History
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Priya Nelson
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Ben Tate
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David McBride
Publisher, Politics (American Political History)
The history list is characterized by its long-standing efforts to seek out and publish the most exciting new research, innovative topics, field-defining books, and projects with a global approach. Our titles range across time periods, from ancient and medieval to early modern and modern history.
We also publish in intellectual history, the history of philosophy and science, religious history, and Jewish and Islamic history, as well as economic, legal, environmental, and military history. The subjects of our books span all continents, and reinforce our endeavors to draw from a diverse and international pool of authors.
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The war conundrum
Read or listen to the news and the world seems like a violent place. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, the razing of Gaza, and the ongoing US-Israel assault on Iran may garner the most attention in the Western press, but they鈥檙e merely the most prominent in a depressingly long list of current conflicts.
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Listen in: One Man鈥檚 Freedom
Nicholas Buccola tells the compelling story of Goldwater and King鈥檚 dramatic decade-long debate over the meaning of an all-important American ideal.
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Dreaming under fascism
Did ordinary Germans realise they were living through a historical nightmare? Would we recognise the same signs if we were living through them today?
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Mustafa Aksakal on The War That Made the Middle East
A sweeping narrative of war, great power politics, and ordinary people caught up in the devastation, Mustafa Aksakal's The War That Made the Middle East offers new insights about the Great War and its profound and lasting consequences.
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Why know-it-alls get under our skin, and what their history can teach us
You probably know the kind of person who can ruin a dinner party before anyone has picked up a fork or knife. They casually correct your pronunciation of 鈥渁p茅ritif,鈥� keenly explain the difference between prosecco and cava, and, by dessert, are lecturing on the limitations of spelling checkers.
