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After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera’s owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman... Læs mere
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Nineteenth-century Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island, bags heavy with silks from their villages in Bengal. Demand for “Oriental goods”... Læs mere
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The lizard genus Anolis contains more species than any other genus of reptile, bird, or mammal. Caribbean members of this group have been... Læs mere
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August Weismann’s 1892 theory that inheritance is transmitted through eggs and sperm provided the biological mechanism for natural selection. In this... Læs mere
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Asia Inside Out reveals the dynamic forces that have linked regions of the world’s largest continent. Connected Places, the second of three volumes, highlights the flows... Læs mere
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In 1963, West Germany was gripped by a dramatic trial of former guards who had worked at Auschwitz. It was the country's largest, most public trial and attracted... Læs mere
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Roth charts changes in the character and incidence of homicide in the U.S. from colonial times to the present. He examines the four factors that explain why homicide rates have gone up... Læs mere
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This book consists of 12 case studies—from building the foundation for eliminating the military draft in 1973 to implementing the Pension Reform Act in 2006—that... Læs mere
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Alba argues that the social cleavages separating Americans into distinct, unequal ethno-racial groups could narrow dramatically in the... Læs mere
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The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart startled scientists by demonstrating that twins reared apart are as alike, across a number of... Læs mere
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In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, Powers adapts methodological... Læs mere
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In the Leipzig Mahzor, one of the most lavish Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of all time, Kogman-Appel has discovered a fascinating... Læs mere