The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa–Now Available
10/30/2008
The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa René Lemarchand 344 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4120-4 | $59.95 | £39.00 A volume in… READ MORE
Category: European & World History
Gilmore’s Monsters on History Channel’s Primal Fear
10/29/2008
Just in time for Halloween, David D. Gilmore, author of Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors shares his insights on the creepy in Primal Fear,… READ MORE
Human Rights–Now in Paperback
10/27/2008
Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique Makau Mutua 256 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2002 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3653-8 | $59.95 | £39.00 Paper 2008 | ISBN… READ MORE
The Economist Reviews Pargeter’s The New Frontiers of Jihad
09/24/2008
A September 18th article in the Books & Arts section of The Economist compares Alison Pargeter's The New Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Europe to Bruce Riedel's The Search for… READ MORE
Inscription and Erasure–Now in Paperback
08/26/2008
Inscription and Erasure: Literature and Written Culture from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century Roger Chartier Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN… READ MORE
Diplomatic Tours in the Gardens of Versailles Under Louis XIV–Now Available
08/25/2008
Diplomatic Tours in the Gardens of Versailles Under Louis XIV Robert W. Berger and Thomas F. Hedin 208 pages | 6 x 9 | 41 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN… READ MORE
More Analysis on Georgia from Lincoln A. Mitchell
08/14/2008
Over the past week, Lincoln A. Mitchell has shared his expertise on Georgia’s recent political history with The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, NPR’s All Things Considered, WAMU’s The Diane Rehm… READ MORE
Lincoln Mitchell Discusses Georgian Crisis on NPR
08/12/2008
Lincoln A. Mitchell, author of the forthcoming Uncertain Democracy: U.S. Foreign Policy and Georgia’s Rose Revolution, provided background information on the current conflict in Georgia for National Public Radio listeners… READ MORE
Printing the Middle Ages–Now Available
08/07/2008
Printing the Middle Ages Siân Echard 344 pages | 6 x 9 | 83 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4091-7 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in the Material Texts… READ MORE
Looking Beyond the Political in China
08/04/2008
In this essay Vera Schwarcz, Director/Chair of the Freeman Center for East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University and author of Place and Memory in the Singing Crane Garden, hopes that… READ MORE
