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NewShip of Death A Voyage That Changed the Atlantic World billy g. smith This

extraordinary book tells the newly discovered

story of one small British ship that sailed to

West Africa in hopes of establishing a slave-

free colony but instead set in motion a fateful,

history-altering yellow-fever pandemic.

Cloth 2013 328 pp. 21 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19452-4 $35.00available as e-book

Empires of the Atlantic World Britain and Spain in America 1492–1830 j. h. elliott In this enthralling account of the entwined

histories of Britain, Spain, and their empires

in the Americas, J. H. Elliott interweaves the

histories of the two great Atlantic civilizations,

providing rich insights into both while reveal-

ing aspects of their dual history that influence

the Americas to this day. Winner of the 2007 Francis Parkman Prize awarded by the Society of American HistoriansPaper 2007 608 pp. 43 b/w illus. 978-0-300-12399-9 $32.00 Cloth 2006 560 pp. 43 b/w illus. 978-0-300-11431-7 $55.00available as e-book

New Worlds A Religious History of Latin America john lynch Lynch presents a brilliant

capstone work encompassing the Latin

American people’s reception of Christianity

from the Spanish Conquest and the arrival

of evangelists to the dictators and repressive

regimes of the twentieth century.

Cloth 2012 424 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-16680-4 $35.00 available as e-book

All Can Be Saved Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World stuart b. schwartz This groundbreaking book is

the first to investigate the idea of religious

tolerance in Spain, Portugal, and their New

World colonies during the era of the Inquisition.

Winner of the 2008 Cundill International Prize in History; Winner of the 2009 American Academy of Religion Book Award for Excellence; Winner of the 2009 John E. Fagg Prize, the 2009 Leo Gershoy Award, and the 2009 George L. Mosse Prize, all given by the American Historical AssociationPaper 2009 352 pp. 12 b/w illus. 978-0-300-15854-0 $27.00available as e-book

Atlantic & Latin American History

Colonial & Early American History

New

Emperor of Liberty Thomas Jefferson’s Foreign Policy francis d. cogliano This

dramatic reevaluation of Jefferson as a states-

man sheds new light on his attitudes, priorities,

willingness to use deadly force, and challenges

as the leader of a fledgling republic in a world

of warring empires. available in march 2014

Cloth 2014 288 pp. 3 maps 978-0-300-17993-4 $32.50

Robert Morris’s Folly The Architectural and Financial Failures of an American Founder ryan k. smith Though reading like a novel,

this thoroughly researched book tells the

true story of the American Founder known

as the “financier of the Revolution” whose

unrestrained extravagance in constructing a

Philadelphia mansion ruined his finances and

his reputation. available in june 2014

Cloth 2014 416 pp. 56 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19604-7 $40.00

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin Volume 41: September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784 ellen r. cohn, editor, et al. With the

signing of the 1783 peace treaty, Franklin

eagerly followed scientific developments

(including the first balloon ascensions in Paris),

advised the French government on schemes

for civic improvement, and wrote three of his

most remarkable pieces about what it meant

to be American. the papers of benjamin franklin available in may 2014 Cloth 2014 784 pp. 978-0-300-20374-5 $115.00

The Declaration of Independence in Historical Context American State Papers, Petitions, Proclamations, and Letters of the Delegates to the First National Congresses compiled, edited, and introduced by barry alan shain Letters, papers, petitions, and

proclamations from the mid-eighteenth

century in the American colonies provide a

radically different historical perspective on

the Declaration of Independence and the

motivations and events that inspired the

creation of the remarkable document that

inflamed the American Revolution.

available in march 2014

HC-Case Side Cover 2014 768 pp. 978-0-300-15874-8 $125.00

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New in paper

Jefferson’s Shadow The Story of His Science keith thomson Much has been

written about Thomas Jefferson, but this

book is the first to focus on his passion for

science, the influence of science on his vision

for America, his scientific experiments and

inventions, and his lasting contributions

to paleontology, geography, climatology,

archaeology, and more. paper available in march 2014

Paper 2014 336 pp. 12 b/w illus. 978-0-300-20593-0 $22.00Cloth 2012 336 pp. 12 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18403-7 $30.00available as e-book

Recent & Classic Titles

Sarah Osborn’s World The Rise of Evangelical Christianity in Early America catherine a. brekus A charismatic leader

among eighteenth-century American

evangelical Christians, Sarah Osborn recorded

the details of her life and spiritual quest for

more than thirty years. Her eloquent writings

open a new window on the roots of the

evangelical movement. Winner of the 2013 Aldersgate Prize given by John Wesley Honors College, Indiana Wesleyan Universitynew directions in narrative history Cloth 2013 448 pp. 23 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18290-3 $35.00available as e-book

Building a New Jerusalem John Davenport, a Puritan in Three Worlds francis j. bremer An illuminating biography of John

Davenport, the English Puritan clergyman

who cofounded the colony of New Haven and

was a central figure in seventeenth-century

Puritanism in England and New England.


From Peace to Freedom Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657–1761 brycchan carey This book shows how Quakers

turned against slavery in the first half of the

eighteenth century and how the Society of

Friends became the first organization to take a

stand against the slave trade.

Cloth 2012 272 pp. 978-0-300-18077-0 $35.00available as e-book

The Federalist Papers alexander hamilton, james madison, and john jay; edited and with an introduction by ian shapiro This authoritative edition of the

complete texts of the Federalist Papers, the

Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Articles

of Confederation is accompanied by essays

in which leading scholars provide historical

context and thematic background. rethinking the western tradition Paper 2009 608 pp. 978-0-300-11890-2 $20.00available as e-book

Endowed by Our Creator The Birth of Religious Freedom in America michael i. meyerson Rejecting the extreme arguments of

today’s debates, this book examines what the

framers of the Constitution actually said about

religious freedom and how it can inspire and

unify our religiously diverse nation.


Edward Bancroft Scientist, Author, Spy thomas j. schaeper The first complete

biography of a little-known but fascinating

figure in the history of espionage and the

American Revolution.

Paper 2012 352 pp. 4 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18745-8 $23.00 Cloth 2011 352 pp. 4 b/w illus. 978-0-300-11842-1 $37.00 available as e-book














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19th-Century America

Louisa Catherine The Other Mrs. Adams margery m. heffron; edited by david l. michelmore This definitive biography of the

wife and political partner of President John

Quincy Adams reveals her as an articulate and

sophisticated woman, as well as a shrewd

analyst of politics. available in march 2014

Cloth 2014 416 pp. 15 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19796-9 $40.00

A Changing Wind Commerce and Conflict in Civil War Atlanta wendy hamand venet This book is the first to address the experiences

of civilians in Atlanta from the 1850s through

the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

available in april 2014

Cloth 2014 320 pp. 15 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19216-2 $30.00

Emerson’s Protégés Mentoring and Marketing Transcendentalism’s Future david dowling The surprising role of Ralph Waldo

Emerson, as editor, mentor, and promoter to a

group of young literary aspirants is explored in

author David Dowling’s fascinating history.

available in june 2014

Cloth 2014 320 pp. 8 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19744-0 $65.00

New in paperThe Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan Constitutional Law and the Politics of Backlash gerard n. magliocca This book

explores the powerful backlash that Bryan

inspired during the 1890s, and the lessons for

those who advocate sweeping change in our

own divisive times. paper available in february 2014


New in paperMrs. Mattingly’s Miracle The Prince, the Widow, and the Cure That Shocked Washington City nancy lusignan schultz This gripping

book captures the drama of the miraculous

cure of a Washington D.C. widow’s ravaging

cancer in 1824 and its repercussions.

Paper 2014 288 pp. 24 b/w illus. 978-0-300-20589-3 $30.00 Cloth 2011 288 pp. 24 b/w illus. 978-0-300-11846-9 $65.00available as e-book

New in paperAmerican Zion The Old Testament as a Political Text from the Revolution to the Civil War eran shalev This book examines the

widespread notion in America’s early decades

that the United States was a new Israel, an

idea that powerfully influenced nationalism,

politics, and culture. paper available in february 2014

Paper 2014 256 pp. 978-0-300-20590-9 $28.00Cloth 2013 256 pp. 978-0-300-18692-5 $40.00available as e-book


Letters from America alexis de tocqueville; edited, translated, and with an introduction by frederick brown This

book presents for the first time the complete

translated correspondence of Tocqueville on

his first journey to America in 1831. These

remarkable letters contain the seeds of his later

masterful account of American democracy.


John Brown’s Spy The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook steven lubet This lively book investigates the unknown story

of John Cook, who plotted the Harper’s Ferry

invasion with John Brown, participated in the

disastrous raid, then betrayed his comrades

in a tragic confession that shook the entire

abolitionist movement.


The Iron Way Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America william g. thomas This offers new perspectives on the

central role of the railroads in the decades

leading up to the Civil War, during the bloody

war years, and traveling forward into the early

years of modern America.


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Tell It With Pride The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Shaw Memorial sarah greenough and nancy k. anderson with lindsay harris and renée ater; foreword by richard j. powell A fascinating

look at the history and legacy of an important

Civil War monument, which celebrated the

contributions of one of the first military

units composed of African American soldiers.

published in association with the national gallery of art, washington, d.c. Cloth 2013 228 pp. 210 color illus. 978-0-300-19773-0 $55.00

Imagining Black America michael wayne What defines a person as “authentically”

black? How are racial boundaries constructed?

This thought-provoking book explores the

history of black identity and its shifting

meaning from the first arrival of Africans in

America to Obama’s presidency.

Cloth 2014 336 pp. 978-0-300-19781-5 $30.00

My Bondage and My Freedom frederick douglass; introduction and notes by david w. blight A powerful life story and

a passionate indictment of America’s politics

of enslavement in the years preceding the

Civil War, My Bondage and My Freedom is the

second autobiography of Frederick Douglass, a

man born into slavery who became one of the

nation’s leading abolitionists, authors, orators,

and statesmen.

Paper 2014 432 pp. 978-0-300-19059-5 $13.00

New in paperEslanda The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson barbara ransby This

compelling biography tells Robeson’s own story

for the first time—from her unconventional

marriage, to her influence on her husband’s

early career, to her tireless efforts against

racism and injustice around the globe.


African-American History

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New in paperAmerican Lynching ashraf h. a. rushdy In this meticulously researched and accessibly

written interpretive history, Rushdy shows

how lynching in America has endured, evolved,

and changed, from its origins in colonial-era

Virginia to the present.


The Frederick Douglass Papers Series Two: Autobiographical Writings, Volume 3: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass frederick douglass; edited by john r. mckivigan A

long-neglected essential of African-American

literature, this volume revisits the events of

Douglass’s earlier autobiographies while placing

them in the context of his later years and

accomplishments. the frederick douglass papers series Cloth 2012 1,128 pp. 27 illus. 978-0-300-17634-6 $150.00

Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade david eltis and david richardson; foreword by david brion davis; afterword by david w. blight A monumental work, decades in the making:

the first atlas to illustrate the entire scope of

the transatlantic slave trade. Winner of the 2011 James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic history, given by the American Historical Association; Winner of the 2011-12 Louis Gottschalk Prize, given by the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2010 336 pp. 189 color maps; 5 b/w + 36 color illus.; 61 color graphs 978-0-300-12460-6 $50.00available as e-book

According to Our Hearts Rhinelander v. Rhinelander and the Law of the Multiracial Family angela onwuachi-willig This landmark book

looks at what it means to be a multiracial couple

in the United States today. The book begins with

a 1925 court case and shows how—almost a

century later—our society has yet come to terms

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Black Gotham A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City carla l. peterson Black Gotham is a

fascinating look at a little-known segment of

American history: African-American elites in

New York City in the nineteenth century, told

through Carla Peterson’s intriguing account

of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her

ancestors. Winner of the 2011 New York City Book Awards sponsored by the New York Society LibraryPaper 2012 446 pp. 35 b/w illus. + 2 maps 978-0-300-18174-6 $20.00 Cloth 2011 446 pp. 35 b/w illus. + 2 maps 978-0-300-16255-4 $32.00available as e-book

The Dance Claimed Me A Biography of Pearl Primus peggy and murray schwartz The

first full-scale biography of the seminal dancer,

anthropologist, and educator, who championed

social and racial justice through her blazingly

original choreography and performances.

Paper 2012 352 pp. 33 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18793-9 $22.00available as e-book

Black Ranching Frontiers African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500–1900 andrew sluyter A substantive and groundbreaking

book that demonstrates for the first time—

and contrary to conventional wisdom—that

Africans played significant creative roles in

establishing open-range cattle ranching in the

Americas. yale agrarian studies series Cloth 2012 320 pp. 52 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17992-7 $45.00available as e-book

The Zong A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery james walvin In 1781, the captain of

a British ship running short of drinking water

ordered 132 African slaves thrown overboard.

This book is the first full account of the

horrifying event, the later trial, and the moral

and political debates that followed.


Native American HistoryAfrican-American History

NewHollow Justice A History of Indigenous Claims in the United States david e. wilkins This

book provides a legal and political history of the

claims Native Americans have made against the

federal government over the past two centuries

regarding violations of treaties, indigenous

sovereignty, and property rights. the henry roe cloud series on american indians and modernity Cloth 2013 272 pp. 978-0-300-11926-8 $40.00available as e-book

New in paperSun Chief The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian, Second Edition don c. talayesva; edited by leo w. simmons; forewords by matthew sakiestewa gilbert and robert v. hine First published

in 1942, Sun Chief is the autobiography of

Hopi Chief Don C. Talayesva and offers a unique

insider view on Hopi society. In a new Foreword,

Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert explores how

scholars have used the book since its publication

more than seventy years ago.

the lamar series in western history Paper 2013 520 pp. 5 illus. 978-0-300-19103-5 $23.00

Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures lucianne lavin; with a contribution to the introduction by paul grant-costa; edited by rosemary volpe This groundbreaking volume

draws on exciting recent archaeological and

ethnographic findings to provide a full account

of Connecticut’s indigenous peoples throughout

their 10,000-year history. published in association with the yale peabody museum of natural history Cloth 2013 528 pp. 37 color + 235 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18664-2 $45.00available as e-book

Domestic Subjects Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature beth h. piatote Piatote analyzes the literary works of

Native American intellectuals in the context

of assimilation-era laws and policies aimed at

national domestication, showing how Native

American writing illuminated, contested, and

refigured the reach of the law. the henry roe cloud series on american indians and modernity Cloth 2013 248 pp. 6 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17157-0 $45.00available as e-book















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The Lamar Series in Western History

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New in paper

Gathering Together The Shawnee People through Diaspora and Nationhood, 1600–1870 sami lakomäki This comprehensive book

demonstrates how the interactions between

the Shawnee peoples and arriving European

colonists transformed the political realities and

ideas of both groups, profoundly affecting the

course of American history.

available in june 2014

Cloth 2014 416 pp. 12 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18061-9 $40.00

Before L.A. Race, Space, and Municipal Power in Los Angeles, 1781–1894 david samuel torres-rouff A bold new work of urban history

explores the early development of Los Angeles,

how race has always determined its social and

spatial boundaries, and how a 19th-century

incursion of immigrants from the United

States caused a profound and permanent

shift in its political and physical environment.


