History books

In April 1917, Walter Crosley assumed the position of naval attaché to Petrograd and brought his wife, Pauline,...  Read More >>

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Conspiracy, mutiny and liberation on America’s waterfront by the award-winning author of The Slave Ship.  Read More >>

This book presents a general history of British philosophy during the nineteenth century. Conceived with both the...  Read More >>

Analyzes the narrative agency of women who have come forward to break silences around wartime atrocities In Troubling...  Read More >>

Reveals the deep, historical roots of public distrust in former mining areas in the US, shedding new light on the...  Read More >>

Donald Thompson in Russia is a compilation of letters to his wife Dorothy in Topeka, Kansas, illustrated with photos....  Read More >>

David R. Francis held the post of the United States ambassador to Russia from April 1916 to November 1918, and represented...  Read More >>

This book is a first-hand account of the Russian Revolution and its impact on the Russian people. Cantacuzene, an...  Read More >>

Another view of Russia on the eve of revolutionThe author is an interesting person his own right as an American...  Read More >>

Charles Edward Russell was a major intellectual and political figure of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century...  Read More >>

Featuring vibrantly colored, politically charged imagery, this stunning volume is the first comprehensive survey...  Read More >>

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BY THE WINNER OF THE KLUGE PRIZE FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2008 A definitive account and ready reference of ancient...  Read More >>

To Be Men of Business examines the Chickasaw Nation's education in business and commerce, gradual adaptation to...  Read More >>

Many Americans today are frustrated, unsettled, or just plain perplexed about the rules governing our democracy...  Read More >>

An innovative historical analysis that draws upon performance and theatre studies to stage the ruination and demise...  Read More >>

A sweeping history of Native Americans’ fraught relationship with US citizenship and their efforts to protect tribal...  Read More >>

Draws on the Yale Center for British Art's rich collection to critically reconsider the vibrant creative exchanges...  Read More >>

This first truly global history of the suppression of piracy links maritime raiding to empire building in the nineteenth...  Read More >>

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

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

Intimate in voice and sweeping in historical reach, Was It Just a Matter of Luck? bears witness to the endurance...  Read More >>

This book shows how hybrid warfare strategy actually works in practice, how patrons manage clients, and why seemingly...  Read More >>

In a world where victories tend to overshadow defeats, this exploration of the Dunkirk evacuation unveils why its...  Read More >>