History books

The purpose of this volume is not simply to compile yet another wearying chronicle of the horrors that have been...  Read More >>

'Eliade writes of the shamans with [a] masterly combination of sympathy and detachment.' - New York Times Book Review...  Read More >>

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Edward Alsworth Ross, one of the founders of the academic field of sociology, spent JulyDecember 1917 traveling...  Read More >>

Arthur Bullard's The Russian Pendulum (1919) is a personal and political analysis of the Russian Revolution, from...  Read More >>

Disguised as a family planning program during Peru's internal armed conflict, a campaign was launched by the government...  Read More >>

The surprising story of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous invention - and a new take on the Founding Father we thought...  Read More >>

This book follows Operation Weserübung from the Berlin war rooms to frozen fjords, showing how a daring German gamble...  Read More >>

He swore never to touch a woman... until desire made his oath unbearable. Eirik has lived under a vow forged in...  Read More >>

This book presents gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the sociocultural foundations of Buddhism....  Read More >>

In the depths beneath a Vatican church, an archaeologist uncovers a lost diary that will unravel history's darkest...  Read More >>

From nothing and facing formidable enemies on all sides, the Chinese statesman, warlord, and poet Cao Cao gradually...  Read More >>

Take a street-level tour of Mexico's capital and learn how one of the world's most extraordinary cities has transformed...  Read More >>

This book is an international history of the Carter administration’s intricate relations with the two competing...  Read More >>

A major new political history of the French Revolution In 1786, France's ancien régime was functioning as usual....  Read More >>

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte--manipulating European...  Read More >>

An ethnographic exploration of the multiple ways in which disasters and time are co-constituted in the Peruvian...  Read More >>

A sociolgical lens on local festivals shows how minorities in German towns draw symbolic boundaries shaped by and...  Read More >>

This book surveys current writing on the history of the modern hotel, focusing on areas of timely scholarly enquiry....  Read More >>

The Lavender Bans is a comprehensive account of the evolution of anti-LGBTQ+ policies from World War I to the present....  Read More >>

Highways and Byways of California chronicles an early 20th century trip along the back roads of California replete...  Read More >>

Margaret Randall has contributed poetry, essays, translations, and oral histories to the public discourse since...  Read More >>

Short Essays for Inquiring Minds invites readers into a lively conversation about the forces shaping modern life...  Read More >>

Rounding the Bases offers the first comprehensive history of Japanese Little League, tracing its origins near U.S....  Read More >>

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