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 […]

Cinema at the Margins is a collection of essays by Wheeler Winston Dixon. They provide a much-needed analysis of the forgotten films and filmmakers of the past that are being marginalized and pushed aside by the current loss of historical perspective in film. Find more information about the book here. An excerpt from the introduction: “Unlocking […]

The following is an interview with Hilary Larkin, author of A History of Ireland 1800-1922: Theatres of Disorder. In this new book, Ireland’s status as a theatre of disorder from 1800 to 1922 is investigated and re-assessed. Q: In your book, you are accounting for an undoubtedly very troubled and violent part of Irish History. […]

‘Economics of the 1%: How Mainstream Economics Serves The Rich, Obscures Reality and Distorts Policy’ by John F. Weeks “With barely concealed rage, excoriating analysis and unswerving clarity, Weeks dissects and exposes the myths and lies of the free-market propaganda upon which our current economic system is built. Eminently readable, ‘Economics of the 1%’ is […]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Anthem Press! It has been a wonderful year for Anthem Press and we would like to thank everyone  – our staff, our authors, our partners – who made this a landmark year. A few of the highlights: We’ve had the honour of releasing some wonderful books by terrific authors, including The […]

Recently I was in DOK (Delft, the Netherlands, www.dok.info [in Dutch]) for the first time. This was a long overdue visit, because in 2008 this public library was designated by international experts as the worldwide number one library in innovation, and in 2009 it was elected the best library of the Netherlands (this year they […]

This year marks our 20th anniversary. Despite the turbulent times in which we live, Anthem has gone from strength to strength, with new global publishing partnerships, forward-thinking series and well-reviewed books. We have earned an excellent international reputation, being known for the originality and diligence of our scholarship and the high quality of our production. […]