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New Books in European Studies
Jeremy Black, “A Brief History of Spain” (Robinson, 2019)
Jeremy Black
A Brief History of Spain

Robinson, 2019

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network October 14, 2019 Charles Coutinho

Wonderfully concise and very readable, A Brief History of Spain (Robinson, 2019), is perfect for travelers as well as the discerning reader. Professor of History at Exeter University Jeremy Black’s book is a ‘must read’. This is an extraordinary tale of Spain, from early tribalism and Roman rule to the... Read More
Grégoire Mallard, “Gift Exchange: The Transnational History of a Political Idea” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Grégoire Mallard
Gift Exchange
The Transnational History of a Political Idea
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network October 3, 2019 Ryan Tripp

Since Marcel Mauss published his foundational essay “The Gift” in 1925, many anthropologists and specialists of international relations have seen in the exchange of gifts, debts, loans, concessions or reparations the sources of international solidarity and international law. Still, Mauss’s reflections were deeply tied to the context of interwar Europe... Read More
Gerry Milligan, “Moral Combat: Women, Gender and War in Italian Renaissance Literature” (U Toronto Press, 2018)
Gerry Milligan
Moral Combat
Women, Gender and War in Italian Renaissance Literature
University of Toronto Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Italian StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network October 1, 2019 Ellen Nerenberg

Gerry Milligan’s Moral Combat: Women, Gender and War in Italian Renaissance Literature (University of Toronto Press, 2018) takes as its subject the woman warrior in early modern Italy as she was and as she was represented across varied types of texts, both literary and historical. What emerges is a discursive construction... Read More
Brittany Lehman, “Teaching Migrant Children in West Germany and Europe, 1945-1992” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
Brittany Lehman
Teaching Migrant Children in West Germany and Europe, 1945-1992

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

New Books in EducationNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 30, 2019 Michael E. O’Sullivan

In her new book, Teaching Migrant Children in West Germany and Europe, 1945-1992 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), Brittany Lehman examines the right to education for migrant children in Europe between 1949 and 1992. Using West Germany as a case study to explore European trends, the book analyzes how the Council of... Read More
Geoffrey Parker, “Emperor: A New Life of Charles V” (Yale UP, 2019)
Geoffrey Parker
Emperor
A New Life of Charles V
Yale University Press, 2019

New Books in BiographyNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 27, 2019 Charles Coutinho

The Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), ruler of Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued many scholars of early modern Europe. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control... Read More
Tyson Reeder, “Smugglers, Pirates, and Patriots: Free Trade in the Age of Revolution” (U Pennsylvania Press, 2019)
Tyson Reeder
Smugglers, Pirates, and Patriots
Free Trade in the Age of Revolution
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 26, 2019 Ryan Tripp

After emerging victorious from their revolution against the British Empire, many North Americans associated commercial freedom with independence and republicanism. Optimistic about the liberation movements sweeping Latin America, they were particularly eager to disrupt the Portuguese Empire. Anticipating the establishment of a Brazilian republic that they assumed would give them... Read More
Tim Frandy, “Inari Sami Folklore: Stories from Aanaar” (U Wisconsin Press, 2019)
Tim Frandy
Inari Sámi Folklore
Stories from Aanaar
University of Wisconsin Press, 2019

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in FolkloreNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 25, 2019 Maxine Savage

Inari Sámi Folklore: Stories from Aanaar (University of Wisconsin Press, 2019) is  rich multivoiced anthology of folktales, legends, joik songs, proverbs, riddles, and other verbal art, this is the most comprehensive collection of Sámi oral tradition available in English to date. Collected by August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen... Read More