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Now in paperback: Children’s Emotions in Europe, 150-1900 by Jeroen J. H. Dekker, is an exploration of the expression and regulation of childhood’s emotions in Europe from 1500 to 1900 through the eyes of famous and lesser-known artists.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Now in paperback: Children’s Emotions in Europe, 150-1900 by Jeroen J. H. Dekker, is an exploration of the expression and regulation of childhood’s emotions in Europe from 1500 to 1900 through the eyes of famous and lesser-known artists.
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Warren Treadgold’s A Concise History of Byzantium returns in a 25th Anniversary Edition in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, with a new preface from the author.
‘No other book on Byzantium manages to pack so much useful information into so few pages.' https://bit.ly/48vtVdt
‘No other book on Byzantium manages to pack so much useful information into so few pages.' https://bit.ly/48vtVdt
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Warren Treadgold’s A Concise History of Byzantium returns in a 25th Anniversary Edition in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, with a new preface from the author.
‘No other book on Byzantium manages to pack so much useful information into so few pages.' https://bit.ly/48vtVdt
‘No other book on Byzantium manages to pack so much useful information into so few pages.' https://bit.ly/48vtVdt
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I’m so happy that it’s publication day for my monograph! As I’m on leave atm, there’s no book launch (yet…) but I’m celebrating with my little mascot who says it’s almost as good as their favourite Peekaboo Moon, which is towering praise from this fairly fierce book critic.
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I’m so happy that it’s publication day for my monograph! As I’m on leave atm, there’s no book launch (yet…) but I’m celebrating with my little mascot who says it’s almost as good as their favourite Peekaboo Moon, which is towering praise from this fairly fierce book critic.
📖 @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social A Salon-in-Exile shows how Hortense Mancini’s 17th-century London salon became a hub for French exiles, turning the traditional French salon into a pan-European space of intellectual, literary & cultural exchange.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📖 @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social A Salon-in-Exile shows how Hortense Mancini’s 17th-century London salon became a hub for French exiles, turning the traditional French salon into a pan-European space of intellectual, literary & cultural exchange.
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📚 40 years since this classic work on Nazi Germany came out 🗃️ @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
📚 40 years since this classic work on Nazi Germany came out 🗃️ @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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"[Van der Putten] gives readers a clear, thought-provoking account of how a once-weak empire became a global power...Informs & provokes... For anyone looking for a broad, readable history of China's modern transformation". Indian Public Policy Review
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November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"[Van der Putten] gives readers a clear, thought-provoking account of how a once-weak empire became a global power...Informs & provokes... For anyone looking for a broad, readable history of China's modern transformation". Indian Public Policy Review
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We hope you haven't missed that our holiday sale is live! 🎄🎁
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Browse history books www.bloomsbury.com/academic/his...
Celebrate the season with exclusive deals on academic books across the store until midnight, December 7th.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We hope you haven't missed that our holiday sale is live! 🎄🎁
Celebrate the season with exclusive deals on academic books across the store until midnight, December 7th.
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"This is an impressive first book exploring the history of human specimens in Australian medical and cultural history. It presents extensive research".
Australian and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine Book Prize
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Australian and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine Book Prize
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November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"This is an impressive first book exploring the history of human specimens in Australian medical and cultural history. It presents extensive research".
Australian and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine Book Prize
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Australian and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine Book Prize
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Elizabeth Goodenough and Marilynn S. Olson, editors of What the Presidents Read: Childhood Stories and Family Favorites, discuss their inspiration for the book, what they hope readers will take away and more 👉 deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/q-wi...
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Q&A with Elizabeth Goodenough and Marilynn S. Olson
Goodenough Elizabeth Goodenough and Marilynn S. Olson are the editors of the book What the Presidents Read: Childho...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Elizabeth Goodenough and Marilynn S. Olson, editors of What the Presidents Read: Childhood Stories and Family Favorites, discuss their inspiration for the book, what they hope readers will take away and more 👉 deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/q-wi...
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"In this stimulating monograph, John Morris explores the intersections between music and politics in 1930s Britain … It is packed with rich and colorful details and anecdotes." H-Net Reviews
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November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"In this stimulating monograph, John Morris explores the intersections between music and politics in 1930s Britain … It is packed with rich and colorful details and anecdotes." H-Net Reviews
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"An illuminating study of late colonial Mozambique … Araújo acknowledges that her narrative is shaped by FRELIMO's silence and the gaps in the archival records about Salazar, Caetano, and the various Portuguese security forces active in the north."
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November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"An illuminating study of late colonial Mozambique … Araújo acknowledges that her narrative is shaped by FRELIMO's silence and the gaps in the archival records about Salazar, Caetano, and the various Portuguese security forces active in the north."
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Happy three month bookaversary!
The German Democratic Republic by @historyned.bsky.social provides a succinct and comprehensive history of East Germany and its people, from its early Cold War foundations to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Publishing today! bit.ly/4kaEnJf
Publishing today! bit.ly/4kaEnJf
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy three month bookaversary!
"Falina should be praised for unlocking some of the key understudied aspects of Yugoslav history that have had long-lasting and wide-reaching consequences."
