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“The Entrepreneurial State” TED Talk and Highlights

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…

New Book Roundup: Featured Anthem Titles for February

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…

An Excerpt from ‘Cinema at the Margins’ (Anthem New Perspectives on World Cinema)

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…

Interview with Hilary Larkin, author of “A History of Ireland 1800-1922: Theatres of Disorder?”

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…

Anthem Spotlight: ‘Economics of the 1%’ by John F. Weeks

‘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…

Happy Holidays from Anthem Press!

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…

Anthem Library of the Month | DOK DELFT

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,…

Anthem Press | 20 years in publishing, new international partnerships and new book series

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…

Anthem Series Spotlight | Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age

Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age investigates the global impact of technology and computing on knowledge and society. Tracing transformations in communication, learning and research, the groundbreaking titles in this series demonstrate the far-reaching effects of the digital revolution across…

Anthem Library of the Month | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

I attach the undergraduate entrance to the library of the University of Illinois, the largest University library in the USA, and home to the H. G. Wells papers, one of the world’s largest literary archives. I was at Illinois in…