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A Path in the Mighty Waters

Ship of Death A Voyage That Changed

Shipboard Life and Atlantic Crossings to


the New World stephen r. berry Stephen
Berry paints a vivid and revealing portrait
of shipboard life as experienced by
eighteenth-century migrants from Europe
to the New World.
Cloth 2015 336 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20423-0 $40.00

the Atlantic World billy g. smith This


extraordinary book tells the newly
discovered story of one small British
ship that sailed to West Africa in hopes
of establishing a slave-free colony but
instead set in motion a fateful, historyaltering yellow-fever pandemic. Winner of
the 2014 Norris and Carol Hundley Award given
by the Pacific Coast Branch American Historical

Poetry of Haitian Independence

Association

edited by doris y. kadish and deborah

* Cloth 2013 328 pp. 21 b/w illus.


978-0-300-19452-4 $35.00

jenson; translations by norman r.


shapiro; foreword by edwidge danticat

A
collection of deeply felt Haitian poetry
dating back to the first decades of Haitis
independence from French colonial rule,
this essential volume of largely unknown
early-nineteenth-century verse celebrates
freedom, equality for all, and the
legitimacy of the first and only modern
country born from a slave revolt.
Cloth 2015 256 pp.
978-0-300-19559-0 $40.00

Revolutions without Borders


The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World
janet polasky This sweeping history
explores the radical interchange of ideas
throughout the Atlantic world during the
tumultuous years between the American
and French revolutions, when new visions
of human rights and liberty freely crossed
oceans and borders.
Cloth 2015 392 pp. 21 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20894-8 $35.00

Competing Visions of Empire


Labor, Slavery, and the Origins of the British
Atlantic Empire abigail l. swingen Abigail
L. Swingens insightful study provides
a new framework for understanding
the origins of the British Empire while
exploring how Englands original imperial
designs influenced contemporary English
politics and debates about labor, economy,
and overseas trade.
Cloth 2015 288 pp. 1 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18754-0 $85.00

& Empires of the Atlantic World


Britain and Spain in America 14921830
j. h. elliott In this enthralling account
of the entwined histories of Britain,
Spain, and their empires in the Americas,
distinguished historian J. H. Elliott
offers us history on a grand scale. He
interweaves the histories of the two
great Atlantic civilizations, providing rich
insights into both while revealing aspects
of their dual history that influence the
Americas to this day. Winner of the 2007
Francis Parkman Prize awarded by the Society of
American Historians

* Paper 2007 608 pp. 43 b/w illus.


978-0-300-12399-9 $32.00
* Cloth 2006 560 pp. 43 b/w illus.
978-0-300-11431-7 $60.00

All Can Be Saved Religious Tolerance


and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World
stuart b. schwartz This groundbreaking
book is the first to investigate the idea of
religious tolerance in Spain, Portugal, and
their New World colonies during the era of
the Inquisition. Winner of the 2008 Cundill
International Prize in History; Winner of the
2009 John E. Fagg Prize, the 2009 Leo Gershoy
Award, and the 2009 George L. Mosse Prize, all
given by the American Historical Association

* Paper 2009 352 pp. 12 b/w illus.


978-0-300-15854-0 $30.00

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Founders as Fathers The Private

Sarah Osborns World The Rise of

Lives and Politics of the American


Revolutionaries lorri glover Offering
an intimate view of the home lives
of American revolutionaries, this
groundbreaking book reveals how family
values shaped and were shaped during
the creation of the new nation.
* Cloth 2014 344 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17860-9 $30.00

Evangelical Christianity in Early America


catherine a. brekus A charismatic leader
among eighteenth-century American
evangelical Christians, Sarah Osborns
eloquent writings open a new window on
the roots of the evangelical movement.

George Whitefield Americas Spiritual

Emperor of Liberty Thomas Jeffersons

Founding Father thomas s. kidd Thomas


Kidds fascinating new biography explores
the extraordinary career of evangelical
preacher George Whitefield, trailblazer of
the Great Awakening.
* Cloth 2014 344 pp. 13 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18162-3 $38.00

Foreign Policy francis d. cogliano This


dramatic reevaluation of Jeffersons as a
statesman sheds new light on his challenges
as the leader of a fledgling republic in a world
of warring empires. the lewis walpole series in
eighteenth-century culture and history
* Cloth 2014 320 pp. 3 maps
978-0-300-17993-4 $32.50

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A Rich Spot of Earth Thomas


Jeffersons Revolutionary Garden at
Monticello peter j. hatch; foreword
by alice waters This gorgeous volume
describes Jeffersons unique vegetable
garden at Monticello and uncovers his
lasting influence on American culinary,
garden, and landscape history. Winner,
2013 Annual Book Award, The Colonial Dames
of America

Cloth 2012 280 pp. 201 color illus.


978-0-300-17114-3 $35.00
PB-with Flaps 2014 280 pp. 201 color illus.
978-0-300-20862-7 $27.50

The Men Who Lost America British


Leadership, the American Revolution, and
the Fate of the Empire andrew jackson
oshaughnessy This unique account
of the American Revolution brings to
light the real reasons behind the British
Empires stunning and unexpected loss.
Winner of over six awards, including the 2014
George Washington Book Prize and the New-York
Historical Societys annual American History
Book Prize the lewis walpole series in eighteenthcentury culture and history

* Paper 2014 480 pp. 33 color illus. + 7 maps


978-0-300-20940-2 $25.00
* Cloth 2013 480 pp. 33 color illus. + 7 maps
978-0-300-19107-3 $37.50

new directions in narrative history

* Cloth 2013 448 pp. 23 b/w illus.


978-0-300-18290-3 $45.00

Robert Morriss Folly The Architectural


and Financial Failures of an American
Founder ryan k. smith This thoroughly
researched book tells the true story of the
American Founder known as the financier
of the Revolution. the lewis walpole series in
eighteenth-century culture and history
* Cloth 2014 360 pp. 56 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19604-7 $40.00

The Declaration of Independence


in Historical Context American State
Papers, Petitions, Proclamations, and Letters
of the Delegates to the First National
Congresses compiled, edited, and introduced
by barry alan shain This book provides a
radically different historical perspective on
the events that inspired the creation of the
remarkable document that inflamed the
American Revolution.
* Cloth 2014 784 pp.
978-0-300-15874-8 $125.00

Jeffersons Shadow The Story of His


Science keith thomson This book is the
first to focus on the influence of science
on Jeffersons vision for America.
* Paper 2014 336 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20593-0 $22.00
* Cloth 2012 336 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18403-7 $30.00

Colonial & Early


American History

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Roads Taken The Great Jewish

The Tragedy of William Jennings


Bryan Constitutional Law and the Politics

Migrations to the New World and the


Peddlers Who Forged the Way hasia r.
diner This compelling book is the first to
tell the story of the humble peddler and
his powerful influence on Jewish history
and on the histories of the lands to which
he traveled.
Cloth 2015 280 pp. 18 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17864-7 $35.00

of Backlash gerard n. magliocca Populist


William Jennings Bryan failed three times to
win the White House. This book explores the
essons for those who advocate sweeping
change in our own divisive times.
* Paper 2014 248 pp. 15 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20582-4 $35.00

Mrs. Mattinglys Miracle The Prince,


The Captain and the Cannibal

Cloth 2015 392 pp. 28 b/w illus.


978-0-300-19877-5 $40.00

the Widow, and the Cure That Shocked


Washington City nancy lusignan schultz
The miraculous cure of a Washington
D.C. widows ravaging cancer in 1824,
purportedly through the intervention of a
charismatic German prince, ignited political,
social, and religious controversy. This
gripping book captures the drama of the
miracle and its repercussions.
* Paper 2014 288 pp. 24 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20589-3 $30.00
* Cloth 2011 288 pp. 24 b/w illus.
978-0-300-11846-9 $65.00

Mourning Lincoln

American Zion The Old Testament

An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping,


and the Broadway Stage james fairhead
An uncharted Pacific voyage, a shocking
massacre, a kidnapping, a cannibal show
on Broadway, a village stunned when a
husband returns from the deadthis
book reveals the incredible saga of an
American sea captain and a New Guinean
prince whose fates entwined in 1830.
new directions in narrative history

martha hodes

Diaries, letters, and intimate writings


reveal a complicated, untold story of
wide-ranging, irreconcilable reactions to
President Lincolns stunning assassination
that doomed hopes for justice in the
aftermath of the Civil War.
Cloth 2015 408 pp. 25 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19580-4 $30.00

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Louisa Catherine The Other Mrs.


Adams margery m. heffron; edited
by david l. michelmore This definitive
biography of Louisa Catherine, wife
and political partner of President John
Quincy Adams, reveals her not only as an
articulate and sophisticated woman but
also as a shrewd analyst of the politics,
personalities, and important issues of
Americas formative decades.
* Paper 2015 432 pp. 15 b/w illus.
978-0-300-21256-3 $25.00
* Cloth 2014 432 pp. 15 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19796-9 $40.00

19th-Century America

as a Political Text from the Revolution to


the Civil War eran shalev This original
book examines the widespread notion in
Americas early decades that the United
States was a second or new Israel, an idea
that powerfully influenced nationalism,
politics, and culture.
* Paper 2014 256 pp.
978-0-300-20590-9 $28.00

A Changing Wind Commerce and


Conflict in Civil War Atlanta wendy hamand
venet This deeply researched book is the
first to address the experiences of civilians
in Atlanta from the 1850s through the Civil
War and Reconstruction periods.
* Cloth 2014 304 pp. 15 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19216-2 $30.00

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George I. Snchez The Long Fight

The War That Used Up Words

for Mexican American Integration carlos


kevin blanton The first published
biography of reformer, activist, and Texas
college professor George I. Snchez, is a
balanced portrait of a tireless fighter for
Mexican American opportunity whose
stubborn adherence to his ideals, even if
unpopular, made him a divisive figure in
the Latino community.

American Writers and the First World War


hazel hutchison Focusing on the writings
of seven influential authors of the period,
including Henry James, Edith Wharton, E.
E. Cummings, and John Dos Passos, this
intriguing study takes a fresh look at the
roles of American writers in helping to
shape national opinion and policy about
World War I.
Cloth 2015 304 pp. 3 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19502-6 $45.00

the lamar series in western history

Cloth 2015 400 pp. 22 b/w illus.


978-0-300-19032-8 $45.00

Planning Democracy Agrarian

German Rocketeers in the Heart


of Dixie Making Sense of the Nazi Past

Intellectuals and the Intended New Deal


jess gilbert In this fresh assessment
of the U.S. Department of Agricultures
initiatives in the late 1930s, the author
refocuses attention on the democratizing
features of New Deal agricultural
policy and on the visionary leaders
who advocated continuing education,
participatory planning, and research
conducted by scientists and citizens.

during the Civil Rights Era monique laney


This thought-provoking study recalls the
post-World War II integration of German
rocket specialists and their families into a
small Alabama community and examines
how the histories of German Nazism and
Jim Crow in the American South become
entangled in narratives about the past.
Cloth 2015 320 pp. 5 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19803-4 $35.00

yale agrarian studies series

Cloth 2015 368 pp. 10 b/w illus.


978-0-300-20731-6 $45.00

JFK and LBJ The Last Two Great


Presidents godfrey hodgson In this
lively insiders view of presidents Kennedy
and Johnson, a former White House
correspondent explores the achievements
of the two men and argues that one has
been underrated while the other is all too
often overrated.
Cloth 2015 256 pp.
978-0-300-18050-3 $28.00

A Voice Still Heard Selected Essays


of Irving Howe edited by nina howe;
foreword by morris dickstein

This posthumous and capacious collection


includes twenty-six essays reveal the
depth and breadth of Howes enthusiasms
and range over politics, literature, Judaism, and the tumults of American society.
* Cloth 2014 416 pp. 6 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20366-0 $40.00

Patriotic Betrayal The Inside Story


of the CIAs Secret Campaign to Enroll
American Students in the Crusade Against
Communism karen m. paget This
riveting and revelatory true story recalls
a stunning chapter in the history of
U.S. intelligence, when the CIA used
American college students as undercover
agents in their covert campaign against
communism during the Cold War.
Cloth 2015 552 pp. 17 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20508-4 $35.00

The Stronghold How Republicans


Captured Congress but Surrendered the
White House thomas f. schaller In this
keen analysis of the Republican Partys
transformation since the Reagan-Bush era,
a noted political scientist explains why
the congressional wing of the party has
eclipsed the presidential wing and what
that augurs for Republicans, Democrats,
and the nation.
Cloth 2015 368 pp. 3 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17203-4 $32.50

20th- & 21st-Century


America

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& Worlds Apart Poverty and

Through a Screen Darkly Popular

Politics in Rural America, Second Edition

Culture, Public Diplomacy, and Americas


Image Abroad martha bayles Americas
image abroad has declined precipitously.
This thought-provoking book looks closely
at the impact of American entertainment
and of cutbacks in public diplomacy, then
offers nuanced suggestions for restoring
Americas good name.
* Cloth 2014 336 pp.
978-0-300-12338-8 $30.00

cynthia m. duncan, with a foreword by


angela blackwell In this new edition,

Duncan returns to her original research,


interviewing some of the same people
as well as some new key informants.
Duncan provides powerful new insights
into the dynamics of poverty, politics, and
community change.
Paper 2014 328 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19659-7 $25.00

& Subverting Exclusion Transpacific


Encounters with Race, Caste, and Borders,
18851928 andrea geiger Geiger
examines the history of immigrants
descended from Japans outcaste
communities in the North American
West during the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. Winner of the
2012 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award
sponsored by the Immigration and Ethnic History
Society the lamar series in western history

* Paper 2015 304 pp. 18 b/w illus.


