The Stakes of History

The Stakes of History: On the Use and Abuse of Jewish History for Life

Why do we study history? What is the role of the historian in…
Uncertainty in Post-Reformation Catholicism

Uncertainty in Post-Reformation Catholicism: A History of Probabilism

Uncertainty in Post-Reformation Catholicism provides a historical…
The New Middle East

The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know

In the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion…
The Western Mediterranean

The Western Mediterranean and the World 400 CE to Present

From the Straits of Gibraltar to Sicily, the European northern…
Warner Mifflin, Unflinching Quaker Abolitionist

Warner Mifflin, Unflinching Quaker Abolitionist

Warner Mifflin—energetic, uncompromising, and reviled—was…
The English Conquest of Jamaica

The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire

In 1654, England’s Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell conceived…
Bankers and Empire

Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean

From the end of the nineteenth century until the onset of the…
Ninette of Sin Street

Ninette of Sin Street

Published in Tunis in 1938, Ninette of Sin Street is one of…
Jewish History

Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction

How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds…
Europe's India

Europe’s India: Words, People, Empires, 1500-1800

When Portuguese explorers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope…