Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

インド経済小史－1600～2020年の経済と国際関係への視点
Majumdar, Rohit, Concise History of Indian Economy: Perspectives on Economy and International Relations 1600s to 2020s. 232 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-282>
ISBN 978-1-03-234425-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-263059-5 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This book presents a concise economic history of India from 1600 to the mobile economy of the twenty-first century. It examines political events, social history, and economic developments across the world through the years to showcase how India has navigated its economic past, present, and future, and shaped events that for years controlled the Indian economy.This volume covers a range of important themes, which include:Medieval fiscal systems, and the European surge in IndiaThe impact of the British Industrial Revolution on India; English interventionism and policies; the imperialistic economy and its impactIndian economy and nationalist movement in the nineteenth and early-twentieth century; the Great Depression and its global consequencesGandhiism and 'mass nationalism'; Independence and Partition; the impact of the World Wars; the inter-war economy; the rise of the dollar, and other key global trendsThe Cold War and IndiaConstitutional remedies, nation-building and industrial policies; food security, the Green Revolution, and the power politics of 1970sLiberalization, privatization, and globalization in the 1990s; andThe economy of war and peace, India-China relations, and current trends in political economyThe book offers a lucid and insightful narrative of how the economy unfolded in India. It will interest readers of Indian history, economic history, and South Asian history and other general readers.

古代メソポタミアにおけるビールの歴史
Paulette, Tate, In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia. 288 pp. 2024 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <707-284>
ISBN 978-0-19-768244-9 hard ¥6,034.- (税込) US$ 27.99 *

A feast for beer geeks and history buffs alike, In the Land of Ninkasi tells the story of the world's first great beer culture. In this authoritative but light-hearted account of beers gone by, archaeologist Tate Paulette brings the famous "land between the rivers" back to life in vivid detail. We meet not only the beers of ancient Mesopotamia, but also the people who brewed them and drank them, the places where these people lived and worked, the taverns and temples and tombs where they did their drinking, the stories they told about beer, their preferred styles of drinking, their brewing equipment and drinking paraphernalia, the gods and goddesses who governed their lives and who were also partial to a drink. Rigorous in its scholarship, yet staunchly unpretentious in style, this beer-centered travel guide for a trip back in time offers a clear roadmap into the ancient source material for those who are new to Mesopotamia. Paulette weaves together insights drawn from archaeological remains, ancient works of art, and cuneiform texts. He uses a series of narrative vignettes and thought experiments to interrogate specific pieces of evidence and pull the reader, step-by-step, into the process of analysis and interpretation, explaining exactly what we know and how we know it. Readers will come away with a new appreciation for the depth of our knowledge about this early beer-drinking culture, painstakingly pieced together by generations of dedicated scholars. They will also encounter plenty of unknowns: enigmatic evidence that defies explanation, unresolved debates, puzzles that remain to be solved. For those who prefer their history in liquid form, Paulette also recounts some of his own experiences recreating ancient beer and provides a brew-it-yourself recipe to try at home.

Nugent, Paul, Race, Taste and the Grape: South African Wine from a Global Perspective. 368 pp. 2024:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <707-219>
ISBN 978-1-00-918426-7 hard ¥28,490.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00 *

With the introduction of wine to the Cape Colony, it became associated locally with social extremes: with the material trappings of privilege and taste, on the one side, and the stark realities of human bondage, on the other. By examining the history of Cape wine, Paul Nugent offers a detailed history of how, in South Africa, race has shaped patterns of consumption. The book takes us through the Liquor Act of 1928, which restricted access along racial lines, intervention to address overproduction from the 1960s, and then latterly, in the wake of the fall of the Apartheid regime, deregulation in the 1990s and South Africa's re-entry into global markets. We see how the industry struggled to embrace Black Economic Empowerment, environmental diversity and the consumer market. This book is an essential read for those interested in the history of wine, and how it intersects with both South African and global history.