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Marc Bloch, Ecrire La société féodale: lettres à Henri Berr, 1921-1943 – ed. Jacqueline Pluet-Despatin, Éditions EHESS, June 2026 En 1939-1940, l’historien Marc Bloch publie les deux volumes de La société féodale dans la collection « L’évolution de l’humanité», chez Albin Michel. Ce livre … Continue reading →

David Petruccelli, A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe – Oxford University Press, March 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link As … Continue reading →

Kevin Inston, Rethinking the Politics of Belonging: Towards a Theory of Improper Community – Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

Nathaniel O’Grady and Gemma Sou eds., Geography and Disasters: Places, Processes and the Human Geographical Imagination – Bloomsbury, May 2026 Drawing on global case studies, this is the first book to outline and elaborate on the ways that human geography … Continue reading →

Timothy Mason Roberts, After Barbary: Algeria’s Role in the French and American Empires – Cornell University Press, 2025 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link After Barbary explores the connection between the United States and … Continue reading →

Henry Snow, Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World – Verso, May 2026 Excerpt about the Bentham brothers and the Panopticon at History News Network – thanks to dmf for the link What are the rules that govern our … Continue reading →

Goldie Osuri, Settler/Colonialism in Kashmir: Sovereignty, Catastrophe, Indigeneity – Manchester University Press, April 2026 This book examines Indian rule in occupied Jammu and Kashmir through the lens of settler-colonial geopolitics. Engaging with settler-colonial, decolonial and Indigenous studies, the book traces … Continue reading →

M.X. Mitchell, Unsettling Sovereignty: International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and US Extraterritorial Power in Postwar Oceania – University of Chicago Press, October 2026 Marshall Islanders and their ancestral lands and waters played important roles in reshaping the United States’ offshore power, … Continue reading →