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Category Archives: European history
Release Party: The Age of Noise in Britain, by James G. Mansell
in European history, Uncategorized
Tagged Britain, intellectual history, modernity, noise, sensory history
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Sound transformed British life in the “age of noise” between 1914 and 1945. The sonic maelstrom of mechanized society bred anger and anxiety and even led observers to forecast the end of civilization. The noise was, as James G. Mansell … Continue reading
Release Party: From Gluttony to Enlightenment, by Viktoria von Hoffmann
in European history, food
Tagged food studies, France, French history, taste
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Scorned since antiquity as low and animal, the sense of taste is celebrated today as an ally of joy, a source of adventure, and an arena for pursuing sophistication. The French exalted taste as an entrée to ecstasy, and revolutionized … Continue reading
Journal Spotlight: History of the Present
in american history, European history, journals, world history
Tagged African history, American history, Asian history, European history, history of slavery, History of the Present, journals, researching, slavery
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History of the Present, launched in 2010, is devoted to history as a critical endeavor. Its aim is twofold: to create a space in which scholars can reflect on the role history plays in establishing categories of contemporary debate by … Continue reading
Release Party: The Science of Sympathy, by Rob Boddice
in European history, natural history
Tagged British history, Charles Darwin, history of science, sympathy
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The new UIP book The Science of Sympathy takes readers back to the Victorian Era and into the arguments over sympathy’s place in Darwinist reconsiderations of science and humanity. Charles Darwin placed sympathy at the crux of morality in a … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: The Bastille Library
in European history, gay/lesbian, music
Tagged Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, France, gay history, history, jazz, Modernism
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To commemorate Bastille Day, the University of Illinois Press celebrates its backlist of books on France and the French. Le Jazz: Jazz and French Cultural Identity, by Matthew F. Jordan Matthew F. Jordan deftly blends textual analysis, critical theory, and … Continue reading