 304 pages • Available Now • £37.00

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Repeopling La Manche

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Growing Up in the Ice Age

By April Nowell

Prehistoric Society Research Paper 10

Repeopling La Manche Edited by Rebecca Scott and Andrew Shaw

Prehistoric Society Research Papers

edited by Beccy Scott & Andy Shaw

Prehistoric Society Research Papers

Repeopling La Manche New Perspectives on Neanderthal Lifeways from La Cotte de St.Brelade.

The Social Context of Technology

By Sophia Adams, Joanna Brück and Leo Webley

Examines the economic, social, and political roles of Paleolithic children.

The first detailed consideration of the evidence for Neanderthal occupation of the English Channel region.

Oxbow Book • 9781789252941 Paperback • 256 pages December 2019 • £38.00

Oxbow Books • 9781789251524 Hardback • 224 pages August 2020 • £35.00

Oxbow Books • 9781789251760 Hardback • 288 pages March 2020 • £35.00

New Light on the Neolithic of Northern England

A Taste for Green

The Arras Culture of Eastern Yorkshire – Celebrating the Iron Age

Edited by Gill Hey and Paul Frodsham

Edited by Carlos RodríguezRellán, Ben Nelson and Ramón Fábregas Valcarce

Archaeological evidence for non-ferrous metalworking in the Bronze and Iron Ages of Britain and Ireland.

Examines ar tefacts made from distinctive green rocks in prehistoric Europe and the Americas.

Edited by Peter Halkon

The latest research into the Neolithic settlement of northern England/southern Scotland.

Oxbow Books • 9781789252668 Paperback • 192 pages April 2020 • £40.00

Oxbow Books • 9781789252743 Hardback • 192 pages December 2019 • £45.00

Oxbow Books • 9781789252583 Paperback • 192 pages December 2019 • £38.00

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Celtic Studies Publications

Ancient Textiles Series

Oxbow Insights in Archaeology

A Geography of Offerings

Iconic Costumes

Celtic from the West 3

By Ulla Mannering

By Richard Bradley

Study of Scandinavian Late Iron Age iconographic material depicting clothed human figures.

Edited by John T. Koch and Barry Cunliffe

A provocative study of specialised deposits in the European archaeological record.

Questions the accepted status quo on Celtic languages across late Iron Age Europe.

Oxbow Books • 9781785702150 Hardback • 288 pages Available Now • £40.00

Oxbow Books • 9781785702273 Hardback • 480 pages Available Now • £60.00

The Development of Neolithic House Societies in Orkney

Preserved in the Peat

The Beaker People

By Andy M. Jones

Edited by Mike Parker Pearson, Alison Sheridan, Mandy Jay, Andrew Chamberlain, Mike Richards and Jane Evans

Prehistoric Society Research Papers

Oxbow Books • 9781785704772 Paperback • 160 pages Available Now • £15.99

Edited by Colin Richards and Richard Jones

Detailed analysis of a highly unsual Early Bronze Age burial.

Comprehensive discussion of Orknian Neolithic society based on excavations of domestic sites.

Windgather Press 9781909686892 • Hardback 512 pages • Available Now £35.00

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Explores the ways of Beakerusing people in the Chalcolithic of Britain.

Oxbow Books • 9781785702600 Hardback • 328 pages Available Now • £30.00

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Oxbow Books • 9781789250640 Hardback • 616 pages Available Now • £49.99

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Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East and the Aegean From the Beginnings of Sheep Husbandry to Institutional Textile Industry Edited by Catherine Breniquet and Cécile Michel Series: Ancient Textiles Series

Explores key themes around the manufacture, uses and role of wool in the Ancient Near East.

The history of the Ancient Near East covers a huge chronological frame, from the first pictographic texts of the late 4th millennium to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. During these millennia, societies developed in a changing landscape where sheep (and their wool) played an important economic role.

These 22 papers explore the place of wool in the ancient economy.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253801 • New in Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

246 x 189mm • 400 pages • January 2020 • £35.00

Oasis Papers 9 A tribute to Anthony J. Mills after forty years in Dakleh Oasis Edited by Colin A. Hope and Gillian E. Bowen Series: Dakhleh Oasis Papers

A synthesis of the current state of our knowledge of Dakhleh Oasis and its interconnections with surrounding regions.

This new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert under the leadership of Anthony J. Mills. It presents an almost complete survey of the archaeology of Dakhleh, possibly the most intensively examined wider geographic regions within Egypt, and includes much unpublished, original material.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253764 • Hardback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 500 pages • November 2019 • £60.00

The People of the Cobra Province in Egypt A Local History, 4000 to 1550 BC

By Wolfram Grajetzki

A social history of the working population of the ancient province of Cobra, Egypt.

The book delivers a history from below for the first half of Egyptian history covering the earliest settlements, state formation and the pyramid age. The focus is on the Wadjet province, about 350 km south of modern Cairo in Upper Egypt. Here, archaeological records provide an especially rich dataset for the material culture of farmers, and allows investigation of the life of people far from the centres of power.

Oxbow Books • 9781789254211 • Hardback • 100 b/w illus.

240 x 170mm • 256 pages • March 2020 • £55.00

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Beni Hassan Volume V The Tomb of Khnumhotep l

By Miral Lashien and Anna-Latifa Mourad Series: ACE Reports

Describes the tomb of Khnumhotep I, including its architecture, the painted scenes, and a biography.

Khnumhotep I was the first governer of the Oryx nome during Egypt’s formative Twelfth Dynasty. Appointed by Amenemhat I, his tomb at Beni Hassan is one of the most significant for its insights on a pivotal period in Egyptian history. For the first time since Newberry's publication in 1893, this book provides a record of the tomb and its preserved scenes and inscriptions in colour photographs and detailed line drawings.

Australian Centre for Egyptology • 9780856688423 • Paperback 14 b/w and 128 colour illus. • 290 x 217mm • 45 pages • Available Now • £80.00

New Horizons The Pan-Grave Ceramic Tradition in Context

By Aaron M. de Souza Series: Middle Kingdom Studies

A study of the Pan-grave pottery, found in Egypt and Nubia.

This volume serves as a catalogue and handbook for the description for PanGrave ceramics, and that considers the Pan-Grave tradition and its ceramic production within the broader socio-cultural framework of Ancient Egypt and Nubia during the mid-Second Millennium BC.

Golden House Publications • 9781906137656 • Paperback b/w and colour illus. • 297 x 210mm • 280 pages • November 2019 • £60.00

Stelae of the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

By Helmut Satzinger and Danijela Stefanovic'

A catalogue of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period Egyptian stelae in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.

This catalogue of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period Egyptian stelae in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin includes many which were lost in WWII. This publication uses old archive photographs and includes full translations. It is presented as 153 loose pages and a 28-page booklet, all elegantly held in a fine paper wrapping.

Golden House Publications • 9781906137632 • Paperback 297 x 211mm • 181 pages • November 2019 • £75.00

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Between Sand and Sea The Archaeology and Human Ecology of Southwestern Asia. Festschrift in honor of Hans-Peter Uerpmann Edited by Nicholas J. Conard (University of Tübingen), Philipp Drechsler (University of Tübingen) and Arturo Morales (University of Madrid)

A collection of papers in honour of Hans-Peter Uerpmann.

Hans-Peter Uerpmann’s contributions to zooarchaeology, Near Eastern and Arabian archaeology have helped to shape the development of these fields.

In many respects his achievements in research and teaching have defined the methods and goals of zooarchaeology and Arabian archaeology. The papers included in this edited volume touch on many issues related to Hans-Peter’s research in southwestern Asia, which often took place in the inhabitable region between desert sands and the sea.

Kerns Verlag • 9783935751131 • Hardback • 106 illus. • 302 x 217mm 235 pages • Available Now • £46.00

Sur les pas de l’âne dans la religion égyptienne

By Marie Vandenbeusch (British Museum)

Explores the role of donkeys in ancient Egypt from a religious perspective.

Donkeys were essential in ancient Egyptian trade and agriculture, but their value was nuanced by their perception in religion. The animal appears in funerary, magical or ritual sources, where it often reflects an ambivalent nature, while its well-known association to the evil god Seth is constantly reminded in the modern literature. By exploring iconographical, textual and archaeological sources spanning from Predynastic to Roman times, this monograph explores the role of donkeys in ancient Egypt from a religious perspective.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908279 • Paperback • 39 b/w and 70 colour illus.

280 x 210mm • 480 pages • December 2019 • £65.00

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Amarna: Life Under the Sun An Egyptian Story and Activity Book

An ideal learning tool with stories and hands-on activities about Egyptian life.

Designed for children aged 7-11 and their teachers, and beautifully illustrated throughout, this book explores daily life in ancient and modern Egypt. Meet Nofret and Rahotep, two ancient Egyptian children who live in the city of Akhetaten some 3000 years ago. Meet Amira and Omar, who live in modern Amarna in the towns that now overlie much of the ancient archaeological site.

Watch as these children’s lives unfold through their parallel stories, comparing themes such as food, fashion and family life.

Blikvelduitgevers Publishing • 9789492940094 • Paperback • colour illus.

240 x 170mm • 120 pages • December 2019 • £22.00

Footwear in Ancient Egypt The Medelhavsmuseet Collection

By André J. Veldmeijer (American University in Cairo)

A fully illustrated catalogue of a special collection of ancient Egyptian shoes and sandals.

A beautifully illustrated catalogue of a special collection of ancient Egyptian shoes and sandals. The Medelhavsmuseet houses this unique collection that has been made public for the first time through this publication. In order to show the reader the way these types of footwear were once used, several reconstruction drawings have been made especially for this purpose. All objects in the collection are beautifully photographed, showing the reader extraordinary details of these fragile ancient artefacts.

Blikvelduitgevers Publishing • 9789080774490 • Paperback • colour illus.

297 x 210mm • 78 pages • Available Now • £27.50

Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt The Mourning Rite in the Times of the Pharaohs

By Maria Rosa Valdesogo

Examines the relationship between hair and death in ancient Egypt.

Reliefs and paintings from ancient Egypt illustrate various aspects of funerary ceremonies, which contributed to the dead’s resurrection in the afterlife – including images of mourners shaking and pulling on their hair. In this publication, Maria Rosa Veldesogo describes the relationship between hair and these rites, and the role that hair played in death and funerary rites in ancient Egypt.

Blikvelduitgevers Publishing • 9789492940087 • Paperback colour illus. • 297 x 210mm • 144 pages • November 2019 • £36.00

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Nairi Lands

Inhabiting the Promised Land

Gilded Flesh

Analyses the social and symbolic value of the material culture of the 'Nairi Lands'.

By Margreet L. Steiner

Examination of decorative elements applied to over 600 Egyptian coffins of the 21st Dynasty.

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The Tomb of Pharaoh’s Chancellor Senneferi at Thebes (TT99)

Ancient Egyptian Coffins

Flora Trade between Egypt and Africa in Antiquity

Edited by Nigel Strudwick

Focuses on the development of the coffin and associated beliefs in ancient Egypt.

Edited by Ilaria Incordino and Pearce Paul Creasman

Oxbow Books • 9781785709180 Hardback • 288 pages Available Now • £70.00

Oxbow Books • 9781785706363 Paperback • 112 pages Available Now • £29.99

By Guido Guarducci

Account of the life, career and tomb of Senneferi, Chancellor to Thutmose III (c. 1430 BC).

Oxbow Books • 9781785703317 Hardback • 432 pages Available Now • £70.00

Describes the oftencomplicated relationship between archaeology and the Bible.

Edited by Helen Strudwick and Julie Dawson

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The Fight for Greek Sicily Society, Politics, and Landscape Edited by Melanie Jonasch (German Archaeological Institute)

Analyses how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters substantially affected rural and urban environments.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253566 Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

240 x 170mm • 352 pages • April 2020 £38.00

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The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralised civilisations of the first millennium BCE: the Phoenicians and the Greeks.

While trade and cultural exchange preceded their permanent presence, it was the colonising movement that brought territorial competition and political power struggles on the island to a new level. The history of six centuries of colonisation is replete with accounts of conflict and warfare that include crosscultural confrontations, as well as interstate hostilities, domestic conflicts, and government violence.

This book is not concerned with realities from the battlefield or questions of military strategy and tactics, but rather offers a broad collection of archaeological case studies and historical essays that analyse how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters substantially affected rural and urban environments, the island’s heterogeneous communities, and their social practices. These contributions, originating from a workshop in 2018, combine expertise from the fields of archaeology, ancient history, and philology. The focus on a specific time period and the limited geographic area of Greek Sicily allows for the thorough investigation and discussion of various forms of organised societal violence and their consequences on the developments in society and landscape.

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Seleucus I and his Empire King and Colonizer

By Lise Hannestad

An in-depth examination of the life and achievements of Seleucus I. Seleucus was the last surviving of the successors of Alexander the Great and the one who conquered the largest part of Alexander’s empire. He was later given the surname ‘Nikator’, the Conqueror. This book is a study of his life and achievements, his time and his legacy. It is based on Greco-Roman and Babylonian written sources as well as on archaeological evidence, which has grown exponentially in recent years.

Aarhus University Press • 9788771248135 • Hardback • 30 colour illus.

240 x 170mm • 240 pages • January 2020 • £25.00

Vrysaki A Neighborhood Lost in Search of the Athenian Agora

By Sylvie Dumont

Details the history of the negotiations, the expropriations, and, most importantly, the Vrysaki neighborhood itself.

Between 1931 and 1939, central Athens was transformed by the expropriation and demolition of the Vrysaki neighborhood at the foot of the Acropolis. More than 5,000 inhabitants were displaced and 348 properties were torn down so that the ancient Agora could be excavated. Using materials from the ASCSA Archives and a large collection of photographs from the 1930s, this volume details the history of the negotiations, the expropriations, and, most importantly, the Vrysaki neighborhood itself.

American School of Classical Studies at Athens • 9780876619698 Hardback • 326 b/w and 33 colour illus. • 229 x 305mm • 224 pages November 2019 • £70.00

(Greek edition) 9789607067104 Hardback • £70.00

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Edited by Marina Panagiotaki, Ilias Tomazos and Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos Focuses on innovations in fire-based technologies of the Bronze Age-Byzantine periods.

Oxbow Books • 9781789252989 Hardback • 256 pages May 2020 • £40.00

Ancient Textiles Series

Ancient Textiles Series

Cutting-edge Technologies in Ancient Greece

Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom

Textile Production in Classical Athens

Edited by Mary Harlow, Marie Louise Nosch and Giovanni Fanfani

By Stella Spantidaki

Studies examining clothing in literature of the Greek and Roman world.

Oxbow Books • 9781785701603 Hardback • 300 pages Available Now • £40.00

Analysis of textile technology and production in 5th-4th century classical Athens.

Oxbow Books • 9781785702525 Hardback • 256 pages Available Now • £40.00

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Gods and Garments

By Cecilie Brøns Investigates the role of textiles and clothing accessories in ritual in Greek sanctuaries.

Ancient Historiography on War and Empire Edited by Timothy Howe, Sabine Müller and Richard Stoneman New perspectives on the genre and context of history-writing in the ancient world.

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Ancient Corinth

By Guy D. R. Sanders, Jennifer Palinkas, Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst and James Herbst The first official guidebook to the site of Ancient Corinth in 50 years.

ASCSA • 9780876616611 Paperback • 208 pages Available Now • £16.95

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Life in the Limes Studies of the people and objects of the Roman frontiers Edited by Rob Collins (Newcastle University) and Frances McIntosh

A collection of papers exploring diverse themes focused on the Roman frontiers.

This volume, divided into thematic sections, covers a range of topics including social and industrial aspects of northern frontier forts; religious, cultural and economic connotations of Roman armour finds; the economic and ideological penetration of romanitas in the frontiers as reflected by individual objects and classes of finds; evidence of trans-frontier interactions and invisible people; the detailed consideration of individual objects of significant interest; and a discussion of the widespread occurrence of mice in Roman art.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253856 • New in Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 264 pages • June 2020 • £38.00

Glass of the Roman World Edited by Justine Bayley (University College London), Ian Freestone (University College London) and Caroline Jackson (University of Sheffield)

18 papers including studies of glass from Europe and the Near East.

Glass of the Roman World illustrates the arrival of new cultural systems, mechanisms of trade and an expanded economic base in the early 1st millennium AD which, in combination, allowed the further development of the existing glass industry. Contributions both extend and consolidate aspects of our understanding of how glass was produced, traded and used throughout the Empire and the wider world drawing on chronology, typology, patterns of distribution, and other methodologies, including the incorporation of new scientific methods.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253399 • New in Paperback b/w and colour illus. • 280 x 216mm • 232 pages • Available Now • £35.00

Ovid in Exile

By Adrian Radulescu

A rare and insightful look at the life and works of Ovid.

The Roman poet Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 17) was a rock star of the newly-founded empire ruled by Caesar Augustus. The book tells the story of this remarkable man who, 2000 years after his death, remains one of the most influential figures in all of world literature. Particularly, it studies the historical environment of the Greek city of Tomis to where the Roman poet was expatriated, discussing the impact of his exile on his life and literary work.

Vita Histria • 9781592110209 • Paperback • 216 x 140mm 188 pages • February 2020 • £19.99

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The Maryport Roman Settlement Project Excavation 2013-14

By John Zant Series: Lancaster Imprints

Examines the primarily Roman evidence from excavations at Maryport.

A research and community-training excavation took place over two summer seasons in 2013-14 within the Roman extramural settlement at Maryport, including the backplot. The primary aim of the project, which attracted around 125 volunteers, was to enhance understanding of the settlement through the excavation of a single building plot, the first time this had been undertaken at Maryport in modern times. This volume explores its findings.

Oxford Archaeology North • 9781907686337 • Paperback • 128 colour illus.

297 x 210mm • 188 pages • Available Now • £25.00

A Bath House, Settlement and Industry on Roman Southwark's North Island Excavations along the route of Thameslink Borough Viaduct and at London Bridge Station

By Victoria Ridgeway, Joanna Taylor and Edward Biddulph Series: Thameslink Monograph Series

New evidence of London’s buried landscape.

