{"id":150,"date":"2016-05-03T12:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T12:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=150"},"modified":"2016-05-03T12:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T12:04:37","slug":"new-to-the-library-for-history-classics-archaeology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2016\/05\/03\/new-to-the-library-for-history-classics-archaeology\/","title":{"rendered":"New to the Library for History, Classics & Archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to\u00a0recommendations<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from members of staff and requests via\u00a0RAB<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number of the books that have been added to the Library\u2019s collections in April 2016<\/strong> for the School of History, Classics and Archaeology<\/a><\/span> <\/strong>and these demonstrate the wide range of subjects being taught, studied and researched within School.<\/p>\n

–> Find even more via\u00a0<\/span>DiscoverEd<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Corrupting luxury in ancient Greek literature<\/em> by Robert J. Gorman and Vanessa B. Gorman (shelfmark: PA3009 Gor.)<\/p>\n

A\u00a0medieval\u00a0book\u00a0of\u00a0beasts: the second-family bestiary. Commentary, art, text and translation<\/em> by Willene B. Clark (shelfmark: Folio PA8275.B4 Cla.)<\/p>\n

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“The bestiary – a book of animals, both real and mythical – is one of the most interesting and appealing medieval artefacts. The “Second-family” bestiary is the most important and frequently produced version…This study addresses the work’s purpose and audience, challenging previous assumptions with direct evidence in the manuscripts themselves”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The\u00a0spoils\u00a0of\u00a0freedom:\u00a0psychoanalysis\u00a0and feminism after\u00a0the\u00a0fall\u00a0of\u00a0socialism<\/em> by Renata Salecl (e-book).<\/a><\/p>\n

Der Klagefrauensarkophag aus Sidon<\/em> by Robert Fleischer and Wolf Schiele (shelfmark: Folio NB1810 Fle.)<\/p>\n

Lucretius\u00a0and\u00a0modernity: Epicurean encounters across time\u00a0and\u00a0disciplines<\/em> edited by Jacques Lezra\u00a0and\u00a0Liza Blake (shelfmark: PA6484 Luc.)<\/p>\n

Plantation\u00a0and\u00a0civility\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0North\u00a0Atlantic\u00a0world:\u00a0the\u00a0case of\u00a0the\u00a0northern Hebrides, 1570-1639<\/em> by Aonghas MacCoinnich (shelfmark: HD1471.G72 Macc.)<\/p>\n

A military history of late Rome 284 to 361<\/em> by Ilkka Syva\u0308nne (shelfmark: DG312 Syv.)<\/p>\n

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“This ambitious series gives the reader a comprehensive narrative of late Roman military history from 284-641…Volume I covers the period 284-361, starting with recovery from the ‘third-century crisis’ and the formation of the Tetrarchy. Constantine’s civil wars and stabilization are also major themes, with the pattern repeated under his sons. Constantius II’s wars against the usurper Magnentius, the Danubian tribes and the Sassanid Persians illustrate the serious combination of internal and external threats the Empire faced at this time.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The\u00a0Age\u00a0of\u00a0Agade: Inventing empire in ancient Mesopotamia<\/em> by Benjamin R. Foster (shelfmark: DS72.3 Fos.)<\/p>\n

Boswell’s Enlightenment<\/em> by Robert Zaretsky (e-book).<\/a><\/p>\n

American\u00a0reckoning:\u00a0the\u00a0Vietnam\u00a0War\u00a0and our national identity<\/em> by Christian G. Appy (shelfmark: DS558 App.)<\/p>\n

The\u00a0monkey\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0inkpot: natural history\u00a0and\u00a0its transformations in early modern China<\/em> by Carla Suzan Nappi (shelfmark: QH21.C6 Nap. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0space\u00a0that\u00a0remains: reading Latin poetry in late antiquity<\/em> by Aaron Pelttari (shelfmark: PA6051 Pel. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Reading\u00a0between\u00a0the\u00a0lines:\u00a0the\u00a0Neolithic cursus monuments of\u00a0Scotland<\/em> by Kenneth Brophy (shelfmark: GN776.22.G7 Bro. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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“…the first systematic analysis of Scotland’s cursus monuments and is written by one of the foremost scholars of the Neolithic in Scotland. Drawing on fifteen years of experience of cropmark interpretation, as well as his involvement in several excavations of cursus monuments and contemporary sites, Kenneth Brophy uncovers some of the secrets of the Neolithic landscape.”
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The economic transformation of China<\/em> by Dwight H. Perkins (shelfmark: HC427.9 Per. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Early\u00a0fiction\u00a0in\u00a0England:\u00a0from\u00a0Geoffrey\u00a0of Monmouth to Chaucer<\/em> by Laura Ashe (shelfmark: PR251 Ear.)<\/p>\n

The\u00a0gods,\u00a0the\u00a0state,\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0individual: reflections on civic religion in Rome<\/em> by John Scheid ; translated\u00a0and\u00a0with a foreword by Clifford Ando (shelfmark: \u00a0BL805 Sch. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Agent\u00a0to\u00a0Spectator: Witnessing the Aftermath in Ancient Greek Epic and Tragedy<\/em> by Emily Allen-Hornblower (e-book).<\/a><\/p>\n

You can find all of these books and the many more that are available for supporting teaching, learning and research in History, Classics & Archaeology via\u00a0<\/span>DiscoverEd<\/a><\/strong>. E-books are only available to current students and staff at the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

You may find some of the print books listed above in the\u00a0New Books<\/strong>\u00a0display on the 1st floor of the Main Library, where a selection of new books from all subjects across the University are held. Books on these display shelves can be borrowed as normal.<\/p>\n

Caroline Stirling \u2013 Academic Support Librarian for History, Classics & Archaeology
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