Library Guides/ Modern and Contemporary History 1800 AD - Present

New Books (October 2024)

Rainwater Harvesting for the 21st Century

Bello-Dambatta, Aisha, Kemi Adeyeye, Ilan Adler, and Berill Takacs, eds. Rainwater Harvesting for the 21st Century. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2024.

The War Came to Us

Miller, Christopher. The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine. London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2023.

The Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-89

Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. The Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-89. London: Bloomsbury, 2024.

The Soviet Sixties

Hornsby, Robert. The Soviet Sixties. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023.

The No-State Solution

Boyarin, Daniel. The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023.

Murder in the Gulag

Sweeney, John. Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny. London: Headline Press, 2024.

Patriot

Navalʹnyĭ, Alekseĭ. Patriot. Translated by A. L. Tait and Stephen Dalziel. London: The Bodley Head, 2024.

New Books (September 2024)

A Cultural History of Democracy in the Modern Age

Biagini, Eugenio F., and Gary Gerstle, eds. A Cultural History of Democracy in the Modern Age. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Chip War (Ebook)

Miller, Chris. Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Beyond Ukraine

Sweijs, Tim, and Jeffrey H. Michaels, eds. Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War. London: Hurst & Company, 2024.

Wilhelmina in de Tram

Bruin, Kees. Wilhelmina in de Tram. Hilversum: Verloren, 2024.

New Books (July-August 2024)

History: Why It Matters

Hunt, Lynn. History Why It Matters. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2018.

Silences and Divided Memories

Hrobat Virloget, Katja. Silences and Divided Memories: The Exodus and Its Legacy in Post-War Istrian Society. Translated by Marko Petrovič. New York: Berghahn, 2023.

The January 6th Report

The January 6th Report: Findings from the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. New York: Random House, 2023.

Hamas

Caridi, P. Hamas: From Resistance to Regime. Translated by Andrea Teti. Revised and updated edition. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2023.

The Cruel Radiance (ebook)

Linfield, Susie. The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Violence and Visibility in Modern History

Martschukat, Jürgen, and Silvan Niedermeier, eds. Violence and Visibility in Modern History. New York City, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Warring Visions

Phu, Thy. Warring Visions: Photography and Vietnam. Durham: Duke University Press, 2022.

Judith Butler and Politics

Zaharijević, Adriana. Judith Butler and Politics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Rick Turner’s Politics as the Art of the Impossible

Eze, Michael Onyebuchi, Lawrence Hamilton, Laurence Piper, Gideon van Riet, Paula Ensor, Daryl Glaser, Christine Hobden, Billy Keniston, Ayesha Omar, and John Sodiq Sanni. Rick Turner’s Politics as the Art of the Impossible. Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2024.

New Books (June 2024)

¿Por qué ganó Milei?

Balsa, Javier. ¿Por qué ganó Milei? Disputas por la Hegemonía y la ideología en Argentina. Montevideo: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2024.

Absolution?

Marwecki, Daniel. Absolution? Israel und die eeutsche Staatsräson. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2024.

Putin's Wars and NATO's Flaws

Moorcraft, Paul L. Putin’s Wars and NATO’s Flaws: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine. Great Britain: Pen & Sword Military, 2023.

The Effects of Economic Sanctions Within the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Bali, Morad, ed. The Effects of Economic Sanctions within the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2024.

Algerian Women and Diasporic Experience

Narriman Guemar, Latefa. Algerian Women and Diasporic Experience: From the Black Decade to the Hirak. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2023.

Stepping into the Past

Rubin, Eli, and Annemarie Sammartino. Stepping into the Past: Activities for the Western Civilization Classroom, 1450-Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024.

How the West Lost the Peace

Ther, Philipp. How the West Lost the Peace: The Great Transformation since the Cold War. . Translated by Jessica Spengler. Cambridge: Polity, 2023.

The Struggle for Taiwan

Khan, Sulmaan Wasif. The Struggle for Taiwan: A History. London: Allen Lane, 2024.