The Thameslink Project provided the opportunity to investigate the archaeology of a broad swathe of the north island of Roman Southwark. This monograph presents the archaeological sequence encountered, set alongside themed discussions, focussing on aspects of the settlement’s development, chronology, infrastructure and economy.

Pre-Construct Archaeology • 9780995663626 • Hardback • 300 x 215mm 518 pages • Available Now • £30.00

The Roman Villa at Maasbracht The Archaeology and History of a Roman Settlement on the Banks of the River Meuse (Province of Limburg, The Netherlands) Edited by W.K. Vos, Corrie Bakels and T.A. Goossens

Beautifully illustrated analysis of the Roman Villa of Maasbracht.

The Roman Villa of Maasbracht has become famous for the beautiful remains of murals that have survived to this day. After excavations, it was left with the prospect of one day being further analysed. The opportunity at last presented itself and has resulted in the present volume, which looks at settlement traces and structures, pottery, the building material, the wall painting fragments, animal remains and bone artefacts, glass and jet, the metalwork and includes a full synthesis.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908569 • Paperback • Colour illus.

265 x 210mm • 204 pages • November 2019 • £45.00

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Deliciae Fictiles V. Networks and Workshops Edited by Patricia Lulof, Ilaria Manzini and Carlo Rescigno Fifth volume in a prestigious series on architectural terracottas from Italy.

House of the Surgeon, Pompeii

Empire State

Edited by Michael Anderson and Damian Robinson

Study of the Roman army and its soldiers as a non-military entity.

First major publication of one of the largest and most important pre-79 AD excavations undertaken at Pompeii.

By Simon Elliott

Oxbow Books • 9781789253108 Hardback • 688 pages Available Now • £60.00

Oxbow Books • 9781785707285 Hardback • 644 pages Available Now £70.00

Oxbow Books • 9781785706585 Paperback • 224 pages Available Now £36.00

Army of the Roman Emperors

Julius Caesar’s Battle for Gaul

Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain

By Thomas Fischer and translated by M. C. Bishop

Edited by Andrew P. Fitzpatrick and Colin Haselgrove

A major over view of the imperial Roman army: its soldiers, weapons, equipment, and history.

The latest archaeological research on the Battle for Gaul and its aftermath.

By Roger Bland, Adrian Chadwick, Eleanor Ghey, Colin Haselgrove and David J. Mattingly

Oxbow Books • 9781789251845 Hardback • 456 pages Available Now • £45.00

Oxbow Books • 9781789250503 Paperback • 336 pages Available Now • £38.00

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A major new evaluation and analysis of over 3260 coin hoards.

Oxbow Books • 9781785708558 Hardback • 496 pages April 2020 • £65.00

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Byzantine Butrint Excavations and Surveys 1994-99

By Kosta Lako and William Bowden (University of Nottingham) Series: Butrint Archaeological Monographs

This book brings to life the extraordinary Byzantine town of Butrint.

The ancient walled town of Butrint sits at the crossroads of the Mediterranean. In its heyday it could command sea-routes up the Adriatic Sea to the north, across the Mediterranean to the west, and south through the Ionian islands. This book includes chapters on the historical sources, various aspects of the archaeological excavation and survey, finds of pottery and environmental remains.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253436 • New in Paperback • 257 b/w and 47 colour illus.

297 x 210mm • 432 pages • December 2019 • £30.00

City Walls in Late Antiquity An Empire Wide Perspective Edited by Emanuele Intagliata (Aarhus University), Christopher Courault (University of Geneva) and Simon J. Barker (Norwegian Institute in Rome)

The first comprehensive study of late Roman and late antique city walls with an emphasis on both regional and empire-wide trends.

The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300–600 AD) throughout the western and eastern empire. To date, research on city walls in the two halves of the empire has highlighted chronological and regional variations, enabling scholars to rethink how and why urban circuits were built and functioned in Late Antiquity. This book seeks to provide a broader understanding of the phenomenon.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253641 • Hardback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 256 pages • April 2020 • £55.00

He Did Not Fear Xusro Parviz, King of Kings of the Sasanian Empire

By Keenan Baca-Winters Series: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity

Studies a man in whom Persia, the Christian East, the Roman Empire, and Islam all met.

This book explores Xusro II, the man who almost conquered the Roman Empire in the Roman-Sasanian War of the Seventh Century CE, and examines his historical prominence. It fully examines the rich cultural and religious landscape of Late Antiquity by analysing primary sources from the Roman Empire, Zoroastrian tradition, Eastern Christianity, Armenia, Arab Muslim historians, and Persian Muslims.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239275 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 283 pages • Available Now • £76.00

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Glass Vessels in Anglo-Saxon England c. AD 650–1100

By Rose Broadley

The first comprehensive work examining early medieval vessel glass.

This volume combines a comprehensive exploration of all vessel glass from middle and late Anglo-Saxon England and a review of the early glass with detailed interpretation of its meaning and place in Anglo-Saxon society. Analysis of a comprehensive dataset of all known Anglo-Saxon vessel glass of middle Anglo-Saxon date as a group has enabled the first quantification of form, colour, and decoration, and provided the structure for a new typological, chronological, and geographical framework.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253726 • Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 224 pages • November 2019 • £35.00

The Wealth of England The medieval wool trade and its political importance 1100–1600

By Susan Rose

A fascinating exposition on the role of the wool trade in the economy and political history of medieval England.

The wool trade was undoubtedly one of the most important elements of the British economy throughout the medieval period - even the seat occupied by the speaker of the House of lords rests on a woolsack. In The Wealth of England Susan Rose brings together the social, economic, and political strands in the development of the wool trade and show how and why it became so important.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253825 • New in Paperback b/w and colour illus. • 238 pages • March 2020 • £28.00

The Anglo-Saxon Princely Burial at Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea

By Sue Hirst and Christopher Scull

Describes and illustrates years of study of the Prittlewell princely burial.

In 2003 archaeologists discovered an intact princely burial near Priory Park in Prittlewell. A find of international significance, it is the richest and most important Anglo-Saxon burial found since Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. The results of years of study of the excavated evidence are described and illustrated here to provide an accessible account of the burial and the grave goods, and the information they give us about the East Saxon kingdom and its contacts with Kent, Francia and the Christian Mediterranean.

MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) • 9781907586477 • Paperback • 135 illus.

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The Prittlewell Princely Burial Excavations at Priory Crescent, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 2003

By Lyn Blackmore, Ian Blair, Sue Hirst and Christopher Scull Series: MOLA Monograph

A definitive account of the burial and the grave goods, and the information they provide about the East Saxon kingdom.

An in-depth examination of an early Anglo-Saxon chamber grave discovered in 2003 at Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, which proved to be a princely burial of international significance. Lying beneath a now vanished mound, the large wooden chamber contained the coffin of a man, evidently a Christian from the small gold crosses found with him, who died probably at the end of the 6th century AD. He was buried within or beside an existing cemetery, one used by people of lesser rank, which is reassessed here.

MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) • 9781907586507 Hardback • 339 illus. • 297 x 210mm • 514 pages • Available Now • £35.00

Settlement change across Medieval Europe Old Paradigms and New Vistas Edited by Niall Brady and Claudia Theune (University of Vienna) Series: RURALIA

Examines how change in the past affected landscapes and society.

Innovations, transmissions and transformations had profound spatial, economic and social impacts on the environments, landscapes and habitats of the past, evident at micro-, meso- and macro-levels. This volume focuses in particular on transmissions and transformations in a longue durée perspective to examine themes such as the shrinking and disappearance of settlements; changes in rule and authority; developments in the agrarian economy; the shift from handwork to manufacturing; and demographic change.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908064 • Paperback • 51 b/w and 135 colour illus.

280 x 210mm • 446 pages • September 2019 • £70.00

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Burgen in umstrittenen Landschaften Eine Studie zur Entwicklung und Funktion von Burgen im südlichen Jütland (1232–1443)

By Stefan Magnussen

Explores and models the Medieval castle-landscape of southern Denmark.

Castles had a lasting influence on the practice of reign during the high and late Middle Ages throughout Europe. This book presents the first comprehensive study of the castles between Eider and Kongeå, which have received little attention so far. It illustrates a total of seven evolutionary phases of this historical castle landscape, from the humble beginnings of the 12th century to the manorially complex and diverse structures of the 15th century. Text in German.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908675 • Paperback • 62 colour illus.

280 x 210 • 350 pages • December 2019 • £65.00

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Llangorse Crannog

The Viking Way

By Alan Lane and Mark Redknap

By Neil Price

Uses a range of evidence to explore the only known crannog mound in Wales.

Examines the evidence for Old Norse sorcery.

The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey

By Warwick Rodwell and By David S. Neal A holistic study of an outstanding group of monuments in their historical architectural and archaeological context.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253061 Hardback • 400 pages December 2019 • £40.00

Oxbow Books • 9781842172605 Hardback • 432 pages Available Now • £30.00

Interpreting Medieval Effigies

The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World

Buildings of Medieval Europe

By Brian Gittos and Moira Gittos

By Alexandra Lester-Makin

Edited by Duncan Berryman and Sarah Kerr

Oxbow Books • 9781789252347 Hardback • 744 pages Available Now • £65.00

Ancient Textiles

A detailed examination of more than 200 examples of surviving monumental effigies.

The first detailed analyses of all 43 known embroideries believed to have been made in early medieval Britain.

Oxbow Books • 9781789251289 Hardback • 256 pages Available Now • £40.00

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Discusses aspects of vernacular, administrative and religious buildings in medieval Europe.

Oxbow Books • 9781785709715 Paperback • 164 pages Available Now • £38.00

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British Historic Towns Atlas Volume VII. Oxford Edited by Alan Crossley Series: British Historic Towns Atlases

An invaluable reference work for anyone seeking to understand this much-loved city.

The latest volume of the British Historic Towns Atlas covers the internationally-renowned city of Oxford.

Famed for its university and its many outstanding historic buildings, the volume presents in mapped form the history of its topographical development.

From its prehistoric setting, through its contentious Anglo-Saxon foundation, the medieval establishment of its university, and its sporadic growth after that, the atlas charts how it became a nineteenth-century city dominated by colleges, churches, university buildings, and its associated publishing industry.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253269 Hardback • 144 pages • September 2020 b/w colour illus. • 420 x 197mm • £70.00

About the Editor: Alan Crossley was the editor of the Victoria County History volumes on Oxfordshire, including the City of Oxford, and author of many articles on Oxford’s history.

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The atlas is presented as a large-format portfolio containing a series of maps showing the city at key points in its history, many illustrations of its buildings and streets, maps to show its setting, and reproduction early maps of the city. A readable text introduces and explains the maps, giving the reader a thorough grounding in how and why Oxford developed, and an explanation of its changing fortunes. A supplementary chapter brings the situation up to date.

Whilst there have been many histories of the university written, the atlas concentrates on the topographic development of Oxford as a settlement, and explains it in mapped form. A comprehensive gazetteer lists every building and street shown on the maps, with a short history and references for further reading.

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The Ancient Ways of Wessex Travel and Communication in an Early Medieval Landscape

By Alexander Langlands

Highly accessible but detailed account of the early medieval landscape of Wessex through its pathways.

Windgather Press • 9781911188513 Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

246 x 185mm • 256 pages • Available Now £35.00

About the author: Dr Alex Langlands is an archaeologist, historian, best-selling author and popular broadcaster. He co-presented the celebrated BBC Two series Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Wartime Farm, has appeared in Time Team and his own series, Digging Up Britain’s Past. He currently teaches medieval history and archaeology at Swansea University.

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The Ancient Ways of Wessex tells the story of Wessex’s roads in the early medieval period, at the point at which they first emerge in the historical record. This is the age of the Anglo-Saxons and an era that witnessed the rise of a kingdom that was taken to the very brink of defeat by the Viking invasions of the ninth century.

It is a period that goes on to become one within which we can trace the beginnings of the political entity we have come to know today as England.

In a series of ten detailed case studies the reader is invited to consider historical and archaeological evidence, alongside topographic information and ancient place-names, in the reconstruction of the networks of routeways and communications that served the people and places of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. Whether you were a peasant, pilgrim, drover, trader, warrior, bishop, king or queen, travel would have been fundamental to life in the early middle ages and this book explores the physical means by which the landscape was constituted to facilitate and improve the movement of people, goods and ideas from the seventh through to the eleventh centuries. What emerges is a dynamic web of interconnecting routeways serving multiple functions and one, perhaps, even busier than that in our own working countryside. A narrative of transition, one of both of continuity and change, provides a fresh and alternative window into the everyday workings of an early medieval landscape through the pathways trodden over a millennium ago.

9781789250343 £55.00 Oxbow Books

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Early Christianity in South-West Britain Wessex, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and the Channel Islands

By Elizabeth Rees A new assessment of early Christianity in south-west Britain from the 4th–10th centuries.

This book offers a new assessment of early Christianity in south-west Britain from the fourth to the tenth centuries, a rich period which includes the transition from Roman to native British to Saxon models of church. The book is based on evidence from archaeological excavations, early texts and recent critical scholarship and covers Wessex, Devon, and Cornwall.

Windgather Press • 9781911188551 • Paperback • b/w illus.

246 x 189mm • 440 pages • February 2020 • £34.99

Sark: a Sacred Island?

Volume 1: Fieldwork and excavations 2004-2017

by Barry Cunliffe and Emma Durham

Sark A Sacred Island

By Barry Cunliffe and Emma Durham (Reading University) Series: Oxford University School of Archaeology monographs

A detailed archaeological survey of a small but important island from the Neolithic to the 16th century.

Oxford University School of Archaeology: Monograph 81 School of Archaeology, University of Oxford Société Serquaise

The Archaeological Survey of Sark began in 2004 with a view to studying the island in the context of Atlantic maritime networks to explore the themes of remoteness and connectivity. A complete gazetteer of nearly 100 sites has been compiled together with a full listing of all the artefacts recovered. The book includes full reports on eight archaeological excavations.

Oxford University School of Archaeology • 9781905905461 • Hardback b/w and colour illus. • 297 x 210mm • 280 pages • October 2019 • £40.00

Roman and Medieval Carlisle: the Northen Lanes, Excavations 1978-82 Volume One: The Roman Period

By John Zant and Christine Howard-Davis Series: Lancaster Imprints

The evidence for Roman occupation within the northern Lanes.

This volume presents the evidence for Roman occupation within the northern Lanes in Carlisle, which remains to this day one of the largest and most significant urban archaeological projects ever undertaken in northern England. It examines the evidence uncovered, from a probable military camp and a series of large timber buildings in the early Roman period, to the expansion of civilian settlement during the mid-late second century AD. Oxford Archaeology North • 9781907686290 • Paperback • 315 illus., 127 plates, 96 tables 297 x 210mm • 256 pages • November 2019 • £25.00

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Torre Abbey, Devon The Archaeology of the Premonstratensian Abbey

By Deirdre Forde, Julian Munby and Ian R. Scott

This fully illustrated publication brings to a close the 30-year investigation of Torre Abbey, Devon.

Torre Abbey is one of the more impressive monastic sites in Devon, both as a ruin and as a conversion to a comfortable post-medieval mansion. This report publishes the results of the excavations and building surveys, including the architectural development of the abbey church and claustral buildings, discoveries made in removing render from the walls of the monastic refectory, and changes made for the post-medieval mansion.

Oxford Archaeology • 9780904220834 • Paperback • 273 illus.

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St Michael's Church, Workington Excavation of an Early Medieval Cemetery

By John Zant and Adam Parsons Series: Lancaster Imprints

Provides a better understanding of the lives of a community through their changing burial traditions.

The archaeological works at the parish church of St Michael, Workington following fire damage have provided a rare opportunity to study the origins of one of the earliest, and long-lived, early medieval Christian cemeteries in Northwest England. It also provided an opportunity to marry the patchy historical framework of the region with archaeological evidence, providing information for how people responded to the changing tastes, politics, and events within the landscape of the North West in the early medieval period.

Oxford Archaeology North • 9781907686313 • Paperback • 129 colour illus.

297 x 210mm • 170 pages • November 2019 • £20.00

From Mesolithic Encampment to Medieval Estate The Archaeology of the Bay Gateway

By Jeremy Bradley and Christine Howard-Davis Series: Lancaster Imprints

Reports on Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Medieval activity in the lower Lune Valley.

The Bay Gateway, opened in 2016, is a new road linking the M6 motorway, north of Lancaster, to the port of Heysham. Its construction has provided an important opportunity to investigate the little-studied early landscape of Lancashire’s rural lower Lune Valley. This volume arises from the multidisciplinary approach to the archaeological sites, with the emphasis placed on the integration of a wide range of data.

Oxford Archaeology North • 9781907686252 • Paperback • 200 colour illus.

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Excavations at Oxford Castle 1999-2009

By Julian Munby, Andrew Norton, Daniel Poore and Anne Dodd Series: Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph

Results of the excavations, building recording, documentary research, and environmental analyses of Oxford Castle.

This volume reports and discusses the results of the excavations, building recording, documentary research, and the specialist finds and environmental analyses at Oxford Castle. The most substantial results relate to the late Saxon town and its rampart, and to the construction of the Norman motte and bailey castle and its defensive rampart and ditches. More limited information was obtained for the castle in its later medieval form and for its brief refortification during the Parliamentary occupation of Oxford in the Civil War.

Oxford University School of Archaeology • 9781905905454 • Hardback 293 illus. • 297 x 210mm • 520 pages • November 2019 • £25.00

EAA 169: Iron Age Fortification Beside the River Lark Excavations at Mildenhall, Suffolk

By Tim Havard, Mary Alexander and Ray Holt Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph

Reports on excavations that produced evidence for human activity spanning three millennia.

Reports on excavations at Mildenhall, which produced evidence for human activity from the Late Bronze Age to the medieval period. There was good preservation of environmental evidence from all periods, and the sizeable assemblages of animal bone and crop waste allowed comparisons to be made in farming practices over time. The assemblage of decorated Middle Iron Age pottery from the site is the largest found in the region to date.

