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Partisan Policy Networks
Zachary Albert
November 6, 2025
20251106-albert-zachary-on-partisan-policy-networks-1-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Since 1989
Your Brain on Latino Comics
Frederick Luis Aldama
June 10, 2009
20090610-luis-frederick-aldama-your-brain-on-latino-comics-1-1
Media & Pop Culture, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
The Lie Detectors
Ken Alder
July 13, 2009
20090713-alder-ken-lie-detectors-history-american-obsession-1-1
Crime & Policing, Technology & AI
United States
How science gets made
1900-1945
The Conservatives
Patrick Allitt
February 26, 2010
20100226-allitt-patrick-conservatives-ideas-personalities-american-history-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Philosophy & Ideas
United States
Spans centuries
American Modernism and Depression Documentary
Jeff Allred
March 10, 2010
20100310-allred-jeff-on-american-modernism-depression-documentary-1-1
Literature & Writers, Media & Pop Culture
United States
1900-1945
Two Faiths, One Banner
Ian Almond
April 28, 2009
20091221-almond-ian-on-history-islam-german-thought-leibniz-nietzsche-1-1
Religion & Belief, War & Conflict
Europe
Myth-busting
Spans centuries
Pen of Iron
Robert Alter
May 31, 2010
20100531-alter-robert-on-pen-of-iron-american-prose-king-james-bible-1-1
Literature & Writers, Religion & Belief
United States
Spans centuries
Carl Hagenbeck’s Empire of Entertainments
Eric Ames
May 4, 2009
20090504-ames-eric-carl-hagenbeck-empire-entertainments-1-1
Media & Pop Culture, Empire & Colonialism
Europe
Animals & the more-than-human
The long 19th century
Twilight of the Idols
Mark Lynn Anderson
August 15, 2011
20110815-anderson-mark-lynn-twilight-idols-hollywood-human-sciences-1920s-1-1
Film & TV, Media & Pop Culture
United States
1900-1945
Lost Colony
Tonio Andrade
December 9, 2011
20111209-andrade-tonio-on-lost-colony-china-victory-over-west-1-1
War & Conflict, Empire & Colonialism
China & East Asia
Early modern (1500-1800)
Animus
William D. Araiza
June 14, 2017
20170614-araiza-william-on-animus-short-introduction-bias-law-1-1-1
Law & Justice
United States
The Invention of Rum
Jordan B. Smith
January 1, 2026
20260101-jordan-smith-invention-rum
Food & Drink, Empire & Colonialism
Latin America & the Caribbean
Commodities & consumption, Race & belonging
Early modern (1500-1800)
Starving for Justice
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval
September 18, 2017
20170918-armbruster-sandoval-ralph-on-book-starving-for-justice-hunger-1-1-1
Education & Universities, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Since 1989
Academically Adrift
Richard Arum
February 23, 2011
20110223-arum-richard-academically-adrift-limited-learning-college-campuses-1-1
Education & Universities
United States
Primitive Selves
E. Taylor Atkins
November 24, 2010
20101124-atkins-taylor-on-primitive-selves-koreana-japanese-colonial-gaze-1-1
Empire & Colonialism, Music & Performance
Japan, China & East Asia
1900-1945
The Code Economy
Philip E. Auerswald
October 2, 2017
20171002-auerswald-philip-on-book-code-economy-forty-thousand-year-history-1-1-1
Economics & Business, Technology & AI
Technology & society
Spans centuries
The Civil Contract of Photography
Ariella Azoulay
January 23, 2009
20090123-azoulay-ariella-book-civil-contract-photography-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Art & Design
Behind the Development Banks
Sarah Babb
August 17, 2009
20090817-babb-sarah-behind-development-banks-washington-world-poverty-1-1
Economics & Business, Politics & Democracy
United States
Cold War era
The Puzzle of Modern Economics
Roger E. Backhouse
October 27, 2010
20101027-backhouse-roger-on-puzzle-modern-economics-science-ideology-1-1
Economics & Business
America's Army
Beth Bailey
March 19, 2010
20100319-bailey-beth-on-america-army-making-all-volunteer-force-1-1
War & Conflict, Race & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality
United States
War & its afterlives
Cold War era
Speculation
Stuart Banner
September 11, 2017
20170911-banner-stuart-on-book-speculation-history-fine-line-1-1-1
Law & Justice, Economics & Business
United States
Markets & morals
Spans centuries
American Property
Stuart Banner
June 6, 2011
20110606-banner-stuart-american-property-history-of-how-why-what-we-own-1-1
Law & Justice
United States
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Nazi Empire
Shelley Baranowski
February 22, 2011
20110221-baranowski-shelley-nazi-empire-german-colonialism-imperialism-bism-1-1
Empire & Colonialism, War & Conflict
Europe
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
A Global Green New Deal
Edward B. Barbier
September 6, 2010
20100906-edward-barbier-global-green-new-deal-rethinking-economic-recovery-1-1
Environment & Climate, Economics & Business
The Tactile Eye
Jennifer M. Barker
December 11, 2009
20091211-barker-jennifer-on-tactile-eye-touch-cinematic-experience-1-1
Film & TV, Philosophy & Ideas
Perception & attention
States of War
David W. Bates
December 29, 2011
20111229-bates-david-on-states-of-war-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Politics & Democracy
Early modern (1500-1800)
Crash
Karen Beckman
February 28, 2011
20110228-beckman-karen-on-crash-cinema-politics-speed-stasis-1-1
Film & TV, Art & Design
1900-1945, Cold War era
Selling the American Way
Laura A. Belmonte
April 14, 2009
20090414-belmonte-laura-selling-american-way-us-propaganda-cold-war-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Cold War era
Reclaiming Modernity
Larry Bennett
December 8, 2025
20251208-bennett-larry-on-reclaiming-modernity-essays-paradoxical-nostalgia-1-1
Cities & Urban Life, Architecture & Built Environment
United States
Memory & commemoration, Place & city
Cold War era
Frantic Panoramas
Nancy Bentley
August 31, 2009
20090831-bentley-nancy-frantic-panoramas-american-literature-mass-culture-1-1
Literature & Writers, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Perception & attention
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Heroes of Empire
Edward Berenson
December 13, 2010
20101213-edward-berenson-heroes-empire-five-charismatic-men-conquest-africa-1-1
Empire & Colonialism, Media & Pop Culture
Africa
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Cruel Optimism
Lauren Berlant
June 5, 2012
20120605-berlant-lauren-on-cruel-optimism-1-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas
Since 1989
Rethinking American Art
Theodore E. Stebbins Jr.
December 29, 2025
20260102-theodore-stebbins-rethinking-american-art
Art & Design
United States
Spans centuries
Italy in Early American Cinema
Giorgio Bertellini
March 24, 2010
20100324-bertellini-giorgio-italy-american-cinema-race-landscape-picturesqu-1-1
Film & TV, Race & Inequality
United States, Europe
Race & belonging
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Parallel Public
Sara Blaylock
March 15, 2023
20230315-blaylock-sara-on-book-parallel-public-experimental-art-late-east-1-1-1
Art & Design, Politics & Democracy
Europe
Cold War era
Public Housing That Worked
Nicholas Dagen Bloom
May 18, 2009
20090518-bloom-nicholas-public-housing-that-worked-new-york-1-1
Cities & Urban Life, Architecture & Built Environment
United States
Place & city
1900-1945, Cold War era
Plastic Capitalism
Amanda Boetzkes
November 13, 2019
20191113-boetzkes-amanda-on-book-plastic-capitalism-contemporary-art-drive-1-1-1
Art & Design, Environment & Climate
Commodities & consumption
Since 1989
Foretelling the End of Capitalism
Francesco Boldizzoni
September 16, 2020
20200916-boldizzoni-francesco-on-book-foretelling-end-capitalism-1-1-1
Economics & Business, Philosophy & Ideas
Spans centuries
In Praise of Copying
Marcus Boon
November 10, 2010
20101110-boon-marcus-on-in-praise-of-copying-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Frank O. Bowman III
September 18, 2019
20190918-bowman-frank-on-book-high-crimes-misdemeanors-history-impeachment-1-1-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
United States
Spans centuries
Stalking Nabokov
Brian Boyd
November 8, 2011
20120404-boyd-brian-on-why-lyrics-last-1-1
Literature & Writers
Lives & biography
1900-1945, Cold War era
Thomas Eakins and the Cultures of Modernity
Alan C. Braddock
June 17, 2009
20090617-braddock-alan-thomas-eakins-cultures-modernity-1-1
Art & Design, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
The long 19th century
England’s Israel and the Foundations of Modern Political Thought
Meirav Jones
January 3, 2026
20260103-jones-meirav-on-england-israel-modern-thought
Religion & Belief, Politics & Democracy
Britain & Ireland
Belief & meaning, Myth-busting
Early modern (1500-1800)
Battling Pornography
Carolyn Bronstein
September 26, 2011
20110926-carolyn-bronstein-on-battling-pornography-american-feminist-anti-pornography-movement-1976-1986-1-1
Gender & Sexuality, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Gender & feminism
Cold War era
The Human Factor
Archie Brown
March 31, 2021
20210331-brown-archie-on-book-human-factor-gorbachev-reagan-thatcher-end-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
Lives & biography
Cold War era
Walled States, Waning Sovereignty
Wendy Brown
September 15, 2011
20110915-brown-wendy-on-walled-states-waning-sovereignty-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Migration & Borders
Since 1989
The Death and Afterlife of Achilles
Jonathan S. Burgess
March 10, 2009
20090310-burgess-jonathan-death-afterlife-achilles-1-1
Literature & Writers, Religion & Belief
Europe
Ancient worlds
Accident Prone
John C. Burnham
November 18, 2009
20091118-burnham-john-accident-prone-history-technology-psychology-misfits-1-1
Work & Labor, Technology & AI
Technology & society
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Death of the American Trial
Robert P. Burns
June 1, 2009
20090601-burns-robert-death-american-trial-1-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
United States
Democracy's Muse
Andrew Burstein
April 12, 2017
20170412-burstein-andrew-on-democracy-muse-thomas-jefferson-fdr-reagan-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Memory & commemoration
Spans centuries
Before Colonization
Charles R. Butcher
October 27, 2025
20251027-charles-butcher-before-colonization-nonwestern-states-and-systems-1-1
Empire & Colonialism
South & Southeast Asia, Africa
Myth-busting
The long 19th century
God in Gotham
Jon Butler
March 17, 2021
20210317-butler-jon-on-book-god-gotham-miracle-religion-modern-manhattan-1-1-1
Religion & Belief, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Belief & meaning, Place & city
1900-1945, Cold War era
Money Games
David M. Carter
May 4, 2011
20110504-carter-david-money-games-profiting-convergence-sports-entertainmen-1-1
Sports & Games, Economics & Business
United States
Rethinking World Politics
Philip G. Cerny
October 17, 2011
20111221-cerny-phil-what-is-on-my-mind-1-1
Politics & Democracy
Since 1989
Philip G. Cerny
December 21, 2011
20111017-philip-cerny-on-rethinking-world-politics-theory-transnational-neopluralism-1-1
Politics & Democracy
Since 1989
Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation
Seo-Young Chu
June 20, 2011
20110620-chu-seo-young-do-metaphors-dream-literal-sleep-science-fictional-1-1
Literature & Writers
Control and Freedom
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
March 17, 2009
20090317-chun-wendy-control-freedom-power-paranoia-age-fiber-optics-1-1
Technology & AI, Media & Pop Culture
Technology & society
1989
Joshua Clover
February 24, 2010
20100224-clover-joshua-on-1989-bob-dylan-did-not-have-this-to-sing-about-1-1
Music & Performance, Media & Pop Culture
Cold War era
Pure Adulteration
Benjamin R. Cohen
March 25, 2020
20200325-cohen-benjamin-on-book-pure-adulteration-cheating-nature-age-1-1-1
Food & Drink, Science & Nature
United States
How science gets made
The long 19th century
Household Gods
Deborah Cohen
December 9, 2009
20091209-cohen-deborah-on-household-gods-british-possessions-1-1
Fashion & Material Culture, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Britain & Ireland
Commodities & consumption
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives
Stephen F. Cohen
July 10, 2009
20110214-cohen-stephen-on-victims-return-survivors-gulag-after-stalin-1-1
Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
1900-1945, Cold War era
Performing South Africa's Truth Commission
Catherine M. Cole
February 12, 2010
20100212-cole-catherine-performing-south-africa-truth-commision-1-1
Music & Performance, Law & Justice
Africa
Memory & commemoration
Since 1989
Inventing Tomorrow
Sarah Cole
February 26, 2020
20200226-cole-sarah-on-book-inventing-tomorrow-hg-wells-twentieth-century-1-1-1
Literature & Writers
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Gravity’s Ghost
Harry Collins
June 22, 2011
20110622-collins-harry-gravity-ghost-scientific-discovery-in-the-twenty-first-century-1-1
Science & Nature
How science gets made
Since 1989
The American 1930s
Peter Conn
June 12, 2009
20090612-conn-peter-american-1930s-literary-history-1-1
Literature & Writers, Art & Design
United States
1900-1945
In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman
William J. Cook
February 13, 2012
20120213-cook-william-on-in-pursuit-of-traveling-salesman-1-1-1
Math & Statistics, Technology & AI
How science gets made
The Age of Addiction
David T. Courtwright
December 4, 2019
20191204-courtwright-david-on-book-age-addiction-bad-habits-big-business-1-1-1
Health & Medicine, Economics & Business
Markets & morals
Spans centuries
Entropy
James Jeffrey Binney
January 21, 2026
20260121-james-binney-entropy-very-short-introduction
Science & Nature
How science gets made
The Market as God
Harvey Cox
March 8, 2017
20170308-cox-harvey-on-market-as-god-1-1-1
Religion & Belief, Economics & Business
Markets & morals
Witches, Wife Beaters, and Whores
Elaine Forman Crane
January 23, 2012
20120123-crane-elaine-on-witches-wife-beaters-whores-common-law-1-1-1
Law & Justice, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Gender & feminism
Early modern (1500-1800)
Aversion and Erasure
Carolyn J. Dean
February 2, 2011
20110202-dean-carolyn-on-aversion-erasure-fate-victim-after-holocaust-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, War & Conflict
Memory & commemoration, War & its afterlives
Cold War era, Since 1989
Mao’s Great Famine
Frank Dikötter
October 20, 2010
20090605-dikotter-frank-age-of-openness-china-before-mao-1-1
Politics & Democracy
China & East Asia
Cold War era
How Schools Really Matter
Douglas B. Downey
April 7, 2021
20210407-downey-douglas-on-book-how-schools-really-matter-why-assumption-1-1-1
Education & Universities, Race & Inequality
Myth-busting
Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque
Mark Driscoll
February 9, 2011
20110209-driscoll-mark-on-absolute-erotic-grotesque-living-dead-japan-imper-1-1
Empire & Colonialism, Work & Labor
Japan, China & East Asia
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Darrell Duffie
October 26, 2011
20111026-duffie-darrell-potential-large-bank-failures-remains-2-1-1
Economics & Business
United States
Markets & morals
Since 1989
1
Broke and Patriotic
Francesco Duina
March 26, 2018
20180326-duina-francesco-on-book-broke-patriotic-why-poor-americans-love-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Politics & Democracy
United States
Painted Palaces
Anne Dunlop
August 19, 2009
20090819-dunlop-anne-painted-palaces-secular-art-renaissance-italy-1-1
Art & Design, Architecture & Built Environment
Europe
Medieval
The Lolita Effect
M. Gigi Durham
December 2, 2008
20081205-durham-meenakshi-gigi-lolita-effect-media-sexualization-young-girl-1-1
Media & Pop Culture, Gender & Sexuality
Gender & feminism
Mystery of the Night Café
Cliff Edwards
August 26, 2009
20090826-edwards-cliff-mystery-night-cafe-spirituality-vincent-van-gogh-1-1
Art & Design, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
The long 19th century
How to Read a Wedding Dress
Lydia Edwards
February 24, 2026
20260224-edwards-lydia-how-to-read-a-wedding-dress-1
Fashion & Material Culture, Gender & Sexuality
Gender & feminism, Myth-busting
Spans centuries
The Future of Education
Kieran Egan
January 27, 2009
20090127-egan-kieran-book-future-education-1-1
Education & Universities
The Theater of Truth
William Egginton
December 28, 2009
20110711-william-egginton-on-in-defense-of-religious-moderation-1-1
Literature & Writers, Philosophy & Ideas
Europe
Spans centuries
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dana Polan
January 23, 2026
20260123-dana-polan-close-encounters-third-kind
Film & TV
United States
Gender & feminism
Cold War era
In Defense of Religious Moderation
William Egginton
July 11, 2011
20091228-william-egginton-on-theater-truth-ideology-neobaroque-aesthetic-1-1
Religion & Belief, Philosophy & Ideas
Belief & meaning
Clash of Extremes
Marc Egnal
February 22, 2010
20100222-egnal-marc-clash-extremes-economic-origins-civil-war-1-1
Economics & Business, War & Conflict
United States
Myth-busting
The long 19th century
Birthright
Roger Ekirch
January 25, 2010
20100125-roger-ekirch-birthright-true-story-inspired-kidnapped-1-1
Law & Justice
Britain & Ireland
Lives & biography
Early modern (1500-1800)
More
Robert Engelman
March 27, 2009
20090327-engelman-robert-more-population-nature-what-women-want-1-1
Gender & Sexuality, Environment & Climate
Gender & feminism
Spans centuries
Planetary Eating
Gidon Eshel
November 26, 2025
20251126-eshel-gidon-on-planetary-eating-1-1
Environment & Climate, Food & Drink
Numbers and the Making of Us
Caleb Everett
June 26, 2017
20170621-everett-caleb-on-numbers-making-us-counting-course-human-cultures-1-1-1
Language & Linguistics, Math & Statistics
Fashioning Faces
Elizabeth A. Fay
September 13, 2010
20100913-fay-elizabeth-fashioning-faces-portraitive-mode-british-romanticis-1-1
Art & Design, Literature & Writers
Britain & Ireland
The long 19th century
The Law of Good People
Yuval Feldman
January 30, 2019
20190130-feldman-yuval-on-book-law-good-people-challenging-states-ability-1-1-1
Law & Justice, Mind & Brain
Conspiracy Theories
Mark Fenster
January 20, 2009
20090120-fenster-mark-on-conspiracy-theories-secrecy-power-american-culture-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Media & Pop Culture
United States
A Rosenberg by Any Other Name
Kirsten Fermaglich
June 12, 2019
20190612-fermaglich-kirsten-on-book-rosenberg-any-other-name-history-jewish-1-1-1
Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Cuban Hustle
Sujatha Fernandes
January 13, 2021
20210113-fernandes-sujatha-on-book-cuban-hustle-culture-politics-everyday-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Music & Performance
Latin America & the Caribbean
Since 1989
Made in America
Claude S. Fischer
April 26, 2010
20100426-fischer-claude-on-made-in-america-social-history-culture-character-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
Spans centuries
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West
Martyn Frampton
May 14, 2018
20180514-frampton-martyn-on-book-muslim-brotherhood-west-history-enmity-1-1-1
Religion & Belief, Politics & Democracy
Middle East & North Africa
1900-1945, Cold War era
Phenomenal Moments
Felice Frankel
December 4, 2025
20251204-frankel-felice-on-phenomenal-moments-1-1
Science & Nature, Art & Design
Perception & attention
Unsilencing
Lilia Topouzova
January 7, 2026
20260107-lilia-topouzova-unsilencing-legacy-bulgarian-gulag
Politics & Democracy, Crime & Policing
Europe
Memory & commemoration, War & its afterlives
Cold War era
The Will of the People
Barry Friedman
April 4, 2011
20110404-friedman-barry-will-people-public-opinion-influence-supreme-court-1-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
United States
Spans centuries
The Weaponisation of Everything
Mark Galeotti
January 18, 2024
20240118-galeotti-mark-on-book-weaponisation-everything-field-guide-new-way-war-1-1-1
War & Conflict, Politics & Democracy
Since 1989
The History of Missed Opportunities
William H. Galperin
June 28, 2017
20170628-galperin-william-on-history-missed-opportunities-british-1-1-1
Literature & Writers
Britain & Ireland
The long 19th century
Making Our Neighborhoods, Making Our Selves
George C. Galster
August 7, 2019
20190807-galster-george-on-book-making-our-meighborhoods-making-our-selves-1-1-1
Cities & Urban Life, Economics & Business
A Synthesizing Mind
Howard Gardner
February 3, 2021
20210203-gardner-howard-on-book-synthesizing-mind-memoir-creator-multiple-intelligences-theory-1-1-1
Mind & Brain, Education & Universities
Lives & biography
Cold War era
End of Its Rope
Garrett L. Brandon
October 9, 2017
20230329-garrett-brandon-on-book-autopsy-crime-lab-exposing-flaws-forensics-1-1-1
Law & Justice, Crime & Policing
United States
Since 1989
Unending Capitalism
Karl Gerth
March 10, 2021
20210310-gerth-karl-on-book-unending-capitalism-how-consumerism-negated-1-1-1
Economics & Business, Everyday Life & Anthropology
China & East Asia
Commodities & consumption
Cold War era
Civitas by Design
Howard Gillette Jr.