978-0-300-21255-6 $30.00
* Cloth 2011 304 pp. 18 b/w illus.
978-0-300-16963-8 $50.00

& The Snail Darter and the Dam


How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a
Little Fish and Killed a River zygmunt j. b.
plater This narrative dispels widespread
misperceptions about the environmental
battle against the TVAs final dam project,
the notorious snail darter case.
* Paper 2014 392 pp. 33 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20941-9 $25.00
* Cloth 2013 392 pp. 33 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17324-6 $35.00

The Gateway Arch A Biography


tracy campbell This book is the first

to explore the colorful history of the


spectacular Gateway Arch of St. Louis
and the controversial tactics of its
creators. Beloved as a symbol of American
democracy, the monument can also be
seen as a vivid example of failed urban
planning. icons of america
* Paper 2014 232 pp. 25 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20568-8 $18.00
* Cloth 2013 232 pp. 25 b/w illus.
978-0-300-16949-2 $26.00

1940 FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitlerthe


Election amid the Storm susan dunn
This spellbinding story of the RooseveltWillkie election season explores the deep
divisions in the United States on the eve
of World War II, the pull of Lindberghs
staunch isolationism, and the courageous
candidates and politicians who forged
crucial agreements across the aisle.
* Paper 2014 432 pp. 16 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20574-9 $20.00
* Cloth 2013 432 pp. 16 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19086-1 $30.00

The Great Agnostic Robert Ingersoll


& The Bet Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon,
and Our Gamble over Earths Future paul
sabin This gripping history of the clash
between environmentalists and their
conservative criticsfrom the late 1960s
to the presenttraces the origins of the
political gulf that separates the two sides.
* Paper 2014 320 pp.
978-0-300-19897-3 $18.00
* Cloth 2013 320 pp. 24 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17648-3 $28.50

20th- & 21st-Century


6 America

and American Freethought susan jacoby


In this thought-provoking biography, the
author restores Ingersoll to his rightful
place in the American secular tradition
and demonstrates why his arguments
matter today more than ever.
* Paper 2014 256 pp. 1 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20578-7 $15.00
* Cloth 2013 256 pp. 1 b/w illus.
978-0-300-13725-5 $25.00

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Amistads Orphans An Atlantic

& Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave


Trade david eltis and david richardson;

Story of Children, Slavery, and Smuggling


benjamin n. lawrance In this fascinating
revisionist history, Benjamin N. Lawrance
casts new light on transatlantic slave
smuggling in the nineteenth century by
reconstructing six African childrens lives
that were irrevocably changed when the
Cuban schooner La Amistad was seized by
its African cargo in 1839.
Cloth 2015 376 pp. 44 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19845-4 $85.00

The Business of Slavery and the


Rise of American Capitalism,
18151860 calvin schermerhorn
The development of modern American
capitalism is viewed through the window
of the nineteenth-century interstate
slave trade in a provocative, eye-opening
history that demonstrates how slavery
was a national business that transformed
American lives, North and South, giving
rise to a consumer society.
Cloth 2015 352 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19200-1 $85.00

New in paper

& The Heroic Slave A Cultural and


Critical Edition frederick douglass; edited
by robert s. levine, john stauffer, and
john r. mckivigan

This new edition of


Frederick Douglasss only work of fiction,
his imaginative retelling of the most
successful slave revolt in American history,
includes an interpretive introduction,
notes, and a selection of related writings
by the author and others.
Paper 2015 320 pp. 6 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18462-4 $9.95

& The Souls of Black Folk w. e. b.


du bois; introduction by jonathan scott
A masterpiece in the African
American canon, this collection of essays
by arguably the most influential African
American leader of the early twentieth
century offers insightful commentary on
black history, racism, and the struggles of
black Americans following emancipation.
Paper 2015 288 pp. 18 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19582-8 $7.95

foreword by david brion davis; afterword


by david w. blight

A monumental work,
decades in the making: the first atlas
to illustrate the entire scope of the
transatlantic slave trade. Winner of the
2010 R.R. Hawkins Award, of the 2011 James A.
Rawley Prize in Atlantic history, and of the 2011-12
Louis Gottschalk Prize the lewis walpole series in
eighteenth-century culture and history

* Paper 2015 336 pp. 189 color maps;


5 b/w & 36 color illus.; 61 color graphs
978-0-300-21254-9 $35.00
* Cloth 2010 336 pp. 189 color maps;
5 b/w & 36 color illus.; 61 color graphs
978-0-300-12460-6 $50.00

& Who Speaks for the Negro?


robert penn warren; introduction by david
w. blight

Excerpts from interviews conducted by Warren in the mid-1960s with African


American leaders and activists are combined
with the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors
lucid reflections in this powerful oral history
of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Paper 2014 488 pp.
978-0-300-20510-7 $25.00

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& My Bondage and My Freedom


frederick douglass; introduction and notes
by david w. blight

A powerful life story


and a passionate indictment of Americas
politics of enslavement in the years
preceding the Civil War, My Bondage and
My Freedom is the second autobiography
of Frederick Douglass, a man born into
slavery who became one of the nations
leading abolitionists, authors, orators, and
statesmen.
* Paper 2014 432 pp.
978-0-300-19059-5 $13.00

holloway

& Narrative of the Life of Frederick


Douglass, An American Slave
Written by Himself frederick douglass;
edited by john w. blassingame, john r.
mckivigan, and peter p. hinks

* Paper 2001 192 pp.


978-0-300-08701-7 $7.95

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According to Our Hearts

For a Love of His People The

Rhinelander v. Rhinelander and the Law of


the Multiracial Family angela onwuachiwillig This landmark book looks at
what it means to be a multiracial couple
in the United States today. The book
begins with a 1925 court case and shows
howalmost a century laterour society
has yet come to terms with interracial
marriage.
* Cloth 2013 344 pp. 30 b/w illus.
978-0-300-16682-8 $45.00

Photography of Horace Poolaw edited by


nancy marie mithlo Lushly illustrated with
more than 150 never-before-published
photographs, this retrospective represents
the first major publication of Horace Poolaws
photography. the henry roe cloud series on
american indians and modernity; distributed for the

Eslanda The Large and Unconventional


Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson barbara ransby
This compelling biography tells Essie
Robesons own story for the first time
from her unconventional marriage, to her
influence on her husbands early career,
to her tireless efforts against racism and
injustice around the globe.
* Paper 2014 424 pp. 64 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20585-5 $25.00
* Cloth 2013 424 pp. 64 b/w illus.
978-0-300-12434-7 $35.00

American Lynching

ashraf h. a.

rushdy In this meticulously researched

and accessibly written interpretive history,


Rushdy shows how lynching in America
has endured, evolved, and changed, from
its origins in colonial-era Virginia to the
present.
* Paper 2014 240 pp.
978-0-300-20587-9 $25.00
* Cloth 2012 240 pp.
978-0-300-18138-8 $40.00

Imagining Black America

michael

wayne What defines a person as

authentically black? How are racial


boundaries constructed? This thoughtprovoking book explores the history of
black identity and its shifting meaning
from the first arrival of Africans in America
to Obamas presidency.
* Cloth 2014 336 pp.
978-0-300-19781-5 $30.00

national museum of the american indian

Cloth 2014 192 pp. 152 duotone + 10 color illus.


978-0-300-19745-7 $49.95

The Sea Is My Country The Maritime


World of the Makahs joshua l. reid This
book is the first to explore the history of
the marine-oriented Makah people of the
Pacific Northwest. the henry roe cloud series on
american indians and modernity

Cloth 2015 416 pp. 37 b/w illus.


978-0-300-20990-7 $40.00

New in paper
& Connecticuts Indigenous Peoples
What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions
Teach Us About Their Communities and
Cultures lucianne lavin; with a contribution
to the introduction by paul grant-costa; edited

This groundbreaking
volume provides a full account of Connecticuts
indigenous peoples throughout their 13,000year history. published in association with the yale
by rosemary volpe

peabody museum of natural history

* Paper 2015 528 pp. 37 color + 235 b/w illus.


978-0-300-21258-7 $25.00
* Cloth 2013 528 pp. 37 color + 235 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18664-2 $50.00

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Hollow Justice A History of Indigenous


Claims in the United States david e. wilkins
the henry roe cloud series on american indians and
modernity

* Cloth 2013 272 pp.


978-0-300-11926-8 $40.00

Domestic Subjects Gender, Citizenship,


and Law in Native American Literature beth
h. piatote the henry roe cloud series on american

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African-American History

indians and modernity

* Cloth 2013 248 pp. 6 b/w illus.


978-0-300-17157-0 $50.00

Native-American History

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The Yaquis and the Empire

Hell on the Range A Story of Honor,

Violence, Spanish Imperial Power, and


Native Resilience in Colonial Mexico
raphael brewster folsom The first
major publication in more than thirty
years on the colonial history of the Yaqui
people, this book explores the ironies of
the relationship between the Yaquis and
the Spanish from 1533 through Mexican
independence in 1821.
* Cloth 2014 312 pp. 8 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19689-4 $50.00

Conscience, and the American West daniel


justin herman In this lively account of
Arizonas Rim Country War of the 1880s, the
author uncovers surprising truths about the
complex interplay of honor and conscience,
violence and identity, in the history of the
American West. published in cooperation
with the william p. clements center for southwest
studies, southern methodist university
* Paper 2013 400 pp. 40 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19826-3 $30.00
* Cloth 2010 400 pp. 40 b/w illus.
978-0-300-13736-1 $75.00

Recent & Classic Titles

& Sun Chief The Autobiography of


a Hopi Indian, Second Edition don c.
talayesva; edited by leo w. simmons;
forewords by matthew sakiestewa gilbert
and robert v. hine

First published in
1942 and now in an updated edition,
this autobiography of Hopi Chief Don C.
Talayesva and offers a unique insider view
on Hopi society.
* Paper 2013 520 pp. 5 illus.
978-0-300-19103-5 $23.00

Gathering Together The Shawnee


People through Diaspora and Nationhood,
16001870 sami lakomki This
comprehensive book demonstrates how
the interactions between the Shawnee
peoples and arriving European colonists
transformed the political realities and
ideas of both groups, profoundly affecting
the course of American history.
published in cooperation with the william p.
clements center for southwest studies, southern

Geronimo

robert m. utley This fastpaced biography of the most famous North


American Indian of all time strips away the
myths that have obscured the real Geronimo and presents an authentic portrait of
the ferocious and elusive Apache fighter
for the first time. Winner of the 2013 Wrangler

Award, given by the National Cowboy and Western


Heritage Museum

* Paper 2013 376 pp. 27 b/w illus. + 13 maps


978-0-300-19836-2 $20.00
* Cloth 2012 376 pp. 27 b/w illus. + 13 maps
978-0-300-12638-9 $30.00

Natures Noblemen Transatlantic

methodist university

Masculinities and the Nineteenth-Century


American West monica rico Exploring
the myth of the American West in the
nineteenth century as a place for men to
assert their masculinity by roughing it in
the wilderness, Monica Rico reveals how this
myth played out in a transatlantic context.
* Cloth 2013 304 pp. 5 b/w illus.
978-0-300-13606-7 $45.00

* Cloth 2014 344 pp. 12 b/w illus.


978-0-300-18061-9 $40.00

Rush to Gold The French and the

Before L.A. Race, Space, and Municipal


Power in Los Angeles, 17811894 david
samuel torres-rouff A bold new work
of urban history explores the early
development of Los Angeles, and how
race has always determined its social and
spatial boundaries.
* Cloth 2013 376 pp. 40 b/w illus.
978-0-300-14123-8 $65.00

* available as e-book

California Gold Rush, 18481854 malcolm


j. rohrbough The California Gold Rush
attracted 300,000 gold seekers in the mid1800s, and this book is the story of 30,000
Frenchman who came by sea. It is the first
book to give an international focus to this
pivotal time.
* Cloth 2013 368 pp. 13 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18140-1 $45.00

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Imperial from the Beginning The

Arcadian America The Death and

Constitution of the Original Executive


saikrishna bangalore prakash The
powers and duties of the president of the
United States as originally envisioned
by the framers of the U.S. Constitution
are brought into sharper focus in this
comprehensive analysis that counters
numerous long-held misconceptions
surrounding the highest office in the
land.
Cloth 2015 464 pp.
978-0-300-19456-2 $45.00

Life of an Environmental Tradition aaron


sachs The garden cemetery, a popular
but largely forgotten tradition of the
pre-Civil War era, has much to teach us
about the history of Americas communal
landscapes and todays environmental
ideas, says the author of this thoughtprovoking book.

