Humanities books

Investigates the Ottoman bureaucrats who resisted the ethnic cleansing in the Smyrna region in 19191923.  Read More >>

Explores the impact of Enlightenment philosophers in Scotland on the development of sociology.  Read More >>

Traces the evolution of the Roman legal system through a study of the law of inheritance.  Read More >>

Explores the role of gender in shaping premodern Scottish identity and history  Read More >>

Critically re-reads Turkey's history with a focus on the interactions between religion, politics and society.  Read More >>

Reconfigures our concept of nature through the concept of the element.  Read More >>

Explores Persian tribespeople's changing ethics, feelings and lifeways in tough times.  Read More >>

This second volume in the critical edition reproduces more than 170 lectures delivered by Alfred North Whitehead...  Read More >>

Examines the work and reception of the Arab emigre writer Gibran...  Read More >>

This is a unique collection of essays examining nineteenth-century British and Irish newspaper and periodical history...  Read More >>

Explores the centrality of hope to political thought and policy practice in the Anthropocene  Read More >>

When nineteen-year-old Prince took the stage to perform “I Wanna Be Your Lover” on American Bandstand, those who...  Read More >>

In this biography of Joaquín de Arredondo, historian Bradley Folsom brings to life one of the most influential and...  Read More >>

Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant...  Read More >>

In Literature for Little Bodhisattvas, Natasha Heller makes two key interventions: first, she argues that picturebooks...  Read More >>

Composed in his maturity, this work expresses Pierre de Berulle's theology of the Man-God, whose self-emptying has...  Read More >>

St. Thomas Aquinas never commented on the Song of Songs. The purpose of this book is to demonstrate, however, that...  Read More >>

Examines theories of divine ideas from approximately 1250-1325 AD (St Bonaventure through Ockham). This is the only...  Read More >>

“In the modern world,” author James Jay Carafano asserts, “winning online could be the key to being free, safe,...  Read More >>

This book explores Thomas Edison's activities and influence in Fort Myers, Florida, over 45 years, an important...  Read More >>

After George H. W. Bush lost his re-election bid to Bill Clinton in 1992, John Robert Greene’s verdict on the 41st...  Read More >>

With the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s Russia seems to have stepped out of time, reverting to an imperial...  Read More >>

A lyrical collection of devotionals, poetry, and reflections that invites readers to discover strength, peace, and...  Read More >>

This guide shows you how to identify a woman's religious order and locate its archives, how to find women religious...  Read More >>

Body modification practices express identity, conform to social norms, and convey cultural values that express cultural,...  Read More >>