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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A definitive gateway to Southern African history. Access a comprehensive, newly updated guide featuring over 700 cross-referenced entries mapping the political, cultural, and economic evolution of one of Africa's most enduring democracies. 👉 bit.ly/4jvK9si

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The name Nobel is famous for the prize—but what about the rest of the family? This #NobelPrize week, discover the gifted family behind Alfred. From dynamite to oil empires, meet the Nobel dynasty in Bengt Jangfeldt's 'The Nobel Family'. Read our blog: bit.ly/476sxMn

Words by Bengt Jangfeldt | 26 Sept 2025
The Nobel name is widely associated with Alfred Nobel, chemist, businessman, and founder of the prestigious Nobel Prize. But did you know he had a genius father and entrepreneurial brothers who also played a key part in the growth of the family name?

Here Bengt Jangfeldt, author of The Nobel Family, introduces us to the lesser-known but equally fascinating history of the other Nobels.

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How did the British public see the end of empire in Southern Africa? Explore how the UK's major newspapers framed the dramatic transition from colonial Rhodesia to independent Zimbabwe—shaping public consciousness. 👉 bit.ly/4yZiGUy

Rhodesia and Zimbabwe in the British Press

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

October is #BlackHistoryMonth in the UK! ✨ We are celebrating by spotlighting the incredible Black scholars, writers, and voices shaping our academic landscape. Explore our curated reading list of essential texts to enrich your bookshelf: 👇 bit.ly/4hImQsR

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How did a 1930s architectural utopia on the margins of Paris become a symbol of Nazi incarceration and terror? Trace the eight-decade transformation of a groundbreaking social housing complex into an internment camp, and the complex memory it holds. 👉 bit.ly/4xVMO27

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Behind the corporate strategy of the global oil rush. Explore how foreign oil giants navigated rising economic nationalism, labor unrest, and Cold War politics in the decades leading up to Venezuela's nationalization. 📚👇 👉 bit.ly/47sNcdC

Foreign Petroleum Companies and National Development in Venezuela

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Huge congratulations to Sandra Araújo! Her groundbreaking book, Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964–74, has won the prestigious Intelligence History Book Prize 2026 from the IIHA! 📖🏆 Discover this award-winning imperial history: 👉 bit.ly/4ACOIap

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A legendary figure, redefined. ⚖️✊ A massive 30-year study mapping the full life, letters, and legacy of an American icon—going far beyond the raid at Harper's Ferry. 📚👇 👉 bit.ly/4jgWwbV

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How did Paris bohemians in the 1830s pave the way for Hippies and modern hipsters? Alan Bisbort joins @Larry Rifkin's America Trends podcast 🎙 to discuss his book and why these movements shape our world today. 🎧: bit.ly/4hjhy8h 📖: bit.ly/4yn87ut

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

55 years ago today, Walt Disney World opened its gates. ✨ Discover how Disney Imagineering transformed wildlife design in "Disney and the Theming of the Contemporary Zoo" by Benjamin H. George & Dave Gottwald—out today! Order now: bit.ly/4irEYtb

Disney and the Theming of the Contemporary Zoo

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How did fighting for systemic change transform the everyday lives of activists themselves? ✊🗣️ Explore a powerful new history of the British Women's Liberation Movement, focusing on the deeply personal impact of taking a stand. 📚👇 👉 bit.ly/4z4FC4y

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How did ordinary people fight back against fascism? Luke Berryman, author of #ResistingNazism, is LIVE on r/AskHistorians for a Reddit AMA! ✊ Ask him about everything from 1920s underground resistance to how we fight extremism today. Join here: bit.ly/3VDLovF

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How did interwar fascists use "destructive creation" to build symbolic power? 🏛️💥 Aristotle Kallis discusses his new book "Iconic Fascism" on the @New Books Network podcast. Listen to the episode now: bit.ly/4xNjtH3 📖: bit.ly/4AGwFQJ

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📍 Looking back at a fantastic BASAS conference at SOAS! 🏛️✨ It was wonderful seeing our series editors at the Bloomsbury stand. If you missed us, you can still explore the Critical Perspectives in South Asian History series online. Save 35% with code BLMCNF27!