July 12, 2010
20100712-gillette-howard-civitas-by-design-build-communities-new-urbanism-1-1
Cities & Urban Life, Architecture & Built Environment
United States
Place & city
1900-1945, Cold War era
Youth in a Suspect Society
Henry A. Giroux
January 8, 2010
20100108-giroux-henry-on-youth-suspect-society-democracy-disposability-1-1
Education & Universities, Race & Inequality, Politics & Democracy
United States
Race & belonging
Since 1989
Exceptional People
Ian Goldin
June 1, 2011
20110601-goldin-ian-exceptional-people-how-migration-shaped-world-future-1-1
Migration & Borders, Economics & Business
Spans centuries
Inventing the Enemy
Wendy Z. Goldman
October 19, 2011
20111019-wendy-goldman-on-inventing-enemy-denunciation-terror-stalin-russia-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Work & Labor
Russia & the Soviet World
1900-1945
Socrates in the Boardroom
Amanda Goodall
December 30, 2009
20091230-goodall-amanda-socrates-boardroom-research-universities-lead-1-1
Education & Universities, Economics & Business
Theology of Money
Philip Goodchild
November 30, 2009
20091130-goodchiled-philip-on-theology-of-money-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Economics & Business
Markets & morals
Andean Cocaine
Paul Gootenberg
June 26, 2009
20090626-gootenberg-paul-andean-cocaine-making-global-drug-1-1
Crime & Policing, Economics & Business
Latin America & the Caribbean
Commodities & consumption
Spans centuries
The Urban Spectator
Eric Gordon
March 8, 2010
20100308-gordon-eric-on-urban-spectator-american-concept-cities-kodak-googl-1-1
Media & Pop Culture, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Technology & society
Spans centuries
The Storytelling Animal
Jonathan Gottschall
April 16, 2012
20120416-gottschall-jonathan-on-storytelling-animal-how-stories-make-human-1-1-1
Literature & Writers, Mind & Brain
The Unintended Reformation
Brad Gregory
January 25, 2012
20120312-gregory-brad-science-religion-not-incompatible-1-1-1
Religion & Belief, Philosophy & Ideas
Europe
Belief & meaning
Spans centuries
Manga's First Century
Andrea Horbinski
January 25, 2026
20260125-horbinski-andrea-manga-first-century
Media & Pop Culture
Japan
Fandom & audiences
Spans centuries
The Disunited States
Ryan D. Griffiths
November 17, 2025
20251117-griffiths-ryan-disunited-states-1-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Since 1989
Embodied Visions
Torben Grodal
August 21, 2009
20090821-grodal-torben-embodied-visions-evolution-emotions-culture-film-1-1
Film & TV, Mind & Brain
Perception & attention
Rethinking the Other in Antiquity
Erich S. Gruen
September 21, 2011
20110921-gruen-erich-on-rethinking-other-antiquity-1-1
Race & Inequality, Literature & Writers
Myth-busting, Race & belonging
Ancient worlds
The Mirror and the Mind
Katja Guenther
April 18, 2024
20240418-guenther-katja-on-book-mirror-and-mind-history-self-recognition-human-sciences-1-1-1
Mind & Brain, Science & Nature
How science gets made
Spans centuries
Just around Midnight
Jack Hamilton
March 1, 2017
20170301-hamilton-jack-on-just-around-midnight-rock-roll-racial-imagination-1-1-1
Music & Performance, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Cold War era
Trucking Country
Shane Hamilton
May 1, 2009
20090501-shane-hamilton-on-trucking-country-road-america-wal-mart-economy-1-1
Work & Labor, Economics & Business
United States
1900-1945, Cold War era
Dreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity
William V. Harris
October 14, 2009
20091014-harris-william-on-dreams-experience-classical-antiquity-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Mind & Brain
Europe
Ancient worlds
The Interface
John Harwood
April 11, 2012
20120411-harwood-john-on-interface-ibm-transformation-corporate-design-1-1-1
Art & Design, Technology & AI
Technology & society
Cold War era
Analog
Robert Hassan
September 21, 2023
2023921-hassan-robert-on-book-analog-1-1-1
Technology & AI, Philosophy & Ideas
Technology & society
Rebels at the Gates
Robert P. Watson
January 28, 2026
20260126-robert-watson-rebels-at-the-gates
War & Conflict, Politics & Democracy
United States
War & its afterlives, Memory & commemoration
The long 19th century
Success and Suppression
Dag Nikolaus Hasse
April 5, 2017
20170405-hasse-dag-on-success-suppression-arabic-sciences-philosophy-1-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Science & Nature
Europe
Early modern (1500-1800)
Hinduism Before Reform
Brian A. Hatcher
August 12, 2020
20200812-hatcher-brian-on-book-hinduism-before-reform-1-1-1
Religion & Belief, Empire & Colonialism
South & Southeast Asia
Belief & meaning
The long 19th century
Making Sense of the Alt-Right
George Hawley
November 6, 2017
20171106-hawley-george-on-book-making-sense-alt-right-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Race & Inequality, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Race & belonging
Since 1989
The Universal Timekeepers
David J. Helfand
October 13, 2025
20251013-david-helfand-universal-timekeepers
Science & Nature
How science gets made
Nashville
Heather Hendershot
November 21, 2025
20251121-heather-hendershot-on-her-nashville-1-1
Film & TV, Politics & Democracy
Cold War era
The Week
David M. Henkin
May 3, 2023
20230503-henkin-david-on-book-week-history-unnatural-rhythms-that-made-us-who-we-are-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
The long 19th century
Violence Taking Place
Andrew Herscher
August 2, 2010
20100802-herscher-andrew-violence-taking-place-architecture-kosovo-conflict-1-1
Architecture & Built Environment, War & Conflict
Europe
Since 1989
Crossing Hitler
Benjamin C. Hett
February 12, 2009
20090210-hett-benjamin-crossing-hitler-hans-litten-put-nazis-witness-stand-1-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
Europe
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Wired for Words
Gregory Hickok
January 15, 2026
20260115-hickok-gregory-wired-for-words-the-neural-architecture-of-language-1
Language & Linguistics, Mind & Brain
How science gets made
Radical Thinking
Peter Lamont
January 5, 2026
20260105-lamont-peter-radical-thinking
Mind & Brain, Philosophy & Ideas
Perception & attention, Myth-busting
Europe’s Promise
Steven Hill
March 31, 2010
20100331-hill-steven-europe-promise-why-european-way-is-hope-insecure-age-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Economics & Business
Europe
Prosperity for All
Matthew Hilton
October 19, 2009
20091019-hilton-matthew-prosperity-for-all-consumer-activism-globaliz-1-1
Economics & Business, Politics & Democracy
Commodities & consumption
Cold War era, Since 1989
Constitutional Theocracy
Ran Hirschl
December 20, 2010
20101220-ran-hirschl-on-constitutional-theocracy-1-1
Law & Justice, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
Where Are We Heading? The Evolution of Humans and Things
Ian Hodder
September 25, 2019
20190925-hodder-ian-on-book-where-are-we-heading-evolution-humans-things-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Fashion & Material Culture
Technology & society
Spans centuries
Thirtyfour Campgrounds
Martin Hogue
November 2, 2016
20161102-hogue-martin-on-thirtyfour-campgrounds-34-campgrounds-1-1-1
Architecture & Built Environment, Art & Design
United States
Spans centuries
Art of the Deal
Noah Horowitz
October 3, 2011
20111003-horowitz-noah-on-art-deal-contemporary-art-global-financial-market-1-1
Art & Design, Economics & Business
Markets & morals
Since 1989
BELZONI
Ivor Noël Hume
December 26, 2011
20111226-hume-ivor-noel-on-belzoni-1-1
Empire & Colonialism, Science & Nature
Middle East & North Africa
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
City on the Edge
Ho-fung Hung
April 5, 2023
20230405-hung-ho-fung-on-book-city-on-edge-hong-kong-under-chinese-rule-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Economics & Business
China & East Asia
Place & city
Spans centuries
Is Eating People Wrong? Great Legal Cases and How They Shaped the World
Allan C. Hutchinson
May 23, 2011
20110523-hutchinson-allan-is-eating-people-wrong-legal-cases-shaped-world-1-1
Law & Justice
The Known Citizen
Sarah E. Igo
April 9, 2018
20180409-igo-sarah-on-book-known-citizen-history-privacy-modern-america-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Politics & Democracy
United States
Technology & society
Spans centuries
Foreclosed
Dan Immergluck
June 24, 2009
20090624-immergluck-foreclosed-high-risk-lending-deregulation-mortgage-mark-1-1
Economics & Business, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Markets & morals
Since 1989
Empire for Liberty
Richard H. Immerman
April 28, 2010
20100428-immerman-richard-empire-liberty-benjamin-franklin-paul-wolfowitz-1-1
Empire & Colonialism, Politics & Democracy
United States
Lives & biography
Spans centuries
If I Am Right, and I Know I Am
Hanne Strager
January 9, 2026
20250109-strager-hanne-inge-lehman-earth
Science & Nature, Gender & Sexuality
Europe
Lives & biography, How science gets made, Gender & feminism
1900-1945
Timepass
Craig Jeffrey
March 23, 2011
20110323-jeffrey-craig-on-timepass-youth-class-politics-waiting-india-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Work & Labor
South & Southeast Asia
Since 1989
The Culture Transplant
Garett Jones
September 14, 2023
20230913-jones-garett-on-book-culture-transplant-how-migrants-make-economies-they-move-to-a-lot-like-the-ones-they-left-1-1-1
Economics & Business, Migration & Borders
Spans centuries
Beauty Imagined
Geoffrey Jones
January 3, 2011
20110103-jones-geoffrey-on-beauty-imagined-history-global-beauty-industry-1-1
Economics & Business, Fashion & Material Culture
Commodities & consumption
Spans centuries
Speaking, Stammering, Singing, Shouting
Josephine Hoegaerts
September 29, 2025
20250929-josephine-hoegaerts-on-speaking-stammering-singing-shouting-1-1
Language & Linguistics, Gender & Sexuality
Europe
Gender & feminism
The long 19th century
Matthew E. Kahn
November 18, 2011
20111118-kahn-matthew-will-poor-nations-suffer-from-climate-change-1-1
Environment & Climate, Economics & Business
Markets & morals
1
Constitutional Cliffhangers
Brian C. Kalt
January 9, 2012
20120109-kalt-brian-on-constitutional-ciffhangers-1-1-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
United States
East Asia Before the West
David C. Kang
January 24, 2011
20110124-kang-david-east-asia-before-west-five-centuries-trade-tribute-1-1
Politics & Democracy, War & Conflict
China & East Asia
Spans centuries
Sublime Dreams of Living Machines
Minsoo Kang
April 13, 2011
20110413-minsoo-kang-sublime-dreams-living-machines-automaton-europe-imagin-1-1
Technology & AI, Philosophy & Ideas
Europe
Technology & society
Spans centuries
Cuba in Revolution
Antoni Kapcia
March 31, 2009
20090331-kapcia-antoni-cuba-revolution-history-since-fifties-1-1
Politics & Democracy
Latin America & the Caribbean
Cold War era, Since 1989
Protest Politics in Germany
Roger Karapin
July 15, 2009
20090715-karapin-roger-protest-politics-germany-movements-left-right-1-1
Politics & Democracy
Europe
Cold War era, Since 1989
The Burdens of Brotherhood
Ethan B. Katz
November 16, 2016
20161116-katz-ethan-on-burdens-brotherhood-jews-muslims-north-africa-france-1-1-1
Religion & Belief, Migration & Borders
Europe
Race & belonging
1900-1945, Cold War era
Rolling Stone and the Rise of Hip Capitalism
Charles L. Ponce de Leon
January 11, 2026
20260111-poncedeleon-charles-rolling-stone
Media & Pop Culture, Music & Performance
United States
Markets & morals, Fandom & audiences
Cold War era
Treason on the Airwaves
Judith Keene
May 2, 2011
20110502-keene-judith-treason-airwaves-allied-broadcasters-axis-radio-world-1-1
War & Conflict, Law & Justice
War & its afterlives
1900-1945
Science in Environmental Policymaking
Ann Campbell Keller
November 16, 2009
20091116-keller-ann-on-science-environmental-policymaking-politics-advice-1-1
Environment & Climate, Politics & Democracy
United States
How science gets made
The Fifth Beginning
Robert L. Kelly
April 26, 2017
20170426-kelly-robert-on-fifth-beginning-six-million-years-human-history-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology
Prehistory & deep time
Discomfort Food
Marni Reva Kessler
June 30, 2021
20210630-kessler-marni-on-book-discomfort-food-culinary-imagination-late-1-1-1
Art & Design, Food & Drink
Europe
The long 19th century
The Mental Life of Modernism
Samuel Jay Keyser
July 15, 2020
20200715-keyser-samuel-on-book-mental-life-modernism-poetry-painting-music-1-1-1
Art & Design, Mind & Brain
Perception & attention
1900-1945
Mathematics in 10 Lessons
Jerry P. King
June 3, 2009
20090603-king-jerry-mathematics-10-lessons-grand-tour-1-1
Math & Statistics
The Pecking Order
Niko Kolodny
February 1, 2024
20240201-kolodny-niko-on-book-pecking-order-social-hierarchy-philosophical-problem-1-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Politics & Democracy
Work
Andrea Komlosy
March 19, 2018
20180319-komlosy-andrea-on-book-work-last-1000-years-1-1-1
Work & Labor
Gender & feminism
Spans centuries
Paper Machines
Markus Krajewski
January 30, 2012
20120130-krajewski-markus-on-paper-machines-1-1-1
Technology & AI, Media & Pop Culture
Technology & society
Spans centuries
Civil Passions
Sharon R. Krause
June 19, 2009
20090619-krause-sharon-civil-passions-moral-sentiment-deliberation-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Politics & Democracy
The Balance of Nature
John Kricher
July 17, 2009
20090717-kricher-john-balance-nature-ecology-enduring-myth-1-1
Science & Nature, Environment & Climate
Myth-busting
Spans centuries
City on a Hill
Alex Krieger
January 29, 2020
20200129-krieger-alex-on-book-city-hill-urban-idealism-america-puritans-1-1-1
Cities & Urban Life, Architecture & Built Environment
United States
Place & city
Spans centuries
Isolationism
Charles A. Kupchan
February 24, 2021
20210224-kupchan-charles-on-book-isolationism-history-americas-efforts-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Spans centuries
How the World Became a Book in Shakespeare's England
Jonathan P. Lamb
September 22, 2025
20250922-lamb-jonathan-on-how-the-world-became-a-book-in-shakespeare-england-1-1
Literature & Writers, Language & Linguistics
Britain & Ireland
Early modern (1500-1800)
Psychopathy Unmasked
Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen
September 15, 2025
20250915-larsen-rasmus-on-psychopathy-unmasked-1-1
Mind & Brain, Law & Justice
Myth-busting
Calexico
Peter Laufer
October 12, 2011
20111012-laufer-peter-on-calexico-true-lives-borderlands-1-1
Migration & Borders, Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States, Latin America & the Caribbean
Place & city
Kissing Architecture
Sylvia Lavin
August 10, 2011
20110810-lavin-sylvia-on-kissing-architecture-1-1
Architecture & Built Environment, Art & Design
Perception & attention
Since 1989
Questioning the Veil
Marnia Lazreg
October 5, 2009
20091005-lazreg-marnia-questioning-veil-open-letters-muslim-women-1-1
Religion & Belief, Gender & Sexuality
Gender & feminism
Forbidden Fruit
Richard Ned Lebow
April 7, 2010
20101004-lebow-richard-ned-on-why-nations-fight-past-future-motives-war-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, War & Conflict
Children’s Literature
Seth Lerer
May 17, 2010
20100517-lerer-seth-children-literature-reader-history-aesop-harry-potter-1-1
Literature & Writers
Spans centuries
Dreaming the English Renaissance
Carole Levin
March 6, 2009
20090306-levin-carole-dreaming-english-renaissance-politics-desire-court-1-1
Literature & Writers, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Britain & Ireland
Belief & meaning
Early modern (1500-1800)
The Embattled Vote in America
Allan J. Lichtman
August 21, 2019
20190821-lichtman-allan-on-book-embattled-vote-america-founding-present-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Law & Justice
United States
Spans centuries
Sorry States
Jennifer Lind
September 21, 2009
20090921-lind-jennifer-on-sorry-states-apologies-international-politics-1-1
Politics & Democracy, War & Conflict
Japan, Europe
War & its afterlives
Cold War era
Adam’s Ancestors
David N. Livingstone
February 6, 2009
20090206-livingstone-david-adam-ancestors-race-religion-politics-human-orig-1-1
Religion & Belief, Race & Inequality, Science & Nature
Race & belonging
Spans centuries
Inventing Edward Lear
Sara Lodge
May 30, 2019
20190530-lodge-sara-on-book-inventing-edward-lear-1-1-1
Literature & Writers
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Translating Happiness
Tim Lomas
February 27, 2019
20190227-lomas-tim-on-book-translating-happiness-cross-cultural-lexicon-1-1-1
Language & Linguistics, Mind & Brain
Beautiful Monsters
Michael Long
February 20, 2009
20090220-long-michael-beautiful-monsters-imagining-classic-musical-media-1-1
Music & Performance, Media & Pop Culture
United States
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Donald S. Lopez Jr.
May 11, 2011
20090313-donald-lopez-on-buddhism-science-guide-perplexed-1-1
Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
1900-1945
Tales of Militant Chemistry
Alice Lovejoy
November 4, 2025
20251104-lovejoy-alice-on-tales-of-militant-chemistry-1-1
Film & TV, Technology & AI, War & Conflict
Commodities & consumption
1900-1945
Investing in Protection
Mark S. Manger
February 15, 2010
20100215-mark-manger-on-investing-protection-preferential-trade-agreements-1-1
Economics & Business, Politics & Democracy
Since 1989
Relationscapes
Erin Manning
April 14, 2010
20100414-manning-erin-relationscapes-movement-arts-philosophy-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Music & Performance
Perception & attention
The Arts and the Definition of the Human
Joseph Margolis
January 11, 2010
20100111-joseph-margolis-on-arts-definition-human-philosophical-anthropolog-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Art & Design
The Parrot in the Mirror
Antone Martinho-Truswell
September 7, 2023
20230907-martinho-antone-on-book-parrot-mirror-how-evolving-to-be-like-birds-makes-us-human-1-1-1
Science & Nature
Animals & the more-than-human
Learning to Hear
Sarah Maslen
October 20, 2025
20251020-maslen-sarah-learning-to-hear-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Mind & Brain
Perception & attention
The Dialectic of Cosmopolitan Time
Shaj Mathew
January 19, 2026
20260119-mathew-shaj-on-dialectic-cosmopolitan-time-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Literature & Writers
What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?
Kevin Mattson
February 8, 2010
20100208-kevin-mattson-on-jimmy-carter-malaise-speech-change-america-1-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Cold War era
Violette Nozière
Sarah Maza
July 18, 2011
20110718-sarah-maza-violette-noziere-story-murder-1930s-paris-1-1
Crime & Policing, Gender & Sexuality
Europe
Lives & biography
1900-1945
In the Company of Strangers
Barry McCrea
October 10, 2011
20111010-mccrea-barry-on-company-strangers-family-narrative-dickens-conan-doyle-joyce-proust-1-1
Literature & Writers, Gender & Sexuality
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Coffee Nation
Michelle Craig McDonald
September 26, 2025
20250926-mcdonald-craig-michelle-on-coffee-nation-1-1
Food & Drink, Economics & Business, Empire & Colonialism
United States, Latin America & the Caribbean
Commodities & consumption
Early modern (1500-1800), The long 19th century
When Harry Met Sally...
