New Books in Iberian Studies
Episodes
Megan C. Thomas, “Orientalists, Propagandists, and Ilustrados: Filipino Scholarship and the End of Spanish Colonialism” (U. of Minnesota Press, 2012 )
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In Orientalists, Propagandists and Ilustrados: Filipino Scholarship and the End of Spanish Colonialism (University of Minnesota Press, 2012), Megan Th...
Carsten Schapkow, “Role Model and Countermodel: The Golden Age of Iberian Jewry and German Jewish Culture during the Era of Emancipation” (Lexington Books, 2015)
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Why were German Jews so fascinated by Iberian Sephardic history? In Role Model and Countermodel: The Golden Age of Iberian Jewry and German Jewish Cul...
Seth Kimmel, “Parables of Coercion: Conversion and Knowledge at the End of Islamic Spain” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In his path clearing new book, Parables of Coercion: Conversion and Knowledge at the End of Islamic Spain (University of Chicago Press, 2015), Seth Ki...
David Sartorius, “Ever Faithful: Race, Loyalty, and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba” (Duke UP, 2014)
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Sartorius‘s recent book Ever Faithful: Race, Loyalty, and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba (Duke University Press, 2014), examines Cuban soc...
Natale Zappia, “Traders and Raiders: The Indigenous World of the Colorado Basin, 1540-1859” (UNC Press, 2014)
28 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In Traders and Raiders: The Indigenous World of the Colorado Basin, 1540-1859 (UNC Press, 2014) Assistant Professor of History at Whittier College Nat...
Roberto Lint Sagarena, “Aztlan and Arcadia: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Creation of Place” (NYU Press, 2014)
23 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The (re)making of place has composed an essential aspect of Southern California history from the era of Spanish colonialism to the present. In Aztlan ...
Robin Grier and Jerry F. Hough, “The Long Process of Development” (Cambridge UP, 2014)
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
According to a popular saying, “Nothing succeeds like success.” As concernswhat economists and political scientists call “development”–that ...
Rebecca Earle, “The Body of the Conquistador” (Cambridge UP, 2012)
06 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Earle‘s recent book The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America (Cambridge University Press, 201...
Mariana Candido, “An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World” (Cambridge UP, 2013)
17 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mariana Candido‘s book An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World. Benguela and its Hinterland (Cambridge University Press, 2013) is a powerful ...
Susan Byrne, “Law and History in Cervantes’ Don Quixote” (University of Toronto Press, 2013)
29 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Please listen to the fascinating conversation I had with Susan Byrne, Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Spanish...
Caterina Pizzigoni, “The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico’s Toluca Valley, 1650-1800” (Stanford UP, 2012)
13 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Caterina Pizzigoni’s book The Life Within: Local Indigenous Society in Mexico’s Toluca Valley, 1650-1800 (Stanford University Press, 2012) provide...
Toby Green, “The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300-1589” (Cambridge UP, 2011)
30 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Slavery was pervasive in the Ancient World: you can find it in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In Late Antiquity , however, slavery went into de...
Brian A. Catlos, “Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c.1050-1614” (Cambridge UP, 2014)
08 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In the current political climate it might be easy to assume that Muslims in the ‘West’ have always been viewed in a negative light. However, when ...
Omar Valerio-Jimenez, “River of Hope: Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands” (Duke UP, 2013)
12 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Historically speaking, who you were depended on who your rulers were and the ethnic identity (including language, religion, and folkways) of “your”...
Lance R. Blyth, “Chiricahua and Janos: Communities of Violence in the Southwestern Borderlands, 1680-1880” (Nebraska UP, 2012)
02 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Most people today think of war–or really violence of any sort–as for the most part useless. It’s better, we say, just to talk things out or perh...
Stanley Payne, “The Spanish Civil War” (Cambridge UP, 2012)
13 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Spanish Civil War is one of those events that I have always felt I should know more about. Thanks to Stanley Payne‘s concise, lucid new work on ...
Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin, “El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel” (Basic Books, 2012)
14 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just ...
Daniela Bleichmar, “Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment” (University of Chicago Press, 2012)
26 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Daniela Bleichmar‘s new book is a story about 12,000 images. In Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenme...
Catherine Higgs, “Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa” (Ohio University Press, 2012)
14 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
With elegant and accessible prose, Catherine Higgs takes us on a journey in Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa (Ohio University Pr...
David J. Silbey, “A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902” (Hill and Wang, 2008)
08 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Spanish-American War was not only the beginning of a new imperial period for the United States, David Silbey observes in his book A War of Frontie...
Jack Greene and Philip Morgan, “Atlantic History: A Critical Appraisal” (Oxford UP, 2008)
02 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first in a series of podcasts that New Books in History is offering in conjunction with the National History Center. The NHC and Oxford Un...