New Books in British Studies
Sir John Elliott, “Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion” (Yale UP, 2018)
Sir John Elliott
Scots and Catalans
Union and Disunion
Yale University Press, 2018

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 18, 2018 Charles Coutinho

Sir John Elliott, Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History at Oxford University, one of the premier historians writing in English on Spanish and European History in the Early Modern period, has now delighted his many ardent readers and admirers by writing a superb book dealing with the comparative histories of... Read More
Jeremy Martens, “Empire and Asian Migration: Sovereignty, Immigration Restriction and Protest in the British Settler Colonies, 1888–1907” (UWA Publishing, 2018)
Jeremy Martens
Empire and Asian Migration
Sovereignty, Immigration Restriction and Protest in the British Settler Colonies, 1888–1907
UWA Publishing, 2018

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in Australian and New Zealand StudiesNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in South Asian StudiesNew Books Network September 14, 2018 Jason Schulman

In his new book, Empire and Asian Migration: Sovereignty, Immigration Restriction and Protest in the British Settler Colonies, 1888–1907 (UWA Publishing, 2018), Jeremy Martens, a senior lecturer in History at the University of Western Australia, offers a comparative look at the tensions that arose in settler colonies like Australia, New Zealand, and South... Read More
Stephen Lee Naish, “Riffs & Meaning: Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy” (Headpress, 2018)
Stephen Lee Naish
Riffs & Meaning
Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy
Headpress, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in MusicNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books Network September 11, 2018 Kimberly Mack

In Riffs & Meaning: Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy (Headpress, 2018), Stephen Lee Naish tells the story of Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers’ 2001 album Know Your Enemy. The record’s engagement with diverse and unexpected musical influences, as well as its mixed reception by critics and fans alike, inspired Naish... Read More
Megan Ward, “Seeming Human: Artificial Intelligence and Victorian Realist Character” (OSU Press, 2018)
Megan Ward
Seeming Human
Artificial Intelligence and Victorian Realist Character
The Ohio State University Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network September 7, 2018 Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed

Artificial intelligence and Victorian literature: these two notions seem incompatible. AI brings us to the age of information and technology, whereas Victorian literature invites us to the world of lengthy novels, to the world of the written word. In spite of seeming incongruity the AI and Victorian literature evoke, the... Read More
Charles Umney, “Class Matters: Inequality and Exploitation in 21st-Century Britain” (Pluto Press, 2018)
Charles Umney
Class Matters
Inequality and Exploitation in 21st-Century Britain
Pluto Press, 2018

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in EconomicsNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network September 3, 2018 Dave O'Brien

What is class? In Class Matters: Inequality and Exploitation in 21st-Century Britain (Pluto Press, 2018), Charles Umney, an Associate Professor in Work and Employment Relations at the University of Leeds, offers a new marxist analysis of the meaning and impact of class. The book is written in dialogue with recent developments in... Read More

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