History
A sweeping history of how Union victory in the American Civil War inspired democratic reforms, revolutions, and emancipation movements in Europe and the Americas
A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever
“A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. ....
A beautiful, full-color graphic version of Eric Cline’s bestselling 1177 B.C., adapted by award-winning author-illustrator Glynnis Fawkes
The first biography of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor age
The largely untold story of the great migration of white southerners to the industrial Midwest and its profound and enduring political and social consequences
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to New York City’s northern borough, from the award-winning author of The New York Nobody Knows
How the “recycling” of the Ottoman Empire’s uses of genealogy and religion created new political orders in the Middle East
Collected writings by one of the most influential Black Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century
How the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) and helped (or didn’t help) their communities in times of crisis
A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and America
A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacle
A new account of the relevance of Hegel’s ideas for today’s world, countering the postwar anti-Hegel "insurgency"
An incisive critique that examines the origins of contemporary American ideas about surveillance, terrorism, and white supremacy
A history of three transnational political projects designed to overcome the inequities of imperialism
A groundbreaking history of fengshui’s roles in public life and law during China’s last imperial dynasty
A history that reframes the Bolsheviks’ unprecedented attempts to abolish private property after the revolutions of 1917
The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern world
From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, a landmark book that provides vital lessons for understanding financial crises and their sometimes-catastrophic economic effects
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years