Tamar Jeffers McDonald
February 6, 2026
20260206-mcdonald-tamar-on-when-harry-met-sally-1
Film & TV
United States
Fandom & audiences
Since 1989
The Program Era
Mark McGurl
September 7, 2009
20090907-mcgurl-mark-on-program-era-postwar-fiction-creative-writing-1-1
Literature & Writers, Education & Universities
United States
Cold War era
Higher Learning, Greater Good
Walter W. McMahon
July 1, 2009
20090701-mcmahon-walter-higher-learning-private-social-benefits-education-1-1
Education & Universities, Economics & Business
United States
Richard J. McNally
November 4, 2011
20111104-mcnally-richard-on-roots-mental-pathologies-1-1
Mind & Brain, Health & Medicine
How science gets made
1
Terms of Exchange
Ian Merkel
March 22, 2023
20230322-merkel-ian-on-book-terms-exchange-brazilian-intellectuals-french-1-1-1
Education & Universities, Philosophy & Ideas
Latin America & the Caribbean, Europe
1900-1945
A Future in Ruins
Lynn Meskell
February 6, 2019
20190206-meskell-lynn-on-book-future-ruins-unesco-world-heritage-dream-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Memory & commemoration
Cold War era
Equipping James Bond
André Millard
July 24, 2019
20190724-millard-andre-on-book-equipping-james-bond-guns-gadgets-1-1-1
Film & TV, Technology & AI
Technology & society
Cold War era
The Fall of the Wild
Ben A. Minteer
January 16, 2019
20190116-minteer-ben-on-book-fall-wild-extinction-de-extinction-ethics-1-1-1
Environment & Climate, Philosophy & Ideas
Animals & the more-than-human
The Ecological Thought
Timothy Morton
April 30, 2010
20100430-morton-timothy-on-the-ecological-thought-1-1
Environment & Climate, Philosophy & Ideas
A Book Forged in Hell
Steven Nadler
October 21, 2011
20111021-nadler-steven-on-a-book-forged-in-hell-spinoza-treatise-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Religion & Belief
Europe
Early modern (1500-1800)
The Best of All Possible Worlds
Steven Nadler
January 30, 2009
20090130-nadler-steven-book-best-of-all-possible-worlds-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Religion & Belief
Europe
Early modern (1500-1800)
Stalin’s Genocides
Norman M. Naimark
November 3, 2010
20101103-naimark-norman-on-stalin-genocides-1-1
War & Conflict, Law & Justice
Russia & the Soviet World
1900-1945
Essaying Shakespeare
Karen Newman
August 24, 2009
20090824-karen-newman-on-essaying-shakespeare-1-1
Literature & Writers
Britain & Ireland
Early modern (1500-1800)
Eve of Destruction
Thomas M. Nichols
February 24, 2009
20090224-nichols-thomas-eve-of-destruction-1-1
War & Conflict, Philosophy & Ideas
Since 1989
Separated by their Sex
Mary Beth Norton
June 15, 2011
20110615-norton-mary-separate-sex-women-public-private-colonial-atlantic-1-1
Gender & Sexuality
Britain & Ireland
Gender & feminism
Early modern (1500-1800)
Fire Craft
Erin E. O'Connor
October 3, 2025
20251003-oconnor-erin-on-fire-craft-art-body-and-world-among-glassblowers-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Art & Design
Hip-Hop Revolution
Jeffrey G. Ogbar
September 30, 2009
20090930-ogbar-jeffrey-hip-hop-revolution-culture-politics-rap-1-1
Music & Performance, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Since 1989
Fake It
Mark Osteen
February 8, 2023
20230208-osteen-mark-on-book-fake-it-fictions-forgery-1-1-1
Literature & Writers, Art & Design
Spans centuries
Edwin O. Reischauer and the American Discovery of Japan
George R. Packard
October 13, 2010
20101013-george-packard-on-edwin-o-reischauer-american-discovery-japan-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Education & Universities
Japan, United States
Lives & biography
Cold War era
Before Fiction
Nicholas D. Paige
May 21, 2012
20120521-paige-nicholas-on-before-fiction-ancien-regime-novel-1-1-1
Literature & Writers
Early modern (1500-1800)
Composing the Citizen
Jann Pasler
July 3, 2009
20090703-pasler-jann-composing-citizen-music-public-utility-third-republic-1-1
Music & Performance, Politics & Democracy
Europe
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
How We Became Sensorimotor
Mark Paterson
April 12, 2023
20230412-paterson-mark-on-book-how-we-became-sensorimotor-movement-1-1-1
Science & Nature, Mind & Brain
Perception & attention
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Zoot Suit
Kathy Peiss
August 29, 2011
20110829-peiss-kathy-zoot-suit-enigmatic-career-extreme-style-1-1
Fashion & Material Culture, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
1900-1945
Israeli Culture between the Two Intifadas
Yaron Peleg
April 21, 2009
20090421-peleg-yaron-israeli-culture-between-intifadas-brief-romance-1-1
Literature & Writers, Media & Pop Culture
Middle East & North Africa
Since 1989
Modernist America
Richard Pells
May 30, 2011
20110530-pells-richard-modernist-america-art-music-movies-global-culture-1-1
Media & Pop Culture, Art & Design
United States
1900-1945, Cold War era
Newlyweds on Tour
Barbara Penner
September 28, 2009
20090928-penner-barbara-newlywed-tour-honeymoon-19-century-america-1-1
Gender & Sexuality, Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
The long 19th century
Cuba in the American Imagination
Louis A. Perez, Jr.
March 3, 2009
20090303-perez-louis-cuba-american-imagination-1-1
Empire & Colonialism, Politics & Democracy
United States, Latin America & the Caribbean
Spans centuries
Göring's Man in Paris
Jonathan Petropoulos
March 24, 2021
20210324-petropoulos-jonathan-on-book-goerings-man-paris-story-nazi-art-1-1-1
Art & Design, War & Conflict
Europe
Lives & biography, War & its afterlives
1900-1945
The Toothpick
Henry Petroski
January 2, 2009
20100326-petroski-henry-essential-engineer-science-solve-global-problems-1-1
Fashion & Material Culture, Technology & AI
United States
Commodities & consumption
The long 19th century
The Essential Engineer
Henry Petroski
March 26, 2010
20090102-henry-petroski-toothpick-technology-culture-1-1
Technology & AI, Science & Nature
Technology & society
The Tyranny of Opinion
Pablo Piccato
February 10, 2010
20100210-pablo-piccato-on-tyranny-opinion-honor-construction-mexican-public-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Media & Pop Culture
Latin America & the Caribbean
The long 19th century
The Alchemy of Meth
Jason Pine
March 18, 2020
20200318-pine-jason-on-book-alchemy-meth-decomposition-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Health & Medicine
United States
Lost to the Collective
Kenneth M. Pinnow
March 12, 2010
20100312-pinnow-kenneth-on-lost-collective-suicide-promise-soviet-socialism-1-1
Health & Medicine, Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
How science gets made
1900-1945
Postcolonial Opera
Juliana M. Pistorius
September 12, 2025
20250912-pistorius-juliana-on-postcolonial-opera-1-1
Music & Performance, Empire & Colonialism
Africa
Race & belonging
Since 1989
The Age of Equality
Richard Pomfret
January 5, 2012
20120105-pomfret-richard-on-the-age-of-equality-1-1-1
Economics & Business
Markets & morals
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Perils of Global Legalism
Eric A. Posner
November 2, 2009
20091102-posner-eric-perils-global-legalism-1-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
Since 1989
Political Affect
John Protevi
February 17, 2010
20100217-protevi-john-on-political-affect-connecting-social-somatic-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Mind & Brain
Corrupt Circles
Alfonso W. Quiroz
June 15, 2009
20090615-quiroz-alfonso-corrupt-circles-history-unbound-graft-peru-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Economics & Business
Latin America & the Caribbean
Spans centuries
Kanpai
Eric C. Rath
January 17, 2026
20260117-eric-rath-on-kanpai-history-of-sake-1
Food & Drink
Japan
Commodities & consumption
Spans centuries
Break On Through
Lucas Richert
February 12, 2020
20200212-richert-lucas-on-book-break-on-through-radical-psychiatry-american-1-1-1
Health & Medicine, Mind & Brain
United States
Cold War era
Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras
Harriet Ritvo
July 20, 2011
20110720-ritvo-harriet-noble-cows-hybrid-zebras-animals-history-1-1
Science & Nature
Britain & Ireland
Animals & the more-than-human
The long 19th century
AI Versus IP
Robin Feldman
September 5, 2025
20250905-feldman-robin-on-ai-versus-ip-1-1
Technology & AI, Law & Justice
United States
Technology & society
Since 1989
A Tragedy of Democracy
Greg Robinson
November 6, 2009
20091106-robinson-greg-tragedy-democracy-japanese-confinement-america-1-1
War & Conflict, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
1900-1945
The Interethnic Imagination
Caroline Rody
March 14, 2011
20110314-rody-caroline-interethnic-imagination-roots-contemporary-asian-ame-1-1
Literature & Writers, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Since 1989
Joe Roman
November 2, 2011
20110928-roman-joe-on-listed-endangered-species-act-1-1
Environment & Climate, Economics & Business
Markets & morals
1
The Atheist's Guide to Reality
Alex Rosenberg
November 7, 2011
20111214-rosenberg-alex-understand-science-seduction-humanities-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
On the Side of the Angels
Nancy L. Rosenblum
July 31, 2009
20090731-rosenblum-nancy-on-side-angels-appreciation-parties-partisanship-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Philosophy & Ideas
American Homicide
Randolph Roth
August 30, 2010
20100830-roth-randolph-on-american-homicide-1-1
Crime & Policing, Politics & Democracy
United States
Spans centuries
The Rape of Mesopotamia
Lawrence Rothfield
May 11, 2009
20090511-rothfield-lawrence-rape-mesopotamia-looting-iraq-museum-1-1
War & Conflict, Art & Design
Middle East & North Africa
War & its afterlives
Since 1989
Loving Animals
Kathy Rudy
October 28, 2011
20111028-rudy-kathy-on-loving-animals-new-animal-advocacy-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Science & Nature
Animals & the more-than-human
The Terror of History
Teofilo F. Ruiz
November 9, 2011
20111109-ruiz-teofilo-on-the-terror-of-history-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
Spans centuries
Great Books, Bad Arguments
W. G. (Garry) Runciman
June 21, 2010
20100621-runciman-garry-on-bad-arguments-republic-leviathan-communist-manif-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas
Spans centuries
Mysteries of Sex
Mary P. Ryan
July 29, 2009
20090729-ryan-mary-mysteries-sex-tracing-women-men-american-history-18530-1-1
Gender & Sexuality
United States
Gender & feminism
Spans centuries
A Kingdom of Stargazers
Michael A. Ryan
February 8, 2012
20120208-ryan-michael-on-kingdom-stargazers-astrology-authority-medieval-1-1-1
Religion & Belief, Science & Nature
Europe
Belief & meaning
Medieval
A Taste for the Beautiful
Michael J. Ryan
January 8, 2018
20180108-ryan-michael-on-book-taste-beautiful-evolution-attraction-1-1-1
Science & Nature, Mind & Brain
Animals & the more-than-human
Bankers' Trust
Aditi Sahasrabuddhe
December 15, 2025
20251215-sahasrabuddhe-aditi-on-bankers-trust-how-social-relations-avert-global-financial-collapse-1-1
Economics & Business
Markets & morals
1900-1945, Since 1989
Africa’s Struggle for Its Art
Bénédicte Savoy
May 10, 2023
20230510-savoy-benedicte-on-book-africas-struggle-for-its-art-history-of-postcolonial-defeat-1-1-1
Art & Design, Empire & Colonialism
Africa, Europe
Memory & commemoration
Cold War era
Edward Bancroft
Thomas J. Schaeper
June 8, 2011
20110608-schaeper-thomas-edward-bancroft-scientist-author-spy-1-1
War & Conflict
Lives & biography
Early modern (1500-1800)
Émigrés
Richard Scholar
July 14, 2021
20210714-scholar-richard-on-book-emigres-french-words-that-turned-english-1-1-1
Language & Linguistics, Literature & Writers
Early modern (1500-1800)
One Nation Undecided
Peter H. Schuck
July 27, 2017
20170726-schuck-peter-on-book-one-nation-undecided-clear-thinking-five-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Law & Justice
United States
Since 1989
The Rise of the Right to Know
Michael Schudson
February 13, 2019
20190213-schudson-michael-on-book-rise-right-know-politics-culture-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Law & Justice
United States
Cold War era
On Civic Friendship
Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach
December 7, 2009
20091207-schwarzenbach-sibyl-on-civic-friendship-including-women-state-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Politics & Democracy
Gender & feminism
The Birthright Lottery
Ayelet Shachar
August 28, 2009
20090828-shachar-ayelet-birthright-lottery-citizenship-global-inequality-1-1
Law & Justice, Migration & Borders
Making Sense of Pakistan
Farzana Shaikh
July 27, 2009
20090727-shaikh-farzana-making-sense-pakistan-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Religion & Belief
South & Southeast Asia
Cold War era, Since 1989
The Disappearance of Objects
Joshua Shannon
April 5, 2010
20100405-shannon-joshua-on-disappear-objects-new-york-art-postmodern-city-1-1
Art & Design, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city
Cold War era
Animal Ethos
Lesley A. Sharp
May 15, 2019
20190515-sharp-lesley-on-book-animal-ethos-morality-human-animal-encounters-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Science & Nature
Animals & the more-than-human, How science gets made
The Arab Imago
Stephen Sheehi
May 24, 2017
20170524-sheehi-stephen-on-arab-imago-social-history-portrait-photography-1-1-1
Art & Design
Middle East & North Africa
The long 19th century
Mobility Justice
Mimi Sheller
April 24, 2019
20190424-sheller-mimi-on-book-mobility-justice-politics-movement-age-1-1-1
Migration & Borders, Race & Inequality
Human Trafficking
Louise Shelley
April 11, 2011
20110411-louise-shelley-on-human-trafficking-global-perspective-1-1
Crime & Policing, Migration & Borders
Since 1989
The Death of a Prophet
Stephen J. Shoemaker
April 24, 2012
20120424-shoemaker-stephen-on-death-prophet-end-muhammad-life-begin-islam-1-1-1
Religion & Belief
Middle East & North Africa
Belief & meaning
Ancient worlds
Cars for Comrades
Lewis H. Siegelbaum
August 3, 2009
20090803-siegelbaum-lewis-on-cars-for-comrades-life-soviet-automobile-1-1
Technology & AI, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Russia & the Soviet World
Technology & society
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Justice Cascade
Kathryn Sikkink
December 12, 2011
20111212-sikkink-kathryn-on-the-justice-cascade-1-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
Cold War era, Since 1989
Angel of Vengeance
Ana Siljak
March 1, 2010
20100301-siljak-ana-angel-vengeance-girl-shot-governor-petersburg-age-assas-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Law & Justice
Russia & the Soviet World
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Everything but the Coffee
Bryant Simon
January 18, 2010
20100118-bryant-simon-on-everything-but-coffee-learning-america-starbucks-1-1
Economics & Business, Food & Drink
United States
Commodities & consumption
Since 1989
The Genius Checklist
Dean Keith Simonton
April 10, 2019
20190410-simonton-dean-on-book-genius-checklist-nine-paradoxical-tips-1-1-1
Mind & Brain
Myth-busting
Permanent Revolution
James Simpson
October 18, 2019
20191016-simpson-james-on-book-permanent-revolution-reformation-illiberal-1-1-1
Religion & Belief, Philosophy & Ideas
Britain & Ireland
Belief & meaning
Early modern (1500-1800)
Ad Women
Juliann Sivulka
February 17, 2009
20090217-sivulka-juliann-ad-women-how-they-impact-what-we-need-want-buy-1-1
Economics & Business, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Gender & feminism
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
True Sex
Emily Skidmore
October 16, 2017
20171016-skidmore-emily-on-book-true-sex-lives-trans-men-turn-twentieth-1-1-1
Gender & Sexuality
United States
Gender & feminism
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Tyrants on Twitter
David L. Sloss
August 2, 2023
20230802-sloss-david-on-book-tyrants-twitter-protecting-democracies-from-information-warfare-1-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Technology & AI, Law & Justice
Technology & society
Since 1989
The Man in the Dog Park
Cathy A. Small
January 6, 2021
20210106-small-cathy-on-book-man-dog-park-coming-close-homelessness-1-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Race & Inequality
United States
Making Monsters
David Livingstone Smith
January 11, 2023
20230111-smith-david-on-book-making-monsters-uncanny-power-dehumanization-1-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Race & Inequality
Race & belonging
A Prehistory of Ordinary People
Monica L. Smith
January 31, 2011
20110131-smith-monica-on-prehistory-ordinary-people-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Mind & Brain
Prehistory & deep time
Bloodlands
Timothy Snyder
November 29, 2010
20101129-snyder-timothy-on-bloodlands-europe-between-hitler-stalin-1-1
War & Conflict
Europe, Russia & the Soviet World
1900-1945
Febris Erotica
Valeria Sobol
September 16, 2009
20090916-sobol-valeria-febris-erotica-lovesickness-russian-literary-imagina-1-1
Literature & Writers, Health & Medicine
Russia & the Soviet World
Early modern (1500-1800), The long 19th century
Mainland Passage
Ramón E. Soto-Crespo
September 14, 2009
20090914-soto-crespo-ramon-on-mainland-passage-cultural-anomaly-puerto-rico-1-1
Migration & Borders, Politics & Democracy
Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
1900-1945, Cold War era
Enduring Success
Christian Stadler
February 7, 2011
20110207-stadler-christian-on-enduringuccess-what-learn-history-outstanding-1-1
Economics & Business
Dress, Dreams, and Desire
Valerie Steele
December 6, 2025
20251206-steele-valerie-dress-dreams-desire-history-fashion-psychoanalysis-1-1
Fashion & Material Culture, Mind & Brain
1900-1945
Animals and the Moral Community
Gary Steiner
May 20, 2009
20090520-steiner-gary-animals-moral-community-mental-moral-kinship-1-1
Philosophy & Ideas
Animals & the more-than-human
Nancy Leys Stepan
January 2, 2012
20111116-stepan-nancy-on-eradication-1-1
Health & Medicine
How science gets made
1900-1945, Cold War era
How Economics Shapes Science
Paula Stephan
April 18, 2012
20120418-stephan-paula-on-how-economics-shapes-science-1-1
Science & Nature, Economics & Business
How science gets made
The Great Delusion
Steven Stoll
December 30, 2008
20081230-stoll-steven-great-delusion-inventor-tropics-utopian-economic-grow-1
Environment & Climate, Economics & Business
United States
The long 19th century
Cultivating Conscience
Lynn Stout
November 17, 2010
20101117-stout-lynn-on-cultivating-conscience-how-good-law-make-good-people-1
Law & Justice, Economics & Business
Markets & morals
Relations
Marilyn Strathern
April 4, 2020
20200408-strathern-marilyn-on-book-relations-anthropological-account-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Language & Linguistics
Spans centuries
A Women’s Berlin
Despina Stratigakos
February 13, 2009
20090213-stratigakos-despina-women-berlin-building-modern-city-1
Architecture & Built Environment, Gender & Sexuality
Europe
Gender & feminism, Place & city
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
The World in a City
David M. Struthers
December 11, 2019
20191211-struthers-david-on-book-world-city-multiethnic-radicalism-early-1-1
Work & Labor, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
1900-1945
Innocent Until Interrogated
Gary Stuart
September 20, 2010
20100920-gary-stuart-innocent-interrogated-buddhist-temple-tuscon-massacre-1
Crime & Policing, Law & Justice
United States
Since 1989
Political Vocabularies
Mary E. Stuckey
May 28, 2018
20180528-stuckey-mary-on-book-political-vocabularies-fdr-clergy-letters-1-1
Politics & Democracy, Language & Linguistics
United States
1900-1945
At Home in the Law
Jeannie Suk
December 4, 2009
20091204-suk-jeannie-on-at-home-law-domestic-violence-revolution-transform-1
Law & Justice, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Gender & feminism
Cold War era, Since 1989
Macaulay
Robert E. Sullivan
January 29, 2010
20100129-sullivan-robert-macaulay-tragedy-power-1
Empire & Colonialism, Literature & Writers
Britain & Ireland, South & Southeast Asia
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Music, Math, and Mind
David Sulzer
April 21, 2021
20210421-sulzer-david-on-book-music-math-mind-physics-neuroscience-music-1-1
Music & Performance, Science & Nature, Mind & Brain
Perception & attention
Culinary Nostalgia
April 2, 2010
Mark Swislocki
20100402-swislocki-mark-on-culinary-nostalgia-regional-food-shanghai-urban-1
Food & Drink, Cities & Urban Life
China & East Asia
Memory & commemoration
Spans centuries
The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies
November 27, 2009
Toby Talbot
20091127-talbot-toby-new-yorker-theater-other-scenes-life-movies-1
Film & TV
United States
Lives & biography
Cold War era
The Civil War of 1812
November 15, 2010
Alan Taylor
