Presents a new view of the Chinese revolution through the lens of the local Communist movement in Hainan between 1926 and 1956.

Provides a systematic and comprehensive survey of writings on military philosophy in early China.

Challenges the belief that the Walloons and the Dutch of the Hudson Valley were cultural preservationists who resisted English culture.

An eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath, newly translated into English.

Surveys how reunification in 1990 impacted historical scholarship in the former East Germany.

Provides firsthand accounts of militant Puerto Rican activists in 1970s New York City.

Analyzes cultural materials that grapple with gender and blackness to revise traditional interpretations of Mexicanness.

Tells the story of Bavaria’s acquisition of ancient Greek sculptures that rivaled those acquired by England from the Parthenon.

Undergraduate-level textbook introducing students to the factors which define immigration politics in the United States and Europe.

The definitive biography of New York State's four-term Governor, US Senator, humanitarian, and Jewish liberal political reformer.

Focuses on the posters of World War I as a medium to interpret the tremendous role played by New York State and its citizens in the war effort.

Tells the untold story of the life and career of Nathan Sanford, a New York State lawyer-politician who capitalized on opportunities created by the new politics of the early Republic to achieve social mobility.

Handsome, fully illustrated history of the sixty-four State University of New York campuses.

Presents a major new interpretation of the Ashcan School of Art, arguing that these artists made the working class city at the turn of the century a subject for beautiful art.

Explores the rich history, collections, and significance of the only museum in the United States dedicated solely to the art form of dance.

Explores the long-neglected rural dimensions of northern slavery and emancipation in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley.

Sheds new light on both pro and antislavery politics in the nineteenth-century Americas.

Uses two case studies to demonstrate how neoliberal reforms in India have de-democratized labor politics.

First comprehensive examination of the rise and decline of the Jewish communist movement in the English-speaking world.

A comprehensive analysis of the transformations of ancient history in early Chinese texts.

Challenges the accepted wisdom about women and gender roles in medieval China.

A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea.

Shows how the text evolved from a non-narrative historical record into a Confucian classic.

Combines analysis of transnational prostitution and traffic in women with a social history of the League of Nations and interwar globalization.

Essays on one of Fichte's best known and most controversial works.