Cold War defections were highly public spectacles, often dominating headlines for weeks and fuelling propaganda about the irresistible allure of freedom. Yet only a minority of defectors were political dissidents before leaving; despite how they may...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526198013)
Survival Capitalism is a cultural history of the 1980s financial revolution. It ranges in scope across the Thatcher government, the Bank of England, London Stock Exchange and member firms, and Lloyds of London. It offers timely new perspectives on t...Loe edasi...
Tracey Loughran, Hannah Froom, Kate Mahoney, Daisy Payling
Sari: Social Histories of Medicine
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526197986)
The volume explores the shaping of everyday health in different contexts since 1950. It shows how different aspects of identity affected experiences of health and wellbeing. -- ....Loe edasi...
This is not only a book about Vittorio Gregottis projects and works, but rather a historical-critical analysis of his peculiar figure. Like few others, Gregotti embodied the model of the architect-intellectual that characterised post-war Italian des...Loe edasi...
This edited volume explores the transformation of post-communist societies following the Bulgarian case in the period 1990s-2010s. By identifying, analysing, and typologizing the subcultural groups that became active agents of social change in Easte...Loe edasi...
This study emphasizes the legacies of British internationalism in the international organizations of the twentieth century while examining British responses to the end of the British Empire....Loe edasi...
The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia serves as a guide to the complex and often contradictory concept of nostalgia, as well as the field of nostalgia studies more broadly....Loe edasi...
This book examines social change in Hungary, commencing with the period of late-stage socialism, the countrys immediate post-communist transition, its subsequent consolidation and the emergence of authoritarian leadership since 2010....Loe edasi...
A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech “The American Dream,” part of Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. At Lincoln University on June 6, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proposed his vi...Loe edasi...
A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech “The American Dream,” part of Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.At Lincoln University on June 6, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proposed his...Loe edasi...
Trophy films seized from the German film archive at the end of the Second World War were widely screened in Soviet cinemas. This monograph is the first dedicated study of these films, investigating their history in the USSR through three main perspe...Loe edasi...
Sari: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526190246)
Focusing on the Nigeria-Biafra war, this book analyses humanitarian action at a turning point in its history. It combines individual, institutional, and governmental perspectives to shows how this conflict became a testing ground where humanitarian p...Loe edasi...
Moves beyond issues of translation to consider cultural boycotts, censorship and the ways translation is harnessed to promote or subvert political and aesthetic values....Loe edasi...
Moves beyond issues of translation to consider cultural boycotts, censorship and the ways translation is harnessed to promote or subvert political and aesthetic values....Loe edasi...
The acclaimed historian of Russia offers his compelling analysis of a dramatic turning point in recent Russian history: the August Coup of 1991....Loe edasi...
This book analyses the historical interactions between UNESCO and China during the often-neglected period of 1945–1971.Spans UNESCO’s inception up to the year the People’s Republic of China (PRC) regained the official Chinese seat at the Un...Loe edasi...
This book charts the accelerating dynamics and disruptions of transformative change between 1960 and 2011, focusing on themes of political economy and terrorism, culture and identity, and environment....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009456128)
From Dynamo Moscows postwar tour of Britain to the inaugural Womens World Cup, Cold War Football charts the clash between capitalism and communism through ten iconic matches. This is a fascinating and unique history of how the Cold War shaped foot...Loe edasi...
Offering an interdisciplinary analysis of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank’s (WB) interventions in Southern Europe during a transformative period in the 20th century and focusing on Southern Europe as its geographical frame, th...Loe edasi...
Drawing on new interviews and previously underused archival material, this book explores women’s anti-apartheid activism in South Africa and within broader transnational networks from 1952 to 1962 through a comparison of the Federation of South Af...Loe edasi...
This book explores Russia’s relations with Eurasian countries in response to its growing isolation from the Western world. This book explores Russia’s relations with Eurasian countries in response to its growing isolation fr...Loe edasi...
The definitive account of the rise and fall of Britains nuclear strike force- the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan RAF bombers - and Britains changing role through the Cold War....Loe edasi...
In June 1949, the US and British governments secretly agreed to mount a joint covert action operation to overthrow the communist government in Albania. The top-secret plan would use exiled dissidents to conduct subversive intelligence, paramilitary...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197791318)
While most people who have waited in grocery or newsstand checkout lines today will recognize the magazines Elle and Marie-Claire, few know that two journalists, Marcelle Auclair and Marcelle Ségal, were critical to the success of these magazines wh...Loe edasi...