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How did the USSR use higher education to win hearts and minds in the Global South? 🎓🤝 Explore the history of the legendary Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow and its role in Soviet public diplomacy during the Cold War. 📖: bit.ly/4glxtm8

The Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Even at the height of the Cold War, how did rivals still find ways to cooperate? 🤝🔓 Discover how scientists, activists, and policymakers quietly bypassed ideological divides in 'Rethinking Cooperation in Cold War Europe'—now available Open Access! 📖: bit.ly/3UfN5Pn

Rethinking Cooperation in Cold War Europe

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Did you know anti-Nazi resistance started in the 1920s—long before WWII began? "Resisting Nazism" author @lukeberryman.bsky.social will be on r/AskHistorians answering your questions about the history of anti-fascist defiance. 📆 Sept. 30, 9 AM EST: bit.ly/4r39WtO 📖: bit.ly/4A0nL04

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How did early 20th-century migrants overcome obstacles to build lives in the metropole? Discover their mobility, survival, and resistance in the new release, 'Colonized Migrants in Imperial Britain.' Available now: bit.ly/3SWxwvw

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How did the rest of the world react to America's defining conflict? 🌍 Explore how the American Civil War reshaped international perceptions and historical memory in "Echoes of the American Civil War Abroad" by Ivan Kurilla & Victoria I. Zhuravleva. 📖: bit.ly/4qzz62K

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Statues, memory, and power. 🗽🏛️ How should we handle the highly-debated future of our public monuments? Dive into "Contested Histories," a crucial look at the global controversies and political battles surrounding the monuments in our public spaces. 📖: bit.ly/3S7IiPq

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How did an "emotional revolution" transform families, politics, and relationships in modernizing Japan?❤️ Explore the intricate history of love, loyalty, and social change between 1900 and 1950 in 'Loves and Loyalties in Imperial Japan' 📖: bit.ly/46mMmi0

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How did ordinary people experience one of Europe's major religious revolutions? ⛪🏰 Explore how the Swiss Reformation reshaped daily life in Zurich through law, tavern debates, rumors, and street songs in 'Lived Reformation: Zurich, 1500-1800.' 📖: bit.ly/3UhPGs6

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What does it take to truly stand up to fascism? Join @lukeberryman.bsky.social, author of "Resisting Nazism" for an r/AskHistorians Reddit AMA! Ask him anything about the daring, untold stories of anti-Nazi resistance. 📆 Sept. 30th, 9 AM EST: bit.ly/4r39WtO 📖: bit.ly/4r3bnbG

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How did a communist regime outmaneuver the Soviets by courting Washington and London? Explore the secret summits and high-stakes trade deals that reshaped Eastern European geopolitics in 'Top Diplomacy Amidst the Cold War.' 📖: bit.ly/4gj0bUz

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Was the post-imperial Turkish state a true 'golden age of secularism'? 🕌 Uncover a more complicated reality. Dive deep into the intricate relationship between state building, identity, and Islam during Turkey's foundational decades (1923–1950). 📖: bit.ly/4hPIdu3

The Post-Imperial Turkish State and Islam, 1923-1950

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Join author @joshuaclaybourn.bsky.social on tour for his new book, Lincoln's Compass: The Declaration of Independence and the American Idea. Don't miss the chance to hear him speak! Full list of dates and locations for his upcoming events below. 📖 Pre-order: bit.ly/4ihCCwM

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🤖 How did China become a powerhouse in AI? Explore the history, key scientists, policy shifts, and tech breakthroughs in the new "Historical Dictionary of Artificial Intelligence in China" by Lawrence R. Sullivan & Nancy Liu-Sullivan. Available now: bit.ly/4xWZ0Qt

