Humanities books

The book describes the problem of the place and role of truth in politics. At the center of the author's considerations...  Read More >>

This volume comprises nineteen contributions presented at the interdisciplinary conference Bulgarian Studies and...  Read More >>

This book explores the role of composers' unions in state socialist Central and Eastern Europe, tracing how they...  Read More >>

In the modern world of international capitalism, the various nationalisms are still inseparable from the international...  Read More >>

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Presenting Poepoe’s funerary narrative in Hawaiian and in English, this work features a kanikau (mourning chant)...  Read More >>

This is the story of the King’s Own Calgary Regiment. Beginning in the last years of collective innocence before...  Read More >>

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Modern antisemitism endangers Jewish communities and liberal democracy by disguising ancient prejudices in coded...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive, comparative, and regionwide perspective on Latin American economic development spanning the last...  Read More >>

The wonderful tales offered in this bilingual collection provide readers with a new set of living stories that give...  Read More >>

A long-awaited translation of a wonderfully illustrated 17th-century pilgrimage guide, offering unique insights...  Read More >>

Voices Beyond the Grave uncovers critically understudied histories of Japanese internment and labor diasporas in...  Read More >>

This superbly edited volume provides scholars and general readers with an in depth view of the evolution, nature,...  Read More >>

Lieutenants and Light provides an accurate, detailed historical study of the U.S. Army’s use of the heliograph as...  Read More >>

A deep dive into the history of bullfighting, hunting, and animal control in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century...  Read More >>

This book examines a crucial turning point in the colonial history of Brazil and especially the enduring consequences...  Read More >>

Tracing contemporary material culture back through the archaeological record demonstrates how the meanings of community...  Read More >>

Homoerotic Poets of the Italian Trecento explores same-sex desire in the work of three skilled medieval Italian...  Read More >>

Bartolomé de las Casas began his transatlantic career in 1502. Experiences of conquest and penitential discipline...  Read More >>

Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis was a pivotal figure in 12th-century France, leaving a lasting impact through his multifaceted...  Read More >>

Between 1392 and 1592—a period bounded by Japanese pirate raids along the Korean coast and Japan’s invasion of Chosŏn...  Read More >>

If ever a play had something to say about the art of statesmanship, that play is Sir Thomas More. Its origins and...  Read More >>