Category: European & World History

The Pinochet Effect and Other Books

12/11/2006

As Chileans celebrate and mourn the death of General Augusto Pinochet, these books offer insights on the legacy of his deeds and those who sought to bring him to justice…. READ MORE

Now Available–Nature as Model

11/03/2006

Nature as Model: Salomon de Caus and Early Seventeenth-Century Landscape Design Luke Morgan 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 54 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3963-6 | $55.00 |… READ MORE

Now in Paperback–Border Lines

11/01/2006

Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity Daniel Boyarin 392 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2004 | ISBN 0-8122-3764-1 | $39.95 | £26.00 Paper 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-1986-4… READ MORE

CLIO Reviews Colonizing Nature

10/10/2006

A review of Colonizing Nature: The Tropics in British Arts and Letters, 1760-1820 appears in CLIO, a Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History, Volume 35:3. Reviewer Janet… READ MORE

Eichmann’s Reappearance

A recent Human Rights & Human Welfare review of Harry Mulisch’s Criminal Case 40/61, the Trial of Adolf Eichman: An Eyewitness Account, translated by Robert Malcom, compares Mulisch’s portrait of… READ MORE

Now Available–History Matters

09/15/2006

History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism Judith M. Bennett 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3946-6 | $49.95 | £32.50 Not for sale in… READ MORE

Now Available–Power Play

08/31/2006

Power Play: The Literature and Politics of Chess in the Late Middle Ages
Jenny Adams
264 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus.
Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3944-X | $49.95 | £32.50