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Cover for The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775–1838 The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775–1838
Stephen Mullen
November 10, 2022
Cover for The Social and Political Life of Latin American Infrastructures The Social and Political Life of Latin American Infrastructures
Jonathan Alderman, Geoff Goodwin (eds)
October 5, 2022
Cover for Pieter Geyl and Britain: Encounters, Controversies, Impact Pieter Geyl and Britain: Encounters, Controversies, Impact
Stijn van Rossem, Ulrich Tiedau (eds)
September 29, 2022
Cover for The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668–1813: Courting the Public The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668–1813: Courting the Public
Leo Shipp
August 31, 2022
Cover for Providing for the Poor: The Old Poor Law, 1750–1834 Providing for the Poor: The Old Poor Law, 1750–1834
Peter Collinge, Louise Falcini (eds)
August 30, 2022
Cover for The Signature in Law: From the Thirteenth Century to the Facsimile The Signature in Law: From the Thirteenth Century to the Facsimile
Stephen Mason
August 1, 2022
Cover for Becoming a Historian Becoming a Historian
Penelope J. Corfield, Tim Hitchcock
May 18, 2022
Cover for Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England
Sarah Fox
April 13, 2022
Cover for A Horizon of (Im)possibilities: A Chronicle of Brazil’s Conservative Turn A Horizon of (Im)possibilities: A Chronicle of Brazil’s Conservative Turn
Katerina Hatzikidi, Eduardo Dullo (eds)
September 15, 2021

The 2018 presidential election result in Brazil surprised and shocked many. Since then, numerous debates and a growing body of texts have attempted to understand the country’s so-called ‘conservative turn’.

A gripping in-depth account of politics and society in Brazil today, this new volume brings together a myriad of different perspectives to help us better understand the political events that shook the country in recent years. Combining ethnographic insights with political science, history, sociology, and anthropology, the interdisciplinary analyses included offer a...