Spinoza's Challenge to Jewish Thought: Writings on His Life, Philosophy, and Legacy
Daniel Schwartz, associate professor of history, examines the Jewish response to Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza, the controversial 17th-century philosopher.
Faculty Books
View a selection of recently published books by Department of History faculty.
Partitions: A Transnational History of Twentieth-Century Territorial Separatism
Arie M. Dubnov, associate professor of history, and Max Ticktin, chair of Israel studies, co-edited this first collective history of the concept of partition.
Said the Prophet of God: Hadith Commentary Across a Millennium
Joel Blecher, assistant professor of history, breaks open a brand new field in Islamic studies: how hadith (Muhammad’s sayings and practices) were debated and understood...
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...
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...
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.