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In the wake of 1960s urban uprisings, a wave of community reinvestment programs was supposed to revitalize poor Black... Læs mere
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Pentagon Capitalism traces the Cold War evolution of the US military into something resembling a for-profit... Læs mere
Yuppies returns to 1980s New York, when a generation of young bankers, lawyers, and gentrifiers rebuilt the city, and the... Læs mere
In this National Book Award–winning history, Bernard Bailyn re-evaluates the image of colonial governor Thomas Hutchinson and the American loyalists who found themselves... Læs mere
Hippota Nestor and Beyond: Selected Essays explores the Homeric figure Nestor’s literary function and the etymology of his name, “the horseman Nestor,” in light... Læs mere
The Synagogue at Sardis, discovered in 1962, is the largest known in the ancient world. It caused significant revision of previous assumptions about Judaism in the Roman Empire.... Læs mere
Rebecca Kobrin chronicles the rise and fall of Jewish immigrant banking in America. With few... Læs mere
Challenging longstanding analytical frameworks, historian Jesse Kauffman argues that the emergence of modern nation-states in Eastern... Læs mere