Spring/Summer 2009 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

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Benjamin Disraeli Letters
Volume VIII, 1860–1864
Edited by M.G. Wiebe, Mary S. Millar, Ann P.
Robson, and Ellen L. Hawman
Letters of Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
(1804–81) was one of
the most important figures
in nineteenth-century
Europe, spending
three decades in British
government and twice
serving as prime minister.
This volume collects
nearly a thousand
of Disraeli’s letters from
a tumultuous period in
European history – years that witnessed the Italian
revolution, the Polish revolt against Russia, and the
American Civil War.
More than four hundred previously unpublished
letters provide revealing insights into Disraeli’s
thoughts on political and social issues. This eighth
volume of the Letters of Benjamin Disraeli also
includes recently recovered letters from years covered
by previous volumes, including four to Lionel
de Rothschild that reveal a hitherto unknown collaboration
between Rothschild, Disraeli, and Lord
George Bentinck on an anonymous pamphlet that
promoted Jewish political rights. Fully annotated,
this volume is a welcome addition to the series.
M.G. Wiebe is a professor emeritus in the
Department of English at Queen’s University.
Mary S. Millar is an independent scholar living in
Kingston, Ontario.
Women, Religion, and
the Atlantic World
(1600–1800)
Edited by Daniella Kostroun and Lisa Vollendorf
UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series
Drawing on historical, literary, and anthropological
methodologies, Women, Religion, and the Atlantic
World explores the meaning of an ‘Atlantic community’
and challenges the conventional boundaries
of nation-based inquiry in the humanities. The
volume’s contributors focus on European, indigenous,
Creole, African, and mestiza women’s interactions
with shifting paradigms of Protestantism,
Catholicism, Judaism, and syncretic beliefs throughout
the Atlantic basin to highlight the unique cultural
dynamics of the Atlantic.
Mapping these themes with a diverse range of
individual, imperial, and institutional cases, the essays
include studies of a Peruvian nun’s battle against a
black demon, an African slave whose knowledge of
the Bible stunned white men, and native American
healers accused of witchcraft. Through a thoughtful
consideration of the complexity of the religious landscape
of the Atlantic basin, the collection provides
an enriching portrayal of the intriguing interplay
between religion, gender, ethnicity, and authority in
the early modern Atlantic world.
Daniella Kostroun is an assistant professor in the
Department of History at Indiana University-
Purdue University Indianapolis.
Lisa Vollendorf is a professor and chair of the
Department of Romance, German, Russian
Languages and Literatures at California State
University, Long Beach.
Ann P. Robson is a professor emeritus in the
Department of History at the University of Toronto.
Ellen L. Hawman is a research associate and co-editor
with the Disraeli Project.
Approx. 656 pp / 6 5 /8 x 10 / June 2009
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8020-9949-5 £125.00 $195.00 E
Approx. 368 pp / 6 x 9 / June 2009
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8020-9906-8 £50.00 $80.00 E
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