It is common to regard rights and wrongs as mirror images: to be wronged is to have one’s rights violated. Nicolas Cornell rejects this view. Drawing on diverse real-world... Læs mere
After liberation in 1945, Koreans erupted with hopes for reform that had been bottled up during forty years of Japanese imperial rule. Arguing that... Læs mere
The culture wars are pitting us against each other with a vitriol that is fueling outright violence. Slotkin looks to the foundational myths... Læs mere
Mistaking Paris for a haven of freedom, slaves sought refuge there only to be hunted down, arrested, and deported. Through the biographies of enslaved... Læs mere
The Writer’s Lot explores the working lives of eighteenth-century French authors—celebrities and unknowns—at a time when their... Læs mere
College students are more diverse and less financially privileged than ever, but achievement gaps persist. Offering... Læs mere
The Mending of Broken Bones reveals that far from a set of mundane exercises, algebra is the delicate craft of untangling numerical... Læs mere
Why did the Allied leaders—Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin—largely keep quiet about the Holocaust? Richard Breitman examines the... Læs mere
Proteins link all life on Earth and enable its most astonishing capacities—from a firefly’s glow to the navigational... Læs mere
The Painter’s Fire follows a remarkable cohort of transatlantic artists who risked their lives and... Læs mere
Sarah Bilston unfolds the story of orchid mania, the nineteenth-century craze among European and North American collectors vying to own the... Læs mere
Whiskerology traces how hair became a significant marker of identity and belonging in nineteenth-century America. Viewed during the... Læs mere