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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.
Failure and the American Writer examines failure as a fundamental and complex human experience, imperative to the US national identity and embedded in our most celebrated literature. Check out an exclusive excerpt from this exciting new study of American classics like Moby Dick and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Following on last week's meditation on the emergence of African Studies as an academic field, the author of Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival reveals the curious effect that studying African history and culture has on the discipline itself. Catch up with Part One of Dr. Peterson's post here.
Archaeologist Patricia McAnany, the author of Living with the Ancestors, explains why the ancient Maya buried their dead within family homes.
In Eating and Ethics in Shakespeare’s England , a new kind of ethics is at stake—the ethics of the way we eat. Whom we eat with, how we serve, and the way we behave at the table dominates literary history.
Giorgio Riello, the author of Cotton: The Fabric That Made the Modern World, discusses the history of the invaluable fiber, from its origins in India and China to its feverish spread around the globe.
In this two-part post, the author of the award-winning Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival reflects on the emergence of the field of African studies and Cambridge University Press' role in advancing the discipline.
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