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& The Ages of American Law


Second Edition grant gilmore; with a
new foreword and final chapter by philip

Following its publication in 1974,


Grant Gilmores compact portrait of the
development of American law from the
eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth
century became a classic. In this new
edition, the portrait is brought up to date
with a new chapter by Philip Bobbitt that
surveys the trajectory of American law
since the original publication. Bobbitt also
provides a Foreword on Gilmore and the
celebrated lectures that inspired The Ages
of American Law.
bobbitt

the storrs lectures series

Paper 2015 248 pp.


978-0-300-18991-9 $25.00

new directions in narrative history

* Paper 2014 496 pp. 54 b/w illus.


978-0-300-20588-6 $25.00

The Good Rich and What


They Cost Us robert f. dalzell, jr.
Through case studies of some of the
richest figures in American history
Washington, Rockefeller, Gates, Winfrey,
and morethis timely book explores
whether Americas strong commitment
to the creation of wealth threatens our
democratic society.
* Cloth 2012 208 pp. 23 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17559-2 $30.00

Ambition, A History From Vice


to Virtue william casey king This
engaging book explores the history of
changing attitudes toward ambition
pernicious vice, admired virtue, both?
and how ambition influenced New
World colonization, the Declaration
of Independence, and Americans
perceptions of themselves.
* Cloth 2013 256 pp. 10 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18280-4 $35.00

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Civil Disobedience An American


Tradition lewis perry This stimulating
book examines the 300-year history of
civil disobedience in America: the causes
that have inspired it, the justifications
used to defend it, and the controversies it
has aroused at every turn.
* Cloth 2013 424 pp.
978-0-300-12459-0 $35.00

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Browned Off and Bloody-Minded

Wellington Waterloo and the Fortunes

The British Soldier Goes to War 19391945


alan allport Viewing World War Two
from the ordinary British servicemans
perspective, Alan Allports colorful, deeply
moving, and unique social history explores
the diverse experiences of the more than
three million unlikely citizen-soldiers who
served in the British Army from 1939 to
1945.
Cloth 2015 424 pp. 16 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17075-7 $40.00

of Peace 18141852 rory muir For


history buffs and any reader intrigued by
the story of Englands greatest national
hero, this definitive biography offers
a colorful and detailed account of the
Duke of Wellingtons achievements
after Waterloo. The author also provides
insights into the complicated man behind
the legends.
Cloth 2015 672 pp. 32 pp. color illus.
978-0-300-18786-1 $40.00

For God and Kaiser The Imperial

France 1940 Defending the Republic

Austrian Army, 16191918 richard


bassett In this deeply researched and
colorful military history, Richard Bassett
explores the exploits of the Habsburg
army over three centuries, examines the
nature of the multinational, multiethnic
army, and strongly counters previous
views that it was an inadequate and
unsuccessful fighting force.
Cloth 2015 416 pp. 24 b/w illus + 7 maps
978-0-300-17858-6 $45.00

philip nord A prominent historian argues

The Fatal Land War, Empire, and


the Highland Soldier in British America
matthew p. dziennik This compelling
account of the Scottish soldiers service
in Britains North American colonies
demythologizes the image of the
Highlander as a noble savage and explores
how the Highlands of Scotland were
transformed from the most maligned
region of the British Isles into an essential
center of British imperial activity.
the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century
culture and history

Cloth 2015 288 pp. 18 b/w illus.


978-0-300-19672-6 $65.00

that the Nazis humiliating defeat of


the French in 1940 was not the fault of
military feebleness or national decadence,
as is commonly understood, but instead
was due to the shameful betrayal by
political and military elites.
Cloth 2015 208 pp.
978-0-300-18987-2 $27.50

When Britain Saved the West The


Story of 1940 robin prior As eloquent
as it is controversial, this book exposes
the full import of events in 1940 when
Britain, unsupported by any other nation,
faced near-certain defeat at the hands of
Nazi Germany, and the fate of Western
civilization hung in the balance.
Cloth 2015 320 pp. 20 b/w illus.
978-0-300-16662-0 $35.00

Those Who Hold Bastogne The


True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who
Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge
peter schrijvers This compelling book
recounts in new detail the horrific siege
of Bastogne in the winter of 194445,
through the personal stories of American
soldiers outnumbered ten-to-one,
Belgians trapped in their strategically
important town, and Hitlers forces
desperate for a decisive victory.
* Cloth 2014 328 pp. 26 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17902-6 $28.00

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Poilu The World War I Notebooks of

Useful Enemies When Waging Wars Is

Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker,


19141918 louis barthas; translated by
edward m. strauss A French foot soldiers
harrowing record of life and death in
the trenches of World War I describes
the exhausting years of combat, horrific
losses, and the absurdities of military
life. No book could better dispel romantic
notions of war.
* Paper 2015 472 pp. 18 b/w illus.
978-0-300-21248-8 $22.00
* Cloth 2014 472 pp. 18 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19159-2 $35.00

More Important Than Winning Them david


keen David Keen investigates the factors
that cause and sustain wars and argues
that in order to bring them successfully to
an end we need to understand the complex
interests on all sides.
* Paper 2014 304 pp.
978-0-300-20543-5 $30.00
* Cloth 2012 304 pp.
978-0-300-16274-5 $40.00

Montys Men The British Army and the


Liberation of Europe john buckley From
D-Day to VE-Day, historian John Buckley
offers a radical reexamination of Great
Britains military prowess in the last years
of World War Two, suggesting that the oftmaligned British Army was, in fact, more
than a match for the Nazi war machine.
* Paper 2014 384 pp. 25 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20534-3 $27.50
* Cloth 2013 384 pp. 25 b/w illus.
978-0-300-13449-0 $35.00

Wellingtons Wars The Making of a


Military Genius huw j. davies This book
offers a provocative reappraisal of the
Duke of Wellingtons brilliant military
career, arguing that his success was based
as much on political acumen as on his
talent as a military commander.
* Paper 2014 336 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-20865-8 $30.00
* Cloth 2012 336 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-16417-6 $40.00

Citizen Emperor Napoleon in Power


philip dwyer The second volume of

Dwyers widely acclaimed new biography


sheds bright light on Napoleons
sensational myth-making to bolster his
military reputation as well as his political
ruthlessness, evolution as a leader, and
complicated inner life.
* Paper 2015 816 pp. 64 b/w illus., 5 maps
978-0-300-21253-2 $28.00
* Cloth 2013 816 pp. 64 b/w illus., 5 maps
978-0-300-16243-1 $45.00

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Surge My Journey with General David


Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War
peter r. mansoor; with a foreword by david
petraeus and a new afterword by the author

The first full account of the 20078 troop


surge in Iraq reveals how the strategy was
devised and implemented, who supported
the effort and who didnt, and how the
surge changed Iraqi history.
yale library of military history

* Paper 2014 392 pp. 20 b/w illus + 2 maps


978-0-300-20937-2 $20.00
* Cloth 2013 384 pp. 20 b/w illus + 2 maps
978-0-300-17235-5 $28.00

Wellington The Path to Victory 1769


1814 rory muir This masterly new biography provides an authoritative re-evaluation
of Wellingtons career, both as a soldier and
politician, while giving new and unexpected
insights into this talented, complex, and
often difficult man.
* Paper 2015 736 pp. 32 pp. illus., maps
978-0-300-20548-0 $25.00
* Cloth 2013 744 pp. 32 pp. illus., maps
978-0-300-18665-9 $38.00

& The Men Who Lost America


British Leadership, the American Revolution,
and the Fate of the Empire andrew jackson
oshaughnessy This unique account of the
American Revolution brings to light the real
reasons behind the British Empires stunning
and unexpected loss. Winner of over six
awards, including the 2014 George Washington
Book Prize and the New-York Historical Societys
annual American History Book Prize the lewis
walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

* Paper 2014 480 pp. 33 color illus. + 7 maps


978-0-300-20940-2 $25.00
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978-0-300-19107-3 $37.50

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The Great War for Peace

Recent & Classic Titles


william

mulligan The First World War is often

viewed as the starting point for later


twentieth-century global violence and
conflict. This compelling book argues that
in fact this war reshaped understandings
of peace and international politics in
important and lasting ways.
* Cloth 2014 456 pp. 15 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17377-2 $35.00

The Making of the First World


War ian f. w. beckett In this original
and spellbinding reinterpretation of the
Great War, a noted historian turns the
spotlight on twelve military, political, and
cultural eventssome nearly forgotten
whose legacies continue to shape our
world today.
* Paper 2014 288 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20664-7 $20.00
* Cloth 2013 280 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-16202-8 $28.50

Perilous Glory The Rise of Western


Military Power john france This major
new history encompasses warfare around
the world from 3100 B.C. to the Gulf War
and challenges accepted ideas about the
development of military strength, the
impact of culture on war, the future of
Western dominance, and much more.
* Paper 2013 456 pp. 28 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19717-4 $23.00
* Cloth 2011 456 pp. 28 b/w illus.
978-0-300-12074-5 $35.00

Twelve Turning Points of the


Second World War p. m. h. bell

A
fresh exploration of the Second World War
through twelve key events that shaped
the direction and outcome of the conflict.
* Paper 2012 288 pp. 20 b/w illus. + 5 maps
978-0-300-18770-0 $18.00

The Battle of Marathon

peter krentz

Drawing on early travelers, archaeologists,


geologists, reenactors, and soldiers, Peter
Krentz tells a compelling story that defends
Herodotus account of how the Athenians
won their most famous victory.
yale library of military history

* Paper 2011 256 pp. 32 b/w illus.


978-0-300-17766-4 $22.00

December 1941 Twelve Days that Began


a World War evan mawdsley An account
of twelve days in December 1941, when
interlinked eventsincluding the Battle of
Moscow, the Pearl Harbor raid, and Hitlers
declaration of war on Americadecided the
outcome of a war and changed the course
of a century.
* Paper 2012 360 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. + 6 maps
978-0-300-18787-8 $20.00
* Cloth 2011 360 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. + 6 maps
978-0-300-15445-0 $35.00

The Burma Campaign Disaster into


Triumph, 194245 frank mclynn This
book, in essence a quadruple biography, tells
the true story of four larger-than-life Allied
commanders (three Brits and one American)
who battled the Japanese, and sometimes
each other, in the long and bloody Burma
campaign of World War II.
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* Paper 2012 552 pp. 20 b/w illus.


978-0-300-18744-1 $20.00
* Cloth 2011 552 pp. 20 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17162-4 $38.00

Marlboroughs America

stephen

saunders webb This book demonstrates

that the dukes victory in Europe created


Great Britain, and that the dukes
delegates in America transformed
autonomous and underdeveloped colonies
into prosperous and aggressive provinces of
empire. the lewis walpole series in eighteenthcentury culture and history

* Cloth 2013 608 pp. 11 color + 25 b/w illus.


978-0-300-17859-3 $50.00

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The Real Lives of Roman Britain


guy de la bdoyre This captivating book

Language and Literacy in Roman


Judaea A Study of the Bar Kokhba

is the first to tell the history of Roman


Britain through the individual, personal
stories of its inhabitantsthose who
arrived in Britain from distant lands as
well as indigenous Britons, scarcely
traceable in the Roman records.
Cloth 2015 264 pp. 41 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20719-4 $40.00

Documents michael owen wise Based


on his extensive study of the Bar Kokhba
texts, a valuable cache of ancient
Middle Eastern artifacts, Michael Wise
offers a comprehensive exploration of
language and literacy in the multi-lingual
environment that was Roman Palestine in
the times of Jesus and Hillel.
the anchor yale bible reference library

Augustus First Emperor of Rome

adrian

goldsworthy Caesar Augustus story, one

of the most riveting in western history,


is filled with drama and contradiction,
risky gambles and unexpected success.
This biography captures the real man
behind the crafted image, his era, and his
influence over two millennia.
* Cloth 2014 624 pp. 43 b/w illus. + 13 maps
978-0-300-17872-2 $35.00

Womens Divination in Biblical


Literature Prophecy, Necromancy, and
Other Arts of Knowledge esther j. hamori
Biblical scholar Esther J. Hamori brings to
light the full scope of womens divination
in ancient Israel as portrayed in the Hebrew
Bible, from the female prophets to the
medium of En-dor to the matriarch who
interprets a birth omen, and more. the
anchor yale bible reference library

Cloth 2015 272 pp.


978-0-300-17891-3 $85.00

Hannibal A Hellenistic Life

eve macdonald

Hannibal, the military genius who


famously marched his war elephants over
the Alps to defeat the Romans, has lived on
in legend since the third century B.C. This
vivid biography reveals the fascinating man
behind the lore and explores his life and
the lost city of Carthage.
Cloth 2015 344 pp. 8 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-15204-3 $38.00

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Cloth 2015 544 pp. 18 b/w illus.


978-0-300-20453-7 $85.00

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& The Romans and their World


A Short Introduction brian campbell
A concise history of ancient Rome from
the early Republic to the last Western
Roman emperor, this accessible book
covers politics and emperors, warfare and
the army, culture, the rise of Christianity,
and much more.
* Paper 2014 304 pp. 42 b/w illus.+ 10 maps
978-0-300-20864-1 $25.00
* Cloth 2012 288 pp. 42 b/w illus.+ 10 maps
978-0-300-11795-0 $38.00

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& Ancient Rome From Romulus to


Justinian thomas r. martin This concise
and beautifully written history of ancient
Rome from its founding in the eighth
century B.C. through Justinians rule in the
sixth century A.D. pays unique attention
to the values that propelled the Empires
rise and fall.
* Paper 2013 256 pp. 13 maps, 35 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19831-7 $16.00

& Ancient Greece From Prehistoric


to Hellenistic Times, Second Edition
thomas r. martin In this compact yet
comprehensive history of ancient Greece,
Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek
civilization from its Stone Age roots to the
fourth century B.C.
* Paper 2013 328 pp.
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& Alexander to Constantine

Voting About God in Early Church


Councils ramsay macmullen In this

Archaeology of the Land of the Bible,


Volume III eric m. meyers and mark a.
chancey This lavishly illustrated and
comprehensive introduction is destined
to become the standard book on biblical
archaeology from Alexander the Greats
conquest to Constantines reign.
the anchor yale bible reference library

* Paper 2014 400 pp. 17 color, 170 b/w,


10 maps
978-0-300-20583-1 $25.00
* Cloth 2012 400 pp. 17 color + 170 b/w
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978-0-300-14179-5 $40.00

& Europe Between the Oceans


9000 BCAD 1000 barry cunliffe What
was going on in Europe (a relatively minor
peninsula in world terms) that enabled it
by 1000 A.D. to become a driving global
force? This sensational interdisciplinary
work by a leading archaeologist reorients
our understanding of Old Europes success,
uncovering a set of complex factors that
have gone unrecognized until now.
* Paper 2011 480 pp. 120 b/w + 80 color illus.
978-0-300-17086-3 $35.00

Blood and Mistletoe The History


of the Druids in Britain ronald hutton
Crushed by the Romans in the first
century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain
left almost no reliable evidence behind.
This captivating book by a world expert
examines what is known of the Druids,
then explores how and why they have
been repeatedly reinvented to play varying
roles in English, Scottish, and Welsh
history.
* Paper 2011 492 pp. 32 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17085-6 $32.00

original book, an eminent historian


explores how early Christian doctrine
was determined by majority vote in
church councils during the third to sixth
centuries. Ramsey MacMullen brings the
reader directly into council chambers,
where rank and file bishops engage in
debate, then vote to establish a single
Christian orthodoxy.
* Cloth 2006 192 pp. 6 b/w illus.
978-0-300-11596-3 $40.00

The Mysteries of Artemis of


Ephesos Cult, Polis, and Change in the
Graeco-Roman World guy maclean rogers
In a groundbreaking reinterpretation
of ancient polytheism, Guy MacLean
Rogers rethinks and de-naturalizes Roman
imperial history and the transition to
Christianity synkrisis
* Cloth 2013 528 pp.
2 color + 27 b/w illus. + 11 maps
978-0-300-17863-0 $50.00

The Ancient Oracles Making the Gods


Speak richard stoneman This colorful
book traces the entire thousand-year
history of Greek oracles and examines
why they continued to be consulted by
Greek men and women at every level of
society until the Christian abolition of
paganism in A.D. 395.
* Cloth 2011 288 pp. 45 b/w illus.
978-0-300-14042-2 $50.00

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The Watershed of Modern


Politics francis oakley The concluding

of Lorenzino de Medici stefano dallaglio;


translated by donald weinstein This gripping revisionist history recounts the 1537
slaying of the first Duke of Florence by
his cousin, Lorenzino de Medici, and its
aftermath, unraveling a five-century-old
murder mystery while shedding new light
on the tangled web of political intrigue
surrounding the assassination.
Cloth 2015 288 pp. 13 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18978-0 $40.00

The Hundred Years War A Peoples


History david green What was life
like for the French and English people,
embroiled in a dreadful century-long
conflict? This book explores the true
human cost of the war for everyone from
peasants, women, clerics, soldiers, and
POWs to kings and knights.
* Cloth 2014 360 pp. 23 b/w illus. + 5 maps
978-0-300-13451-3 $40.00

Becoming an Architect in Renaissance Italy Art, Science, and the Career


of Baldassarre Peruzzi ann c. huppert This
original study offers a reappraisal of an
enigmatic Italian Renaissance artist and
architecthis work contributing to the
emergence of architecture as a profession
and its distinct representational practices.
Cloth 2015 240 pp. 35 color + 140 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20395-0 $85.00

volume of Francis Oakleys authoritative


trilogy on medieval political thought
examines the riots, upheavals, and
regicides of seventeenth-century Europe,
maintaining that they represented a
decisive repudiation of divine kingship
and paved the way for the emergence
of the fundamental tenets of modern
Western politics. the emergence of western
political thought in the latin middle ages

Cloth 2015 400 pp.


978-0-300-19443-2 $85.00

Robert the Bruce King of the Scots


michael penman This fascinating new

biography of the great Scottish hero


focuses on his kingship in the fifteen years
that followed his triumphant victory at
Bannockburn.
Cloth 2014 456 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-14872-5 $45.00

Markets and Marketplaces in


Medieval Italy, c. 1100 to c. 1440
dennis romano Focusing on the spatial,

architectural, and artistic elements of the


medieval marketplace, Dennis Romano
argues that these bustling sites harbored
the origins of commercial capitalism and
Renaissance individualism.
Cloth 2015 280 pp. 30 color + 70 b/w illus.
978-0-300-16907-2 $65.00

Medieval Christianity A New History

The Origins of Corporations The

kevin madigan A rich and wide-ranging

Mills of Toulouse in the Middle Ages

guide to the Christian medieval world, this


book encompasses new research findings
on topics such as the role of women, the
lives of ordinary parishioners, attitudes
toward Jews and Muslims, popular
Christianity, saints, mystics, pilgrimages,
and many more.
Cloth 2015 512 pp. 47 b/w illus.
978-0-300-15872-4 $40.00

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Medieval &
Renaissance History

landry; edited by william n. goetzmann;


with an introduction by william n.
goetzmann, david le bris, and sbastien

The historical roots of the modern


corporation are explored in this richly
detailed and scrupulously researched
examination of the medieval mill societies
in Toulouse, France, during the Middle
Ages, which gave rise to the corporate
business enterprise as we know it today.
Cloth 2015 480 pp. 9 b/w illus.
978-0-300-15648-5 $100.00
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malcolm

The Field of Cloth of Gold

glenn

barber This original and wide-ranging

richardson Historian Glenn Richardson

history of twelfth-century life in the


crusader statesJerusalem, Antioch,
Tripoli, and Edessaexplores the military
battles and cultural clashes as East and
West struggled for dominance.
* Paper 2014 496 pp. 15 b/w illus., 21 maps
978-0-300-20888-7 $32.50
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978-0-300-11312-9 $40.00

offers a bold new appraisal of the Field


of Cloth of Gold, arguably the most extravagant and controversial international
summit of the Renaissance era, providing
fresh insights into the political realities of
the sixteenth century and the mentalities
of Europes monarchs.
* Cloth 2014 288 pp. 8 pp b/w illus.
978-0-300-14886-2 $65.00

& Dante A Life in Works

robert

hollander Robert Hollander considers

Dantes political writings, commentary,


and other poems as well as the Comedy to
construct a concise intellectual biography
of the great narrative poet.
Paper 2015 240 pp.
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The Conversion of Scandinavia


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from paganism to Christianity in the early
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Slaughter of the Glorious Charles,
Count of Flanders galbert of bruges;

MacMillan Center at Yale University

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The Music Libel Against the Jews


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The English Aristocracy, 1070


1272 A Social Transformation david
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In this lively and pathbreaking book,


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The Wars of the Roses

The Book in the Renaissance

jonathan

michael hicks

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Savonarola The Rise and Fall of a

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The True History of Merlin the


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Queens and Mistresses of


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The Rise of Thomas Cromwell


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Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,


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The Virtue of Sympathy Magic,


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Global Crisis War, Climate Change and


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The Huguenots

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Making Make-Believe Real Politics as


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Female Alliances Gender, Identity,

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and Political Trust in William IIIs England


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The Great Plague A Peoples History


evelyn lord This intimate history of

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Lord Stranges Men and Their


Plays lawrence manley and sally-beth
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The Christian Monitors The Church


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& Utopia Second Edition thomas


more; translated and introduced by
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Preeminent More scholar


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Household Politics Conflict in


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Rebranding Rule The Restoration and


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Sex, Money and Personal


Character in Eighteenth-Century
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Jonathan Swift His Life and His

Analyzing the changing views of political


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The Moral Culture of the Scottish


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The Fortunes of Francis Barber


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Fashion Victims Dress at the Court of


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World leo damrosch In this major new


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Winner of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle
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& Selected Writings of Thomas


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Facts and Inventions Selections from


the Journalism of James Boswell edited by
paul tankard This fascinating selection
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Adam Smiths Pluralism Rationality,


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jack russell weinstein A radical new
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Robespierre A Revolutionary Life

Enlightenments Frontier

peter mcphee Was Robespierre a heroic

The Scottish Highlands and the


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martyr or a bloodthirsty tyrant? This


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& A Vindication of the Rights of


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Aristocratic Vice The Attack on


Duelling, Suicide, Adultery, and Gambling
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William Beckford First Prime Minister


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The Watchful Clothier The Life of an


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matthew kadane The recently discovered
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Making Way for Genius The Aspiring


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creates a groundbreaking cultural history of
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Captain Cook Master of the Seas


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The Enlightened Economy An

Johnson and Boswell A Biography of

Economic History of Britain 17001850


joel mokyr This incisive examination of
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Friendship john b. radner In this book


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Solomons Secret Arts The Occult in


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Mayhem Post-War Crime and Violence


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streets of London after the demobilization
of thousands of soldiers and sailors
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Conference on British Studies the lewis walpole

David Hume The Philosopher as


Historian nicholas phillipson A giant of
the eighteenth-century Enlightenment,
David Hume was one of the most important philosophers ever to write in English.
He was also a brilliant historian. In this
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1688 The First Modern Revolution

steve

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Steve Pincus argues that Englands


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The Familiarity of Strangers


The Sephardic Diaspora, Livorno, and
Cross-Cultural Trade in the Early Modern
Period francesca trivellato This
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trade, blending archival research with
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The author focuses on the early modern
Jewish diasporic community of Livorno,
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ties with Jews and non-Jews across the
Mediterranean and Europe. Co-winner of
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the Association of Jewish Studies; Winner of the
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Historical Association

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Dirty Old London The Victorian Fight

The Literary Churchill Author, Reader,

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Actor jonathan rose This striking portrait


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Libertys Dawn A Peoples History of


the Industrial Revolution emma griffin
Looking at hundreds of autobiographies
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working class.
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Jack the Ripper The Forgotten Victims

The Great Charles Dickens


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Wilfred Owen

Dickens the secret lover of young actress


Nelly Ternan? How would a man of his
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This engaging book is the first complete
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Victorian Bloomsbury

The Marquess of Queensberry


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Linda Stratmanns biography paints a
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Victorian &
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paul begg, with john bennett This

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guy cuthbertson

This new biography of one of Britains most


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& Nights Out Life in Cosmopolitan


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sophisticated and subversive Soho district
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Henry V

King Stephen

christopher allmand This


sweepingly majestic book is based on the
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Christopher Allmand shows that Henry
V not only united the country in war but
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Edward the Confessor

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biography, first published in 1970 and


now reissued with new material, rescues
Edward the Confessor from contemporary
myth and subsequent bogus scholarship.
Disentangling verifiable fact from saintly
legend, he vividly re-creates the final
years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and
examines England before the Norman
Conquest with deep insight and great
historical understanding.
* Paper 2011 373 pp. 16 b/w illus.
978-0-300-07156-6 $26.00

