History books

A brand new, highly readable history by Scott Crawford, Chinese Ancient Origins surveys the events, cultural practices,...  Read More >>

Published in 1982, John Gaventa's award-winning Power and Powerlessness examined the dominance of the absentee coal...  Read More >>

In 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany agreed to a nonaggression treaty named for its signatories, foreign ministers...  Read More >>

A final work by one of our major critics, contemplating how acts of distant witnessing can continue in future generations....  Read More >>

Examining a strain of feminine speculative thought that resonates with contemporary efforts to recenter pleasure....  Read More >>

A thorough history of the civil rights activist and his courageous stand for desegregated higher education  Read More >>

The remarkable story of a Black-Irish dance and its rival champions During the tumultuous years before the Civil...  Read More >>

Understanding one of American anarchism's pivotal figures Known best for articulating the propaganda of the deed,...  Read More >>

Shaping a distinctive Midwestern form of Mexicano identity Mexicanos in Michigan and across the Midwest share a...  Read More >>

More Than the Music features twenty-seven unique jazz stories—stories that came about through my own experience....  Read More >>

Rediscovering an overlooked linchpin of Illinois manufacturing and social life In the 1890s, the bicycle became...  Read More >>

Rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and during the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed perpetual disaster...  Read More >>

Available for the first time in decades, the story of the spirit, culture, and excellence that define Jackson State...  Read More >>

In Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans, Nikita Dhawan examines key theoretical conflicts between postcolonial...  Read More >>

Paola Bacchetta offers an innovative feminist and queer set of theories and approaches for analyzing power, subjects,...  Read More >>

In The Invention of Order, Don Thomas Deere retraces the colonial origins of spatial organization in the Americas...  Read More >>

Examines early American diplomatic negotiations with both the European powers and the various American Indian nations...  Read More >>

A bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made...  Read More >>

A compelling and insightful argument for historical study as a way to understand and navigate the complex, often...  Read More >>

How did Americans come to elect Barack Obama—and then Donald Trump? Those choices capture what Paul Starr calls...  Read More >>

This history of The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums...  Read More >>

Uncover the remarkable journey of Irish convict John Frawley as he blended history and genealogy, in forging a pioneering...  Read More >>

Updated Large Print edition with 70+ new pages, fresh images, and a new quiz. Packed with 600+ fun facts about Canada-from...  Read More >>

La Femme en FeuTrilogie du Trésor des Highlands, Livre IIIIl faut un pirate pour apprivoiser un pirate !La trilogie...  Read More >>

The Wolf Within: The Tragic Case of Jean Grenier In 1603, thirteen-year-old Jean Grenier confessed to transforming...  Read More >>