Fresh from the Press | October Book Releases

New Seasonal Catalogue available here:
http://www.anthempress.com/catalogues

New books released this October:

The Content Machine
Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network
Michael Bhaskar

A ground-breaking study that demonstrates how publishing can survive and thrive in the digital age.

Colonialism and Transnational Psychiatry
The Development of an Indian Mental Hospital in British India, c. 1920–1940
Waltraud Ernst

The first detailed and comprehensive historical assessment of South Asian psychiatry in the twentieth century, breaking new ground on questions of globalisation and medicine in colonial India.

The Politics of Time and Youth in Brand India
Bargaining with Capital   
Jyotsna Kapur

A contemporary interpretation of neoliberalism’s effect on life in India, the politics of time and the preoccupation with youth, and relations between generations.

Two Decades of Market Reform in India
Some Dissenting Views   
Edited by Sudipta Bhattacharyya

An edited collection of essays that demolishes the accepted myths surrounding the perceived benefits of India’s neoliberal government policies concerning growth, agriculture, industry and poverty.

Global Villages
Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria    
Edited by Ger Duijzings

The first book in a decade to look in-depth at transformations in contemporary Bulgaria, tackling the neglected issue of globalization in rural contexts.

Fortified Cities of Ancient India
A Comparative Study   
Dieter Schlingloff

A comparative exploration of the development of towns and cities in ancient India, based on in-depth textual and archeological research.

Torkel Aschehoug and Norwegian Historical Economic Thought: Reconsidering a Forgotten Norwegian Pioneer Economist    
Mathilde C. Fasting

Explores the economic thought of prominent Norwegian legal theorist and politician Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909) during the last decades of the nineteenth century, focusing on his historical-empirical approach to economics.