Library Guides/ Modern and Contemporary History 1800 AD - Present

New Books (September-October 2024)

Frank French Feminisms

Galis, Polly. Frank French Feminisms: Sex, Sexuality and the Body in the Work of Ernaux, Huston and Arcan. Oxford: Peter Lang Publishing, 2023.

Making Politics in the European Countryside

Brassart, Laurent, Corinne Marache, Juan Pan-Montojo, and Leen van Molle, eds. Making Politics in the European Countryside: 1780s-1930s. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2022.

Fabricating Transnational Capitalism

Rofel, Lisa, and Sylvia J. Yanagisako. Fabricating Transnational Capitalism: A Collaborative Ethnography of Italian-Chinese Global Fashion. Durham: Duke University Press, 2018.

Developing Rural Ireland

Ó Fathartaigh, Mícheál. Developing Rural Ireland: A History of the Irish Agricultural Advisory Services. Dublin: Wordwell, 2021.

Brewing Socialism

Kloiber, Andrew. Brewing Socialism: Coffee, East Germans, and 20th Century Globalization. New York: Berghahn Books, 2023.

Performing Left Populism

Goran Petrović Lotina and Théo Aiolfi, eds. Performing Left Populism: Performance, Politics and the People. London: Bloomsbury, 2023.

Arab Youths

Bonnefoy, Laurent, and Myriam Catusse, eds. Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco to Yemen. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023.

New Books (July-August 2024)

Surviving the Sanctuary City

Shrestha, Tina. Surviving the Sanctuary City: Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2023.

Underground Leviathan

Solares, Israel G. Underground Leviathan: Corporate Sovereignty and Mining in the Americas. Chicago: University of Nevada Press, 2024.

Of Living Stone

Wilkins, David E., and Shelly Hulse Wilkins, eds. Of Living Stone: Perspectives on Continuous Knowledge and the Work of Vine Deloria, Jr. Wheat Ridge, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2024.

A Nation of Shopkeepers

Evans, Dan. A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petite Bourgeoisie. New York: Watkins Media, 2023.

Richer and More Equal

Waldenström, Daniel. Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2024.

Civilization

Chiantera-Stutte, Patricia, and Giovanni Borgognone, eds. Civilization: Global Histories of a Political Idea. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2022.

The Restless Clock (ebook)

Riskin, Jessica. The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

Fabriekswerk

Dekker, Fabian. Fabriekswerk : Over de vergeten arbeidersklasse. Alkmaar: Uitgeverij Van Gennep, 2024.

New Books (June 2024)

A Cultural History of Race in the Modern and Genomic Age (ebook)

Golash-Boza, Tanya Maria. A Cultural History of Race in the Modern and Genomic Age. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Barbie

Gerber, Robin. Barbie: Her Inspiration, History, and Legacy. Minneapolis: becker&mayer! books, 2024.

Traces of History

Wolfe, Patrick. Traces of History: Elementary Structures of Race. London: Verso, 2016.

Remaking the World

Chapman, Jessica M. Remaking the World: Decolonization and the Cold War. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2023.

A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity (ebook)

Giesecke, Annette. A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity. London: Bloomsbury, 2023

Midwives and Medical Men

Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of the Struggle for the Control of Childbirth. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. Originally published in 1988.

Geologic Life

Yusoff, Kathryn. Geologic Life: Inhuman Intimacies and the Geophysics of Race. Durham: Duke University Press, 2024.

New Books (May 2024)

Fighting for Health

Michitake Aso, Kathryn Sweet, and Claudia Michele Thompson, eds. Fighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia. Singapore: NUS Press, 2024.

Eroding a Way of Life

Knuttila, Murray. Eroding a Way of Life: Neoliberalism and the Family Farm. Toronto: University of Regina, 2023.

Carbon Colonialism

Parsons, Laurie. Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023.

How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth

Saitō, Kōhei. How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth. Translated by Brian Bergstrom. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024.

New Books (April 2024)

The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, Volume 3

The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, Volume 3: Creating Hull-House and an International Presence, 1889-1900. Edited by Mary Lynn Bryan and Maree de Angury. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2019.

Inside the Tudor Home

Watts, Bethan, Inside the Tudor Home: Daily Life in the Sixteenth Century. [S.l.]: Pen & Sword History, 2023.

Patterns of Human Growth (3rd Edition)

Bogin, Barry. Patterns of Human Growth. Third edition. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

The Exhausted of the Earth

Chaudhary, Ajay Singh. The Exhausted of the Earth: Politics in a Burning World. London: Repeater Books, an imprint of Watkins Media Ltd., 2024.

