New Books in History

10229 Episodes

1. Martha Bayless, "Entertainment, Pleasure, and Meaning in Early England" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

   Published: 11/03/2025
2. On Barak, "Heat, a History: Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 10/03/2025
3. Jamie Jelinski, "Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tattooing in Canada" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2024)

   Published: 10/03/2025
4. Andrew G. Walder, "Civil War in Guangxi: The Cultural Revolution on China's Southern Periphery" (Stanford UP, 2023)

   Published: 09/03/2025
5. Andrew C. Isenberg, "The Age of the Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny, 1790-1850" (UNC Press, 2025)

   Published: 09/03/2025
6. Kirsten L. Scheid, "Fantasmic Objects: Art and Sociality from Lebanon, 1920–1950" (Indiana UP, 2022)

   Published: 09/03/2025
7. Kristin A. Olbertson, "The Dreadful Word: Speech Crime and Polite Gentlemen in Massachusetts, 1690–1776" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

   Published: 09/03/2025
8. Lina-Maria Murillo, "Fighting for Control: Power, Reproductive Care, and Race in the US-Mexico Borderlands" (UNC Press, 2025)

   Published: 09/03/2025
9. Anthony Grafton, "Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa" (Harvard UP, 2023)

   Published: 08/03/2025
10. Margaret Peacock, "Frequencies of Deceit: How Global Propaganda Wars Shaped the Middle East" (U California Press, 2025)

    Published: 08/03/2025
11. Jørgen Møller and Jonathan Doucette, "The Catholic Church and European State Formation, AD 1000-1500" (Oxford UP, 2022)

    Published: 08/03/2025
12. Jeremy Black, "A History of the Railroad in 100 Maps" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

    Published: 08/03/2025
13. Nir Arielli, "The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History" (Yale UP, 2025)

    Published: 07/03/2025
14. Richard Heppner, "Woodstock: From World War to Culture Wars" (SUNY Press, 2024)

    Published: 07/03/2025
15. Eric Dienstfrey, "Making Stereo Fit: The History of a Disquieting Film Technology" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 07/03/2025
16. Gary Griggs, "California Catastrophes: The Natural Disaster History of the Golden State" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 07/03/2025
17. Janam Mukherjee, "Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire" (Oxford UP, 2015)

    Published: 06/03/2025
18. Maria Kaika and Luca Ruggiero, "Class Meets Land: The Embodied History of Land Financialization" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 06/03/2025
19. Manu Pillai, "Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity" (Allen Lane, 2025)

    Published: 06/03/2025
20. Georgia Finnegan, "Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota" (Afton Historical Society, 2024)

    Published: 06/03/2025