Set in Stone: America's Embrace of the Ten Commandments
Jenna Weissman Joselit, Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies and professor of history, situates the Ten Commandments within the fabric of American history and...
Faculty Books
View a selection of recently published books by Department of History faculty.
Winning the Third World: Sino-American Rivalry during the Cold War
Winning the Third World examines afresh the intense and enduring rivalry between the United States and China during the Cold War. Gregg A. Brazinsky shows how both...
Leading Change: George Washington and Establishing the Presidency
Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history, details the creation of the executive office by our country’s most influential political leader, George Washington. His...
City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
Tyler Anbinder, professor of history, chronicles the American immigrant story by focusing on New York City as the nation’s defining port of entry for nearly four centuries...
Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America
David J. Silverman, professor of history, examines the adoption of firearms by American Indians between the 17th and 19th centuries as a turning point in the history of...
Decolonization: A Very Short Introduction
Dane Kennedy explores the historical process of “Decolonization” — the transition from a world of colonial empires to a world of nation-states.
National Geographic The Greeks: An Illustrated History
Diane Harris Cline authored this lavishly illustrated reference guide on the culture that brought us democracy, the Olympics, Socrates and Alexander the Great.
Dane Kennedy edited this collection of essays from leading historians that addresses why Britain's imperial past continues to generate such intense interest.
Before Anarchy: Hobbes and his Critics in Modern International Thought
Theo Christov examines how the “Hobbesian state of nature” and the “discourse of anarchy” came to be seen as virtually synonymous.
The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson Korea
Jisoo Kim reveals a surprisingly complex picture of the Choson state (1392-1910).