East Anglian Archaeology • 9780955353482 • Paperback • 70 illus.

297 x 210mm • 200 pages • Available Now • £25.00

Medieval to Modern Suburban Material Culture and Sequence at Grand Arcade, Cambridge Archaeological Investigations of an Eleventh to Twentieth-Century Suburb and Town Ditch Edited by Craig Cessford and Alison Dickens Series: Cambridge Archaeological Unit Urban Archaeology Series

The first description of CAU excavations in Cambridge.

This is the first volume describing the results of the CAUs excavations in Cambridge and the first monograph ever published on the archaeology of the town.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research • 9781902937786 Hardback • 280 x 216mm • 495 pages • November 2019 • £45.00

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Hinterlands and Inlands The Archaeology of West Cambridge and Roman Cambridge Revisited Edited by Christopher Evans (Cambridge Archaeological Unit) and Gavin Lucas (University of Iceland) Series: CAU Landscape Archives: New Archaeologies of the Cambridge Region Series

Fifteen diverse sites in Cambridge from 25 years of fieldwork.

Spanning 25 years of fieldwork on the west side of Cambridge, this volume presents the results of 15 sites. The main focus is on the area’s prehistoric ‘inland’ colonisation and the dynamics of its Roman hinterland settlements.

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research • 9781902937892 Hardback • 280 x 216mm • 350 pages • October 2019 • £35.00 Bath Quays Waterside The Archaeology Of Industry, Commerce And The Lives Of The Poor In Bath’s Lost Quayside District Cai Mason

Bath Quays Waterside The Archaeology of Industry, Commerce and the Lives of the Poor in Bath’s Lost Quayside District

By Cai Mason and Edited by Philippa Bradley Series: Wessex Archaology Occasional Paper

Explores the development of Bath Quays Waterside from the early 18th century onwards.

Excavations at Bath Quays Waterside represent the first detailed archaeological investigation of industrial buildings and housing within a ‘slum’ district on the southern edge of the city. This report sets the results of the excavations against the historical background, and documentary research links many of the buildings excavated to named inhabitants and photographic records.

Wessex Archaeology • 9781911137160 • Paperback • 297 x 210mm 100 pages • March 2020 • £15.00

A Prehistoric Burial Mound and Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Barrow Clump, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire English Heritage and Operation Nightingale excavations 2003-14

By Phil Andrews, Jonathan Last, Richard Osgood and Nick Stoodley Series: Wessex Archaology Occasional Paper

Details of excavations 2003-2004 and 2012-2014 at Barrow Clump.

Barrow Clump, on the east side of the Avon valley, is the site of a large, partly extant Early Bronze Age burial mound which incorporates an earlier Beaker funerary monument, seals a Neolithic land surface, and was the focus of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, most of the 70 graves dating to the 6th century AD, all examined here.

Wessex Archaeology • 9781911137122 • Hardback • 272 b/w and colour illus.

297 x 210mm • 284 pages • November 2019 • £25.00

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Urban Archaeological Assessment

Manufactured Bodies

By Gaynor Western and Jelena Bekvalac Research which reveals the impact of the Industrial Revolution on human health in London.

Bristol: A Worshipful Town and Famous City

By Nigel Baker, Jonathan Brett and Robert Jones A comprehensive assessment of the history, industrial and urban development and changing economic basis of Bristol.

Living off the Land Edited by Rhiannon Comeau and Andy Seaman Sets Welsh medieval agricultural landscapes in a broader British context.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253221 Paperback • 272 pages December 2019 • £19.99

Oxbow Books • 9781785708770 Hardback • 600 pages Available Now • £40.00

Windgather Press • 9781911188391 Paperback • 264 pages Available Now • £34.99

Excavations at Milla Skerra, Sandwick, Unst

The Land Was Forever: 15000 Years in North-East Scotland

Lost Lives, New Voices

By Olivia Lelong Reveals the everyday practices and seasonal rhythms of successive Iron Age communities over about 500 years.

By Kirsty Dingwall, Matt Ginnever, Richard Tipping, Jürgen van Wessel and Don Wilson

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Results of excavations on eight sites revealing activity from the Upper Palaeolithic to the post-Medieval.

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By Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis and Anwen Caffell Explore the lives and deaths of the Scottish soldiers captured at the Battle of Dunbar, 1650.

Oxbow Books • 9781785708473 Paperback • 384 pages Available Now • £20.00

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A History of Romania Land, People Civilization

By Nicolae Iorga

New edition of the 1925 classic Romanian history.

Nicolae Iorga's A History of Romania: Land, People, Civilization is not a typical historical account of a nation's past, reciting dates, personalities, and events.

Rather, it is an intimate portrait of a land and its people written by its greatest historian. In this new edition a foreword by David Prodan discusses, Iorga's contributions to Romanian scholarship.

Center for Romanian Studies • 9781592110148 • New in Paperback 60 b/w illus. • 229 x 152mm • 352 pages • October 2019 • £24.99

A Description of Moldavia

By Dimitrie Cantemir and Edited by A.K. Brackob

A unique insight into the geography, history, economy, ethnography, culture, and traditions of the principality.

Written by one of the country’s most renowned rulers, A Description of Moldavia provides unique insight into the geography, history, economy, ethnography, culture, and traditions of the principality. Originally composed in Latin, it circulated in manuscript during his lifetime, but was not published as a book until 1771 when a German language edition appeared in print. This edition publishes it in English for the first time.

Center for Romanian Studies • 9781592110254 • Hardback • b/w illus.

216 x 140mm • 160 pages • January 2020 • £29.99

Georg Bühler's Contribution to Indology

By Amruta Matu

Examines Georg Bühler's contribution to the study of Indology.

The Opera Minora series of the century-old Harvard Oriental Series aims at the swift publication of important materials that cannot be included in the mainly text-oriented Harvard Oriental Series, including seminal conferences, archaeological reports, important dissertations, currently controversially discussed topics in Indology and South Asian studies, biographies of outstanding scholars, supporting materials such as linguistic or historical atlases or indexes of important works.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240493 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 300 pages • January 2020 • £76.00

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Chinese Heirs to Muhammad Writing Islamic History in Early Modern China

By Lilu Chen

History as imagined by Hui Muslims in late nineteenth and early twentieth century China.

This book tells the story of history as imagined by Hui Muslims in late nineteenth and early twentieth century China. Chen argues that this was an especially productive period for historical thought. Histories from this period unify a vast temporal and spatial expanse: from genesis to antiquity to the modern era, from Arabia to Central Asia to China. Hui historians string together places and times into a coherent, continuous narrative for the community.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239251 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 180 pages • January 2020 • £76.00

From Caucasian Albania to Arran (300 BC – AD 1300) People, Country and History Edited by Robert Hoyland (New York University)

The first ever study in English dedicated to Albania in Late Antiquity to the Medieval period.

Caucasian Albania is a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus: mostly in what is now western Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located) and southern Dagestan. Little is known of the region's prehistory, and studies on its later history are few and far between. This is the first Englishlanguage publication dedicated to Albania from Late Antiquity to the Medieval period.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239886 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 400 pages • January 2020 • £76.00

Islands of Salt Historical Archaeology of Seafarers and Things in the Venezuelan Caribbean, 1624–1880

By Konrad A. Antczak Series: Taboui

Studies the saltpans in the Venezuelan Caribbean.

The early-modern Venezuelan Caribbean did not lure seafarers with cane sugar but with solar sea salt. In this book, the historical archaeological study of this salty commodity offers a unique entryway into the hitherto unknown maritime mobilities and daily lives of the seafarers who camped at the saltpans of Venezuelan islands from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries, cultivating and harvesting the white crystal of the sea.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908156 • Paperback • 9 b/w and 126 colour illus.

254 x 179mm • 364 pages • November 2019 • £65.00

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An Archaeological History of Montserrat in the West Indies Edited by John F. Cherry (Brown University) and Krysta Ryzewski (Wayne State University)

Traces the 5000 year history and heritage of the Caribbean island of Montserrat.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253900 Paperback • 24 b/w and 90 colour illus.

246 x 175mm • 192 pages • January 2020 £38.00

About the Editors: John F. Cherry is Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Classics at Brown University.

Krysta Ryzewski is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

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Montserrat is a small island in the Leeward islands of the eastern Caribbean and at present a British Overseas Territory. It has suffered greatly in recent times, first from the devastations of Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and since 1995 from the still-ongoing eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano that has caused two-thirds of the island’s population to emigrate and left half the island a dangerous exclusion zone. Archaeological research here began only in the late 1970s, but work over the past four decades has now made it possible to present an archaeological history of Montserrat, from the earliest known traces of human activity on the island about 5,000 years ago to the present.

This book draws on all the available archaeological evidence (including that from the co-authors’ own island-wide survey and excavation project since 2010), as well as newly available archival documents, to trace this little island’s long history and heritage.

This is not the story of an isolated and remote island: Montserrat is shown rather to be a place intricately connected to the flows of people and goods that have travelled between islands and across the Atlantic at various points in time, both Amerindian and historical. Despite its small size and seeming irrelevance, Montserrat has in fact always been networked into regional and global systems of connectivity. An underlying theme of this volume is resilience. It presents insights from the archaeological and documentary evidence on how the island’s inhabitants have coped with often adverse conditions throughout the course of its history – hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, slavery, disease, invasions, and impoverishment – all while remaining proudly connected to heritage that celebrates the accomplishments of island residents.

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Pre-Colonial and Post-Contact Archaeology in Barbados Past, Present, and Future Research Directions Edited by Maaike S. De Waal (Leiden University), Niall Finneran (University of Cambridge) and Matthew C. Reilly (City College of New York) Series: Taboui

Collected papers on Barbados' history, heritage, and archaeology.

One of the most comprehensive overviews of the archaeology of Barbados.

Drawing together scholars from the Caribbean, north America and Europe, all working from a range of disciplines within the broader scope of archaeology, and drawing upon recent and innovative fieldwork, the papers cover a wide variety of archaeological case studies.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908453 • Paperback • 28 b/w and 56 colour illus.

254 x 179mm • 360 pages • November 2019 • £50.00

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Current Research in Nubian Archaeology Edited by Gemma Tully and Samantha Tipper Series: Regenerating Practices in Archaeology and Heritage

A compilation of the latest scientific and archaeological research carried out in Sudan.

Current Research in Nubian Archaeology offers a compilation of scientific and archaeological reflections on the daily life and health of ancient Nubians.

The volume developed out of the first Sudan Studies Conference, hosted by Durham University, UK, in May 2017. The conference created a platform for interdisciplinary discourse between scholars which resulted in the new and innovative approaches to a wide range of topics, including bioarchaeology, ethno-archaeology and pottery that comprise this volume.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239404 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 219 pages • Available Now • £76.00

The Aqaba Khans and the Origin of Khans in Jordan An Archaeological Approach

By Reem Al Shqour Series: Islamic History and Thought

A diachronic study of the development of Aqaba castle.

The origin and development of the khan, also known as caravanserai or roadside inns, is an area of research that has not been extensively addressed.

Therefore, the present study includes a diachronic study of the development of a particular khan—the Aqaba castle—being an important Islamic khan sat at the junction of two major pilgrim routes, based on both Arabic and Crusader sources, and the results of the excavations.

Gorgias Press • 9781463206512 • Hardback • 254 x 178mm 543 pages • Available Now • £140.00

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'A Passion for Exploring New Countries' Matthew Flinders & George Bass

By Josephine Bastian

The true story of Matthew Flinders and George Bass’ attempts to find greatness in Australia.

Matthew Flinders and George Bass, two obscure young men from Lincolnshire, arrived in Sydney in 1795 determined to achieve greatness. For eight years these two pursued their destiny—and then it was all over. Bass died at 32, and Flinders was imprisoned as a spy. This book is historically rigorous, yet its protagonists’ fascinating and contrasting characters, the powerful background of the Napoleonic War, and the extraordinary events of their lives make it as gripping as any novel.

Australian Scholarly Publishing • 9781925333725 • Paperback 227 x 152mm • 334 pages • February 2020

The Quiet Invasion A History of Early Sydney

By Tim Ailwood

Follows the first men and women who eked out their lives on the shores of Sydney Cove.

The European settlement of the ‘Great Southern Land’, today’s Australia, is a story of first contact between European and Indigenous peoples, colonisation, disease and famine, misunderstandings and arrogant mindedness, tragedy and resilience. What really happened after the First Fleet arrived after sailing across the world to a land Europeans had barely touched upon and knew very little about? This book is the true history of today’s Sydney’s first four years.

Australian Scholarly Publishing • 9781925588972 • Paperback 227 x 152mm • 404 pages • February 2020

Vlad III Dracula The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula

By Kurt Treptow and Octavian Penda

Studies the life and times of Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler.

The fifteenth century Romanian Prince Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history.

This book uses all extant Romanian, Turkish, Russian, and German sources to reconstruct the history of this famous prince who, despite his short reign, created a name for himself in the history of his own country, as well as in world history.

Center for Romanian Studies • 9781592110285 • Hardback • b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 252 pages • January 2020 • £39.99

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Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards

By Roger Bland, Adrian Chadwick (University of Bristol), Eleanor Ghey (British Museum), Colin Haselgrove (University of Leicester) and David J. Mattingly

Examines the distribution, regional context and dating of coin hoards in the later Iron Age and Roman periods.

More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations.

Oxbow Books • 9781785708558 • Hardback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 220mm • 496 pages • April 2020 • £65.00

Debasement Manipulation of Coin Standards in Pre-Modern Monetary Systems Edited by Kevin Butcher (Warwick University)

First volume to deal specifically with coin debasement in the ancient and medieval worlds.

The debasement of coinage, particularly of silver, was a common feature of pre-modern monetary systems. This volume explores the phenomenon. It is inter-disciplinary in scope; apart from bringing together monetary historians of different periods, it also contains contributions from archaeometallurgists who have experience with the chemical and physical composition of coins and technical aspects of production of base alloys.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253986 • Hardback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 288 pages • February 2020 • £50.00

Coins of England Colouring Book

By Rebecca Green

A delight for enthusiasts of all ages.

From the Celts to the Tudors, the Georgians to our Queen – coins from all around the United Kingdom have shown many wonderful and diverse designs throughout the ages. In this innovative colouring book, there are 22 full page illustrations ready for you to colour in, featuring the most interesting imagery from our numismatic history. With each page providing a contextual history alongside the illustration, the book guarantees hours of fun for coin enthusiasts of all ages.

Spink Books • 9781912667406 • Paperback • 297 x 210mm 48 pages • Septmeber 2019 • £6.99

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Kushan Mystique

By David Jongeward (Royal Ontario Museum)

Profile of people and places encountered on David Jongeward’s Kushan research and travels.

Kushan Mystique is in part a personal narrative, and in part a profile of people and places encountered as a result of David Jongeward’s Kushan research and travels. The narrative includes accounts of meetings with collectors and curators and other specialists, descriptions of Mr. Jongeward’s museum-based research, and his visits to major archaeological sites in Pakistan that date to the Kushan era. The book includes discussions on the succession of Kushan kings and the Kushan pantheon of deities.

Spink Books • 9781912667468 • Hardback • 216 x 138mm 272 pages • May 2020 • £35.00

Chinese Numismatics

By Helen Wang (British Museum), Francois Thierry, Lyce Jankowski and Joe Cribb

A sound introduction to the beginnings of the study of Chinese numismatics, focusing on the 19th century.

This beautifully illustrated volume consists of three papers that complement each other beautifully and give a sound introduction to the beginnings of the study of Chinese numismatics, focusing on the 19th century, including several first-time translations into English.

Spink Books • 9781912667451 • Paperback • 216 x 138mm 96 pages • April 2020 • £20.00

The Distinguished Service Medal The First 25 Years

By Simon Eyre

The first in-depth exploration of the Distinguished Service Medal and its awards.

The Distinguished Service Medal was the main gallantry medal given to naval ratings during the First World War. The citations for these awards are difficult to identify in surviving documents. For the first time this book documents all the surviving recommendations for these awards and provides analysis of the campaigns for which the awards were made. The posthumous recommendations for the medal and details of other awards made to DSM recipients are included.

Spink Books • 9781912667420 • Hardback • 240 x 170mm 896 pages • February 2020 • £60.00

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The Metal in Britain's Coins

By Graham Birch

Discusses the compelling topic of the origin of the metals in Britain’s coins.

The origin of the metals in Britain’s coins is seldom discussed by numismatists, but this fascinating book shows what a compelling topic it can be. Graham Birch’s starting point is to de-code the provenance marks on coins and understand the motives behind their use and the messages they convey. The book spans two millennia and examines how coins minted from this treasure were used for propaganda or prestige in a pre-social media era.

Spink Books • 9781912667437 • Hardback • 246 x 189mm 248 pages • March 2020 • £40.00

Rivalling Rome Parthian Coins and Culture

By Vesta Curtis and Alexandra Magub

Uses important numismatic evidence to examine the history of the Parthian Empire.

Encounters between Roman generals and Parthian envoys are vividly described in Classical accounts, and unfortunately no Parthian sources are available. The most important primary source is therefore the coinage of the period c.248BCAD224. This book will use this evidence to highlight the rise of the Parthians, the long conflict with Rome, and the culture and religion of the Parthian Empire as seen through the coinage. It is co-published with the British Museum to accompany an exhibition opening in April 2020.

Spink Books • 9781912667444 • Paperback • 216 x 138mm 128 pages • March 2020 • £20.00

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Material Cultures and Public Engagement Re-Inventing Public Archaeology with Museum Collections Edited by Anastasia Christophilopoulou (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)

Documents and explores significant changes in the relationship of Museums with collections of the Ancient World and their audiences.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253689 Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

240 x 170mm • 144 pages • May 2020 £25.00

About the Editor: Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou is the Assistant Keeper and Cyprus Curator for the Department of Antiquities of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Her research interests include Early Greek Archaeology, Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, H o u s e h o l d A r c h a e o l o g y, a n d P u b l i c Archaeology and Engagement with Museums.

