Chronicles the history and archaeological study of Lake George, New York’s sunken bateaux of 1758.

Analyzes how location-shot crime films of the 1970s reflected and influenced understandings of urban crisis.

Demonstrates how four books by dissident German intellectuals served as a rebuke to the Nazi regime.

Offers a new perspective on the relationship between religion and the creation of the first Chinese empires.

Uses cultural representations to investigate how two religious minority communities came to be incorporated into the Mexican nation.

A study of the times and life in Southampton, New York between 1870 and 1900.

Offers a firsthand account into early-nineteenth-century New York State and Lower Canada during a time of enormous growth and change.

Comprehensive analysis of 220 hours of outtakes that impels us to reexamine our assumptions about a crucial Holocaust documentary.

Offers biographical accounts of several of North Korea’s leaders to illuminate the inner workings of its government.

Examines how NATO has adapted and endured after the end of the Cold War, transforming itself to deal with a host of new security challenges.

Analyzes the nineteenth century canal age in the Niagara-Great Lakes borderland region as a transnational phenomenon.

This volume brings social and cultural anthropologists into dialogue with historical sociology and illustrates the continued potential of the concept of civilization for all participants.

Macro-level study of the South Atlantic throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries demonstrating how Brazil’s emergence was built on the longest and most intense slave trade of the modern era.

Examines the many ways water has contributed to power structures in the past, with insights for contemporary water management.

Comprehensive historical study of policy planning and implementation during the crucial formative years of the Israeli government system.

Contrasts the experiences of German Jewish refugees from the Holocaust who fled to London and New York City.

Depicts a man's exploration of the landscape, history, and toponymy of Hell Gate, a notorious stretch of water in New York City's East River.

A history of the French schools that pioneered female education in Ottoman Iraq's Jewish communities.

Reveals cultural paradigms and historical prejudices regarding the role of birthing and women in the reproduction of society.

Essays on Telugu and South Indian literature and culture by distinguished Telugu scholar Narayana Rao.

Examines the rising power of China and Chinese foreign policy through a revisionist analysis of Chinese civilization.

Examines slavery, abolition, and race in the United States with a special focus on New York State.

The first comprehensive biography of an important yet understudied figure in the Dutch colony of New Netherland.

Addresses an understudied yet highly significant aspect of the work of the influential artist Andy Warhol: his exploration of anniversaries.

Examines the life of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg through the lens of both Blackness and latinidad.