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Thomas L. Carson, the author of Lincoln's Ethics, describes what drew him as a philosopher to studying one of the most prominent presidents in American history. And you can check an excerpt from his new book.
George Thomas, the author of The Founders and the Idea of a National University, reflects on how the concept and birth of American independence informed the educational system in the United States.
As part of our Independence Day series, we're offering an excerpt from Radicals in America on how the Fourth of July poses a radical duality present throughout revolutionary movements in American history.
It's July, and with Independence Day right around the corner, we're dedicating a week of posts to the latest scholarship on American history, liberation, and revolution. To kick things off, William Rorabaugh offers an excerpt from his latest book, American Hippies.
From the moment I first saw the enigmatic Scottish carved stone balls, I was intrigued. Although many purposes had been suggested for their purpose during the Neolithic, none had included the possibility...
Ronald Batchelor, author of A Reference Grammar of Spanish, explores the grammatical differences between English and Spanish.
Simon Palfrey, the author of Shakespeare’s Possible Worlds, offers up a new model for appreciating Shakespeare's world--both the world he creates and the real one his writing reflects.
How often do we discourage our children from handling dangerous objects--things like matches and knives? Are we protecting them, or failing to let them learn valuable lessons about the world we live in? David F. Lancy, the author of The Anthropology of Childhood, breaks down these questions from an anthropological stance.
Valentin Bellassen, author of Accounting for Carbon: Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Emissions in the Climate Economy (2015), explores the requirements for the MRV of countries’ emissions and considers how this can be successfully extended to cover emerging and developing countries.
Yellowlees Douglas, author of The Reader's Brain: How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Writer (2015), explores how the teaching of writing is leaving some people ill-prepared for the workplace.
Early on in Hesiod’s Works and Days, the first didactic poem of Classical antiquity, we find in succession two versions of human history. The first is a retelling of the havoc resulting for mankind from...
Simon Palfrey, the author of Shakespeare’s Possible Worlds, breaks down the barriers of Shakespeare's complicated play world and the language holding it together.
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