Mary I Englands Catholic Queen

john

edwards This authoritative biography

of the first Tudor queen reveals in new


detail Marys connections with Spain, her
fraught relationships with her father King
Henry VIII and half-sister Elizabeth, her
religious fervor and how it led to horrible
violence, and much more.
* Paper 2013 408 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-19416-6 $28.00

thelstan The First King of England


sarah foot This biography of King

Athelstan (924939), who reigned briefly


but brilliantly, reveals for the first time
his personal life, his spectacular military
victories, and why he may justly be called
the first English monarch.
* Paper 2012 304 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. + 3 maps
978-0-300-18771-7 $35.00

edmund king This


compelling biography provides the most
complete picture yet of King Stephen, the
unfortunate monarch whose twelfthcentury reign descended into long years of
civil war as his family and allies struggled
to save his throne.
* Paper 2012 384 pp. 16 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18195-1 $38.00

Edward III

w. mark ormrod An
enlightening biography that takes a
deeper look at the personality of this
celebrated warrior king, emphasising
the importance of Edwards familial
relationships and his achievement of a
cohesive stable nation.
* Paper 2013 752 pp. 28 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19408-1 $35.00

Henry VIII j. j. scarisbrick

First
published in 1968, J. J. Scarisbricks Henry
VIII remains the standard account, a
thorough exploration of the documentary
sources, stylishly written and highly
readable. In an updated foreword,
Professor Scarisbrick takes stock of
subsequent research and places his classic
account within the context of recent
publications.
* Paper 2011 560 pp. 23 b/w illus.
978-0-300-07158-0 $27.00

George II King and Elector

andrew

c. thompson This landmark biography

of Britains last foreign-born monarch


presents a richly detailed portrait of
the king as a vital part of the governing
process and as a dynastic patriarch, patron
of the arts, and political survivor. The book
reassesses George IIs achievements and
the enduring impact of his reign.
* Paper 2013 328 pp. 24 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18777-9 $35.00

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A Natural History of English


Gardening 16501800 mark laird

Beyond the Tower A History of East

Examining the periods broader context,


this glorious book seeks to frame the
quests for order within the garden and the
natural worldan invaluable contribution
to landscape and horticultural history.
Winner of the 2013 David R. Coffin Publication
Grant, given by the Foundation for Landscape
Studies published for the paul mellon centre for
studies in british art

Cloth 2015 448 pp. 300 color + 100 b/w illus.


978-0-300-19636-8 $75.00

The Old Boys The Decline and Rise of


the Public School david turner Londonbased journalist David Turners colorful
history of Britains public schools, from
the foundation of Winchester College in
1382 to the modern day, offers a fresh and
mostly positive reappraisal of a controversial educational system that is still considered the embodiment of privilege and
elitism by many in the United Kingdom.
Cloth 2015 368 pp. 32 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18992-6 $65.00

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The Gardens of the British


Working Class margaret willes
Spanning four centuries, Margaret Willess
vibrant peoples history examines the
myriad ways that the popular cultivation
of plants, vegetables, and flowers has
played an integral role in everyday British
life for more than four centuries.
* Paper 2015 424 pp. 16 pp. color + 87 b/w illus.
978-0-300-21235-8 $35.00
* Cloth 2014 416 pp. 16 pp. color + 87 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18784-7 $40.00

London john marriott In this beautifully


illustrated history of this iconic district,
John Marriott draws on twenty-five years
of research into the subject to present an
authoritative and endlessly fascinating
account. With the aid of copious maps,
archive prints and photographs, and
the words of East Londoners from
seventeenth-century silk weavers to
Cockneys during the Blitz, he explores the
relationship between the East End and the
rest of London, and challenges many of
the myths that surround the area.
* Paper 2012 440 pp. 50 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18775-5 $40.00
* Cloth 2011 384 pp. 50 b/w illus.
978-0-300-14880-0 $45.00

Landscapes of London The City, the


Country, and the Suburbs, 16601840
elizabeth mckellar This lively book offers
a fascinating investigation tracing the
growth of the suburbs of London back to
the 17th century. published for the paul
mellon centre for studies in british art

Cloth 2014 276 pp. 24 color + 120 b/w illus.


978-0-300-10913-9 $85.00

The Making of the English


Gardener Plants, Books and Inspiration,
15601660 margaret willes A
fascinating history of the people and
publications that revolutionized Britains
gardens in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, from extravagant estates to
humble kitchen plots, and the links they
forged with the wider world.
* Paper 2013 312 pp. 80 b/w +24 pp. color illus.
978-0-300-19726-6 $30.00
* Cloth 2011 336 pp. 80 b/w +24 pp. color illus.
978-0-300-16382-7 $50.00

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Memory Unearthed The Lodz Ghetto

Essays by Istvn Bib istvn bib; trans-

Photographs of Henryk Ross edited by

lated by pter psztor; edited and with an

maia-mari sutnik; with essays by maia-mari

introduction by ivn zoltn dnes; with a

sutnik, bernice eisenstein, robert jan van

This magisterial compendium of essays introduces


English-speaking audiences to the work of
Hungarian essayist Istvn Bib, one of the
foremost theorists and psychologists of
twentieth-century European politics and
culture. world thought in translation
Cloth 2015 488 pp.
978-0-300-20378-3 $85.00

pelt, michael mitchell, and eric beck rubin

foreword by adam michnik

Lon Blum

pierre birnbaum A new


appreciation of the life and legacy of Lon
Blum, the first Jewish prime minister of
France, paints a rich and colorful portrait
of an extraordinary man whose political
convictions were shaped and driven by his
religious and cultural background.
jewish lives

Cloth 2015 288 pp. 1 b/w illus.


978-0-300-18980-3 $25.00

Family Politics Domestic Life,


Devastation and Survival, 19001950 paul
ginsborg This masterly history explores
the effects of political upheaval on family
life and, in turn, the impact of families on
revolutionary change itself. Encompassing
five nation states in key moments of
transition, the book shines new light on
families caught up in the winds of history.
* Cloth 2014 544 pp. 15 col + 59 b/w illus.
978-0-300-11211-5 $35.00

Artists Under Hitler Collaboration


and Survival in Nazi Germany jonathan
petropoulos In this nuanced exploration
of some of the most acute moral
questions of the Third Reich era, the
author examines the choices of prominent
artistsLeni Riefenstahl, Paul Hindemith,
Albert Speer, and otherswho sought
accommodation with the Nazi regime.
* Cloth 2014 424 pp. 12 color + 44 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19747-1 $40.00

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Henryk Rosss photographs, covertly taken


during the war, capture both intimate and
quotidian moments in the Lodz Ghetto in
Poland. distributed for the art gallery of ontario
Paper over Board 2015 240 pp. 350 color illus.
978-0-300-20722-4 $40.00

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Isaac and Isaiah The Covert Punishment


of a Cold War Heretic david caute In this
account of the ideological clash between
two of the most influential scholars of the
Cold War years, the author uncovers a hidden
act that cost one man a university chair
while the other continued to be honored.
* Paper 2015 352 pp.
978-0-300-21232-7 $27.50
* Cloth 2013 352 pp.
978-0-300-19209-4 $40.00

A World Without Jews The Nazi


Imagination from Persecution to Genocide
alon confino Tracing the stories the
Nazis told themselves about their past and
destiny, Confino proposes a penetrating new
assessment of the Holocaust, showing how
a world without Jews was conceivable and
imaginable before and during the war.
* Paper 2015 304 pp. 32 b/w illus.
978-0-300-21251-8 $20.00
* Cloth 2014 304 pp. 32 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18854-7 $30.00

& Auschwitz and After Second


Edition charlotte delbo; translated by
rosette c. lamont; with a new introduction
by lawrence l. langer

Written by a member
of the French resistance who became an
important literary figure in postwar France,
this moving memoir of life and death in
Auschwitz and the post-war experiences of
women survivors has become a key text for
Holocaust studies classes.
* Paper 2014 392 pp.
978-0-300-19077-9 $25.00

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Forbidden Music The Jewish

Orderly and Humane The Expulsion of

Composers Banned by the Nazis michael


haas This groundbreaking book looks
at the Jewish composers and musicians
banned by the Third Reich and the
consequences for music throughout the
rest of the twentieth century.
* Paper 2014 376 pp.
978-0-300-20535-0 $30.00
* Cloth 2013 376 pp.
978-0-300-15430-6 $38.00

the Germans after the Second World War


r. m. douglas This book reveals for the first
time the story of an unparalleled episode
of mass human rights abuse. Winner of the

Hitlers Philosophers

yvonne

sherratt Astonishingly, Hitler gained

the backing of many intellectuals of his


time. This book is the first to uncover the
chilling story of the philosophers who
supported the Nazis, and those whose
lives were destroyed by them.
* Paper 2014 328 pp. 14 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20547-3 $27.50
* Cloth 2013 328 pp. 16 b/w illus.
978-0-300-15193-0 $35.00

The Passage to Europe How a


Continent Became a Union luuk van
middelaar This essential book explains
the origins of the European Union, the
forces binding it together and driving it
forward, and how political leaders will
surmount the current economic turmoil.
* Paper 2014 392 pp.
978-0-300-20533-6 $30.00
* Cloth 2013 392 pp.
978-0-300-18112-8 $45.00

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Exit Berlin How One Woman Saved Her


Family from Nazi Germany charlotte r.

bonelli; with translations from the german

This remarkable
collection of letters between German
Jews trapped in Nazi Germany and their
relatives in the United States offers rare
insights into the challenges of an average
American family responding to desperate
requests for refuge and aid.
* Cloth 2014 320 pp. 10 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19752-5 $30.00

2013 George Louis Beer Prize given by the American


Historical Association

* Paper 2013 512 pp. 12 b/w illus. + 1 map


978-0-300-19820-1 $30.00

Good Italy, Bad Italy Why Italy Must


Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future bill
emmott A respected journalist explores
Italys fascinating dual national character,
the nations descent into economic malaise
and political corruption, and what can be
done to ensure a return to more prosperous
and more democratic times.
* Paper 2013 312 pp.
978-0-300-19716-7 $20.00
* Cloth 2012 304 pp.
978-0-300-18630-7 $30.00

Belonging and Genocide Hitlers


Community, 19181945 thomas khne
How could the German people have
condoned and participated in the Holocaust?
Thomas Khne offers a provocative answer
to this troubling question.
* Paper 2013 224 pp.
978-0-300-19828-7 $30.00

Totally Unofficial The Autobiography of


Raphael Lemkin edited by donna-lee frieze
This never-before-published autobiography
recounts the life of a giant among modern
ethical thinkers, a Holocaust survivor who
invented the word genocide, inspired
the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, and
profoundly influenced human rights history.
* Cloth 2013 328 pp.
978-0-300-18696-3 $40.00

by natascha bodemann

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Hitlers Hangman The Life of Heydrich


robert gerwarth This chilling biography

tells the full story of the Butcher of Prague


for the first time. Heydrich commanded the
SS Security Service, the Gestapo, and the
Nazi Criminal Police; organized the SS killing
squads; and helped plan the Final Solution.
* Paper 2012 416 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-18772-4 $20.00
* Cloth 2011 336 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-11575-8 $38.00

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Stalins World Dictating the Soviet

Like a Bomb Going Off Leonid

Order sarah davies and james harris


Drawing on recently declassified material
from Stalins personal archive, this is the
first attempt by scholars to systematically
analyze the ways in which Stalin
interpreted and envisioned his world.
* Cloth 2014 360 pp.
978-0-300-18281-1 $85.00

Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in Soviet


Russia janice ross; foreword by lynn
garafola The courageous life and work
of a largely unheralded but truly iconic
genius, the Russian Jewish choreographer
Leonid Yakobson, whose politically risky
ballets continually provoked the repressive
Soviet political authorities, is celebrated in
this moving and powerful biography.
* Cloth 2015 536 pp. 61 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20763-7 $40.00

Silence Was Salvation Child Survivors


of Stalins Terror and World War II in
the Soviet Union cathy a. frierson In
this powerful and moving oral history,
ten now-grown survivors of political
repression in the Soviet Union during
the reign of Joseph Stalin share their
personal stories of childhood banishment,
starvation, abuse, and endurance.
annals of communism series

Cloth 2015 288 pp. 20 b/w illus.


