American Cultural History

American Cultural History: A Very Short Introduction

VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS The first book to offer a concise…
De la province à la nation

De la province à la nation: Religion et identité politique en Bretagne

This was Caroline Ford's first book, published 25 years ago,…
Empires Between Islam & Christianity

Empires Between Islam & Christianity: 1500-1800

Empires between Islam and Christianity uses the innovative approach…
City of Inmates

City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles

Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the…
Aesthetics, Industry, and Science: Hermann Von Helmholtz and the Berlin Physical Society

Aesthetics, Industry, and Science: Hermann Von Helmholtz and the Berlin Physical Society

On January 5, 1845, the Prussian cultural minister received a…
Genetics in the Madhouse

Genetics in the Madhouse: The Unknown History of Human Heredity

The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave…
Naissance

Naissance de l’écologie: polémiques françaises sur l’environnement, 1800-1930

(This book is a translation of Natural Interests: The Contest…
The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution: A View from the Third World

A never-before-published book by the Pan-Africanist and socialist…
The Economic History of China

The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

China's extraordinary rise as an economic powerhouse in the past…
The Killing Season

The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66

The Killing Season explores one of the largest and swiftest,…