Grace C. Huang reconsiders Chiang Kai-shek’s leadership and legacy in an intriguing new portrait of this... Læs mere
Building for Oil records the rise of the “Petroleum Group” in the central government while revealing the everyday stories and... Læs mere
Mondegreen tells the story of a refugee from Ukraine’s Donbas region who has escaped to Kyiv at the onset of the Ukrainian-Russian war. Written in beautiful,... Læs mere
Babyn Yar brings together the responses to the tragic events of September 1941. Presented here in the original and in English translation, the poems create a... Læs mere
Throughout US history, black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons. Joshua Bennett explores the place of animality in works by... Læs mere
In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the inspiring story of the uprising that galvanized antislavery forces in Britain and led directly to abolition two years later.
The US Constitution says nothing about a presidential cabinet, yet this institution has grown powerful. Lindsay M. Chervinsky... Læs mere
The threat of cyberwar can feel very Hollywood: nuclear codes hacked, power plants melting down, cities burning. In reality,... Læs mere