The King’s Other Body–Now Available
11/02/2009
The King's Other Body: María of Castile and the Crown of Aragon Theresa Earenfight 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 maps Cloth Nov 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4185-3 |… READ MORE
Category: European & World History
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Mary Paterson
10/30/2009
Mary Paterson's corpse was, as historian Lisa Rosner put it, "the most notorious cadaver." Her murder at the hands of William Burke and William Hare, and the subsequent preservation of… READ MORE
Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective–Now Available
10/28/2009
Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective Edited by James E. Snead, Clark L. Erickson, and J. Andrew Darling 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 79… READ MORE
Ethnographies of Neoliberalism–Now Available
Ethnographies of Neoliberalism Edited by Carol J. Greenhouse 376 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4192-1 | $55.00 | £36.00 What happens when citizens are refashioned as… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–James Wilson, alias Daft Jamie
10/27/2009
One of the most despicable acts in the series of Burke and Hare murders was the killing of Daft Jamie. Young James Wilson wandered the streets of Edinburgh "barefoot and… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Abigail Simpson
10/26/2009
Whether Abigail Simpson or Joseph the Miller was the first person to be murdered is still a matter of controversy. Historian Lisa Rosner, author of The Anatomy Murders: Being the… READ MORE
True and Spectacular Burke & Hare Events with Historian Lisa Rosner
10/22/2009
Tomorrow Lisa Rosner kicks of a series of events in support of her new book The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare,… READ MORE
Reading Women — Now Available in Paperback
10/20/2009
Reading Women: Literacy, Authorship, and Culture in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800 Edited by Heidi Brayman Hackel and Catherine E. Kelly 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 11 illus. Paper… READ MORE
The Bohemians–Now Available
10/19/2009
The Bohemians Anne Gédéon, Marquis de Pelleport. Translated by Vivian Folkenflik. Introduction by Robert Darnton 272 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4194-5 | $34.95 | £23.00… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders—Now Available
10/08/2009
The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most… READ MORE
