New Books in British Studies
Christopher Woolgar, “The Culture of Food in England, 1200-1500” (Yale UP, 2016)
Christopher Woolgar
The Culture of Food in England, 1200-1500

Yale University Press, 2016

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in FoodNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 30, 2016 Mark Klobas

Food was central to the lives of people in England during the Middle Ages in ways different than it is today. As Christopher Woolgar reveals in his book The Culture of Food in England, 1200-1500 (Yale University Press, 2016), it… Read More
Jon Stobart and Mark Rothery, “Consumption and the Country House” (Oxford UP, 2016)
Jon Stobart and Mark Rothery
Consumption and the Country House

Oxford University Press, 2016

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in EconomicsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 11, 2016 Mark Klobas

During the 18th century English country houses served an important function in their society as stages for the display of the status and power of the landed aristocracy. As Jon Stobart and Mark Rothery demonstrate in Consumption and the Country … Read More
Marc-William Palen, “The ‘Conspiracy’ of Free Trade: The Anglo-American Struggle over Empire and Economic Globalization, 1846-1896” (Cambridge UP, 2016)
Marc-William Palen
The 'Conspiracy' of Free Trade
The Anglo-American Struggle over Empire and Economic Globalization, 1846-1896
Cambridge University Press, 2016

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in EconomicsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network August 30, 2016 Christienna Fryar

Accounts of late-nineteenth-century US expansionism commonly refer to an open-door empire and an imperialism spurred by belief in free trade. In his new book The “Conspiracy” of Free Trade: The Anglo-American Struggle over Empire and Economic Globalization, 1846-1896 (Cambridge University… Read More
William Cavert, “The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City” (Cambridge UP, 2016)
William Cavert
The Smoke of London
Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City
Cambridge University Press, 2016

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network August 29, 2016 Mark Klobas

Air pollution may seem to be a problem uniquely of the modern age, but in fact it is one that has bedeviled people throughout history. In his book The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City … Read More
Anne Mac Lellan, “Dorothy Stopford Price: Rebel Doctor” (Irish Academic Press, 2014)
Anne Mac Lellan
Dorothy Stopford Price
Rebel Doctor
Irish Academic Press, 2014

New Books in BiographyNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network August 25, 2016 Mark Klobas

Among the achievements of Irish medicine in the twentieth century was ending the persistent epidemic of tuberculosis throughout the island, and one of the central figures in that effort was Dorothy Stopford Price. In her book Dorothy Stopford Price: Rebel … Read More

 
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