Search Results
WARNING
You are viewing an older version of the Yalebooks website. Please visit out new website with more updated information and a better user experience: https://www.yalebooks.com
Louise Nevelson's Sculpture
Drag, Color, Join, Face
A daring reassessment of Louise Nevelson, an icon of twentieth-century art whose innovative procedures relate to gendered, classed, and racialized forms of making In this radical rethinking of the art of Louise...
Early Modernity and Mobility
Port Cities and Printers across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512-1800
A history of the continent-spanning Armenian print tradition in the early modern period Early Modernity and Mobility explores the disparate yet connected histories of Armenian printing establishments in...
The Seven Measures of the World
The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world From the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience,...
Futurism and Europe
The Aesthetics of a New World
A new, expansive study on Futurism which explores for the first time its relationships with other European avant-gardes during 1912 to 1939 Futurism was originally an Italian movement established in 1909 that...
Art of Japan
Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
An exploration of the treasures of Japanese art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art reveals a wealth of fascinating works dating from prehistoric times to todayArt of Japan presents one hundred highlights of...
William Edmondson
A reassessment of self-taught artist William Edmondson, exploring the enduring relevance of his work This richly illustrated volume reintroduces readers to American sculptor William Edmondson (1874–1951) more than...
Ezra
A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
A new translation and commentary on the biblical book of Ezra by the renowned author of two award-winning biblical commentaries The book of Ezra is a remarkable testament to a nation’s ability to survive and...
Love for the Land
Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place
A captivating exploration of presence and place told through the stories and insights of small farmers who, despite intense adversity, continue caring for their land Love for the Land investigates the power...
Our NHS
A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution
An engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival—and the people who have kept it running In recent decades, a wave of appreciation for the NHS has swept across the UK. Britons have...
Unmaking the East India Company
British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858
Illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state’s nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire This...