Legal Lessons examines how China’s party-state attempted to motivate ordinary citizens to learn laws during the Mao period.... Læs mere
The laws governing the very small and the very swift defy common sense and stretch our minds to the limit. Drawing on a deep familiarity with the... Læs mere
In Choice and Consequence, Thomas Schelling ventures where rationality is ambiguous, exploring topics as awesome as nuclear terrorism, as sordid as blackmail, as ineffable as... Læs mere
Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions.... Læs mere
In a brilliant new interpretation, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall reexamine the successes and failures of America’s Cold War. This... Læs mere
As immigrants and others are engulfed by dominant societies, the connection to their ancestral tongues is routinely severed. Julie Sedivy takes... Læs mere
New technologies are shaking the foundations of traditional finance. Leading economist Eswar Prasad foresees the end... Læs mere
George Washington spent most of his time farming, often employing experimental methods. Washington saw slave-powered scientific... Læs mere
The Russia–China border is a study in contrasts, with booming cities on the Chinese side and sleepy villages on the Russian. Both governments discourage cross-border... Læs mere
It is tempting to believe that dehumanization is an excess of rhetoric—that no one thinks his foe is truly monstrous. David Livingstone Smith argues... Læs mere