Examines Carnegie’s book Triumphant Democracy and his efforts to promote closer ties between America and Britain.

Contributors draw on Hegel’s account of identity and difference to challenge conventional theories of identity.

Leading scholars explore the full range and current significance of Carson’s work.

A history of the military campaigns near Fort Ticonderoga, New York, in 1758.

Contributors explore the significance of literature and psychoanalysis for medical education and practice.

A new translation of one of Maeterlinck’s four great nature essays.

Grondahl’s classic biography of Albany’s “mayor for life,” now available in paperback.

Considers the role of Spiritualism in Victorian culture.

Examines the interrelation between technology and international politics since the nineteenth century.

Draws attention to how American presidents have creatively interpreted the Constitution to expand the power of the executive branch.

Recounts the fake news stories, written from 1830 to 1880, about scientific and technological discoveries, and the effect these hoaxes had on readers and their trust in science.

Studies J. Robert Oppenheimer’s choice to accept leadership of the Manhattan Project.

Explores moral progress in the American military.

This reappraisal of the middle section of Augustine's Confessions covers the period of Augustine's conversion to Christianity. The author argues against the prevailing Neoplatonic interpretation of Augustine.

Addresses the implications of a document found in the Archivio di Stato di Siena which affirms a connection between Farinata degli Uberti, a Florentine conspicuously encountered by Dante the pilgrim in Inferno 10, and the Sienese Ghibellines with whom he and his fellow Florentine Ghibellines joined, in an alliance which produced the Sienese victory at the battle of Montaperti in 1260.

Examines Darwin’s concept of species in a philosophical context.

Chronicles the evolution of the armory as a specific building type in American architectural and military history, and the role these buildings played in the history of America’s volunteer militia.

A comprehensive account of JFK’s and LBJ’s leadership of the Democratic Party in the 1960s.

Argues that women's relationship to books and their promotion of reading contributed greatly to the cultural and intellectual vitality of the Enlightenment.

Essays on human rights in Puerto Rico during the twentieth century.

Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.

Explores the limits of economic liberalization within the European Union.

A fascinating exploration of how the transcendent is expressed in the spatial sensibility of premodern Islam.

Essays exploring rural New York during the American Revolution.

Explores the unique and volatile relationship of these two nations and cultures over the past two centuries, as expressed in literature, film, and philosophy.