Autumn 2014 Catalogue with proof corrections plus erratum:1 29/4/14 15:27 Page 1 Yale 2014 autumn | winter Autumn 2014 Catalogue with proof corrections plus erratum:1 29/4/14 15:27 Page 2 Contents Architecture 6, 31, 44, 45, 50, 54, 55, 59, 67, 70 Art 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 22–25, 42–71, 78 Biography & Memoir 3, 10, 16, 29, 30, 32, 37, 38, 40–43, 83, 84 Fashion, Design, Decorative Art 15, 20–23, 53, 59–61 History 2, 3, 5, 9, 16, 17, 19, 26, 31, 32, 36, 37, 39, 78–82 Literary Studies & Language 29, 33, 42, 76–78, 84 Music, Theatre, Dance 1, 32, 76 Paperback Reprints 31–42, 85 Philosophy, Religion, Jewish Studies 17, 18, 30, 38, 41, 49, 79, 80 Photography 7, 48, 49, 52, 53, 68, 69 Politics & Current Affairs 8, 12, 13, 27, 28, 34, 35, 41, 42, 74, 75 Psychology 27, 34, 36, 74 Science & Nature 18, 34, 36, 40–42, 72, 73 US Studies 26, 40–41, 80, 84, 85 Image Credits 90 Index 86, 87 Sales Information 88, 89 Useful Information Trade orders UK, Continental Europe, Africa, The Middle East, India, Pakistan, China and S.E. 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All prices subject to change without prior notice. * = titles at full trade discount Titles listed in this catalogue may also be available as ebooks YaleBooks To view this catalogue online & for more information: www.yalebooks.co.uk twitter.com/yalebooks Yale University Press 47 Bedford Square facebook.com/yalebooks London WC1B 3DP tel 020 7079 4900 yalebooksblog.co.uk general email [email protected] Autumn 2014 Catalogue with proof corrections plus erratum:1 29/4/14 15:27 Page 1 One of our finest critics gives us an altogether original history of rock ’n’ roll The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Ten Songs Greil Marcus Greil Marcus lives in Oakland, CA. Unlike all previous versions of rock ’n’ roll history, this book omits His books include Mystery Train: almost every iconic performer and ignores the storied events and Images of America in Rock ’n’ Roll turning points that everyone knows. Instead, in a daring stroke, Greil Music and Lipstick Traces: A Secret Marcus selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008, then History of the Twentieth Century. proceeds to dramatise how each embodies rock ’n’ roll as a thing in With Werner Sollors he is co-editor itself, in the story it tells, inhabits and acts out – a new language, of A New Literary History of America. something new under the sun. ‘Transmission’ by Joy Division. ‘All I Could Do Was Cry’ by Etta James and then Beyoncé. ‘To Know Him Is to Love Him’, first by the Teddy Bears and almost half a century later by Amy Winehouse. In Marcus’s ‘A great essay begins with a theme and hands these and other songs tell the story of the music, which is, at then makes it fly. Greil Marcus can bottom, the story of the desire for freedom in all its unruly and make it soar. In The History of Rock liberating glory. Slipping the constraints of chronology, Marcus braids ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs he does just that. together past and present, holding up to the light the ways that these He says of Amy Winehouse that she striking songs fall through time and circumstance, gaining momentum could unlock a song. Marcus unlocks and meaning, and astonishing us by upending our presumptions and rock ’n’ roll history to find more than prejudices. This book, by a founder of contemporary rock criticism – you ever thought might be there.’ and its most gifted and incisive exemplar – is destined to be embraced – Jenny Diski as an enduring classic. ‘I first heard Elvis in early 1956 in a school corridor in Norfolk, England. I knew something profound had happened. Where was Greil Marcus back in those Dark Ages to explain to me what was going on? He knows everything and tells an electrifying story.’ – Stephen Frears 320 pp. 234x156mm. