{"id":924,"date":"2017-04-27T13:56:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T13:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=924"},"modified":"2017-04-27T13:56:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T13:56:23","slug":"new-books-history-classics-archaeology-april2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2017\/04\/27\/new-books-history-classics-archaeology-april2017\/","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<\/strong><\/a>\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 two, 2016\/17<\/strong>\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

\"\"Mesopotamia: ancient art and architecture<\/em> by Zainab Bahrani (shelfmark: Folio N5370 Bah.)<\/p>\n

JFK and the masculine mystique: sex and power on the New Frontier<\/em> by Steven Watts (shelfmark: HQ1090.3 Wat.)<\/p>\n

A social history of tea: tea’s influence on commerce, culture & community<\/em> by Jane Pettigrew and Bruce Richardson (shelfmark: GT2907.G7 Pet.)<\/p>\n

The culture of clothing: dress and fashion in the ‘ancien r\u00e9gime’ <\/em>by Daniel Roche ; translated by Jean Birrell (shelfmark: GT857 Roc.)<\/p>\n

The topography of violence in the Greco-Roman world<\/em> edited by Werner Riess and Garrett G. Faga (e-book). <\/a><\/p>\n

Sicily: culture and conquest<\/em> by Dirk Booms and Peter Higgs (shelfmark: DG865 Boo.)<\/p>\n

West Indian women at war: British racism in World War II<\/em> by Ben Bousquet and Colin Douglas (shelfmark: DA125.N4 Bou.)<\/p>\n

\"\"Papal Justice: Subjects and Courts in the Papal State, 1500-1750<\/em> by Irene Fosi (shelfmark: KKH6743.4 Fos. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Food and knowledge in Renaissance Italy: Bartolomeo Scappi’s paper kitchens<\/em> by Deborah L. Krohn (shelfmark: TX645 Kro. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

A poisoned past: the life and times of Margarida de Portu, a fourteenth-century accused poisoner<\/em> by Steven Bednarski (shelfmark: HV6555.F7 Bed.)<\/p>\n

The stars of Ballymenone<\/em> by Henry Glassie and Doug Boyd (shelfmark: DA995.B15 Gla. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Decoding the past: the psychohistorical approach<\/em> by Peter Loewenberg (shelfmark: D16.16 Loe.)<\/p>\n

\"\"The archaeology of darkness <\/em>edited by Marion Dowd and Robert Hensey (shelfmark: CC72.4 Arc. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

SPQR: A history of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (e-book).<\/a><\/p>\n

The complete Valley of the Kings: tombs and treasures of Egypt’s greatest Pharaohs<\/em> by Nicholas Reeves and Richard H. Wilkinson (shelfmark: DT73.B44 Ree.)<\/p>\n

The first European: a history of Alexander in the age of Empire<\/em> by Pierre Briant and Nicholas Elliott (e-book). <\/a><\/p>\n

In defence of the terror: liberty or death in the French Revolution<\/em> by Sophie Wahnich, translated by David Fernbach (shelfmark: DC176.5 Wah.)<\/p>\n

Open to debate: how William F. Buckley put liberal America on the Firing Line<\/em> by Heather Hendershot (shelfmark: PN4874.B796 Hen.)<\/p>\n

\"\"The idea of greater Britain: empire and the future of world order, 1860-1900<\/em> by Duncan Bell (shelfmark: DA16 Bel. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The manuscript book: a compendium of codicology<\/em> by Maria Luisa Agati ; translated by Colin W. Swift (shelfmark: Z105 Aga.)<\/p>\n

Paths of the Atlantic slave trade: interactions, identities, and images<\/em> edited by Ana Lucia Araujo (shelfmark: HT1321 Pat. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The faith lives of women and girls: qualitative research perspectives<\/em> edited by Nicola Slee, Fran Porter and Anne Phillips (e-book). <\/a><\/p>\n

The lost history of Peter the Patrician: an account of Rome’s imperial past from the age of Justinian<\/em> by Thomas M. Banchich (shelfmark: DG207 Pet. Also available as e-book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Atlas of developmental field anomalies of the human skeleton: a paleopathology perspective<\/em> by Ethne Barnes (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 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<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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