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DENG XIAOPING AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF CHINA
EZRA F. VOGEL
★ A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
★ A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
★ An Economist Best Book of the Year
★ A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year
No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng
Xiaoping. And no scholar is better qualified than Ezra Vogel to disentangle the
contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China's boldest strategist—the
pragmatic, disciplined force behind China's radical economic, technological, and
social transformation.
"Vogel has gone to enormous lengths to document his subject…Vogel's painstaking research provides
plenty of fascinating detail…On the ways through which Deng set about the enormous task of rebuild-
ing the gutted economy, shattered by decades of turmoil under Mao Zedong, Vogel is exhaustive."
—SIMON ELEGANT, TIME
"Deng led a long and remarkable life, packed with drama and global significance, one that deserves
to be dissected in detail…There's no question that Vogel has gone farther than anyone else to date
in telling Deng's story. For that he is to be applauded; there is a whole hoard of valuable material
here that we probably would not have gained otherwise."
—CHRISTIAN CARYL, FOREIGN POLICY
"Ezra Vogel's encyclopedic Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China is the most exhaustive
English retelling of Deng's life. Vogel…seems to have interviewed or found the memoirs of nearly
every person who spoke with Deng, and has painstakingly re-created a detailed and intimate
chronology of Deng's roller-coaster career."
—JOSHUA KURLANTZICK, THE NATION
"From arguably the most important scholar of East Asia, this is an important book on the force
behind China's transformation in the late twentieth century, whose full fruits are visible only today.
Deng ordered the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, but he was also the person most responsible for
modernizing China and opening it to trade with the West. Again and again he survived threatening
challenges in the Chinese political bureaucracy, to emerge at the top in the late 1970s. His role in
subverting Chinese orthodoxy from the inside is comparable to that of Gorbachev with respect to
the Soviet Union—and he deserves sustained attention such as this landmark book offers."
—ANIS SHIVANI, THE HUFFINGTON POST
Belknap 2011 39 halftones 928 pp. Cloth $39.95 / £29.95 ISBN 978-0-674-05544-5
table of contents
Biography..........................2
The Pre-Modern World................6
Religion and the World.................11
Western and Southern Europe ..........14
Central and Eastern Europe.............20
Russia and Ukraine...................24
West Asia ........................27
South Asia..........................30
East Asia .........................32
The Atlantic World ...................36
America and the World.................38
History of Science and Medicine..........40
Political and Legal History ..............43
Economic and Business History ...........45
Dictionary of American Regional English ...46
Popular Culture and Literary History.....47
Wonders of the World ................49
The Pre-Modern World in Translation ....50
New Titles—Spring 2012..............52
Index ...........................54
Order form.........................55
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THE TURBULENT
WORLD OF
FRANZ GÖLL
An Ordinary
Berliner Writes the
Twentieth Century
PETER FRITZSCHE
Franz Göll was a thor-
oughly typical Berliner.
He worked as a clerk,
sometimes as a postal employee, night watchman,
or publisher's assistant. He enjoyed the movies, ate
spice cake, wore a fedora, tamed sparrows, and
drank beer or schnapps. What makes Franz Göll
different is that he left behind one of the most
comprehensive diaries available from the mael-
strom of twentieth-century German life. Deftly
weaving in Göll's voice from his diary entries,
Fritzsche narrates the quest of an ordinary citizen
to make sense of a violent and bewildering century.
"Instructive and fitfully absorbing…Readers…
will be fascinated by the strange private world
of an eccentric obsessive."
—IAN BRUNSKILL, WALL STREET JOURNAL
"In a time when public self-disclosure and
blogging seem almost de rigueur, examining
the diaries kept by a German everyman for the
better part of the 20th century is both curious
and refreshing…They are also a sobering record
of modern life's impact. Göll's diaries, begun in
1916, when he was 17, and continued until his
death in 1984, offer an invaluable and absorb-
ing look at the preoccupations of a turbulent
century."
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
2011 25 halftones 288 pp.
Cloth $26.95 / £19.95 ISBN 978-0-674-05531-5
Also available by Peter Fritzsche
STRANDED IN THE PRESENT
Modern Time and the Melancholy of History
PETER FRITZSCHE
2010; 2004 288 pp. Paper $19.95 / £14.95
ISBN 978-0-674-04587-3
LIFE AND DEATH IN THE THIRD REICH
PETER FRITZSCHE
★ Recognition of Excellence Award,
Cundill International Prize in History
Belknap 2009; 2008 384 pp. Paper $19.00 / £14.95
ISBN 978-0-674-03465-5
New
SALADIN
ANNE-MARIE EDDÉ
Translated by
Jane Marie Todd
Saladin represents the best
kind of biography—a por-
trait of a man who is said to
have made an age, and the
most complete account we
have to date of an age that
made the man. The result is
a unique view of the Crusades from an Arab per-
spective, and an erudite biography of a political
figure whose image was layered in myth with the
passage of time.