Hell on the Range A Story of Honor, Conscience, and the American West daniel justin herman In this lively account of

Arizona’s Rim Country War of the 1880s, the

author uncovers surprising truths about the

complex interplay of honor and conscience,

violence and identity, in the history of the

American West. published in cooperation with the william p. clements center for southwest studies, southern methodist university Paper 2013 400 pp. 40 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19826-3 $30.00 Cloth 2010 400 pp. 40 b/w illus. 978-0-300-13736-1 $65.00available as e-book

Geronimo robert m. utley This fast-paced

biography of the most famous North American

Indian of all time strips away the myths that

have obscured the real Geronimo and presents

an authentic portrait of the ferocious and

elusive Apache fighter for the first time.

Paper 2013 376 pp. 27 b/w illus. + 13 maps 978-0-300-19836-2 $20.00Cloth 2012 376 pp. 27 b/w illus. + 13 maps 978-0-300-12638-9 $30.00available as e-book


War of a Thousand Deserts Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War brian delay

In this radically new account of America’s

watershed victory in the U.S.-Mexican War,

Brian DeLay uncovers the forgotten role of the

Comanches and their native allies. For fifteen

years, Indian raids devastated northern Mexico,

precipitating key events and altering the

history of the continent in enduring ways.

Winner of the 2009 Robert M. Utley Award and the 2009 W. Turrentine Jackson Award, given by the Western History Association; Co-winner of the 2008 Norris and Carol Hundly Best Book Award, given by the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical AssociationPaper 2009 496 pp. 31 b/w illus. 978-0-300-15837-3 $26.00available as e-book

The Comanche Empire pekka hämäläinen This groundbreaking book uncovers the

lost story of the Comanche Indians and the

vast and powerful empire they built in the

eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

The volume challenges the idea of indigenous

peoples as victims of European expansion

and offers a new perspective on the history

of the colonization of North America.

Winner of the 2009 Bancroft Prize, given by Columbia University; Co-winner of the 2009 Merle Curti Award, presented by the Organization of American Historians; Winner of the Caughey Western History Association Prize given by the Western History AssociationPaper 2009 512 pp. 12 b/w illus. + 8 maps 978-0-300-15117-6 $25.00available as e-book

The Jeffersons at Shadwell susan kern An original study of Shadwell, Thomas

Jefferson’s boyhood home, providing new

insights into the founding father’s formative

years. Winner of the 2011 Richard Slatten Award for Excellence in Virginian Biography, sponsored by the Virginia Historical Society; Winner of the 2011 Abbott Lowell Cummings Prize given by the Vernacular Architecture ForumPaper 2012 320 pp. 56 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18743-4 $24.00available as e-book













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Murder in Tombstone The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp steven lubet The gunfight

at the OK Corral is legendary—but what

happened once the shooting ended? This

book tells the nearly unknown story of the

prosecution of Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and

Doc Holiday following the gunfight and

shows how a talented defense attorney

saved them from the gallows.

the lamar series in western history Paper 2006 288 pp. 35 b/w illus. 978-0-300-11527-7 $19.00available as e-book

Nature’s Noblemen Transatlantic Masculinities and the Nineteenth-Century American West monica rico Exploring the

myth of the American West in the nineteenth

century as a place for men to assert their

masculinity by “roughing it” in the wilderness,

Monica Rico reveals how this myth played

out in a transatlantic context.


Rush to Gold The French and the California Gold Rush, 1848–1854 malcolm j. rohrbough The California Gold Rush attracted 300,000

gold seekers in the mid-1800s, and it is the

story of 30,000 Frenchman who came by sea

that is told in The Rush to Gold. This is the

first book to give an international focus

to this pivotal time.


The Spanish Frontier in North America The Brief Edition david j. weber

This compact synthesis of David J. Weber’s

prize-winning history of colonial Spanish North

America vividly tells the story of Spain’s 300-

year tenure on the continent. From the first

Spanish-Indian contact through Spain’s gradual

retreat, Weber offers a balanced assessment of

the impact of each civilization upon the other.

Paper 2009 320 pp. 40 b/w illus. + 16 maps 978-0-300-14068-2 $22.00available as e-book

Through a Screen Darkly Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America’s Image Abroad martha bayles America’s

image abroad has declined precipitously.

This thought-provoking book looks closely

at the impact of American entertainment

and of cutbacks in public diplomacy, then

offers nuanced suggestions for restoring

America’s good name.

Cloth 2014 336 pp. 978-0-300-12338-8 $30.00

The Great Rent Wars New York, 1917–1929 robert m. fogelson Written by one of the

country’s foremost urban historians, The Great

Rent Wars tells the fascinating but little-known

story of the battles between landlords and

tenants in the nation’s largest city from 1917

through 1929. These conflicts were triggered

by the post-war housing shortage, which

prompted landlords to raise rents, drove

tenants to go on rent strikes, and spurred the

state legislature to impose rent control in New

York, a radical and unprecedented step that

transformed landlord-tenant relations.

Cloth 2013 512 pp. 23 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19172-1 $45.00

New in paperThe Gateway Arch A Biography tracy campbell This book is the first to explore the

colorful history of the spectacular Gateway

Arch of St. Louis and the controversial tactics of

its creators. Beloved as a symbol of American

democracy, the monument can also be seen as

a vivid example of failed urban planning.

icons of america; paper available in february 2014


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1940 FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm susan dunn This

spellbinding story of the Roosevelt-Willkie

election season explores the deep divisions in

the United States on the eve of World War II,

the pull of Lindbergh’s staunch isolationism,

and the courageous candidates and politicians

who forged crucial agreements across the aisle.

paper available in may 2014


The Great Agnostic Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought susan jacoby In this

thought-provoking biography, the author of

Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism

restores Ingersoll to his rightful place in the

American secular tradition and demonstrates

why his arguments matter today more than ever.


Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance A Portrait in Black and White emily bernard This groundbreaking book

is the first to focus on the flamboyant Carl

Van Vechten, his notoriety as a white man

with a passion for black people and culture,

and his still-debated contributions to the

Harlem Renaissance.


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A Great Leap Forward 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth alexander j. field This careful study of U.S. growth data

reveals that the innovation and infrastructure

development of the 1930s—not the industrial

response to WWII—set the stage for the

economic boom of the following decades.

Winner of the 2012 Alice Hanson Jones Biennial Prize, sponsored by the Economic History Association; Winner of the 2012 National Book Award in the Social Sciences, sponsored by Alpha Sigma Nuyale series in economic and financial history Paper 2012 400 pp. 36 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18816-5 $25.00available as e-book

The Eighteen-Day Running Mate McGovern, Eagleton, and a Campaign in Crisis joshua m. glasser This riveting story of the

1972 election uncovers how vice-presidential

candidate Thomas Eagleton’s secrets were

revealed, why he withdrew from the race,

and how George McGovern’s campaign

dealt with the staggering blow.


Hank Greenberg The Hero Who Didn’t Want to Be One mark kurlansky New York

Times best-selling author Mark Kurlansky

delivers the compelling life story of Hank

Greenberg, the first Jewish player elected into

the Baseball Hall of Fame. jewish lives Paper 2013 192 pp. 1 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19246-9 $16.00 Cloth 2011 192 pp. 1 b/w illus. 978-0-300-13660-9 $25.00 available as e-book

Return from the Natives How Margaret Mead Won the Second World War and Lost the Cold War peter mandler Margaret Mead

was determined as the Second World War

approached to show that anthropology could

assess not only “primitives” but also the most

complex modern societies in ways useful for

waging war. This fascinating book weighs up

her successes and failures.















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A Single Roll of the Dice Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran trita parsi In this

illuminating book, Trita Parsi uncovers the full

details of the diplomatic encounters between

Washington and Tehran during Obama’s early

presidency, then discusses whether diplomacy

should be the foreign policy approach of choice

for the U.S. Named One of The Best Books of 2012 on the Middle East by Foreign AffairsPaper 2013 312 pp. 978-0-300-19236-0 $17.00Cloth 2012 304 pp. 978-0-300-16936-2 $27.50available as e-book

The Snail Darter and the Dam How Pork-Barrel Politics Endangered a Little Fish and Killed a River zygmunt j. b. plater In

a narrative that dispels widespread

misperceptions about the environmental

battle against the TVA’s final dam project, a law

professor and his students carry the notorious

snail darter case through the corridors of

Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court.


Time No Longer Americans After the American Century patrick smith An original

exploration of America’s founding myths,

our nostalgic commitment to such ideas as

American exceptionalism, and why we must

understand the facts of our history if we

are to thrive in the coming century.


NewAgainst the Profit Motive The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780–1940 nicholas r. parrillo Parrillo uses

the history of how federal employees have

been compensated to derive an original and

important lesson about the legitimacy of

government. yale law library series in legal history and reference Cloth 2013 584 pp. 3 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17658-2 $125.00Paper 2013 584 pp. 3 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19475-3 $55.00available as e-book

Civil Disobedience An American Tradition lewis perry This stimulating book examines

the 300-year history of civil disobedience in

America: the causes that have inspired it,

the justifications used to defend it, and the

controversies it has aroused at every turn.


New in paperArcadian America The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition aaron sachs The garden cemetery has much to teach us

about the history of America’s communal

landscapes and today’s environmental ideas,

says the author of this thought-provoking

book. new directions in narrative history; paper available in february 2014



The Good Rich and What They Cost Us robert f. dalzell, jr. Through case studies

of some of the richest figures in American

history—Washington, Rockefeller, Gates,

Winfrey—this timely book explores whether

America’s strong commitment to the creation

of wealth threatens our democratic society.


Ambition, A History From Vice to Virtue william casey king This book explores the

history of changing attitudes toward ambition

and how ambition influenced New World

colonization, the Declaration of Independence,

and Americans’ perceptions of themselves.


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Poilu The World War I Notebooks of Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914–1918 louis barthas; translated by edward m. strauss “This

translation of the diaries and letters of a French

corporal on the Western front in World War I

brings the gritty reality of trench warfare to

an English-speaking audience in a manner

unparalleled even in the best soldier writings

from that war. The reader feels and smells

and hears the mud, the blood, the fear, the

deafening noise of exploding shells, the clatter

of machine guns, the cries of the wounded

and dying. Here is the war as the men in the

trenches experienced it.”—James McPherson,

author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

available in february 2014

Cloth 2014 480 pp. 18 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19159-2 $35.00

Monty’s Men The British Army and the Liberation of Europe john buckley From D-Day to VE-Day, historian John

Buckley offers a radical reexamination of

Great Britain’s military prowess in the last

years of World War Two, suggesting that the

oft-maligned British Army was, in fact, more

than a match for the Nazi war machine.

Cloth 2013 384 pp. 25 b/w illus. 978-0-300-13449-0 $35.00

Citizen Emperor Napoleon in Power philip dwyer The second volume of Dwyer’s widely

acclaimed new biography sheds bright light

on Napoleon’s sensational myth-making to

bolster his military reputation as well as his

political ruthlessness, evolution as a leader,

and complicated inner life.

Cloth 2013 816 pp. 64 b/w illus., 5 maps 978-0-300-16243-1 $45.00available as e-book

Life, Death, and Growing Up on the Western Front anthony fletcher Drawing

on the correspondence of British soldiers on

the Western Front, this book provides a vivid

account of their experiences and reveals the

comradeship, humor, and strong morale that

sustained them in the face of the horrors of war.

Cloth 2013 352 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-19553-8 $35.00available as e-book

Surge My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War peter r. mansoor The first full account of

the 2007–8 troop surge in Iraq, told by a

member of General Petraeus’s innermost circle,

reveals how the strategy was devised and

implemented, who supported the effort and

who didn’t, and how the surge changed Iraqi

history. yale library of military history Cloth 2013 384 pp. 20 b/w illus + 2 maps 978-0-300-17235-5 $28.00

Wellington The Path to Victory 1769–1814 rory muir This masterly new biography

provides an authoritative re-evaluation of

Wellington’s career, both as a soldier and

politician, while giving new and unexpected

insights into this talented, complex, and

often difficult man.

Cloth 2013 744 pp. 32 pp. illus.; maps; plans 978-0-300-18665-9 $38.00

The Great War for Peace william mulligan The First World War is often viewed

as the starting point for later 20th-century

global violence and conflict. This compelling

book argues that in fact this war reshaped

understandings of peace and international

politics in important and lasting ways.


