Library Guides/ Modern and Contemporary History 1800 AD - Present

New Books (December 2024)

Harlingers en hun wapenborden, 1740-1910

Zeilmaker, Dirk Albert, and Kees Kuiken. Harlingers en hun wapenborden, 1740-1910. Gorredijk: Noordboek, 2024.

Gevallen grootmachten

Harrison, Dick. Gevallen grootmachten: Van het Akkadische rijk tot de Verenigde Staten. Translated by Ger Meesters. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Omniboek, 2024.

150 Jaar Hindostanen, 1873-2023

Choenni, Chandersen, and Kanta Sh Adhin. 150 Jaar Hindostanen, 1873-2023: Een geschiedenis van twee migraties. Zoetermeer: Sampreshan, 2024.

Koloniaal burgerschap

Fatah-Black, Karwan, and Lauren Lauret, eds. Koloniaal burgerschap: Geschiedenis en erfenis. Amsterdam: Boom, 2024.

Mensenjacht

Zantingh, Marcel. Mensenjacht: Het optreden van de Sicherheitspolizei in Drenthe tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Gorredijk, Nederland: Noordboek-Van Gorcum, 2024.

De Belgische grondwet van 1831 tot vandaag

Koninck, Constant de. De Belgische grondwet van 1831 tot vandaag: Een constitutionele ontdekkingsreis in woord en beeld. Antwerpen: Maklu, 2024.

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

Khalidi, Rashid. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance. London: Profile Books, 2024.

Nehru's India

Mukherjee, Aditya. Nehru’s India: Past, Present and Future: The Penguin History of Modern India. Gurugram, Haryana: Vintage, 2024.

The Literature and History of Anglo-Dutch Relations

Van Houts, Elisabeth M. C., Ad Putter, Moreed Arbabzadah, and Sjoerd Levelt, eds. The Literature and History of Anglo-Dutch Relations, Medieval to Modern. Oxford: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2024.

De taal van de geschiedenis (2e editie)

Beyen, Marnix. De taal van de geschiedenis: Hoe historici lezen en schrijven. Tweede herziene editie. Leuven: Universitaire Pers Leuven, 2024.

Sinterklaas uit de mist van de historie

Bruin, Maurits F. A. de. Sinterklaas uit de mist van de historie: 1800 jaar geschiedenis. [The Netherlands]: Maurits F.A. de Bruin, 2024.

New Books (November 2024)

Tracks on the Ocean

Caputo, Sara. Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel. London: Profile Books, 2024.

Gaza

Filiu, Jean-Pierre. Gaza: A History. Second edition. La Vergne: C. Hurst, 2024.

The Shift

Klein, Menachem. The Shift: Israel-Palestine from Border Struggle to Ethnic Conflict. London: Hurst, 2010.

Levende stenen

Willems, Hans. Levende stenen. Leeuwarden: Stichting Alde Fryske Tsjerken, 2020.

Een kleine geschiedenis van Amsterdam

Mak, Geert. Een kleine geschiedenis van Amsterdam. 49e, herziene druk. Herziene feesteditie. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2024.

The Burning Earth

Amrith, Sunil. The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years. [London]: Allen Lane, 2024.

De stem van de universiteit

Flipse, Ab, Dorien Daling, and Annelies Noordhof-Hoorn, eds. De stem van de universiteit: Universitaire pers sinds de late negentiende eeuw. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 2024.

A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Pappé, Ilan. A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict. London: Oneworld Publications, 2024.

A Pipeline Runs Through It

Fisher, Keith. A Pipeline Runs through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War. London: Penguin Books, 2024.

De onuitspreekbare zonde

Roelens, Jonas. De onuitspreekbare zonde: Sodomie in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden (1400-1700). Gorredijk: Sterck & Devreese, 2024.

Das auswärtige Amt und die Kolonien

Haas, Carlos, Lars Lehmann, Brigitte Reinwald, and David Simo. Das auswärtige Amt und die Kolonien: Geschichte, Erinnerung, Erbe. München: C. H. Beck, 2024.

The Israel-Palestine Conflict

Caplan, Neil. The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories. Second edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2020.

A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking (6 vols)

Lawrance, Benjamin N., ed. A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

New Books (October 2024)

Een geschiedenis van de wereld in twaalf scheepswrakken

Gibbins, David. Een geschiedenis van de wereld in twaalf scheepswrakken. Translated by Roelof Posthuma. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Omniboek, 2024.