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18737-3 September £16.99* Translation rights: Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc., New York General Interest 1 Autumn 2014 Catalogue with proof corrections plus erratum:1 29/4/14 15:27 Page 2 An exploration of the convulsive history of the 20th century’s first five decades, seen through the lens of families and family life Family Politics Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival, 1900–1950 Paul Ginsborg Paul Ginsborg is professor of In this masterly 20th-century history, Paul Ginsborg places the family contemporary European history, at centre stage, a novel perspective from which to examine key University of Florence. He is the moments of revolution and dictatorship. His groundbreaking book author of numerous books on spans 1900 to 1950 and encompasses five nation states in the throes of European history, and his work has dramatic transition: Russia in revolutionary passage from Empire to been published in a dozen languages. Soviet Union; Turkey in transition from Ottoman Empire to modern He lives in Florence. Republic; Italy, from liberalism to fascism; Spain during the Second Republic and Civil War; and Germany from the failure of the Weimar Republic to the National Socialist state. Translation rights: United Agents, London Ginsborg explores the effects of political upheaval and radical social policies on family life and, in turn, the impact of families on revolutionary change itself. Families, he shows, do not simply experience the effects of political power, but are themselves actors in the historical process. The author brings human and personal elements to the fore with biographical details and individual family histories, along with a fascinating selection of family photographs and portraits. From WWI – an indelible backdrop and imprinting force on the first half of the 20th century – to post-war dictatorial power and family engineering initiatives, to the conclusion of WWII, this book shines new light on the profound relations among revolution, dictatorship and family. 36 b/w + 12 colour illus. ‘A most remarkable book, full of feeling and historical insight, very 576 pp. 234x156mm. impressive in the range of knowledge on which it draws, and continuously HB ISBN 978-0-300-11211-5 enjoyable to read and stimulating to think about.’ – John Dunn, October Emeritus Professor of Political Theory, University of Cambridge £25.00* 2 History Autumn 2014 Catalogue with proof corrections plus erratum:1 29/4/14 15:27 Page 3 A vast archive of documents, unread since the 16th century, revises the portrait of Spain’s most notorious king Imprudent King A New Life of Philip II Geoffrey Parker Geoffrey Parker is Andreas Dorpalen Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but also Professor of History at The Ohio the most infamous king in English history: the man who launched the State University, having previously Spanish Armada was the same man who attempted the assassination of taught at the University of Illinois, Elizabeth Tudor. This compelling biography of Europe’s most powerful the University of St Andrews and 16th-century monarch begins with his conception (1526) and ends Yale University. He has received the with his ascent to heaven (1603), two occurrences surprisingly well- 2012 Heineken History Prize, documented by contemporaries. Geoffrey Parker draws on decades of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from research and a recent, extraordinary archival discovery – a trove of the Society for Military History, two 3,000 documents in the vaults of the Hispanic Society of America in book prizes and two Guggenheim New York City, unread since crossing Philip’s own desk. Some of the awards. Among his many books are documents confirm what is already known about the king. Others The Grand Strategy of Philip II and change the picture significantly. Global Crisis, both published by Yale. The book examines Philip’s long apprenticeship; his principal interests (work, play and religion); and the political, military and personal challenges he faced during his reign. Parker also reviews Philip’s reputation in legend and history, offering insights into the causes of Philip’s leadership failures: was his empire simply too big to manage, or would a monarch with different talents and temperament have fared better? Also by Geoffrey Parker 36 b/w + 20 colour illus. & named the 2013 356 pp. 234x156mm. History Book of the Year HB ISBN 978-0-300-19653-5 by The Sunday Times October see page 31 £25.00* Biography 3 Autumn 2014 Catalogue with proof corrections plus erratum:1 29/4/14 15:27 Page 4 A witty and insightful investigation Jealousy into the green-eyed monster’s Peter Toohey role in our lives Compete, acquire, succeed, enjoy: the pressures of living in today’s materialistic world seem predicated upon jealousy – the feelings of rivalry and resentment for possession of whatever the other has. But while our newspapers abound with stories of the sometimes droll, sometimes deadly consequences of sexual jealousy, Peter Toohey argues in this charmingly provocative book that jealousy is much more than the destructive emotion it is commonly assumed to be.