"This fastidious and superbly well researched
book is, in some ways, the biography of an idea.
We don't know all that much about the histori-
cal Saladin, and next to nothing about him per-
sonally—not even what he looked like…Edde's
account of Saladin's life…is always lucid and
sensible, and instills complete confidence in the
reader…Above all, this book is valuable for giv-
ing us a sense of what the Crusades looked like
from the other side."
—SAM LEITH, SPECTATOR
"In this insightful biography, the Muslim
hero who impressed even his Christian adver-
saries personifies the complex religious and
cultural dynamics of the crusading era…Eddé's
shrewd and informative, if stolid, biography
shows us how much two clashing civilizations
had in common."
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"An impressive biography of Saladin… [Eddé]
endeavors above all to analyze the discourses of
which he has been the object from the Middle
Ages to the present, discourses serving to fashion
his myth. The result of that exacting and rigor-
ous undertaking is at once accessible to the non-
specialist and compelling, allowing us to
rediscover a Saladin richer and more complex
than his Western or Eastern legend."
—GEORGIA MAKHLOUF, LE JOUR
Belknap 2011
20 color illus., 1 line illus., 9 maps 704 pp.
Cloth $35.00 / £20.00 ISBN 978-0-674-05559-9
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CAPITALIST
REVOLUTIONARY
John Maynard Keynes
ROGER E. BACKHOUSE
AND BRADLEY W.
BATEMAN
"[A] timely and
provocative reappraisal."
—JOHN CASSIDY,
NEW YORKER
"This very readable book makes the actual his-
torical Keynes and his ideas accessible to mod-
ern readers, whose views are so often formed by
misleading myths about him, his work, and its
significance."
—DAVID LAIDLER,
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
"Elegantly written and extremely thoughtful…
This is not a technical economic tract; this is a
book for someone who wants to understand
how Keynes' ideas and habits of thought fit to-
gether…Writing about someone like Keynes
who personally wrote so much, so well, must be
a daunting task. Backhouse and Bateman more
than keep up, not by competing with Keynes,
but by letting him speak, in all his many voices."
—ROBERT TEITELMAN, THE DEAL
"An excellent introduction to the thought of
John Maynard Keynes. Lucid and nontechnical,
it explains how, because Keynes was such a dif-
ferent kind of economist—eclectic, practical
rather than formalistic, worldly, intuitive—from
the formalistic academic economists of the next
generation, who came to dominate the econom-
ics profession, he was misunderstood by his suc-
cessors. They created and later discredited
Keynesianism—a distorted version of Keynes's
thought. Backhouse and Bateman explain that
to cope with our current economic problems, we
need to restore Keynes's original vision."
—RICHARD A. POSNER, JUDGE,
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
2011 208 pp.
Cloth $25.95 / £20.00 ISBN 978-0-674-05775-3
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OUR FRITZ
Emperor Frederick III
and the Political Culture
of Imperial Germany
FRANK LORENZ
MÜLLER
In the first comprehen-
sive life of Frederick III,
Frank Müller recon-
structs how the beloved
persona of "Our Fritz"
was created and used for various political
purposes before and after the emperor's
tragic death from throat cancer.
"One of the most readable, enjoyable, and wise
studies on Imperial Germany to have appeared
in the past decade. The title Our Fritz illustrates
how Müller is able to avoid writing a hagiogra-
phy of a tragic king. Instead, he weaves the
threads of affection—given and received, not
given and not received—into a fabric that en-
velops a nuclear family, a dynasty, and a nation.
A mature scholarly assessment and first-rate
writing make the story of Frederick come alive
and offer something genuinely new."
—JAMES RETALLACK,
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
2011 20 halftones, 1 chart 366 pp.
Cloth $45.00 / £33.95 ISBN 978-0-674-04838-6
SAMUEL JOHNSON
A Biography
PETER MARTIN
★ Kansas City Star Top 10 Notable Books of the Year
★ Runner-up, Atlantic Books of the Year
"A lively new biography, a book well seasoned
with good stories, most of which do not seek
always to show the Doctor in a better light."
—ANDREW O'HAGAN,
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
Belknap 2010; 2008 34 halftones, 2 maps 640 pp.
Paper $19.95 / NA ISBN 978-0-674-05737-1
THEODOR W. ADORNO
One Last Genius
DETLEV CLAUSSEN
Translated by Rodney Livingstone
★ Ungar German Translation Award
"A strenuously intellectual biography, the only
sort the master himself might just have ap-
proved, in which the bare facts of his life always
come to us interwoven with historical currents
and philosophical wrangles."
