New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

modern history
Egypt and Austria IV –
Ägypten und Österreich IV
Crossroads – Begegnungen
edited by Johanna Holaubek,
Hana Navrátilová
and Wolf B Oerter
This is the fourth volume of proceedings of
the workgroup Egypt and Austria, which
has recently developed into Egypt and
Central Europe. The volume includes contributions
on Austrian migrations to Egypt
and vice versa, and on the political and economic relations within the Eastern
Mediterranean during the 19th century; there is also a special section devoted
to the intercultural (mis-)representations in arts. Two articles remind us of the
activities and literary work of Alois Musil, the antipode of Lawrence of Arabia.
Contributions are mainly in English, some in German.
302p, b/w illus, 24 col pls, paperback, 9788086277615, $60.00(s),
Czech Institute of Egyptology, December 2008.
Austria
Society and Regions
by Elisabeth Lichtenberger
This is the first geographic work on Austria to appear since the 1920s. It presents
the results of research work in the fields of history, politics, regional planning, economics,
sociology and the earth sciences, in part effected by the research focus
Austria – Space and Society which was started by the Austrian Research Foundation
in 1994. The book’s purpose is threefold: to furnish a representative introduction to
the country; to serve as information base for the sophisticated general reader on
account of the variety of topics covered and the wealth of its maps and statistical
data; to inform the international scientific community about Austrian problems of
European relevance.
491p, 21 col maps, 228 col illus, 82 figs, 78 tbls, hardback, 9783700127758, $65.00(s),
Austrian Academy of Sciences, June 2009.
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Thomas Bugge
Journal of a Voyage through Germany, Holland and England in 1777
edited by Kurt Møller Pedersen and Peter de Clercq
Thomas Bugge, director of the observatory in Copenhagen, kept a diary during his travels in Germany, Holland
and England in 1777. He described his meetings with leading scientists, artists and instrument makers, and the
many scientific institutions he visited. The diary is also full of drawings of the buildings, technical devices and
instruments he saw. Bugge’s diary is now available in an English translation with an introduction and notes.
200p, 75 original drawings, 20 col photos, hardback, 9788779343115, $40.00, Aarhus University Press,
October 2009.
American Firms in Europe, 1890–1980
Strategy, Identity, Perception and Performance
edited by Hubert Bonin and Ferry de Goey
The Americanization of Europe and the strategic
initiatives of American firms abroad have
been well-studied. The expansion of American
firms in Europe, however, lacked a comprehensive
study. This book gathers the works of
two dozen economic and business historians
from across Europe. The collection addresses
the timetable and pace of American direct
investment in Europe, the patterns followed in
each country according to the specifics of each
industry and service sector, and the strategies
followed by the different firms. The studies go
beyond the facts, scrutinizing the immaterial aspects of this business history, especially
European perceptions of American firms.
704p, paperback, 9782600012591, $80.00(s), Librairie Droz, October 2009,
Publications d’histoire économique et sociale internationale 23.
Cashless Payments
and Transactions
from the Antiquity to 1914
edited by Sushil Chaudhuri
and Markus A Denzel
This volume examines the various forms and
techniques of cashless payments and transactions
known to the world since Ancient times.
The different contributions focus primarily
on the non-European areas, as well as those
European examples that did not correspond to
the mainstream technique provided by the Italian, or classical, bill of exchange
developed since the Middle Ages.
195p, 3 b/w illus, 5 graphs, tbls, paperback, 9783515092593, $55.00(s),
Franz Steiner Verlag, December 2008, Beiträge zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte 114.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009