While most people who have waited in grocery or newsstand checkout lines today will recognize the magazines Elle and Marie-Claire, few know that two journalists, Marcelle Auclair and Marcelle Ségal, were critical to the success of these magazines wh...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780190933340)
A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissingers secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissingers day and provide a sweeping view of his era. ...Loe edasi...
Sven Spieker, Polly Savage, Bojana Videkani, Christene dAnca
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487552961)
Curating Socialism takes a rare look into the world of international art exhibitions organized by socialist states between 1947-1989.The handbook examines the mechanisms, relationships, and international agreements that enabled...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University Press of Florida, ISBN-13: 9780813081656)
A compelling story of scandal and reform at the highest levels of state government In the 1970s, justices on the Florida Supreme Court were popularly elected. But a number of scandals threatened to topple the court until public outrage le...Loe edasi...
Cold War defections were highly public spectacles, often dominating headlines for weeks and fuelling propaganda about the irresistible allure of freedom. Yet only a minority of defectors were political dissidents before leaving; despite how they may...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526198013)
Survival Capitalism is a cultural history of the 1980s financial revolution. It ranges in scope across the Thatcher government, the Bank of England, London Stock Exchange and member firms, and Lloyds of London. It offers timely new perspectives on t...Loe edasi...
Tracey Loughran, Hannah Froom, Kate Mahoney, Daisy Payling
Sari: Social Histories of Medicine
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526197986)
The volume explores the shaping of everyday health in different contexts since 1950. It shows how different aspects of identity affected experiences of health and wellbeing. -- ....Loe edasi...
This is not only a book about Vittorio Gregottis projects and works, but rather a historical-critical analysis of his peculiar figure. Like few others, Gregotti embodied the model of the architect-intellectual that characterised post-war Italian des...Loe edasi...
This edited volume explores the transformation of post-communist societies following the Bulgarian case in the period 1990s-2010s. By identifying, analysing, and typologizing the subcultural groups that became active agents of social change in Easte...Loe edasi...
This study emphasizes the legacies of British internationalism in the international organizations of the twentieth century while examining British responses to the end of the British Empire....Loe edasi...
The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia serves as a guide to the complex and often contradictory concept of nostalgia, as well as the field of nostalgia studies more broadly....Loe edasi...
This book examines social change in Hungary, commencing with the period of late-stage socialism, the countrys immediate post-communist transition, its subsequent consolidation and the emergence of authoritarian leadership since 2010....Loe edasi...
An exhilarating debut novel about a life-changing romance in the long shadow of European history, inspired by the authors real discovery Stunningly good Julia Boyd You wont be able to put it down Samantha Rose Hill Worthy of reading and...Loe edasi...
A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech “The American Dream,” part of Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. At Lincoln University on June 6, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proposed his vi...Loe edasi...
A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech “The American Dream,” part of Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.At Lincoln University on June 6, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proposed his...Loe edasi...
Trophy films seized from the German film archive at the end of the Second World War were widely screened in Soviet cinemas. This monograph is the first dedicated study of these films, investigating their history in the USSR through three main perspe...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Getty Research Institute,U.S., ISBN-13: 9781606069899)
This volume presents the first visual history of the people and organizations that led the fight for change during the civil rights era in Los Angeles....Loe edasi...
Sari: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526190246)
Focusing on the Nigeria-Biafra war, this book analyses humanitarian action at a turning point in its history. It combines individual, institutional, and governmental perspectives to shows how this conflict became a testing ground where humanitarian p...Loe edasi...
Moves beyond issues of translation to consider cultural boycotts, censorship and the ways translation is harnessed to promote or subvert political and aesthetic values....Loe edasi...
Moves beyond issues of translation to consider cultural boycotts, censorship and the ways translation is harnessed to promote or subvert political and aesthetic values....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Ethics International Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781804411810)
Since his assassination in April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. has too often been reduced to an I have a Dream soundbite. This new book looks at the real Dr King; a man who challenged capitalist society to redirect its resources to the urban and rura...Loe edasi...
The latter part of the 20th century saw cinema becoming increasingly significant as an art-form, even while its status as art was still openly contested. This installment in the Bloomsbury Adaptation Histories series discusses a rich and excitin...Loe edasi...
The latter part of the 20th century saw cinema becoming increasingly significant as an art-form, even while its status as art was still openly contested. This installment in the Bloomsbury Adaptation Histories series discusses a rich and excitin...Loe edasi...
It’s 50 years since the ‘street couture’ shop Acme Attractions opened - and November 1975 sees the 50th anniversary of the first SEX PISTOLS gig. Which makes it perfect timing for Phil Strongmans Acme BOY...Loe edasi...
