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Milk
A Local and Global History
A historian reveals the illuminating history of milk, from ancient myth to modern grocery store How did an animal product that spoils easily, carries disease, and causes digestive trouble for many of its...
Together
The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation
In this sequel to his influential work The Craftsman, Richard Sennett explores how we can learn to cooperate in the intensely tribal, competitive, and self-interested cultures we inhabit Living...
The House of Fragile Things
Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France
A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction “The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays...
The Lonely Crowd
A Study of the Changing American Character
Abridged and Revised Edition
“The Lonely Crowd . . . remains not only the best-selling book by a professional sociologist in American history, but arguably one that has had the widest influence on the nation at large.”—Orlando Patterson, New...
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"Our Hemisphere"?
The United States in Latin America, from 1776 to the Twenty-First Century
An accessible exploration of U.S.–Latin American relations. from the colonial period to the present day “‘Our Hemisphere’? is a balanced and nuanced portrayal of the history of U.S.–Latin American...
Woman
The American History of an Idea
A comprehensive history of the struggle to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century “Exhaustively researched and finely written.”—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times...
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Piano Sonatas; History, Notation, Interpretation
A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas “Beethoven piano sonatas accompany every pianist, amateur or professional for his or her entire life and constitute one of the most...
Harry White and the American Creed
How a Federal Bureaucrat Created the Modern Global Economy (and Failed to Get the Credit)
The life of a major figure in twentieth‑century economic history whose impact has long been clouded by dubious allegations “Harry Dexter White has always been the mystery man at the center of America’s...
The New Goliaths
How Corporations Use Software to Dominate Industries, Kill Innovation, and Undermine Regulation
An approach to reinvigorating economic competition that doesn’t break up corporate giants, but compels them to share their technology, data, and knowledge “Bessen is a master of unpacking the nuances of a...
A Biographical Dictionary of English Architecture, 1540-1640
The first comprehensive dictionary of everyone of importance in the creation of English architecture during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages This long-awaited work of scholarship provides a comprehensive dictionary...