Cloth 2014 448 pp. 15 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17377-2 $35.00

In Flanders Fields The Great War Seen from the Air, 1914–1918 birger stichelbaut The

relentless progression of World War I and the

devastated wartime landscape of Flanders

Fields are presented in unprecedented detail in

a unique historical record comprised primarily

of aerial photographs taken over the bitter

four-year course of the Great War. distributed for mercatorfonds; in flanders fields museum, ypres; the imperial war museum, london; and the royal army museum, brussels Paper over Board 2014 396 pp. 532 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19658-0 $90.00














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NewRavaged Art and Heritage in Times of Conflict edited by jo tollebeek and eline van assche Coinciding with the one hundredth

anniversary of the start of World War I, this

compelling publication explores how centuries

of war and conflict have affected cultural and

artistic heritage worldwide. distributed for mercatorfonds; available in may 2014

Paper over Board 2014 352 pp. 230 color illus. 978-0-300-20447-6 $80.00

The Making of the First World War ian f. w. beckett In this original and

spellbinding reinterpretation of the Great War,

a noted historian turns the spotlight on twelve

military, political, and cultural events—some

nearly forgotten—whose legacies continue to

shape our world today. paper available in may 2014


This Seat of Mars War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 charles carlton A powerful

account of the effects of war on early modern

Britain, showing how war forged the British

state and exploring the personal experiences

of battle and bloodshed.

Paper 2013 360 pp. 24 b/w illus. + 10 maps 978-0-300-19714-3 $30.00Cloth 2011 336 pp. 24 b/w illus. + 10 maps 978-0-300-13913-6 $40.00available as e-book

Perilous Glory The Rise of Western Military Power john france This major new history

encompasses warfare around the world from

3100 B.C. to the Gulf War and challenges

accepted ideas about the development of

military strength, the impact of culture

on war, the future of Western dominance,

and much more.


Twelve Turning Points of the Second World War p. m. h. bell A fresh exploration

of the Second World War through twelve

key events that shaped the direction and

outcome of the conflict.

Paper 2012 288 pp. 20 b/w illus. + 5 maps 978-0-300-18770-0 $16.00available as e-book

Wellington’s Wars The Making of a Military Genius huw j. davies This book

offers a provocative reappraisal of the

Duke of Wellington’s brilliant military

career, arguing that his success was based

as much on political acumen as on his

talent as a military commander.


The Civil War and American Art eleanor jones harvey Featuring artistic

masterpieces and literary legends of the 19th

century, this book is a magisterial, convincingly

argued new survey of the impact of the Civil

War on American painting and photography.

Winner in the Photography/Art category at the 2013 Great Southeast Book Festival published in association with the smithsonian american art museum Cloth 2012 352 pp. 151 color + 63 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18733-5 $65.00

The Battle of Marathon peter krentz Drawing on early travelers, archaeologists,

geologists, reenactors, and soldiers, Peter

Krentz tells a compelling story that defends

Herodotus’ account of how the Athenians

won their most famous victory. yale library of military history Paper 2011 256 pp. 32 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17766-4 $20.00 Cloth 2010 256 pp. 32 b/w illus. 978-0-300-12085-1 $30.00available as e-book

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Recent & Classic Titles Recent & Classic Titles

The Legacy of the Second World War john lukacs The master historian

John Lukacs explores lasting questions and

enigmas about World War II, its consequences,

and its persistent legacy.

Paper 2011 208 pp. 978-0-300-17138-9 $19.00 Cloth 2010 208 pp. 978-0-300-11439-3 $26.00available as e-book

December 1941 Twelve Days that Began a World War evan mawdsley An account

of twelve days in December 1941, when

interlinked events—including the Battle of

Moscow, the Pearl Harbor raid, and Hitler’s

declaration of war on America—decided

the outcome of a war and changed the

course of a century.

Paper 2012 360 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. + 6 maps 978-0-300-18787-8 $18.00Cloth 2011 360 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. + 6 maps 978-0-300-15445-0 $30.00available as e-book

The Burma Campaign Disaster into Triumph, 1942–45 frank mclynn This book,

in essence a quadruple biography, tells the

true story of four larger-than-life Allied

commanders (three Brits and one American)

who battled the Japanese, and sometimes each

other, in the long and bloody Burma campaign

of World War II. yale library of military history Paper 2012 552 pp. 20 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18744-1 $20.00Cloth 2011 552 pp. 20 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17162-4 $35.00available as e-book

The Men Who Lost America British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire andrew jackson o’shaughnessy This unique account of

the American Revolution, told from the

perspectives of King George III, Lord North,

General Burgoyne, and other British leaders,

brings to light the real reasons behind the

British Empire’s stunning and unexpected loss.

the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2013 480 pp. 33 color illus. + 7 maps 978-0-300-19107-3 $37.50available as e-book

Gallipoli The End of the Myth robin prior

A full account of the disastrous Gallipoli

campaign of WWI, this book sets aside the

many myths about the Allied operation and

arrives at the devastating conclusion that

nearly 390,000 troops died in vain.

Paper 2010 304 pp. 16 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16894-5 $24.00 Cloth 2009 288 pp. 16 b/w illus. 978-0-300-14995-1 $35.00

Photography and the American Civil War jeff l. rosenheim This eye-opening

study of Civil War photography traces the

introduction of the camera into the battlefield

and shows its influence on history and our

responses to war. published by the metropolitan museum of art/distributed by yale university press Cloth 2013 288 pp. 303 color + b/w illus. 978-0-300-19180-6 $50.00

War/Photography Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath anne wilkes tucker and will michels, with natalie zelt; with contributions by liam kennedy, hilary roberts, john stauffer, bodo von dewitz, jeff hunt, and natalie zeldin Featuring over 525 powerful

images and analysis from esteemed scholars,

this ambitious book offers a comprehensive

investigation of the relationship between

photography and armed conflict. Winner of the 2013 Kraszna-Krausz Awards in the Best Photography Book category distributed for the museum of fine arts, houston Cloth 2012 612 pp. 179 color + 364 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17738-1 $90.00

Marlborough’s America stephen saunders webb Marching through the Duke

of Marlborough’s ten triumphant campaigns,

1702–1722, and analyzing the administrations

of his former staff officers in America and

the West Indies, Marlborough’s America

demonstrates that the duke’s victory in Europe

created “Great Britain.” the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2013 608 pp. 11 color + 25 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17859-3 $45.00available as e-book














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Ancient Rome From Romulus to Justinian thomas r. martin This concise and beautifully

written history of ancient Rome pays unique

attention to the values that propelled the

Empire’s rise and fall.

Paper 2013 256 pp. 13 maps, 35 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19831-7 $16.00Cloth 2012 256 pp. 13 maps, 35 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16004-8 $30.00available as e-book

Alexander to Constantine Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III eric m. meyers and mark a. chancey This comprehen-

sive introduction is destined to become the

standard book on biblical archaeology from

Alexander the Great’s conquest to Constantine’s

reign. the anchor yale bible reference library Paper 2014 400 pp. 17 color, 170 b/w, 10 maps 978-0-300-20583-1 $25.00Cloth 2012 400 pp. 17 color, 170 b/w, 10 maps 978-0-300-14179-5 $40.00available as e-book

Caesar’s Druids An Ancient Priesthood miranda aldhouse-green Aldhouse-Green

argues that the Druids were a highly complex,

intellectual, and sophisticated group whose

influence transcended religion and reached

into the realms of secular power and politics.


Europe Between the Oceans 9000 BC–AD 1000 barry cunliffe This interdisciplinary

work by a leading archaeologist reorients

our understanding of Old Europe’s success,

uncovering a set of complex factors that have

gone unrecognized until now.

Paper 2011 480 pp. 120 b/w + 80 color illus. 978-0-300-17086-3 $32.00available as e-book

A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics neil faulkner This unique guide

transports us to the games of 388 B.C., bringing

to life the sights and sounds, the athletes and

attendees, and the sporting and religious events.

PB-with Flaps 2012 272 pp. 40 b/w + 8 pp. color illus. 978-0-300-15907-3 $28.00available as e-book

Blood and Mistletoe The History of the Druids in Britain ronald hutton This

captivating book by a world expert examines

what is known of the Druids, then explores

how and why they have been repeatedly

reinvented to play varying roles in English,

Scottish, and Welsh history.


Voting About God in Early Church Councils ramsay macmullen In this original

book, an eminent historian explores how early

Christian doctrine was determined by majority

vote in church councils during the third to sixth

centuries. Ramsey MacMullen brings the reader

directly into council chambers, where rank and

file bishops engage in debate, then vote to

establish a single Christian orthodoxy.


Ancient Greece From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times, Second Edition thomas r. martin In this compact yet comprehensive

history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin

brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone

Age roots to the fourth century B.C.

Paper 2013 328 pp. 978-0-300-16005-5 $18.00available as e-book

The Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos Cult, Polis, and Change in the Graeco-Roman World guy maclean rogers In a ground-

breaking reinterpretation of ancient poly-

theism, Guy MacLean Rogers rethinks and

de-naturalizes Roman imperial history and the

transition to Christianity synkrisis Cloth 2013 528 pp. 2 color + 27 b/w, 11 maps 978-0-300-17863-0 $45.00available as e-book

The Ancient Oracles Making the Gods Speak richard stoneman This colorful

book traces the entire thousand-year history

of Greek oracles and examines why they

continued to be consulted by Greek men

and women at every level of society until the

Christian abolition of paganism in A.D. 395.


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New

The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders galbert of bruges; translated and with an introduction by jeff rider This

excellent new translation of medieval Flemish

cleric Galbert of Bruges’s twelfth century

journal describing the scandalous assassination

of Glorious Charles, count of Flanders, and

its bloody aftermath provides a fascinating,

first-person account of life, politics, power, and

murder in Europe during the Middle Ages.

Paper 2013 296 pp. 6 b/w illus. 978-0-300-15230-2 $30.00

A New EditionThe Spanish Inquisition A Historical Revision, Fourth Edition henry kamen In

this completely updated edition, Henry

Kamen dispels persistent myths and offers

a new and thought-provoking vision of the

Inquisition’s place in Mediterranean culture, its

consequences for Jewish culture, its impact on

Spanish intellectual life, and much more.


Paper 2014 520 pp. 14 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18051-0 $25.00

The Field of Cloth of Gold glenn richardson Historian Glenn Richardson

offers a bold new appraisal of the Field of

Cloth of Gold, arguably the most extravagant

and controversial international summit of the

Renaissance era, providing fresh insights into

the political realities of the sixteenth century

and the mentalities of Europe’s monarchs.

Cloth 2014 288 pp. 8 pp b/w illus. 978-0-300-14886-2 $65.00

New in paperThe Conversion of Scandinavia Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe anders winroth Drawing

on painstaking analysis and paleographic

reconstruction of archeological and literary

sources, Anders Winroth presents a radically

new interpretation of the conversion of

Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity

in the early Middle Ages. Winner of the 2013 Gustav Ranis International Book Prize awarded by the MacMillan Center at Yale UniversityPaper 2014 256 pp. 24 b/w illus. 978-0-300-20553-4 $28.00available as e-book

The Crusader States malcolm barber This original and wide-ranging history of

twelfth-century life in the crusader states—

Jerusalem, Antioch, Tripoli, and Edessa—

explores the military battles and cultural

clashes as East and West struggled

for dominance.

Cloth 2012 496 pp. 15 b/w illus., 2 figs, 21 maps 978-0-300-11312-9 $38.00available as e-book

The English Aristocracy, 1070–1272 A Social Transformation david crouch This

groundbreaking book offers the first close

examination of the fate of English aristocrats

following William the Conqueror’s victory.

A radical transformation ensued, the author

shows, as society redefined itself around

the principle of nobility.


The Music Libel Against the Jews ruth hacohen This deeply imaginative and

wide-ranging book shows how, since the first

centuries of the Christian era, gentiles have

associated Jews with noise. Ruth HaCohen

focuses her study on a “musical libel”—a

variation on the Passion story that recurs

in various forms and cultures in which an

innocent Christian boy is killed by a Jew in

order to silence his “harmonious musicality.”

Winner of the Otto Kinkeldey Award in 2012, given by the American Musicological Society; Winner of the 2012 Polonsky First Prize in the research category for creativity and originality in the humanistic disciplines Paper 2013 532 pp. 80 b/w + 9 color illus. 978-0-300-19477-7 $38.00 Cloth 2011 532 pp. 80 b/w + 9 color illus. 978-0-300-16778-8 $55.00available as e-book














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The End of Byzantium jonathan harris Shedding new light on the final turbulent

years of Byzantium, this evocative book

explains how the Ottoman Turks conquered

the thousand-year empire and reveals the

consequences for ordinary Byzantines and

their remarkable legacy.


The Wars of the Roses michael hicks A magisterial account of the Wars of the

Roses by a renowned historian, explaining

for the first time why they began, why they

kept recurring, and why they ceased.


The Anglo-Saxon World n. j. higham and m. j. ryan Incorporating the latest

research in a wide range of disciplines, this

definitive history casts new light on the crucial

Anglo-Saxon period, from the exit of the

Romans to the arrival of William the Conqueror.

Cloth 2013 496 pp. 100 color illus., 40 line drawings, 60 maps 978-0-300-12534-4 $45.00available as e-book

The True History of Merlin the Magician anne lawrence-mathers Merlin

the Magician has remained an enthralling and

curious individual since he was made famous

by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the twelfth

century. Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores just

who he was believed to be and what he has

meant to Britain.


The Rise of Female Kings in Europe, 1300–1800 william monter In this lively

and pathbreaking book, William Monter

explores Europe’s increasing acceptance of

autonomous female rule between the late

Middle Ages and the French Revolution by

examining the public careers of its thirty

women sovereigns.

Cloth 2012 304 pp. 18 b/w, 1 map spread 978-0-300-17327-7 $38.00available as e-book

The Mortgage of the Past Reshaping the Ancient Political Inheritance (1050–1300) francis oakley Francis Oakley continues his

magisterial three-part history of the emergence

of Western political thought during the Middle

Ages with this second volume, exploring

kingship and related themes from the tenth to

the fourteenth century. the emergence of western political thought in the latin middle ages Cloth 2012 344 pp. 978-0-300-17633-9 $55.00available as e-book

The Book in the Renaissance andrew pettegree A groundbreaking study of the

fascinating world of books in the first great age

of print, from 1450 to 1600. Winner of the 2011 Phyllis Goodhart Gordon Book Prize, presented by the Renaissance Society of AmericaPaper 2011 440 pp. 69 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17821-0 $27.50available as e-book

The Raven King Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of His Lost Library marcus tanner Seizing the Hungarian throne at fifteen, the

effervescent Matthias Corvinus reigned long

(1459–1490) and extraordinarily well. This

book is the first in English to tell the gripping

story of the Raven King and of the fate of

his fabled 2000-volume library. Dispersed

across Europe after his death, the king’s

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The Virgin Warrior The Life and Death of Joan of Arc larissa juliet taylor This

biography of Joan of Arc paints a vivid portrait

of the teenaged French peasant girl whose

charisma and sheer force of will electrified

those around her and struck terror into the

hearts of the English soldiers and leaders.

