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Stalin's Cold War by Vesselin Dimitrov wins the Alecander Nove Prize 2008 in Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

We are delighted to announce that Stalin's Cold War: Soviet Foreign Policy, Democracy and Communism in Bulgaria, 1941-48 by Vesselin Dimitrov has won The Alexander Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies for 2008. The Nove Prize was established by BASEES in March 1995 in recognition of the outstanding contribution to its field of study made by the late Alec Nove. Our congratualtions go to Vesselin Dimitrov. To read more about the winning book click here

Orthodoxy and the Cold War by Lucian N. Leustean wins the George Blazyca Prize 2008 in East European Studies

We are delighted to announce that Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947-65by Lucian N. Leustean has won The George Blazyca Prize in East European Studies for 2008. The prize was established by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies in recognition of the outstanding contribution to its field of study made by the late George Blazyca. Our congratualtions go to Lucian N. Leustean. To read more about the winning book click here

We are delighted to announce that six Palgrave Macmillan history books were featured on the Choice list of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009. The criteria for winning a place on the list are:

- overall excellence in presentation and scholarship

- importance relative to other literature in the field 

- distinction as a first treatment of a given subject in book or electronic form

- originality or uniqueness of treatment

- value to undergraduate students

- importance in building undergraduate library collections

The titles selected were:

Gentes, Andrew A. -  Exile to Siberia, 1590-1822
Bever, Edward -  The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe: Culture, Cognition and Everyday Life
Pearson, Chris -  Scarred Landscapes: War and Nature in Vichy France
Fitzgerald, Patrick and Lambkin, Brian -  Migration in Irish History, 1607-2007
Henshall, Kenneth -  Folly and Fortune in Early British History: From Caesar to the Norman
Maltby, William S -  The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire

Congratulations to all the authors.

To celebrate we are offering customers up to 50% off these titles* until the end of March. Just enter the code HISTFEB in the promo box when you checkout online.

*30% in paperback.

Liam Harte discusses the Irish literacy legacy in Britain

Listen to Liam Harte, author of The Literature of the Irish in Britain, discuss the literary legacy of the Irish in Britain with theatre director Patrick Mason on RTE Radio 1’s Arts Tonight podcast. Click here to listen, and click here for more information about the book.

The Literature of the Irish in Britain named one of the TLS books of the year 2009

"A wide range of very different kinds of writing is superbly anthologized by Liam Harte in his The Literature of the Irish in Britain: Autobiography and Memoir, 1725-2001, where the exile memories of W.B. Yeats and Elizabeth Bowen combine with the reclaimed voices of forgotten or previously unpublished Irish navvies, journalists and nurses to create a marvellous palimpsest of immigrant experience. It also provides an implicit commentary on the relationship of Irish consciousness to the English language." - Roy Foster, TLS Books of the Year 2009

Read more about the book and purchase your copy  here

Events

Vernon Bogdanor at the Sunday Times Literary Festival

Vernon Bogdanor will be speaking about his new book From New Jerusalem to New Labour at the Sunday Times Literary Festival this March.

The talk will take place on Sunday 21st March at 10am and tickets cost £10.00. For more information and to book tickets visit the festival website: http://www.oxfordliteraryfestival.com

Latest Reviews

Social History of Medicine review Masculinity in the Modern West by Christopher E. Forth:

"Christopher E. Forth's superb synthesis on masculinity in the modern West is a timely and original publication, with the broadest of appeal. It is, however, of specific relevance to historians of medicine and science in society, and will prove an invaluable text in those fields. This is an indispensable and highly engaging book, which will be valued for many years to come." - Sean Brady

Read more about the book here.

Isis journal review  Racial Science and British Society, 1930–62 by Gavin Schaffer:

"Racial Science and British Society exemplifies the high standard that scholars and students have come to expect from its publisher Palgrave Macmillan." - Richard Barnett

The full review can be read in the December 2009 issue of the journal.

Times Literary Supplement review The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe by Tomasz Kamusella:

"A magnificent history of language politics...Kamusella's book is an illustration of its own core argument: scholarship on language serves social purposes. Every EU official and NGO activist who deals with East Central Europe should have this book to hand, and every graduate seminar on nationalism in the region should begin with it.  It provides countless sound judgements, and dispenses with a tremendous amount of nonsense." - Timothy Snyder

The full review can be read in issue 5578, February 26th 2010.

Read more about the book and purchase here.

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