—TERRY EAGLETON,
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
Belknap 2010; 2008 19 halftones 464 pp.
Paper $22.95 / £16.95 ISBN 978-0-674-05713-5
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paperback
TROTSKY
A Biography
ROBERT SERVICE
★ Duff Cooper Prize
★ A New Yorker
Reviewers' Favorite
Nonfiction Book
of the Year
★ An Independent
Best History Book
of the Year
★ A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Robert Service completes his masterful trilogy
on the founding figures of the Soviet Union in
an eagerly anticipated biography of Leon Trotsky.
"Service fashions a vivid portrait of this brilliant,
merciless ideologue, who did not hesitate to drag
his country kicking, screaming and bleeding to-
ward the utopia he dreamed of creating for it."
—JOSHUA RUBENSTEIN,
WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Trotsky, even before one of Stalin's agents
found him in Mexico and assassinated him with
an ice axe, was a romantic figure to those who
believed that if only he had succeeded Lenin
everything would have been better. Service,
who has also written studies of Lenin and
Stalin, does an excellent job of dispensing
with such notions…Service's book, unlike
much writing about Trotsky, is the work of
a historian, not an ideologue, and the better
for it."
—NEW YORKER
Belknap 2011; 2009 50 halftones 648 pp.
Paper $22.95 / OBEEI ISBN 978-0-674-06225-2
Also available by Robert Service
LENIN: A BIOGRAPHY
★ ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award—History
★ Independent Publisher Book Award, Biography
Belknap 2002; 2000 592 pp.
Paper $27.00 / COBEEI ISBN 978-0-674-00828-1
STALIN: A BIOGRAPHY
★ A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year
★ Independent Publisher Book Award, Biography
Belknap 2006; 2005 736 pp.
Paper $25.00 / OBEEI ISBN 978-0-674-02258-4
New in
paperback
MOSES MONTEFIORE
Jewish Liberator,
Imperial Hero
ABIGAIL GREEN
★ A New Republic
Best Book of the Year
★ A Times Literary
Supplement Book
of the Year
★ Finalist, National Jewish Book Award
"[An] erudite, intelligent, and graceful biogra-
phy of Moses Montefiore…Green's book is a
rich gift to history—and not just Jewish his-
tory—for its account not just of what Moses
Montefiore did or did not do, but also of what
he was. Her pages are most memorable when
they simply bring the old boy to vivid life amid
all the complexities and perplexities of his great
self-imposed calling."
—SIMON SCHAMA, NEW REPUBLIC
"[A] mammoth warts-and-all account of
Montefiore and his times."
—PRISCILLA S. TAYLOR,
WASHINGTON TIMES
Belknap 2012; 2010
46 halftones, 4 maps, 2 charts 560 pp.
Cloth $35.00 / £24.95 ISBN 978-0-674-04880-5
Paper $19.95 / £14.95 ISBN 978-0-674-06419-5
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CHIVALRY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
NIGEL SAUL
"The era of chivalry was the idealized fantasy that grew out of the military supe-
riority of the armed horseman, and which lasted roughly between the invention
of the stirrup and the invention of gunpowder. Nigel Saul is just the right person
to tell the story as experienced in England."
—MIRI RUBIN, THE GUARDIAN
"An entirely original project, and in [Saul's] hands it proves illuminating…The
skill and scholarship with which he has done so fully justify his claim at its open-
ing that chivalry was a major factor throughout the narrative history of medieval
England from before the time of Richard I to the aftermath of that of Edward
III. Chivalry has often been neglected by historians in that story; Nigel Saul's
vivid and exciting study should make sure that it can never again be left out of
the account."
—MAURICE KEEN, LITERARY REVIEW
2011 18 color illus., 3 halftones 440 pp.
Cloth $35.00 / USA ISBN 978-0-674-06368-6
New
FLORENCE AND BAGHDAD
Renaissance Art and Arab Science
HANS BELTING
Translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider
★ A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year
★ A Big Think Best Art Book of the Year
The theory of perspective, which allowed Florentine artists to depict the world
from a spectator's point of view, originated in Baghdad with an eleventh-century
mathematician. Using the metaphor of the mutual gaze, Belting narrates the en-
counter between science and art, Arab Baghdad and Renaissance Florence, that
revolutionized Western culture.
"Belting easily balances the contributions of two diverse cultures—European art
and Arabic science—in a deeply scholarly yet captivating manner. He presents
the well-documented historical connection between a mathematic theory sprung
from 11th-century Baghdad and its influence on the use of perspective in Ren-
aissance-era European artists…The timely translation is excellent as ideas flow
logically, past to present."