The acclaimed historian of Russia offers his compelling analysis of a dramatic turning point in recent Russian history: the August Coup of 1991....Loe edasi...
This book analyses the historical interactions between UNESCO and China during the often-neglected period of 1945–1971.Spans UNESCO’s inception up to the year the People’s Republic of China (PRC) regained the official Chinese seat at the Un...Loe edasi...
This book charts the accelerating dynamics and disruptions of transformative change between 1960 and 2011, focusing on themes of political economy and terrorism, culture and identity, and environment....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009456128)
From Dynamo Moscows postwar tour of Britain to the inaugural Womens World Cup, Cold War Football charts the clash between capitalism and communism through ten iconic matches. This is a fascinating and unique history of how the Cold War shaped foot...Loe edasi...
During the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, Vincent Cianni revisited over one hundred rolls of film from NYC Pride marches photographed between 1985 and 1995. For three months, he spent 6 to 8 hours a day, 5 to 6 days a week in the darkroom, editing and print...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9798895270936)
Fifty years on from the Vietnam War, it can be easy to overlook the civilian lives that were forever changed by this endlessly debated global conflict. In Land of Dreams: An Immigrants Journey from War-Torn Vietnam to America, author C. L. Hoang re...Loe edasi...
Offering an interdisciplinary analysis of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank’s (WB) interventions in Southern Europe during a transformative period in the 20th century and focusing on Southern Europe as its geographical frame, th...Loe edasi...
Drawing on new interviews and previously underused archival material, this book explores women’s anti-apartheid activism in South Africa and within broader transnational networks from 1952 to 1962 through a comparison of the Federation of South Af...Loe edasi...
This book explores Russia’s relations with Eurasian countries in response to its growing isolation from the Western world. This book explores Russia’s relations with Eurasian countries in response to its growing isolation fr...Loe edasi...
In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come. While officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich...Loe edasi...
The definitive account of the rise and fall of Britains nuclear strike force- the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan RAF bombers - and Britains changing role through the Cold War....Loe edasi...
In June 1949, the US and British governments secretly agreed to mount a joint covert action operation to overthrow the communist government in Albania. The top-secret plan would use exiled dissidents to conduct subversive intelligence, paramilitary...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Haus Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781913368777)
This book explores the life of Patrice Lumumba (1926-61), the iconic leader of the Congos independence movement and a symbol of anti-imperialist struggle. Revised with new intelligence archives, it traces his transition from nationalist to revolutio...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197791318)
While most people who have waited in grocery or newsstand checkout lines today will recognize the magazines Elle and Marie-Claire, few know that two journalists, Marcelle Auclair and Marcelle Ségal, were critical to the success of these magazines wh...Loe edasi...
While most people who have waited in grocery or newsstand checkout lines today will recognize the magazines Elle and Marie-Claire, few know that two journalists, Marcelle Auclair and Marcelle Ségal, were critical to the success of these magazines wh...Loe edasi...
One of the most sensational episodes of the Cold War - Sunday Times Drawing on newly declassified intelligence documents and dozens of interviews with spymasters, The Defector tells a startling story of a Soviet mission to plant fake Kre...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780190933340)
A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissingers secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissingers day and provide a sweeping view of his era. ...Loe edasi...
Sven Spieker, Polly Savage, Bojana Videkani, Christene dAnca
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487552961)
Curating Socialism takes a rare look into the world of international art exhibitions organized by socialist states between 1947-1989.The handbook examines the mechanisms, relationships, and international agreements that enabled...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526181695)
This book explores the resurfacing of photographs from the Algerian War of Independence (195462) in contemporary art and photobooks by tracing some of the unexpected paths along which photographs travel and argues that contemporary archival art can...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503646254)
In the decades after independence in 1947, architects in Pakistan were enlisted to build a postcolonial future - a new world after empire. But the debris of the past could not be so easily swept aside. The recalcitrance of local and regional histori...Loe edasi...
In the decades after independence in 1947, architects in Pakistan were enlisted to build a postcolonial future—a new world after empire. But the debris of the past could not be so easily swept aside. The recalcitrance of local and regional histori...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: New York University Press, ISBN-13: 9781479844531)
Offers a compelling account of how Soviet Jews rebuilt their lives amid postwar devastation, rising hostility, discrimination and the repressive final years of Stalin’s ruleAt the beginning of the twentieth century, more Jews lived...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Boydell Press, ISBN-13: 9781916931213)
A revealing documentary account of how Britain struggled to shape a modern navy amid Cold War pressures, rapid technological change and relentless financial constraint....Loe edasi...
