The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this development
A deeply personal master class on how to read a natural landscape and unravel the clues to its unique ecological history
An illuminating work revealing the long history of xenophobia—and what it means for today’s divided world
Illustrated essays that broaden our understanding of modernism by centering Black artists and experiences, with a contribution featuring the work of Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner Simone Leigh
An expansive collection of texts providing insight into the inner life, creativity, and practice of the innovative American artist Anne Truitt
The complete short stories of acclaimed Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri, translated into English and collected in one volume for the first time
A daring reassessment of Louise Nevelson, an icon of twentieth-century art whose innovative procedures relate to gendered, classed, and racialized forms of making
The seminal writing of Carlos Cruz-Diez, best known for his experiential works exploring color and its properties
An impassioned case for argument’s central role in human life, by one of America’s most distinguished cultural critics
A harrowing account of brainwashing’s pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
Uplifting and engaging, this story recounts the life and career of a rebellious 20th-century British artist