20101115-taylor-alan-on-war-1812-american-citizen-british-subject-irish-reb-1
War & Conflict
United States
The long 19th century
The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair
March 5, 2010
Moshik Temkin
20100305-temkin-moshik-on-sacco-vanzetti-affair-america-on-trial-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
United States
1900-1945
Indra's Net and the Midas Touch
November 23, 2011
Leslie Paul Thiele
20111123-thiele-leslie-on-indras-net-midas-touch-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Environment & Climate
The Madhouse Effect
March 30, 2017
Tom Toles
20170330-toles-tom-on-madhouse-effect-climate-change-denial-1-1
Environment & Climate, Politics & Democracy
United States
Myth-busting
Since 1989
The Insurgent Barricade
January 12, 2011
Mark Traugott
20110112-traugott-mark-on-the-insurgent-barricade-1
War & Conflict, Politics & Democracy
Europe
Spans centuries
Mark Twain’s Other Woman
March 15, 2010
Laura Skandera Trombley
20100315-trombley-laura-on-mark-twain-other-woman-hidden-story-final-years-1
Literature & Writers
United States
Lives & biography
1900-1945
What is a Number? Mathematical Concepts and Their Origins
March 24, 2009
Robert Tubbs
20090324-tubbs-robert-what-is-number-mathematical-concepts-origins-1
Math & Statistics, Philosophy & Ideas
Spans centuries
Free Speech Beyond Words
March 15, 2017
Mark V. Tushnet
20170315-tushnet-mark-on-free-speech-beyond-words-1-1
Law & Justice, Art & Design
United States
The Gulf Stream
April 7, 2009
Stan Ulanski
20090407-ulanski-stan-gulf-stream-plankton-bluefin-river-atlantic-1
Science & Nature
The Merchant Houses of Mocha
November 20, 2009
Nancy Um
20091120-um-nancy-merchant-houses-mocha-trade-architecture-indian-ocean-1
Architecture & Built Environment, Economics & Business
Middle East & North Africa
Commodities & consumption
Early modern (1500-1800)
My Life as a Spy
January 23, 2019
Katherine Verdery
20190123-verdery-katherine-on-book-my-life-as-spy-investigations-secret-1-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
Lives & biography
Cold War era
Indoor America
January 9, 2019
Andrea Vesentini
20190109-vesentini-andrea-on-indoor-america-interior-landscape-postwar-1-1
Architecture & Built Environment, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city
Cold War era
Quarks to Culture
July 12, 2017
Tyler Volk
20170712-volk-tyler-on-book-quarks-culture-how-we-came-to-be-1-1
Science & Nature, Philosophy & Ideas
Prehistory & deep time
CO2 Rising
December 2, 2008
Tyler Volk
20081205-volk-tyler-co2-rising-world-greatest-environmental-challenge-1
Environment & Climate, Science & Nature
The Chemical Age
September 2, 2020
Frank A. von Hippel
20200902-von-hippel-frank-on-book-chemical-age-how-chemists-fought-famine-1-1
Science & Nature, Environment & Climate
How science gets made
Spans centuries
The Disordered Police State
November 13, 2009
Andre Wakefield
20091113-wakefield-andre-on-the-disordered-police-state-german-cameralism-1
Politics & Democracy, Economics & Business
Europe
Myth-busting
Early modern (1500-1800)
Pistols! Treason! Murder! The Rise and Fall of a Master Spy
February 3, 2010
Jonathan Walker
20100203-jonathan-walker-on-pistols-treason-murder-rise-fall-master-spy-1
Politics & Democracy, Crime & Policing
Europe
Lives & biography
Early modern (1500-1800)
The Co-Presidency of Bush and Cheney
June 22, 2009
Shirley Anne Warshaw
20090622-warshaw-shirley-anne-co-presidency-bush-cheney-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Since 1989
Beauty or Beast? The Woman Warrior in the German Imagination from the Renaissance to the Present
December 22, 2010
Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly
20101222-helen-watanabe-okelly-on-beauty-beast-woman-warrior-german-imagina-1
Literature & Writers, Gender & Sexuality
Europe
Gender & feminism
Spans centuries
The Angel in the Marketplace
October 28, 2020
Ellen Wayland-Smith
20201028-wayland-smith-ellen-on-book-marketplace-adwoman-jean-wade-rindlaub-1-1
Economics & Business, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Lives & biography
1900-1945, Cold War era
Le Corbusier
January 13, 2009
Nicholas Fox Weber
20090113-weber-nicholas-le-corbusier-1
Architecture & Built Environment
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Dog Economics
November 19, 2025
David L. Weimer
20251119-david-weimer-on-dog-economics-1
Economics & Business
Animals & the more-than-human
Life on Mars
May 7, 2018
David A. Weintraub
20180507-weintraub-david-on-book-life-mars-what-know-before-we-go-1-1
Science & Nature
How science gets made
Songbooks
May 19, 2021
Eric Weisbard
20210519-weisbard-eric-on-book-songbooks-literature-american-popular-music-1-1
Music & Performance, Literature & Writers
United States
Spans centuries
New World A-Coming
April 19, 2017
Judith Weisenfeld
20170419-weisenfeld-judith-on-new-world-a-coming-black-religion-1-1
Religion & Belief, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
1900-1945
Picturing American Modernity
January 9, 2009
Kristen Whissel
20090109-kristen-whissel-picturing-american-modernity-1
Film & TV, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Technology & society
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Unlikely Collaboration
October 24, 2011
Barbara Will
20111024-will-barbara-on-unlikely-collaboration-gertrude-stein-bernard-fay-vichy-dilemma-1
Literature & Writers, War & Conflict
Europe
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Unhomed
April 25, 2024
Pamela Robertson Wojcik
20161012-wojcik-pamela-on-fantasies-neglect-imagining-urban-child-american-film-fiction-1-1
Film & TV
The Singing Turk
March 22, 2017
Larry Wolff
20170322-wolff-larry-on-singing-turk-ottoman-power-operatic-emotions-europe-1-1
Music & Performance
Europe
Early modern (1500-1800), The long 19th century
A Brave Vessel
April 9, 2010
Hobson Woodward
20100409-woodward-hobson-brave-vessel-castaways-jamestown-shakespeare-1
Literature & Writers, Empire & Colonialism
Early modern (1500-1800)
Remaking the Heartland
April 27, 2011
Robert Wuthnow
20110427-wuthnow-robert-remaking-heartland-middle-america-since-1950s-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
Place & city
Cold War era, Since 1989
Knut Hamsun
December 23, 2009
Monika Zagar
20091223-zagar-monika-on-knut-hamsun-dark-side-literary-brilliance-1
Literature & Writers, Race & Inequality
Europe
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Becoming Batman
May 27, 2009
E. Paul Zehr
20090527-zehr-paul-becoming-batman-the-possibility-of-a-superhero-1
Health & Medicine, Media & Pop Culture
The Invention of Ecocide
August 1, 2011
David Zierler
20110801-zierler-david-ecocide-agent-orange-vietnam-scientists-environment-1
Environment & Climate, War & Conflict
How science gets made
Cold War era
The Performance of Politics
December 29, 2010
Jeffrey C. Alexander
20101229-jeffrey-alexander-on-performance-politics-obama-victory-democratic-2
Politics & Democracy, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Since 1989
Tech
October 23, 2025
Olivier Alexandre
20251023-alexandre-olivier-tech-when-silicon-valley-remakes-the-world-2
Technology & AI, Economics & Business
United States
Technology & society
Since 1989
Sustainable Utopias
October 5, 2023
Jennifer L. Allen
20231005-allen-jennifer-on-book-title-sustainable-utopias-art-politics-hope-germany-2-1
Politics & Democracy, Environment & Climate
Europe
Memory & commemoration
Cold War era, Since 1989
The History of Islam in German Thought
December 21, 2009
Ian Almond
20090428-almond-ian-two-faiths-one-banner-muslims-christians-europe-2
Philosophy & Ideas, Religion & Belief
Europe
Early modern (1500-1800), The long 19th century
Cairo
August 31, 2011
Nezar AlSayyad
20110831-nezar-alsayyad-book-interview-cairo-histories-of-a-city-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Cities & Urban Life
Middle East & North Africa
Place & city
Spans centuries
Law, Language, and Empire in the Roman Tradition
January 16, 2012
Clifford Ando
20120116-ando-clifford-on-law-language-empire-roman-tradition-2-1
Law & Justice, Empire & Colonialism
Ancient worlds
Woman Lawyer
January 26, 2011
Barbara Babcock
20110126-babcock-barbara-on-woman-lawyer-trials-clara-foltz-2
Law & Justice, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Lives & biography, Gender & feminism
The long 19th century
Copycats and Contrarians
May 1, 2019
Michelle Baddeley
20190501-baddeley-michelle-on-book-copycats-contrarians-why-we-follow-2-1
Economics & Business, Mind & Brain
Death to Order
October 16, 2025
Simon Ball
20251016-ball-simon-on-death-to-order-history-of-assassination-2
Politics & Democracy, Crime & Policing
1900-1945, Cold War era
Living with Alzheimer’s
February 8, 2017
Renée L. Beard
20170208-beard-renee-on-living-with-alzheimers-2-1
Health & Medicine, Mind & Brain
Thinking in Place
November 11, 2009
Carol Becker
20091111-becker-carol-on-thinking-in-place-art-action-cultural-production-2
Art & Design, Education & Universities
Being Property Once Myself
July 29, 2020
Joshua Bennett
20200729-bennett-joshua-on-book-being-property-once-myself-blackness-end-2-1
Literature & Writers, Race & Inequality
Animals & the more-than-human, Race & belonging
The Third City
December 1, 2010
Larry Bennett
20101201-bennett-larry-on-third-city-chicago-american-urbanism-2
Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city
Cold War era, Since 1989
The Statue of Liberty
May 7, 2012
Edward Berenson
20120507-berenson-edward-on-statue-of-liberty-transatlantic-2-1
Art & Design, Politics & Democracy
United States, Europe
Memory & commemoration
The long 19th century
Perfect Communities
December 18, 2025
Edward Berenson
20251218-berenson-edward-perfect-communities-levitt-levittown-and-the-dream-of-white-suburbia-2
Cities & Urban Life, Architecture & Built Environment, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Cold War era
January 11, 2012
Mabel Berezin
20120111-berezin-mabel-on-two-faces-euro-coins-2
Economics & Business, Politics & Democracy
Europe
Since 1989
Radical, Religious, and Violent
December 14, 2009
Eli Berman
20091214-berman-eli-on-radical-religious-violent-new-economics-of-terrorism-2
Religion & Belief, War & Conflict, Economics & Business
Belief & meaning
Le Corbusier and the Occult
February 19, 2010
Jan Kenneth Birksted
20100219-birksted-jan-on-le-corbusier-occult-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Religion & Belief
Europe
Lives & biography
1900-1945
The Crisis of the Twelfth Century
May 15, 2009
Thomas N. Bisson
20090515-bisson-thomas-crisis-12th-century-power-lordship-european-governme-2
Politics & Democracy
Europe
Medieval
Consequential Strangers
August 23, 2010
Melinda Blau
20100823-blau-melinda-on-consequential-strangers-turn-everyday-connections-2
Everyday Life & Anthropology
Bombshell
November 28, 2011
Mia Bloom
20111128-bloom-mia-on-bombshell-women-terrorism-2
War & Conflict, Gender & Sexuality
Gender & feminism
Since 1989
“I Love Learning; I Hate School”
September 4, 2017
Susan D. Blum
20170904-blum-susan-on-book-i-love-learning-i-hate-school-anthropology-2-1
Education & Universities, Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
Animal Characters
June 28, 2010
Bruce Thomas Boehrer
20100628-boehrer-bruce-on-animal-character-nonhuman-being-modern-literature-2
Literature & Writers
Europe
Animals & the more-than-human
Early modern (1500-1800)
Beyond the Map
February 20, 2019
Alastair Bonnett
20190220-bonnett-alastair-on-book-beyond-map-unruly-enclaves-ghostly-places-2-1
Cities & Urban Life
Place & city
Why Lyrics Last
April 4, 2012
Brian Boyd
20111108-boyd-brian-on-stalking-nabokov-2-1
Literature & Writers, Mind & Brain
On the Origin of Stories
September 23, 2009
Brian Boyd
20090923-boyd-brian-on-origin-of-stories-evolution-cognition-fiction-2
Literature & Writers, Mind & Brain
Secular Devotion
December 3, 2008
Timothy Brennan
20081205-brennan-timothy-secular-devotion-afro-latin-music-imperial-jazz-2
Music & Performance, Religion & Belief
Latin America & the Caribbean
Belief & meaning
The Rise and Demise of World Communism
March 1, 2023
George W. Breslauer
20230301-breslauer-george-on-book-rise-demise-world-communism-2-1
Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World, China & East Asia
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Romantic Economist
May 24, 2009
Richard Bronk
20090522-bronk-richard-romantic-economist-imagination-economics-2
Economics & Business, Philosophy & Ideas
Civilizing Torture
April 17, 2019
W. Fitzhugh Brundage
20190417-brundage-fitzhugh-on-book-civilizing-torture-american-tradition-2-1
Crime & Policing, Law & Justice
United States
Spans centuries
Decolonization and the Evolution of International Human Rights
July 26, 2010
Roland Burke
20100726-burke-roland-on-decolonization-evolution-international-human-right-2
Law & Justice, Empire & Colonialism
Cold War era
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
September 27, 2010
John Calvert
20100927-john-calvert-on-sayyid-qutb-origins-radical-islamism-2
Religion & Belief, Politics & Democracy
Middle East & North Africa
Lives & biography
1900-1945, Cold War era
Veblen
June 23, 2021
Charles Camic
20210623-camic-charles-on-book-veblen-making-economist-who-unmade-economics-2-1
Economics & Business, Education & Universities
Lives & biography, Myth-busting
The long 19th century
Crises and Opportunities
August 8, 2011
Youssef Cassis
20110808-cassis-youssef-on-crises-opportunities-shaping-modern-finance-2
Economics & Business
Markets & morals
Spans centuries
On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper
April 12, 2010
Jack R. Censer
20100412-censer-jack-on-the-trail-of-the-dc-sniper-fear-media-2
Media & Pop Culture, Crime & Policing
United States
Since 1989
Big-Time Sports in American Universities
June 27, 2011
Charles T. Clotfelter
20110627-clotfelter-charles-big-time-sports-american-universities-2
Sports & Games, Education & Universities
United States
Fearless Women
February 15, 2024
Elizabeth Cobbs
20240215-cobbs-elizabeth-on-book-fearless-women-feminist-patriots-from-abigail-adams-to-beyonce-2-1
Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Democracy
United States
Gender & feminism, Lives & biography
Spans centuries
The Victims Return
February 14, 2011
Stephen F. Cohen
20090710-cohen-stephen-on-soviet-fates-lost-alternatives-new-cold-war-2
Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
Memory & commemoration
Cold War era
A Nation Like All Others
April 2, 2018
Warren I. Cohen
20180402-cohen-warren-on-book-nation-like-all-others-brief-history-american-2-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Spans centuries
Morality's Muddy Waters
May 3, 2010
George Cotkin
20100503-cotkin-george-on-morality-muddy-water-ethical-quandar-modern-ameri-2
Philosophy & Ideas, War & Conflict
United States
Cold War era, Since 1989
No Right Turn
November 1, 2010
David T. Courtwright
20101101-courtwright-david-on-no-right-turn-conservativ-politics-liberal-am-2
Politics & Democracy
United States
Cold War era, Since 1989
A Nice Place to Visit
May 10, 2017
Aaron Cowan
20170510-cowan-aaron-on-nice-place-visit-tourism-urban-revitalization-2-1
Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city
Cold War era
The Scientific Method
July 7, 2021
Henry M. Cowles
20210707-cowles-henry-on-book-scientific-method-evolution-thinking-darwin-2-1
Science & Nature, Philosophy & Ideas
How science gets made
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
The Food Axis
January 19, 2011
Elizabeth Collins Cromley
20110119-cromley-elizabeth-on-food-axis-cooking-eating-architecture-houses-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Food & Drink
United States
Spans centuries
Spice
October 9, 2025
Roger Crowley
20251009-crowley-roger-on-spice-16th-century-contest-that-shaped-the-world-2
Empire & Colonialism, Economics & Business
Commodities & consumption
Early modern (1500-1800)
What Would Nature Do? A Guide for Our Uncertain Times
January 27, 2021
Ruth DeFries
20210127-defries-ruth-on-book-what-would-nature-do-guide-our-uncertain-time-2-1
Environment & Climate, Science & Nature
Coyote at the Kitchen Door
February 5, 2010
Stephen DeStefano
20100205-stephen-destefano-on-coyote-kitchen-door-wildlife-suburbia-2
Science & Nature, Environment & Climate
Animals & the more-than-human
The Age of Openness
June 5, 2009
Frank Dikötter
20101020-dikotter-frank-mao-great-famine-history-china-most-devastating-cat-2
Politics & Democracy
China & East Asia
Myth-busting
1900-1945
The Speed Handbook
May 24, 2010
Enda Duffy
20100524-duffy-enda-on-speed-handbook-velocity-pleasure-modernism-2
Literature & Writers, Technology & AI
Technology & society
1900-1945
Loneliness as a Way of Life
December 16, 2008
Thomas Dumm
20081216-dumm-thomas-on-loneliness-as-a-way-of-life-2
Philosophy & Ideas
A Vast Machine
March 7, 2011
Paul N. Edwards
20110307-edwards-paul-on-computer-models-climate-data-politics-global-warmi-2
Environment & Climate, Science & Nature
How science gets made
Spans centuries
October 14, 2011
William Egginton
20111014-egginton-william-on-future-of-religious-moderation-2
Religion & Belief, Philosophy & Ideas
Belief & meaning
1
Sustainability by Design
February 3, 2009
John R. Ehrenfeld
20090203-ehrenfeld-john-sustainability-by-design-2
Environment & Climate, Art & Design
Commodities & consumption
The Skull Collectors
December 15, 2010
Ann Fabian
20101215-ann-fabian-on-skull-collectors-race-science-america-unburied-dead-2
Science & Nature, Race & Inequality
United States
How science gets made, Race & belonging
The long 19th century
The Just City
February 16, 2011
Susan S. Fainstein
20110216-fainstein-susan-on-the-just-city-2
Cities & Urban Life, Philosophy & Ideas
Place & city
The Sketch, the Tale, and the Beginnings of American Literature
April 22, 2020
Lydia G. Fash
20200422-fash-lydia-on-book-sketch-tale-beginnings-american-2-1
Literature & Writers
United States
The long 19th century
Native America
September 8, 2025
Kenneth L. Feder
20250908-feder-kenneth-on-native-america-the-story-of-the-first-peoples-2
Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
Prehistory & deep time
Technosystem
December 18, 2017
Andrew Feenberg
20171218-feenberg-andrew-on-book-technosystem-social-life-reason-2-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Technology & AI
Technology & society
Transatlantic Fascism
October 18, 2010
Federico Finchelstein
20101018-federico-finchelstein-transatlantic-fascism-ideolog-argentin-italy-2
Politics & Democracy, Religion & Belief
Latin America & the Caribbean, Europe
Belief & meaning
1900-1945
Exemplarity and Mediocrity
July 24, 2009
Paul Fleming
20090724-fleming-paul-exemplarity-mediocrity-art-average-bourgeois-tragedy-2
Literature & Writers, Philosophy & Ideas
Europe
Early modern (1500-1800), The long 19th century
Natural Interests
February 22, 2017
Caroline Ford
20170222-ford-caroline-on-natural-interests-contest-environment-france-2-1
Environment & Climate
Europe
The long 19th century
Animals as Persons
February 1, 2010
Gary L. Francione
20100201-gary-francione-on-animals-as-persons-abolition-animal-exploitation-2
Philosophy & Ideas, Law & Justice
Animals & the more-than-human
The Cult of the Constitution
October 30, 2019
Mary Anne Franks
20191030-franks-maryanne-on-book-cult-of-constitution-2-1
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
United States
Fresh
April 17, 2009
Susanne Freidberg
20090417-freidberg-susanne-fresh-perishable-history-2
Food & Drink
Commodities & consumption
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Invented Knowledge
Ronald H. Fritze
July 8, 2009
20090708-fritze-ronald-invented-knowledge-false-history-fake-science-pseudo-2
Philosophy & Ideas, Media & Pop Culture
Myth-busting
Hotter Than That
Krin Gabbard
December 26, 2008
20081226-gabbard-krin-hotter-than-that-trumpet-jazz-american-culture-2
Music & Performance, Gender & Sexuality, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
1900-1945
Program Earth
Jennifer Gabrys
December 28, 2016
20161228-gabrys-jennifer-on-program-earth-environmental-sensing-technology-2-1
Technology & AI, Environment & Climate
Technology & society
Since 1989
Children of the Revolution
Robert Gildea
December 19, 2008
20081219-gildea-robert-children-of-revolution-the-french-1799-1914-2
Politics & Democracy, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Europe
The long 19th century
The American Lie
Benjamin Ginsberg
December 4, 2008
20081205-ginsberg-benjamin-american-lie-government-by-people-political-fabl-2
Politics & Democracy
United States
Greek Sport and Social Status
Mark Golden
May 6, 2009
20090506-golden-mark-greek-sport-and-social-status-2
Sports & Games, Race & Inequality
Europe
Ancient worlds
Transforming Toxic Leaders
Alan Goldman
January 15, 2010
