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.…
Shameful Victory

Shameful Victory: The Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the Hidden History of Chavez Ravine

This, the first full-length history of the major scandal caused…
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…