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Material Cultures in Public Engagement seeks to document and explore the significant change in the relationship of Museums with collections of the Ancient World and their audiences. It establishes a new approach to the study of public archaeology as a discipline and application within Museums, by bringing together the voices and experiences of museum professionals (curators, conservators and researchers) and public engagement professionals.

Chapters in this volume present clear case-studies of the variety and diversity of public engagement projects conducted currently within European Museums and beyond. While the majority of case studies presented in the volume’s chapters stem from European Museum programmes, plenty of reference is made on parallel strategies and successful public engagement programmes outside Europe. Case studies within the volume provide important insights as to why public engagement programmes have developed in different ways between Europe and the Americas, as well as whether these differences may stem from different curatorial practices. A a number of studies included in this volume point out that methodologies and practices of public engagement applied currently by Museums in or outside Europe are rarely the subject of theoretical and methodological scrutiny, unlike other fields of study of the Ancient World or other social sciences.

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Public Archaeology Theoretical Approaches & Current Practices Edited by Isilay Gursu

Explores the relationship between archaeology and contemporary society.

This volume explores the relationship between archaeology and contemporary society, especially as it concerns local communities living day-to-day alongside archaeological heritage. The contributors come from a range of disciplines and offer inspiring views emerging from the marriage of archaeology with a number of other fields, such as economics, social anthropology, ethnography, public policy, oral history and tourism studies, to form the discipline of ‘public archaeology’.

British Institute at Ankara • 9781912090808 • Hardback • 300 x 210mm 102 pages • Available Now • £30.00

Heritage Education Memories of the Past in the Present Caribbean Social Studies Curriculum: A View from Teacher Practice

By Eldris Con Aguilar

Perspectives on indigenous heritage in the social studies curriculum in the Caribbean.

This book compiles the results of a doctoral research study that sought to gain insight into how indigenous heritage is represented in the school curriculum for social studies. Aimed at investigating the use of heritage education in the classroom, this study treats the subject in the form of analyses of three country case studies: the Dominican Republic, Dominica and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908422 • Paperback • 2 b/w and 24 colour illus.

254 x 178mm • 190 pages • March 2020 • £40.00

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Death and Changing Rituals Function and meaning in ancient funerary practices Edited by J. Rasmus Brandt (University of Oslo), Håkon Roland and Marina Prusac Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology

Explores how funerary rituals changed and the reasons behind these changes.

In most societies the disposal of the corpse is accompanied by some form of celebration or ritual. These contributions are focused not on the examination of such different funerary practices, their function and meaning, but on the changes of such rituals, how and when they occurred, and how they may be explained.

A range of key themes are examined concerning belief and ritual, body and deposition, place, performance and commemoration.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253818 • New in Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

242 x 170mm • 320 pages • February 2020 • £35.00

Celtic Art in Europe Making Connections Edited by Christopher Gosden (University of Oxford), Sally Crawford (University of Oxford) and Katharina Ulmschneider

The benchmark volume on Celtic Art in Europe, now printed in paperback.

The ancient Celtic world evokes debate, discussion, romanticism and mythicism and is accessible through archaeology, history, linguistics and art history. Of these disciplines, art history offers the most direct message to a wider audience. This volume of 37 papers brings together an international group of specialists to chart the history of attempts to understand Celtic art and argue for novel approaches in discussions spanning the whole of Continental Europe and the British Isles.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253832 • New in Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 400 pages • April 2020 • £38.00

Paint it, Black A Biography of Kohl Containers

By Jolanda Bos

The remarkable history of kohl containers from the Early Bronze Age to the present day.

For thousands of years, people from all over the world have used body paint and kohl, a black powdery substance, has been universally used by both men and women throughout history. This book covers the remarkable history of kohl containers from the Early Bronze Age to the present day, including ancient Egypt, ancient Persia, the culture of the Early Islamic Period and the present-day cultures of North Africa and West Asia.

Blikvelduitgevers Publishers • 9789492940070 • Hardback • colour illus.

240 x 170mm • 356 pages • Available Now • £49.50

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The Art of Siege Warfare and Military Architecture from the Classical World to the Middle Ages Edited by Michael Eisenberg (University of Haifa) and Rabei Khamisy (University of Haifa)

Explores the latest archaeological and historical evidence for 2000 years of siege warfare.

The papers in this book present, the world of warfare, both defensive and offensive, from the Classical periods to end of the Middle Ages in one collection. It also tries to enrich the reader with the continuity, development and regression in the different periods and spheres of the ancient poliorcetics and beyond. The papers presented here focus on the physical fortifications, besieging and defense techniques, development and efficiency of ancient projectiles and sieging machinery, battlefields and the historiographical evidence.

Oxbow Books • 9781789254068 • Paperback • b/w and colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 288 pages • September 2020 • £38.00

Economic Zooarchaeology Studies in Hunting, Herding and Early Agriculture Edited by Peter Rowley-Conwy (Durham University), Dale Serjeantson (University of Southampton) and Paul Halstead (University of Sheffield)

Discusses key research issues concerning hunting, herding and early agriculture.

Economic zooarchaeology is the study of how past peoples exploited animals and plants, using as evidence the remains of those animals and plants. The 33 papers present a wide array of topics covering many areas of archaeological interest. Aspects of method and theory, animal bone identification, human palaeopathology, prehistoric animal utilisation in South America, and the study of dog cemeteries are covered.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253405 • New in Paperback • b/w illus. • 280 x 216mm 320 pages • Available Now • £30.00

Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture The Archaeology and Science of Kitchen Pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean World Edited by Michela Spataro (British Museum) and Alexandra Villing (British Museum)

Interdisciplinary studies on technological and socio-economic aspects of the ceramic kitchen ware, cuisine and cooking.

Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of kitchen pottery between archaeologists, material scientists, historians and ethnoarchaeologists, which aim to set a vital category of evidence in its wider social, political and economic contexts. Themes include technical aspects of pottery production; cooking as socio-economic practice; and changing tastes, culinary identities and cross-cultural encounters.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253412 • New in Paperback • b/w illus. • 279 x 215mm 304 pages • Available Now • £38.00

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Textiles and Textile Production in Europe From Prehistory to AD 400 Edited by Margarita Gleba and Ulla Mannering Series: Ancient Textiles Series

An essential sourcebook for both textile researchers and the wider archaeological community.

In archaeology, the study of textiles is often relegated to the marginalised zone of specialist and specialised subject. This book is a major survey that aims to redress this. 23 chapters collect and systematise essential information on textiles and textile production from sixteen European countries, resulting in an up-to-date and detailed sourcebook and an easily accessible overview of the development of European textile technology and economy from prehistory to AD 400.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253429 • New in Paperback • 320 b/w & colour illus., 22 maps, 30 tables • 275 x 215mm • 512 pages • October 2019 • £36.00

Art in the Archaeological Imagination Edited by Dragos Gheorghiu

Presents the archaeological imagination functioning as a type of artistic creation.

This book discusses the creative mental processes of the prehistoric and contemporary artists, as well as of the archaeologists studying them from the perspective of cognition and art. Its intention is to highlight the artistic thinking within the imagination of the archaeologist, as well as to discuss the concepts of imagination and art in the current scientific research. From this perspective the book suggests a type of research closer to the complexity of the human nature and human thinking.

Oxbow Books • 9781789253528 • Paperback • b/w illus. • 240 x 170mm 176 pages • March 2020 • £36.00

The Competition of Fibers Early Textile Produciton in Western Asia, Southeast and Central Europe (10000-500BCE) Edited by Wolfram Schier (Freie Universität Berlin) and Susan Pollock (Freie Universität Berlin)

A collection of papers on the study of wool and other fibers in ancient textile production.

The central issues discussed in this new collected work in the highly successful ancient textiles series are the relationships between fiber resources and availability on the one hand and the ways those resources were exploited to produce textiles on the other. Technological and economic practices—for example, the strategies by which raw materials were acquired and prepared— in the production of textiles play a major role in the papers collected here.

Oxbow Books • 9781789254297 • Paperback • colour illus. • 280 x 216mm 240 pages • April 2020 • £38.00 • Ancient Textiles

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The Romanesque Abbey of St Peter at Gloucester

By Carolyn Heighway and Richard Bryant

A highly illustrated volume on the history of the abbey at Gloucester cathedral.

Oxbow Books • 9781789254143 Paperback • 9781789254143 • colour illus.

280 x 216mm • 128 pages November 2019 • £24.99

About the authors: Carolyn Heighway conducted excavations for Gloucester Museum from 1973-1981. She was archaeological consultant to Gloucester Cathedral from 1981-2009. She is a Director of Past Historic.

Richard Bryant was Deputy Field Director on the British Academy Carthage Project from 1974-1978. He worked at Sutton Publishing from 1983 and since 1996 has been a Director of Past Historic.

This book was inspired by the records made by Carolyn Heighway during the thirty years when she was archaeological consultant at Gloucester Cathedral. The survival of so much of the abbey of 1089 is remarkable, and often not appreciated by the casual visitor since it is ingeniously overlaid by Gothic alterations. Since 2000, surveys have been produced which enable accurate plans and elevations to be made which clarify the late 11th and early 12th century appearance of the building; deductions have also been made from archaeological observations.

Since there are almost no documents for the abbey before the 15th century which relate to construction matters, the building itself is primary evidence, and archaeology is an important element.

The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs, plans and measured drawings including accurate reconstructions; comparative scale plans of Worcester and Tewkesbury are also included. The late 11th-12th century church is described in detail, along with the surviving claustral buildings. There is a chapter on polychromy and on the surviving 11th-12th century sculpture, and a full bibliography. The whole is set in context by Malcolm Thurlby, who comments on the wider sources and associations.

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Towns and Water Supply in Post-Roman Spain (AD 400-1000)

By Javier Martinez

Looks at a wide range of sources to explore Hispanic aqueducts.

Our current knowledge of Roman aqueducts across the Empire is patchy and uneven. Even if the development of “aqueduct studies” in recent years has improved this situation, one of the aspects which has been generally left aside is the chronology of their late antique phases and of their abandonment. This publication tackles this issue by analysing and reassessing the available evidence for the late phases of the Hispanic aqueducts.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239152 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 300 pages • January 2020 • £76.00

In the Footsteps of Honor Frost The Life and Legacy of a Pioneer in Maritime Archaeology Edited by Lucy Blue (University of Southampton) Series: Honor Frost Foundation General Publication

An assessment of Honor Frost’s pioneering work in the maritime and underwater archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean.

Maritime archaeologist Honor Frost (1917-2010) was a pioneer in her field. She left a rich legacy through her innovative research conducted in the eastern Mediterranean on the remains of ports and harbours, sea-level change, shipwrecks and ship construction, and ancient anchors. This volume provides an appreciation of Frost's work and assesses current projects in the region that continue its legacy.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908309 • Paperback • 48 b/w and 148 colour illus. • 254 x 179mm • IN HARDBACK ALSO AVAILABLE 9789088908316 • £180.00 300 pages • December 2019 • £60.00

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Osteoarchaeology in Historical Context Cemetery Research from the Low Countries Edited by Roos van Oosten, Rachel Schats and Kerry Fast Series: Urban Graveyard Proceedings

Important skeletal collections from the Low Countries are examined in their historical contexts.

While osteoarchaeological research is common in the Low Countries, many of the studies done on the excellent skeletal collections remain unpublished and therefore unavailable to a larger audience. This volume contributes to the dissemination of cemetery research by examing several important skeletal collections in their historical contexts to better understand past living and dying.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908330 • Paperback • 68 b/w and 26 colour illus.

254 x 179mm • 206 pages • November 2019 • £35.00

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Detecting and Explaining Technological Innovation in Prehistory Edited by Michela Spataro (British Museum) and Martin Furholt (University of Oslo) Series: Scales of Transformation

Interdisciplinary research on technological innovation in prehistory.

Aims to detect and explain technological change in the past and its role in transformation processes, using archaeological and ethnographic case studies.

The papers draw mainly on examples from prehistoric Europe, but case-studies from Iran, the Indus Valley, and contemporary central America are also included.

The authors adopt several perspectives, including cultural-historical, economic, environmental, demographic, functional, and agent-based approaches.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908248 • Paperback • 22 b/w and 37 colour illus.

280 x 203mm • 250 pages • December 2019 • £40.00

ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDBACK 9789088908255 • £120.00

The Material Origin of Numbers Insights from the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

By Karenleigh A. Overmann

Examines how number concepts are realised, represented, manipulated, and elaborated.

The Material Origin of Numbers examines how number concepts are realised, represented, manipulated, and elaborated. Utilising the cognitive archaeological framework of Material Engagement Theory and culling data from disciplines including neuroscience, ethnography, linguistics, and archaeology, Overmann offers a methodologically rich study of numbers and number concepts in the ancient Near East from the late Upper Paleolithic Period through the Bronze Age. Gorgias Press • 9781463207434 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 310 pages • January 2020 • £90.00

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Joukowsky Institute Publication

Edited by Alistair Barclay, David Field and Jim Leary

Studying Scientific Archaeology

Neolithic Studies Group

Houses of the Dead

Antiquarianisms

Molluscs in Archaeology

Edited by Benjamin Anderson and Felipe Rojas

Edited by Michael J. Allen A broad-based and comprehensive textbook on molluscs in archaeology.

Examines both how a culture studies its own past and how external people study a ‘foreign’ culture.

Oxbow Books • 9781789254105 Paperback • 320 pages January 2020 • £40.00

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Metals, Minds and Mobility

Neolithic Bodies

The Neolithic of Europe

Edited by Penny Bickle and Emilie Sibbesson

Edited by Penny Bickle, Vicki Cummings, Daniela Hofmann and Joshua Pollard

Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers

Explores the interface between Neolithic structures of the living with those for the dead.

Edited by Xosé-Lois Armada, Mercedes Murillo-Barroso and Mike Charlton Explores the complexities of early metallurgy and its social and economic implications.

Oxbow Books • 9781785709050 Hardback • 200 pages Available Now • £48.00

Focuses on new approaches to the human body in Neolithic Europe and the near East.

Oxbow Books • 9781785709012 Paperback • 154 pages Available Now • £40.00

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Invitación a la lengua siriaca Edited by George Kiraz, Joan Ferrer and Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala

A Spanish translation of George Kiraz's popular New Syriac Primer.

A Spanish translation of George Kiraz's popular New Syriac Primer. This fruitful integration of scholarly introduction and practical application provides a primer that is more than a simple grammar or syntactic introduction to the language.

Written in a style designed for beginners, Kiraz avoids technical language and strives for a reader-friendly inductive approach.

Gorgias Press • 9781463206369 • Paperback • 254 x 178mm 300 pages • January 2020 • £40.00

Classical Syriac

By Arman Akopian

An introductory course of eight lessons presents the Syriac phonology and script, and 40 lessons.

This book, designed to cover one academic year, presents a grammar of Classical Syriac. An introductory course of eight lessons presents the Syriac phonology and script, followed by the basic course of 40 lessons.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239794 • Paperback • 254 x 178mm 399 pages • January 2020 • £71.00

Linguistic Coherence in Biblical Hebrew Texts Edited by Lénart de Regt

Explores four discourse devices in Biblical Hebrew texts.

This monograph explores the distinct ways in which four discourse devices participate in establishing coherence in Biblical Hebrew texts. Bringing together linguistics, literary analysis, pragmatics, and translation methodology, de Regt demonstrates how a thorough understanding of the functions of devices of linguistic coherence beyond the sentence level should be integrated into biblical translation methodology and Biblical Hebrew pedagogy.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239381 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 160 pages • January 2020 • £75.00

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Journal of Language Relationship 16/3-4 Edited by Vladimir Dybo, George Starostin, Tatiana Mikhailova, Anna Dybo and Kirill Babaev Series: Journal of Language Relationship

An international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative linguistics and the history of the human language.

The Journal of Language Relationship is an international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative linguistics and the history of the human language. The Journal contains articles written in English and Russian, as well as scientific reviews, discussions and reports from international linguistic conferences and seminars.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240332 • Paperback • 273 x 210mm 162 pages • Available Now • £53.60

Hidden Treasure Doublet Catchwords in the Leningrad Codex

By David Marcus

Publishes for the first time 500 catchwords that were attached to Masoretic doublet notes in the Leningrad Codex.

This work presents to the scholarly world the hitherto unpublished trove of over 500 catchwords that were attached to Masoretic doublet notes in the Leningrad Codex. The doublets and catchwords are listed both in the chronological order of their first appearance in the Bible and again on their second. The nature of the catchwords, their purpose, and their relation to other Masoretic notes are described, and suggestions made how they can be of value to biblical scholars.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240394 • Hardback • 254 x 178mm 105 pages • Available Now • £76.00

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A New Edition of Codex I The Washington Pauline Manuscript

By Justin Soderquist and Thomas A. Wayment

A new edition of the Washingtong Manuscript of the Epistles of Paul (Codex 1) Nearly a century has passed since Henry A. Sanders first published his edition princeps of the Washington Manuscript of the Epistles of Paul (Codex I). Within that time, it has received very little scholarly attention. This new edition provides a fresh, conservative transcription based on two new image sets and valuable data surrounding the manuscript’s provenance, character, scribal habits, textual affiliation, and substantive variants. It provides comprehensive lists of variants between Codex I, Nestle-Aland 28, and Robinson Pierpont.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240547 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 200 pages • January 2020 • £100.00

JJP 48 (2019) Journal of Juristic Papyrology Edited by Tomasz Derda, Adam Łajtar and Jakub Urbanik Series: JJP Journal

New issue of the Journal of Juristic Papyrology.

The Journal of Juristic Papyrology is one of the leading specialist journals publishing articles and essays on papyrology and epigraphy and devoted to the history of the Nile Valley in Graeco-Roman and Byzantine periods.

Journal of Juristic Papyrology • Hardback • 228 x 165mm 338 pages • Available Now • £46.00

Creation and Literary Recreation Edited by Paul M.C. Elliott

Investigates Ambrose of Milan’s use of Philo in his letters.