Slavonic & East European Review
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Slavonic & East European Review
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November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Falina should be praised for unlocking some of the key understudied aspects of Yugoslav history that have had long-lasting and wide-reaching consequences."
Slavonic & East European Review
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The Yearbook of Transnational History (2025), Vol 8 edited by Thomas Adam, brings together pioneering case studies on Jewish heritage across the Caribbean, China, Europe & North America, showcasing the global dimensions of Jewish history from 13th - 20thC. https://bit.ly/3Je7qPR
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Yearbook of Transnational History (2025), Vol 8 edited by Thomas Adam, brings together pioneering case studies on Jewish heritage across the Caribbean, China, Europe & North America, showcasing the global dimensions of Jewish history from 13th - 20thC. https://bit.ly/3Je7qPR
"Soviet SCI_BERIA is an essential contribution to our understanding of how knowledge and power were co-produced in the Cold War USSR". The Russian Review
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November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Soviet SCI_BERIA is an essential contribution to our understanding of how knowledge and power were co-produced in the Cold War USSR". The Russian Review
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Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/4oGsjCM
Callum G. Brown’s Ninety Humanists and the Ethical Transition of Britain reveals how a network of British humanist intellectuals, inspired by H.G. Wells, drove major ethical reforms from 1930 to 1980, reshaping British society.
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📖 https://bit.ly/3W774xh
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Callum G. Brown’s Ninety Humanists and the Ethical Transition of Britain reveals how a network of British humanist intellectuals, inspired by H.G. Wells, drove major ethical reforms from 1930 to 1980, reshaping British society.
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📖 https://bit.ly/3W774xh
"There is much of interest in Whitewood's narrative of Polish-Soviet relations in the 1920s, and specialists in this early period of Soviet history will profit from reading it." Slavonic & East European Review
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"There is much of interest in Whitewood's narrative of Polish-Soviet relations in the 1920s, and specialists in this early period of Soviet history will profit from reading it." Slavonic & East European Review
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📙 https://bit.ly/4p3LndV
Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence edited by Hugh Pattenden, Carl P. Watts & Sue Onslow offers a comprehensive, multi-perspective analysis of the 1965 UDI and its lasting impact on Zimbabwe’s political and global history.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence edited by Hugh Pattenden, Carl P. Watts & Sue Onslow offers a comprehensive, multi-perspective analysis of the 1965 UDI and its lasting impact on Zimbabwe’s political and global history.
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Join Peter Buck Feller, author of “The Last Gasp of William Schwarzfeller,” at @politicsprose.bsky.social in Washington, DC.
📆Tues, Nov 25, 2025, 7–8pm (EST)
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November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join Peter Buck Feller, author of “The Last Gasp of William Schwarzfeller,” at @politicsprose.bsky.social in Washington, DC.
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Howard LeRoy Malchow’s Transatlantic Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century examines the intertwined identities and cultural exchanges between Britain and America. The book traces how reform, race, and empire shaped a shared transatlantic consciousness. https://bit.ly/48q4Pwu
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Howard LeRoy Malchow’s Transatlantic Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century examines the intertwined identities and cultural exchanges between Britain and America. The book traces how reform, race, and empire shaped a shared transatlantic consciousness. https://bit.ly/48q4Pwu
New review 🤩 "[A] well researched account ... [Fenemore's] use of microhistories throughout is a welcome addition to the historiography of the early years of the Cold War." H-Net Reviews
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November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New review 🤩 "[A] well researched account ... [Fenemore's] use of microhistories throughout is a welcome addition to the historiography of the early years of the Cold War." H-Net Reviews
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Our Holiday Sale begins today! Get ahead of holiday shopping with sitewide deals on this season's most giftable books.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Michael D. Gambone’s Veterans and America offers a sweeping 400-year history of U.S. veterans-from the Revolution and Civil War to Vietnam and Afghanistan, highlighting veterans’ relevance to politics, culture, social reform, economics and more.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Michael D. Gambone’s Veterans and America offers a sweeping 400-year history of U.S. veterans-from the Revolution and Civil War to Vietnam and Afghanistan, highlighting veterans’ relevance to politics, culture, social reform, economics and more.
📕 https://bit.ly/42D9GXt
📕 https://bit.ly/42D9GXt
Emotions and the Letter: A History from Antiquity to the Present edited by @dianagbarnes.bsky.social & @katieebarclay.bsky.social explores how letters have served as powerful tools for expressing, performing & shaping emotional experiences across cultures & historical contexts https://bit.ly/3IZVdhG
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Emotions and the Letter: A History from Antiquity to the Present edited by @dianagbarnes.bsky.social & @katieebarclay.bsky.social explores how letters have served as powerful tools for expressing, performing & shaping emotional experiences across cultures & historical contexts https://bit.ly/3IZVdhG
"Despite the vast range of movements and organizations featured in the book, it is clearly organized and easy to read. … The book will be essential for anyone interested in the history of social movements". H-Net Reviews
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November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Despite the vast range of movements and organizations featured in the book, it is clearly organized and easy to read. … The book will be essential for anyone interested in the history of social movements". H-Net Reviews
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Discover the book 👉 https://bit.ly/49NYv2q