The definitive biography of Hu Yaobang, who, as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s, promoted popular reforms... Læs mere
In Becoming Belle da Costa Greene, Deborah Parker chronicles the making and empowerment of a female connoisseur, curator, and... Læs mere
Laura J. Martin examines ecological restoration’s long history. Since the early 1900s, restorationists have confronted vexing philosophical questions:... Læs mere
How does emotion shape public intellectual debate? In Sentimental Republic, Hang Tu proposes emotion as a new critical framework to... Læs mere
While the birth of global economic governance is conventionally dated to the end of World War II, Jamie Martin shows how its... Læs mere
Raymond Geuss is a critic of liberalism, a politics so pervasive in the West that it goes unnoticed. His attention sharpened by his own unorthodox intellectual journey, Geuss... Læs mere
Taxi drivers love to talk, and when astrobiologist Charles Cockell is their passenger, they love to talk about aliens. This... Læs mere
The crises of American democracy and criminal justice are intimately connected. David A. Sklansky shows how police,... Læs mere
Make Your Own Job charts the transformation of the American work ethic in the twentieth century. It is no longer enough to be... Læs mere
The Discovery of Ottoman Greece unearths forgotten research by the early modern philhellenist... Læs mere
The people of Smolensk survived both of the twentieth century’s most brutal dictatorships. Michael David-Fox probes their experiences under... Læs mere
Velleius Paterculus, soldier and senator, chronicles in concise fashion the story of Rome and Roman culture from the fall of Troy to the time of his work’s publication in AD 30 and... Læs mere