Ambrose of Milan treated Philo of Alexandria as an authoritative predecessor and made use of his works to a far greater extent than any other Church Father. This study seeks to fill a gap in the current scholarship by investigating Ambrose’s use of Philo in his collection of letters, focusing on a set of three concerning the Genesis creation account. It investigates why Ambrose found Philo to be particularly valuable and how he interpreted, adapted, and ultimately re-created his source.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240875 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 250 pages • January 2020 • £119.00

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Ambrose of Milan's On the Holy Spirit Edited by Andrew Selby

Spotlights an understudied theology text.

Despite being the first extended defense of the divinity of the Holy Spirit written in Latin and influencing the Trinitarian theology of Augustine of Hippo, Ambrose of Milan’s On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto) has received little scholarly attention.

This book seeks to change this perspective by claiming that Ambrose defines the Holy Spirit in a way consistent with pro-Nicene theology using classical Ciceronian rhetoric to interpret Scripture in a quasi-judicial situation.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240745 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 500 pages • January 2020 • £150.00

Islamic Origins, Arabian Custom, and the Documents of the Prophet

By Sarah Mirza

Examines the functions of documents attributed to the Prophet Muhammad.

Early Islamic historical literature attributes several hundred pragmatic documents to the Prophet Muḥammad. The consistent use of epistolary and legal formulae, which are found only in these documents, encourages us to treat these texts as a corpus. In addition to consistent terminology, formulaic structure, and formulae, these texts show remarkable stability through transmission. This study will demonstrate through three case studies the particular functions of these documents in the history of social relations in late antique Arabia.

Gorgias Press • 9781463206444 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 300 pages • January 2020 • £75.00

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The Interpretations of the Theotokias by the Patriarch John ibn Qiddis

By Youhanna Youssef

An exploration of the life and work of Ibn Qiddis, including English translations.

The Theotokias are prayers dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God (Theotokos). In the early fourteenth century, the Patriarch of the Coptic Church, Ibn Qiddis, composed and paraphrased – in Coptic – the Theotokias. His work has only survived in a single manuscript. This book introduces the author, John Ibn Qiddis, his liturgical, pastoral, and literary activities, and the Coptic language of his time, followed by the texts and an English translation.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239480 • Hardback 200 pages • January 2020 • £75.00

Calling out to Isis The Enduring Presence of Nubian Worshippers at Philae

By Solange Ashby

Sheds light on the roles of Nubian worshippers in Egyptian religion.

The expansion of the cult of the goddess Isis throughout the Mediterranean world demonstrates the appeal of Egyptian religion in the Greco-Roman period. Here, Ashby focuses on an oft-neglected population in studies of this phenomenon. Through examination of prayer inscriptions, legal agreements engraved on temple walls, Ptolemaic royal decrees and temple imagery, Ashby sheds new light on the involvement of Nubians in the Egyptian temples of Lower Nubia and compares Nubian cultic practices and the Meroitic royal funerary cult.

Gorgias Press • 9781463207151 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 340 pages • January 2020 • £75.00

On this Day (May) The Armenian Church Synaxarion (Yaysmawurk) Edited by Edward G. Mathews Jr.

The first Armenian-English edition of this volume of saints’ lives celebrated in May. The Armenian Church Synaxarion is a collection of saints’ lives according to the day of the year on which each saint is celebrated. The first Armenian Church Synaxarion represented the logical culmination of a long and steady development of what is today called the cult of the saints. This volume, the first Armenian-English edition, is the fifth of a twelve-volume series and is ideal for personal devotional use or as a valuable resource for anyone interested in saints.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240646 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 250 pages • January 2020 • £68.00

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Zwischen Matuidiya und Aš ariya Abu Šakur as-Salimi und sein Tamhid fi bayan at-tauhid

By Angelika Brodersen Series: Islamic History and Thought

A new edition and German commentary of an important theological Arabic work.

The present work provides a new edition and substantial German commentary of the important theological Arabic work Al-Tamhid fi bayan at-tauhid (Introduction to the Explanation of Monotheism) by the 5th/11th century scholar Abu Šakur asSalimi. The work and its author belong to the theological school that succeeded Abu Mansur al-Matuiridi (died 333/944) and still serve as important markers of Sunni theology into the nineteenth century.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239411 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 515 pages • Available Now • £100.00

The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The EdessaAleppo Syriac Codex) Books XV–XXI. From the Year 1050 to 1195 AD Edited by Amir Harrak Series: Gorgias Chronicles of Late Antiquity

Translation of Books XV-XXI of Michael the Great’s world chronicle.

Michael the Great was elected patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox church in a very unstable period. He nevertheless found time, clarity of mind, and determination to write a voluminous world chronicle, which he completed four years before he died in November 7, 1199. The present edition and its translation begin with Book XV and end with Book XXI, the last Book in the Chronicle, thereby covering more than 160 years, from AD 1031 to AD 1195.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240318 • Hardback • 254 x 178mm 531 pages • Available Now • £172.00

The Monasteries and Monks of Nubia

By Artur Obłuski

The first study of the archaeology of religion of Christian Nubia.

This volume is the first study of the archaeology of religion of Christian Nubia. It presents the material record of Nubian monasticism and offers a comparative analysis. Using archaeological and epigraphic data, the author reconstructs the life in Nubian monasteries. The work features a catalogue of archaeological sites tentatively identified as locations of monastic communities, and an overview of pertinent textual sources. From the scarce sources the author recreates the monasteries’ spiritual and social dynamics, management systems and competing hierarchies.

Journal of Juristic Papyrology • 9788394684860 • Hardback • 228 x 165mm 200 pages • November 2019 • £43.00

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Fate, Freedom, and Happiness Clement and Alexander on the Dignity of Human Responsibility

By Daniel Robinson

Examines and compares the approaches of two authors from the third century CE. In what particular manner are human beings free moral agents? To what extent can they reasonably expect to attain a good life? This book analyses and compares the approaches of two significant authors from different schools at the turn of the third century CE, Alexander of Aphrodisias and Clement of Alexandria. These contemporaries utilise their respective Peripatetic and Christian commitments in their employment of the shared Greek classics toward these shared ethical questions.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239282 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 334 pages • January 2020 • £100.00

"And From His Side Came Blood and Milk" The Martyrdom of St Philotheus of Antioch in Coptic Egypt

By Anna Rogozhina

Examines the function and development of the cult of saints in Coptic Egypt.

This book examines the function and development of the cult of saints in Coptic Egypt, focusing primarily on the material provided by the texts forming the Coptic hagiographical tradition of the early Christian martyr Philotheus of Antioch, and specifically, the Martyrdom of St Philotheus of Antioch. This Martyrdom reflects a once flourishing cult which is attested in Egypt by rich textual and material evidence. This text enjoyed great popularity, since his dossier includes texts in Coptic, Georgian, Ethiopic, and Arabic.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239169 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 380 pages • January 2020 • £75.00

The Mystical Tradition of the Eastern Church Studies in Patristics, Liturgy, and Practice Edited by Sergey Trostyanskiy and Jess Gilbert

An in-depth examination of the work of contemporary Orthodox thinkers.

This volume presents the work of contemporary Orthodox thinkers who attempt to integrate the theological and the mystical. Exciting and provocative chapters treat a wide variety of mysticism, including early Church accounts, patristics (including the seemingly ever-popular subject of deification), liturgy, iconography, spiritual practice, and contemporary efforts to find mystical sense in cyber-technologies and post-humanism.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240608 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 260 pages • January 2020 • £76.00

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Torah is a Hidden Treasure Proceedings of the Midrash Section, Society of Biblical Literature

By W. David and Rivka Ulmer Series: Islamic History and Thought

Contributions by both leading and emerging scholars of Midrash.

The chapters in Torah is a Hidden Treasure pertain to authorship in Seder Eliyahu Rabba and Pirqe deRabi Eliezer, natural law and Israel’s statutes, Masorah and midrash, as well as a definition of midrash. The Hebrew Bible and midrash is researched in the interpretation of Israelite tribes, the Ten Commandments and the Covenant Code, and in Rashbam’s Bible commentary and its exegetical devices.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240783 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 200 pages • January 2020 • £100.00

Book for the Commemoration of the Living and the Dead Series: Gorgias Chronicles of Late Antiquity

A book for commemoration for the living and the dead.

This book provides 23 pages for listing the names of living Orthodox loved ones to pray for and provides 23 pages to list Orthodox loved ones who have died.

There is one prayer in English for the living and one prayer in English for the dead as well as two half tone icons. In the Russian tradition, this book is handed to the priest with the small prosphora before the beginning of the liturgy.

Printshop of St Job of Pochaev • 9780884653783 • Paperback 178 x 108mm • 56 pages • Available Now • £4.99

She Opens Her Hand to the Poor Edited by Jordan W. Jones

Examines neglected non-ritual gestures in the Hebrew Bible.

As the premier source for moral pedagogy in the Hebrew Bible, Proverbs contains several gestures that enhance an understanding of social values in ancient Israel. To aid in the process of decoding these literary features, Jones examines Ugaritic, Akkadian, Egyptian, and Sumerian texts, identifying similar gestures and anatomical idioms and how they are interpreted in their contexts.

Though the religious and cultural systems of these neighbouring entities are distinct, their ideology of social values emerges through the medium of gesture.

Gorgias Press • 9781463240455 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 250 pages • January 2020 • £75.00

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The Making of Holy Russia

By John Strickland

Unique study of the failed attempt to revive faith and piety in Russia in the late imperial era.

This book, a study of the interaction between Russian Church and society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, introduces the reader to a range of opinions that strove for spiritual renewal and the spread of the Gospel. Grounded in original library and archive research it intends to reveal the wider relevance of the topic to an ongoing discussion of the relationship between national or ethnic identities and the self-understanding of Orthodox Christianity as a universal and transformative Faith.

Holy Trinity Seminary Press • 9781942699279 • Paperback 230 x 150mm • 356 pages • January 2020 • £23.99

2020 Holy Trinity Orthodox Russian Calendar (Russian-language) Троицкий Православный Русский Календарь на 2020 г.

By the Holy Trinity Seminary

A Russian-language Orthodox Russian Calendar with details of feasts and Lenten days.

This liturgical guide offers detailed rubrics for every Sunday and major feast of the year, as well as certain lesser feasts and lenten days. This year's calendar also incorporates for the first time the annual directory of Hierarchs, Clergy, and Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

Printshop of St Job of Pochaev • 9780884654315 • Spiralbound • 8 b/w illus. • 230 x 150mm 456 pages • January 2020 • £20.00

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The Divine Liturgy of Our Father Among the Saints Basil the Great Parallel Slavonic-English Text By the Holy Trinity Seminary

Texts for the celebration of the liturgy of St Basil the Great by the priest and deacon.

This convenient pocket-sized book contains the necessary texts for the celebration of the liturgy of St Basil the Great by the priest and deacon, interpolated with comprehensive rubrical directions. Texts sung by the choir are also shown. The parallel format gives the Church Slavonic texts on the left page and the English on the right. The book includes the proskomedia, daily and festal dismissals, thanksgiving prayers and special petitions.

Printshop of St Job of Pochaev • 9780884654346 • Hardback 150 x 90mm • 288 pages • March 2020 • £20.00

Harbor for Our Hope On Acquiring Peace Amidst Suffering

By St. Ignatius Brianchaninov and translated by Elena Borowski

New translation of St Ignatius Brinchaninov’s writings on the meaning of suffering.

St Ignatius Brianchaninov is renowned as a writer on the spiritual life in general.

Throughout most of his adult life he struggled with chronic illness and disability.

His experience disposed him to reflect on the meaning of suffering for human existence and how through it we might find “a harbor for our hope.” The saint frequently returns to these themes in many of his letters, newly translated into English and excerpted, adapted and presented here in thematic subject groups.

Printshop of St Job of Pochaev • 9780884654223 • Paperback 230 x 150mm • 224 pages • March 2020 • £15.99

Biblical Ethics Tensions Between Justice and Mercy, Law and Love Edited by Peter Wick and Markus Zehnder Series: Gorgias Biblical Studies

Examines the relationship of law and love, justice and mercy in the New and Old Testaments.

Biblical theology is confronted with tensions between love and justice. There are sometimes attempts to avoid these tensions by dissolving one side of the opposing concept. One such attempt is to identify love and mercy as the essence of Christian theology, overcoming law and reciprocal justice. However, such a dissolution is irresponsible not only ethically, but also theologically—as the discussion collected in the present volume will demonstrate.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239459 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 349 pages • Available Now • £76.00

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Fâtima, Daughter of Muhammadi Second Edition

By Christopher Clohessy Series: Islamic History and Thought

Examines Muhammad’s only surviving child, a woman deeply significant to politics and religion.

Fâtima was from early times taken up by Shî’a Islam, for whose adherents she is the virgin mother, the heavenly intercessor, and the grieving mother of al-Husayn.

During her life she was impoverished and weak, neglected, marginalised, and divested of justice: but her reward in heaven comprises incalculable riches, all those in heaven will bow their heads to her, and her company will be the angels and the friends of God. Here, for the first time, her story is told.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239398 • Paperback • 229 x 152mm 373 pages • Available Now • £44.00

Seeing Islam as Others Saw It A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam

By Robert Hoyland Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies

A new approach to the early history of Islam.

This seminal work offers a new approach to the question of writing the early history of Islam. The new edition produces the original text with the addition of a substantial foreword in which Hoyland discusses how the field has developed over the two decades that proceeded the book’s first publication, and shares some personal reflections on how his thinking has developed and the potential impact of this on the findings of the original study.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239268 • Hardback • 254 x 178mm 752 pages • Available Now • £76.00

Sermon on Saint Thomas, the Beloved Apostle A Syriac Catholic Panegyric from Seventeenth Century Malabar ''

By Radu Mustacc

Examines an untitled panegyric sermon in praise of Saint Thomas the Apostle.

A study of a homily in praise of Saint Thomas, written in Syriac by a Catholic missionary. The homily, which is preserved in two manuscripts, is an important witness to the interaction between the Indian Syrian Christians and the Western Catholic missionaries.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239022 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 122 pages • Available Now • £52.00

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Daughter Zion's Trauma A Trauma Informed Reading of Lamentations

By James Yansen Series: Biblical Intersections

Utilises trauma studies to enable trauma-informed readings of biblical literature.

Through structural analysis and use of non-referential history as a heuristic lens, Yansen yields fresh insights into the book’s form, language, and larger "historical" significance. Utilising insights from study of the rhetorical dimensions of the trauma process in cultural trauma, this study asserts that Lamentations strategically adapts certain religious traditions to ensure the survival of those whose voices it echoes.

Gorgias Press • 9781463207441 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 233 pages • Available Now • £88.00

Singer of the Word of God Ephrem the Syrian and his Significance in Late Antiquity

By Sebastian Brock

Updates and publishes in English for the first time articles on Ephrem the Syrian.

As the first volume of the Sebastianyotho series, this book collects Sebastian P. Brock’s articles related to Ephrem the Syrian. The articles cover a wide array of topics, including a biographical overview of the saint, an exposition of St. Ephrem’s importance for Christianity today and his relevance as a theologian, an analysis of some of his works, and a bibliographic guide to editions of these works.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239220 • Hardback • 254 x 178mm 380 pages • January 2020 • £130.00

The Masorah of the Former Prophets in the Leningrad Codex Vol. 4: 2 Samuel

By David Marcus

First English translation and commentary of a major part of the masorah of the great Leningrad Codex.

This work represents the first time that a major part of the masorah of the great Leningrad Codex, that of the Former Prophets, is being published with an English translation and commentary. Almost 9000 notes are transcribed and annotated with biblical references

Gorgias Press • 9781463206024 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 373 pages • January 2020 • £150.00

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A Brief History of Northern Kentucky

By Robert D. Webster and Foreword by Paul A. Tenkotte

A well-rounded study of the history of Northern Kentucky.

From the arrival of the Native Americans to the first European settlers in the late 1700s and the building of Ark Encounter at Williamstown in 2016, Northern Kentucky's landscape and population have changed dramatically. This encompassing study delves into the region's unique past and considers its everevolving future. Provided is a wide-ranging overview of Northern Kentucky's rich history, including details about its early pioneers and significant historic moments and discussion of the revitalisation of the region.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813177878 • Hardback 53 b/w illus., 2 maps, 1 table • 229 x 152mm • 344 pages • December 2019 • £25.00

The Legacy of J. William Fulbright Edited by Alessandro Brogi, Giles Scott-Smith, David J. Snyder Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace

Covers Fulbright's development as a national and global voice on foreign relations.

This collection of essays details the political life of one of the most prominent and gifted American statesmen of the twentieth century. From his training in international law to his five terms in the US Senate, J. William Fulbright had a profound influence on US foreign policy, and his vision for mutual understanding shaped the extraordinary educational exchange program that bears his name.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813177700 • Hardback • 1 chart 229 x 152mm • 304 pages • Available Now • £41.50

Kentucky's Cookbook Heritage Two Hundred Years of Southern Cuisine and Culture

By John van Willigen

A unique and valuable perspective on Kentucky's social history through food.

Our meals illuminate our culture and history. As a result, cookbooks present a unique opportunity to analyse changing foodways and can yield surprising discoveries about tastes and priorities. In Kentucky's Cookbook Heritage, John van Willigen explores the state's history through its changing food culture.

Analysing the historical importance of a wide range of publications, van Willigen provides a valuable perspective on the state's social history.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178493 • Paperback • 33 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 306 pages • Available Now • £20.50

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The Dream Is Lost Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia

By Julian Maxwell Hayter Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century

An important view of the post-civil rights era.

Once the capital of the Confederacy and the industrial hub of slave-based tobacco production, Richmond, Virginia has been largely overlooked in the context of twentieth century urban and political history. This book describes more than three decades of national and local racial politics in Richmond and illuminates the unintended consequences of civil rights legislation, using the city's experience to explain the political abuses that often accompany American electoral reforms and explores the arc of mid-twentieth-century urban history.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178462 • Paperback 13 b/w illus., • 26 tables, 1 fig. • 229 x 152mm • 346 pages • Available Now • £25.00

Faith in Black Power Religion, Race, and Resistance in Cairo, Illinois

By Kerry Pimblott Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century

Adds a new element to the study of African American religion.