20100115-alan-goldman-on-transforming-toxic-leaders-2
Economics & Business, Work & Labor
Calvin
Bruce Gordon
April 21, 2010
20100421-gordon-bruce-on-calvin-2
Religion & Belief
Europe
Lives & biography
Early modern (1500-1800)
Brad Gregory
March 12, 2012
20120125-gregory-brad-on-the-unintended-reformation-2-1
Religion & Belief, Philosophy & Ideas
Europe
Belief & meaning
Spans centuries
1
Saving the Security State
Inderpal Grewal
February 19, 2018
20180219-grewal-inderpal-on-book-saving-security-state-exceptional-citizens-2-1
Politics & Democracy, Gender & Sexuality, Race & Inequality
United States
Gender & feminism, Race & belonging
Since 1989
The City As Campus
Sharon Haar
October 5, 2011
20111005-haar-sharon-on-city-as-campus-urbanism-higher-education-chicago-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Education & Universities
United States
Place & city
Cold War era
Organizing Organic
Michael A. Haedicke
November 9, 2016
20161109-haedicke-michael-on-organic-conflict-compromise-market-2-1
Food & Drink, Economics & Business
United States
Markets & morals
Since 1989
Slab City
Charlie Hailey
July 11, 2019
20190710-hailey-charlie-on-book-slab-city-dispatches-last-free-place-2-1
Architecture & Built Environment, Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
Place & city
Camps
Charlie Hailey
September 3, 2009
20090902-hailey-charlie-camps-guide-21st-century-space-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Migration & Borders
Since 1989
The Wretched Atom
Jacob Darwin Hamblin
February 15, 2023
20230215-hamblin-jacob-on-book-wretched-atom-americas-global-gamble-2-1
Technology & AI, Empire & Colonialism
United States
Technology & society
Cold War era
A Most Enterprising Country
Justin V. Hastings
May 31, 2017
20170531-hastings-justin-on-most-enterprising-country-north-korea-global-2-1
Economics & Business
China & East Asia
Since 1989
Endangered Economies
Geoffrey Heal
May 3, 2017
20170503-heal-geoffrey-on-endangered-economies-neglect-nature-threatens-2-1
Economics & Business, Environment & Climate
Markets & morals
Copy This Book! What Data Tells Us about Copyright and the Public Good
Paul J. Heald
December 12, 2020
20201202-heald-paul-on-book-copy-this-book-what-data-tells-us-copyright-2-1
Law & Justice, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Slumming
Chad Heap
August 6, 2009
20090805-heap-chad-slumming-sexual-racial-encounters-american-nightlife-2
Race & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Race & belonging
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Aging by the Book
Kay Heath
January 13, 2010
20100113-kay-heath-on-aging-by-book-emergence-midlife-victorian-britain-2
Literature & Writers, Gender & Sexuality
Britain & Ireland
Gender & feminism
The long 19th century
True Crimes in Eighteenth-Century China
Robert E. Hegel
December 18, 2009
20091218-hegel-robert-on-true-crimes-18th-century-china-case-histories-2
Law & Justice, Crime & Policing
China & East Asia
Myth-busting
Early modern (1500-1800)
Sexuality in Europe
Dagmar Herzog
April 9, 2012
20120409-herzog-dagmar-on-sexuality-in-europe-2-1
Gender & Sexuality
Europe
Gender & feminism
1900-1945, Cold War era
Cultivating the Masses
David L. Hoffmann
January 13, 2012
20120113-hoffmann-david-on-cultivating-the-masses-2-1
Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
1900-1945
Loath to Print
Nicole Howard
July 19, 2023
20230719-howard-nicole-on-book-loath-to-print-reluctant-scientific-author-1500-1750-2-1
Science & Nature, Literature & Writers
Europe
How science gets made
Early modern (1500-1800)
Immaterial
Sherri Irvin
May 17, 2023
20230517-irvin-sherri-on-book-immaterial-rules-contemporary-art-2-1
Art & Design, Philosophy & Ideas
The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent
Lynne A. Isbell
August 7, 2009
20090807-isbell-lynne-fruit-tree-serpent-why-we-see-well-snake-detection-2
Science & Nature, Mind & Brain
Animals & the more-than-human, Perception & attention
Prehistory & deep time
King of the Lobby
Kathryn Allamong Jacob
May 7, 2010
20100507-kathryn-allamong-jacob-on-king-lobby-life-sam-ward-washington-gild-2
Politics & Democracy
United States
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Breaking the Devil’s Pact
James B. Jacobs
October 31, 2011
20111031-jacobs-james-on-breaking-devil-pact-battle-free-teamster-mob-2
Crime & Policing, Work & Labor
United States
Cold War era, Since 1989
The Creation and Destruction of Value
Harold James
November 9, 2009
20091109-james-harold-on-creation-destruction-value-globalization-cycle-2
Economics & Business
Since 1989
Comics and Stuff
Henry Jenkins
May 6, 2020
20200506-jenkins-henry-on-book-comics-stuff-2-1
Media & Pop Culture, Fashion & Material Culture
Commodities & consumption
Piracy
Adrian Johns
May 10, 2010
20101208-johns-adrian-on-death-pirate-british-radio-making-information-age-2
Law & Justice, Media & Pop Culture
Spans centuries
Death of a Pirate
Adrian Johns
December 8, 2010
20100510-johns-adrian-on-piracy-intellectual-property-wars-gutenberg-gates-2
Media & Pop Culture
Britain & Ireland
Cold War era
Memos from the Besieged City
Djelal Kadir
April 20, 2011
20110420-kadir-djelal-memos-besieged-city-lifelines-cultural-sustainabilit-2
Literature & Writers, Migration & Borders
Lives & biography
1900-1945
The Three Cultures
Jerome Kagan
September 18, 2009
20090918-kagan-jerome-three-cultures-natural-science-social-humanities-snow-2
Education & Universities, Science & Nature
How science gets made
The Uses of Diversity
Jonathan Kahn
January 13, 2026
20260113-jonathan-kahn-uses-of-diversity-how-race-has-become-entangled-in-law-politics-and-biology-2
Law & Justice, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging, How science gets made
Since 1989
The World in Play
Matthew Kaiser
May 1, 2012
20120501-kaiser-matthew-on-world-in-play-portraits-victorian-concept-2-1
Literature & Writers, Sports & Games
Britain & Ireland
The long 19th century
Beyond Timbuktu
Ousmane Oumar Kane
February 15, 2017
20170215-kane-ousmane-on-beyond-timbuktu-intellectual-history-muslim-2-1
Religion & Belief, Education & Universities
Africa
Spans centuries
Eurolegalism
R. Daniel Kelemen
September 19, 2011
20110919-kelemen-daniel-on-eurolegalism-transformation-law-european-union-2
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
Europe
Since 1989
Recomposing Ecopoetics
Lynn Keller
January 15, 2018
20180115-keller-lynn-on-book-recomposing-ecopoetics-north-american-poetry-2-1
Literature & Writers, Environment & Climate
Since 1989
Market Maoists
Jason M. Kelly
February 22, 2023
20230222-kelly-jason-on-book-market-maoists-communist-origins-chinas-2-1
Politics & Democracy, Economics & Business
China & East Asia
Markets & morals
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Conservative Turn
Michael Kimmage
September 11, 2009
20090911-kimmage-michael-trilling-chambers-anti-communism-conservative-tur-2
Politics & Democracy, Literature & Writers
United States
Lives & biography
Cold War era
The Fun Factory
Rob King
August 14, 2009
20090814-king-rob-fun-factory-keystone-film-company-emergence-mass-culture-2
Film & TV, Media & Pop Culture
United States
1900-1945
Living Weapons
Gregory D. Koblentz
November 23, 2009
20091123-koblentz-gregory-on-living-weapons-biological-warfare-security-2
War & Conflict, Technology & AI
Technology & society
Cold War era, Since 1989
Good Vibrations
Stefan Kölsch
December 27, 2025
20251227-koelsch-stefan-on-good-vibrations-2
Mind & Brain, Music & Performance
Perception & attention
Feats of Strength
Simon Lailvaux
March 6, 2019
20190306-lailvaux-simon-on-book-feats-strength-how-evolution-shapes-animal-2-1
Science & Nature
Animals & the more-than-human
Measuring Tomorrow
Éloi Laurent
January 29, 2018
20180129-laurent-eloi-on-book-measuring-tomorrow-accounting-well-being-2-1
Economics & Business, Environment & Climate
The Politics and Ethics of Identity
Richard Ned Lebow
February 15, 2013
20130215-lebow-richard-ned-on-politics-ethics-identity-search-ourselves-2-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Politics & Democracy
The Coevolution
Edward Ashford Lee
May 20, 2020
20200520-lee-edward-on-book-coevolution-entwined-futures-humans-machines-2-1
Technology & AI, Philosophy & Ideas
Technology & society
Creatures Born of Mud and Slime
Daryn Lehoux
November 13, 2017
20171113-lehoux-daryn-on-book-creatures-born-mud-slime-wonder-complexity-2-1
Science & Nature, Philosophy & Ideas
How science gets made
Spans centuries
Song of Wrath
J. E. Lendon
January 5, 2011
20110105-lendon-john-on-song-wrath-peloponnesian-war-begins-2
War & Conflict
Europe
Ancient worlds
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Josh Lerner
October 12, 2009
20091012-lerner-josh-boulevard-broken-dreams-public-venture-capital-entrepr-2
Economics & Business, Politics & Democracy
The Quantum Frontier
Don Lincoln
May 13, 2009
20090513-lincoln-don-quantum-frontier-large-hadron-collider-2
Science & Nature
How science gets made
The Freudian Robot
Lydia H. Liu
June 13, 2011
20110613-liu-lydia-freudian-robot-digital-media-future-unconscious-2
Technology & AI, Literature & Writers
Technology & society
Cold War era
Six-Legged Soldiers
Jeffrey A. Lockwood
January 16, 2009
20090116-lockwood-jeffrey-six-legged-soldiers-2
War & Conflict, Science & Nature
Animals & the more-than-human
Spans centuries
Buddhism and Science
Donald S. Lopez Jr.
March 13, 2009
20110511-donald-lopez-on-tibetan-book-of-dead-biography-2
Religion & Belief, Science & Nature
Myth-busting
The long 19th century
Global California
Abraham F. Lowenthal
June 8, 2009
20090608-lowenthal-abraham-global-california-rising-cosmopolitan-challenge-2
Politics & Democracy, Economics & Business
United States
Since 1989
Total Cure
Harold S. Luft
January 6, 2009
20090106-luft-harold-total-cure-2
Health & Medicine, Economics & Business
United States
Markets & morals
Manhood Factories
Paula Lupkin
November 22, 2010
20101122-lupkin-paula-on-manhood-factories-ymca-architecture-modern-urban-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Gender & Sexuality
United States
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Unseparate
Steven Henry Madoff
November 28, 2025
20251128-madoff-steven-on-unseparate-modernism-interdisciplinary-art-and-network-aesthetics-2
Art & Design
1900-1945
Helen of Troy
Laurie Maguire
March 17, 2010
20100317-maguire-laurie-on-helen-of-troy-from-homer-to-hollywood-2
Literature & Writers, Gender & Sexuality
Gender & feminism
Spans centuries
The Once and Future New York
Randall Mason
July 20, 2009
20090720-mason-randall-once-future-new-york-historic-preservation-city-mode-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Memory & commemoration, Place & city
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Gods and Robots
Adrienne Mayor
September 4, 2019
20190904-mayor-adrienne-on-book-gods-robots-myths-machines-ancient-dreams-2-1
Technology & AI, Literature & Writers
Technology & society
Ancient worlds
What Is Mental Illness?
Richard J. McNally
March 16, 2011
20110316-mcnally-richard-on-what-is-mental-illness-2
Mind & Brain, Health & Medicine
How science gets made
Weather Matters
Bernard Mergen
April 10, 2009
20090410-mergen-bernard-weather-matters-american-cultural-history-2
Science & Nature, Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
1900-1945, Cold War era
Chicago 1890
Joanna Merwood-Salisbury
January 4, 2010
20100104-merwood-salisbury-joanna-on-chicago-1890-skyscraper-modern-city-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Cities & Urban Life
United States
The long 19th century
The Rise of Female Kings in Europe, 1300-1800
E. William Monter
January 19, 2012
20120119-monter-william-on-rise-of-female-kings-in-europe-2-1
Politics & Democracy, Gender & Sexuality
Europe
Gender & feminism
Medieval, Early modern (1500-1800)
To Serve God and Wal-Mart
Bethany Moreton
November 4, 2009
20091104-moreton-bethany-serve-god-wal-mart-christian-free-enterprise-2
Economics & Business, Religion & Belief
United States
Markets & morals
Cold War era
Icons of Life
Lynn M. Morgan
October 6, 2010
20101006-morgan-lynn-on-icons-of-life-cultural-history-human-embryos-2
Science & Nature, Health & Medicine
United States
How science gets made
1900-1945
Wonder Confronts Certainty
Gary Saul Morson
February 29, 2024
20240229-gary-morson-wonder-confronts-certainty-2-1
Literature & Writers, Philosophy & Ideas
Russia & the Soviet World
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
The Last Utopia
Samuel Moyn
October 25, 2010
20101025-moyn-samuel-on-the-last-utopia-human-rights-in-history-2
Law & Justice, Philosophy & Ideas
Cold War era
The Tyranny of Metrics
Jerry Z. Muller
April 16, 2018
20180416-muller-jerry-on-book-tyranny-metrics-2-1
Economics & Business, Math & Statistics
The Controversy of Renaissance Art
Alexander Nagel
July 13, 2011
20110713-nagel-alexander-controversy-renaissance-art-2
Art & Design, Religion & Belief
Europe
Early modern (1500-1800)
Trading Locomotives
Naofumi Nakamura
November 10, 2025
20251110-nakamura-naofumi-on-trading-locomotives-2
Economics & Business, Technology & AI
Japan
Technology & society
The long 19th century
Brothers Apart
Maha Nassar
March 12, 2018
20180312-nassar-maha-on-book-brothers-apart-palestinian-citizens-israel-2-1
Literature & Writers, Empire & Colonialism
Middle East & North Africa
Cold War era
Dance of the Furies
Michael S. Neiberg
August 22, 2011
20110822-michael-neiberg-on-dance-furies-europe-outbreak-world-war-i-2
War & Conflict
Europe
Myth-busting
1900-1945
Bad for Democracy
Dana Nelson
December 23, 2008
20081223-nelson-dana-bad-for-democracy-how-presidency-undermines-power-peop-2
Politics & Democracy
United States
Cold War era, Since 1989
Theory of the Gimmick
Sianne Ngai
August 19, 2020
20200819-ngai-sianne-on-book-theory-gimmick-aesthetic-judgment-capitalist-2-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Literature & Writers
Commodities & consumption
Pineapple Culture
Gary Y. Okihiro
August 12, 2009
20090812-okihiro-gary-pineapple-culture-history-tropical-temperate-zones-2
Food & Drink, Empire & Colonialism
Commodities & consumption
Spans centuries
Animal Lessons
Kelly Oliver
January 19, 2010
20100119-oliver-kelly-on-animal-lessons-how-they-teach-us-be-human-2
Philosophy & Ideas
Animals & the more-than-human
Into the Extreme
Valerie Olson
July 1, 2018
20180625-olson-valerie-on-book-into-extreme-us-environmental-systems-2-1
Science & Nature, Everyday Life & Anthropology
How science gets made
Fungible Life
Aihwa Ong
January 18, 2017
20170118-ong-aihwa-on-fungible-life-experiment-asian-city-life-2-1
Science & Nature, Health & Medicine
South & Southeast Asia
How science gets made
Since 1989
Cinema in an Age of Terror
Michael F. O’Riley
May 16, 2011
20110516-oriley-michael-cinema-age-terror-africa-victimization-colonial-his-2
Film & TV, Empire & Colonialism
Middle East & North Africa
Memory & commemoration
Tropes of Transport
Katrin Pahl
March 5, 2012
20120305-pahl-katrin-on-tropes-transport-hegel-emotion-2-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Literature & Writers
Animal Ethics in Context
Clare Palmer
January 10, 2011
20110110-palmer-clare-on-animal-ethics-in-context-2
Philosophy & Ideas
Animals & the more-than-human
Yellow Future
Jane Chi Hyun Park
November 30, 2011
20111130-park-jane-on-yellow-future-oriental-style-hollywood-cinema-2
Film & TV, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Cold War era, Since 1989
A Theory of Assembly
Kyle Parry
August 31, 2023
20230830-parry-kyle-on-book-theory-assembly-from-museums-to-memes-2-1
Art & Design, Media & Pop Culture
The Accidental History of the U.S. Immigration Courts
Alison Peck
January 18, 2023
20230118-peck-alison-on-book-accidental-history-us-immigration-courts-2-1
Law & Justice, Migration & Borders
United States
1900-1945, Since 1989
The Man of the Crowd
Scott Peeples
May 12, 2021
20210512-peeples-scott-on-book-man-crowd-edgar-allan-poe-city-2-1
Literature & Writers, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Lives & biography, Place & city
The long 19th century
Lenin's Brother
Philip Pomper
January 22, 2010
20100122-philip-pomper-lenin-brother-origins-october-revolution-2
Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Vanishing America
Miles A. Powell
January 11, 2017
20170111-powell-miles-on-vanishing-america-species-extinction-racial-peril-2-1
Environment & Climate, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
Muhammad is Not the Father of any of Your Men
David S. Powers
September 4, 2009
20090904-powers-david-muhammad-not-father-any-your-men-making-last-prophet-2
Religion & Belief, Law & Justice
Middle East & North Africa
Belief & meaning
Medieval
Beyond Belief, Beyond Conscience
Jack N. Rakove
January 20, 2021
20210120-rakove-jack-on-book-beyond-belief-beyond-conscience-radical-2-1
Religion & Belief, Law & Justice
United States
Belief & meaning
Early modern (1500-1800)
The Age of Irreverence
Christopher Rea
October 26, 2016
20161026-rea-christopher-on-age-irreverence-new-history-laughter-china-2-1
Literature & Writers, Media & Pop Culture
China & East Asia
1900-1945
How Wars End
Dan Reiter
January 1, 2010
20100104-reiter-dan-on-how-wars-end-2
War & Conflict, Politics & Democracy
Wounded Knee
Heather Cox Richardson
June 7, 2010
20100607-richardson-heather-on-wounded-knee-party-politic-american-massacre-2
Politics & Democracy, Race & Inequality
United States
The long 19th century
The Origins of Business, Money, and Markets
Keith Roberts
August 17, 2011
20110817-roberts-keith-on-the-origins-business-money-markets-2
Economics & Business
Markets & morals
Ancient worlds
Global Jihad
Glenn E. Robinson
May 5, 2021
20210505-robinson-glenn-on-book-global-jihad-history-2-1
War & Conflict, Religion & Belief
Middle East & North Africa
Belief & meaning
Cold War era, Since 1989
Listed
Joe Roman
September 28, 2011
20111102-roman-joe-on-ecological-economics-2
Environment & Climate, Science & Nature
United States
Animals & the more-than-human
Alex Rosenberg
December 14, 2011
20111107-rosenberg-alex-on-the-atheist-guide-to-reality-2
Philosophy & Ideas, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
The Anatomy Murders
Lisa Rosner
February 27, 2012
20120227-rosner-lisa-on-the-anatomy-murders-2-1
Crime & Policing, Health & Medicine
Britain & Ireland
The long 19th century
Stone Men
Andrew Ross
October 23, 2019
20191023-ross-andrew-on-stone-men-palestinians-who-built-israel-2-1
Work & Labor, Empire & Colonialism
Middle East & North Africa
Since 1989
Memory, Trauma, and History
Michael S. Roth
November 14, 2011
20111114-roth-michael-on-memory-trauma-history-2
Philosophy & Ideas
Memory & commemoration
Randolph Roth
December 7, 2011
20111207-roth-randolph-on-ultimate-causes-of-homicide-2
Crime & Policing, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Cold War era, Since 1989
1
Dropping Out
Russell W. Rumberger
December 2, 2011
20111202-rumberger-russell-on-dropping-out-of-high-school-2
Education & Universities
United States
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
George Saliba
October 23, 2009
20091023-saliba-george-on-islamic-science-making-european-renaissance-2
Science & Nature
Middle East & North Africa, Europe
How science gets made
Medieval, Early modern (1500-1800)
Inventing the Israelite
Maurice Samuels
July 5, 2010
20100705-samuels-maurice-on-invent-israelit-jewish-fiction-19century-france-2
Literature & Writers, Religion & Belief
Europe
The long 19th century
Degradation
Kevin W. Saunders
March 28, 2011
20110328-saunders-kevin-on-degradation-history-obscenity-tells-hate-speech-2
Law & Justice, Religion & Belief, Gender & Sexuality
Spans centuries
Monument Wars
Kirk Savage
March 3, 2010
20100303-savage-kirk-on-monument-wars-washington-dc-national-mall-memorial-2
Architecture & Built Environment, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Memory & commemoration
Spans centuries
See It Feelingly
Ralph James Savarese
March 13, 2019
20190313-savarese-ralph-on-book-see-feelingly-classic-novels-autistic-2-1
Literature & Writers, Mind & Brain
Perception & attention
Why Things Matter to People
Andrew Sayer
March 21, 2012
20120321-sayer-andrew-on-why-things-matter-to-people-2-1
Philosophy & Ideas
Bad Girls Go Everywhere
Jennifer Scanlon
May 29, 2009
20090529-scanlon-jennifer-bad-girls-go-everywhere-helen-gurley-brown-2
Gender & Sexuality, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Lives & biography, Gender & feminism
Cold War era
Rethinking Readiness
Jeff Schlegelmilch
July 22, 2020
20200722-schlegelmilch-jeff-on-book-rethinking-readiness-brief-guide-twenty-first-century-megadisasters-2-1
Environment & Climate, Politics & Democracy
Heaven’s Bride
Leigh Eric Schmidt
January 17, 2011
20110117-schmidt-leigh-on-unprintable-ida-craddock-mystic-scholar-sexologis-2
