The Folklore of the Freeway

The Folklore of the Freeway – Race and Revolt in the Modernist City

When the interstate highway program connected America’s cities,…
Sephardi Lives

Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950

This ground-breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary…
Writing History in the Global Era

Writing History in the Global Era

FLeading historian Lynn Hunt rethinks why history matters in…
The American West

The American West: A Very Short Introduction

Part geographical location, part time period, and part state…
Leçons Indiennes

Leçons Indiennes: Itinéraires d’un historien, Delhi, Lisbonne, Paris, Los Angeles

Born in New Delhi in 1961 in a family of civil servants and intellectuals…
The Other Special Relationship

The Other Special Relationship: Race, Rights and Riots in Britain and the United States

The close diplomatic, economic, and military ties that comprising…

What is Slavery?

Brenda Stevenson has just published What is Slavery (New York:…
Inglorious Revolution

Inglorious Revolution: Political Institutions, Sovereign Debt, and Financial Underdevelopment in Imperial Brazil

Government debt crises are a fact of political and economic life.…
The Love of Strangers

The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen’s London

In July 1815, six Iranian students arrived in London under the…