Children are eager learners, but many find school alienating. How can parents nurture kids’ natural curiosity? Educators Ken Bain and... Læs mere
Gospel music has long shaped and reflected Black Americans’ striving toward freedom. But in the 1990s, influenced by megachurches and new theological trends, gospel artists... Læs mere
The 1795 Caribbean uprising against British rule was forgotten for centuries, until now. Paul Friedland shines vivid light on the... Læs mere
Common Justice responds to objections to cosmopolitanism by tracing shared relational norms across disparate societies.... Læs mere
Liberalism is widely mistaken as a comprehensive ideology of individual freedom. In truth, Judith Shklar argues, it is less ambitious but more vital: a fragile bulwark against... Læs mere
Four renowned professors—a physician, a theologian, an anthropologist, and a historian—offer a master class on living in uncertain times. Affirming that wisdom is not a... Læs mere
Paul Kosmin argues that the coast—not individual shores, but the coast as such—was fundamental to ancient history. The social and natural dynamics of the coast profoundly shaped not... Læs mere
Richard Primus challenges the prevailing view that Congress is constrained to exercise only those powers enumerated in the Constitution.... 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 definitive biography of Hu Yaobang, who, as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s, promoted popular reforms... Læs mere
In this richly detailed cultural and political history, David Narrett shows how Cherokee nationhood emerged from the pressures of colonial encounter. Cherokee... Læs mere
Since the 1960s, the Supreme Court has enabled mass incarceration through rulings that violate... Læs mere