Systematically illustrates the inescapable racism of American conservatism.

An architectural and historical tour of twenty-nine of New York State’s finest castles.

New edition of Aihwa Ong’s classic ethnographic study of Malay women factory workers.

An inside story of privilege, inherited wealth, and the bizarre values and customs of the American upper crust.

Leading scholars engage the later contributions of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

Looks at China’s Ginling College, the women’s missionary institution of higher learning that developed a discourse of family, recasting the Chinese Confucian family ideal as a female and Christian one.

Explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience.

A vivid portrait of the culture of a provincial military society in China’s early medieval period and its interactions with the southern imperial court.

Comprehensive overview of Hegel’s thought on history.

Recounts the sensational 1896 murder trial of Mary Alice Livingston, who was accused of murdering her mother with an arsenic-laced pail of clam chowder and faced the possibility of becoming the first woman to be executed in New York's new-fangled electric chair.

Interviews with eighteen Jewish “hidden children” of France and Belgium, telling the story of their survival during World War II.

Advocating a global as opposed to a Eurocentric perspective in the college classroom, discusses why and how to teach about China's Silk Road.

Collection of quotations and judicial opinions of federal appellate judge Richard A. Posner

Lively anecdotes retold by an advance man for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

The comprehensive history of the State University of New York system.

A brutal and unflinchingly honest portrayal of the effects of concentration camp life on the human psyche.

A wildly entertaining historical adventure, deep inside the crucible in which America was forged.

A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the towering figures of Renaissance mysticism.

Examines the variety of cinematic responses to the Holocaust as well as the Shoah’s impact on cinematic expression itself.

Applies the concept of oppressor and oppressed nationalisms to explore the historical forces and social processes that have shaped modern Ethiopia.

Traces the history of two rival American economic moralities from colonial times to the present.

Looks at how a spiritual tradition can be appropriated by those involved in ethno-nationalist conflict.

A history of the Sandemanians, a little-known but ultimately influential Christian sect in colonial America.

Examines the importance of fetishism in nineteenth-century cultural theory.

Fascinating stories of ordinary people in the Middle Colonies who remained loyal to the Crown.