978-0-300-17945-3 $65.00

Siberia A History of the People

janet

Stalin and the Lubianka A Documentary History of the Political Police and
Security Organs in the Soviet Union,
19221953 david r. shearer and vladimir
khaustov This fascinating documentary
history is the first English-language exploration of Joseph Stalins relationship with,
and manipulation of, the Soviet political
police. annals of communism series
Cloth 2015 392 pp.
978-0-300-17189-1 $85.00

m. hartley In this profoundly human

account, the history and development


of Siberia, one of the worlds most
inhospitable regions, is explored through
the lives of those who settled therefrom
sixteenth-century Cossacks to Soviet
gulag prisoners to present day Russian
entrepreneurs seeking new opportunities
in the nothingness.
* Cloth 2014 312 pp. 26 b/w illus. + 11 maps
978-0-300-16794-8 $38.00

Ukrainian Nationalism Politics,

Stalin New Biography of a Dictator

Works in Progress Plans and Realities

oleg

v. khlevniuk; translated by nora s. favorov

From the author whose knowledge of


Soviet era archives far surpasses that
of any other scholar, this engrossing
biography reconstructs Stalins life and
fully explores his crimes as the twentieth
centurys most murderous dictator.
Cloth 2015 424 pp. 21 b/w illus.
978-0-300-16388-9 $35.00

Ideology, and Literature, 19291956


myroslav shkandrij This revealing
historical analysis of the Organization of
Ukrainian Nationalists argues that the
previously ignored creative literature of
interwar nationalism offers a key insight
into nationalisms potent mythmaking.
Cloth 2015 344 pp.
978-0-300-20628-9 $85.00

on Soviet Farms, 19301963 jenny leigh


smith This book presents the first full
inquiry into the Soviet Unions failed
project to industrialize and modernize its
agricultural system. Acknowledging the
impact of hubris and shortsightedness,
the author also gives balanced
consideration to the achievements and
successes, however modest.
yale agrarian studies series

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Ukraine Crisis What It Means for the

Gulag Town, Company Town Forced

West andrew wilson A leading Ukraine


specialist and firsthand witness to the
2014 Uprising combines a spellbinding,
on-the-scene account of the violence in
Kiev with a deeply informed analysis of
what precipitated the events, Russias
annexation of Crimea, and why problems
in the region are far from resolution.
* Paper 2014 248 pp.
978-0-300-21159-7 $17.00

Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta alan


barenberg A major work of cutting-edge
historiography, Alan Barenbergs history of
Vorkuta, an arctic coal-mining outpost originally established as a prison camp complex
during the Soviet Unions Stalinist era, offers
a radical reassessment of the infamous
Gulag Archipelago. the yale-hoover series on
stalin, stalinism, and the cold war
* Cloth 2014 352 pp. 15 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17944-6 $65.00

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An Uncanny Era Conversations


between Vclav Havel and Adam
Michnik edited, translated, and with
an introduction by elzbieta matynia A

remarkable series of political discussions


between Czechoslovakian playwright
and president Vclav Havel and esteemed
Polish journalist Adam Michniktwo
of the leading intellectual icons of the
revolution in Eastern Europeis published
in book form and in English for the first
time.
* Paper 2015 264 pp. 1 b/w illus.
978-0-300-21261-7 $17.00
* Cloth 2014 264 pp. 1 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20403-2 $25.00

The Trouble with History Morality,


Revolution, and Counterrevolution adam
michnik; edited by irena grudzinska gross;
translated by elzbieta matynia, agnieszka
marczyk, and roman czarny

Eastern
European dissident Adam Michnik, one
of the most courageous and controversial
journalists of our age, compares modernday Poland to post-revolutionary France in
this profound and brilliant meditation on
politics, morality, history, and the virus of
fundamentalism. politics and culture
* Paper 2015 208 pp.
978-0-300-21262-4 $17.00
* Cloth 2014 208 pp.
978-0-300-18597-3 $25.00

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Genocide on the Drina River

edina

`
` The authors scholarly yet
becirevic

intensely personal history of the ethnic


cleansing committed by Serbians against
Bosnian Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina
in the 1990s is an essential in-depth study
of the devastating and dehumanizing
effects of genocide on individual destinies
and the mechanisms of its denial.
* Cloth 2014 264 pp.
978-0-300-19258-2 $65.00

Secret Cables of the Comintern,


19331943 fridrikh i. firsov, harvey
klehr, and john earl haynes This book

is the first to examine coded telegraphs


exchanged between Comintern supervisors
in Moscow and Communist Party leaders
around the world. annals of communism series
* Cloth 2014 320 pp.
978-0-300-19822-5 $40.00

Practicing Stalinism Bolsheviks, Boyars,


and the Persistence of Tradition j. arch getty
A fascinating inquiry into patrimonial clan
politics under the Stalinist political system.
* Cloth 2013 384 pp.
978-0-300-16929-4 $45.00

Myth, Memory, Trauma Rethinking the Stalinist Past in the Soviet Union,
195370 polly jones Drawing on newly
available materials from the Soviet archives,
Polly Jones offers an innovative, comprehensive account of de-Stalinization in the Soviet
Union during the Khrushchev and early
Brezhnev eras. eurasia past and present
* Cloth 2013 376 pp.
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St Petersburg Shadows of the Past

& Gulag Voices An Anthology

edited

catriona kelly In this beautifully

by anne applebaum Pulitzer Prize-winning

illustrated and highly original book


Catriona Kelly explores the recent history
of St. Petersburg, one of the worlds most
alluring cities.
* Cloth 2014 488 pp. 110 b/w + 12 pp. col. illus.
978-0-300-16918-8 $35.00

author Anne Applebaum brings together


a unique collection of Gulag survivors
memoirs. annals of communism series
* Paper 2012 216 pp.
978-0-300-17783-1 $18.00

Atlas of the Ethno-Political


History of the Caucasus arthur

Russias Cold War From the October

An original collection of fiftyseven maps with commentaries on the


ethnic, religious, and linguistic makeup of
the Caucasus, from the eighteenth century
to present, this atlas helps untangle the
exceptionally complicated history in this
region.
* Cloth 2014 240 pp. 57 color maps
978-0-300-15308-8 $150.00

Revolution to the Fall of the Wall jonathan


haslam Far more than merely a straightforward history of the Cold War, this book
presents the first account of politics and
decision making at the highest levels of
Soviet power: how Soviet leaders saw
political and military events, what they
were trying to accomplish, their miscalculations, and the ways they took advantage
of Western ignorance.
* Paper 2012 544 pp.
978-0-300-18819-6 $30.00

The Leningrad Blockade, 1941


1944 A New Documentary History from

It Was a Long Time Ago, and It


Never Happened Anyway Russia

tsutsiev; translated by nora seligman


favorov

the Soviet Archives richard bidlack and


nikita lomagin; translations by marian

Based on new archival research,


this book presents a comprehensive
account of the German siege of Leningrad
in 194143, during which close to one
million Leningraders perished.
schwartz

annals of communism series

* Paper 2013 552 pp. 76 b/w illus. + 5 maps


978-0-300-19816-4 $40.00

The Most Musical Nation Jews


and Culture in the Late Russian Empire
james loeffler Drawing on a mass
of unpublished writings and archival
sources from prerevolutionary Russian
conservatories, this book offers an
insightful account of the Jewish search
for a modern identity in Russia through
music, rather than politics or religion.
Winner of the 2011 University of Southern
California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural
Studies sponsored by the Association for Slavic,
East European, and Eurasian Studies

* Paper 2013 288 pp. 26 b/w illus.


978-0-300-19830-0 $40.00

and the Communist Past david satter


This compelling and original book explores
why Russia has ignored the lessons of its
tragic Communist experience and shows
how a deep-rooted lack of respect for the
individual blocks the nations way to a
stable and democratic future.
* Paper 2013 400 pp.
978-0-300-19237-7 $25.00

The Voice of the People Letters


from the Soviet Village, 1918-1932 by c.

j. storella and a. k. sokolov; documents


translated by c. j. storella

This book
offers a unique history from below that
illuminates peasants confrontation with
the demands of a powerful state and
their efforts to contend with the changes
introduced into their daily lives and work
by the Russian Revolution.
annals of communism series
* Cloth 2013 448 pp.
978-0-300-11233-7 $75.00

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Italian Venice A History r. j. b.

Global Rules America, Britain and a

bosworth In this elegant book Richard

Bosworth explores the history of Venice in


the century and a half following the citys
absorption into the Italian nation state in
October 1866.
* Cloth 2014 352 pp. 37 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19387-9 $40.00

Weimar From Enlightenment to


the Present michael h. kater In this
fascinating and surprisingly provocative
history of Weimar, author Michael H.
Kater chronicles the rise and fall of
one Germanys most iconic cities, from
Enlightenment artists mecca to repressed
Nazi small town to present-day obscurity.
* Cloth 2014 480 pp. 29 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17056-6 $45.00

European Intellectual History


from Rousseau to Nietzsche frank
m. turner; edited by richard a. lofthouse

One of the most distinguished cultural


and intellectual historians of recent times
explores the forging of modern European
thought, from the enlightenment to the
dawn of the twentieth century.
Cloth 2015 320 pp. 14 col. illus.
978-0-300-20729-3 $40.00

The Politics of Cultural Retreat


Imperial Bureaucracy in Austrian Galicia,
17721867 iryna vushko The illuminating history of the well-intentioned but
generally misguided attempts of Austrian
imperial officials to govern, remake, and
modernize the Hapsburg crownland of
Galicia in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries is a fascinating story of statebuilding, nationalism, impractical political
theory, and bureaucracy.
Cloth 2015 288 pp. 10 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20727-9 $85.00

32 European & World History

Disordered World james e. cronin This


penetrating new political, economic,
and diplomatic history explores the
United States and Great Britains special
relationshipa partnership forged by a
shared dedication to a new world order
based on an open market economyfrom
the last years of the Cold War through the
Age of Terror.
Cloth 2014 416 pp.
978-0-300-15148-0 $45.00

The Killing Compartments The


Mentality of Mass Murder abram de
swaan Eminent social scientist Abram
de Swaan offers a sobering and incisive
survey of genocide around the world,
exploring why some regimes sanction
mass murder and how they convince
ordinary citizens to participate in the
slaughter.
Cloth 2015 344 pp.
978-0-300-20872-6 $35.00

The International Novel

annabel

patterson A fascinating new work of

literary criticism explores twelve prime


examples of the International Novel,
award-winning fiction that deals with
nationalism, internationalism, and
other issues of great political and social
significance, from countries marginalized
in the era of globalization.
* Paper 2014 272 pp. 9 b/w maps
978-0-300-19800-3 $30.00

New in paper

The Danube A Journey Upriver from the


Black Sea to the Black Forest nick thorpe
In this engaging book the author takes an
unexpected journey up the entire length
of the Danube River and provides a vivid
record of the people he encounters, the
recent and ancient history of the region,
and the lands through which the great
river flows.
* Paper 2014 328 pp. 32 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20545-9 $28.00

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Samurai and the Culture of


Japans Great Peace fabian drixler,

Gandhi A Spiritual Biography

william d. fleming, and robert george

wheeler Through artifacts from the Yale

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protected their own interests.

Among the Celestials China in Early


Photographs ferry bertholet and lambert
van der aalsvoort; with an introduction

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Great Game East

The Compelling Ideal Thought Reform

yale agrarian studies series

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the Struggle for Asias Most Volatile Frontier
bertil lintner Bertil Lintner chronicles
the volatile struggle for geopolitical
supremacy that has set two powerful
Asian giants, India and China, against one
another in the past two centuries.
Cloth 2015 360 pp. 34 b/w illus.
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Hun Sens Cambodia

sebastian

strangio Australian journalist Sebastian

Strangio explores the present state of


Cambodian society under the leadership
of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
* Cloth 2014 344 pp. 33 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19072-4 $37.50

New Treatise on the Uniqueness


of Consciousness xiong shili;
This
masterwork of contemporary Buddhist
thought by Xiong Shili is now available in
its first English translation.
translated by john makeham

world thought in translation

Cloth 2015 320 pp. 2 b/w illus.


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by rgine thiriez

and the Prison in China, 19011956 jan


kiely Jan Kielys fascinating history explores
the origins of ganhua (reformation), the
technique of systematic thought reform
originating in early twentieth-century
Chinese prisons and subsequently adapted
for broader social and political use in Mao
Zedongs revolutionary restructuring of
Chinese society.
* Cloth 2014 416 pp.
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Tibet A History

sam van schaik This timely


and insightful history of Tibet spans from the
seventh century to modern times, in a lively
narrative that sheds light on the countrys
complex relationship with China, and it explores what it means to be Tibetan today.

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Famine Politics in Maoist China


and the Soviet Union felix

Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age


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bernard k. freamon, and david w. blight

politics in the Peoples Republic of China


and the Soviet Union, this provocative
history uses famine as a lens to view the
rise of the twentieth centurys premier
socialist systems, providing a new
approach to the study of world hunger.

