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When London Was Capital of America
Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. And in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow...
Winter Mythologies and Abbots
Michon’s exquisite short narratives transport us to the heart of the Middle Ages as witnesses to the double-edged power of belief This welcome volume brings to English-language readers two beautifully...
Social Choice and Individual Values
Originally published in 1951, Social Choice and Individual Values introduced “Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem” and founded the field of social choice theory in economics and political science. This new edition, including a...
In God's Shadow
Politics in the Hebrew Bible
One of our most distinguished political theorists deliberates on the politics of the Bible and arrives at unexpected conclusions In this eagerly awaited book, political theorist Michael Walzer reports...
Black Gotham
A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City
A groundbreaking history of elite black New Yorkers in the nineteenth century, seen through the lens of the author's ancestors Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham...
Savages and Scoundrels
The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire through Indian Territory
VanDevelder demolishes long-held myths about America’s westward expansion and uncovers the unacknowledged federal Indian policy that shaped the republic What really happened in the early days of our...
Paula Modersohn-Becker
The First Modern Woman Artist
A major new look at the life and career of a pioneering woman artist Considered one of the most important of the early German modernists, the painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) challenged...
Utopia
Saint Thomas More’s Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism and serves as a key text in survey courses on Western intellectual history, the Renaissance, political theory, and many other subjects....
Introduction to Metaphysics
This new edition of one of Heidegger’s most important works features a revised and expanded translators’ introduction and an updated translation, as well as the first English versions of Heidegger’s draft of a portion of the text...
Science and Religion in Quest of Truth
From the vantage point of eighty years, a highly regarded scientist and theologian surveys the full spectrum of critical issues between science and theology John Polkinghorne, an international figure...