Paper 2010 280 pp. 16 pp b/w illus. 978-0-300-16895-2 $22.00available as e-book

Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen of France, Queen of England ralph v. turner Untangling

the myths and legends of many centuries, this

definitive biography gives us the real Eleanor

of Aquitaine—wife of two kings, mother of

two kings, a tenacious and ambitious twelfth-

century queen who carved a unique position

for herself in a society hostile to the idea of a

woman in power.


Savonarola The Rise and Fall of a Renais-sance Prophet donald weinstein This deeply

considered new biography of the visionary

Dominican provides the first truly satisfying

account of Savonarola, his charismatic

vision, and his fate as a failed prophet.

Cloth 2011 400 pp. 978-0-300-11193-4 $38.00 available as e-book

Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France kathleen wellman Beginning in 1410 with the birth of Agnés

Sorel and continuing through 1599

with the death of Gabrielle d’Estrees,

Kathleen Wellman examines their lives,

accomplishments, and the iconic status of

elite women in the French court.


Recent & Classic Titles New

The Great Mirror of Folly Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720 edited by william n. goetzmann, catherine labio, k. geert rouwenhorst, and timothy g. young; with a foreword by robert j. shiller This beautifully

illustrated book presents a unique cultural

record of the world’s first great financial

crisis—the stock market crash of 1720 in

France, England, and Holland—as depicted in

the art, literature, and commentary of the time.

yale series in economic and financial history Cloth 2013 360 pp. 240 color + 15 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16246-2 $75.00

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and the World of Elizabethan Art Painting and Patronage at the Court of Elizabeth elizabeth goldring This detailed

and pioneering study offers the first in-depth

look at Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, whose

patronage and art-collecting activities made

him a powerful influence on Elizabethan taste.

published for the paul mellon centre for studies in british art Cloth 2014 304 pp. 100 color + 111 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19224-7 $75.00

Female Alliances Gender, Identity, and Friendship in Early Modern Britain amanda e. herbert In the first book-length historical

study of female friendship and alliance for

the early modern period, Amanda Herbert

demonstrates the importance of these bonds

not only to the women themselves but to the

building of the British Atlantic world.

Cloth 2014 272 pp. 27 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17740-4 $55.00

The Great Plague A People’s History evelyn lord This intimate history of England’s

Great Plague of 1665-66 brings a dark era

of contagion and death to vivid life through

personal stories of loss and survival from a

wide range of individuals—from common folk

to historical notables Samuel Pepys and Isaac

Newton—in the small British community of

Cambridge. available in march 2014

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Lord Strange’s Men and Their Plays lawrence manley and sally-beth maclean This colorful account of Lord Strange’s Men, a

renowned acting troupe that briefly dominated

the London stage in the late Elizabethan Era,

explores the company’s distinctive approach

to the works of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and

others; its bold theatrical innovations; and its

remarkable influence on the dramaturgy of

the time. available in march 2014

Cloth 2014 480 pp. 30 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19199-8 $65.00

Tainted Glory in Handel’s Messiah The Unsettling History of the World’s Most Beloved Choral Work michael marissen In this

eye-opening reexamination of Handel’s beloved

religious oratorio the Messiah, respected

scholar Michael Marissen uncovers a shocking

and powerful message of anti-Judaism buried

within the musical masterwork’s joyous

celebration of the divinity of Jesus Christ.


Cloth 2014 224 pp. 1 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19458-6 $40.00

Queen Caroline Cultural Politics at the Early Eighteenth-Century Court joanna marschner This meticulously researched volume surveys

Caroline of Ansbach’s significant contributions

to English arts and culture. published for the paul mellon centre for studies in british art; available in february 2014

Cloth 2014 232 pp. 120 color + 40 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19777-8 $75.00

The Christian Monitors The Church of England and the Age of Benevolence, 1680–1730 brent s. sirota This original and persuasive

book examines the moral and religious revival

led by the Anglican Church after the Glorious

Revolution, and shows how that revival laid

the groundwork for a burgeoning civil society

in Britain. the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2014 376 pp. 978-0-300-16710-8 $65.00

The City and the King Architecture and Politics in Restoration London christine stevenson Surveying the City of London in

the wake of the Restoration in 1660 and the

Great Fire six years later, this authoritative

book examines how monuments are made

meaningful. published for the paul mellon centre for studies in british art Cloth 2013 400 pp. 25 color + 120 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19022-9 $75.00

A Plague of Informers Conspiracy and Political Trust in William III’s England rachel weil This fascinating study of the turbulent

decade following the Revolution of 1688

illuminates the Williamite regime’s struggle to

establish political trust and the painful tension

it faced between liberty and security. the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2014 360 pp. 15 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17104-4 $40.00

Making Make-Believe Real Politics as Theater in Shakespeare’s Time garry wills This fascinating study of political stagecraft

during the Elizabethan era explores a period of

vast political change when a canny Protestant

queen understood the power of make-believe

to make power real. available in may 2014

Cloth 2014 384 pp. 978-0-300-19753-2 $30.00

New in paperUtopia Second Edition thomas more; translated and introduced by clarence h. miller; with a new afterword by jerry harp

Preeminent More scholar Clarence H. Miller

does justice to the full range of More’s rhetoric

in this masterful translation of Utopia. In a new

afterword to this edition, Jerry Harp contex-

tualizes Utopia within the wider frames of

European humanism and the Renaissance.

Paper 2014 232 pp. 2 illus. 978-0-300-18610-9 $8.95

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Anne Boleyn Fatal Attractions g. w. bernard Drawing on a wide-ranging forensic

examination of sixteenth-century sources, G.

W. Bernard offers a fresh portrait of one of

England’s most captivating queens.


Too Much to Know Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age ann blair Long before the modern era scholars

complained of the overabundance of books

and developed techniques for selecting,

sorting, and storing information on a

large scale. This intriguing book examines

information management in pre-modern

contexts with a special focus on the impact

of printing in Europe in the sixteenth

and seventeenth centuries.


Citizen Portrait Portrait Painting and the Urban Elite of Tudor and Jacobean England and Wales tarnya cooper Citizen Portrait

examines the patronage and production of

Tudor- and Jacobean-era portraiture, focusing

on how the middle class adopted and found

new uses for this classic art form. published for the paul mellon centre for studies in british art Cloth 2012 264 pp. 100 color + 115 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16279-0 $85.00

Calvin bruce gordon This brilliant

new portrait of Protestant reformer John

Calvin reveals his human complexity, the

sources of his convictions, and how he

inspired and transformed the sixteenth-

century world. The book captures a man

at once arrogant, charismatic, unforgiving,

generous, and shrewd.

Paper 2011 416 pp. 12 b/w illus 978-0-300-17084-9 $25.00available as e-book


Household Politics Conflict in Early Modern England don herzog In Household

Politics, Don Herzog argues that early modern

English canonical sources and sermons, which

often urge the subordination of women, were

blather—not that they were irrelevant, but that

plenty of people rolled their eyes at them.


Rebranding Rule The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660–1714 kevin sharpe This is the definitive study of how successive

British monarchs attempted to culturally

justify their rule in the years following the

restoration of Charles II.


Rome and Rhetoric Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar garry wills In this many-faceted

examination of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar,

a prominent historian unearths the play’s

classical sources and shows how the Rome

we carry in our minds today is the Rome

Shakespeare rhetorically created for us.

the anthony hecht lectures in the humanities Paper 2013 200 pp. 978-0-300-18800-4 $15.00Cloth 2011 200 pp. 978-0-300-15218-0 $25.00available as e-book

Ralph Tailor’s Summer A Scrivener, His City and the Plague keith wrightson This

hugely moving study looks in detail at the

plague of 1636 and its impact on one English

city through the eyes of a young scrivener,

Ralph Tailor. Keith Wrightson reconstructs life

in seventeenth-century Newcastle-on-Tyne and

envisions what such a calamitous decimation

of the population must have meant for

personal, familial, and social relations.















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The English Monarchs Series

Henry V christopher allmand

This sweepingly majestic book is based on

the full range of primary sources and sets the

reign in its full European context. Christopher

Allmand shows that Henry V not only united

the country in war but also provided domestic

security, solid government, and a much needed

sense of national pride. The book includes an

updated foreword which takes stock of more

recent publications in the field.

Paper 2011 480 pp. 30 b/w illus. 978-0-300-07370-6 $26.00

Edward the Confessor frank barlow

Frank Barlow’s magisterial biography, first

published in 1970 and now reissued with

new material, rescues Edward the Confessor

from contemporary myth and subsequent

bogus scholarship. Disentangling verifiable

fact from saintly legend, he vividly re-creates

the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy

and examines England before the Norman

Conquest with deep insight and great

historical understanding.

Paper 2011 373 pp. 16 b/w illus. 978-0-300-07156-6 $24.00

Mary I England’s Catholic Queen john edwards This authoritative biography of

the first Tudor queen reveals in new detail

Mary’s connections with Spain, her fraught

relationships with her father King Henry VIII and

half-sister Elizabeth, her religious fervor and

how it led to horrible violence, and much more.

Paper 2013 408 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-19416-6 $25.00 Cloth 2011 336 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-11810-0 $35.00available as e-book

Æthelstan The First King of England sarah foot This biography of King Athelstan

(924–939), who reigned briefly but brilliantly,

reveals for the first time his personal life, his

spectacular military victories, and why he may

justly be called “the first English monarch.”

Paper 2012 304 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. + 3 maps 978-0-300-18771-7 $30.00available as e-book

King Stephen edmund king This

compelling biography provides the most

complete picture yet of King Stephen, the

“unfortunate monarch” whose twelfth-

century reign descended into long years

of civil war as his family and allies

struggled to save his throne.


Edward III w. mark ormrod An

enlightening biography that takes a deeper

look at the personality of this celebrated

warrior king, emphasising the importance

of Edward’s familial relationships and his

achievement of a cohesive stable nation.


Henry VIII j. j. scarisbrick First published

in 1968, J. J. Scarisbrick’s Henry VIII remains

the standard account, a thorough exploration

of the documentary sources, stylishly written

and highly readable. In an updated foreword,

Professor Scarisbrick takes stock of subsequent

research and places his classic account within

the context of recent publications.

Paper 2011 560 pp. 23 b/w illus. 978-0-300-07158-0 $27.00

George II King and Elector andrew c. thompson This landmark biography of

Britain’s last foreign-born monarch presents

a richly detailed portrait of the king as a

vital part of the governing process and as a

dynastic patriarch, patron of the arts, and

political survivor. The book reassesses

George II’s achievements and the enduring

impact of his reign.


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Adam Smith’s Pluralism Rationality, Education, and the Moral Sentiments jack russell weinstein A radical new appreciation

of the writings and theories of Adam Smith,

an eighteenth-century Scottish political and

moral philosopher, and pioneer of modern

economic theory. It cogently argues that the

ideas expounded by the visionary Smith form

the foundations of contemporary liberalism

and progressive thought.


Robespierre A Revolutionary Life peter mcphee Was Robespierre a heroic martyr or

a bloodthirsty tyrant? This book combines

new research and a deep understanding of

the French Revolution to provide a fresh and

nuanced portrait of one of history’s most

controversial figures.


A Vindication of the Rights of Woman mary wollstonecraft; edited by eileen hunt botting; with essays by ruth abbey, eileen hunt botting, norma clarke, madeline cronin, and virginia sapiro A comprehensive

new edition of Mary Wollstonecraft’s visionary

eighteenth-century feminist treatise—the first-

ever argument for women’s rights as universal

human rights—includes essays by leading

Wollstonecraft scholars that examine both the

historical and contemporary political relevance

and enduring legacies of this groundbreaking

Enlightenment era document. rethinking the western tradition; available in may 2014

Paper 2014 416 pp. 978-0-300-17647-6 $15.00

The Age of Reason

New New

New in paper

Facts and Inventions Selections from the Journalism of James Boswell edited by paul tankard This fascinating selection of the

journalistic writings of James Boswell, best

known as the biographer of Samuel Johnson,

reveals an intriguing new facet of this complex

and engaging literary figure, while providing

a vivid insight into British journalism and

public life in the second half of the eighteenth

century. available in february 2014

Cloth 2014 480 pp. 19 b/w illus. 978-0-300-14126-9 $115.00

Jonathan Swift His Life and His World leo damrosch In this major new biography,

Leo Damrosch tells the story of Swift’s life

anew, probing holes in the existing evidence

to show how the public version of his life

—the one accepted until recently—was

deliberately misleading.


Magnificent Entertainments Temporary Architecture for Georgian Festivals melanie doderer-winkler A pioneering study

of the Georgian era’s spectacular temporary

displays, this book surveys the elaborate floral

creations, fireworks, and architecture erected

for royal marriages, battle victories, and other

public celebrations. published for the paul mellon centre for studies in british art Cloth 2013 270 pp. 133 color + 100 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18642-0 $75.00

The Duchess’s Shells Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook’s Voyages beth fowkes tobin This fascinating book uncovers

the story behind the formation of a marvelous

shell collection—a story spanning the globe,

featuring a wealthy duchess, her fellow

collectors, and a spectacular auction.

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Aristocratic Vice The Attack on Duelling, Suicide, Adultery, and Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England donna t. andrew Aristocratic

Vice examines the outrage against the four

vices associated with the aristocracy in

eighteenth-century England—duelling,

suicide, adultery, and gambling—and the

subsequent emergence of the middle class.


Britons Forging the Nation 1707–1837; Revised Edition linda colley This brilliant and

seminal book examines how a more cohesive

British nation was invented after 1707 and

how this new national identity was nurtured

through war, religion, trade, and empire.

