Major Reference Works 2020-21

Major Reference Works 2020-21 Bloomsbury Collections offers excellence and originality in “...librarians who know scholarship in the arts, humanities, their community will and social sciences. Discover our ever-expanding eBook library that be able to add valuable offers nearly 10,000 titles across editions to their eBook 22 subject areas. collection using Bloomsbury Collections contributes innovative and forward-thinking scholarship to the global academic this resource.” community. Comprised of titles from Bloomsbury as well as such prestigious imprints as The Arden — Library Journal Shakespeare, Methuen Drama, T & T Clark, and I.B. Tauris, Bloomsbury Collections provides rich and resourceful titles that offer the latest critical thought, incisive insight, and accessible overviews to a comprehensive collection of dynamic disciplines. 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For further information contact our trade ordering The Cultural Histories Series �� 2 departments listed on pages 19 and 20 History . 6 Pricing and Availability Whilst we try to ensure that prices, publication dates and other Asia and Middle East . 7 details are correct on going to press, they are subject to change Classics �� 8 without further notice. Critical and Primary Sources �� 9 Your Data Architecture . 12 For information on how we process your personal data please read our Privacy Policy located at www.bloomsbury.com/privacy-policy. Methuen Drama �� 14 You can unsubscribe or manage your preference at any time via www.bloomsbury.com/newsletter or by emailing us at Philosophy . 16 [email protected]. Theology . 17 Representatives, Agents and Distributors . 19 Bloomsbury Academic is a division of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Registered in England No. 01984336. The Cultural Histories Series This series comprises multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods: Antiquity; the Medieval Age; the Renaissance; the Age of Enlightenment; the Age of Empire; the Modern Age. Each set is illustrated and this rapidly growing series includes so far the Senses, the Theatre, Law, Money, Hair, Marriage and much more. www.bloomsbury.com/series/the-cultural-histories-series A Cultural History of Furniture 6-Volume Set Edited by Christina M. Anderson, School of European Languages, Culture and Society, University College London, UK 70 experts, 60 chapters and c. 1,824 pages in six volumes add to our understanding of the contribution of furniture to society from antiquity to the present day. CULTURAL HISTORIES CULTURAL Themes and chapter titles are: Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations. Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £395.00 / $550.00 UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1,824 pages HB Pack 9781472577894 • £440.00 / $610.00 180 colour & 180 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic A Cultural History of Education 6-Volume Set Edited by Gary McCulloch, UCL Institute of Education, UK This set is the first extensive interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of education from ancient times to the present day. With six illustrated volumes covering 2,800 years of human history, this is the definitive reference work on the subject. Themes are: church, religion and morality; knowledge, media and communications; children and childhood; family, community and sociability; learners and learning; teachers and teaching; literacies; lifehistories. Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £395.00 / $550.00 UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 6 vols • c. 1,504 pages HB Pack 9781350035560 • £440.00 / $610.00 150 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic A Cultural History of Memory 6-Volume Set Edited by Stefan Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany and Jeffrey K. Olick, University of Virginia, USA How has our understanding of memory evolved over the past 2,500 years? 64 experts, 54 chapters and c. 1,672 pages address this ambitious question and add to our understanding of memory in society from antiquity to the present day. Themes and chapter titles are: Politics; Time and Space; Media and Technology; Science and Education; Philosophy; Religion and History; High Culture and Popular Culture; Society; Remembering and Forgetting. Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £395.00 / $550.00 UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 6 vols • c. 1,672 pages HB Pack 9781474273848 • £440.00 / $610.00 300 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic 2 www.bloomsbury.com • UK, Europe, ROW • +44 (0)1256 302692 • [email protected] CULTURAL HISTORIES CULTURAL A Cultural History of the Home 6-Volume Set Edited by Amanda Flather, University of Essex, UK A Cultural History of the Home provides an extensive survey of the domestic space from ancient times to the present. Spanning 2,800 years, the six volumes explore how different cultures and societies have established, developed and used the home. Themes are: The Meaning of the Home; Family and Household; The House; Furniture and Furnishings; Home and Work; Gender and Home; Hospitality and Home; Religion and Home. Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £395.00 / $550.00 UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 6 vols • c. 1,680 pages HB Pack 9781472584410 • £440.00 / $610.00 300 bw illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic A Cultural History of Color 6-Volume Set Edited by Carole P. Biggam, University of Glasgow, UK and Kirsten Wolf, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA How has color been perceived and developed in Western culture? 70 experts, 66 chapters and c. 1,760 pages address this question and survey the last 5,000 years of color. Themes and chapter titles are: Color Philosophy and Science; Color Technology and Trade; Power and Identity; Religion and Ritual; Body and Clothing; Language and Psychology; Literature and the Performing Arts; Art; Architecture and Interiors; Artefacts. Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): £395.00 / $550.00 UK December 2020 • US December 2020 • 6 vols • c. 1,760 pages HB Pack 9781474273732 • £440.00 / $610.00 185 bw & 181 colour illus Series: The Cultural Histories • Bloomsbury Academic A Cultural History of Objects 6-Volume Set Edited by Dan Hicks, University of Oxford, UK and William Whyte, University of Oxford, UK How have objects been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2,500 years? This set brings together over 50 scholars, in c. 1,600 pages, to examine how the world of human subjects shapes and is shaped by the world of material objects. Themes and chapter titles are: Objecthood; Technology; Economic Objects; Everyday Objects; Art; Architecture;

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