The Routledge Research Companion to Heritage and Identity

Howard, Peter, and Brian Graham. The Routledge Research Companion to Heritage and Identity. London: Taylor and Francis, 2016.

Dolia

Cheung, Caroline. Dolia: The Containers That Made Rome an Empire of Wine. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2024.

Vuurland

Neumann, Peter. Vuurland: Een reis door de lange eeuw van utopieën, 1883-2020. . Translated by Fred Reurs. Amsterdam: Spectrum, 2023.

Rode kameraden

Hartmans, Rob. Rode kameraden: De Nederlandse communisten, 1909-1991. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Omniboek, 2024.

Four Points of the Compass

Brotton, Jerry. Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction. London: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2024.

Smoke and Ashes

Ghosh, Amitav. Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

De mens, de machine & de therapeut

Schnitzler, Hans. De mens, de machine & de therapeut. Amsterdam: Bot Uitgevers, 2024.

New Books (September 2024)

Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory (Ebook)

Williams, Patrick, and Laura Chrisman, eds. Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader. London: Routledge, 1993.

A Cultural History of Education in the Renaissance (Ebook)

Dekker, Jeroen J. H., ed. A Cultural History of Education in the Renaissance. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

Tales Things Tell

Flood, Finbarr Barry, and Beate Fricke. Tales Things Tell: Material Histories of Early Globalisms. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023.

Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America

Huzzey, Richard, Maartje Janse, Henry James Miller, Joris Oddens, and Brodie Waddell, eds. Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America: From the Late Medieval Period to the Present. Oxford: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2024.

Grensverleggers

Schaik, Anne-Rieke van. Grensverleggers: Baanbrekende kaarten uit de Lage Landen, 1500-1900. [Veurne]: Hannibal, 2024.

The Man Who Organized Nature

Broberg, Gunnar. The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus. Translated by Anna Paterson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023.

De zeven vinkjes

Luyendijk, Joris. De zeven vinkjes: Hoe mannen zoals ik de baas spelen. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Pluim, 2022.

Westlessness

Puri, Samir. Westlessness: The Great Global Rebalancing. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.

History for Tomorrow

Krznaric, Roman. History for Tomorrow: Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity. London: W H Allen, 2024.

Daar aan de oude Ygracht

Haan, Olga de. Daar aan de oude Ygracht: 600 jaar Amsterdamse geschiedenis op 300 meter kade. Amsterdam: Spectrum, 2024.

Tripped

Ohler, Norman. Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age. London: Atlantic Books, 2024.

Middelburg, van laag tot hoog

Klerk, Adriaan Pieter de. Middelburg, van laag tot hoog: Over de oorsprong en betekenis van hoogteverschillen in de Middelburgse binnenstad. Vlissingen: Den Boer / De Ruiter, 2024.

Fake Heroes

English, Otto. Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How They Altered the Course of History. London: Welbeck, 2023.

Der schwarze Tod

Uhl, Matthias. Der schwarze Tod: Die Pest in Mitteldeutschland, 1349-1683. Erfurt: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen, 2020.

New Books (July-August 2024)

Borneo and Sulawesi

Ooi, Keat Gin, ed. Borneo and Sulawesi: Indigenous Peoples, Empires and Area Studies. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020.

Fake History

English, Otto. Fake History : Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World. London: Welbeck, 2022.

De schepping van de wetenschap

Wijnia, Lieke. De schepping van de wetenschap. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers; Utrecht: Museum Catharijneconvent, 2024.

How the World Made the West

Quinn, Josephine Crawley. How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.

Colonial Lives of Property

Bhandar, Brenna. Colonial Lives of Property: Law, Land, and Racial Regimes of Ownership. Durham: Duke University Press, 2018.

The Ethical Crises of Civilization

Lipson, Leslie. The Ethical Crises of Civilization: Moral Meltdown or Advance? Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993.

Dacia

Biezeveld, Irini, ed. Dacia: Rijk van goud en zilver. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers; Drents Museum, 2024.

New Books (June 2024)

After Parmenides

Rockmore, Tom. After Parmenides: Idealism, Realism, and Epistemic Constructivism. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2021.

How the Secularization of Religious Houses Transformed the Libraries of Europe

Dondi, Cristina, Dorit Raines, and Richard Sharpe, eds. How the Secularization of Religious Houses Transformed the Libraries of Europe, 16th-19th Centuries. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2022.

New Approaches in Teaching History

Krome, Frederic. New Approaches in Teaching History Using Science Fiction to Introduce Students to New Vistas in Historical Thought. Blue Ridge Summit: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2024.