The War in Ukraine

Musiał-Karg, Magdalena, and Natasza Lubik-Reczek. The War in Ukraine: (Dis)information - Perception - Attitudes. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2023.

New Books (May 2024)

Terraforming Mars

Beech, Martin, Joseph Seckbach, and Richard Gordon. Terraforming Mars. Hoboken: Wiley, 2021.

Loot

Phillips, Barnaby. Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes. New York: Oneworld Publications, 2022.

The Planning Moment

Blacker, Sarah, Emily Brownell, Anindita Nag, Martina Schlunder, Sarah Van Beurden, and Helen Verran, eds. The Planning Moment: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories. New York: Fordham University Press, 2024.

Sporen van joods leven

Duijvendak, Maarten. Sporen van joods leven: Ontrechting en rechtsherstel in Kampen en IJsselmuiden tijdens en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Zwolle: WBOOKS i.s.m. Stadsarchief Kampen, 2024.

Een laatkoloniaal experiment

Davids, C. A. Een laatkoloniaal experiment: Hollandia, Nieuw-Guinea, 1944-1962. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2024.

New Books (April 2024)

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution

Berg, Maxine, and Pat Hudson. Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2023.

New Books (March 2024)

Argentina, La república posible

Sapag, Santiago. Argentina, la república posible. Montevideo: Imaginante Editorial, 2023.

What It Took to Win

Kazin, Michael. What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.

De bolle Gogh

Cohen, Jaap. De bolle Gogh. Amsterdam: Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij, 2024.

De hoogste ambtenaar

Bekker, Roel. De hoogste ambtenaar: De secretaris-generaal van Algemene Zaken 1945-2023: Sfinx of spin? Den Haag: Boom bestuurskunde, 2024.

Weapons of Mass Delusion

Draper, Robert. Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind. New York: Penguin Press, 2022.

New Books (January-February 2024)

Voices from Chernobyl

Svetlana Aleksievich. Voices from Chernobyl. Translated by Keith Gessen. Normal: Dalkey Archive Press, 2005.

Understanding Ukraine

Beck, Marieluise. Understanding Ukraine: Tracing the Roots of Terror and Violence. Berlin: Ibidem Verlag, 2023.

Transplanting Modernity?

Smith, Jenny Leigh, and Tom Robertson, eds. Transplanting Modernity? New Histories of Poverty, Development, and Environment. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023.

Judgement at Tokyo

Bass, Gary Jonathan. Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia. London: Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, 2023.

Segregation

Nightingale, Carl Husemoller. Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.

The Russo-Ukrainian War

Plokhy, Serhii. The Russo-Ukrainian War. London: Penguin Books, 2023.

Hitler’s Personal Prisoner

Ziemann, Benjamin. Hitler’s Personal Prisoner: the Life of Martin Niemöller. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024.

A History of Czechoslovakia Since 1945 (ebook)

Renner, Hans. A History of Czechoslovakia since 1945. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2023. Originally published in 1989.

New Books Shelf: Contemporary History (December 2023)

On Decoloniality

Mignolo, Walter, and Catherine E Walsh. On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis. On Decoloniality. Durham: Duke University Press, 2018.

Subverting the System

Harris, Jonathan. Subverting the System: Gorbachev's Reform of the Party's Apparat, 1986-1991. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.

Conflict

Petraeus, David Howell, and Andrew Roberts. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine. New York, NY: Harper, 2023.

New Books Shelf: Contemporary History (November 2023)

Nel cantiere della memoria

Focardi, Filippo. Nel cantiere della memoria: Fascismo, resistenza, shoah, foibe. Collana dell'Istituto nazionale Ferruccio Parri, 1. Roma: Viella, 2020.

Violence and Genocide in Kurdish Memory

Yetkin, Eren Yıldırım. Violence and Genocide in Kurdish Memory: Exploring the Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide through Life Stories. Qualitative Fall- Und Prozessanalysen. Biographie - Interaktion - Soziale Welten, 24. Leverkusen-Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2022.