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Humanitarian Governance and the British Antislavery World System
How the suppression of the slave trade and the “disposal” of liberated Africans shaped the emergence of modern humanitarianism Between 1808 and 1867, the British navy’s Atlantic squadrons seized nearly two thousand...
Confronting Climate Gridlock
How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future
An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy “Daniel Cohan makes a compelling case that the problem of...
The Lions' Den
Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky
A lively intellectual history that explores how prominent midcentury public intellectuals approached Zionism and then the State of Israel itself and its conflicts with the Arab world In this lively...
Islands and Cultures
How Pacific Islands Provide Paths toward Sustainability
A uniquely collaborative analysis of human adaptation to the Polynesian islands, told through oral histories, biophysical evidence, and historical records Humans began to settle the area we know as Polynesia...
Islands and Cultures
How Pacific Islands Provide Paths toward Sustainability
A uniquely collaborative analysis of human adaptation to the Polynesian islands, told through oral histories, biophysical evidence, and historical records Humans began to settle the area we know as Polynesia...
Ranquil
Rural Rebellion, Political Violence, and Historical Memory in Chile
The first major history of Chile’s most significant peasant rebellion and the violent repression that followed In 1934, peasants turned to revolution to overturn Chile’s oligarchic political order and the profound...
The Valiant Little Tailor
A Novel
The classic Grimms’ fairy tale of the valiant little tailor, as you’ve never read it before “A creative take on storytelling, suggesting the potential in even the most familiar tale, with Chevillard riffing...
Risky Business
Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It
An engaging and accessible examination of what ails insurance markets—and what to do about it—by three leading economists Why is dental insurance so crummy? Why is pet insurance so expensive? Why does your auto...
The Syriac World
In Search of a Forgotten Christianity
A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity from its origins in Hellenistic and ancient Near Eastern cultures to the present Often referred to as the third main language of Christianity after Latin and Greek,...
The Georgians
The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end...