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California World History Library

The Lure of the Beach by Robert C. Ritchie

The Lure of the Beach: A Global History

by Robert C. Ritchie (Author)
May 2021
Hardcover $29.95, £25.00|
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Potosi by Kris Lane

Potosi: The Silver City That Changed the World

by Kris Lane (Author)
March 2021
Paperback $26.95, £23.00|
Hardcover $32.95, £28.00|
eBook $32.95, £28.00

Red Round Globe Hot Burning by Peter Linebaugh

Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard

by Peter Linebaugh (Author)
February 2021
Paperback $26.95, £23.00|
Hardcover $34.95, £29.00|
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Empire of Convicts by Anand A. Yang

Empire of Convicts: Indian Penal Labor in Colonial Southeast Asia

by Anand A. Yang (Author)
January 2021
Hardcover $49.95, £41.00|
eBook $34.95, £29.00

The Fastest Game in the World by Bruce Berglund

The Fastest Game in the World: Hockey and the Globalization of Sports

by Bruce Berglund (Author)
December 2020
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £70.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

The City and the Wilderness by Arash Khazeni

The City and the Wilderness: Indo-Persian Encounters in Southeast Asia

by Arash Khazeni (Author)
November 2020
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £70.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Out of Our Minds by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It

by Felipe Fernández-Armesto (Author)
October 2020
Paperback $19.95|
Hardcover $32.95|
eBook $19.95

The Bloody Flag by Niklas Frykman

The Bloody Flag: Mutiny in the Age of Atlantic Revolution

by Niklas Frykman (Author)
September 2020
Hardcover $32.95, £28.00|
eBook $32.95, £28.00

Human Shields by Neve Gordon, Nicola Perugini

Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire

by Neve Gordon (Author), Nicola Perugini (Author)
August 2020
Hardcover $29.95, £25.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Blood and Water by David Gilmartin

Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History

by David Gilmartin (Author)
April 2020
Paperback $39.95, £33.00|
Hardcover $75.00, £62.00|
eBook $39.95, £33.00

A Brief History of Fascist Lies by Federico Finchelstein

A Brief History of Fascist Lies

by Federico Finchelstein (Author)
April 2020
Hardcover $19.95, £16.99

The Boundless Sea by Gary Y. Okihiro

The Boundless Sea: Self and History

by Gary Y. Okihiro (Author)
October 2019
Paperback $34.95, £29.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £70.00|
eBook $34.95, £29.00

A Global History of Runaways by Marcus Rediker, Titas Chakraborty, Matthias van Rossum

A Global History of Runaways: Workers, Mobility, and Capitalism, 1600–1850

by Marcus Rediker (Editor), Titas Chakraborty (Editor), Matthias van Rossum (Editor)
July 2019
Paperback $34.95, £29.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £78.00|
eBook $34.95, £29.00

A Global History of Gold Rushes by Benjamin Mountford, Stephen Tuffnell

A Global History of Gold Rushes

by Benjamin Mountford (Editor), Stephen Tuffnell (Editor)
October 2018
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £70.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Pineapple Culture by Gary Y. Okihiro

Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones

by Gary Y. Okihiro (Author)
June 2009
Paperback $26.95, £23.00

Island World by Gary Y. Okihiro

Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States

by Gary Y. Okihiro (Author)
August 2008
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $46.95, £39.00