This edition contains an extensive new

preface by the author.

Paper 2009 469 pp. 978-0-300-15280-7 $22.00

When London Was Capital of America julie flavell In this first-ever

portrait of eighteenth-century London as

the capital of America, Julie Flavell re-creates

the famous city’s heyday as the center of

an empire that encompassed North

America and the West Indies.


William Beckford First Prime Minister of the London Empire perry gauci This first-ever

biography of William Thomas Beckford provides

a unique look at British history from the

perspective of the colonies where he spent his

early years. Even in his own time, Beckford was

seen as a metaphor for the dramatic changes

occurring during this era. the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2013 304 pp. 24 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16675-0 $38.00available as e-book

Enlightenment’s Frontier The Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism fredrik albritton jonsson Enlightenment’s

Frontier looks at the eighteenth-century

Scottish Enlightenment, which gave birth to

modern-day environmentalism, and sheds

new light on Scottish thinkers from the era,

including Adam Smith and his defense of free

markets. the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2013 368 pp. 7 b/w illus. + 2 maps 978-0-300-16254-7 $50.00available as e-book

The Watchful Clothier The Life of an Eighteenth-Century Protestant Capitalist matthew kadane The recently discovered

diary of eighteenth-century English clothier

Joseph Ryder provides an illuminating, real-

life perspective on the relationship between

capitalism and Protestantism in the 1700s.

the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2013 312 pp. 15 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16961-4 $45.00available as e-book

Making Way for Genius The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New kathleen kete Examining the lives and

works of Germaine de Stael, Stendahl,

and Georges Cuvier, historian Kathleen

Kete creates a groundbreaking cultural

history of ambition in post-Revolutionary

Napoleonic and Restoration France.


Captain Cook Master of the Seas frank mclynn Bestselling biographer Frank McLynn

presents a vivid, remarkable reappraisal of

Captain James Cook, illuminating an aspect

of the legendary explorer’s life that has been

largely overlooked by recent writers: his

identity as a brilliant seaman.

Paper 2012 512 pp. 45 color illus. + 4 maps 978-0-300-18431-0 $20.00Cloth 2011 490 pp. 45 col illus. + 4 maps 978-0-300-11421-8 $37.00available as e-book















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The Enlightened Economy An Economic History of Britain 1700–1850 joel mokyr This incisive examination of the origins of

the modern economy during the Industrial

Revolution also explains why this phenomenon

came to fruition in Britain. the new economic history of britain series Paper 2012 550 pp. 978-0-300-18951-3 $30.00

Solomon’s Secret Arts The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment paul monod This

illuminating book reveals the surprising extent

to which great and lesser-known thinkers

of the Age of Enlightenment embraced the

spiritual, the magical, and the occult.


On Historical Distance mark salber phillips Examining the work of historians

from Machiavelli to the present, Mark Salber

Phillips examines the concept of historical

distance and its role in historiography.

Cloth 2013 312 pp. 10 color + 30 b/w illus. 978-0-300-14037-8 $50.00available as e-book

David Hume The Philosopher as Historian nicholas phillipson A giant of the eighteenth-

century Enlightenment, David Hume was

one of the most important philosophers

ever to write in English. He was also a

brilliant historian. In this book—a new

and revised edition of his 1989 classic—

Nicholas Phillipson shows how Hume

freed history from religion and politics.


1688 The First Modern Revolution steve pincus In this bold new narrative history Steve Pincus

argues that England’s Glorious Revolution was

a fundamental turning point in the making

of the modern world. Winner of the 2010 Gustav Ranis International Book Prize, given by the MacMillan Center; Winner of the 2010 Morris D. Forkosch Prize given by the American Historical Association the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Paper 2011 664 pp. 72 scattered b/w illus. 978-0-300-17143-3 $27.50available as e-book

Johnson and Boswell A Biography of Friendship john b. radner In this book John

Radner examines the fluctuating, close, and

complex friendship experienced by Samuel

Johnson and James Boswell, from the day

they met in 1763 to the day when Boswell

published his monumental Life of Johnson.


Mayhem Post-War Crime and Violence in Britain, 1748–53 nicholas rogers A vivid

account of the crime wave and subsequent

moral panic that gripped the streets of London

after the demobilization of thousands of

soldiers and sailors following the end of the

War of Austrian Succession. Winner of the 2013 John Ben Snow Prize, sponsored by North American Conference on British Studies the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2013 272 pp. 12 b/w photos, 3 graphs 978-0-300-16962-1 $45.00available as e-book

The Familiarity of Strangers The Sephardic Diaspora, Livorno, and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Early Modern Period francesca trivellato This groundbreaking book takes

a new approach to the study of cross-cultural

trade, blending archival research with historical

narrative and economic analysis. The author

focuses on the early modern Jewish diasporic

community of Livorno, Tuscany, and its

extensive business ties with Jews and non-Jews

across the Mediterranean and Europe.

Co-winner of the 2010 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, awarded by the Association of Jewish Studies; Winner of the 2010 Leo Gershoy Award, awarded by the American Historical AssociationPaper 2012 488 pp. 19 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18749-6 $35.00available as e-book



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Hans Christian Andersen European Witness paul binding This new account

of Andersen’s beloved fairy tales and other

writings reveals how the author captivated

adults as well as children, and why his work

stands at the very heart of mainstream

European literature. available in may 2014

Cloth 2014 384 pp. 12 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16923-2 $40.00

Exit Berlin How One Woman Saved Her Family from Nazi Germany charlotte bonelli; translated by natascha bodemann This

remarkable collection of letters between

German Jews trapped in Nazi Germany and

their relatives in the U. S. offers rare insights

into the challenges of an average American

family responding to desperate requests for

refuge and aid. available in march 2014

Cloth 2014 320 pp. 10 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19752-5 $30.00

Isaac and Isaiah The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic david caute In this

gripping account of the ideological clash

between two of the most influential scholars

of the Cold War years, the author uncovers a

hidden act that cost one man a university chair

while the other continued to be honored.


A World Without Jews The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide alon confino Tracing the stories the

Nazis told themselves about their past and

destiny, Confino proposes a penetrating new

assessment of the Holocaust, showing how

a world without Jews was conceivable and

imaginable before and during the war.


Cloth 2014 296 pp. 32 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18854-7 $30.00

Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East barry rubin and wolfgang g. schwanitz This ground-

breaking book is the first to offer a complete

account of the Nazi-Arab-Muslim alliance

that changed the course of World War II and

continues to influence the Middle East today.


Orderly and Humane The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War r. m. douglas Why did the Allied nations violently

expel many millions of German-speaking

civilians from their homes across Europe in

the wake of WWII? This book reveals for the

first time the story of an unparalleled episode

of mass human rights abuse. Winner of the 2013 Louis Beer Prize, sponsored by the American Historical AssociationPaper 2013 512 pp. 12 b/w illus. + 1 map 978-0-300-19820-1 $25.00available as e-book

Good Italy, Bad Italy Why Italy Must Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future bill emmott In this lively analysis, a respected

journalist explores Italy’s fascinating dual

national character, the nation’s descent into

economic malaise and political corruption, and

what can be done to ensure a return to more

prosperous and more democratic times.


Belonging and Genocide Hitler’s Community, 1918–1945 thomas kühne

How could the German people have condoned

and participated in the Holocaust? Thomas

Kühne offers a provocative answer to this

troubling question. He shows how the Nazis

used the human desire for community to

build a genocidal society.


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Auschwitz and After Second Edition charlotte delbo; translated by rosette c. lamont; with a new introduction by lawrence l. langer Written by a member of the French

resistance who became an important literary

figure in postwar France, this moving memoir

of life and death in Auschwitz and the post-

war experiences of women survivors has

become a key text for Holocaust studies

classes. This second edition includes an

updated and expanded introduction by

Holocaust scholar Lawrence L. Langer.

Paper 2014 384 pp. 978-0-300-19077-9 $25.00

Totally Unofficial The Autobiography of Raphael Lemkin edited by donna-lee frieze This never-before-published autobiography

recounts the life of a giant among modern

ethical thinkers, a Holocaust survivor who

invented the word “genocide,” inspired

the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, and

profoundly influenced human rights history.


Hitler’s Hangman The Life of Heydrich robert gerwarth This chilling biography tells

the full story of the “Butcher of Prague” for

the first time. One of the most dangerous men

in the Third Reich, Heydrich commanded the

SS Security Service, the Gestapo, and the Nazi

Criminal Police; organized the SS killing squads;

and helped plan the “Final Solution.”

Paper 2012 416 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-18772-4 $18.00Cloth 2011 336 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-11575-8 $35.00available as e-book

Sarah The Life of Sarah Bernhardt robert gottlieb Though the Bernhardt literature

is vast, this is the first English-language

biography to appear in decades. Brilliantly,

it tracks the trajectory through which an

illegitimate—and scandalous—daughter of a

courtesan transformed herself into the most

famous actress who ever lived, and into a

national icon, a symbol of France. jewish lives Paper 2013 256 pp. 94 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19259-9 $16.00 Cloth 2010 256 pp. 94 b/w illus. 978-0-300-14127-6 $25.00available as e-book


Forbidden Music The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis michael haas

This groundbreaking book looks at the Jewish

composers and musicians banned by the

Third Reich and the consequences for music

throughout the rest of the twentieth century.

Cloth 2013 376 pp. 978-0-300-15430-6 $38.00 available as e-book

Contesting Democracy Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe jan-werner müller This brilliant guide to European political ideas

and thinkers spans the twentieth century.

With special focus on Fascism and Stalinism

and their legacies, the author illuminates both

the century’s ideological extremes and how

Europeans built lasting liberal democracies in

the second half of the century.


Hitler’s Philosophers yvonne sherratt Astonishingly, Hitler gained the backing of

many intellectuals of his time. This book is

the first to uncover the chilling story of the

philosophers who supported the Nazis, and

those whose lives were destroyed by them.


The Passage to Europe How a Continent Became a Union luuk van middelaar This essential book explains the origins

of the European Union, the forces binding

it together and driving it forward, and

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Whistler A Life for Art’s Sake daniel e. sutherland The first biography in more

than twenty years of James McNeill Whistler,

this engaging personal history is also the

first to make extensive use of his private

correspondence in bringing to life a pivotal

figure in nineteenth-century cultural history,

perhaps the most influential artist of his

generation. available in february 2014


Men from the Ministry How Britain Saved Its Heritage simon thurley This

engaging book details and explains the British

government’s efforts to collect and open to the

public over 800 historic buildings, monuments,

and sites in the years between 1900 and 1950.

Cloth 2013 224 pp. 100 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19572-9 $45.00


Victorian Bloomsbury rosemary ashton This book is the first account of

Bloomsbury’s evolution as the undisputed

intellectual quarter of London during the

nineteenth century—before the heyday

of the “Bloomsbury Group.”


Palmerston A Biography david brown This is the first comprehensive biography of

the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784–1865),

a grand and fascinating figure in Victorian

politics who became foreign secretary,

prime minister, and one of the defining

figures of his age.


Jack the Ripper The Forgotten Victims paul begg, with john bennett How many

murdered women were victims of Jack the

Ripper? This intriguing exploration of unsolved

slayings in Britain and even across the seas

illuminates the Ripper case, contemporary life

in London, police procedures, medical practices,

and much more. available in february 2014

Cloth 2014 320 pp. 22 b/w illus. 978-0-300-11720-2 $35.00

Wilfred Owen guy cuthbertson This new

biography of one of Britain’s most loved poets

provides a fresh account of Wilfred Owen’s life

and formative influences. available in february 2014

Cloth 2014 352 pp. 32 b/w illus. 978-0-300-15300-2 $40.00

The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot frank prochaska In this imaginative

reconstruction of the memoir the eminent

Victorian editor Walter Bagehot might have

written, the author captures the spirit and

brilliance of his subject and scrupulously

avoids what Bagehot considered an

unpardonable fault: dullness.


The Literary Churchill Writer, Reader, Actor jonathan rose This striking portrait

of Churchill reveals the profound influence of

literature and theater on the life he composed

for himself, his own writings, his political

agenda, and the critical decisions he made

during World War II. available in april 2014

Cloth 2014 520 pp. 16 b/w illus. 978-0-300-20407-0 $35.00

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Liberty’s Dawn A People’s History of the Industrial Revolution emma griffin This

remarkable book looks at hundreds of

autobiographies penned between 1760

and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand

account of how the Industrial Revolution

was experienced by the working class.


Explorers of the Nile The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure tim jeal

The author of Stanley offers a spellbinding

narrative of the adventures of six indefatigable

men and one intrepid woman on the danger-

ous quest to find the nineteenth century’s

greatest prize: the source of Africa’s White Nile.


Stanley The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer tim jeal Henry Morton

Stanley was a brilliant adventurer who

overcame a nightmarish childhood to

become Africa’s greatest explorer. Drawing

on previously closed archives, this grand and

colorful biography presents the first accurate

picture of Stanley and his extraordinary

achievements. Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography; Silver medal winner of the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award in the category of BiographyPaper 2008 608 pp. 978-0-300-14223-5 $18.00available as e-book

Livingstone Revised and Expanded Edition tim jeal This new edition of Jeal’s masterful

biography draws on fresh sources and archival

discoveries to provide the most accurate

portrait yet of the celebrated explorer/

missionary who was first to cross Africa

from coast to coast.

Paper 2013 456 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-19100-4 $25.00available as e-book

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The Great Charles Dickens Scandal michael slater Was Charles Dickens the

secret lover of young actress Nelly Ternan?

How would a man of his renown have

hidden such an affair? This engaging book is

the first complete account of the scandal

that threatened to ruin Dickens and of the

cover-up that continued for generations.


The Marquess of Queensberry Wilde’s Nemesis linda stratmann The

Marquess of Queensberry is as famous for

his role in the downfall of one of our greatest

literary geniuses as he was for helping

establish the rules for modern-day boxing.

Linda Stratmann’s biography paints a

riveting, complex picture of this man.


