As Americans gear up for the 2016 elections, Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America takes a close look at modern polarization, dominant ideologies, and what "liberalism" and "conservatism" mean today.
Clive Gamble, author of Settling the Earth: The Archaeology of Deep Human History, reflects on why our power to imagine was so pivotal to our evolution and global expansion.
Adam Sitze, a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela, reflects on Mandela's unparalleled mastery of Western law.
Historian David Williams, author of I Freed Myself (forthcoming March), reveals how black slaves seized their own freedom--and by doing so, precipitated the Emancipation Proclamation.
To celebrate the exciting launch of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online, we’re hosting a Mad Libs contest! Each Thursday until the end of February we’ll be posting a new...
Margaret Scammell, author of Consumer Democracy, discusses why salesmanship is inscribed in competitive democracy--and why political marketing, for better or worse, is here to stay in politics.
Daniel Roux, a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela (forthcoming February), reflects on the power and volatility of Mandela's life story.
In honor of the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli’s The Prince, Waller Newell (author of Tyranny: A New Interpretation) participated in a conference last fall hosted by the Program on Constitutional...
“Who am I?” If Google’s autocomplete is any indication, it’s not one of the questions we commonly ask online (unlike other existential questions like “What is the meaning of life?” or “What...
Christopher Bigsby, the author of Viewing America, reveals how the television dramas we love—from Breaking Bad to Battlestar Galactica—have come to reflect modern America.
The Internet is forging new industries—and putting some old business models at risk. Irene C. L. Ng, the author of Creating New Markets in the Digital Economy: Value & Worth, discusses how new markets will be created in the future.
Ever wondered what the life of a book looks like from a publisher's perspective? Or how the books you read get from the author's laptop to your bookstore (or Amazon cart)? Senior commissioning editor Linda Bree discusses the beginning of a book's life in the editorial process at Cambridge University Press.