In 1969, Robert Hunt was found dead in the Cairo, Illinois, police station.

White authorities ruled the death a suicide, but many members of the African American community believed Hunt had been murdered, sparking rebellions and protests across the city. Kerry Pimblott discusses how black churches supported and shaped the United Front, the impact of female leaders, and their influence on young activists. Using extensive primary research, this book contributes to the history of the black freedom struggle in America.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178479 • Paperback • 12 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 334 pages • Available Now • £25.00

Stitched Together Stories of a Kentucky Life

By Bob Thompson

A demonstration that there is something to be gained from every human experience.

When Bob Thompson asked his granny why she continued to create her beautiful quilts, she said it was the only way she could reach across time, giving her descendants her energy. This collection combines personal and family experiences where Thompson draws on his mother's seventy years of diaries, handwritten notes, and recipe cards to reveal that every story has some wisdom to impart. Thompson's poignant narratives impart the significance of the quiet moments and meaningful spaces between everyday events.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178066 • Hardback • 29 b/w illus.

216 x 140mm • 164 pages • Available Now • £25.00

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Bourbon's Backroads A Journey through Kentucky's Distilling Landscape

By Karl Raitz

An exploration of Kentucky's bourbon heritage and industry.

Bourbon is as synonymous with Kentucky as horses and basketball. Bourbon distilling has influenced the landscape and heritage of the region for more than two centuries. Blending several topics, this primer and geographical guide presents a detailed history of the development of Kentucky's distilling industry.

Based on extensive archival research this work places the distilling process in its environmental, geographical, and historical context. Bourbon's Backroads reveals the places where bourbon's heritage was made and why the industry continues to thrive.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178424 • Hardback 11 b/w illus., 25 maps • 254 x 178mm • 208 pages • December 2019 • £25.00

Voices of African Immigrants in Kentucky Migration, Identity, and Transnationality

By Francis Musoni, Iddah Otieno, Angene Wilson and Jack Wilson Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series

The challenges and the positive experiences of immigrants.

The heart of this book is based on oral history interviews with 47 of the more than 22,000 Africa-born immigrants in Kentucky. Every immigrant has a unique and complex story of their life experiences and the decisions that led them to emigrate to the United States. The compelling narratives reveal why and how the immigrants came to the Bluegrass state and how they connect with and contribute to their home countries and the US.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178608 • Hardback 19 b/w illus., 1 map • 229 x 152mm • 210 pages • December 2019 • £41.50

Frog Hollow Stories from an American Neighborhood

By Susan Campbell Series: Garnet Books

The true stories of Frog Hollow, an ethnically diverse neighbourhood.

A collection of colorful historical vignettes of an ethnically diverse neighbourhood just west of the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. During the Revolutionary War, Frog Hollow was a progressive hub, and later, in the mid-late 19th century, it was a hotbed of industry. Reporter Susan Campbell tells the true stories of Frog Hollow with a primary focus on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Wesleyan University Press • 9780819579621 • Paperback • 38 illus.

229 x 152mm • 240 pages • May 2020 • £16.50

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Evoking the New City Milan from Post-World War II Reconstruction through the Economic Miracle

By Scott Joseph Budzynski The post-war period in Milan was a time when the transformational possibilities of the Lombard metropolis were palpable. Architects looked to the future in planning an ideal city onto one heavily damaged in World War II. They looked back to the relatively young tradition of modern architecture in Italy, while simultaneously re-ordering its narratives. Concentrating on skyscrapers, housing, and city planning, this book approaches Milan as an ideal city of the post-war period through architecture, film, and print media.

Mimesis International • 9788869772627 • Paperback • 60 illus. • 240 x 208mm 150 pages • May 2020 • £14.99

Faber's Hub D.E.SY. Design-Oriented Strategies for Studios and House Museums Edited by Anna Mazzanti (Politecnico di Milano)

A reflection on design-oriented strategies for enhancement of museums and galleries.

The last few years have seen a growing interest in the conservation and enhancement of the working and living spaces of the faber: artists, designers and architects. The volume aims at presenting the results of an interdisciplinary research on museum studies and design applied to cultural heritage that, starting from theoretical and methodological considerations and from the analysis of international paradigmatic case studies, proposes a reflection on design-oriented strategies and practices for the enhancement and use of these places.

Mimesis International • 9788869772634 • Paperback • 100 illus.

208 x 170mm • 200 pages • June 2020 • £17.99

Chromatic Homes: The Design and Coloring Book

By John I. Gilderbloom This colouring book is a celebration of chromatic homes, the alluring and ornate structures that have graced cities around the world for centuries. This captivating collection also teaches and explores the art and science of the use of colour in historic preservation, architecture, neighbourhood design, and planning. Containing 57 pages of illustrations, this edition is an effective and fun-filled way to enjoy and appreciate the homes' beauty, while also encouraging imagination and the creation of a unique work of art.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178837 • Paperback • 279 x 216mm 84 pages • December 2019 • £11.00

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The Roman Plaster Cast Market 1750-1840 Thorvaldsen and his Plaster Casts from the Antique and the Early Modern Period

By Jan Zahle

A complete mapping and re-evaluation of Thorvaldsens Museum’s cast collection.

The Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen was recognized as one of the leading artists of his time. He lived in Rome from 1797-1838, where he built a comprehensive collection of plaster casts. This book presents a complete mapping and re-evaluation of Thorvaldsen’s Museum’s cast collection. The publication also presents a rich, and in some cases previously unknown, collection of sources from archives in Denmark and other countries and from the digital archives of the museum.

Aarhus University Press • 9788771843590 • Hardback • colour illus.

274 x 245mm • 652 pages • May 2020 • £85.00

Manet to Bracquemond: Unknown Letters to an Artist and a Friend

By Jean-Paul Bouillon

An important source for our knowledge of Manet’s life and dealings.

This new edition publishes the letters addressed by Édouard Manet to his friend, artist Félix Bracquemond. The correspondence surfaced at a sale in Paris and was acquired by the Fondation Custodia with Jean-Luc Baroni’s help. Edited here for the first time by Jean-Paul Bouillon, the letters are in their original French, accompanied by comments on their dating and subject matter, preceded by a comprehensive introduction on the friendship between the two men; illustrations reproduce most of the works alluded to.

Ad Ilissum • 9781912168170 • Paperback • 246 x 186mm 136 pages • February 2020 • £35.00

Great Critics of Art From the Enlightenment to Postmodernity

By Jesús Pedro Lorente (University of Saragossa)

A reassessment of the greatest art critics.

Following on the footsteps of Lionello Venturi’s History of Art Criticism, this book provides an updated reassessment of the greatest art critics from the Enlightenment to the turn of the second millennium. Conceived as a didactic handbook, with recommended bibliography at the end of each chapter, this concise essay tells the history of a profession in permanent crisis, paying homage to its most influential practitioners in different cultural contexts.

Mimesis International • 9788869772566 • Paperback • 208 x 140mm 200 pages • May 2020 • £17.99

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The McCarthy Collection: Spanish, English, Flemish and Central European Miniatures

By Peter Kidd

A richly detailed and illustrated contribution to medieval scholarship.

This handsome catalogue is the second of a three-volume set exploring the McCarthy collection, arguably the largest and most important private collection of illuminated cuttings, miniatures, and leaves in the world. This volume is dedicated to the holdings of single leaves and cuttings from Spanish, English, Flemish and Central European manuscripts from the 12th to late 15th centuries. Richly detailed with illustrations, it is a notable contribution to medieval scholarship.

Ad Ilissum • 9781912168132 • Hardback • 300 x 240mm 248 pages • December 2019 • £80.00

The McCarthy Collection: French Miniatures

By Peter Kidd

Describes French leaves and miniatures from medieval manuscripts.

This catalogue is the final of three volumes exploring a remarkable collection of leaves and miniatures from medieval manuscripts. Detailed with illustrations, this notable contribution describes French material from c. 1100 to the 15th century. This volume is the largest, with approximately 95 French entries. In many cases the recto and verso of each item is reproduced, as the verso often provides vital textual, palaeographical or art historical clues to the origin, or traces of a later provenance.

Ad Ilissum • 9781912168187 • Hardback • 300 x 240mm 336 pages • December 2019 • £100.00

Hartford Seen

By Pablo Delano (Trinity College, Hartford) Series: HartfordBooks

The first modern-day art photography book to focus on Connecticut’s capital.

Comprising more than 150 full-color images, this collection has been in the making since Pablo Delano began teaching photography at Trinity College in 1996. In this personal meditation on Hartford’s built environment, he implements a methodical but intuitive approach, using colour and meticulous compositions to evoke the city’s essence, particularly the way global population flows impact the city’s physical structures.

Wesleyan University Press • 9780819579256 • Paperback • 125 illus.

229 x 152mm • 160 pages • May 2020 • £21.50

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Metier International 2019 Edited by Jolanda Bos, Boujka Mulder and Lonneke Beukenholdt

A diverse collection on art, craft, material and techniques.

Métier Magazine is devoted to engaging its readers in art, craft, material and techniques. This annual English edition combines a series of articles and amazing stories of crafts, objects and artisans from around the world and from different time periods. It shows amazing textiles (silk and velvet) from the Ottoman Empire (17th century) that have fairly recently been found on an ancient Dutch Shipwreck, but also shows newly designed fabrics, nomadic rugs from Central Asia, reconstructed prehistoric clothing and archaeological conservation of heritage in the Antarctic region.

Blikvelduitgevers Publishers • 9789492940124 • Paperback • colour illus.

297 x 210mm • 192 pages • November 2019 • £22.00

For the Hog Killing, 1979

By Tanya Berry

Intimate, expressive moments of Kentucky community.

In November 1979 as in years before, families gathered to do one of the ceremonious jobs of farm life: hog killing. Tanya Berry had been given a camera

by New Farm magazine to photograph Kentucky farmers at work, and for two days at the farm of Owen and Loyce Flood, she captured this culmination of a year's labor raising livestock. Here, in the resulting photographs, published for the first time, the American agrarian tradition is shown at its most harmonious.

University Press of Kentucky • 9781950564002 • Hardback • 48 b/w illus.

203 x 254mm • 120 pages • November 2019 • £25.00

Design (&) Activism Perspectives on Design as Activism and Activism as Design Edited by Tom Bieling (Berlin University of the Arts)

Explores the transformative potential of future design and activism.

This is a book about how the worlds of design and activism (could) inspire each other. As design and its conceptual, functional, aesthetic, speculative and interventional concepts inevitably affect our lives, it often actively interferes in common definitions, understandings and opinion making, which offers opportunities for ideological engagement (in a good or in a bad sense). The book focuses on theories and practices related to the role of Design in terms of addressing, provoking and creating political discourse.

Mimesis International • 9788869772412 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 256 pages • October 2019 • £25.00

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Jingdezhen to the World

Forever Seeing New Beauties

Roger Fry and Italian Art

By Teresa Canepa

By Eve M. Kahn

By Caroline Elam

Celebrates Chinese export porcelain from the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) made at Jingdezhen.

The first biography of revolutionary artist Mary Rogers Williams (1857−1907).

A revelatory examination of Roger Fry’s fascinating but relatively little-known writings on Italian art.

Ad Ilissum • 9781912168095 Hardback • 304 pages November 2019 • £90.00

Wesleyan University Press 9780819578747 • Hardback 240 pages • November 2019 £27.00

Ad Ilissum • 9781912168088 Hardback • 416 pages Available Now • £100.00

Sunniness in Painting

Lapis and Gold

Forging Authenticity

By Nicola Vitale

By Elaine Wright

By Anita Moskowitz

Builds an argument in favour of tracing a different path for the visual arts.

The most detailed and comprehensive study of any Islamic manuscript, a 16thcentury Ruzbihan Qur’an.

E x p l o r e s t h e wo r k s a n d forgeries of Giovanni Bastianini (1830-1868).

Mimesis International 9788869771712 • Paperback 240 pages • Available Now £18.00

Ad Ilissum • 9781912168040 Hardback • 352 pages Available Now • £90.00

Olschki • 9788822261717 Hardback • 190 pages Available Now • £70.00

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Engineering Corporate Success A Memoir

By James Hardymon and Edited by Terry Birdwhistell

A forthright description of the rewards and challenges of a prosperous personal and professional life.

James Hardymon's life has been full of twists, turns, hard work, and achievement.

Engineering Corporate Success traces Hardymon's personal story and career trajectory. Based on a series of interviews the book reveals Hardymon's maxims for success, experiences of rising through the corporate ranks, and key insights into how business decisions are made in an increasingly international environment. This well-rounded work provides a forthright description of the rewards and challenges that come with balancing a prosperous personal and professional life.

University Press of Kentucky • 9781949669060 • Hardback • 22 b/w illus.

216 x 140mm • 196 pages • Available Now • £20.50

Boy on the Bridge The Story of John Shalikashvili's American Success

By Andrew Marble Series: American Warriors Series

The riches-to-rags-and-back-to-riches story of one of the United States's greatest military leaders.

Born in Poland, John Shalikashvili and his family fled to Germany during World War II and emigrated to the United States in 1952. Shalikashvili was drafted into the army as a private and rose steadily through the ranks, serving in every level of unit command from platoon to division. This first-ever biography of Shalikashvili's story reveals how his distinctive background helped him become one of the United States's greatest military leaders.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178028 • Hardback 42 b/w illus., 2 maps, 1 figure • 229 x 152mm • 366 pages • Available Now • £30.50

Edward M. Almond and the US Army From the 92nd Infantry Division to the X Corps

By Michael E. Lynch Series: American Warriors Series

A comprehensive look at a complex man whose career was marked by controversy.

As a senior Army officer in World Wars I and II, Lt. Gen. Edward M. Almond lived by the adage that units don't fail, leaders do. This book addresses how Almond's early education at the Virginia Military Institute, with its Confederate and military influences, shaped his military prowess. This volume asserts that since his death, his bigoted views have come to dominate his place in history and undermine his military achievements.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813177984 • Hardback • 29 b/w illus., 25 maps 229 x 152mm • 448 pages • Available Now • £50.00

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Enid Yandell Kentucky's Pioneer Sculptor

By Juilee Decker Series: Topics in Kentucky History

The story of a sculptor who challenged the gender norms of earlytwentieth-century artistic practice.

Louisville-born and nationally renowned sculptor Enid Yandell was ahead of her time. She began her career when sculpture was considered too physical, too messy, and too masculine for women. Yandell challenged the gender norms of early-twentieth-century artistic practice and became an award-winning sculptor, independent artist, and activist for women's suffrage. Presented to coincide with the 150th anniversary of her birth, this study demonstrates the ways in which Yandell was a pioneer and draws attention to her legacy.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178639 • Hardback • 45 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 322 pages • Available Now • £33.00

Lewis Milestone Life and Films

By Harlow Robinson Series: Screen Classics

A classic rags-to-riches American narrative.

This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life in full and explores his many acclaimed films. Lewis Milestone was one of the most significant, prolific, and influential directors of our time. Addressed are Milestone's successes as well as his challenges. Using newly available archival material, this work also examines Milestone's experience during the Hollywood Blacklist period, when he was one of the first prominent Hollywood figures to fall under suspicion for his alleged Communist sympathies.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178332 • Hardback • 51 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 300 pages • November 2019 • £41.50

The Struggle Is Eternal Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation

By Joseph R. Fitzgerald Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century

A detailed and compelling story of the life of Gloria Richardson.

One of the most influential and unsung leaders of the civil rights movement was Gloria Richardson, who advocated for economic justice and tactics beyond nonviolent demonstrations. This title explores the significant life of this figure and her determination to improve the lives of black people. Using a range of source materials, including interviews with Richardson, her personal papers, and interviews with her friends, relatives, and civil rights colleagues, it presents a detailed and compelling story of her life.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178745 • Paperback • 15 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 360 pages • December 2019 • £25.00

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Willis Duke Weatherford Race, Religion, and Reform in the American South

By Andrew McNeill Canady Series: New Directions in Southern History

A significant contribution to literature on the long civil rights movement.

Willis Duke Weatherford was one of the first prominent white southern liberals to speak out in favour of racial equality and dedicate himself to reforming the South's social system, eliminating violence and injustice, and opening a dialogue among affected groups. This biography offers a reassessment of Weatherford and is the first to investigate the full trajectory of his life and career. This biography contributes significantly to literature on the civil rights movement and the development of southern liberalism.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178486 • Paperback • 24 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 348 pages • December 2019 • £25.00

George Rogers Clark and William Croghan A Story of the Revolution, Settlement, and Early Life at Locust Grove

By Gwynne Tuell Potts

The story of two men whose experiences epitomise the American course of the Revolution.

This biography focuses on the lives of two very different men who fought for and settled the American West and whose vision secured the old Northwest Territory for the new nation. Famed military leader George Rogers Clark was from the Virginia planter class. William Croghan was an Irish immigrant with tight family ties to the British in America. These men worked and eventually lived together, bound by the familial connections they shared and a political ideology honed by the Revolution.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178677 • Hardback • 35 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 280 pages • December 2019 • £33.00

John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights

By Brandon K. Winford Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century

The life one of the civil rights movement's most influential leaders.

John Hervey Wheeler, one of the civil rights movement's most influential leaders, was a banker, lawyer, and visionary who played a key role in the fight for racial and economic equality throughout North Carolina. Utilising previously unexamined sources, this biography explores the black freedom struggle through the life of this influential black power broker. Wheeler pushed for increased economic opportunity for African Americans while reminding the white South that its future was linked to the plight of black southerners.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178257 • Hardback • 31 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 298 pages • November 2019 • £50.00

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Women in Islamic Biographical Collections From Ibn Sa'd to Who's Who

By Ruth Roded Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies

A ground-breaking study of Muslim women recorded by scholars.

