Explores how a pivotal event in U.S. history—the killing of nearly 300 Shoshoni men, women, and children in 1863—has been contested, forgotten, and remembered.

Using insights from behavioral science, a Holocaust survivor explores how evil actions can seem "moral" to the perpetrators and how we must alter our thinking to prevent this.

Unravels the rich complexities of the colonial travel experience.

Schelling's first systematic attempt to articulate a complete philosophy of nature.

Comprehensive study of two towns on either side of the U. S.-Canadian border.

Addresses Jacoff’s own discomfort with Dante’s reiteration of the deicide charge against the Jews in Paradiso 7 and elsewhere.

Explores Dante’s love of books.

Paints a detailed picture of everyday life in an early American community.

Through examinations of Gandhi's critics, both individuals and groups, this book shows the complexity of Indian society and opinion at the time of the Indian Independence Movement.

Presents the life of Captain John S. Kidder during the Civil War, as told through letters to his wife, Harriet, at home in rural New York.

Addresses the difficulty of representing the Holocaust in literature and on film.

Argues that a coherent theory of ethics requires an account of selfhood.

A critical and historical overview of psychology.

The first sustained examination of the process by which justices elect to leave the United States Supreme Court.

Explores how the agrarian setting of Jefferson County, New York, influenced the revival methods of Charles Grandison Finney, with implications for the study of revivalism more generally.

Draws on the Bosnian situation to argue for a reconciliation between modernity and tradition.

Examines the effects of the Crusades from a variety of perspectives.

Examines recent developments in historical fiction, with particular attention to the way contemporary writers have portrayed Shakespearean England.

Argues that classical social theory has its intellectual and moral roots in classical Greece.
Winner CHOICE 2003 Outstanding Academic Title
“McCarthy’s … erudition may very well render this work a contemporary classic in the continuing discussion of a maturing discipline.” — CHOICE

Uses Heidegger’s philosophy to critique and remedy “world order thinking” in international politics.

Explores the significance of Alexander the Great in French medieval literature and culture.

Explores modern African-American Islamic thought within the context of Islamic history, giving special attention to questions of universality versus particularity.

Breaks new ground in the study of an industry and region crucial to the history of American industrial capitalism.

A Buddhist interpretation of Western history that shows civilization shaped by the self's desire for groundedness.

Examines how organized labor has decided where to pursue its interests.