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Reverend Dr. Thomas Nelson Baker: Philosopher Born Enslaved by Linda Batty reveals the struggles and successes of Rev. Dr. Thomas Nelson Baker, the first known Black man to earn a doctoral degree in philosophy in the United States. New in paperback bit.ly/4hdJXgq

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Reimagining Empire in India by Andrea Major explores debates about East India Company colonialism that took place on the lecture circuits of Britain, in the meeting houses of Calcutta, and at the Mughal court in Delhi. Now in paperback 📖 bit.ly/4q3omcY

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Lure of the South by Richard Aspin looks at the experience of British health seekers in the explosion of continental touring after the opening of the Post-Napoleonic European continent. Now out in paperback bit.ly/3TDL531

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

King Arthur and the Languages of Britain by Bernard Mees demonstrates how linguistic evidence can be employed to see if the earliest historical records that mention Arthur are reliable. Out now in paperback! bit.ly/3SbzcAY

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Austrian Identity and Modernity: Culture and Politics in the 20th Century edited by Elana Shapira is ‘instructive and eye-opening’. Out now in paperback! bit.ly/4h8MrN1

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Munich Crisis of 1938 by Piotr M. Majewski reveals how the actions of the West, Nazi Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia and others influenced each other at this time, driving the world to the brink of a new war. Paperback out now! bit.ly/454Opqs

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Spies in European Culture, 1815-1914 edited by Laura Di Fiore & Elisabetta Abignente examines the nature, representations and perceptions of the figure of the spy in Europe. New in paperback! bit.ly/3Sbz5Fy

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain by Ivan Markovic studies the historiography of smoking in modern Britain, focusing on the social, cultural and emotional aspects of the practice. Out now in paperback bit.ly/4pW1zQd

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

International Organizations and the Cold War explores how international organizations affected the evolution and nature of Cold War rivalries, and how they in turn were shaped by them. Now in paperback: bit.ly/4bvPYBj Also OA: bit.ly/4xat8Yc

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Kennedys at Cape Cod, 1944: The Summer That Changed Everything by Leigh Straw is out now in paperback and audiobook bit.ly/3RFgWQk

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Malayan Emergency in Film, Literature and Art examines film, literature and art produced during and after the Malayan Emergency to demonstrate how art functions as a record of cultural memory that both reinforces and challenges official histories. 📕 bit.ly/4w1j0QF

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Inheriting the Family edited by Katie Barclay, Ashley Barnwell, Joanne Begiato, Tanya Evans & Laura King delves into the social, cultural, and material aspects of what is passed down through generations. Now in paperback bit.ly/4xn0kfq Also OA bit.ly/4w5voiE

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory showcases how small-scale stories can transform our understanding of the past. Featuring contributions from leading historians, it offers a fresh look at one of the most influential approaches in historical research. bit.ly/4bnFNPj

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ellen Gardner Nakamura’s Japanese Medical Lives in Transformation explores the evolution of medicine in Japan through the personal stories of its practitioners, now in paperback! bit.ly/4wzISnN

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sandra Araújo's Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-74 is a critical examination of surveillance and power during the late colonial period. This study offers a compelling new perspective on African colonial history. New in paperback! bit.ly/4hdlCYa

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Elizabeth Crawford @womanssphere.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Delighted to see a whole page devoted to ‘The British Women’s Suffrage in 100 Objects: a material history’ in the current issue of History Today. For details of the book - pub by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social - see link in bio #womenshistory #suffragettes #votesforwomen

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia challenges traditional narratives of empire and offers a groundbreaking framework for understanding the region's complex past. Now in paperback! bit.ly/4563xDX

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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Kenneth Morrison & Vesko Garcevic's Montenegro and Serbia provides a nuanced analysis of the intricate and often fraught relationship between these Balkan nations. A vital resource for scholars of European politics and history. Now in paperback 👉 bit.ly/4bqV7dX

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