This is an innovative account of the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) from the late seventeenth century to 1804, when Haitians became the first formerly enslaved people to overthrow a colonial slaveholding power. Malick W. Ghachem has written the first detailed and broad-based... More Info

"A short and easily-readable book that will explain to both Americans and Canadians why the War of 1812 mattered in the histories of their two nations. For those who seek insights into this subject during the bicentennial commemorations of the war, this book is the place to start. Its contents... More Info

Examines the origins of mass killing by analyzing and comparing multiple forms of political extremism.  More Info

Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that with the collapse of Communism the theoretical project of Marxism and its critique of capitalism is more timely and important than ever. In this book she sets out to renew the critical program of historical materialism by redefining its basic concepts and its theory... More Info

Magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by award-winning author.  More Info

This fascinating guide to the night opens up an entirely new vista on early modern Europe. Using diaries, letters, legal records and representations of the night in early modern religion, literature and art, Craig Koslofsky explores the myriad ways in which early modern people understood,... More Info

The Cold War shaped the world we live in today - its politics, economics, and military affairs. This book shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the last century created the foundations for most of the key conflicts we see today, including the War on Terror. It focuses on how the Third... More Info

Apologies can be profoundly meaningful, yet many gestures of contrition - especially those in legal contexts - appear hollow and even deceptive. Discussing numerous examples from ancient and recent history, I Was Wrong argues that we suffer from considerable confusion about the moral meanings and... More Info

The distinguished political philosopher James Tully addresses the demands for cultural recognition that constitute the major conflicts of today, such as nationalism and federalism, the claims of Aboriginal peoples, feminism, linguistic and ethnic minorities. Tully's survey of four hundred years of... More Info

Latin America in Colonial Times presents the story of how Latin American civilization emerged from the encounter of three great civilizations in the sixteenth century. The authors give equal attention to the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors and settlers, to the African slaves they brought across... More Info

A comprehensive history of Sweden covering events from the Stone Age to the present day.  More Info

An account of war ethics sensitive to the historical just war theory, informed by the contemporary concerns of war.  More Info

In Educations in Ethnic Violence, Matthew Lange analyzes ways in which education contributes to ethnic violence.  More Info

This book evaluates the credibility of NGOs as they monitor and supplant the public and private sectors.  More Info

This is a book about the relationship between the development of forensic science in the nineteenth century and the invention of the new literary genre of detective fiction in Britain and America. Ronald R. Thomas examines the criminal body as a site of interpretation and enforcement in a wide... More Info

A lively set of new essays on Dylan's work as a writer and composer and on his place in American culture.  More Info

In one form or another, slavery has existed throughout the world for millennia. It helped to change the world, and the world transformed the institution. In the 1450s, when Europeans from the small corner of the globe least enmeshed in the institution first interacted with peoples of other... More Info