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July 2026 The Unsettled Clock
The Persistence of Time Pluralism
Birth, K.
The history of timekeeping is complex and ever progressing. The Unsettled Clock: The Persistence of Time Pluralism explores time pluralism by documenting historical cases and examining its persistence in present time, offering a political and historical analysis of how timekeeping has been shaped, challenged, and manipulated.
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Cultural Studies (General) History (General)
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July 2026 Culturing Money
Double Movements in the Marshall Islands
Berta, O.
The idea of culture has become a creative framework in Marshall Islanders’ quest to realise a community based on communality, meaningful work, and self-reliance. Culturing Money analyses what sort of conceptual and practical work that the dialectics of culture and economy can do for Marshall Islanders in their quest for a meaningful life where self-reliance is the ultimate goal.
Subjects: Political and Economic Anthropology Cultural Studies (General) Development Studies
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July 2026 Crafting as Worldmaking
Relationality, Language, and Knowledge Sharing
Rizvi, U. & Jackson, S. (eds)
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Archaeology Cultural Studies (General)
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July 2026 Archaeogaming as Scholarly Play
The Intersection of Archaeology and Gaming
Rhodes Victor, M. (Eds.)
Subjects: Archaeology Anthropology (General) History (General)
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July 2026 In Search of Worldviews
What Anthropology Can Tell Us about the Middle East
Rugh, A.
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Development Studies History (General)
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July 2026 Cesare Lombroso’s Legacy in Latin America
How His Controversial Popularity as a Criminologist Remains
Sansone, L.
Cesare Lombroso’s Legacy in Latin America: How His Controversial Popularity as a Criminologist Remains argues that the study of ethnography in Latin America should give more attention to the Lombroso school and the academic exchange between relatively marginal national anthropologies, such as the Italian and the various Latin American schools.
Subjects: Political and Economic Anthropology History (General) Sociology
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July 2026 Europe’s Disappearing Waste
Unanticipated Conflicts between Removal and Greening
Sosna, D.
Through ethnographic research conducted among landfill workers and waste pickers, Europe’s Disappearing Waste explores the inner workings of the Czech waste management system that is underpinned by the belief that waste should disappear.
Anthropology (General) Environmental Studies (General)
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August 2026 Poetics of Animation
Medium, Context and Aesthetics
Taberham, P.
The first account of studio animation written from an historical-poetic perspective. Examining how animated films are created and experienced, Poetics of Animation brings together the study of visual style, performance, storytelling, and sound within their industrial and technological contexts, and offers an original contribution to animation studies.
Subject: Film and Television Studies
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August 2026 Political Crisis in Central Europe in the Interwar Period and Today
Temporality, Semantics, and Logic of Crises in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania
Schulze Wessel, M. (ed)
Examines the crisis and failure of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe during the interwar period, from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. Linking contemporary concerns about democratic fragility with historical analysis, the contributions explore political culture, constitutional traditions, religion, violence, and crisis discourse in Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.
Subject: History: 20th Century to Present
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August 2026 A Global History of Right-wing Terrorism
Hof, T.
Spanning from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, Hof traces the global evolution of right-wing terrorism across time and continents. Through vivid case studies set in diverse historical and social contexts, he reveals how terrorist movements have transformed, adapted, and connected through transnational networks.
Subjects: History: 18th/19th Century History: 20th Century to Present Peace and Conflict Studies
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August 2026 Business as Usual
The Germans and Their Law, 1943 to 1948
Lahusen, B.
Subjects: History: 20th Century to Present Peace and Conflict Studies History: World War II
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August 2026 Crafting Co-ops in Denmark
Reworking Craftmanship, Construction and Capitalism in a Cooperative Realm
Ebsen, M.
Builders construct certain political sensibilities through their daily work, which come to structure their wider social and political engagement with the encompassing society. Crafting Co-ops in Denmark explores the revival of cooperative craftwork in Denmark, delving into construction sites and political assemblies to reveal the dreams, drives, and desires of a diverse group of builders working in a Copenhagen-based craft co-op.
Subjects: Political and Economic Anthropology Development Studies Cultural Studies (General)
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August 2026 Decolonizing African Art History and Heritage
Unveiling Ritual Objects' Power as Spiritual Resilience
Nalukenge, C.
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Heritage Studies Museum Studies
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August 2026 Antarctic Materialities
McCahey, D. & Senatore, M. (Eds.)
Challenging the idea of a pristine, uninhabited continent, Antarctic Materialities shows how materialities create, transform, and connect Antarctic worlds, revealing the region as a historically layered landscape deeply entangled with global histories, politics, and imaginaries.
Subjects: Archaeology Environmental Studies (General) Cultural Studies (General)
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August 2026 Cyborgs of the Ecocene
What Robots Can Teach Us about Being Human in a Calamitous World
Veling, L.
This book explores the relationship between people, society and nature through the lens of robots and robotics research. It argues that a deeper understanding of the field leads to a greater appreciation for human embodiment and creativity, rather than a belief in imminent machine intelligence.
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Cultural Studies (General) Sociology
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August 2026 Maritime Archaeology with Compassionate Community Connection
Craig, J. & Mok, J. (Eds.)
Contemporary public discourses about archaeology are routinely characterized by scientific and historical narratives that leave the water blank. This book weaves together voices from across the Asia Pacific region, revealing maritime archaeology as a labour of love rooted in connection, compassion and community.
Subjects: Archaeology Heritage Studies
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August 2026 Anthropology and Travel Writing, 19th–21st Century
From Proto-Ethnographies to Self-Reflexive Travelogues
Burcea, H. (ed)
From the nineteenth century onward, there have been gaps between travel writing and anthropological sciences, but also commonalities and continuous interactions in the anglophone world. Through a variety of case studies, Anthropology and Travel Writing follows the shift from armchair speculation to sustained fieldwork, from the picturesque to analytic thick description and from colonial typologies to Indigenous counter-readings.
Subjects: Anthropology (General) Travel and Tourism
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August 2026 Shakespeare & His Religious Afterlives
Cerezo, M. (Eds.)
Exploring Shakespeare’s religious afterlives, this volume examines translations, adaptations, and performances across Sweden, Spain, and the United States. Bringing together literary, theatrical, and religious perspectives, it highlights how Shakespeare’s works continue to shape religious interpretation, cultural meaning, and lived experience across diverse historical and social contexts.
Subject: Literary Studies
$19.95 / £15.95 (epub format)