This groundbreaking work presents the


first comprehensive study of the slave
trade in the Indian Ocean world during the
nineteenth century.
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978-0-300-16387-2 $30.00

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Forgotten Voices of Maos Great


Famine, 19581962 An Oral
History zhou xun Modern Chinas most
devastating tragedy, the Great Famine
brought about by Mao Zedongs Great
Leap Forward, is powerfully recalled by
survivors of the catastrophe that took
more than 45 million Chinese lives.
* Cloth 2013 336 pp. 1 b/w illus.
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The Great Famine in China,


19581962 A Documentary History
edited by zhou xun Drawn from previous-

ly closed and now inaccessible archives,


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result of the Great Leap Forward, that took
the lives of at least 45 million peasants.
* Cloth 2012 224 pp. 1 b/w map
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Zulu Warriors The Battle for the South


African Frontier john laband This vivid
military history explores attitudes, tactics,
battles, and military cultures from European
and African perspectives.
* Cloth 2014 360 pp. 38 b/w illus.
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A Living Man from Africa Jan Tzatzoe,


Xhosa Chief and Missionary, and the Making
of Nineteenth-Century South Africa roger s.
levine This groundbreaking history reclaims
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leader and intermediary. new directions in
narrative history

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The Search for Takrur Archaeological


Excavations and Reconnaissance along the
Middle Senegal Valley edited by roderick
j. mcintosh, susan keech mcintosh, and
hamady bocoum
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Slaves of One Master Globalization


and Slavery in Arabia in the Age of
Empire matthew s. hopper Matthew
S. Hoppers wide-ranging history of the
African diaspora and slavery in Arabia
in the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries examines the interconnected
themes of enslavement, globalization, and
empire, and challenges previously held
conventions regarding Middle Eastern
slavery and British imperialism.
Cloth 2015 320 pp. 24 b/w illus.
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Egypt on the Brink From Nasser to the


Muslim Brotherhood, Revised and Updated
tarek osman

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Of Africa

wole soyinka

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Sadats Assassins and the Renunciation


of Political Violence al-gamaah al-

the Battle for Pluralism marwan muasher


In this important book, a former Jordanian
ambassador to the United States challenges
the Wests assumptions about Arab politics
and society and explains how all parties
can encourage democracy, pluralism, and
tolerance in the wake of the Arab Spring.
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islamiyah; translated by sherman a. jackson

A surprising repudiation of violent


extremism and terrorist philosophy by alGamaah al-Islamiyah, the militant Islamic
organization believed responsible for the
assassination of Egyptian president Anwar
Sadat, appears in a new English language
translation by eminent Islamic scholar
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Babel in Zion Jews, Nationalism, and

Faisal I of Iraq

Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920


1948 liora r. halperin This absorbing
study of language politics and language
encounters in the Jewish community of
Palestine after World War I is a fascinating
tale of shifting power relationships,
both locally and globally, as the Zionist
community, faced with the limitations of
its hegemony in an interconnected world,
was compelled to modify the dictates of
Hebrew exclusivity.
* Cloth 2014 328 pp. 7 b/w illus.
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Ben-Gurion Father of Modern Israel


anita shapira In this new biography of

David Ben-Gurion, the founder of modern


Israel, Israeli historian Anita Shapira offers
powerful insights into the private persona
of one of the twentieth centurys most
influential historical figures, revealing the
flesh-and-blood man inside the icon who
brought the Zionist dream to full fruition.
jewish lives

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Digital Rebels Islamists, Social Media


and the New Democracy haroon ullah
In this wide-ranging investigation of the
role of social media in the tumultuous
uprisings of the Arab Spring, the author
reveals the unique impact of Twitter,
Facebook, and other social media in
todays Muslim world.
Cloth 2015 304 pp.
978-0-300-20718-7 $38.00

ali a. allawi This is the


first major biography of the founder and
first king of modern Iraq, a charismatic
champion of Arab independence and unity
who was a central player in the tumultuous
Middle East before and after WWI.
* Cloth 2014 672 pp. 47 b/w illus.
978-0-300-12732-4 $45.00

The Archaeology of Jerusalem


From the Origins to the Ottomans
katharina galor and hanswulf bloedhorn

This sweeping and lavishly illustrated history surveys nearly four thousand years of
human settlement and building activity in
Jerusalem.
* Cloth 2013 368 pp. 20 color + 185 b/w illus.
978-0-300-11195-8 $50.00

Islamic Imperialism A History

efraim

karsh Efraim Karsh, a widely respected

expert in Middle Eastern affairs, challenges


the way we understand Middle Eastern
history and politics in this provocative
book. September 11 and other Islamic acts
of aggression have little to do with U.S.
behavior or policy, Karsh argues. Rather,
such attacks express Islams ancient,
powerful, and continuing imperial tradition.
* Paper 2013 304 pp.
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Syria The Fall of the House of Assad;

& The Allure of the Archives


arlette farge; translated by thomas

New Updated Edition david w. lesch


The author, who knows Assad better
than any other Westerner, analyzes the
Syrian presidents failed leadership, his
transformation from bearer of hope
to reactionary tyrant, and his regimes
violent response to Arab Spring-inspired
protests.
* Paper 2013 320 pp.
978-0-300-19722-8 $18.00
* Cloth 2012 288 pp.
978-0-300-18651-2 $28.00

The Forgotten Palestinians A History of the Palestinians in Israel ilan papp


In this book, historian Ilan Papp examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared
under Jewish rule and what their lives tell
us about both Israels attitude toward minorities and Palestinians attitudes toward
the Jewish state.
* Paper 2013 344 pp. 8 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18432-7 $24.00
* Cloth 2011 336 pp. 8 b/w illus.
978-0-300-13441-4 $32.00

The Bride and the Dowry Israel,


Jordan, and the Palestinians in the
Aftermath of the June 1967 War avi raz
This penetrating book explores newly
opened archives to uncover how and why
Israeli-Arab peacemaking negotiations
failed in the crucial years after the Six Day
War. The authors conclusions are both
controversial and illuminating.
* Paper 2013 480 pp. 7 maps
978-0-300-19850-8 $22.00
* Cloth 2012 480 pp. 7 maps
978-0-300-17194-5 $35.00

Nazis, Islamists, and the Making


of the Modern Middle East barry
rubin and wolfgang g. schwanitz This

groundbreaking book is the first to offer


a complete account of the Nazi-ArabMuslim alliance that changed the course
of World War II and continues to influence
the Middle East today.
* Cloth 2014 360 pp. 31 b/w illus.
978-0-300-14090-3 $35.00

scott-railton; foreword by natalie zemon

At once a practical guide to archival


research, an elegant literary reflection on
the challenges of writing history, and a
fascinating view of the lives of the poor
in pre-Revolutionary France, historian
Arlette Farges internationally admired
classic work is a grand appreciation of the
craft of discovery. the lewis walpole series in
eighteenth-century culture and history
* Paper 2015 152 pp.
978-0-300-19893-5 $17.00
* Cloth 2013 152 pp.
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davis

On Historical Distance

mark salber

phillips Examining the work of historians

from Machiavelli to the present, Mark


Salber Phillips examines the concept
of historical distance and its role in
historiography.
* Paper 2015 312 pp. 10 color + 30 b/w illus.
978-0-300-21387-4 $30.00
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The Letters of C. Vann Woodward


edited by michael obrien C. Vann

Woodwards letters offer a fascinating


and immensely entertaining glimpse into
the mind of one of the most prominent
and respected historians of the twentieth
century.
* Cloth 2013 480 pp.
978-0-300-18534-8 $40.00

& On Heroes, Hero-Worship,


and the Heroic in History thomas
carlyle; edited by david r. sorensen
and brent e. kinser

Carlyles classic
exploration of heroes and heroic
leadership is accompanied by essays that
reevaluate the spiritual, rather than the
authoritarian, roots of his thought.
rethinking the western tradition

* Paper 2013 360 pp.


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Holy Resilience The Bibles Traumatic

George Whitefield Americas Spiritual

Origins david m. carr A provocative


reinterpretation of the Bibles origins by
an eminent biblical scholar suggests that
catastrophic trauma gave birth to the holy
scriptures of Judaism and Christianity,
and examines how the Bibles ability to
speak to human suffering has enabled
it to retain its power and relevance for
thousands of years.
* Cloth 2014 336 pp. 5 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20456-8 $32.50

Founding Father thomas s. kidd Thomas


Kidds fascinating new biography explores
the extraordinary career of evangelical
preacher George Whitefield, trailblazer of
the Great Awakening, and the most controversial and influential religious leader
of the late-colonial era.
* Cloth 2014 344 pp. 13 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18162-3 $38.00

John Knox

jane dawson In this

definitive new biography of British


preacher, prophet, and reformer John
Knox, Jane Dawson shatters the myths,
misconceptions, and stereotypes
surrounding the controversial leader of
the Protestant Reformation in sixteenthcentury Scotland.
Cloth 2015 376 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-11473-7 $45.00

The Age of Secrecy Jews, Christians,


and the Economy of Secrets, 14001800
daniel jtte This fascinating history of
secrecy in pre-modern Europe explores
the widespread reverence for arcane
knowledge and the secret sciences such
as alchemy and cryptography from the
Renaissance to the Enlightenment, and
how this economy of secrets created
a complex, sometimes perilous space
for mutual contact between Jews and
Christians.
Cloth 2015 440 pp.
978-0-300-19098-4 $40.00

Cunegondes Kidnapping A
Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of
Enlightenment benjamin j. kaplan In
1762 a religious war erupted on the
Dutch-German border when a young
Catholic woman named Cunegonde
tried to kidnap a baby to prevent it from
being baptized in a Protestant church.
This gripping book is the first to tell the
dramatic story. the lewis walpole series in
eighteenth-century culture and history
* Cloth 2014 312 pp. 30 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18736-6 $30.00

Forging the Past Invented Histories


in Counter-Reformation Spain katrina b.
olds In this fascinating study, Katrina
B. Olds explores the history, the author,
and the legacy of one of the worlds most
compelling and consequential frauds: the
infamous false chronicles that radically
transformed the religious landscape in
Counter-Reformation Spain.
Cloth 2015 448 pp. 20 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18522-5 $65.00

David The Divided Heart

david wolpe

David Wolpe, the most influential rabbi


in America (Newsweek), offers a fresh
and fascinating appraisal of the biblical
Davidwarrior, king, poet, deceiver,
adultererin an attempt to unravel the
mysteries of the Bibles most enigmatic,
contradictory, and deeply flawed
personage. jewish lives
* Cloth 2014 176 pp. 1 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18878-3 $25.00

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The Ten Commandments A Short


History of an Ancient Text michael coogan
In this lively and provocative book, a
leading biblical scholar investigates the
history of the Ten Commandments, their
inconsistencies, their afterlives, and more
to arrive at surprising conclusions.
* Paper 2015 192 pp. 9 b/w illus.
978-0-300-21250-1 $18.00
* Cloth 2014 192 pp. 9 b/w illus.
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Pagan Britain

ronald hutton In this


enthralling account of paganism in Britain
from the Paleolithic Age to the arrival
of Christianity, the author explores new
evidence concerning pagan beliefs and
rituals and the meanings of such sacred
sites as Stonehenge and Avebury.
* Paper 2015 496 pp. 103 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20546-6 $35.00
* Cloth 2014 496 pp. 103 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19771-6 $45.00

Christ Child Cultural Memories of a

How the Bible Became Holy

The Late Medieval English


Church Vitality and Vulnerability Before

michael l. satlow Professor Satlows

groundbreaking study offers provocative


new assertions about how an ancient
collection of seemingly obscure Israelite
writings became the founding texts of
both Judaism and Christianity, considered
holy by followers of each faith.
* Paper 2015 416 pp. 25 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17192-1 $25.00
* Cloth 2014 368 pp. 15 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17191-4 $35.00

Radiant Truths Essential Dispatches,


Reports, Confessions, and Other Essays on
American Belief edited and introduced
by jeff sharlet This evocative collection
of writings includes some of the best
creative nonfiction ever written on
religion in America.
* Paper 2015 424 pp.
978-0-300-21268-6 $20.00
* Cloth 2014 424 pp.
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When You Were Gentiles Specters


of Ethnicity in Roman Corinth and Pauls
Corinthian Correspondence cavan w.
concannon Cavan W. Concannon makes
a significant contribution to Pauline
studies by imagining the responses of
the apostle Pauls first audience to his
Corinthian correspondence. synkrisis
* Cloth 2014 320 pp. 12 b/w illus.
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Young Jesus stephen j. davis In this highly


innovative book, Stephen Davis adds a
crucial dimension to our understanding
of Christian history by examining how
readers in antiquity and the medieval
world would have made sense of the
young Jesus portrayed in the so-called
Infancy Gospel of Thomas. synkrisis
* Cloth 2014 432 pp. 3 b/w illus.
978-0-300-14945-6 $45.00

the Break with Rome g.w. bernard


Historian George Bernard presents
a bold, provocative challenge to our
understanding of the late medieval church
and the Protestant Reformation.
* Paper 2013 320 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19712-9 $30.00
* Cloth 2012 304 pp. 12 b/w illus.
978-0-300-17997-2 $50.00

Saints and Sinners A History of the


Popes; Fourth Edition eamon duffy
This engrossing book encompasses the
extraordinary history of the papacy, from
its beginnings to the present day. This new
edition covers the unprecedented resignation of Benedict XVI and the election of
the first Argentinian pope.
* Paper 2014 500 pp. 16 pp. color illus.
978-0-300-20612-8 $23.00

Christian Beginnings From Nazareth


to Nicaea geza vermes In this deeply
learned and beautifully written book,
Geza Vermes tells the enthralling story
of how a revolutionary, anticonformist
Jewish subsect became the official state
religion of the Roman Empire.
* Paper 2014 288 pp.
978-0-300-20595-4 $22.00

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Wasteland A History

A Global History of Christianity robert


louis wilken Beginning with the life of
Jesus, Robert Louis Wilken narrates the
dramatic spread and development of a
global Christianity over the first thousand
years of its history and shows how it
constituted one of the most profound
revolutions the world has known.
* Paper 2013 416 pp. 28 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19838-6 $22.00
* Cloth 2012 416 pp. 28 b/w illus.
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In an eloquent history of landscape and land


use, Vittoria Di Palma takes on the antipicturesquehow landscapes that elicit
fear and disgust have shaped our conceptions of beauty and the sublime.

