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Michael G. Hanchard, “The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracies” (Princeton UP, 2018)

Michael G. Hanchard
The Spectre of Race
How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracies
Princeton University Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in European Studies New Books in History New Books in Intellectual History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Political Science New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network October 19, 2018 Lilly Goren

Michael G. Hanchard’s new book The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracies (Princeton University Press, 2018) is a rich and complex examination of the question of discrimination in general, and racial discrimination specifically, within the study of comparative politics as a discipline, but more broadly how this particular issue, discrimination—of... Read More

Ivan Simic
Soviet Influences on Postwar Yugoslav Gender Policies

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

New Books in Eastern European Studies New Books in European Studies New Books in Gender Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies New Books Network October 18, 2018 Jelena Golubovic

In his new book Soviet Influences on Postwar Yugoslav Gender Policies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), Ivan Simic explores how Yugoslav communists learned, adapted, and applied Soviet gender policies in their efforts to build their own egalitarian society after World War II. Attending to the gap between ideas and practices, he discusses how... Read More

Venus Bivar, “Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France” (UNC Press, 2018)

Venus Bivar
Organic Resistance
The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France
University of North Carolina Press, 2018

New Books in Environmental Studies New Books in European Studies New Books in Food New Books in French Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Science & Technology New Books Network October 16, 2018 David Fouser

In Organic Resistance: The Struggle over Industrial Farming in Postwar France (University of North Carolina Press, 2018), Venus Bivar documents the development of agriculture in post-1944 France. Through the Second World War, France’s agriculture was comparatively backward next to those of its neighbors and geopolitical rivals. The French government undertook... Read More

Dániel Margócsy, et al., “The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius: A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions” (Brill, 2018)

Dániel Margócsy, Mark Somos, and Stephen N. Joffe
The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius
A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions
Brill, 2018

New Books in European Studies New Books in History New Books in Intellectual History New Books in Medicine New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Science & Technology New Books in Science, Technology, and Society October 11, 2018 Carla Nappi

The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius: A Worldwide Descriptive Census, Ownership, and Annotations of the 1543 and 1555 Editions (Brill, 2018) is a masterful new book that will long be on the shelves of anyone working on the history of anatomy, early modern medicine, and/or the history of the book. This... Read More

Sara J. Brenneis, “Spaniards in Mauthausen: Representations of a Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-2015” (U Toronto, 2018)

Sara J. Brenneis
Spaniards in Mauthausen
Representations of a Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-2015
University of Toronto Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in European Studies New Books in Genocide Studies New Books in German Studies New Books in History New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network October 10, 2018 Kelly McFall

To be quite honest, I had no idea there were any Spanish prisoners at Mauthausen. That’s perhaps an unusual way to begin a blog post. But it reflects a real gap in the literature about the Holocaust, one that Sara J. Brenneis identifies and fills in her new book Spaniards in Mauthausen: Representations... Read More