One woman’s journey to uncover her family’s history and understand the ties that bind us to a particular place.

Brings a strikingly original perspective to Johnson’s life, and suggests new ways of thinking about Johnson’s part in creating a nation he did not live to see.

Drawing on the latest research, leading scholars shed new light on the culture, society, and legacy of the New Netherland colony.

New York's fascinating history as presented in song.

Turns a spotlight on the Victorian love affair with Scotland.

An ambitious and timely look at the role of religion in New York State's early public schools.

How Victorians reacted to the new sciences of geology and archaeology.

How cholera epidemics affected Victorian perceptions of the body and the nation.

Challenges readers to rethink the way we view the nation’s past and race relations in the present.

Delivers uncomplicated and useful techniques for better teaching to nonmajors in liberal arts courses.

Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.

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

Considers the role of Spiritualism in Victorian culture.

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

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.

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

Shows how Alfred the Great's translations of Latin works exposed Anglo-Saxon elites to classical learning and Christian thought while bringing prestige to the king and his West Saxon dialect.

Explores how literati of China’s mid-Northern Song period developed a social and therapeutic tradition in poetry. Includes a number of translations of the witty poems of the period.

The history of Turkey's difficult transition to a multi-party political system.

Art historical and literary perspectives on the place of women in the medieval church.

Discusses interpretations of the Yijing (the I Ching or Book of Changes) during the Northern Song period and how these illuminate the momentous changes in Chinese society during this era.

Argues that leaders sometimes promote international conflicts to keep their own military politically divided.