—MARIANNE LAINO SADE, LIBRARY JOURNAL
"You will find no better guide through this thicket of philosophy, optics, crafts and theology in East
and West…Belting gives us a fresh new eye for art and the world."
—FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU
Belknap 2011 40 color illus., 71 halftones 312 pp. Cloth $39.95 / £25.00 ISBN 978-0-674-05004-4
New
INVISIBLE ROMANS
ROBERT KNAPP
Robert Knapp brings to light the laboring men, housewives, prostitutes, freedmen, slaves, soldiers, and
gladiators who formed the backbone of the ancient Roman world, and the outlaws and pirates who lay
beyond it. The lives of these invisible Romans emerge from graffiti, incantations, fables, astrological writ-
ings, and even the New Testament.
"A unique view of Roman life on the streets, in the arenas, and in the barracks, roughly from the first
three centuries CE, written with an engaging prose. It is Everyman who is on view here, so while there
are plenty of surprises, the pleasing overall effect is to realize how similar common lives then were to
ours now…It is a pleasure throughout Invisible Romans to see how Knapp has used his obvious ex-
pertise and depth of knowledge to bring out facts from many diverse sources. His writing is clear, and
often witty…[An] exhilarating show of scholarship at a popular level."
—ROB HARDY, COMMERCIAL DISPATCH
2011 30 color illus., 32 halftones 400 pp. Cloth $29.95 / NA ISBN 978-0-674-06199-6
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CHIVALRY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
NIGEL SAUL
"The era of chivalry was the idealized fantasy that grew out of the military supe-
riority of the armed horseman, and which lasted roughly between the invention
of the stirrup and the invention of gunpowder. Nigel Saul is just the right person
to tell the story as experienced in England."
—MIRI RUBIN, THE GUARDIAN
"An entirely original project, and in [Saul's] hands it proves illuminating…The
skill and scholarship with which he has done so fully justify his claim at its open-
ing that chivalry was a major factor throughout the narrative history of medieval
England from before the time of Richard I to the aftermath of that of Edward
III. Chivalry has often been neglected by historians in that story; Nigel Saul's
vivid and exciting study should make sure that it can never again be left out of
the account."
—MAURICE KEEN, LITERARY REVIEW
2011 18 color illus., 3 halftones 440 pp.
Cloth $35.00 / USA ISBN 978-0-674-06368-6
New
FLORENCE AND BAGHDAD
Renaissance Art and Arab Science
HANS BELTING
Translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider
★ A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year
★ A Big Think Best Art Book of the Year
The theory of perspective, which allowed Florentine artists to depict the world
from a spectator's point of view, originated in Baghdad with an eleventh-century
mathematician. Using the metaphor of the mutual gaze, Belting narrates the en-
counter between science and art, Arab Baghdad and Renaissance Florence, that
revolutionized Western culture.
"Belting easily balances the contributions of two diverse cultures—European art
and Arabic science—in a deeply scholarly yet captivating manner. He presents
the well-documented historical connection between a mathematic theory sprung
from 11th-century Baghdad and its influence on the use of perspective in Ren-
aissance-era European artists…The timely translation is excellent as ideas flow
logically, past to present."
—MARIANNE LAINO SADE, LIBRARY JOURNAL
"You will find no better guide through this thicket of philosophy, optics, crafts and theology in East
and West…Belting gives us a fresh new eye for art and the world."
—FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU
Belknap 2011 40 color illus., 71 halftones 312 pp. Cloth $39.95 / £25.00 ISBN 978-0-674-05004-4
INVISIBLE ROMANS
ROBERT KNAPP
Robert Knapp brings to light the laboring men, housewives, prostitutes, freedmen, slaves, soldiers, and
gladiators who formed the backbone of the ancient Roman world, and the outlaws and pirates who lay
beyond it. The lives of these invisible Romans emerge from graffiti, incantations, fables, astrological writ-
ings, and even the New Testament.
"A unique view of Roman life on the streets, in the arenas, and in the barracks, roughly from the first
three centuries CE, written with an engaging prose. It is Everyman who is on view here, so while there
are plenty of surprises, the pleasing overall effect is to realize how similar common lives then were to
ours now…It is a pleasure throughout Invisible Romans to see how Knapp has used his obvious ex-
pertise and depth of knowledge to bring out facts from many diverse sources. His writing is clear, and
often witty…[An] exhilarating show of scholarship at a popular level."
—ROB HARDY, COMMERCIAL DISPATCH
2011 30 color illus., 32 halftones 400 pp. Cloth $29.95 / NA ISBN 978-0-674-06199-6
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