History
Black Feminist Writing
Draws on the rich history of Black feminist writing to help scholars manage the stress of writing and publishing academic books.
Ruling Devotion
Combines historical, literary, art historical, and archaeological perspectives to explore the idea of the Hindu temple in the British colonial imagination.
Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue
An approachable and readable translation of a classic work of Chinese literature and landmark work of non-Western fiction writing.
Buffalo's Waterfront Renaissance
Recounts how preservationists and environmentalists ultimately succeeded in persuading a powerful state agency to abandon its plans for privately developing Buffalo’s waterfront and instead revitalize the city by enhancing opportunities for members of the public to use and enjoy that same space.
Bone, Bronze, and Bamboo
Explores how the tremendous wealth of newly unearthed artifacts and manuscripts have changed our understanding of China's past.
The Whirlpool That Produced China
Provides a philosophical, cultural, and historical answer to the question: Where did China come from?
Popular Sovereignty in a Digital Age
Looks at how digitalization has changed the way we produce and interact, and the implications for working classes and countries of the Global South.
Affective Betrayal
Seeks to introduce an "affective turn" to the study of China's political modernization process.
The Redskins
Cooper's 1846 novel about the Anti-Rent Wars in upstate New York, now available in a scholarly edition.
A Fanny Fern Reader
The most complete collection of works by the nineteenth century's most famous and groundbreaking woman journalist.
Metaphor and Meaning
Examines questions of cosmos, society, and self through the metaphors and language of ancient Chinese texts and artifacts.
Theatres of Value
Explores the value of Shakespeare for theatrical businesspeople and audiences in nineteenth-century New York City.
Sounding Bodies
Shows how nineteenth-century discoveries in acoustical science shaped Victorian literary representations of gender, sexuality, and intimacy.
Confucian Iconoclasm
Challenges deep-seated assumptions about the traditionalist nature of Confucianism by providing a new interpretation of the emergence of modern Confucianism in Republican China.
Plato's Reasons
Studies Plato's approach to argumentation, exploring his role as logician, rhetorician, and dialectician in a way that sees these three aspects working together.
America's Forgotten Poet-Philosopher
Illuminating study of the ideas and influences of a near-forgotten American philosopher.
The Dybbuk
A comprehensive study of the history and evolution of the dybbuk, from kabbalistic tradition to popular folklore.
Transatlantic Bondage
A deeply researched, pathbreaking collection of original and newly translated essays on slavery in Spain, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.
Myth and the Making of History
Sheds new light on the relationship between myth and history in ancient China and the central role they have played in shaping early Chinese thought.
The Historic Woodstock Art Colony
Explores the remarkable range of artists who have worked in Woodstock, New York for over a century.
Empire of Culture
Shows how Britain's trans-imperial engagements in the long nineteenth century have come to shape global cultural commodity flows today.
The Republican Hero
Explores the question of whether heroes matter in the modern republic.
The Algonquin Round Table
The facts and legends of New York's famed artistic hub told by one of its key participants.
Unlocking the Chinese Gate
Offers an innovative analysis of gates—as architectural components, visual images, and mental constructs—in early Chinese thought and material culture.
The Hebrew Falcon
A pioneering study of a formative chapter in Middle East intellectual history, examining the historical myth that underlies the "Canaanite" brand of Israeli nationalist anti-Zionism.