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New & Recent titles

December 2022
Selling the Economic Miracle
Economic Reconstruction and Politics in West Germany, 1949-1957
Spicka, M. E.

February 2023
Weary Warriors
Power, Knowledge, and the Invisible Wounds of Soldiers
Moss, P. & Prince, M. J.

January 2023
The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
Knörr, J. & Kohl, C. (eds)

March 2023
Managing Northern Europe's Forests
Histories from the Age of Improvement to the Age of Ecology
Oosthoek, K. J. & Hölzl, R. (eds)

December 2022
When Will We Talk About Hitler?
German Students and the Nazi Past
Oeser, A.

February 2023
Entangled Entertainers
Jews and Popular Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
Hödl, K.

December 2022
Comrades in Arms
Military Masculinities in East German Culture
Smith, T.

January 2023
A U-Turn to the Future
Sustainable Urban Mobility since 1850
Emanuel, M., Schipper. F., & Oldenziel, R. (eds)

December 2022
Voices on War and Genocide
Three Accounts of the World Wars in a Galician Town
Bartov, O. (ed)

March 2023
Rethinking Jewishness in Weimar Cinema
Hales, B. & Weinstein, V. (eds)

December 2022
The Servants of Empire
Sponsored German Women’s Colonization in Southwest Africa, 1896-1945
ODonnell, K. M.

December 2022
The Politics of Making Kinship
Historical and Anthropological Perspectives
Alber, E. (ed)

December 2022
Taking Our Water for the City
The Archaeology of New York City’s Watershed Communities
Beisaw, A. M.

December 2022
End Game
The 1989 Revolution in East Germany
Kowalczuk, I.-S.

January 2023
The Marseille Mosaic
A Mediterranean City at the Crossroads of Cultures
Ingram, M. & Kleppinger, K. (eds)

January 2023
Reparative Citizenship for Sephardi Descendants
Returning to the Jewish Past in Spain and Portugal
Kandiyoti, D. & Benmayor, R. (eds)

January 2023
The Guardians of Concepts
Political Languages of Conservatism in Britain and West Germany, 1945-1980
Steber, M.

February 2023
The Right to Memory
History, Media, Law, and Ethics
Tirosh, N. & Reading, A. (eds)

February 2023
The Origins of German Self-Cultivation
Bildung and the Future of the Humanities
Ham, J., Kinzel, U., & Pan, D. T.-c. (eds)

February 2023
Red America
Greek Communists in the United States, 1920-1950
Karpozilos, K.

February 2023
The Long Shore
Archaeologies and Social Histories of Californias Maritime Cultural Landscapes
Meniketti, M. (ed)

March 2023
Modeling the Past
Archaeology, History, and Dynamic Networks
Terrell, J., Golitko, M., Dawson, H., and Kissel, M.

March 2023
Former Neighbors, Future Allies?
German Studies and Ethnography in Dialogue
Weber, A. D. (ed)

March 2023
The History of Thyssen
Family, Industry and Culture in the 20th Century
Schulz, G. & Szöllösi-Janze, M.

March 2023
Anthropology, Nationalism and Colonialism
Mendes Correia and the Porto School of Anthropology
Ferraz de Matos, P.
History-Related Journals

Aspasia
The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women's and Gender History
ISSN Print: 1933-2882
ISSN Online: 1933-2890

Contributions to the History of Concepts
ISSN Print: 1807-9326
ISSN Online: 1874-656X

French Politics, Culture & Society
ISSN Print: 1537-6370
ISSN Online: 1558-5271

German Politics and Society
ISSN Print: 1045-0300
ISSN Online: 1558-5441

Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
ISSN Print: 0315-7997
ISSN Online: 1939-2419

Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society
ISSN Print: 2041-6938
ISSN Online: 2041-6946

Sibirica
Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies
ISSN Print: 1361-7362
ISSN Online: 1476-6787

Transfers
Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies
ISSN Print: 2045-4813
ISSN Online: 2045-4821
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FIRE ON THE ISLAND: FEAR, HOPE AND A CHRISTIAN REVIVAL IN VANUATU
By TOM BRATRUD Since Fire on the Island was one of our most popular and well-received titles in 2022, we are delighted that its author Tom Bratrud has kindly contributed this exclusive article describing his fieldwork, events on the island, and the aims of his book. Many anthropologists have experiences during fieldwork that challenge not […]
Books for International Migrants Day
International Migrants Day aims to raise awareness about the challenges and difficulties of international migration. Berghahn Books is pleased to offer a selection of our Open Access titles on Refugee and Migration Studies. Berghahn Journals is also offering free access to related articles and special issues. See below for details. Read OPEN ACCESS ENDURING UNCERTAINTYDeportation, Punishment […]
Sexscapes of Pleasure: Women, Sexuality and the Whore Stigma in Italy
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Overcoming Extreme Reflexivity Shock
In this exclusive article, Marta Rohatynskyj, author of ӦMIE SEX AFFILIATION: A PAPUAN NATURE, reveals the conundrum she faced when she first studied the Ӧmie of Papua New Guinea. My ethnographic encounter with the Ӧmie of Oro (Northern) Province of Papua New Guinea, many decades ago, placed me in a state of extreme reflexivity shock. […]
EXCERPT: THE BEST WE SHARE
In connection with the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, celebrated November 16th, Berghahn is excited to feature an excerpt from The Best We Share: Nation, Culture and World-Making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena by Christoph Brumann. The paperback edition is forthcoming April 2023! Take advantage of the 25% discount on eBook and […]
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