Calvinism A History d. g. hart

This
brisk single-volume history explores
Calvinism from its origins in the sixteenth
century through today, assessing political
and social dynamics as the church
grew and evolved. The book also raises
important questions about the relation of
church and state in our own times.
* Cloth 2013 352 pp
978-0-300-14879-4 $40.00

The Devil Within Possession and


Exorcism in the Christian West brian p.
levack In this fascinating, wide-ranging
survey of the history of possession
and exorcism, the author explores
puzzling questions about the motives
of the possessed, the contagiousness of
symptoms, differences among religious
cultures, modern cases of possession, and
much more.
* Cloth 2013 360 pp. 16 pp b/w illus.
978-0-300-11472-0 $40.00

New Worlds A Religious History of


Latin America john lynch Historian John
Lynch presents a brilliant capstone work
encompassing the Latin American peoples
reception of Christianity from the Spanish
Conquest and the arrival of evangelists to
the dictators and repressive regimes of the
twentieth century.
* Cloth 2012 424 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus.
978-0-300-16680-4 $38.00

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Back to the Garden Nature and the


Mediterranean World from Prehistory to the
Present james h. s. mcgregor The roots
of the current global environmental crisis
are explored in an ambitious, wide-ranging
cultural and ecological history that describes
how humans abandoned their long-held
responsibilities to the landscape when their
perception of nature dramatically changed.
Cloth 2015 384 pp. 18 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19746-4 $38.00

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A Golden Weed Tobacco and


Environment in the Piedmont South drew a.
swanson Drew A. Swansons provocative
environmental history of southern tobacco
examines the material relationships that
connected the crops, land, and people of the
Piedmont region. yale agrarian studies series
* Cloth 2014 360 pp. 14 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19116-5 $45.00

All the Trees of the Forest Israels


Woodlands from the Bible to the Present
alon tal Alon Tal provides a detailed
account of Israeli forests, describing the
nations effort to transform drylands and
degraded soils into prosperous parks,
rangelands, and ecosystems. yale agrarian
studies series

* Cloth 2013 368 pp. 35 b/w illus.


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& Wilderness and the American


Mind Fifth Edition roderick frazier nash;
This new edition of
Roderick Nashs classic study features a new
preface and epilogue by the author, as well
as a new foreword by Char Miller.
* Paper 2014 440 pp. 1 b/w illus.
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Ill Composed Sickness, Gender, and

History, 1900 to the Present christian


w. mcmillen This eye-opening global
comparative history of tuberculosis from
the beginning of the twentieth century to
the present day explores the grim progress
and shocking resilience of a deadly disease
that kills nearly two million people
worldwide every year.
Cloth 2015 304 pp. 4 b/w illus.
978-0-300-19029-8 $40.00

Belief in Early Modern England olivia


weisser The first in-depth study of how
gender determined perceptions and
experiences of illness during Englands
early modern period, this unique cultural
history of patients and medicine offers
unprecedented insight into what it was
like to live, suffer, and inhabit a body in
the seventeenth century.
Cloth 2015 256 pp. 15 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20070-6 $85.00

Banned A History of Pesticides and the


Science of Toxicology frederick rowe davis
Inspired by Rachel Carsons powerful
call for change in Silent Spring, this book
examines the evolution of toxicology
alongside the history of pesticide development and regulation in the 20th century,
then focuses on poisons in use since the
DDT banchemicals Carson recognized as
even more toxic.
* Cloth 2014 288 pp. 5 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20517-6 $40.00

The Lock and Key of Medicine


Monoclonal Antibodies and the Transformation of Healthcare lara v. marks This
book is the first to tell the extraordinary
yet unheralded history of monoclonal
antibodies and how their development
has transformed the healthcare landscape
while revolutionizing the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases ranging from cancer
to arthritis.
Cloth 2015 320 pp. 37 b/w illus.
978-0-300-16773-3 $40.00

Private Doubt, Public Dilemma


Religion and Science since Jefferson and
Darwin keith thomson This thoughtful
book looks first at the troubled relations
between science and religion through the
lens of Jeffersons and Darwins writings,
then proposes how scientists and religious
thinkers today can become colleagues
rather than adversaries.
the terry lectures series

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Voyaging in Strange Seas The Great


Revolution in Science david knight This
landmark history takes us along on the
great voyage of discovery that ushered
in the modern age. Ideas, experiments,
characters, conflicts, and achievements
all come to life in this account of the rise
of science and how it changed the world.
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General History 41

Author Index
Ahnert, 21
Al-Islamiyah, 35
Allawi, 35
Allmand, 25
Allport, 11
Andrew, 22
Applebaum, 31
Ashton, 24
Barber, 17
Barenberg, 30
Barlow, 25
Barthas, 12
Bassett, 11
Bayles, 6
Becirevic,
`
` 30
Beckett, 13
Begg &
Bennett, 24
Bell, 13
Bergin, 19
Bernard, 38
Berry, 2
Bertholet & van
der Aalsvoort, 33
Bib, 27
Bidlack &
Lomagin, 31
Birnbaum, 27
Black, 41
Blanton, 5
Bonelli, 28
Bosworth, 32
Brekus, 3
Buckley, 12
Bundock, 21
Campbell, T., 6
Campbell, B., 14
Carlyle, 36
Carr, 37
Caute, 27
ChrismanCampbell, 21
Cogliano, 3
Concannon, 38
Confino, 27
Coogan, 37
Crane, 41
Cronin, 32
Crouch, 17
Cunliffe, 15
Cuthbertson, 24
DallAglio, 16
Dalzell, Jr., 10
Damrosch, 21

42

Davies &
Harris, 29
Davies, 12
Davis, S., 38
Davis, F., 40
Dawson, 37
de la Bdoyre, 14
de Swaan, 32
Delbo, 27
Di Palma, 39
Diner, 4
Douglas, 28
Douglass, 7
Drixler, Fleming,
& Wheeler, 33
DuBois, 7
Duffy, 38
Duncan, 6
Dunn, 6
Dwyer, 12
Dziennik, 11
Edwards, 25
Elliott, 2
Eltis &
Richardson, 7
Emmott, 28
Everett, 19
Fairhead, 4
Farge, 36
Firsov, Klehr, &
Haynes, 30
Folsom, 9
Foot, 25
France, 13
Frierson, 29
Frieze, 28
Galbert of
Bruges, 17
Galor &
Bloedhorn, 35
Gauci, 22
Gay, 41
Geiger, 6
Gerwarth, 28
Getty, 30
Gilbert, 5
Gilmore, 10
Gimbel, 41
Ginsborg, 27
Glover, 3
Goldring, 19
Goldsworthy, 14
Green, 16
Griffin, 24
Haas, 28

HaCohen, 17
Lavin, 8
Halperin, 35
Lawrance, 7
Hamori, 14
LawrenceHarms, Freamon,
Mathers, 18
& Blight, 34
Lesch, 36
Harris, 18
Levack, 39
Harrison, 40
Levine, 34
Hart, 39
Lintner, 33
Hartley, 29
Lobis, 19
Haslam, 31
Loeffler, 31
Hatch, 3
Lord, 20
Heffron, 4
Lynch, 39
Herbert, 20
MacDonald, 14
Herman, 9
MacLean, 20
Herzog, 20
MacMullen, 15
Hicks, 18
Macrakis, 41
Higham &
Madigan, 16
Ryan, 18
Magliocca, 4
Hodes, 4
Mansoor, 12
Hodgson, 5
Marks, 40
Hollander, 17
Marriott, 26
Hopper, 34
Martin, 14
Howe, 5
Matynia, 30
Huppert, 16
Mawdsley, 13
Hussain, 33
McGregor, 39
Hutchison, 5
McIntosh &
Hutton, 15, 37
Bocoum, 34
Jackson, 24
McKellar, 26
Jacoby, 6
McLynn, 13, 22
Jones, 30
McMillen, 40
Jonsson, 22
McPhee, 22
Jtte, 37
Meyers &
Kadane, 22
Chancey 15
Kadish &
Michnik, 30
Jenson, 2
Middelaar, 28
Kamen, 17
Mithlo, 8
Kaplan, 37
Mokyr, 23
Karsh, 35
Monod, 23
Kater, 32
Monter, 18
Keen, 12
More, 20
Kelly, 31
Morris, 21
Kete, 22
Muasher, 35
Khlevniuk, 29
Muir, 11, 12
Kidd, 3, 38
Mulligan, 13
Kiely, 33
Nash, 39
King, W., 10
Nord, 11
King, E., 25
OBrien, 36
Klaus, 41
OShaughnessy, 3, 12
Knight, 40
Oakley, 16
Krentz, 13
Olds, 37
Khne, 28
OnwuachiLaband, 34
Willig, 8
Laird, 26
Ormrod, 25
Lakomki, 9
Osman, 34
Laney, 5
Paget, 5

Papp, 36
Parker, 19
Patterson, 32
Penman, 16
Perry, 10
Petropoulos, 27
Pettegree, 18, 41
Phillips, 36
Phillipson, 23
Piatote, 8
Pincus, 23
Plater, 6
Polasky, 2
Prakash, 10
Prior, 11
Radner, 23
Ransby, 8
Raz, 36
Reid, 8
Richardson, 17
Rico, 9
Rogers, G., 15
Rogers, N. 23
Rohrbough, 9
Romano, 16
Rose, 24
Ross, 29
Rubin &
Schwanitz, 36
Rushdy, 8
Sabin, 6
Sachs, 10
Satlow, 38
Satter, 31
Scarisbrick, 25
Schaller, 5
Schermerhorn, 7
Schrijvers, 11
Schultz, 4
Schwartz, 2
Shain, 3
Shalev, 4
Shapiro &
Calvert, 21
Sharlet, 38
Sharma, 33
Sharpa, 35
Sharpe, 20
Shearer &
Khaustov, 29
Sherratt, 28
Shkandrij, 29
Sicard, 16
Sirota, 20
Slater, 24

Smith, B., 2
Smith, J.L., 29
Smith, R., 3
Soyinka, 34
Stoneman, 15
Storella &
Sokolov, 31
Strangio, 33
Stratmann, 24
Sutnik, 27
Swanson, 39
Swingen, 2
Tal, 39
Talayesva, 9
Tankard, 21
Thompson, A ., 25
Thompson, L., 34
Thomson, 3, 40
Thorpe, 32
Torres-Rouff, 9
Treasure, 19
Trivellato, 23
Tsutsiev, 31
Turner, D., 26
Turner, F., 32
Ullah, 35
Utley, 9
van Schaik, 33
Vaughn, 41
Venet, 4
Vermes, 38
Vushko, 32
Walkowitz, 24
Warren, 7
Wayne, 8
Webb, 13
Weil, 20
Weinstein, D., 18
Weinstein, J., 21
Weisser, 40
Wellman, 18
Wemheuer, 34
Wilken, 39
Wilkins, 8
Willes, 26
Williams, 40
Wills, 19
Wilson, 30
Winroth, 17
Wise, 14
Wollstonecraft, 22
Wolpe, 37
Xiong Shili, 33
Zhou Xun, 34

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British Overview......................................26

20th & 21st-Century Europe............27-28

Russian & Slavic History...................29-31

European & World History....................32

Asia / Africa......................................33-34

The Middle East..................35-36

Historians & Historiography...................36

Religious History.................37-39

Environmental History...........................39

History of Science & Medicine...............40

General History......................................41

Colonial & Early American History...........3

19th-Century America..............................4

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The Lamar Series in Western History........9

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