{"id":546,"date":"2016-12-20T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=546"},"modified":"2016-12-20T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:38:05","slug":"new-books-in-the-library-for-history-classics-and-archaeology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2016\/12\/20\/new-books-in-the-library-for-history-classics-and-archaeology\/","title":{"rendered":"New books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to\u00a0recommendations<\/strong><\/a>\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 (very) small number of the books that have been added to the Library\u2019s collections in semester one, 2016\/17<\/b>\u00a0for the School of History, Classics and Archaeology <\/strong><\/a>and these demonstrate the wide range of subjects being taught, studied and researched within School.<\/p>\n

–> Find these and more via DiscoverEd<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"childrens_crusade_bookcover\"From Constantinople to the Frontier<\/em> edited by Nicholas S. M. Matheou, Theofili Kampianaki; Lorenzo M Bondioli (e-book)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Iron age hillfort defences and the tactics of sling warfare<\/em> by Peter Robertson (shelfmark: GN780.22.G7 Rob.)<\/p>\n

The Children’s Crusade: medieval history, modern mythistory<\/em> by Gary Dickson (Shelfmark: D169 Dic. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Masculinity, class and same-sex desire in industrial England, 1895-1957<\/em> by Helen Smith (Shelfmark: HQ1090.7.G7 Smi.)<\/p>\n

Classics renewed: reception and innovation in the Latin poetry of Late Antiquity<\/em> edited by Scott McGill, Joseph Pucci (e-book)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The vanquished: why the First World War failed to end, 1917-1923<\/em> by Robert Gerwarth (Shelfmark: D521 Ger.)<\/p>\n

M.I. 5: the origin and history of the British counter-espionage service<\/em> by John Bulloch (Shelfmark: UB251.G7 Bul.)<\/p>\n

Greek satyr play : five studies<\/em> by Mark Griffith (Available at PA3160 Gri. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"wartime_journals_bookcover\"The wartime journals<\/em> by Hugh Trevor-Roper ; edited by Richard Davenport-Hines (Shelfmark: D810.S8 Tre.)<\/p>\n

South Asia\u2019s modern history : thematic perspectives<\/em> by Michael Mann (e-book)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander : the evidence by Joseph Roisman<\/em> ; translations by J. C. Yardley (Shelfmark: DF12 Roi. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Megalithic quarrying: sourcing, extracting and manipulating the stones<\/em> edited by Chris Scarre (Shelfmark: Folio GN790 Int.)<\/p>\n

The Alexandrian riots of 38 C.E. and the persecution of the Jews: a historical reconstruction<\/em> by Sandra Gambetti (e-book).<\/a><\/p>\n

Revolutions: a very short introduction<\/em> by Jack A. Goldstone (Shelfmark: D21.3 Gol.)<\/p>\n

\"under_black_umbrella_bookcover\"Under the black umbrella : voices from colonial Korea, 1910-1945<\/em> by Hildi Kang (Shelfmark: DS916.54 Kan. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Crusader, Ottoman, and early modern Aegean Archaeology : built environment and domestic material culture in the Medieval and Post-Medieval cyclades, Greece (13th-20th Centuries AD)<\/em> by Athanasios K. Vionis (e-book).<\/a><\/p>\n

A neolithic ceremonial complex in Galloway : excavations at Dunragit and Droughduil, 1999-2002<\/em> by Julian Thomas (Shelfmark: Folio GN776.22.G7 Tho.)<\/p>\n

Crossing the color line : race, sex, and the contested politics of colonialism in Ghana<\/em> by Carina E. Ray (Available at DT510.4 Ray. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Driven from home : North Carolina’s Civil War refugee crisis<\/em> by David Silkenat (Available at E573 Sil.)<\/p>\n

Cities and saints : Sufism and the transformation of urban space in medieval Anatolia<\/em> by Ethel Sara Wolper (shelfmark: NA1363 Wol.)<\/p>\n

\"fernandez_deoviedo_chronicle_america_bookcover\"Ferna\u0300ndez de Oviedo’s Chronicle of America : a new history for a new world<\/em> by Kathleen Ann Myers ; translated by Nina M. Scott. (Available at E141.O96 Mye. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Pantokrator Monastery in Constantinople<\/em> edited by Sofia Kotzabassi (e-book)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

M.N. Roy: Marxism and colonial cosmopolitanism<\/em> by Kris Manjapra (shelfmark: DS481.R6 Man.)<\/p>\n

Defining genre and gender in Latin literature : essays presented to William S. Anderson on his seventy-fifth birthday<\/em> edited by William Batstone & Garth Tissol (shelfmark: PA6011 Def.)<\/p>\n

Colony in conflict : the Hong Kong disturbances, May 1967-January 1968<\/em> by John Cooper (shelfmark: DS796.H7 Coo.)<\/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 and Archaeology via DiscoverEd<\/a><\/strong>. E-books are only available to current students and staff at the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Caroline Stirling – Academic Support Librarian for School of History, Classics and Archaeology
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