Colonial Childhoods

An exploration of the shaping of childhood in the colonial period.

Colonialism as Civilizing Mission

A fresh and stimulating examination of the ideology, programmes, expressions and consequences of the British 'civilizing mission' in South Asia.

Confronting the Body

A key South Asian Studies title that brings together some of the best new writing on physicality in colonial India.

European Trade and Colonial Conquest

A book on the evolution of Bengal's economy and society before colonisation, beginning from pre-historic days.

South Asian Media Cultures

'South Asian Media Cultures' examines a wide range of media cultures and practices from across South Asia, using a common set of historical, political and theoretical engagements.

Essays in Indian History

This volume offers a collection of several of Professor Habib's essays, providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents in Indian history.

The Making of History

This volume comprises essays from scholars around the world representing the wide range of Habib's interests and contributions.

A Significant Season

Mad Tales from the Raj

This revised and enlarged reprint provides a comprehensive assessment of the British response to mental illness among both colonizers and the colonized during the East India Company's rule in India.

Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia

This collection provides a historical exploration of the tensions and complexities of civilizing missions undertaken by British or Indian states or organizations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Asia.

Bengal Partition Stories

Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.

Subaltern Sports

A unique volume about the relationship between politics and sport in South Asia.

Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIII

This volume publishes new research results in the zooarchaeology of southwest Asia and adjacent areas. The three main themes of the book are: new approaches in the study of animal remains; the subsistence economies of prehistoric and early complex societies; the roles of animals in the symbolic w...

Lang Rongrien Rockshelter

Lang Rongrien Rockshelter, Thailand's first stratified late Pleistocene site, is thoroughly explored in this volume. Based on 1980s excavations, Anderson reevaluates Pleistocene/Early Holocene human habitation in Southeast Asia, offering insights from the site's unique archaeological evidence.

China’s peaceful rise

Can China peacefully attain great power status in the twenty-first century? Adopting a constructivist approach, the book argues that China's prospects for achieving great power status peacefully depend more on Chinese and international perceptions of China's rise/development than on concrete meas...

Britain in China

This is a study of Britain's presence in China both at its peak, and during its inter-war dissolution in the face of assertive Chinese nationalism and declining British diplomatic support. Using archival materials from China and records in Britain and the United States, the author paints a portra...

The Creation of Modern China, 1894–2008

No country has undergone a greater period of sustained and convulsive change than China in the twentieth century. This is its story, tracing the emergence of a modern China.

Taiwan Straits Standoff

Following the Nationalist defeat on the mainland in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and his followers retreated to Taiwan, forming the Republic of China (ROC). Tensions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) focused on control over a number of offshore islands, especially Quemoy (Jinmen) and Matsu (Mazu...

India and China: Interactions through Buddhism and Diplomacy

This volume collates the classic works of the preeminent Indian scholar of Chinese history and Buddhism, Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi (1898–1956).

A Narrative of Cultural Encounter in Southern China

Using a local land reclamation project of the later eighth century, this book explores the interaction between a local culture of the southeast coast and the Sinitic culture of the north.

Friends and Enemies

‘Friends and Enemies’ delivers a thorough account of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), explaining its origins and evolution, looking at options for its future, and laying bare its inner workings.

Churchill, Eden and Indo-China, 1951-1955

'Churchill, Eden and Indo-China, 1951-1955' provides a historical analysis of the administrations of Churchill and Eden, focusing on the broad international context of decolonized Indo-China.

The Games at Athens

This attractive book presents a general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held at Athens every four years in honour of the city's patron goddess, Athena.

Birds of the Athenian Agora

As well as the Little Owl or glaux, so often seen accompanying the goddess Athena, many other birds played an important role in Greek art and symbolism. This booklet describes the ways in which the Greeks viewed birds, from useful hawks and fowl to exotic parakeets and peacocks.

Ayia Irini Periods I-III

Continuing the work of publishing the excavations at the site of Ayia Irini on the Cycladic island of Keos, this volume focuses on the architecture and stratigraphy of the site.

