New Historical Perspectives is a book series for early career scholars within the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Books in the series are overseen by an expert editorial board to ensure the highest standards of peer-reviewed scholarship. Commissioning and editing is undertaken by the Royal Historical Society, and the series is published under the imprint of the Institute of Historical Research by the University of London Press.

The series is supported by the Economic History Society and the Past and Present Society.

Series co-editors: Heather Shore (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Elizabeth Hurren (University of Leicester)

Founding co-editors: Simon Newman (University of Glasgow) and Penny Summerfield (University of Manchester)

New Historical Perspectives Editorial Board

Charlotte Alston, Northumbria University

David Andress, University of Portsmouth

Philip Carter, Royal Historical Society

Ian Forrest, University of Oxford

Leigh Gardner, London School of Economics

Tim Harper, University of Cambridge

Guy Rowlands, University of St Andrews

Alec Ryrie, Durham University

Richard Toye, University of Exeter

Natalie Zacek, University of Manchester