History
An account that challenges the conventional views of African merchants under colonialism, examining the emergence and changing fortunes of indigenous entrepreneurs in Lagos, Nigeria
A bold new account of European imperialism told through the history of water
How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO’s relationship to Zionism and Israel
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
A double portrait of two of America’s most influential writers that reveals the surprising connections between them—and their uncanny relevance to our age of crisis
A sweeping history of how Union victory in the American Civil War inspired democratic reforms, revolutions, and emancipation movements in Europe and the Americas
An examination of how the Jews—real and imagined—so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways
A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world
A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state
The untold story of the role of humanitarian NGOs in building the neoliberal order after empire
How Romans coped with the anxieties and risks of childbirth
The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life
Tracing the rise of evangelicalism and the decline of mainline Protestantism in American religious and cultural life
A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era
The story of the Roman Empire’s enormous wine industry told through the remarkable ceramic storage and shipping containers that made it possible
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever
“A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. ....
A beautiful, full-color graphic version of Eric Cline’s bestselling 1177 B.C., adapted by award-winning author-illustrator Glynnis Fawkes
How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity
A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from the Portuguese trading empire to Renaissance Italy
A timely and provocative account of the Bible’s role in one of the most consequential episodes in the history of slavery
A panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today