Government strategist, public servant and academic Vishaal Kishore talks to Anthem Press about writing his newly released book, Ricardo’s Gauntlet: Economic Fiction and the Flawed Case for Free Trade, which challenges readers to reconsider the concept of free trade. Q: Are you following any free trade deals in the news at the moment?   Vishaal Kishore: There is never a […]

In late nineteenth-century Britain, theorist and critic John Ruskin and the designer, writer and activist William Morris began pioneering new approaches to design and the decorative arts. But what sort of relationship did they have and how did their approaches to crafts and politics differ? Dr Mark Frost, author of The Lost Companions and John Ruskin’s Guild […]

As India celebrates its 68th anniversary of independence from colonial rule, many look to the massive political demonstrations and innovative theorists that prompted sociopolitical change. While such things were highly effective in attaining independence, a number of playwrights in colonial India crafted didactic works that forced an Indian audience to ponder existing political situations with […]

Some newly released Australian and Australasia-related books from a collaboration between Anthem Press and Melbourne-based Australian Scholarly Publishing:   For Those Who’ve Come Across the Seas…: Australian Multicultural Theory, Policy and Practice ‘For those who’ve come across the seas…’: Australian Multicultural Theory, Policy and Practice Edited by Andrew Jakubowicz and Christina Ho ‘An exhilarating intervention […]

The Don L. Love Library at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln houses one of the largest collections of books in the Great Plains area of the United States, including an impressive selection of books in the sciences, humanities, and other areas, as well as the largest collection of books on film and media in the […]

The following is an interview with Michael Bhaskar, author of The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network. This book is a ground-breaking study that demonstrates how publishing can survive and thrive in the digital age. Q: As the title of your book suggests, you are in […]

New issue of Anthem EnviroExperts Review published! Read the latest reviews here: www.anthemenviroexperts.com The Bet: Paul Erlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future, by Paul Sabin, Yale University Press, 2013, 320 pp. Reviewed by Peter R. Mulvihill, University of York This book explores the history and development of opposing ideologies and perspectives that […]

Check out the terrific TEDGlobal talk from Anthem author, Mariana Mazzucato, whose book, The Entrepreneurial State, has started a much needed discourse about the role of the state in innovation. Financial Times named ‘The Entrepreneurial State’ one of the ‘2013 Books of the Year’, Huffington Post listed it as one of their ‘Favorite Books of 2013‘, […]

Here are a few of our featured titles released this February: Re-balancing China: Essays on the Global Financial Crisis, Industrial Policy and International Relations By Peter Nolan This book offers unique insight from a leading expert on the core issues affecting China’s political economy today. ‘Very few Western academics know China through its economy, history […]