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Cambria Press Book Review – Perennial Empires: Postcolonial, Transnational, and Literary Perspectives

Cambria Press congratulates Professors Chantal Zabus and Silvia Nagy-Zekmi on the recent excellent review by Transnational Literature on Perennial Empires: Postcolonial, Transnational, and Literary Perspectives. The journal praises “this welcome collection of essays” because it “is a salutary reminder that imperialism, far from having ended some time in the last century, is still with us.” The review further adds that “the argument,...

Book Highlights for Latin American Studies (LASA 2012)

Cambria Press would like to highlight a few books, which have garnered excellent book reviews, for scholars in Latin American studies. These books would be valuable additions to academic libraries not only for their Latin American studies collections but also for their history and literature collections as well. In addition to the two recent posted reviews on Cuban–Latin American Relations...

Outstanding Review for Cuban–Latin American Relations in the Context of a Changing Hemisphere

Cambria Press congratulates Professors Gary Prevost and Carlos Oliva Campos on the outstanding review by the International Journal of Cuban Studies of their book, Cuban–Latin American Relations in the Context of a Changing Hemisphere. The book is lauded for being “a timely publication given the enormous changes that have swept across the Latin American continent in recent years” and being...

Cambria Press Countdown to the 2012 International Studies Association Annual Conference has begun!

The countdown to the International Studies Association (ISA) annual conference in San Diego has begun! To kick things off, Cambria Press is proud to announce that North Korea Demystified is scheduled for publication this year. The editor of this forthcoming book by Cambria Press is Han S. Park with Regan Damron and Jonathan Polk . Watch an interview with Dr....

NEW PUBLICATION: Charles Dupin (1784–1873) and His Influence on France is now available!

Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Charles Dupin (1784–1873) and His Influence on France: The Contributions of a Mathematician, Educator, Engineer, and Statesman by Margaret Bradley is now available. Charles Dupin was a multifaceted figure in the history of France, where his life spanned several regimes. He produced an enormous number of publications in mathematics, engineering, economics, and education....

Cambria Press author Ana Lucia Araujo’s book highly praised by the Journal of African History

Cambria Press congratulates Ana Lucia Araujo on the outstanding review of her book Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic by renowned scholar James H. Sweet in The Journal of African History, which states that Professor Araujo’s book is “an important and provocative work.” It praises the book (published by Cambria Press in 2010) because “no other study...

Book Launch for Historical Portraits of Women Home Scientists at the Australia and New Zealand History of Education Society international conference coming up!

Cambria Press authors Professor Tanya Fitzgerald (La Trobe University) and Professor Jenny Collins (Unitec Institute of Technology) will have their book launch for Historical Portraits of Women Home Scientists: The University Of New Zealand, 1911–1947 at the Australia and New Zealand History of Education Society international conference at the University of Auckland on December 6, 2011. There will be a public...

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