The Invention of Prehistory

Geroulanos, Stefanos. The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins. First edition. New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2024.

Verzamelen

Keurs, Pieter ter. Verzamelen: De drang om te bezitten. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers, 2024.

Geschiedenissen van de Islam in Nederland en Vlaanderen

Crienen, Vera, Martijn de Koning, Umar Ryad, and Gerard Albert Wiegers, eds. Geschiedenissen van de Islam in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Leuven: Universitaire Pers Leuven, 2024.

After 1177 B. C.

Cline, Eric H. After 1177 B. C.: The Survival of Civilizations. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024.

Een westers beschavingsoffensief

Hoefte, Rosemarijn. Een westers beschavingsoffensief: Sporen van het koloniaal en postkoloniaal verleden van Tilburg. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2024.

Gepeild verleden

Doedens, Anne, and Matthieu Borsboom. Gepeild verleden: 700 jaar loodsengeschiedenis in Nederland. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers, 2024.

New Books (May 2024)

De wereld tussen twee stokken

Brink, Lowie. De wereld tussen twee stokken: 50 schoolwandkaarten uitgerold. Zwolle: WBOOKS, in samenwerking met Antiquariaat De Wereld aan de Wand, Nijmegen, 2024.

The History of Natural History (2nd Edition)

Bridson, Gavin D. R., and Linnean Society of London. The History of Natural History : An Annotated Bibliography : A Guide to Sources of Information Histories, Bibliographies, Biographies, Library Resources, Etc. Second edition. London: Linnean Society of London, 2008.

Wheat Taxonomy

Caligari, P. D. S., P. E. Brandham, and Linnean Society of London. Wheat Taxonomy: The Legacy of John Percival. London: Academic Press : Linnean Society of London, 2001.

The Lord Treasurer of Botany

Kennett, Tom, and Linnean Society of London. The Lord Treasurer of Botany: Sir James Edward Smith and the Linnaean Collections. London: Linnaean Society of London, 2016.

The Linnaean Legacy

Morris, Mary J., and Berwick Leonie. The Linnaean Legacy: Three Centuries after His Birth. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.

‘The Door Was Opened’

Douglas, Gina, and Leonie Berwick, eds. ‘The Door Was Opened’: Pioneering Women at the Linnean Society of London and Their Continuing Legacy. London: The Linnean Society of London, 2023.

Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., P.L.S., 1759-1828

Walker, Margot, and Linnean Society of London. Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., P.L.S., 1759-1828 : First President of the Linnean Society of London. London: Linnean Society of London, 1988.

Robert Wight and the Illustration of Indian Botany.

Noltie, Henry J., and Linnean Society of London. Robert Wight and the Illustration of Indian Botany. London: Blackwell, 2006.

Letters to Linnaeus

Knapp, Sandra, Quentin D. Wheeler, and Linnean Society of London. Letters to Linnaeus. London: Linnean Society Of London, 2009.

L: 50 Objects, Stories & Discoveries from the Linnean Society of London

Linnean Society of London. L : 50 Objects, Stories & Discoveries from the Linnean Society of London. Edited by Leonie Berwick and Isabelle Charmantier. London: The Linnean Society of London, 2020.

Irene Manton

Leadbeater, Barry S. C. Irene Manton: A Biography (1904-1988). London: Linnean Society of London, 2004.

Colin Patterson (1933-1998)

Peter L. Forey, B. G. Gardiner, and C. J. Humphries. Colin Patterson (1933-1998) : A Celebration of His Life. London: Academic Press, 2000.

Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg (1795-1876)

Williams, D. M., Robert Huxley, and Linnean Society of London. Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg (1795-1876) : The Man and His Legacy. London: Academic Press, 1998.

A Biography of Percy Sladen (1849-1900)

Nichols, David. A Biography of Percy Sladen (1849-1900). London: Linnean Society, 2003.

New Books (April 2024)

Voice Machines

Gordon, Bonnie. Voice Machines: The Castrato, the Cat Piano, and Other Strange Sounds. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2023.

Blood and Soil

Kiernan, Ben. Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007.

Rampen

Lotte Jensen. Rampen: Een nieuwe geschiedenis van Nederland. Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2024.

Israel / Palestine (5th Edition)

Dowty, Alan. Israel/Palestine. Fifth edition. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2023.

Giants and Dwarfs in European Art and Culture, Ca. 1350-1750

O’Bryan, Robin, and Felicia Else, eds. Giants and Dwarfs in European Art and Culture, ca. 1350-1750: Real, Imagined, Metaphorical. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2024.