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Did you know that we have wheat to thank for the rise of chopsticks? Q. Edward Wang, the author of Chopsticks, takes you on a global culinary journey.
Hendrik W. Day, the author of The Afterlife of the Roman City, takes readers through the maze of Roman cities to explore how the way a state is ruled shapes its architecture: from ancient Constantinople to today's Pyongyang.
Andreas Dür and Manfred Elsig, the co-editors of Trade Cooperation, break down the preferential trade agreements that have become nearly ubiquitous since the end of WWII.
Stephen Offutt, the author of New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa, explores how the Christian evangelical movement has influenced communities from Beijing to Cape Town to Mexico City.
Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is to be free again in March, to celebrate Women’s History Month. This is great news. If you are not yet a subscriber, this is your opportunity.
Celia Marshik, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Culture, sat down with us to discuss the legacy of modernism and the early 20th century in our lives today–from our fascination...
Gerry Canavan, the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction, traces our fascination with outer space from Star Trek to Guardians of the Galaxy and charts the evolution of our bleak pop cultural view of living beyond Earth.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman appointed to the highest court in the United States, and her tenure there has been a storied one. In her 22 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg has become a leading figure in the battle for gender equality and civil rights. We asked four contributors to the new volume The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to weigh in on how she will be remembered.
At the 2015 American Historical Association Meeting, we caught up with five authors on our history list, including Gregory T. Cushman, whose Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World won the 2014 Jerry...
Dean Hammer explains why it's both important and fascinating to study the Romans, and that gave rise to his book Roman Political Thought.
Reuel Schiller, the author of Forging Rivals, describes how the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow gave rise to modern labor and employment discrimination laws.
David Williams, the author of I Freed Myself, explains why the traditional picture of emancipation as an abolitionist movement with the Great Emancipator Lincoln at its helm isn't entirely correct—African American slaves played a key role in achieving their own freedom.
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