T. H. Breen introduces us to the ordinary men and women who took responsibility for the course of the American revolution. Far from the actions... Læs mere
For Tommie Shelby, the persistence of ghettos raises many thorny questions of morality, and he offers practical answers framed in terms of what justice requires... Læs mere
At a time when tech giants have amassed vast market power, Jonathan Baker shows how laws and regulations can be updated to ensure more competition.... Læs mere
Populism suddenly is everywhere, and everywhere misunderstood. Nadia Urbinati argues that populism should be regarded as government based on an unmediated... Læs mere
Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir is widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in the Urdu language. Selected Ghazals and Other Poems offers a comprehensive collection of... Læs mere
Seneca (ca. AD 4 65) authored verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. Plots are... Læs mere
Volume IX of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy includes the so-called sophists Antiphon, Lycophron, and Xeniades, along with the... Læs mere
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464), a student of canon law who became a Catholic cardinal, was widely considered the most important original philosopher of the Renaissance. He... Læs mere
Cato’s second century BC De agricultura is our earliest complete Latin prose text, recommends farming for its security and profitability, and advises on management of labor and resources.... Læs mere
Enquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (ca. 370–ca. 285 BC) are a counterpart to Aristotle’s zoological work and the most important botanical... Læs mere
Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC) but probably composed in the first or second century AD, the Library provides an expansive summary of Greek myths and heroic legends about the origin and early history of the world.