Religion & Belief, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Art and the City
Sarah Schrank
March 20, 2009
20090320-schrank-sarah-art-city-imagination-authority-los-angeles-2
Art & Design, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city
1900-1945, Cold War era
Fantasies of the New Class
Stephen Schryer
May 9, 2011
20110509-stephen-schryer-on-fantasies-new-class-ideologies-professionalism-2
Literature & Writers, Race & Inequality
United States
Cold War era
A History of America in 100 Maps
Susan Schulten
June 26, 2019
20190626-schulten-susan-on-book-history-america-100-maps-2-1
Art & Design, Science & Nature
United States
Spans centuries
On the Judgment of History
Joan Wallach Scott
June 2, 2021
20210602-scott-joan-on-book-on-judgment-history-2-1
Law & Justice, Race & Inequality
Memory & commemoration, Race & belonging
1900-1945, Since 1989
Desperate Remedies
Andrew Scull
May 31, 2023
20161214-scull-andrew-on-madness-civilization-cultural-history-insanity-2-1
Health & Medicine, Mind & Brain
United States
Myth-busting
Spans centuries
Leonard Bernstein
Barry Seldes
October 7, 2009
20091007-seldes-barry-leonard-bernstein-political-life-american-musician-2
Music & Performance, Politics & Democracy
United States
Lives & biography
Cold War era
Under the Hammer
James Simpson
April 6, 2011
20110406-simpson-james-under-hammer-iconoclasm-anglo-2
Art & Design, Religion & Belief
Britain & Ireland
Belief & meaning
Spans centuries
Conservatism and Racism and Why in America They Are the Same
Robert C. Smith
December 6, 2010
20101206-smith-robert-on-conservatism-racism-why-america-they-are-same-2
Politics & Democracy, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Cold War era
The New Chimpanzee
Craig Stanford
June 11, 2018
20180611-stanford-craig-on-book-new-chimpanzee-twenty-first-century-portrait-2-1
Science & Nature
Animals & the more-than-human
GIANTS
John Stauffer
December 5, 2008
20081205-stauffer-john-giants-parallel-lives-frederick-douglass-abraham-lin-2
Race & Inequality, Politics & Democracy
United States
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
The Real Real Thing
Wendy Steiner
August 3, 2011
20110803-steiner-wendy-the-real-real-thing-model-mirror-art-2
Art & Design, Media & Pop Culture
Perception & attention
Since 1989
On Location in Cuba
Ann Marie Stock
July 6, 2009
20090706-stock-ann-marie-on-location-in-cuba-street-filmmaking-transition-957df-2
Film & TV
Latin America & the Caribbean
Since 1989
The Quest for the Cure
Brent R. Stockwell
July 25, 2011
20110725-stockwell-brent-on-quest-for-cure-science-next-generation-medicine-2
Health & Medicine, Science & Nature
How science gets made
Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and the National Agenda
Mary E. Stuckey
June 29, 2009
20090629-stuckey-mary-jimmy-carter-human-rights-national-agenda-2
Politics & Democracy
United States
Cold War era
Crisis on Campus
Mark C. Taylor
October 11, 2010
20091030-mark-taylor-on-field-notes-from-elsewhere-reflections-dying-living-2
Education & Universities
United States
Why Chimpanzees Can't Learn Language and Only Humans Can
Herbert S. Terrace
October 2, 2019
20191002-terrace-herbert-on-book-chimpanzees-cant-learn-language-humans-2-1
Language & Linguistics, Mind & Brain
Animals & the more-than-human
Weyward Macbeth
Ayanna Thompson
December 27, 2010
20101227-scott-newstok-ayanna-thompson-on-weyward-macbeth-race-performance-2
Literature & Writers, Music & Performance, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
1900-1945, Cold War era
Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods
E. Fuller Torrey
October 23, 2017
20171023-torrey-fuller-on-book-evolving-brains-emerging-gods-early-humans-2-1
Religion & Belief, Mind & Brain
Belief & meaning
Prehistory & deep time
The Language of the Heart
Trysh Travis
January 27, 2010
20100127-travis-trysh-language-heart-cultural-history-recovery-movement-2
Health & Medicine, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Belief & meaning
1900-1945, Cold War era
Not Exactly Lying
Andie Tucher
February 1, 2023
20230201-tucher-andie-on-book-not-exactly-lying-fake-news-fake-journalism-2-1
Media & Pop Culture
United States
Spans centuries
The Devil’s Milk
John Tully
April 18, 2011
20110418-john-tully-on-devil-milk-social-history-rubber-2
Work & Labor, Economics & Business
Commodities & consumption
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
The Procrastination Economy
Ethan Tussey
February 5, 2018
20180205-tussey-ethan-on-book-procrastination-economy-big-business-downtime-2-1
Media & Pop Culture, Technology & AI
Technology & society
Since 1989
Reading Orientalism
Daniel Martin Varisco
April 3, 2009
20090403-martin-daniel-varisco-reading-orientalism-edward-said-unsaid-2
Philosophy & Ideas, Empire & Colonialism
Myth-busting
Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination
Mark Vernon
September 19, 2025
www-rorotoko-com-11-20250919-vernon-mark-on-awake-william-blake-and-the-power-of-imagination-2
Literature & Writers, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning, Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Dog Economics
Aidan R. Vining
November 20, 2025
20251124-vining-aidan-on-dog-economics-2
Economics & Business
Animals & the more-than-human
No Adults Left Behind
Vladimir Kogan
September 1, 2025
20250901-kogan-no-adult-left-behind
Education & Universities, Politics & Democracy
United States
Since 1989
Fractured Rebellion
Andrew G. Walder
April 16, 2010
20100416-walder-andrew-fractured-rebellion-beijing-red-guard-movement-2
Politics & Democracy
China & East Asia
Cold War era
Living through the End of Nature
Paul Wapner
March 2, 2011
20110302-wapner-paul-on-living-end-nature-future-american-environmentalism-2
Environment & Climate, Philosophy & Ideas
United States
Exploiting the Wilderness
Greg L. Warchol
March 5, 2018
20180305-warchol-greg-on-book-exploiting-wilderness-analysis-wildlife-crime-2-1
Crime & Policing, Environment & Climate
Africa
Animals & the more-than-human
Since 1989
By Touch Alone
Vanessa Warne
December 11, 2025
20251211-warne-vanessa-on-by-touch-alone-blindness-and-reading-2
Literature & Writers, Health & Medicine
Britain & Ireland, United States
Perception & attention
The long 19th century
Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
Niobe Way
June 29, 2011
20110629-way-niobe-deep-secrets-boys-friendships-crisis-connection-2
Gender & Sexuality, Mind & Brain
Gender & feminism
The Art of Tennis
Nicholas Fox Weber
December 24, 2025
20251224-nicholas-fox-weber-on-the-art-of-tennis-2
Sports & Games
Follow the Money
Lynne A. Weikart
October 21, 2009
20091021-weikart-lynne-follow-money-who-controls-new-york-city-mayors-2
Cities & Urban Life, Politics & Democracy
United States
Place & city
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Lives of Literature
Arnold Weinstein
March 8, 2023
20230308-weinstein-arnold-on-book-lives-literature-reading-teaching-knowing-2-1
Literature & Writers, Education & Universities
Savonarola
Donald Weinstein
March 1, 2012
20120229-weinstein-donald-on-girolamo-savonarola-biography-2-1
Religion & Belief
Europe
Lives & biography
Early modern (1500-1800)
Barbarians to Angels
Peter S. Wells
October 28, 2009
20091028-wells-peter-on-barbarians-to-angels-dark-ages-reconsidered-2
Everyday Life & Anthropology
Europe
Myth-busting
Medieval
The Frankfurt School in Exile
Thomas Wheatland
December 2, 2009
20091202-wheatland-thomas-on-the-frankfurt-school-in-exile-2
Philosophy & Ideas
United States
Myth-busting
1900-1945
Speak Freely
Keith E. Whittington
January 2, 2019
20190102-whittington-keith-on-book-speak-freely-universities-must-defend-2-1
Education & Universities, Politics & Democracy
Jazz Icons
Tony Whyton
August 9, 2010
20100809-whyton-tony-on-jazz-icons-heroes-myths-jazz-tradition-2
Music & Performance, Media & Pop Culture
Myth-busting
Creating the Nazi Marketplace
S. Jonathan Wiesen
March 21, 2011
20110321-wiesen-jonathan-on-creating-nazi-marketplace-commerce-consumption-2
Economics & Business, Media & Pop Culture
Europe
Commodities & consumption
1900-1945
Fantasies of Neglect
Pamela Robertson Wojcik
October 12, 2016
20240425-wojcik-pamela-on-book-unhomed-cycles-mobility-placelessness-american-cinema-2-1
Film & TV, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Apartment Plot
Pamela Robertson Wojcik
November 8, 2010
20101108-wojcik-pamela-on-apartment-plot-urban-living-americ-film-1945-1975-2
Film & TV, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city
Cold War era
Philip II of Macedonia
Ian Worthington
April 24, 2009
20090424-worthington-ian-philip-ii-of-macedonia-2
War & Conflict, Politics & Democracy
Europe
Lives & biography
Ancient worlds
Ralph Tailor’s Summer
Keith Wrightson
December 23, 2011
20111223-wrightson-keith-on-ralph-tailor-summer-2
Health & Medicine, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Britain & Ireland
Early modern (1500-1800)
Living on Campus
Carla Yanni
September 11, 2019
20190911-yanni-carla-on-book-living-campus-architectural-history-american-2-1
Architecture & Built Environment, Education & Universities
United States
Spans centuries
Selective Solidarity
Chelsie Yount
October 30, 2025
20251030-chelsie-yount-selective-solidarity-children-middle-class-moralities-senegal-2
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Migration & Borders
Africa
Markets & morals
Dangerous Economies
Serena R. Zabin
October 2, 2009
20091002-zabin-serena-dangerous-economies-status-commerce-imperial-new-york-2
Economics & Business, Empire & Colonialism
United States
Early modern (1500-1800)
When the State Meets the Street
Bernardo Zacka
April 30, 2018
20180430-zacka-bernardo-on-book-when-state-meets-street-public-service-2-1
Politics & Democracy, Philosophy & Ideas
Inventing Iron Man
E. Paul Zehr
November 25, 2011
20111119-zehr-e-paul-on-inventing-iron-man-possibility-human-machine-2
Mind & Brain, Technology & AI
Technology & society
The Idealist
Samuel Zipp
May 13, 2020
20200513-zipp-samuel-on-book-idealist-wendell-willkies-wartime-quest-build-2-1
Politics & Democracy, Empire & Colonialism
United States
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Naked City
Sharon Zukin
December 16, 2009
20091216-zukin-sharon-on-naked-city-death-life-authentic-urban-places-2
Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city
Cold War era, Since 1989
Four Metaphors of Modernism
Jenny Anger
May 21, 2018
20180521-anger-jenny-on-book-four-metaphors-modernism-sturm-societe-anonyme-3-1
Art & Design
1900-1945
The Relentless Revolution
Joyce Appleby
January 6, 2010
20100106-appleby-joyce-on-relentless-revolution-history-capitalism-3
Economics & Business
Myth-busting
Spans centuries
The Scandal of Reason
Albena Azmanova
March 28, 2012
20120328-azmanova-albena-on-the-scandal-of-reason-3-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Politics & Democracy
On Task
David Badre
December 16, 2020
20201216-badre-david-on-book-on-task-how-brain-gets-things-done-3-1
Mind & Brain
Black Culture, Inc.
Patricia Banks
May 24, 2023
20230524-banks-patricia-on-book-black-culture-inc-how-ethnic-community-support-pays-corporate-america-3-1
Race & Inequality, Economics & Business
United States
Race & belonging, Markets & morals
Since 1989
Supernormal Stimuli
Deirdre Barrett
July 19, 2010
20100719-barrett-deirdre-on-supernormal-stimuli-primal-urges-evolutionary-3
Mind & Brain, Science & Nature
Adcreep
Mark Bartholomew
June 7, 2017
20170607-bartholomew-mark-on-adcreep-case-against-modern-marketing-3-1
Media & Pop Culture, Law & Justice
Commodities & consumption
Since 1989
Blood Royal
Robert Bartlett
November 18, 2020
20201118-bartlett-robert-on-book-blood-royal-dynastic-politics-medieval-3-1
Politics & Democracy
Europe
Medieval
An Aristocracy of Critics
Stephen Bates
May 26, 2021
20210526-bates-stephen-on-book-aristocracy-critics-luce-hutchins-niebuhr-3-1
Media & Pop Culture, Politics & Democracy
United States
1900-1945
Altered Inheritance
Françoise Baylis
February 5, 2020
20200205-baylis-francoise-on-book-altered-inheritance-crispr-ethics-human-3-1
Science & Nature, Health & Medicine
How science gets made
Illiberal Politics in Neoliberal Times
Mabel Berezin
September 25, 2009
20090925-berezin-mabel-illiberal-politic-neoliberal-security-populism-europ-3
Politics & Democracy
Europe
Since 1989
Orderly Anarchy
Robert L. Bettinger
October 19, 2016
20161019-bettinger-robert-on-orderly-anarchy-evolution-aboriginal-californi-3-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
Prehistory & deep time
Shoot an Iraqi
Wafaa Bilal
December 25, 2009
20091225-bilal-wafaa-on-shoot-an-iraqi-art-life-resistance-under-gun-lyders-3
Art & Design, War & Conflict
Middle East & North Africa
Lives & biography, War & its afterlives
Since 1989
The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law
Daniel Bodansky
April 19, 2010
20100419-bodansky-daniel-art-craft-international-environmental-law-3
Law & Justice, Environment & Climate
Thomas Mann's War
Tobias Boes
November 20, 2019
20191120-boes-tobias-on-book-thomas-manns-war-literature-politics-world-3-1
Literature & Writers, War & Conflict
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Once Before Time
Martin Bojowald
March 9, 2011
20110309-bojowald-martin-on-once-before-time-whole-story-universe-3
Science & Nature
Just Like Us
Thomas Borstelmann
April 29, 2020
20200429-borstelmann-thomuas-on-book-just-like-us-american-struggle-3-1
Race & Inequality, Migration & Borders
United States
Race & belonging
Spans centuries
The Future of Change
Ray Brescia
February 10, 2021
20210210-brescia-ray-on-book-future-change-technology-shapes-social-3-1
Politics & Democracy, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Technology & society
1900-1945, Cold War era
Dissident Practices
Claudia Calirman
March 14, 2024
20240314-calirman-claudia-on-book-dissident-practices-brazilian-women-artists-1960s-2020s-3-1
Art & Design, Gender & Sexuality
Latin America & the Caribbean
Gender & feminism
Cold War era, Since 1989
One Day in the Life of the English Language
Frank L. Cioffi
December 7, 2016
20161207-cioffi-frank-on-one-day-life-english-language-microcosmic-usage-3-1
Language & Linguistics
Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia
Iftikhar Dadi
March 26, 2012
20120326-dadi-iftikhar-on-modernism-art-muslim-south-asia-3-1
Art & Design
South & Southeast Asia
1900-1945, Cold War era
Life After Privacy
Firmin DeBrabander
February 17, 2021
20210217-debrabander-firmin-on-book-life-after-privacy-reclaiming-democracy-3-1
Politics & Democracy, Philosophy & Ideas
Technology & society
Since 1989
The Gnostic New Age
April D. DeConick
May 17, 2017
20170517-deconick-april-on-gnostic-new-age-countercultural-spirituality-3-1
Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
Ancient worlds
The Industrialists
Jennifer Delton
April 15, 2020
20200415-delton-jennifer-on-book-industrialists-national-association-3-1
Economics & Business, Politics & Democracy
United States
1900-1945, Cold War era
How Big Banks Fail and What to Do about It
Darrell Duffie
July 27, 2011
20110727-darrell-duffie-how-big-banks-fail-what-to-do-about-it-3
Economics & Business
Since 1989
Gallatin
Nicholas Dungan
May 18, 2011
20110518-dungan-nicholas-on-gallatin-america-swiss-founding-father-3
Politics & Democracy
United States
Lives & biography
The long 19th century
The Next Justice
Christopher L. Eisgruber
July 22, 2009
20090722-eisgruber-chris-next-justice-repair-supreme-court-appoint-process-3
Law & Justice, Politics & Democracy
United States
Since 1989
Designs for the Pluriverse
Arturo Escobar
April 23, 2018
20180423-escobar-arturo-on-book-designs-pluriverse-radical-interdependence-3-1
Art & Design, Philosophy & Ideas
Crack
David Farber
November 6, 2019
20191106-farber-david-on-book-crack-rock-cocaine-street-capitalism-decade-3-1
Crime & Policing, Economics & Business
United States
Markets & morals
Cold War era
The Arab Winter
Noah Feldman
May 27, 2020
20200527-feldman-noah-on-book-arab-winter-tragedy-3-1
Politics & Democracy
Middle East & North Africa
Since 1989
The Bodhisattva’s Brain
Owen Flanagan
December 5, 2011
20111205-flanagan-owen-on-bodhisattva-brain-3
Philosophy & Ideas, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
The First Pop Age
Hal Foster
November 21, 2011
20111121-foster-hal-on-first-pop-age-painting-subjectivity-3
Art & Design, Media & Pop Culture
Cold War era
Autopsy of a Crime Lab
Garrett L. Brandon
March 29, 2023
20171009-garrett-brandon-on-book-end-rope-killing-death-penalty-revive-criminal-justice-3-1
Law & Justice, Crime & Policing
United States
How science gets made
Since 1989
Buying Power
Lawrence B. Glickman
October 26, 2009
20091026-glickman-lawrence-on-buying-power-history-consumer-activism-3
Economics & Business, Politics & Democracy
United States
Commodities & consumption
Cold War era
Einstein in Bohemia
Michael D. Gordin
April 1, 2020
20200401-gordin-michael-on-book-einstein-bohemia-3-1
Science & Nature
Europe
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Colonization
Ryan D. Griffiths
November 3, 2025
20251103-ryan-griffiths-before-colonizaion-nonwestern-states-systems-nineteenth-century-3
Empire & Colonialism
Africa, South & Southeast Asia
Myth-busting
The long 19th century
Through Amateur Eyes
Frances Guerin
May 14, 2012
20120514-guerin-frances-on-amateur-eyes-film-photography-nazi-germany-3-1
Film & TV, War & Conflict
Europe
Memory & commemoration
1900-1945
The Sports Revolution
Frank A. Guridy
March 3, 2021
20210303-guridy-frank-on-book-sports-revolution-how-texas-changed-culture-3-1
Sports & Games, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Cold War era
Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
November 27, 2017
20171127-hasegawa-tsuyoshi-on-book-crime-punishment-russian-revolution-mob-3-1
Crime & Policing, Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
1900-1945
Slumming
Chad Heap
August 7, 2009
20090805-heap-chad-slumming-sexual-racial-encounters-american-nightlife-3
Cities & Urban Life, Race & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Race & belonging, Place & city
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
The Word on the Streets
Brooks E. Hefner
October 31, 2017
20171030-hefner-brooks-on-book-word-streets-american-language-vernacular-3-1
Literature & Writers, Language & Linguistics
United States
1900-1945
That’s Disgusting
Rachel Herz
February 21, 2012
20120221-herz-rachel-on-thats-disgusting-3-1
Mind & Brain
Perception & attention
The World Before Us
Tom Higham
April 19, 2023
20230419-higham-tom-on-book-world-before-us-new-science-behind-our-human-origins-3-1
Science & Nature
How science gets made
Prehistory & deep time
Genomic Politics
Jennifer Hochschild
January 25, 2023
20230125-hochschild-jennifer-on-book-genomic-politics-how-revolution-3-1
Science & Nature, Politics & Democracy
United States
Technology & society
Since 1989
Long Shot
Kendall Hoyt
March 19, 2012
20120319-hoyt-kendall-on-vaccines-for-national-defense-3-1
Health & Medicine, War & Conflict
How science gets made
1900-1945, Cold War era
How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls
David L. Hu
March 27, 2019
20190327-hu-david-on-book-how-walk-water-climb-walls-animal-movement-robots-3-1
Science & Nature, Technology & AI
Animals & the more-than-human
Why We Disagree About Climate Change
Mike Hulme
October 9, 2009
20091009-hulme-mike-disagree-climate-change-controvers-inaction-opportunity-3
Environment & Climate, Science & Nature
Belief & meaning
The Nature of Spectacle
Jim Igoe
February 12, 2018
20180212-igoe-jim-on-book-nature-spectacle-images-money-conserving-3-1
Environment & Climate, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Commodities & consumption
Since 1989
The Levant Express
Micheline R. Ishay
February 19, 2020
20200219-ishay-micheline-on-book-levant-express-arab-uprisings-human-rights-3-1
Politics & Democracy, Law & Justice
Middle East & North Africa
Since 1989
Presidents and Parties in the Public Mind
Gary C. Jacobson
March 20, 2019
20190320-jacobson-gary-on-book-presidents-parties-public-mind-3-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Cold War era, Since 1989
Drawing on Art
Dalia Judovitz
May 5, 2010
20100505-dalia-judovitz-on-drawing-on-art-duchamp-company-3
Art & Design
1900-1945
Political Theology
Paul W. Kahn
April 25, 2011
20110425-kahn-paul-political-theology-four-new-chapters-concept-sovereignty-3
Philosophy & Ideas, Politics & Democracy
United States
Belief & meaning
The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer
Louis Kaplan
February 27, 2009
20090227-kaplan-louis-strange-case-william-mumler-spirit-photographer-3
Religion & Belief, Art & Design
United States
Belief & meaning
The long 19th century
Why Don't American Cities Burn?
