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Mathematics
August 9, 2022
Probability and Forensic Evidence
Theory, Philosophy, and Applications
Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten
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Marc Goulet
In Probability and Forensic Evidence: Theory, Philosophy, and Applications (Cambridge UP, 2021), Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten address the role of statistics and probability in the evaluation of forensic evidence, including …
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August 8, 2022
China's European Headquarters
Switzerland and China During the Cold War
Ariane Knüsel
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Miranda Melcher
During the Cold War, the People's Republic of China used Switzerland as headquarters for its economic, political, intelligence, and cultural networks in Europe. Based on extensive research in Western and …
Middle Eastern Studies
August 3, 2022
Second-Generation Liberation Wars
Yaniv Voller
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Dilan Okcuoglu
The formation of post-colonial states in Africa, and the Middle East gave birth to prolonged separatist wars. Exploring the evolution of these separatist wars, In Second-Generation Liberation Wars Cambridge UP, 2022),Yaniv …
Southeast Asian Studies
August 1, 2022
A History of Thailand
Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit
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Patrick Jory
This year sees the publication of the fourth edition of the book, A History of Thailand (Cambridge UP, 2022), by Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit. Remarkably, the Thai language translation of …
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast
August 1, 2022
Earthopolis
A Biography of Our Urban Planet
Carl H. Nightingale
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Mark Klobas
This is a biography of Earthopolis, the only Urban Planet we know of. It is a history of how cities gave humans immense power over Earth, for good and for …
Economic and Business History
July 19, 2022
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom
Lessons from 100,000 Years of Human History
Johan Fourie
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Javier Mejia
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom: Lessons from 100,000 Years of Human History (Cambridge UP, 2022) is an entertaining and engaging guide to global economic history told for the first …
Military History
July 18, 2022
Why Humans Fight
The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence
Siniša Malešević
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Christian Nielsen
In his book Why Humans Fight: The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence (2022, Cambridge University Press), Siniša Malešević emphasises the centrality of the social and historical contexts that make fighting …
Economics
July 14, 2022
China's Contained Resource Curse
How Minerals Shape State Capital Labor Relations
Vivian Jing Zhan
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Peter Lorentzen
Contrary to intuition, many countries have found that having abundant natural resources such as petroleum or diamonds may be a curse as much as a blessing. Broad-based economic development may …
Anthropology
July 13, 2022
Second-Class Daughters
Black Brazilian Women and Informal Adoption as Modern Slavery
Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman
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Reighan Gillam
A legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, Brazil is home to the largest number of African descendants outside Africa and the greatest number of domestic workers in the world. Drawing …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
July 12, 2022
The Future of Hong Kong
A Discussion with Ho-Fung Hung
Ho-Fung Hung
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Owen Bennett-Jones
Hong Kong has always existed on the edge of empires, providing services and capabilities to powerful nations. And even to this day when the one country two systems idea is …
Literary Studies
July 6, 2022
Colonial Law in India and the Victorian Imagination
Leila Neti
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Gargi Binju
Situated at the intersection of law and literature, nineteenth-century studies and post-colonialism, Colonial Law in India and the Victorian Imagination (Cambridge UP, 2021) draws on original archival research to shed …
South Asian Studies
July 4, 2022
Properties of Rent
Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi
Sushmita Pati
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Saronik Bosu
We live in cities whose borders have always been subject to expansion. What does such transformation of rural spaces mean for cities and vice-versa? Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and …
Economics
June 30, 2022
Formal Models of Domestic Politics
Scott Gehlbach
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Peter Lorentzen
Formal mathematical models have provided tremendous insights into politics in recent decades. Formal Models of Domestic Politics (Cambridge UP, 2021) is the leading graduate textbook covering the crucial models that …
Irish Studies
June 30, 2022
The Case of Ireland
Commerce, Empire and the European Order, 1750-1848
James Stafford
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Aidan Beatty
James Stafford teaches at Columbia University, where he specializes in the political and intellectual history of Ireland, Britain and Western Europe since 1750, with a particular interest in questions of …
Intellectual History
June 28, 2022
The Political Writings of Alexander Hamilton
Bradford P. Wilson and Carson Holloway, eds.
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Hope J. Leman
How much does the average person know about Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804)? Would we have guessed that this hero of many fiscal conservatives wrote, “A national debt, if it …
Biology and Evolution
June 28, 2022
Extinctions
Living and Dying in the Margin of Error
Michael Hannah
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Galina Limorenko
Today I talked to Michael Hannah about his book Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error (Cambridge UP, 2021). Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass …
Jewish Studies
June 22, 2022
Jewish Internationalism and Human Rights after the Holocaust
Nathan A. Kurz
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Amber Nickell
In Jewish Internationalism and Human Rights after the Holocaust (Cambridge UP, 2020), Nathan A. Kurz charts the fraught relationship between Jewish internationalism and international rights protection in the second half of …
Medicine
June 22, 2022
Successful Leadership in Academic Medicine
David M. Greer
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Galina Limorenko
Good leadership in medicine is crucial, but unfortunately, often woefully inadequate. Those chosen to lead often have limited experience in leadership themselves, or worse, are appointed because of achievements that …
Irish Studies
June 21, 2022
Representing Magic in Modern Ireland
Belief, History, Culture
Andrew Sneddon
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Aidan Beatty
Andrew Sneddon is a Lecturer in International History at Ulster University. His research explores Irish witchcraft, magic and the supernatural in a comparative framework from the medieval to the modern …
African Studies
June 21, 2022
Shari'a, Inshallah
Finding God in Somali Legal Politics
Mark Fathi Massoud
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Sara Katz
Western analysts have long denigrated Islamic states as antagonistic, even antithetical, to the rule of law. Mark Fathi Massoud tells a different story: for nearly 150 years, the Somali people …
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