Charles Dickens michael slater This masterly biography uncovers Dickens

the man through the profession in which

he excelled. Michael Slater explores the

personal and emotional life, but his core focus

is Dickens’ career as a writer and professional

author—not only his big novels but also his

phenomenal output of letters, journalism,

shorter fiction, and other writings.


Nights Out Life in Cosmopolitan London judith r. walkowitz In this lively book

Judith Walkowitz shows how London’s

sophisticated and subversive Soho district

became a showcase for a new twentieth-

century cosmopolitan identity.

Cloth 2012 432 pp. 37 b/w + 8 pp. color illus. 978-0-300-15194-7 $40.00available as e-book














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Beyond the Tower A History of East London john marriott In this beautifully illustrated

history of this iconic district, John Marriott

draws on twenty-five years of research into

the subject to present an authoritative

and endlessly fascinating account. With

the aid of copious maps, archive prints and

photographs, and the words of East Londoners,

he explores the relationship between the East

End and the rest of London, and challenges

many of the myths that surround the area.

Paper 2012 440 pp. 50 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18775-5 $35.00Cloth 2011 384 pp. 50 b/w illus. 978-0-300-14880-0 $45.00 available as e-book

Landscapes of London The City, the Country, and the Suburbs, 1660–1840 elizabeth mckellar This lively book offers a fascinating

investigation tracing the growth of the suburbs

of London back to the 17th century. published for the paul mellon centre for studies in british art Cloth 2014 276 pp. 24 color + 120 b/w illus. 978-0-300-10913-9 $85.00

The Gardens of the British Working Class margaret willes Spanning four

centuries, Margaret Willes’s vibrant people’s

history examines the myriad ways that the

popular cultivation of plants, vegetables, and

flowers has played an integral role in everyday

British life for more than four centuries.


Cloth 2014 388 pp. 16 pp. color + 80 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18784-7 $40.00

New in paperThe Making of the English Gardener Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560–1660 margaret willes A fascinating history of the

people and publications that revolutionized

Britain’s gardens in the sixteenth and

seventeenth centuries, from extravagant

estates to humble kitchen plots, and the links

they forged with the wider world.

Paper 2013 312 pp. 80 b/w +24 pp. color illus. 978-0-300-19726-6 $30.00Cloth 2011 336 pp. 80 b/w +24 pp. color illus. 978-0-300-16382-7 $45.00available as e-book

New NewThe Allure of the Archives arlette farge; translated by thomas scott-railton; foreword by natalie zemon davis At once a practical guide

to archival research, an elegant literary reflection

on the challenges of writing history, and a

fascinating view of the lives of the poor in pre-

Revolutionary France, historian Arlette Farge’s

internationally admired classic work is a grand

appreciation of the craft of discovery. the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history Cloth 2013 152 pp. 978-0-300-17673-5 $25.00available as e-book

NewThe Letters of C. Vann Woodward edited by michael o’brien C. Vann Woodward’s

letters offer a fascinating and immensely

entertaining glimpse into the mind of one of

the most prominent and respected historians

of the twentieth century.


On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History thomas carlyle; edited by david r. sorensen and brent e. kinser Carlyle’s classic exploration of heroes and

heroic leadership is accompanied by essays

that reevaluate the spiritual, rather than

the authoritarian, roots of his thought.

rethinking the western tradition Paper 2013 360 pp. 978-0-300-14860-2 $20.00available as e-book

History in the Making j. h. elliott An

eminent historian offers an insider’s account of

his craft, providing a fresh view of the challenges

of historical research, changes in the field since

the 1950s, and the power of historical works to

shape the world of thought and action.


The Future of History john lukacs A

master historian explores the literary art of

history and the future of teaching, researching,

and writing about the past.


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Faisal I of Iraq ali a. allawi This is the first

major biography of the founder and first king

of modern Iraq, a charismatic champion of Arab

independence and unity who was a central

player in the tumultuous Middle East before

and after WWI. available in march 2014

Cloth 2014 672 pp. 47 b/w illus. 978-0-300-12732-4 $40.00

Impressions of a Lost World A Century of Chinese Photography, 1860–1950 ferdinand m. bertholet and lambert van der aalsvoort; with an introduction by regine thiriez With photographs ranging from the

sordid to the serene, this publication provides

a multidimensional picture of China’s physical

and social landscape before Mao Zedong

changed the country forever. distributed for mercatorfonds Cloth 2014 240 pp. 250 color + b/w illus. 978-0-300-19656-6 $65.00

The Archaeology of Jerusalem From the Origins to the Ottomans katharina galor and hanswulf bloedhorn This sweeping

and lavishly illustrated history surveys nearly

four thousand years of human settlement

and building activity in Jerusalem.


Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition edited by robert harms, bernard k. freamon, and david w. blight Bringing

together essays from the leading authorities in

the field of slavery studies, this groundbreaking

work presents the first comprehensive study

of the slave trade in the Indian Ocean world

during the nineteenth century.

Paper 2013 264 pp. 4 b/w illus. + 3 maps 978-0-300-16387-2 $30.00

The Compelling Ideal Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901–1956 jan kiely

Jan Kiely’s fascinating history explores the

origins of ganhua (reformation), the technique

of systematic thought reform originating in

early twentieth-century Chinese prisons and

subsequently adapted for broader social and

political use in Mao Zedong’s revolutionary

restructuring of Chinese society.


Cloth 2014 416 pp. 978-0-300-18594-2 $65.00

Zulu Warriors The Battle for the South African Frontier john laband This vivid

military history, the first full account of five

related wars waged by the British to gain

control of southern Africa, explores attitudes,

tactics, battles, and military cultures from

European and African perspectives.


Cloth 2014 352 pp. 41 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18031-2 $40.00

The Search for Takrur Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley edited by roderick j. mcintosh, susan keech mcintosh, and hamady bocoum A summary of archaeological

discoveries in the Senegal River valley, this

authoritative volume presents new data on

iron production, population settlement, and

environmental change on the site of the

ancient West African Empire of Takrur, the

first kingdom south of the Sahara mentioned

by medieval Arab chroniclers. yale university publications in anthropology; available in april 2014 Paper 2014 584 pp. 266 illus. 978-0-300-20389-9 $50.00

Famine Politics in Maoist China and the Soviet Union felix wemheuer An

authoritative study of food politics in the

People’s Republic of China and the Soviet

Union, this provocative history uses famine as a

lens to view the rise of the twentieth century’s

premier socialist systems, providing a new

approach to the study of world hunger.

yale agrarian studies series; available in may 2014 Cloth 2014 320 pp. 5 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19581-1 $65.00

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Forgotten Voices of Mao’s Great Famine, 1958–1962 An Oral History zhou xun Modern China’s most devastating

tragedy, the Great Famine brought about

by Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward, is

movingly and powerfully recalled by

survivors of the catastrophe that took

more than 45 million Chinese lives.


Islamic Imperialism A History efraim karsh Efraim Karsh, a widely respected expert

in Middle Eastern affairs, challenges the way

we understand Middle Eastern history and

politics in this provocative book. September 11

and other Islamic acts of aggression have little

to do with U.S. behavior or policy, Karsh argues.

Rather, such attacks express Islam’s ancient,

powerful, and continuing imperial tradition.

Paper 2013 304 pp. 978-0-300-19817-1 $20.00

Syria The Fall of the House of Assad; New Updated Edition david w. lesch The author,

who knows Assad better than any other

Westerner, analyzes the Syrian president’s

failed leadership, his transformation from

bearer of hope to reactionary tyrant,

and his regime’s violent response to

Arab Spring-inspired protests.


A Living Man from Africa Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa Chief and Missionary, and the Making of Nineteenth-Century South Africa roger s. levine This groundbreaking history reclaims

the lost story of Jan Tzatzoe, an African leader

and intermediary whose remarkable life

epitomizes the tumultuous nature of the

colonial encounter in South Africa and Great

Britain. new directions in narrative history Paper 2013 328 pp. 22 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19829-4 $30.00available as e-book

Egypt on the Brink From Nasser to the Muslim Brotherhood, Revised and Updated tarek osman In this immensely readable and

thoroughly researched book, Tarek Osman

explores what has happened to the biggest

Arab nation since President Nasser took control

of the country in 1954. This is an essential

guide to one of the Middle East’s most

important but least understood states.

Paper 2013 328 pp. 20 illus. 978-0-300-19869-0 $16.00

The Forgotten Palestinians A History of the Palestinians in Israel ilan pappé In this

book, historian Ilan Pappé examines how Israeli

Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule

and what their lives tell us about both Israel’s

attitude toward minorities and Palestinians’

attitudes toward the Jewish state.


The Bride and the Dowry Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War avi raz This penetrating book

explores newly opened archives to uncover

how and why Israeli-Arab peacemaking

negotiations failed in the crucial years after

the Six Day War. The author’s conclusions

are both controversial and illuminating.

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Of Africa wole soyinka In search of a

deeper understanding of Africa, its identity,

and its current crises, Wole Soyinka explores a

wide range of topics, including culture, religion,

history, imagination, and identity. Refusing

defeatism, he charts a path to a better future.


A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition leonard thompson, edited and updated by lynn berat A magisterial history of

South Africa, from the earliest known human

inhabitation of the region to the present. Lynn

Berat updates this classic text with a new

chapter chronicling the first presidential term

of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of

the centenary of South Africa’s ruling African

National Congress in January 2012.

Paper 2014 416 pp. 978-0-300-18935-3 $20.00

The Geonim of Babylonia and the Shaping of Medieval Jewish Culture robert brody This book—the only survey in

English of the crucial Geonic period—focuses

on the cultural and historical milieu of the

Geonim as well as their intellectual and literary

creativity. Winner of the National Jewish Book Council’s Maurice Amado Foundation Award for 1998Paper 2013 416 pp. 978-0-300-18932-2 $40.00

Southern Africa Old Treacheries and New Deceits stephen chan In this timely

and important book, Stephen Chan explores

the political landscape of southern Africa,

examining how it’s poised to change over

the next years and what the repercussions

will be across the continent.




From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan The Making of a National Homeland in Turkey behlül özkan How does a

people move from tribal and religiously based

understandings of society to a concept of the

modern nation-state? This book examines the

complex and pivotal case of Turkey.


Menachem Begin A Life avi shilon; translated by danielle zilberberg and yoram sharett One of the most important—and

enigmatic—leaders in Israeli history, Begin

was revered but also despised. This biography

offers the first complete portrait of the

private man, his public contributions, and

the mystery of his final years in seclusion.


Islanders The Pacific in the Age of Empire nicholas thomas This compelling book

explores the lived experience of empire in

the Pacific, the last region to be contacted

and colonized by Europeans following the

great voyages of Captain Cook. Unlike

conventional accounts that emphasize

confrontation and the destruction of

indigenous cultures, Islanders reveals there

was gain as well as loss, survival as well as

suffering, and invention as well as exploitation.

Joint winner of the 2010 Wolfson History PrizePaper 2012 352 pp. 50 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18056-5 $22.00 Cloth 2011 356 pp. 50 b/w illus. 978-0-300-12438-5 $35.00

Tibet A History sam van schaik This timely

and insightful history of Tibet spans from the

seventh century to modern times, in a lively

narrative that sheds light on the country’s

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Gulag Town, Company Town Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta alan barenberg A major work of cutting-edge historiography,

Alan Barenberg’s history of Vorkuta, an arctic

coal-mining outpost originally established

as a prison camp complex during the

Soviet Union’s Stalinist era, offers a radical

reassessment of the infamous “Gulag

Archipelago.” the yale-hoover series on stalin, stalinism, and the cold war; available in june 2014 Cloth 2014 320 pp. 15 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17944-6 $65.00

Genocide on the Drina River edina becirevic Edina Becirevic’s scholarly yet

intensely personal history of the ethnic

cleansing committed by Serbians against

Bosnian Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina

in the 1990s is an essential in-depth study of

the devastating and dehumanizing effects

of genocide on individual destinies and the

mechanisms of its denial. available in june 2014

Cloth 2014 288 pp. 978-0-300-19258-2 $65.00

Secret Cables of the Comintern, 1933–1943 fridrikh i. firsov, harvey klehr, and john earl haynes This book—the first

to examine coded telegraphs exchanged

between Comintern supervisors in Moscow

and Communist Party leaders around the

world—enriches our understanding of Soviet

political influence during the crucial decade

from 1933-1943. annals of communism series; available in april 2014 Cloth 2014 352 pp. 978-0-300-19822-5 $40.00

Practicing Stalinism Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition j. arch getty A fascinating inquiry into patrimonial “clan”

politics under the Stalinist political system.

Working from heretofore unused documents

from the Communist archives, J. Arch Getty

shows how these political practices and

traditions from old Russia have persisted

throughout the twentieth-century Soviet

Union and down to the present day.


Siberia A History of the People janet m. hartley In this profoundly human account,

the history and development of Siberia, one

of the world’s most inhospitable regions, is

explored through the lives of those who settled

there—from sixteenth-century Cossacks to

Soviet gulag prisoners to present day Russian

entrepreneurs seeking new opportunities in

“the nothingness.” available in march 2014

Cloth 2014 352 pp. 16 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16794-8 $38.00

Myth, Memory, Trauma Rethinking the Stalinist Past in the Soviet Union, 1953–70 polly jones Drawing on newly available materials

from the Soviet archives, Polly Jones offers

an innovative, comprehensive account of

de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union during

the Khrushchev and early Brezhnev eras.

eurasia past and present Cloth 2013 376 pp. 978-0-300-18512-6 $65.00available as e-book

St Petersburg Shadows of the Past catriona kelly In this beautifully illustrated and

highly original book, Catriona Kelly shows

how creative engagement with the past has

always been fundamental to St. Petersburg’s

residents. Weaving together oral history,

personal observation, literary and artistic texts,

journalism, and archival materials, she traces

the at times paradoxical feelings of anxiety and

pride that were inspired by living in the city,

both when it was socialist Leningrad, and now.