Michael B. Katz
February 6, 2012
20120206-katz-michael-on-american-cities-3-1
Cities & Urban Life, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging, Place & city
Cold War era, Since 1989
The Idealized Mind
Michael D. Kirchhoff
November 13, 2025
20251113-kirchhoff-michael-on-the-idealized-mind-3
Philosophy & Ideas, Mind & Brain
How science gets made
Work
Andrea Komlosy
March 19, 2018
20180319-komlosy-andrea-on-book-work-last-1000-years-3-1
Work & Labor
Gender & feminism
Spans centuries
Why Nations Fight
Richard Ned Lebow
October 4, 2010
20100407-lebow-richard-on-forbidden-fruit-counterfactuals-intl-relations-3
War & Conflict, Politics & Democracy
The Rule of Logistics
Jesse LeCavalier
November 30, 2016
20161130-lecavalier-jesse-on-rule-logistics-walmart-architecture-fulfill-3-1
Architecture & Built Environment, Economics & Business
Technology & society
WTF?! An Economic Tour of the Weird
Peter T. Leeson
February 26, 2018
20180226dd-leeson-peter-on-book-wtf-economic-tour-weird-3-1
Economics & Business, Law & Justice
Myth-busting
Spans centuries
A Flood of Pictures
Michael Leja
October 6, 2025
20251006-michael-leja-on-flood-of-pictures-3
Art & Design, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Perception & attention
The long 19th century
The Theory That Changed Everything
Philip Lieberman
January 22, 2018
20180122-lieberman-philip-on-book-theory-changed-everything-origin-species-3-1
Science & Nature, Language & Linguistics
How science gets made
The long 19th century
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
Michael E. Mann
March 14, 2012
20170329-mann-michael-on-madhouse-effect-climate-change-denial-3-1
Environment & Climate, Science & Nature
How science gets made
Since 1989
The Madhouse Effect
Michael E. Mann
March 29, 2017
20120314-mann-michael-on-hockey-stick-climate-wars-3-1
Environment & Climate, Politics & Democracy
United States
Myth-busting
Since 1989
I Am Not a Tractor! How Florida Farmworkers Took On the Fast Food Giants and Won
Susan L. Marquis
December 4, 2017
20171204-marquis-susan-on-book-tractor-how-florida-farmworkers-took-on-fast-3-1
Work & Labor, Food & Drink
United States
Markets & morals
Since 1989
Emancipation After Hegel
Todd McGowan
November 27, 2019
20191127-mcgowan-todd-on-book-emancipation-after-hegel-achieving-contradictory-revolution-3-1
Philosophy & Ideas
Slaves to Fashion
Monica L. Miller
October 16, 2009
20091016-miller-monica-on-slaves-fashion-black-dandyism-styling-black-ident-3
Fashion & Material Culture, Race & Inequality
Race & belonging
Spans centuries
Overthrowing the Queen
Tom Mould
August 5, 2020
20200805-mould-tom-on-book-overthrowing-queen-telling-stories-welfare-3-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology, Race & Inequality
United States
Myth-busting
Capitalism and the Jews
Jerry Z. Muller
June 14, 2010
20100614-muller-jerry-on-capitalism-and-the-jews-3
Economics & Business, Race & Inequality
Europe
Markets & morals
Spans centuries
Keeping Family Secrets
Margaret K. Nelson
July 5, 2023
20230705-nelson-margaret-on-book-title-keeping-family-secrets-shame-silence-memoirs-1950s-3-1
Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
Cold War era
The Rise of Climate Science
Gerald R. North
October 14, 2020
20201014-north-gerald-on-book-rise-climate-science-memoir-3-1
Science & Nature, Environment & Climate
How science gets made, Lives & biography
Cold War era
Masters of Craft
Richard E. Ocejo
July 19, 2017
20170719-ocejo-richard-on-book-masters-craft-old-jobs-new-urban-economy-3-1
Work & Labor, Cities & Urban Life
Since 1989
Global Lives
Miles Ogborn
May 8, 2009
20090508-ogborn-miles-global-lives-britain-world-1550-3
Empire & Colonialism, Economics & Business
Britain & Ireland
Lives & biography
Early modern (1500-1800)
Famine
Cormac Ó Gráda
May 25, 2009
20090525-ograda-cormac-famine-short-history-3
Food & Drink, Economics & Business
Spans centuries
Project Europe
Kiran K. Patel
April 14, 2021
20210414-patel-kiran-on-book-project-europe-history-3-1
Politics & Democracy
Europe
Myth-busting
Cold War era, Since 1989
More Beautiful and More Terrible
Imani Perry
October 7, 2011
20111007-perry-imani-on-more-beautiful-terrible-embrace-transcendence-racial-inequality-united-states-3
Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging
Since 1989
The Stalin Cult
Jan Plamper
February 15, 2012
20120215-plamper-jan-on-the-stalin-cult-3-1
Art & Design, Politics & Democracy
Russia & the Soviet World
1900-1945
Genetics in the Madhouse
Theodore M. Porter
June 18, 2018
20180618-porter-theodore-on-book-madhouse-unknown-history-human-heredity-3-1
Science & Nature, Health & Medicine, Math & Statistics
Europe
How science gets made
The long 19th century
Firestorm
Stephen Prince
September 9, 2009
20090909-prince-stephen-on-firestorm-american-film-age-terrorism-3
Film & TV, War & Conflict
United States
War & its afterlives
Since 1989
Eating the Ocean
Elspeth Probyn
December 21, 2016
20161221-probyn-elspeth-on-eating-ocean-3-1
Food & Drink, Environment & Climate
Animals & the more-than-human, Gender & feminism
Fears of a Setting Sun
Dennis C. Rasmussen
June 16, 2021
20210616-rasmussen-dennis-on-book-fears-setting-sun-disillusionment-america-3-1
Politics & Democracy
United States
Lives & biography
Early modern (1500-1800), The long 19th century
Istanbul Exchanges
Mary Roberts
February 1, 2017
20170201-roberts-mary-on-istanbul-exchanges-ottomans-orientalists-3-1
Art & Design
Middle East & North Africa
The long 19th century
Others in Mind
Philippe Rochat
November 25, 2009
20091125-philippe-rochat-on-others-mind-social-origins-self-3
Mind & Brain
Age of Fracture
Daniel T. Rodgers
March 30, 2011
20110330-daniel-rodgers-on-age-of-fracture-3
Philosophy & Ideas, Politics & Democracy
United States
Markets & morals
Cold War era, Since 1989
Power at Ground Zero
Lynne Sagalyn
September 25, 2017
20170925-sagalyn-lynne-on-book-power-ground-zero-politics-money-remaking-3-1
Cities & Urban Life, Architecture & Built Environment
United States
Memory & commemoration
Since 1989
Body Modern
Michael Sappol
July 5, 2017
20170705-sappol-michael-on-book-body-modern-fritz-kahn-scientific-3-1
Art & Design, Health & Medicine
1900-1945
All the Missing Souls
David Scheffer
February 1, 2012
20120201-scheffer-david-on-all-the-missing-souls-3-1
Law & Justice, War & Conflict
War & its afterlives
Since 1989
Escape from Rome
Walter Scheidel
March 4, 2020
20200304-scheidel-walter-on-book-escape-rome-failure-empire-road-prosperity-3-1
Empire & Colonialism, Economics & Business
Europe
Spans centuries
In a Sea of Bitterness
R. Keith Schoppa
February 23, 2012
20120223-schoppa-keith-on-in-sea-of-bitterness-refugees-sino-japanese-war-3-1
War & Conflict
China & East Asia
War & its afterlives
1900-1945
Madness in Civilization
Andrew Scull
December 14, 2016
20230531-scull-andrew-on-book-desperate-remedies-psychiatrys-turbulent-quest-cure-mental-illness-3-1
Health & Medicine, Mind & Brain
Spans centuries
Catastrophic Thinking
David Sepkoski
September 30, 2020
20200927-sepkoski-david-on-book-catastrophic-thinking-extinction-value-3-1
Science & Nature, Environment & Climate
How science gets made
Spans centuries
The Despot's Guide to Wealth Management
J.C. Sharman
November 20, 2017
20171120-sharman-jc-on-book-despots-guide-wealth-management-international-3-1
Crime & Policing, Economics & Business, Law & Justice
Markets & morals
Since 1989
Peace on Our Terms
Mona L. Siegel
March 11, 2020
20200311-siegel-mona-on-book-peace-our-terms-global-battle-womens-rights-3-1
Gender & Sexuality, Politics & Democracy
Gender & feminism
1900-1945
The Story of Silver
William L. Silber
May 8, 2019
20190508-silber-william-on-book-story-silver-how-white-metal-shaped-america-3-1
Economics & Business
United States
The long 19th century, Cold War era
Eradication
Nancy Leys Stepan
November 16, 2011
20120102-stepan-nancy-on-appeal-disease-eradication-3
Health & Medicine
How science gets made
1900-1945, Cold War era
The Prometheus Bomb
Neil J. Sullivan
January 25, 2017
20170125-sullivan-neil-on-prometheus-bomb-manhattan-project-government-dark-3-1
War & Conflict, Science & Nature
United States
How science gets made
1900-1945
Justice Rising
Patricia Sullivan
June 9, 2021
20210609-sullivan-patricia-on-book-justice-rising-robert-kennedys-america-3-1
Politics & Democracy, Race & Inequality
United States
Lives & biography, Race & belonging
Cold War era
Field Notes from Elsewhere
Mark C. Taylor
October 30, 2009
20101011-mark-taylor-on-crisis-campus-plan-reform-colleges-universities-3
Philosophy & Ideas, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
Winston Churchill
Richard Toye
April 28, 2021
20210428-toye-richard-on-book-winston-churchill-life-news-3-1
Media & Pop Culture, Politics & Democracy
Britain & Ireland
Lives & biography
1900-1945
Taking Back Philosophy
Bryan W. Van Norden
December 11, 2017
20171211-van-norden-bryan-on-book-taking-back-philosophy-multicultural-3-1
Philosophy & Ideas, Education & Universities
United States
On Tarzan
Alex Vernon
August 10, 2009
20090810-vernon-alex-on-tarzan-3
Literature & Writers, Media & Pop Culture
Race & belonging
1900-1945
The Missing Pages
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh
April 3, 2019
20190403-watenpaugh-heghnar-on-book-missing-pages-modern-life-medieval-3-1
Art & Design, War & Conflict
Middle East & North Africa
Memory & commemoration
Spans centuries
The New Asian City
Jini Kim Watson
May 29, 2012
20120529-watson-jini-kim-on-asian-city-fictions-space-urban-form-3-1
Cities & Urban Life, Literature & Writers
China & East Asia, South & Southeast Asia
Place & city
Cold War era
The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder
David Webber
June 4, 2018
20180604-webber-david-on-book-working-class-shareholder-labors-last-best-3-1
Work & Labor, Economics & Business
Markets & morals
Since 1989
Killer Instinct
Nadine Weidman
April 26, 2023
20230426-weidman-nadine-on-book-killer-instinct-popular-science-human-nature-twentieth-century-america-3-1
Science & Nature, Mind & Brain
United States
How science gets made
Cold War era
To and from Utopia in the New Cuban Art
Rachel Weiss
July 4, 2011
20110704-weiss-rachel-to-and-from-utopia-in-the-new-cuban-art-3
Art & Design, Politics & Democracy
Latin America & the Caribbean
Cold War era, Since 1989
Casualties of Credit
Carl Wennerlind
December 6, 2012
20121206-wennerlind-carl-on-casualties-of-credit-3-1
Economics & Business
Britain & Ireland
Markets & morals
Early modern (1500-1800)
Heart of Europe
Peter W. Wilson
November 23, 2016
20161123-wilson-peter-on-heart-europe-history-holy-roman-empire-3-1
Empire & Colonialism, Politics & Democracy
Europe
Spans centuries
The Thirty Years War
Peter W. Wilson
April 23, 2010
20100423-wilson-peter-on-europe-tragedy-history-thirty-years-war-3
War & Conflict, Religion & Belief
Europe
Early modern (1500-1800)
The Idea of Galicia
Larry Wolff
August 16, 2010
20100816-wolff-larry-idea-galicia-history-fantasy-habsburg-politic-culture-3
Literature & Writers, Empire & Colonialism
Europe
The long 19th century, 1900-1945
A Dream Interpreted within a Dream
Elliot R. Wolfson
December 19, 2011
20111219-wolfson-elliot-on-dream-interpreted-within-a-dream-3
Religion & Belief, Philosophy & Ideas
Belief & meaning
Betting on Biotech
Joseph Wong
March 7, 2012
20120307-wong-joseph-on-betting-on-biotech-3-1
Economics & Business, Technology & AI
China & East Asia, South & Southeast Asia
Since 1989
Fabricating an Educational Miracle
Jinting Wu
January 4, 2017
20170104-wu-jinting-on-book-fabricating-educational-miracle-3-1
Education & Universities, Everyday Life & Anthropology
China & East Asia
Since 1989
Signs from the Future
Santiago Zabala
December 1, 2025
20251201-zabala-santiago-signs-from-the-future-philosophy-of-warnings-3
Philosophy & Ideas, Environment & Climate
Swiftynomics
Misty L. Heggeness
January 27, 2026
20260127-heggenness-misty-swiftonomics
Economics & Business, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Gender & feminism, Markets & morals
Since 1989
A Guide to Infinity
Edward Scheinerman
January 24, 2026
20260124-edward-scheinerman-on-guide-to-infinity
Math & Statistics
Exemplary Things
Christine M. E. Guth
January 29, 2026
20260129-guth-christine-exemplary-things
Fashion & Material Culture, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Japan
Commodities & consumption
Early modern (1500-1800)
The Ghosts of Mark Twain
Ann M. Ryan
January 30, 2026
20260130-ryan-ann-ghosts-mark-twain
Literature & Writers
United States
Memory & commemoration, Race & belonging, Lives & biography
The long 19th century
Radical Romanticism
Mark S. Cladis
February 2, 2026
20260202-mark-cladis-radical-romanticism
Literature & Writers, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning
The long 19th century
Who is Conscious?
