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Forging Capitalism
Rogues, Swindlers, Frauds, and the Rise of Modern Finance
A riveting history of raw capitalism that exposes the unscrupulousness at its heart Vice is endemic to Western capitalism, according to this fascinating, wildly entertaining, often startling history of...
Pedigree
A Memoir
Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano has said that his many fictions are all variations of the same story. Pedigree, his memoir, is the theme. “Terse, yet somehow infinitely generous, Pedigree
Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical
A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of modern American culture You know his work—Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I
Nocturne
Night in American Art, 1890–1917
A beautifully illustrated look at the vogue for night landscapes amid the social, political, and technological changes of modern America The turn of the 20th century witnessed a surge in the creation and...
Visual Voyages
Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin
An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles...
The Makings and Unmakings of Americans
Indians and Immigrants in American Literature and Culture, 1879-1924
Challenges the myth of the United States as a nation of immigrants by bringing together two groups rarely read together: Native Americans and Eastern European immigrants In this cultural history of Americanization...
Germany and the Ottoman Railways
Art, Empire, and Infrastructure
The complex political and cultural relationship between the German state and the Ottoman Empire is explored through the lens of the Ottoman Railway network, its architecture, and material culture With lines...
Small-Great Objects
Anni and Josef Albers in the Americas
Small-Great Objects presents a remarkable look into the art-collecting practices of two of modern art’s most widely influential figures, Anni (1899–1994) and Josef (1888–1976) Albers. Their impressive collection of...
Dark Toys
Surrealism and the Culture of Childhood
A wide-ranging look at surrealist and postsurrealist engagements with the culture and imagery of childhood We all have memories of the object-world of childhood. For many of us, playthings and images from those...
American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent
The fascinating story of the transformation of American watercolor practice between 1866 and 1925 The formation of the American Watercolor Society in 1866 by a small, dedicated group of painters transformed...