History

When Athens fell in 404 BCE, the ancient world expected peace.

More so than other ecosystems, urban rivers typify our evolving relationship with nature.

This book is a straight history about the foreign policy ideas of The Great Commoner, American statesman and politician William Jennings Bryan.

In September 1923, the ground beneath Tokyo violently gave way.

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was one of the longest and most influential conflicts of the Middle Ages.

The Phoenicians were among the greatest seafarers and traders of the ancient world.

Across the myths of the world—from the temples of Egypt to the rainforests of the Amazon, from the deserts of Australia to the mountains of Greece—the serpent appears again and again as one of humanity's most powerful sacred symbols.

During the height of the Cold War paranoia, the United States government authorized a clandestine program to weaponize the human mind.

Athens in the fifth century BCE stood at the center of a revolution in human thought, art, and political life.

Creek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution, 17631818 examines how Creek communities and their leaders remained viable geopolitical actors in the trans-Appalachian West well after the American Revolution.

The Storied Landscape of Iroquoia explores the creation, destruction, appropriation, and enduring legacy of one of early Americas most important places: the homelands of the Haudenosaunees (also known as the Iroquois Six Nations).

2021 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Nepantla Squared maps the lives of two transgender mestiz@s, one during the turn of the twentieth century and one during the turn of the twenty-first century, to chart the ways race, gender, sex, ethnicity, and capital function differently in different times.

The Limits of Liberty chronicles the formation of the U.

Published through the Early American Places initiative, supported by the Andrew W.

Lighthouses are enduring symbols of resilience, hope and safety.

In den Ruinen eines minoischen Palastes auf der Insel Kreta fanden Archaologen im Jahr 1908 ein unscheinbares Artefakt, das die wissenschaftliche Welt bis heute in den Wahnsinn treibt.

Finalist for the 2024 National Jewish Book AwardBetween the Wires tells for the first time the history of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine.

The French Revolution was one of the most powerful and transformative events in world history.

The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was one of the most devastating conflicts in European history.

The book introduces a multidisciplinary exploration of battlefield pilgrimages and situates these pilgrimages within the broader field of pilgrimage studies, examining their historical, cultural, and spiritual dimensions.

In 1959, nine experienced hikers perished in the Ural Mountains under circumstances that defy all logic.

Kinder zahlen zu den ersten Opfern eines Krieges, doch konnen sie auch selbst wirkmachtige Akteure sein.

Deep in the southern African plateau lies a sprawling metropolis of towering, mortarless stone walls.

What if the most important decisions shaping your world are made not in parliaments or congress halls, but in secret hotel meetings you've never heard of?

Mit dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs schien das Jahrhundert der Monarchie an sein Ende gekommen.

Between Black and Brown begins with a question: How do individuals with one African American parent and one Mexican American parent identify racially and ethnically?

Named a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleMemory Wars explores how commemorative sites and patriotic fanfare marking the mission of General John Sullivan into Iroquois territory during the Revolutionary War continue to shape historical understandings today.

Step into the legendary world of the Vikings—fierce warriors, skilled sailors, and explorers who reshaped the history of medieval Europe.

For thousands of years, civilizations across the world have told remarkably similar stories: a great catastrophe, a drowned world, and a handful of survivors who carried the knowledge needed to rebuild human society.