Hippos

This richly illustrated book consists of over 40 short essays on diverse topics such as the practices for naming of Athenian horses, their appearance on the city's coinage, the make-up of a chariot, the advice of the Athenian cavalry commander Xenophon, the cavalry inspection, and the possible ap...

Early Burials from the Agora Cemeteries

Before the creation of the Agora as a civic centre in the 7th century B.C., the region northwest of the Acropolis was a vast cemetery. Over 150 ancient burial places have been found by excavators, and a few of the more remarkable are described here.

Dogs in the Athenian Agora

In this book, readers are shown how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora. Anyone curious about dogs in antiquity and how they relate to dogs in the present day will be sure to find interesting material in this portable, affo...

The ancient Greeks at war

This book takes a thematic approach that analyses a broad range of military and social aspects of Greek warfare in the period from the Late Bronze Age to Alexander the Great. Topics include: the causes of war, land battles, sieges and naval warfare, as well as the economic, religious, political,...

Persepolis II

Persepolis II concludes the report on many seasons of excavations (1935-1939) at the site and is the first publication to adequately illustrate and discuss the pottery of the period, an essential addition to Achaemenian archaeological studies. P

Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II

This revised and expanded edition of the classic 1999 edited book includes all the chapters from the original volume plus a new, updated, introduction and several new chapters.

Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, Vol. 4

Archaeological excavation of the ancient city of Bethsaida has retrieved a wealth of information on some of the most intriguing topics from 10th century BCEto 4th century CE. This volume includes reports on archaeological and geological findings from 1997 to 2006 and the cultural and historical c...

Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, Vol. 2

The Bethsaida Excavations Project is uncovering one of the most important New Testament sites lost to the world since the first century. Volume two reports on archaeological and geological findings from 1994–1996 and the cultural/historical context of the findings.

On the Third Dynasty of Ur

The Ur III period (2112-2004 BCE) was one of the more significant periods in the history of ancient Mesopotamia. The centralized patrimonial bureaucracy of the time is documented by almost a hundred thousand known documents, and this was when much of what we know as classical Sumerian literature ...

Tell er-Rumeith

The publication presents the most complete corpus of Iron Age pottery for the area of Tell er-Rumeith and its occupation reflects the Biblical traditions of the region. Tristan Barako and the other authors have used the field notes, reports and photographs of Paul Lapp's excavations in the 1960s ...

The Middle Bronze Age IIA Cemetery at Gesher

Gesher is a small Middle Bronze Age IIA cemetery site located in the central Jordan Valley in Israel. During five seasons of excavation, a total of 23 interments were excavated in the cemetery. This final report presents the burials and material culture from the cemetery and compares the data wit...

Crossroads and Boundaries

This research has focused on how successive rural populations in the Malloura valley have adapted to local environmental changes and shifting political tides in the region, and how this adaptation is reflected in the archaeological, historical, and ethnographic record recovered by the project and...

The Ancient City Road and the Metro beneath Vouliagmenis Avenue (English language edition)

The archaeological excavations ahead of the new METRO construction in Athens in 2000, which uncovered many artefacts including foundations of homes and temples from ancient Athens. METRO line and Vouliagmenis Ave follow route of ancient road connecting Athens with the Sanctuary at Sounion and min...

Babylonian Ceremonial Script in its Scholarly Context (2 volume set)

These two volumes provide a substantive introduction to Babylonian ceremonial script, along with a history of its modern study, and several case studies of how the script was actually used. 103 plates.

Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece (Greek language edition)

Greek language edition. Foreword by Professor Sir John Boardman. Revised and expanded second edition, includes new historical and archaeological research on the panhellenic sanctuaries and their games, and new photographic material from the many sites and monuments where excavation and restoratio...

Aegean Prehistory

Aegean prehistory has developed over the 20th century into a distinctive and vibrant area of archaeological research. Keeping abreast of these new developments has become a daunting task; this book contains detailed syntheses of research, originally published in the American Journal of Archaeolog...

Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association Volume 1

This new journal from the International Qur'anic Studies Association will support the association’s mission of fostering scholarship on the Qur'an.