Environmentalism from below

Dawson, Ashley. Environmentalism from below: How Global People’s Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet. Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books, 2024.

New Books (March 2024)

Three Squares

Carroll, Abigail. Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal. New York: Basic Books, 2013.

Forging Modernity

Hutchison, Martin. Forging Modernity: Why and How Britain Got the Industrial Revolution. London: The Lutterworth Press, 2023.

To Have and Have Not

Black, Brian. To Have and Have Not: Energy in World History. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.

Endangered Maize

Curry, Helen Anne. Endangered Maize: Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinction. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2022.

Dining Out

Rawson, Katie, and Elliott Shore. Dining out: A Global History of Restaurants. London: Reaktion Books, 2019.

Entwined Homelands, Empowered Diasporas

Moreno, Aviad. Entwined Homelands, Empowered Diasporas: Hispanic Moroccan Jews and Their Globalizing Community. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2024.

Beyond Coal and Steel

Raphael, Lutz. Beyond Coal and Steel: A Social History of Western Europe after the Boom. Translated by Kate Tranter. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2023.

Sporen van het slavernijverleden in Groningen (4e herziene druk)

Barbara Henkes, Lieuwe Jongsma, and Margriet Fokken. Sporen van het slavernijverleden in Groningen. 4e herziene druk. Groningen: Uitgeverij Passage, 2024.

Jews in Muslim Lands, 1750-1830: Volume I

Tsur, Yaron. Jews in Muslim Lands, 1750-1830: Volume I: The Ottoman Middle East. Translated by Ursula Wokoeck. Liverpool: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2023.

New Books (January-February 2024)

Erinnerungskultur

Sonntag, Philipp. Erinnerungskultur: Die Gesellschaftliche Rolle von Zeitzeugen. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2023

A Land of Milk and Butter

Lampe, Markus, and Paul Sharp. A Land of Milk and Butter: How Elites Created the Modern Danish Dairy Industry. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals

Elliott, Matthew, and Michael Boland, eds. Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Powering American Farms

Hirsh, Richard F. Powering American Farms: The Overlooked Origins of Rural Electrification. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.

The World the Plague Made

Belich, James. The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022.

The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business

Lopes, Teresa da Silva, Christina Lubinski, and Heidi Tworek, eds. The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020

The Witches Almanac

Christian, Charles. The Witches Almanac: Sorcerers, Witches and Magic from Ancient Rome to the Digital Age. Canton, MI: Visible Ink Press, 2023.

Reparative Citizenship for Sephardi Descendants

Kandiyoti, Dalia, and Rina Benmayor, eds. Reparative Citizenship for Sephardi Descendants: Returning to the Jewish Past in Spain and Portugal. New York: Berghahn Books, 2023.

Economic War

Hess, Maximilian. Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West. London: Hurst & Company, 2023.

Unlocking the World

Darwin, John. Unlocking the World: Port Cities and Globalization in the Age of Steam, 1830-1930. London: Penguin Books, 2021.

The Vortex

Uekötter, Frank. The Vortex: An Environmental History of the Modern World. Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023.

Citizen Cash

Foley, Michael S. Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2021.

Liberalism against Itself

Moyn, Samuel. Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023.

New Books Shelf: Economic & Social History (December 2023)

Essays on Contemporary Dutch Literature

Prandoni, Marco. Essays on Contemporary Dutch Literature: Migration - Identity Negotiation - Cultural Memory. Bern: Peter Lang, 2022.

We weten hoe het moet

Kehnel, Annette. We weten hoe het moet: Een kleine geschiedenis van de duurzaamheid van de Middeleeuwen tot nu. Translated by Mara van Duijn and Ymke van der Staay. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2023.

New Books Shelf: Economic & Social History (November 2023)

Family Multinationals

Lubinski, Christina, Jeffrey R Fear, and Fernández Pérez Paloma, eds. Family Multinationals: Entrepreneurship, Governance, and Pathways to Internationalization. Routledge International Studies in Business History, 23. New York: Routledge, 2013.

Gender Queer

Kobabe, Maia and Phoebe Kobabe. Gender Queer: A Memoir. Deluxe edition. Portland, OR: Oni Press, 2022.

Handbook on Asian Public Administration

M. S Haque, Wilson Wong, and Kilkon Ko, eds. Handbook on Asian Public Administration. Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.