Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRichard Pomfret, "The Road to Monetary Union" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 43
“Economics is the long-run driver” in the history of Europe’s monetary union, writes Richard Pomfret in the first of a new Cambridge Elements series …
4 years, 11 months ago
Arunima Datta, "Fleeting Agencies: A Social History of Indian Coolie Women in British Malaya" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 47
Fleeting Agencies: A Social History of Indian Coolie Women in British Malaya (Cambridge UP, 2021) disrupts the male-dominated narratives by focusing …
4 years, 11 months ago
Daniel C. Mattingly, "The Art of Political Control in China" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Episode 125
The Art of Political Control in China (Cambridge University Press, 2019) shows how China's authoritarian state ensures political control by non-viole…
4 years, 11 months ago
W. Quinn and J. D. Turner, "Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Episode 30
Are we in the midst of a financial bubble? Do the current valuations of the electronic vehicle stocks or their SPACs make you raise an eyebrow? The t…
4 years, 11 months ago
Yuen Yuen Ang, "China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Episode 513
How do we make sense of the “durability and gigantic scale” of China’s economic expansion alongside the reports of “rising” and “explosive” corruptio…
4 years, 11 months ago
Mohammad Salama, "Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Episode 224
Egypt is often the focus of religious and political histories of early twentieth century. The striking hardening of nationalist and Islamic movements…
4 years, 11 months ago
Mack P. Holt, "The Politics of Wine in Early Modern France: Religion and Popular Culture in Burgundy, 1477-1630" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 945
Todays’ guest is Mack P. Holt, Professor Emeritus of History at George Mason University in Virginia, talking about his recent book, The Politics of W…
4 years, 11 months ago
Karen Stollznow, "On the Offensive: Prejudice in Language Past and Present" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Episode 95
Whether framed as complaints about cancel culture or as increased awareness of prejudice, stories about offensive language are common in our daily ne…
4 years, 11 months ago
Oya Dursun-Özkanca, "Turkey–West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Episode 511
How do we make sense of Turkey’s recent turn against the West – after decades of Turkish cooperation and desire to be integrated into the European an…
5 years ago
Erica Ball et al., "As if She Were Free" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Episode 938
Edited by Drs. Erica Ball, Tatiana Seijas, and Terri L. Snyder, As if She Were Free (Cambridge University Press, 2020) is a collective biography of A…
5 years ago