Cloth 2014 488 pp. 110 b/w + 12 pp. col. illus. 978-0-300-16918-8 $35.00

The Uncanny Era Conversations between Vaclav Havel and Adam Michnik edited, translated, and with an introduction by elzbieta matynia A remarkable series of

political discussions between Czechoslovakian

playwright and president Vaclav Havel and

esteemed Polish journalist Adam Michnik—

two of the leading intellectual icons of the

revolution in Eastern Europe—is published in

book form and in English for the first time.


Cloth 2014 256 pp. 1 b/w illus. 978-0-300-20403-2 $25.00

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The Trouble with History Morality, Revolution, and Counterrevolution adam michnik; edited by irena grudzinska gross; translated by elzbieta matynia, agnieszka marczyk, and roman czarny Eastern

European dissident Adam Michnik, one of the

most courageous and controversial journalists

of our age, compares modern-day Poland to

post-revolutionary France in this profound

and brilliant meditation on politics, morality,

history, and the “virus of fundamentalism.”

politics and culture; available in april 2014 Cloth 2014 192 pp. 978-0-300-18597-3 $25.00

The Soviet Theater A Documentary History edited by laurence senelick and sergei ostrovsky A panoramic history of Soviet

theater from the Bolshevik Revolution to the

collapse of the USSR, this monumental work

explores in words and pictures how Russian

drama survived, adapted, and innovated under

harsh totalitarian pressures and restrictions

decades after the heydays of Gorky, Gogol, and

Chekhov. available in may 2014

Cloth 2014 768 pp. 61 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19476-0 $125.00

The Danube A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest nick thorpe In this engaging book the author takes an

unexpected journey up the entire length of

the Danube River and provides a vivid record

of the people he encounters, the recent and

ancient history of the region, and the lands

through which the great river flows.

Cloth 2014 328 pp. 32 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18165-4 $35.00

Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus arthur tsutsiev; translated by nora seligman favorov An original collection of fifty-seven maps

with commentaries on the ethnic, religious,

and linguistic makeup of the Caucasus, from

the eighteenth century to present, this atlas

helps untangle the exceptionally complicated

history in this region. available in may 2014

Cloth 2014 240 pp. 57 color maps 978-0-300-15308-8 $65.00


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The Leningrad Blockade, 1941–1944 A New Documentary History from the Soviet Archives richard bidlack and nikita lomagin; translations by marian schwartz This book

presents a comprehensive account of the

German siege of Leningrad in 1941–43, during

which close to one million Leningraders perished.

annals of communism series Paper 2013 552 pp. 76 b/w illus, 5 maps, 3 tables 978-0-300-19816-4 $40.00Cloth 2012 552 pp. 76 b/w illus, 5 maps, 3 tables 978-0-300-11029-6 $75.00available as e-book

The Most Musical Nation Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire james loeffler Drawing on a mass of unpublished writings and

archival sources from prerevolutionary Russian

conservatories, this book offers an insightful

account of the Jewish search for a modern

identity in Russia through music, rather than

politics or religion. Winner of the 2011 University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies sponsored by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian StudiesPaper 2013 288 pp. 26 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19830-0 $40.00available as e-book

Restless Valley Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia philip shishkin A vivid account of Central Asia’s

wild recent history, its role as a staging ground

for U.S. military actions in nearby Afghanistan,

and its struggles against violence, corruption,

and the ruinous heroin industry.


Gulag Voices An Anthology edited by anne applebaum Pulitzer Prize-winning

author Anne Applebaum brings together a

unique collection of Gulag survivors’

memoirs. annals of communism series Paper 2012 216 pp. 978-0-300-17783-1 $18.00available as e-book

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Russia’s Cold War From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall jonathan haslam Far more than merely a straight-

forward history of the Cold War, this book

presents the first account of politics and

decision making at the highest levels of Soviet

power: how Soviet leaders saw political and

military events, what they were trying to

accomplish, their miscalculations, and the ways

they took advantage of Western ignorance.

Russia’s Cold War fills a significant gap in

our understanding of the most important

geopolitical rivalry of the twentieth century.


Spies The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America john earl haynes, harvey klehr, and alexander vassiliev This stunning exposé of Soviet

espionage in the U.S. during the 1930s and

40s is based on extensive KGB archives never

revealed before. With new information on Alger

Hiss, Robert Oppenheimer, the Rosenbergs,

and many others, the book for the first time

documents the secret world of Stalin’s spies

and the Americans who worked with them.


It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway Russia and the Communist Past david satter This compelling

and original book explores why Russia has

ignored the lessons of its tragic Communist

experience and shows how a deep-rooted lack

of respect for the individual blocks the nation’s

way to a stable and democratic future.


Stalin Digital Archive The result of years

of collaboration between the Russian State

Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI)

and Yale University Press, the Stalin Digital

Archive (SDA) provides access to materials

from Stalin’s personal archive and monographs

on the history of Soviet and international

communism. In addition, it seeks to advance

research and teaching through new ways for

scholars and students to interact with this

content and to collaborate. 978-0-300-18285-9For more information, visit stalindigitalarchive.com

Petersburg Fin de Siècle mark d. steinberg This investigation of the writings

of diverse urban Russian writers on the eve

of revolution sheds new light on their shared

anxieties about modern life and the search for

meaning in a time of both crisis and possibility.

Paper 2013 416 pp. 7 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19198-1 $30.00Cloth 2011 416 pp. 7 b/w illlus. 978-0-300-16504-3 $45.00available as e-book

The Voice of the People Letters from the Soviet Village, 1918–1932 by c. j. storella and a. k. sokolov; documents translated by c. j. storella The first comprehensive collection

in English of peasant writings during the early

years of the Bolshevik regime, this book offers

a unique history from below that illuminates

peasants’ confrontation with the demands of

a powerful state and their efforts to contend

with the changes introduced into their daily

lives and work by the Russian Revolution.

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“When You Were Gentiles” Specters of Ethnicity in Roman Corinth and Paul’s Corinthian Correspondence cavan w. concannon Cavan

W. Concannon makes a significant contribution

to Pauline studies by imagining the responses

of the apostle Paul’s first audience to his

Corinthian correspondence, focusing on

issues of ethnicity, civic identity, politics, and

empire to present a robust portrait of the civic,

discursive, and lived landscapes of ancient

Roman Corinth. synkrisis; available in april 2014 Cloth 2014 320 pp. 12 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19793-8 $65.00

The Ten Commandments A Short History of an Ancient Text michael coogan In this

lively and provocative book, a leading biblical

scholar investigates the history of the Ten

Commandments, their inconsistencies, their

afterlives, and more to arrive at surprising

conclusions. available in march 2014

Cloth 2014 176 pp. 9 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17871-5 $25.00

Christ Child Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus stephen j. davis In this highly innovative

book, Stephen Davis adds a crucial dimension

to our understanding of Christian history by

examining how readers in antiquity and the

medieval world would have made sense of the

young Jesus portrayed in the so-called Infancy

Gospel of Thomas. synkrisis Cloth 2014 432 pp. 3 b/w illus. 978-0-300-14945-6 $45.00

Pagan Britain ronald hutton In this

enthralling account of paganism in Britain from

the Paleolithic Age to the arrival of Christianity,

the author explores new evidence concerning

pagan beliefs and rituals and the meanings of

such sacred sites as Stonehenge and Avebury.

Cloth 2014 496 pp. 103 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19771-6 $45.00

The Formation of the Jewish Canon timothy h. lim A leading Hebrew Bible scholar

and expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls presents

a complete account of the formation of the

Jewish canon. the anchor yale bible reference library Cloth 2013 304 pp. 978-0-300-16434-3 $45.00available as e-book

How the Bible Became Holy michael l. satlow Synthesizing an enormous

body of scholarly work, Professor Satlow’s

groundbreaking study offers provocative

new assertions about how an ancient

collection of seemingly obscure Israelite

writings became the founding texts of

both Judaism and Christianity, considered

holy by followers of each faith.

Cloth 2014 320 pp. 15 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17191-4 $35.00

A Social History of Hebrew Its Origins Through the Rabbinic Period william m. schniedewind An ambitious and strikingly

original study of classical Hebrew, from its

origins through the Rabbinic period, this book

combines linguistics and social history to view

the story of the ancient Israelites through the

lens of their language. the anchor yale bible reference library; available in march 2014 Cloth 2013 280 pp. 978-0-300-17668-1 $35.00available as e-book

The Huguenots geoffrey treasure This majestic historical account encompasses

the entire Huguenot experience in sixteenth-

and seventeenth-century France, from

hopeful beginnings and rising political

influence to Catholic reprisals and the

repressive edict that forced hundreds of

thousands to flee the country.


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The Late Medieval English Church Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome g.w. bernard Historian George Bernard

presents a bold, provocative challenge to our

understanding of the late medieval church

and the Protestant Reformation.


Saints and Sinners A History of the Popes; Fourth Edition eamon duffy This engrossing

book encompasses the extraordinary history

of the papacy, from its beginnings to the

present day. This new edition covers the

unprecedented resignation of Benedict XVI

and the election of the first Argentinian pope.

paper available in march 2014

Paper 2014 500 pp. 16 pp. color illus. 978-0-300-20612-8 $23.00

Evangelical Disenchantment Nine Portraits of Faith and Doubt david hempton This engaging and at times heartbreaking book

looks at evangelicalism through the lives of

nine public figures who embraced this religious

tradition, but later repudiated it. The author

recounts the faith journeys of George Eliot,

Vincent van Gogh, James Baldwin, and

others to understand better their negotiations

of faith and evangelicalism itself.


Thomas Aquinas A Portrait denys turner

Leaving few traces of his personal life behind,

Thomas Aquinas has long stymied the efforts

of biographers. Undeterred, master teacher

Denys Turner uncovers revealing details about

the elusive saint and achieves an illuminating

new portrait. paper available in april 2014


Francis of Assisi The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint andré vauchez; translated by michael f. cusato The most authoritative

biography of Francis of Assisi in more than

a generation, this book brings the medieval

saint to life and explores the abundance of

writings by contemporaries who set down

their memories of him.

Paper 2013 416 pp. 2 maps 978-0-300-19837-9 $22.00

Christian Beginnings From Nazareth to Nicaea geza vermes In this deeply learned

and beautifully written book, Geza Vermes tells

the enthralling story of how a revolutionary,

anticonformist Jewish subsect became the

official state religion of the Roman Empire.

paper available in march 2014


The First Thousand Years A Global History of Christianity robert louis wilken Beginning with the life of Jesus, Robert Louis

Wilken narrates the dramatic spread and

development of a global Christianity over the

first thousand years of its history and shows

how it constituted one of the most profound

revolutions the world has known.


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The Unity of Christ Continuity and Conflict in Patristic Tradition christopher a. beeley Combining historical and theological analysis,

Christopher Beeley offers a new contextualized

reading of early church fathers—among them

Origen of Alexandria, Gregory of Nazianzus,

Augustine of Hippo, and Cyril of Alexandria—

and reexamines their ultimate contribution

to the development of Christianity.


Holy Bones, Holy Dust How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe charles freeman This intriguing, beautifully

illustrated book encompasses 1,000 years

of holy relics across Europe, deepening our

understanding of the medieval world by

revealing how they were used in religion and

also in business, politics, and warfare.

Paper 2012 324 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-18430-3 $23.00available as e-book

A New History of Early Christianity charles freeman This stimulating history

of early Christianity, the first full account

for over forty years, revisits the extraordinary

birth of a world religion, and gives a new

slant on a familiar story.

Paper 2011 400 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-17083-2 $25.00 Cloth 2009 400 pp. 16 pp.b/w illus. 978-0-300-12581-8 $35.00available as e-book

Conversions Two Family Stories from the Reformation and Modern America craig harline This powerful work explores the

parallel disruption of two families—one

in seventeenth-century Holland, the other

in America today—when a beloved family

member converts to another religion.

new directions in narrative history Paper 2013 320 pp. 3 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19244-5 $23.00Cloth 2011 320 pp. 3 b/w illus. 978-0-300-16701-6 $27.50available as e-book

Calvinism A History d. g. hart This brisk

single-volume history explores Calvinism from

its origins in the sixteenth century through

today, assessing political and social dynamics

as the church grew and evolved. The book also

raises important questions about the relation

of church and state in our own times.


The Devil Within Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West brian p. levack In this fascinating, wide-ranging survey of

the history of possession and exorcism,

the author explores puzzling questions

about the motives of the possessed, the

contagiousness of symptoms, differences

among religious cultures, modern cases of

possession, and much more.

Cloth 2013 360 pp. 16 pp b/w illus. 978-0-300-11472-0 $35.00available as e-book

Ancient Christian Martyrdom Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions candida r. moss In this innovative study,

Candida Moss offers a radically new history

of martyrdom in the first and second centuries

that challenges traditional understandings

of the spread of Christianity and rethinks

the nature of Christian martyrdom itself.

the anchor yale bible reference library Cloth 2012 272 pp. 978-0-300-15465-8 $40.00available as e-book

Before Religion A History of a Modern Concept brent nongbri Spanning two

thousand years of history, this concise,

gripping narrative shows how religion

was an invention of modernity.


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Voyaging in Strange Seas The Great Revolution in Science david knight This

landmark history takes us along on the great

voyage of discovery that ushered in the modern

age. Ideas, experiments, characters, conflicts,

and achievements—all come to life in this

account of the rise of science and how it

changed the world. available in april 2014

Cloth 2014 336 pp. 55 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17379-6 $35.00

The Bet Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future paul sabin This gripping history of the clash between

environmentalists and their conservative

critics—from the late 1960s to the present—

traces the origins of the political gulf that

separates the two sides. Sabin makes a forceful

case for using social values, rather than

economic or biological absolutes, to guide

society’s crucial choices about climate change,

the planet’s health, and our own.


Naturalists at Sea Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin glyn williams This

enthralling book is the first to describe the

adventures and misadventures, discoveries

and dangers of the naturalists who joined

great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery

in the Pacific and documented a natural

world filled with new wonders.

