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New and Notable Titles from Berghahn Books & Journals

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Holdings of the Kingdom of Norway

  When considering powerhouses of colonization, most do not rank Norway among the likes of England and France. However, this country did have numerous outposts and much influence in Africa and Oceania. These territories come into focus in Navigating Colonial Orders: Norwegian Entrepreneurship in Africa and Oceania, which was published this month. Following, editors Kirsten […]

Posted 24 November 2014 † Berghahn Author § Blog § In Their Own Words § Meet the Editors § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off on Holdings of the Kingdom of Norway ° Tagged: , , , ,

The Political Backdrop of French Film

Fifty years of French cinema get their close-up in Hugo Frey’s Nationalism and the Cinema in France: Political Mythologies and Film Events, 1945-1995, published in July. Following, the author offers readers a new angle on the volume, which is itself a fresh perspective on French film against a nationalistic backdrop.   ____________________________   Why did […]

Posted 25 August 2014 † Berghahn Author § Blog § In Their Own Words § Meet the Author § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off on The Political Backdrop of French Film ° Tagged: , , , ,

Q&A for Democratic Theory: An Interdisciplinary Journal

Berghahn is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new journal in 2014, Democratic Theory – An Interdisciplinary Journal. The first issue has been published this month! Democratic Theory is a peer-reviewed journal that encourages philosophical and interdisciplinary contributions which critically explore democratic theory – in all its forms. Below is the transcript of an electronic […]

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Researching Relevance, or How Sociology Preserved the Church

In Benjamin Ziemann’s historical account Encounters with Modernity: The Catholic Church in West Germany 1945-1975, to be published next month, the author explains how the church attempted to systematically — using the tools of social science — maintain its relevance in post-war German society. Following, the author explains how he, almost completely by accident, happened upon […]

Posted 26 May 2014 † Berghahn Author § From Idea to Book § In Their Own Words § Meet the Author § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off on Researching Relevance, or How Sociology Preserved the Church ° Tagged: , , ,

The Life of Policy in Canada and New Zealand

Policies have their own lives, and these lives are not “a-cultural, rational, and straightforwardly technical,” puts forth Catherine Kingfisher in her volume, A Policy Travelogue: Tracing Welfare Reform in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Canada, published in September. Following is an excerpt from the monograph’s Introduction in which the author sets the scene for her discussion of […]

Posted 13 December 2013 † Berghahn Author § Blog § Meet the Author § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off on The Life of Policy in Canada and New Zealand ° Tagged: , , , ,

Understanding Europe before, after 1945

In Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: German Visions of Europe, 1926-1950, published last month, author Christian Bailey seeks to understand how Germans became such “good Europeans” after 1945. Whereas many histories of European integration tend to largely focus on the diplomatic goings-on between elites, this book focuses on how support for a united Europe was cultivated in […]

Posted 20 November 2013 † Berghahn Author § Blog § Get to Know Berghahn § Meet the Author § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off on Understanding Europe before, after 1945 ° Tagged: , , ,

New to Berghahn Journals- European Comic Art

The release of the July 2012 issue of European Comic Art has been a big deal around our offices because it marks the journal’s relaunch as a Berghahn title. Published in partnership with the American Bande Dessinée Society and the International Bande Dessinée Society, it is the first English-language journal devoted to European graphic novels and […]

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New to Berghahn Journals- Cambridge Anthropology

Among the most recent new journal releases, one title stands out as being especially significant- Cambridge Anthropology, Volume 30, Issue 1. This issue marks the relaunch of the journal, which had been an in-house production of the Cambridge University Department of Social Anthropology, as a Berghahn Journal. The relaunch represents both a continuation of and […]

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