A reprint of Professor Ruth Roded's groundbreaking 1994 study in which she surveys 40 bibliographical collections, dating from the 9th century to the present, investigating which type of Muslim woman scholars were deemed worthy of recording for posterity. The analysis clearly indicates that Muslim women have achieved prominence in certain fields at certain times. Roded has written a substantial preface to the reprint, providing an overview of how the field has developed since the original publication.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239305 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 217 pages • Available Now • £76.00

Women in Shi'ism Ancient Stories, Modern Ideologies

By Amina Inloes Series: Islamic History and Thought

Sheds new light on beliefs about women in Shi‘ism.

What is the nature and social role of women? In today’s Shi‘ism, these questions are often answered through the “separate-but-equal” ideology which emphasises the role of women as wives and mothers, and places men in authority. But is this the only ideology which can be derived from Shi‘i scriptural sources? This book takes a more nuanced approach to that question by exploring how women are portrayed in hadith on ancient sacred narrative – the stories of the prophets.

Gorgias Press • 9781463207267 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 402 pages • Available Now • £76.00

The eQuality Toolkit Practical Skills for LGBTQ and DSD-Affected Patient Care

By Laura Weingartner, Emily Noonan, Amy Holthouser, Jennifer Potter and Stacie Steinbock Medical professionals are not always equipped with the training and knowledge to provide the necessary care to patients, especially when it comes to LGBTQ communities and individuals with differences of sex development (DSD). The University of Louisville School of Medicine established eQuality, an inclusive LGBTQ/DSD-affected health training program. The university realised that its students needed more clinical skills training to translate classroom learning into patient care. The eQuality Toolkit trains medical students to care for LGBTQ/DSD-affected communities.

University Press of Kentucky • 9781950690015 • Paperback • 254 x 178mm 54 pages • December 2019 • £29.00

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Breaking Protocol America's First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964

By Philip Nash Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace Historically, US diplomacy excluded women for various misguided reasons. The men of the State Department objected but had to admit women, including the first female ambassadors: Ruth Bryan Owen, Florence Daisy Harriman, Perle Mesta, Eugenie Anderson, Clare Boothe Luce, and Frances Willis. Using newly available archival sources, Philip Nash examines the history of the Big Six and how they carved out their place in history. Nash reveals how they helped pave the way for more gender parity in US foreign relations.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178394 • Hardback • 10 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 270 pages • December 2019 • £37.50

Gender (&) Design Positions on Gendering in Design Cultures Edited by Tom Bieling (Berlin University of the Arts) Series: Design Meanings In its entire range of media and product worlds, design is decisively involved in the cultural production and distribution of related images and interpretations of gender. This anthology examines why this is the case and what happens when it is changed from different perspectives and knowledge disciplines relevant to design. The contributions collected in this book enter into an interdisciplinary dialogue on the design of gender and provide theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding the social, cultural and political functions of design.

Mimesis International • 9788869772429 • Paperback • 13 illus.

208 x 140mm • 343 pages • March 2020 • £28.99

This is not a Grass Skirt On fibre skirts (liku) and female tattooing (veiqia) in nineteenth century Fiji

By Karen Jacobs (University of East Anglia)

Examines complex uses and meanings of the Pacific ‘grass skirt’.

The Pacific ‘grass skirt’ has provoked debates about the demeaning and sexualised depiction of Pacific bodies. This book is based on a systematic investigation of previously understudied liku in museums collections around the world. It is intended for those interested in often neglected women’s objects and practices in the Pacific, in dress and adornment more generally and in the use of museum collections and archives.

Sidestone Press • 9789088908125 • Paperback • 24 b/w and 68 colour illus.

254 x 180mm • 236 pages • October 2019 • £45.00

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Camp Century

Camp Century

The Cold War under the Ice Sheet of Greenland

Cold War City under the Greenland Ice Sheet

By Henry Nielsen (Center for Science Studies, Aarhus) and Kristian Hvidtfeldt Nielsen (Aarhus University) At the height of the Cold War, the US Army secretly began work on a military base embedded deep in the Greenland ice cap. Officially named Camp Century and defined as a scientific research station, this facility held an undisclosed potential to bring about mass destruction. This is the first comprehensive account of the US Army’s “city under the ice”. Two Danish historians of science unravel the history and circumstances surrounding this extraordinary military installation.

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Aarhus University Press • 9788772190198 • Hardback • colour illus.

240 x 170mm • 268 pages • May 2020 • £30.00

JFK and de Gaulle How America and France Failed in Vietnam, 1961-1963

By Sean J. McLaughlin Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace

A history of Franco-American relations during the Kennedy presidency.

Despite French President Charles de Gaulle's persistent efforts to constructively share French experience and use his resources to help engineer an American exit from Vietnam, the Kennedy administration responded to de Gaulle's peace initiatives with bitter silence and inaction. This history of Franco-American relations during the Kennedy presidency explores how and why France and the US disagreed over the proper western strategy for the Vietnam War. University Press of Kentucky • 9780813177748 • Hardback 229 x 152mm • 296 pages • December 2019 • £50.00

Building Ho's Army Chinese Military Assistance to North Vietnam

By Xiaobing Li

Answers questions about China's involvement in the Vietnam Wars.

Built upon sources, memoirs, and interviews, this study sheds new light on China's efforts in the Vietnam War. Utilising secondary works in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Western languages, and the author's experience as a former member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, this examination expands the knowledge of China's relations with the North Vietnamese Army during this period. It was not until recently that newly available archival materials revealed the true extent of China's influence.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813177946 • Hardback • 8 maps • 229 x 152mm 254 pages • Available Now • £41.50

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Blood, Guts, and Grease George S. Patton in World War I

By Jon B. Mikolashek (American Military University) Series: American Warriors Series

An early-career biography of an eminent military leader.

George S. Patton is one of the most controversial, celebrated, and popular military leaders in American history, and his accomplishments and victories have been greatly documented. This work explores Patton's beginnings as a driven and intrepid soldier and his battles leading up to the Great War. Drawing upon Patton's papers and archival documents in the National Archives, this is an early-career biography of the eminent military leader, following his trajectory.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813177908 • Hardback • 45 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 184 pages • Available Now • £37.50

Kentucky and the Great War World War I on the Home Front

By David J. Bettez Series: Topics in Kentucky History

New perspectives on an overlooked aspect of World War I. David J. Bettez provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Great War on Bluegrass society, politics, economy, and culture, contextualising the state's involvement within the national experience. His exhaustively researched study examines the state's response to the war. It also describes the efforts of Kentuckians who served abroad, and post-war memorialisation of their contributions. Kentucky and the Great War explores the impact of the conflict on women's suffrage, child labor, and African American life.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178509 • Paperback 44 b/w illus., 1 map • 235 x 152mm • 440 pages • December 2019 • £22.50

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Led Zeppelin’s Will to Power

By Tiberio Snaidero

Explores the Philosophy of Led Zeppelin.

‘Sublime’ is the word that best summarises Led Zeppelin’s philosophy and aesthetics. By highlighting the distinctive features of the band members and their management, analysing the symbolism behind the albums’ paratextual elements and exploring the epic of the band tours, the book identifies the main features of Led Zeppelin’s philosophy, or at least those that are intentionally disclosed by the entity {Page + Plant + Jones + Bonham}.

Mimesis International • 9788869772641 • Paperback • 208 x 140mm 100 pages • June 2020 • £9.99

CINÉMA&CIE, INTERNATIONAL FILM STUDIES JOURNAL, VOL. XIX, no. 31, FALL 2018 To Each Their Own Pop. The Mediatization of Popular Music in Europe (1960-1979) Series: CINÉMA&CIE, International Film Studies Journal Edited by Alessandro Bratus, Massimo Locatelli and Miguel Mera

Latest issue of CINÉMA&CIE Film Studies Journal Examines a social and cultural phenomenon, the ‘mediatization of pop music’.

Focusing on the 1960s and 1970s, it widens the notion of mediatization by highlighting historical processes that have had phenomenological after-effects: the experiential prototypes that were developed during this pivotal period that paved the way for the mediatized world we still live in.

Mimesis International • 9788869772320 • Paperback • 240 x 170mm 162 pages • Available Now • £12.00

One Hundered Years of Hartt A Centennial Celebration of The Hartt School

By Demaris Hansen (University of Hartford) Series: HartfordBooks

A lavishly illustrated history of the Hartt School of Music.

The University of Hartford’s Hartt School of Music celebrates its centennial in this lavishly illustrated book. The Hartt School holds unique qualities that continue to distinguish it from other performing arts institutions. Through personal and official written communications, school newsletters, speeches, and the exquisite quality of artistic expression, a belief in the value of art is continually reinforced, often with great eloquence, sometimes with humour, and always from the heart.

Wesleyan University Press • 9780819579522 • Hardback • 150 illus.

229 x 152mm • 150 pages • February 2020 • £21.00

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Spectacular Bid The Last Superhorse of the Twentieth Century

By Peter Lee Series: Horses in History

An encompassing look into the legacy of one of horse racing's true champions.

On the morning of the 1979 Belmont Stakes, Spectacular Bid – one of the greatest American racehorses – stepped on a safety pin in his stall, injuring his foot. This horse biography tells the story of the honest and not-so-glamorous colourful characters surrounding the champion and how they witnessed first-hand the splendour and triumphs of Spectacular Bid.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813177809 • Hardback 16 b/w illus., 2 tables • 229 x 152mm • 242 pages • Available Now • £25.00

Coach Hall My Life On and Off the Court

By Joe B. Hall with Marianne Walker

A biography of one of college basketball's all-time greats.

Joe B. Hall is one of only three men to both play on an NCAA championship team (1949, Kentucky) and coach an NCAA championship team (1978, Kentucky), and the only one to do so for the same school. This legendary coach followed in the colossal footsteps of Adolph Rupp to chart his own path to success and become one of college basketball's all-time greats. In this riveting memoir, Hall presents intimate details about his remarkable life on and off the court. He reveals never-before-heard stories about memorable players, coaches, and friends and expresses the joys and fulfilments of his rewarding life and career.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178561 • Hardback • 60 b/w illus. • 229 x 152mm 190 pages • Available Now • £22.50

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Brains

By Leif Østergaard Series: Reflections

Explore the fascinating depths of your own brain.

60 pages. 60 minutes. That's all it takes to understand the thoughts, discoveries and ideas that Danish researchers have spent years, sometimes even a lifetime of study to arrive at. Condensed and written in words we all understand. No footnotes, no references and no academic nonsense.

This latest volume examines the brain—our most brilliant organ. It stores our personality, memories, and controls our body. It can make connections, even wehn we jubmle ltteres, it can sitll maek snese of the wrods. W9 c3n r9p13c9 19tt9rs w1t5 n0m69rs or lv out vwls and it still decodes the meaning. Your brain and mine, as well as the lump of porridge inside the skull of brain scientist Leif Østergaard, from Aarhus University, can even predict the future. Rather than just waiting to see what happens, brains can predict the outcome of many things. In fact, your brain has already decided whether you’re going to read this book or not. Brains really are brilliant – but of course, your brain knew that already.

Aarhus University Press 9788772190204 • Paperback 180 x 110mm • 60 pages • May 2020 £4.99

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What Images Do Edited by Jan Bäcklund, Henrik Oxvig, Martin Søberg and Michael Renner

Investigates the nature of images and what they do.

This book comprises 15 articles that investigate what images do, particularly in relation to the disciplines of architecture, design and visual arts. It claims that it is the differentiating power of images — their actions — which constitutes their capacity to look like something they are not, as well as create something that does not yet exist. What Images Do addresses the crucial role that images might play in producing and investigating what we have not yet seen or understood in and of reality.

Aarhus University Press • 9788771248555 • Hardback 310 pages • November 2019 • £35.00

Love and Thought Life Confucianism as Philosophy

By Huang Yushun and Li Xuening

Reconstructs the metaphysical and the post-metaphysical gradations of Confucianism.

Life itself has long gone unnoticed in Confucian texts since the Qinand Han dynasties. In this book, there is a philosophical mission to return life to Confucianism, restoring and reconstructing Confucianism in the perspective of a comparison between Confucianism and Husserl's Phenomenology. The author reduces the features of life to the essence of a thing, but returns to life as the essence of Being. In this way, it seeks to find a full understanding of the idea of Confucianism.

Bridge 21 Publications • 9781626430068 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 256 pages • Available Now • £77.00

The Realms of Being and Non-Being The Spirit of Wang Yangming's Philosophy

By Chen Lai

A masterpiece in the study of Wang Yangming's (1472-1529) philosophy.

This book integrates philosophical history, comparative philosophy, cultural research and historical documents. It provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Wang Yanming's philosophy at different stages to sketch the essential character and grand picture of Wang's philosophy. It boasts a broad perspective, profound discourse and substantial historical data. Although the book is focused primarily on Wang, its scope and methodology carry great implications for the study of Song and Ming Confucianism and even ancient Chinese philosophy.

Bridge 21 Publications • 9781626430655 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 256 pages • Available Now • £76.00

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Philosophy and Confucian Tradition

By Chen Lai

Re-examines the Confucian classics with a modern critical perspective.

As Chinese philosophy absorbs Western influences, it need not deny its own unique sources and methods. Chen Lai argues that the introduction of Western thought to modern China in the past one hundred years will lead to the birth of a new philosophy with typical Chinese cultural features. This book analyses the central issues involved in the Confucian renewal and details the relevance of neo-Confucian and modern philosophers who were influenced by Confucius.

Bridge 21 Publications • 9781626430365 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 298 pages • Available Now • £75.00

Kierkegaard and Eastern Orthodox Thought A Comparative Philosophical Analysis By Ágúst Magnússon Series: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought

A comparative analysis of Kierkegaard’s philosophy in relation to that of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The continuing popularity and influence of Kierkegaard remains something of a minor miracle, since a part of his overall philosophical project was to provide a full-frontal assault on the growing dominance of ‘objective’ thinking and the hyper-professionalisation of all areas of human thought and life. This book provides yet another attempt to engage with the biting wit and philosophical insights of Kierkegaard’s philosophy.

Gorgias Press • 9781463239473 • Hardback • 229 x 152mm 319 pages • Available Now • £76.00

Of and About Ageing

By Laura Tommaso (University of Molise) Series: Literature Language

New thoughts on the role of language in the personal and societal ageing experience.

In navigating different representations from a discursive and linguistic perspective, the book offers new vistas on the role of language in the personal and societal ageing experience addressing debates on ageism, anti-ageing, age care, active ageing, and political correctness in handling age-sensitive matters. The book demonstrates how culture, media and public discourse can produce stereotypical, unrealistic, and derogatory ways of talking about maturity, ageing, lifecourse, and senior citizenry that can be discriminatory or endorse imperative representations of old age.

Mimesis International • 9788869772603 • Paperback • 20 illus. • 208 x 140mm 175 pages • April 2020 • £16.99

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Chiasmi 20 Edited by Mauro Carbon, Galen Johnson, Federico Leoni and Toadvine Series: Chiasmi

Celebrates the 110th birthday of French philosopher Maurice MerleauPonty.

A special issue of this peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles, reviews, and discussions in Italian, French, and English on the thought of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It celebrates the 110th birthday of the French phenomenological philosopher by realising rare or unpublished dialogues and texts.

Mimesis International • 9788869771989 • Paperback • 208 x 140mm 419 pages • February 2020 • £25.00

Rethinking Moral Responsibility

By Sofia Bonicalzi (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

To what extent are people responsible for the consequences of their actions?

By default, healthy adults whose behaviour is interpretable by reference to their psychological makeup are held responsible when they act. However, the scope and meaning of the notion of responsibility have been targeted by growing scepticism. In its first part, this volume explores and discusses the most promising accounts of responsibility emerging in the philosophical debate on the topic.

In the second part, the book outlines a novel proposal about the enabling conditions, the meaning and the intersubjective role of responsibility ascriptions.

Mimesis International • 9788869772436 • Paperback • 208 x 140mm 218 pages • March 2020 • £19.99

Kitaro Nishida’s Philosophy of Life Thought that Resonates with Bergson and Deleuze

By Tatsuya Higaki (Osaka University) Series: Asian Philosophical Texts

An alternate reading of Kitaro Nishida's philosophy.

Nishida was one of the first Japanese philosophers who attempted to develop an original philosophy under the influence of Western philosophy. In Japan, he has often been interpreted in the context of Eastern thought and Zen Buddhism. This book presents an alternative reading of Nishida, by highlighting the influence of William James, Neo-Kantianism, and Henri Bergson on his thought, and by discerning in his ideas a line of development parallel to that of the mid-20th century philosopher Gilles Deleuze.

Mimesis International • 9788869772689 • Paperback • 208 x 140mm 220 pages • April 2020 • £17.99

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Reflections

Thus replied Zarathustra

Love

Introduces the concept of “un-framing” as a key to understanding this radically new iconoscape.

By Ann Van Sevenant

A concise and thoughtprovoking exploration of 'love', its experience and philosophy.

Mimesis International 9788869772221 • Paperback 110 pages • December 2019 £12.00

Mimesis International 9788869772252 • Paperback 160 pages • December 2019 £18.00

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Pragmatism and Vagueness

Exploring Text, Media, and Memory

By Claudine Tiercelin and Edited by Giovanni Tuzet

B y L a r s S æ t re , P a t r i z i a Lombardo and Sara Tanderup Linkis

Unframing Aesthetics

By Pietro Conte

Focuses on the existential philosophy of the Persian thinker Zarathustra.

By Anne Marie Pahuus

Text, Action, Space

Culture of the Land

Frog Pond Philosophy

By Strachan Donnelley and edited by Ceara Donnelley, Bruce Jennings Illuminates the dominant s t r a n d s o f D o n n e l l e y 's intellectual identity as a p h i l o s o p h e r, n a t u r a l i s t , agitator, and spiritualist.

A rich over view on the concept of ‘ vagueness’ in the philosophical current of Pragmatism.

University Press of Kentucky 9780813176697 • Paperback 266 pages • Available Now £25.00

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Investigates the link between memory and media by asking a series of questions pertinent to our time.

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Denmark and the New North Atlantic Narratives and Memories in a Former Empire Edited by Kirsten Thisted and Ann-Sofie Gremaud

Seeks an in-depth understanding of the cultural history of the North Atlantic.