Cloth 2013 328 pp. 39 col. illus. 978-0-300-18073-2 $38.00available as e-book

New in paperGalileo Watcher of the Skies david wootton A provocative and penetrating new biography

of Galileo as author, inventor, and astronomer,

revealing both his centrality to the Scientific

Revolution and the Renaissance, and his

godlessness, failures, and obstinacy.


A Golden Weed Tobacco and Environment in the Piedmont South drew a. swanson Drew

A. Swanson’s provocative environmental history

of southern tobacco examines the material

relationships that connected the crops, land,

and people of the Piedmont region, linking

issues of race and landscape management

while exploring how an attempt at agricultural

permanence went seriously awry. yale agrarian studies series; available in june 2014 Cloth 2014 320 pp. 14 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19116-5 $45.00

All the Trees of the Forest Israel’s Woodlands from the Bible to the Present alon tal In this insightful and provocative

book Alon Tal provides a detailed account of

Israeli forests, describing the nation’s effort

to transform drylands and degraded soils into

prosperous parks, rangelands, and ecosystems.

yale agrarian studies series Cloth 2013 368 pp. 35 b/w illus. 978-0-300-18950-6 $50.00available as e-book

New in paperWilderness and the American Mind Fifth Edition roderick frazier nash; foreword by char miller This new edition of Roderick

Nash’s classic study features a new preface

and epilogue by the author, as well as a

new foreword by Char Miller, which bring

Wilderness and the American Mind into

dialogue with contemporary debates

about wilderness and the dynamic

between humans and the natural world.


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Contagion How Commerce Has Spread Disease mark harrison In this pathbreaking

investigation of the connections between trade

and contagious disease through the centuries,

the author uncovers disturbing weaknesses in

regulatory systems that have failed to protect

public health or facilitate global commerce in

the past, and continue to fall far short.


Global Crisis War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century geoffrey parker A master historian uncovers

the disturbing connection between the

worldwide tumult of the mid-seventeenth

century and weather changes during the same

period. The inevitable question arises: are we

prepared to deal with the repercussions of

climate change in our own time? Winner of one of the 2012 Heineken PrizesCloth 2013 904 pp. 100 b/w illus. 978-0-300-15323-1 $40.00available as e-book

The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910–1911 The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease william c. summers A fascinating

case history of how plague was used by

various entities for different purposes,

illustrating the interplay among technology,

culture, and disease.


The Global Spread of Fertility Decline Population, Fear, and Uncertainty jay winter and michael teitelbaum This incisive study explores population

movements and declining fertility in China,

India, Japan, and North America in the

21st century, suggesting that politics, in

addition to cultural and economic concerns,

must be included as a prime determining

factor in these powerful global trends.


Diasporas of the Mind Jewish and Postcolonial Writing and the Nightmare of History bryan cheyette A superbly

illuminating historical-critical study of

the extraordinary and important body

of modern and contemporary Jewish

and postcolonial writing.

Cloth 2014 320 pp. 12 b/w 978-0-300-09318-6 $55.00

The Power of Knowledge How Information and Technology Made the Modern World jeremy black Exploring five centuries

of cartography and communications,

armaments, mercantilism, imperialism,

science, and astronomy, author Jeremy Black

demonstrates that how a nation acquires

and utilizes information is what has always

determined its greatness.

Cloth 2014 504 pp. 978-0-300-16795-5 $40.00

Stay A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It jennifer michael hecht How

can we forestall the rising tide of suicides

in the United States and worldwide? In this

invaluable book, the author combs through the

history of suicide to recover the most powerful

arguments against the irretrievable act.


Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies The Story of Invisible Ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda kristie macrakis In the first book ever devoted to

the history of invisible ink and other concealed

writings, a historian of espionage reveals its

secret history from tattoos on the scalp of a

slave to DNA microdots. available in february 2014

Cloth 2014 392 pp. 32 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17925-5 $27.50

The Invention of News How the World Came to Know About Itself andrew pettegree This lively history of news from the pre-printing

press era to 1800 explores the many ways news

was transmitted, the development of news as

an industry, and how rapid news dissemination

empowered people in the great events of their

times. available in february 2014

Cloth 2014 448 pp. 64 b/w illus. 978-0-300-17908-8 $35.00

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Austerity The Great Failure florian schui What does history tell us about the success

rate of austerity measures in times of economic

crisis? This timely book explores why austerity

still has proponents despite its long record

of failure, and why the concept is alien to

capitalism. available in february 2014

Cloth 2014 224 pp. 978-0-300-20393-6 $26.00

Inventing the Christmas Tree bernd brunner This charming history of the beloved

Christmas tree spans many centuries and

cultures, uncovering the mysteries of the

tradition and tracing its evolution to our

own times, when Christmas trees appear

in all corners of the globe.


Ginkgo The Tree That Time Forgot peter crane A renowned botanist recounts the eventful

250-million-year history of the ginkgo tree,

its near demise during the ice ages, its

surprising reprieve from extinction through

human intervention, and its honored place

in cities around the globe.


The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 10: 1973–2005 edited by deborah dash moore and nurith gertz This ambitious anthology

documents the interaction of Jewish ideas and

themes around the world since 1973. From

literature to visual arts, from popular culture to

spiritual works, the volume encompasses the

full diversity of Jewish civilization.

posen library of jewish culture and civilization Cloth 2012 1,232 pp. 169 color + 58 b/w illus. 978-0-300-13553-4 $150.00

Why Marx Was Right terry eagleton In this combative, controversial book, Terry

Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice

that Marxism is dead and done with.

Paper 2012 272 pp 978-0-300-18153-1 $16.00available as e-book

How to Change the World Reflections on Marx and Marxism eric hobsbawm In this penetrating reassessment of Marxist

thought and its relevance today, renowned

historian Eric Hobsbawm argues that the

author of Das Kapital has much to say to

us in the post-communist era.


An Empire of Ice Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science edward j. larson Published to coincide with the

centenary of the first expeditions to reach

the South Pole, this riveting account of the

Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration by

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward

Larson restores these expeditions’ status

as grand endeavors of science.


Love A History simon may A radically new

exploration of the ways we think about

love; how it has been shaped, idolized,

and misconstrued by the West over nearly

three millennia; and how we might more

accurately—and successfully—conceive it.




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A Little History of Literature john sutherland A much-loved author and

teacher brings the world of literature alive,

guiding young readers on an entertaining

journey across centuries and cultures,

from The Canterbury Tales to Harry Potter,

Robinson Crusoe to 1984.


New in paperA Little History of Science william bynum Filled with stories of men and

women who asked endless questions

about the world and found exciting answers

through scientific discovery, this spirited

volume invites readers of all ages on a journey

through the amazing history of science.

PB-with Flaps 2013 272 pp. 40 b/w illus. 978-0-300-19713-6 $15.00available as e-book

New in paperA Little History of the World Illustrated Edition e. h. gombrich E. H. Gombrich’s Little

History of the World, though written in 1935,

has become one of the treasures of historical

writing since its first publication in English

in 2005. For this edition the text is reset in a

spacious format, flowing around illustrations

that range from paintings to line drawings,

emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book

incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised

preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade

design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is

both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced

edition of a timeless account of human history.

PB-with Flaps 2013 304 pp. 205 color illus. 978-0-300-19718-1 $22.00Cloth 2011 304 pp. 205 color illus. 978-0-300-17614-8 $29.95


The Little Histories

A Little Book of Language david crystal With a language disappearing every two

weeks and neologisms springing up almost

daily, an understanding of the origins and

currency of language has never seemed more

relevant. In this charming narrative history,

expert linguist David Crystal proves why the

story of language deserves retelling.

PB-with Flaps 2011 272 pp. 40 illus. 978-0-300-17082-5 $17.00 Cloth 2010 272 pp. 40 b/w illus. 978-0-300-15533-4 $25.00 available as e-book

A Little History of the World e.h. gombrich; translated by caroline mustill; illustrated by clifford harper Translated into

seventeen languages since its first publication

in 1936, E. H. Gombrich’s bestselling history

of the world is at last available in English.

Gombrich tells the story of mankind from the

Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not

on small detail but on the sweep of human

experience, the extent of human achievement,

and the depth of its frailty. Named a Favorite Book of 2005 by the Los Angeles TimesPB-with Flaps 2008 304 pp. 40 b/w illus. 978-0-300-14332-4 $14.95available as e-book

A Little History of Philosophy nigel warburton This lively and accessible

introduction to Western philosophy brings

the ideas of the world’s greatest thinkers

into focus, from Socrates’ questions about

reality to Peter Singer’s thinking on the

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Author Index

Aldhouse-Green, 14Allawi, 29Allmand, 20Andrew, 22Applebaum, 33Ashton, 26Barber, 15Barenberg, 32Barlow, 20Barthas, 11Bayles, 8Becirevic, 32Beckett, 12Beeley, 37Begg & Bennett, 26Bell, 12Bernard, E., 9Bernard, G.W., 19, 36Bertholet & van der Aalsvoort, 29Bidlack & Lomagin, 33Binding, 24Black, 39Blair, 19Bonelli, 24Brekus, 3Bremer, 3Brody, 31Brown, 26Brunner, 40Buckley, 11Bynum, 41Campbell, 8Carey, 3Carlton, 12Carlyle, 28Caute, 24Chan, 31Cheyette, 39Cogliano, 2Colley, 22Concannon, 35Confino, 24Coogan, 35Cooper, 19Crane, 40Crouch, 15Crystal, 41Cunliffe, 14Cuthbertson, 26Dalzell, Jr., 10Damrosch, 21Dash Moore & Gertz, 40Davies, 12Davis, 35de Tocqueville, 4Delay, 7Delbo, 25Doderer-Winkler, 21Douglas, 24Douglass, 5

Dowling, 4Duffy, 36Dunn, 9Dwyer, 11Eagleton, 40Edwards, 20Elliott, 2, 28Eltis & Richardson, 5Emmott, 24Farge, 28Faulkner, 14Field, 9Firsov et al., 32Flavell, 22Fletcher, 11Fogelson, 8Foot, 20France, 12Franklin, 2Freeman, 37Frieze, 25Galbert of Bruges, 15Galor & Bloedhorn, 29Gauci, 22Gerwarth, 25Getty, 32Glasser, 9Goetzmann et al., 17Goldring, 17Gombrich, 41Gordon, 19Gottlieb, 25Greenough et al., 5Griffin, 27Haas, 25HaCohen, 15Hämäläinen, 7Hamilton et al., 3Harline, 37Harms et al., 29Harris, 16Harrison, 39Hart, 37Hartley, 32Harvey, 12Haslam, 34Haynes et al., 34Hecht, 39Heffron, 4Hempton, 36Herbert, 17Herman, 7Herzog, 19Hicks, 16Higham & Ryan, 16Hobsbawm, 40Hutton, R., 14, 35Jacoby, 9Jeal, 27

Jones, 32Jonsson, 22Kadane, 22Kamen, 15Karsh, 30Kelly, 32Kern, 7Kete, 22Kiely, 29King, E., 20King, W., 10Knight, 38Krentz, 12Kühne, 24Kurlansky, 9Laband, 29Lakomäki, 6Larson, 40Lavin, 6Lawrence- Mathers, 16Lesch, 30Levack, 37Levine, 30Lim, 35Loeffler, 33Lord, 17Lubet, 4, 8Lukacs, 13, 28Lynch, 2MacMullen, 14Macrakis, 39Magliocca, 4Mandler, 9Manley & MacLean, 18Mansoor, 11Marissen, 18Marriott, 28Marschner, 18Martin, 14Matynia, 32Mawdsley, 13May, 40McIntosh et al., 29McKellar, 28McLynn, 13, 22McPhee, 21Meyers & Chancey, 14Meyerson, 3Michnik, 33Mokyr, 23Monod, 23Monter, 16More, 18Moss, 37Muir, 11Müller, 25Mulligan, 11Nash, 38Nongbri, 37

O’Brien, 28O’Shaughnessy, 13Oakley, 16Onwuachi- Willig, 5Ormrod, 20Osman, 30Özkan, 31Pappé, 30Parker, 39Parrillo, 10Parsi, 10Perry, 10Peterson, 6Pettegree, 16, 39Phillips, 23Phillipson, 23Piatote, 6Pincus, 23Plater, 10Prior, 13Prochaska, 26Radner, 23Ransby, 5Raz, 30Richardson, 15Rico, 8Rogers, G., 14Rogers, N., 23Rohrbough, 8Rose, 26Rosenheim, 13Rushdy, 5Sabin, 38Sachs, 10Satlow, 35Satter, 34Scarisbrick, 20Schaeper, 3Schniedewind, 35Schui, 40Schultz, 4Schwanitz, 24Schwartz, S., 2Schwartz, P. & M., 6Senelick & Ostrovsky, 33Shain, 2Shalev, 4Sharpe, 19Sherratt, 25Shilon, 31Shishkin, 33Sirota, 18Slater, 27Sluyter, 6Smith, B., 2Smith, P., 10Smith, R., 2Soyinka, 31Stalin Digital Archive, 34

Steinberg, 34Stevenson, 18Stichelbaut, 11Stoneman, 14Storella & Sololov, 34Stratmann, 27Summers, 39Sutherland, D., 26Sutherland, J., 41Swanson, 38Tal, 38Talayesva, 6Tankard, 21Tanner, 16Taylor, 17Thomas, N., 31Thomas, W., 4Thompson, A., 20Thompson, L., 31Thomson, 3Thorpe, 33Thurley, 26Tobin, 21Tollebeek & van Assche, 12Torres-Rouff, 7Treasure, 35Trivellato,23Tsutsiev, 33Tucker et al., 13Turner, D., 36Turner, R., 17Utley, 7van Middelaar, 25van Schaik, 31Vauchez, 36Venet, 4Vermes, 36Walkowitz, 27Walvin, 6Warburton, 41Wayne, 5Webb, 13Weber, 8Weil, 18Weinstein, D., 17Weinstein, J., 21Wellman, 17Wemheuer, 29Wilken, 36Wilkins, 6Willes, 28Williams, 38Wills, 18, 19Winroth, 15Winter & Teitelbaum, 39Wollstonecraft, 21Wootton, 38Wrightson, 19Zhou Xun, 30

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