New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Italian History and Culture – N. 12, A. 2007
Catholicism as Decadence
edited by Chiara Continisio and Marcello Fantoni
This volume is the result of two workshops on the relationship between Catholicism and the interpretative canons of history. This
theme was instrumental to the discussion of the causes leading to the emergence of the concept of decadence during the age of
the counter-reformation and of the link between Catholicism and anti-modernity. In keeping with this theme, the volume offers
a panorama of the various national historiographies in order to highlight the specific ideological and historiographical trends that
led to this association. From the discussion emerged both common trends and different declinations of one single phenomenon.
Thus, it has been possible to present for the first time both a comparative perspective and a more general view.
216p, b/w illus, paperback, 9788856400168, $40.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008.
An Abridged Version of the
Project for Perpetual Peace
by Abbé de Saint-Pierre,
edited by Roderick Pace
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century
Europe was a cauldron of wars and upheavals.
Throughout his life, Saint-Pierre
wrote several volumes on a wide range of
subjects. However, the one closest to his
heart and which he promoted with the
greatest vigor, was the 1713 Project for
Perpetual Peace. In these works, Saint-Pierre proposes the signing of a treaty
binding all the nations of Europe in a Grand Alliance and the establishment
of a European Assembly in a “City of Peace.” A translation of this unpublished
project, in which Malta plays the principal role, is also included in this publication
as an Annex.
256p, paperback, 9789993272373, $20.00, Midsea Books, March 2009.
Mediatization of Politics in History
edited by H Wijfjes and G Voerman
The dynamic relationship of media and politics in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries is a new field in historical scholarship. The mediatization of
politics is a central topic in current debates on the role of media in society
and culture. Until now, a historical perspective has been strikingly absent
from this debate. At an international congress at the University of Groningen
in November 2006, a wide range of scholars tried to address this lack. The result
is this book, in which an interdisciplinary effort is made to shed light on
the historical background of media processes and media forms influencing
politics. Also included are articles that analyze the ways in which politicians
and parties tried to mobilize media power for their own goals.
265p, hardback, 9789042922051, $70.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2009,
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modern history
Malta and the Grand Tour
by Thomas Freller
The phenomenon of the European Grand Tour to Italy, Sicily, or France has been extensively
treated, but its extension to Malta has never been analyzed at length. This volume
throws light on the role of Malta in the period of the Ancien Régime, which in itself
implies a certain homogeneity in European society and culture. This book embraces the
whole colorful spectrum of visitors to Malta when it was ruled by the Order of St John.
760p, illus, hardback, 9789993272489, $75.00, Midsea Books, July 2009, Maltese Social
Studies Series 18.
Caffè letterari a Firenze
by Teresa Spignoli
Testimonies and archival and modern images bring
back to life the lost world of Florentine literary cafés
that formed an essential part of the city's history
from the end of the eighteenth century through the
decades following World War II. Italian text.
112p, col illus, paperback, 9788859605768,
$27.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2009.
Der griechische Dämon
Widerstand und Bürgerkrieg im
besetzten Griechenland 1941–1944
by Kaspar Dreidoppel
This volume on the history of occupied Greece
between 1941-1944 focuses on the structure and
methods of the communist-controlled National
Liberation Front (EAM) and the interactions between
the German occupiers and the Greek bourgeoisie.
German text.
532p, hardback, 9783447059299, $75.00(s),
Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2009, Balkanologische Veröffentlichungen 46.
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