The book investigates how the emergence of the Arctic as a new geopolitical arena affects and reshapes the area known as the North Atlantic: Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and coastal Norway. A team of historians, literary theorists, art historians, ethnographers and culture and communication scholars with profound insight into the histories, languages and cultures of the North Atlantic have collaborated on this study of the North Atlantic countries as an emerging new centre in the North.

Aarhus University Press • 9788771847307 • Hardback • 140 colour illus.

240 x 170mm • 640 pages • April 2020 • £64.00

Interregnum Between Biopolitics and Posthegemony Edited by Giacomo Marramao (University of Rome III)

Examines the future of the ‘political’ in a world marked opposing trends.

How does the future of the concept of the "Political" appear in a world marked by two apparently opposite trends: the tendency towards globalisation and that of reconstituting new forms of sovereignty? The book represents the first theoretically updated contribution on the perspectives of politics in the current phase of "interregnum" between the "not-more" of the old international order and the "not-yet" of a new supranational or transnational order that is struggling to take shape.

Mimesis International • 9788869772610 • Paperback 208 x 140mm • 220 pages • April 2020 • £19.99

Clockwork Enemy Intolerance in the Era of Neo-nationalism Edited by Alfredo Alietti (University of Ferrara) and Dario Padovan

Analyses social contexts where the socio-political debate is dominated by neo-nationalist instances.

The relationship among neo-nationalisms, populisms and racisms has long existed in the political landscape of western societies and, today, it is a key issue to understand current affairs and the popularity of racist, anti-Semite and Islamophobic positions. This book provides a lucid and accurate analysis of European and American social contexts, including United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and United States, where the socio-political debate is dominated by neonationalist instances.

Mimesis International • 9788869772696 • Paperback • 240 x 208mm 260 pages • May 2020 • £22.99

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The Birth of Humanity The Anthropogenic Mythology of Ethnic Minorities in China

By Wang Xianzhao

Highlights the unique characteristics and shared commonalities, of China's ethnic minorities.

A rich ethnographic study of the emergence and features of anthropogenic mythology for all 55 official ethnic minorities in China. Anthropogenic mythology consists of myths and folklore about the birth of humanity as a group, species, ethnic, and surname origins, and also myths of individual origins, including the birth of cultural heroes and iconic figures. Mythologies on the origins of clans, tribes and ethnic groups are observed and analysed through various motifs.

Bridge 21 Publications • 9781626430471 • Hardback 229 x 152mm • 320 pages • Available Now • £80.00

3.11 Disaster and Trauma in Experience, Understanding, and Imagination Edited by Christopher Craig (Tohoku University), Enrico Fongaro (Tohoku University) and Andreas Niehaus (Ghent University) Series: Hasekura League Intercultural Studies Editions

Essays on a complex disaster and the trauma left in its wake.

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011 was a complex event, unleashing the linked forces of seismic shock, tsunami, and nuclear radiation. These essays explore the disaster from a range of perspectives and apply the analytical and interpretive tools of multiple disciplines to study the disaster and the various forms of trauma it inflicted.

Mimesis International • 9788869772207 • Paperback 208 x 140mm • 184 pages • January 2020 • £16.00

Society and the City The Dark Sides of Social Innovation Edited by Guido Borelli (IUAV University) and Maurizio Busacca (Ca’ Foscari University)

Examines links between the concept of Social Innovation and capitalist regulation.

Is there a connection between the increasingly widespread concept of Social Innovation (SI) and the success of today’s model of capitalist regulation? This volume is based on the assumption that SI is a dispositif inscribed in neoliberal govern mentality, functional in supporting the new production forms of cognitive capitalism.

Mimesis International • 9788869772580 • Paperback • 208 x 140mm 200 pages • February 2020 • £19.99

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Living in Milan Housing Policies, Austerity and Urban Regeneration

By Paolo Molinari (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

Examines the issues of housing in Milan.

The housing issue has forcefully returned to national political debate following the protracted economic crisis of the past decade. This book analyses the housing issue in Milan in order to account both for the ways in which national austerity policies and the specific welfare model have influenced possible answers to such a crisis and for the specific local initiatives that have been or are being experimented.

Mimesis International • 9788869772597 • Paperback • 10 illus.

208 x 140mm • 84 pages • March 2020 • £9.99

Changing the World One Book at a Time

By James Parkinson

An inspiration to students who want to take responsibility for their future and their education.

The American education system is in crisis; in a recent survey, the US was ranked 16th in literacy among a group of 23 developed nations. This book serves as a wake-up call—and an impetus to start a literary revolution. It examines the shortcomings of the country's current system, discusses the researchers, politicians, and educators who are positively influencing and changing the world of education, and shares powerful and poignant stories of the successes.

University Press of Kentucky • 9781950690008 • Hardback 229 x 152mm • 120 pages • December 2019 • £20.50

Going Up the Country When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to Vermont

By Yvonne Daley

The story of the counterculture movement in Vermont.

Part oral history, part nostalgia-tinged narrative, and part clear-eyed analysis of the multifaceted phenomena collectively referred to as the counterculture movement in Vermont. This is the story of how young migrants, largely from the cities and suburbs of New York and Massachusetts, turned their backs on the establishment of the 1950s and moved to the backwoods of rural Vermont, spawning a revolution in lifestyle, politics, sexuality, and business practices that would have a profound impact on both the state and the nation.

Wesleyan University Press • 9780819579676 • Paperback • 203 x 152mm 288 pages • March 2020 • £16.50

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The Myth of Triumphalism Rethinking President Reagan's Cold War Legacy

By Beth A. Fischer Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace

Draws on both US and Soviet sources to redefine Reagan's legacy.

Drawing on US and Soviet sources, this study demonstrates that triumphalism is a series of falsehoods about President Reagan's intentions, his policies, and the impact his administration had on the Soviet Union. This work exposes Reagan's dedication to diplomacy and his unorthodox views about global security, which frequently brought him into conflict with his own advisers and allies. This volume also explains why Moscow chose to abandon the arms race, adopt democratic reforms, and withdraw from its war in Afghanistan.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178172 • Hardback 229 x 152mm • 182 pages • November 2019 • £41.50

Silver and Frankincense Personal Adornment and Scent in the Arab World

By Sigrid van Roode

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the role of scent in personal adornment in the Arab world.

Although scent has always played a major role in personal adornment in the Arab world, its evanescent quality leaves very few or no traces at all over time.

This book presents an introduction into this lesser known aspect of personal adornment in the Arab world. Starting from a historic background, it explores the uses of scent in personal appearance such as jewellery, hairstyles and make-up, but also its purpose in religious, ritual and social context.

Blikvelduitgevers Publishers • 9789492940100 • Paperback • colour illus.

210 x 148mm • 82 pages • Available Now • £19.00

Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict Practicing Bharata Natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka

By Ahalya Satkunaratnam (Quest University)

A ground-breaking ethnographic examination of dance practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

This is the first book of scholarship on bharata natyam (a classical dance originating in India) in Sri Lanka, and the first on the role of dance in the country’s war. Focusing on women dancers, Ahalya Satkunaratnam shows how they navigated conditions of conflict and a neoliberal, global economy, resisted nationalism and militarism, and advocated for peace. Her interdisciplinary methodology combines historical analysis, methods of dance studies, and dance ethnography.

Wesleyan University Press • 9780819578907 • Paperback • 9 illus.

229 x 152mm • 200 pages • May 2020 • £22.50

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CO M I N G S O O N & R EC E N T LY P U B L I S H E D

Imaginative Conservatism

World Politics on Screen

By Andrew Reekes

Edited by James E. Person

By Mark A. Sachleben

The first full study of the electioneering methods by which Joseph Chamberlain dominated Midlands politics.

One hundred and ninety of Russell Kirk's most provocative and insightful missives.

Demonstrates that popular culture reflects societal beliefs about the world.

West Midlands History 9781905036424 • Paperback 208 pages • Available Now £14.99

University Press of Kentucky 9780813175461 • Hardback 432 pages • Available Now £33.00

University Press of Kentucky 9780813176208 • Paperback 244 pages • Available Now £21.00

Original Sins

The Soldier Image and State-Building in Modern China, 19241945

Asia in the New Millennium

The Birmingham Political Machine

By Andrew Spannaus Defines the essential challenges facing the West as a whole.

Mimesis International 9788869772269 • Paperback 88 pages • Available Now £10.00

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The League of Nations – Present Perspectives

By Yan Xu

Ed i t e d b y Ka re n G ra m Skjoldager and Haakon A. Ikonomou

Examines the imagery of the soldier figure in the war culture of early twentieth-century China.

University Press of Kentucky 9780813176741 • Hardback 258 pages • AvailableNow £66.50

Explores how the League of Nations shaped its times and continues to shape our contemporary world.

Aarhus University Press 9788771846201 • Hardback 200 pages • Available Now £30.00

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TELEVISION, FILM & CINEMA

History of Cinema Without Names/4 Exposing the Moving Image The Cinematic Medium Across World Fairs, Art Museums and Cultural Exhibitions Edited by Diego Cavallotti, Simone Dotto and Andrea Mariani Series: Udine/Gorizia Conference Proceedings

Examines interrelations between moving images, media and arts.

Proceedings of the XXV FilmForum Cinematic Medium Across World Fairs, Art Museums, and Cultural Exhibitions conference, which has been devoted to exploring the interrelations between moving images, the cinematic medium and other arts and media as seen through global exhibiting events.

Mimesis International • 9788869772306 • Paperback • 140 illus.

208 x 140mm • 516 pages • January 2020 • £31.00

CINÉMA&CIE,INTERNATIONAL FILM STUDIES JOURNAL, VOL. XX, no. 32, SPRING 2019 Cinema and Mid-Century Colour Culture Edited by Elena Gipponi (University of Milan) and Joshua Yumibe (Michigan State University) Series: Cinema&Cie

Addresses colour in cinema in the mid–20th century.

Colour is integral to the cinematic apparatus in an ideological as well as technological sense. This special issue of Cinéma&Cie aims to address colour from the 1930s to the 1960s, examining it as an analogue and material quality of still and moving images and the intermedial cultures in which cinema was embedded.

Mimesis International • 9788869772450 • Paperback • 161 illus.

208 x 140mm • 146 pages • February 2020 • £12.00

Conversations with Legendary Television Stars Interviews from the First Fifty Years

By James Bawden and Ron Miller Series: Screen Classics

Explores the first 50 years of television through interviews with its most influential performers.

Provocative and entertaining interviews with important figures from TV's first fifty years. These 39 interviews, selected from conversations conducted from 1971-1998, present a fascinating glimpse of some of television's most influential performers, including major stars (including Donna Reed, James Garner, and Ricardo Montalban), icons of comedy (including Lucille Ball, George Burns, and Milton Berle), TV hosts (including Dick Clark and Ed Sullivan), and notable musical entertainers (such as Glen Campbell, Mary Martin, and Lawrence Welk).

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813177649 • Hardback • 52 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 360 pages • Available Now • £30.50

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Film's First Family The Untold Story of the Costellos

By Terry Chester Shulman Series: Screen Classics

The dramatic history of the Costellos and their significance to stage and screen.

Scandal, adultery, secret marriages, celebrity, divorce, custody battles, suicide attempts, and alcoholism—the trials and tribulations of the Costellos were as riveting as any Hollywood feature film. Written with unprecedented access to the family's personal documents and artefacts—and interviews with several family members—this riveting study explores the dramatic history of the Costellos and their extraordinary significance to the stage and screen.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178097 • Hardback • 34 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 260 pages • Available Now • £37.50

Hollywood at the Races Film's Love Affair with the Turf

By Alan Shuback

A fast-paced, gossipy history of the relationship between Hollywood and horse racing.

This history explores the relationship between the Hollywood film industry, the horse racing industry, and the extraordinary participation of producers, directors, and actors in the Sport of Kings. Alan Shuback details how all three of Southern California's major racetracks were founded by Hollywood luminaries. The races also provided a social and sporting outlet for the film community—the stars' presence at the track generated attention from eager photographers and movie columnists, and free publicity for their new films.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178295 • Hardback • 24 b/w illus., 3 tables 229 x 152mm • 282 pages • Available Now • £30.50

A Uniquely American Epic Intimacy and Action, Tenderness and Violence in Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch Edited by Michael Bliss

An exploration of one of the most innovative films ever made.

To acknowledge the significance of The Wild Bunch and mark its fiftieth anniversary, this collection brings together leading Peckinpah scholars and critics to examine what many consider to be the director's greatest work. Explored are the function of violence in the film and its depiction, the background of the film's production, the European response to the film's view of human nature, and the strong sense of the Texas/Mexico milieu surrounding the film's action.

University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178141 • Hardback • 22 b/w illus.

229 x 152mm • 172 pages • November 2019 • £37.50

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SCREEN CLASSICS

C O M I N G S O O N & R EC E N T LY P U B L I S H E D

Screen Classics

By Victoria Amador

Screen Classics

Screen Classics

Olivia de Havilland

Clarence Brown

Hitchcock and the Censors

By Gwenda Young and Kevin Brownlow

By John Billheimer An exploration of Alfred Hitchock's relationship with film censors.

Explores the forces that shaped a complex man who left an indelible mark on cinema.

University Press of Kentucky 9780813177274 • Hardback 406 pages • November 2019 £29.00

University Press of Kentucky 9780813177427 • Hardback 360 pages • November 2019 £41.50

University Press of Kentucky 9780813175959 • Hardback 448 pages • November 2019 £50.00

Lars von Trier's Renewal of Film 19842014

Reframing Luchino Visconti

By Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen

New and unique insights into the roots of the visual vocabulary of Visconti.

T h e f i r s t c o m p r e h e n s i ve biography of the director behind Godzilla and other Japanese sci-fi classics.

Sidestone Press 9789088905483 • Paperback 318 pages • November 2019 £50.00

Wesleyan University Press 9780819570871 • Hardback 336 pages • November 2019 £31.00

CLUES

An in-depth tribute to one of Hollywood's greatest legends.

A comprehensive discussion of the controversial, collected works of Lars von Trier.

Aarhus University Press 9788771842302 • Paperback 350 pages • November 2019 £35.00

By Ivo Blom

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P O E T RY & F I C T I O N

University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series

The Quare Women

By Lucy Furman

The Native Greenlander

Wonderful Wasteland and Other Natural Disasters

A unique, ficitonialised look at America's early rural/urban divide.

By Aron of Kangeq and Edited

by Heinrich Rink Collected by Heinrich Rink, this is a translation of the first book printed in Greenland.

Journeys through memories to recompose a hurricanedevastated Puerto Rico.

University Press of Kentucky 9781950564033 • Paperback 218 pages • Available Now £16.50

International Polar Institute 9780996748087 • Paperback 192 pages • January 2020 • £16.00

University Press of Kentucky 9780813178226 • Paperback 66 pages • Available Now £16.50

Ring Around the Moon

A Careful Hunger

Edges & Fray

By Mike Norris and Minnie Adkins

By Judy Young and Edited by John K. Young

By Danielle Vogel

By Elidio La Torre Lagares

Wesleyan Poetry

Original rhyming poems, handpainted carving illustrations and sheet music.

University Press of Kentucky 9780813177786 • Hardback 50 pages • Available Now £16.50

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Judy Young’s last creative testament – a final act of fearlessness in a troubled yet joyful life.

University Press of Kentucky 9780813177847 • Paperback 72 pages • Available Now £16.50

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Brings the reader into communion with language as a mode of presence.

Wesleyan University Press 9780819579218 • Paperback 120 pages • February 2020 • £16.50

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American Poets

Wesleyan Poetry

North American Women Poets in the 21st Century

Mezzaluna

By Michele Leggott Poems from Michele Leggott’s prior books covering her New Zealand life.

Wesleyan University Press 9780819579072 • Paperback 200 pages • March 2020 • £20.95

Edited by Lisa Sewell and Kazim Ali A generous selection of poetry by some of the best female poets of our time.

Wesleyan University Press 9780819579423 • Paperback 400 pages • March 2020 £23.00

French Guiana

By Patrick Chamoiseau and Matt Reeck A moving poetic essay on the French penal colony in French Guiana.

Wesleyan University Press 9780819579300 • Paperback 120 pages • April 2020 • £12.50

9780819579416 • Hardback

Wesleyan Poetry

Wesleyan Poetry

The Age of Phillis

Odes and Elegies

By Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

By Friedrich Holderlin and translated by Nick Hoff

Imagines the life and times of Phillis Wheatley.

Wesleyan University Press 9780819579492 • Hardback 200 pages • March 2020 £22.50

First major translation of Hölderlin’s poems since the 1960s.

Wesleyan University Press 9780819511904 • Paperback 260 pages • March 2020 £14.95

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Poems and Prose of Mihai Eminescu Edited by A.K. Brackob and ' illustrated by Ioana Lupucoru A selection of English-language poems and prose by Romania's national poet.

Center for Romanian Studies 9781592110339 • Paperback 272 pages • June 2020 • £24.99

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Fernando Pessoa. A Quasi Memoir

American Poets in the 21st Century

Winner of the 2017 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets.

By José Paulo Cavalcanti

Edited by Michael Dowdy and Claudia Rankine

Wesleyan University Press 9780819577313 • Paperback 88 pages • Available Now £14.00

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Trophic Cascade

Counter-Desecration

Make Way for Her

By Camille T. Dungy

Edited by Linda Russo and Marthe Reed

By Katie Cortese

bury it By sam sax

Poems about birth, death, and ecosystems of nature and power.

Wesleyan University Press 9780819578563 • Paperback 92 pages • Available Now £14.00

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A unique and vivid reconstruction of the life and work of Fernando Pessoa.

Showcases the most innovative and politically engaged poets working in the U.S.

New vocabulary for a world on the brink.

A gripping collection of stories about love and desire featuring female narrators.

Wesleyan University Press 9780819578464 • Paperback 144 pages • Available Now £16.00

University Press of Kentucky 9780813175126 • Hardback 200 pages • Available Now £18.50

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