History
The Lebanese Army
Comprehensive study of the Lebanese Army from Lebanon’s independence to the present.
Literary Remains
Explores Victorian responses to death and burial in literature, journalism, and legal writing.
Aging by the Book
Uncovers the origins of midlife anxiety in Victorian print culture.
But One Race
Biography of famous black abolitionist and voting rights advocate, Robert Purvis.
Forgetful Memory
Examines the role of forgetfulness in our understanding of the Holocaust.
The Passionate Empiricist
Explores John Quincy Adams’s oratorical work in support of government-funded science.
Nahum Goldmann
Explores the life and career of one of the twentieth century’s most colorful Zionist leaders.
By the Breath of Their Mouths
Examines the liberating power of speech and its influence on generations of Italian American writers.
King of the Bowery
The first full-length biography of Timothy D. "Big Tim" Sullivan, who dominated New York City politics in the three decades prior to World War I.
Speaking Lives, Authoring Texts
Critical edition of three women’s oral slave narratives.
Hudson River Panorama
Beautifully illustrated history of the Hudson River and its impact on the peoples and landscape of New York State.
America's First River
Examines the many facets of the Hudson's rich history, distinctive regional culture, and important contributions to the development of modern America.
Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations
A comprehensive history of bilateral relations between the Netherlands and the United States.
Religious Festive Practices in Boston's North End
A comprehensive cultural and historical portrait of Italian American identities in Boston’s North End.
Niagara
A sweeping history of this natural wonder, from its geological beginnings to the present.
The Firekeeper
An epic adventure based on the extraordinary historical story of Sir William Johnson and the author's dreams of a Mohawk "woman of power" who lived three centuries ago.
Truth and History
Addresses historical skepticism by presenting histories as testable theories of the past.
Reform and Resistance
Explores the relationship between gender and identity in early medieval Germanic societies.
Disciplining the Holocaust
Explores the relationship between disciplinarity and contemporary ethics of scholarship about the Holocaust.
New York State and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
Recounts the shift towards conservatism in New York’s Republican Party in the 1960s and 1970s.
Race after Sartre
Examines Jean-Paul Sartre’s antiracist politics and his contributions to critical race theories, postcolonialism, and Africana existentialism.
Montesquieu and His Legacy
Essays on Montesquieu and the influence of his thought from the eighteenth century to today.
China and the International System, 1840-1949
Examines the images, hopes, and fears that were evoked during China’s century-long subservience to external powers.
Chaucerian Spaces
Examines affect and the significance of space and place in the first six Canterbury Tales.
The Legacy of Anne Conway (1631-1679)
Explores the work of Anne Conway, whose philosophy of the natural world incorporated a spiritual vision.