Marian Stamp Dawkins
February 11, 2026
202602211-dawkins-marian-who-is-conscious
Science & Nature, Mind & Brain
Animals & the more-than-human, How science gets made
Futurism
Ara H. Merjian
February 3, 2026
20260203-merjian-ara-futurism
Art & Design
Europe
War & its afterlives
1900-1945
Clouds
Edward Graham
February 5, 2026
20260205-edward-graham-clouds
Science & Nature, Art & Design
Perception & attention
Scatman John
Gina Waggott
February 10, 2026
20260210-gina-waggott-scattman-john
Music & Performance
Lives & biography
Since 1989
Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes
Eleanor Houghton
February 8, 2026
02052-houghton
Literature & Writers, Fashion & Material Culture
Britain & Ireland
Lives & biography, Gender & feminism
The long 19th century
One Public
Kevin Landis
February 13, 2026
20260213-kevin-landis-one-public
Music & Performance, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city, Lives & biography
Since 1989
Opera Wars
Caitlin Vincent
February 14, 2026
20260214--caitlin-vincent-opera-wars
Music & Performance
Markets & morals
Since 1989
Lipstick
Eileen G’Sell
February 21, 2026
20260216-eileen-gsell-on-lipstick
Fashion & Material Culture, Gender & Sexuality
Gender & feminism, Perception & attention
Mura Dehn
Kim Chandler Vaccaro
February 19, 2026
02060-vacarro
Music & Performance, Race & Inequality
United States
Race & belonging, Memory & commemoration, Lives & biography
1900-1945
A Four-Eyed World
David King Dunaway
February 20, 2026
20260220-david-dunaway-on-four-eyed-world
Fashion & Material Culture, Health & Medicine
Commodities & consumption, Myth-busting
Spans centuries
Enver Hoxha
Robert C. Austin
March 1, 2026
20260301-robert-austin-on-enver-hoxha
Politics & Democracy
Europe
Lives & biography, War & its afterlives
Cold War era
Reaching for the Extreme
Ian Stewart
March 3, 2026
20260303-stewart-ian-on-reaching-for-the-extreme
Math & Statistics
Friction
Jennifer R. Vail
March 5, 2026
20260305-vail-jennifer-on-friction
Science & Nature
How science gets made
Spans centuries
Picky
Helen Zoe Veit
March 8, 2026
20260308-veit-helen-picky
Food & Drink, Everyday Life & Anthropology
United States
Myth-busting
Spans centuries
Breathing Space
Tim Altenhof
March 10, 2026
20260310-altenhof-tim-breathing-space
Architecture & Built Environment, Health & Medicine
Perception & attention
1900-1945
The Musical Lives of Charles Manson
Nicholas Tochka
March 11, 2026
20260311-nicholas-tochka-on-musical-lives-manson
Music & Performance, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Lives & biography, Myth-busting, Memory & commemoration
Cold War era
Why Q Needs U
Danny Bate
March 13, 2026
20260313-bate-danny-why-q-needsu
Language & Linguistics
Myth-busting
Spans centuries
The Last Titans
Richard Vinen
March 16, 2026
20260316-richard-vinen-on-last-titans
Politics & Democracy, War & Conflict
Britain & Ireland, Europe
Lives & biography, War & its afterlives
1900-1945
Mazzy Star’s So Tonight That I Might See
Anthony Gomez III
March 19, 2026
20260319-anthony-gomez-on-mazzys-star
Music & Performance
United States
Fandom & audiences, Place & city, Memory & commemoration
Since 1989
The Revenge of Reason
Peter Wolfendale
March 20, 2026
20260320-peter-wolfendale-on-revenge-of-reason
Philosophy & Ideas
Neuroethics
Walter Glannon
March 23, 2026
20260323-walter-glannon-neuroethics
Mind & Brain, Health & Medicine
Technology & society
Prince’s Minneapolis
Rashad Shabazz
March 25, 2026
20260325-rashad-shabazz-prince-place-sound
Music & Performance, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Place & city, Race & belonging, Lives & biography
Spans centuries
Caribbean Blood Pacts
Aaron Coy Moulton
March 27, 2026
20260327-aaron-moulton-caribbean-blood-pacts
Politics & Democracy, Empire & Colonialism
Latin America & the Caribbean
War & its afterlives
Cold War era
The Nature of Nurture
Jay Belsky
March 24, 2026
20260324-jay-belsky-nature-of-nurture
Mind & Brain, Science & Nature
How science gets made
The Diversity Principle
David B. Oppenheimer
March 29, 2026
20260329-david-oppenheimer-diversity-principle
Law & Justice, Race & Inequality, Education & Universities
United States
Race & belonging
Spans centuries
Outsmarting Cancer
Adam Barsouk
April 12, 2026
20260412-adam-barsouk-outsmarting-cancer
Health & Medicine
How science gets made
The Apothecary’s Wife
Karen Bloom Gevirtz
April 2, 2026
20260402-karen-bloom-gevirtz-the-apothecarys-wife
Health & Medicine, Gender & Sexuality
Europe
Gender & feminism, Commodities & consumption, Myth-busting
Early modern (1500-1800)
Random dot product graphs
Edward Scheinerman
April 6, 2026
20260406-scheirneman-edward-random-dot
Math & Statistics, Education & Universities
Myth-busting
Robert P. Watson
July 4, 2026
20260704-robert-watson-lincoln-bedell
Politics & Democracy
United States
Lives & biography, Memory & commemoration
The long 19th century
American Peril
Scott Kurashige
April 18, 2026
20260418-scott-kurashige-american-peril
Race & Inequality, Migration & Borders
United States
Race & belonging, Memory & commemoration
Spans centuries
Artificial Intelligence Is Intelligence That Is Built, Not Born
EP Pajo
March 9, 2026
20260309-ep-pajo-artificial-intelligence
Technology & AI, Philosophy & Ideas
Technology & society, Myth-busting
Since 1989
Post-Digital Humanism
Rory Noble-Turner
March 30, 2026
20260330-rory-noble-turner-post-digital-humanism
Architecture & Built Environment, Art & Design, Philosophy & Ideas
Perception & attention, Technology & society
Since 1989
Painting as My Most Honest Language
Agron Bytyçi
April 16, 2026
20260416-agron-bytyci-painting-as-my-most-honest-language
Art & Design, War & Conflict
Europe
War & its afterlives, Memory & commemoration
Since 1989
Declaration
Robert P. Watson
April 3, 2026
20260403-robert-watson-declaration
Politics & Democracy
United States
Myth-busting, Memory & commemoration
Early modern (1500-1800)
Music, Place, and the Moment - Reverb Series
John Scanlan
April 22, 2026
20260422-john-scanlan-reverb-series
Music & Performance, Media & Pop Culture
Fandom & audiences
The Devil’s Castle
Susanne Paola Antonetta
April 25, 2026
20260425-susanne-paola-antonetta-devils-castle
Health & Medicine, War & Conflict
Europe
War & its afterlives, Memory & commemoration
1900-1945
Print Day in May
Robynn Smith
April 28, 2026
20260428-robynn-smith-print-day
Art & Design
Cultural Mavericks
Zheng Liu
May 2, 2026
20260502-zheng-liu-business-and-politics
Literature & Writers, Politics & Democracy, Economics & Business
China & East Asia
Markets & morals, Place & city
Since 1989
Public Space as Art
Filippo Minelli
May 3, 2026
20260503-filippo-minelli-public-space-as-art
Art & Design, Cities & Urban Life
Middle East & North Africa
Place & city, Perception & attention
Since 1989
Death in the Strike Zone
Thomas W. Gilbert
May 4, 2026
20260504-thomas-gilbert
Sports & Games
United States
Lives & biography, Myth-busting
The long 19th century
Castrato Phantoms: Moreschi, Fellini, and the Sacred Vernacular in Rome
Martha Feldman
May 5, 2026
20260505-martha-feldman-castrato-phantoms
Music & Performance, Religion & Belief
Europe
Memory & commemoration, Lives & biography, Place & city
Spans centuries
Mapmatics: A Mathematician's Guide to Navigating the World
Paulina Rowińska
May 15, 2026
20260515-paulina-rowinska
Math & Statistics
Perception & attention, Myth-busting
How Film Became History
Thomas Doherty
May 16, 2026
20260516-thomas-doherty-how-film-became-history
Film & TV
United States
Memory & commemoration
1900-1945
Marked by Time
Robert J. Sampson
May 17, 2026
20260517-robert-j-sampson
Crime & Policing, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Myth-busting
Since 1989
Moonment
Sizhu Li
May 19, 2026
20260519-sizhu-li-moonment
Art & Design
Perception & attention
The Ultraview Effect
Deana L. Weibel
May 21, 2026
20260521-deana-l-weibel-ultraview-effect
Science & Nature, Religion & Belief
Belief & meaning, Perception & attention
A Little More Social
Nick Epley
May 28, 2026
20260528-nick-epley-little-more-social
Mind & Brain, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Perception & attention
DeKonstructing the Kardashians
MJ Corey
May 7, 2026
20260507-mj-corey-kardashians
Media & Pop Culture
United States
Fandom & audiences
Since 1989
Seeing Is Not Immediate
Lee Albert Hill
May 30, 2026
20260530-lee-albert-hill
Art & Design
Perception & attention
The Friend Machine
Victoria Hetherington
May 31, 2026
02182-hetherington
Technology & AI, Mind & Brain
Technology & society, Belief & meaning
Since 1989
Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s
Marc Stein
May 25, 2026
20260525-marc-steinbicentennial
Politics & Democracy
United States
Memory & commemoration
Cold War era
The Virtual Universe
Andreas Kaplan
May 9, 2026
20260509-andreas-kaplan-virtual-universe
Technology & AI
Technology & society, Myth-busting
Since 1989
Why Start-Ups Fail
Bernie Bulkin
April 27, 2026
20260427-bernie-bulkin-why-start-ups-fail
Economics & Business
Markets & morals
How We Think
Meredith F. Small
June 17, 2026
20260617-meredith-small-how-we-think-in-a-nutshell
Mind & Brain, Everyday Life & Anthropology
How science gets made
Profit vs. Progress
Brad Swanson
June 19, 2026
20260619-brad-swanson-profit-vs-progress-in-a-nutshell
Economics & Business, Environment & Climate
United States
Markets & morals, Myth-busting
Since 1989
Freedom Round the Globe
Sarah M.S. Pearsall
May 26, 2026
20260526-pearsall-freedom-round-the-globe-in-a-nutshell
Politics & Democracy, Empire & Colonialism
United States
Memory & commemoration, Myth-busting
Early modern (1500-1800)
King PONG
Raiford Guins
May 27, 2026
20260527-guins-king-pong-in-a-nutshell
Media & Pop Culture, Economics & Business, Technology & AI
United States
Technology & society, Markets & morals, Myth-busting
Cold War era
Le Samouraï
Daisuke Miyao
June 23, 2026
20260623-miyao-le-samourai-in-a-nutshell
Film & TV
Europe
Myth-busting, Place & city
Cold War era
How Deeply Human Is Language?
Yosef Grodzinsky
June 25, 2026
20260625-grodzinsky-how-deeply-human-is-language-in-a-nutshell
Language & Linguistics, Mind & Brain, Technology & AI
Technology & society
City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco
Jonathan Weber
June 20, 2026
20260620-jonathan-weber-city-on-the-edge-in-a-nutshell
Cities & Urban Life, Technology & AI
United States
Technology & society, Place & city
Since 1989
Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms
Max Dosser
July 19, 2026
20260719-dosser-nostalgic-futures-in-a-nutshell
Media & Pop Culture, Literature & Writers
Fandom & audiences, Memory & commemoration, Myth-busting
Since 1989
The Coffee Can Investor: A Stock-Picker's Journey to Build Generational Wealth
Neeraj Khemlani
June 26, 2026
20260626-khemlani-coffee-can-investor-in-a-nutshell
Economics & Business
United States
Markets & morals
Since 1989
Public Acoustics: The Sound of Society in Ancien Régime Literature
Ellen R. Welch
June 27, 2026
20260627-ellen-welch-public-acoustics-in-a-nutshell
Literature & Writers, Music & Performance
Europe
Perception & attention
Early modern (1500-1800)
Springsteen Fandom: A Lifetime Conversation
Nicolas Pethes
June 28, 2026
20260628-pethes-springsteen-fandom-in-a-nutshell
Music & Performance, Media & Pop Culture
Fandom & audiences
Ultrafinitism
Doron Zeilberger
June 9, 2026
20260609-doron-zeilberger-ultrafinism
Math & Statistics, Philosophy & Ideas
Myth-busting, Belief & meaning
Film Diplomacy
Ayşehan Jülide Etem
May 22, 2026
20260522-aysehan-julide-etem-film-diplomacy
Film & TV, Politics & Democracy
Middle East & North Africa, United States
Technology & society, War & its afterlives
Cold War era
Alan Dunn: The Cartoonist as Architectural Critic
Gabriele Neri
June 8, 2026
20260608-neri-alan-dunn-in-a-nutshell
Art & Design, Architecture & Built Environment, Media & Pop Culture
United States
Place & city
1900-1945
The Sleepless Ape: The Story of Sleep in Human Evolution
David R. Samson
June 22, 2026
20260622-david-samson-the-sleepless-ape-in-a-nutshell
Science & Nature, Mind & Brain
How science gets made, Animals & the more-than-human
Prehistory & deep time
Cats: A History
Rod Phillips
July 12, 2026
20260712-roderick-phillips-cats-a-history-in-a-nutshell
Science & Nature, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Animals & the more-than-human
Spans centuries
Cold-Blooded Murder
Craig Stanford
June 12, 2026
20260612-stanford-cold-blooded-murder-in-a-nutshell
Science & Nature, Environment & Climate
Animals & the more-than-human, How science gets made
How to Win the World Cup
Chris Evans
June 29, 2026
20260629-chris-evans-how-to-win-the-world-cup
Sports & Games
Lives & biography
The Epic History of Macaroni and Cheese: From Ancient Rome to Modern America
Karima Moyer-Nocchi
July 14, 2026
20260714-moyer-nocchi-epic-history-macaroni-and-cheese
Food & Drink
United States
Commodities & consumption, Myth-busting
Spans centuries
THE AGE OF TOMATO
Georgia Kotretsos
July 16, 2026
20260716-kotretsos-the-age-of-the-tomato-in-a-nutshell
Art & Design, Food & Drink
Europe
Perception & attention, Commodities & consumption, Place & city
SimPolitics: America's Quest to Solve Politics with Computers
Fenwick McKelvey
July 26, 2026
20260727-mckelvey-simpolitics-in-a-nutshell
Politics & Democracy, Technology & AI
United States
Technology & society, Myth-busting
Cold War era
Voices in Stone: The Lives of Public Statues
Paul Brummell
July 27, 2026
20260727-brummell-voices-in-stone-in-a-nutshell
Art & Design, Politics & Democracy
Memory & commemoration, Place & city
Spans centuries
To Think Like a Statistician
Bradley Efron
August 4, 2026
20260804-efron-to-think-like-a-statistician-in-a-nutshell
Math & Statistics
Myth-busting
A Kitchenette to Fit Your Needs
Amani C. Morrison
July 22, 2026
20260722-morrison-a-kitchenette-to-fit-your-needs-in-a-nutshell
Race & Inequality, Cities & Urban Life, Architecture & Built Environment
United States
Race & belonging, Place & city
1900-1945
Against Heritage
Lily Kelting
July 28, 2026
20260728-lily-kelting-against-heritage-in-a-nutshell
Food & Drink
Myth-busting, Memory & commemoration
Since 1989
Markets of Pain
Benjamin Robert Siegel
August 7, 2026
20260807-benjamin-siegel-markets-of-pain-in-a-nutshell
Health & Medicine, Economics & Business, Empire & Colonialism
South & Southeast Asia, Middle East & North Africa
Commodities & consumption, Markets & morals
Spans centuries
Untamed Unicorns
Renée M. Jones
August 8, 2026
20260808-jones-untamed-unicorns-in-a-nutshell
Economics & Business, Law & Justice
United States
Markets & morals, Myth-busting
Since 1989
The Barberini Butchers: Meat, Murder, and Warfare in Early Modern Italy
Bradford A. Bouley
August 10, 2026
20260810-bouley-barberini-butchers-in-a-nutshell
Food & Drink, Religion & Belief, War & Conflict
Europe
Commodities & consumption, Place & city
Early modern (1500-1800)
He Has the People: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860
Jonathan Earle
August 11, 2026
20260811-earle-he-has-the-people-in-a-nutshell
Politics & Democracy
United States
Lives & biography, Myth-busting
The long 19th century
Sidewalk Nation: The Life and Law of America's Most Overlooked Resource
Michael Pollack
August 12, 2026
20260812-pollack-sidewalk-nation-in-a-nutshell
Cities & Urban Life, Law & Justice
United States
Place & city
Spans centuries
The Janus Plan: A No-Resolutions Path to Begin Your Year with Intention
Jobert E. Abueva
September 15, 2026
20260915-abueva-the-janus-plan-in-a-nutshell
Mind & Brain, Everyday Life & Anthropology
Belief & meaning
Out of the Ballpark: How to Think About Baseball
David M. Henkin
August 18, 2026
20260818-henkin-out-of-the-ballpark-in-a-nutshell
Sports & Games
Myth-busting, Fandom & audiences, Place & city
Spans centuries
Vonnegut's War: The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five
Susan E. Farrell
August 22, 2026
20260822-farrell-vonneguts-war-in-a-nutshell
Literature & Writers, War & Conflict
War & its afterlives, Memory & commemoration, Lives & biography
1900-1945
Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity
Neil Van Leeuwen
August 26, 2026
20260826-van-leeuwen-religion-as-make-believe-in-a-nutshell
Religion & Belief, Mind & Brain, Philosophy & Ideas
Belief & meaning
America's Wrong Turn: US Health Care in the Neoliberal Era
John E. McDonough
August 30, 2026
20260830-mcdonough-americas-wrong-turn-in-a-nutshell
Health & Medicine, Politics & Democracy
United States
Markets & morals
Since 1989
The Mess That Made Them: How History's Greatest Artists Failed, Floundered, and Made Something Brilliant Anyway
Ryan T. Pozzi
September 3, 2026
20260903-pozzi-the-mess-that-made-them-in-a-nutshell
Art & Design, Literature & Writers
Myth-busting, Lives & biography
Spans centuries
The Language of Bees
James C. Nieh
September 16, 2026
20260916-nieh-the-language-of-bees-in-a-nutshell
Science & Nature, Language & Linguistics
Animals & the more-than-human, How science gets made
I'm Glad I'm Not Me: Bob Dylan on Film
Ethan Warren
September 20, 2026
20260920-warren-im-glad-im-not-me-bob-dylan-on-film-in-a-nutshell
Music & Performance, Film & TV
United States
Lives & biography, Fandom & audiences
Spans centuries
Forgive Us Our Debts: How Black Churches Use Bankruptcy to Survive
Pamela Foohey
September 21, 2026
20260921-foohey-forgive-us-our-debts-how-black-churches-use-bankruptcy-to-survive-in-a-nutshell
Race & Inequality, Law & Justice, Religion & Belief
United States
Race & belonging, Markets & morals
Since 1989
The Love of Analog: Meditations on Value
Darren Hudson Hick
September 19, 2026
20260919-hick-the-love-of-analog-meditations-on-value-in-a-nutshell
Philosophy & Ideas, Media & Pop Culture
Technology & society, Perception & attention
Action in Artwork
Aram Han Sifuentes
August 15, 2026
20260815-aram-han-sifuentes-action-in-artwork-in-a-nutshell
Art & Design, Migration & Borders
United States
Race & belonging
Since 1989
Diversityland: Hiding Racial Inequality in an American Suburb
Kiara Wyndham
August 23, 2026
20260823-wyndham-diversityland-in-a-nutshell
Race & Inequality, Cities & Urban Life
United States
Race & belonging, Myth-busting, Place & city
Since 1989
The Stepford Wives
Paul Moody
September 8, 2026
20260908-moody-the-stepford-wives-in-a-nutshell
Film & TV, Gender & Sexuality
United States
Gender & feminism, Myth-busting
Cold War era
Agent Nation: How Autonomous AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Society—and What We Can Do About It
Chirag Shah
September 9, 2026
20260909-shah-agent-nation-in-a-nutshell
Technology & AI, Politics & Democracy
Technology & society
Since 1989
Soleil Ô
Noah Tsika
September 12, 2026
20260912-tsika-soleil-o-in-a-nutshell
Film & TV, Empire & Colonialism, Migration & Borders
Africa, Europe
Race & belonging, Memory & commemoration
Cold War era
A Is for Amoeba: The Story of Life in a Single Cell
Nicholas P. Money
September 25, 2026
20260925-money-a-is-for-amoeba-in-a-nutshell
Science & Nature
Animals & the more-than-human, How science gets made
Breaking into Song: Television Musicals from Glee to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Erin Giannini
October 2, 2026
20261002-giannini-breaking-into-song-in-a-nutshell
Media & Pop Culture, Music & Performance
United States
Fandom & audiences
Spans centuries
Travels on the Edge: A Naturalist's Notes From the Back of Beyond
Robert M. Peck
September 26, 2026
20260926-peck-travels-on-the-edge-in-a-nutshell
Science & Nature, Environment & Climate
How science gets made, Lives & biography
Spans centuries
Our Common Life: Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall
Stephen Wade
October 4, 2026
20261004-wade-our-common-life-in-a-nutshell
Music & Performance
United States
Memory & commemoration
Spans centuries
Bicycle Thieves
Robert S. C. Gordon
October 8, 2026
20261008-gordon-bicycle-thieves-in-a-nutshell
Film & TV
Europe
Memory & commemoration, Place & city
1900-1945
Listening
Miriam Rasch
September 28, 2026
20260928-miriam-rasch-listening-in-a-nutshell
Technology & AI, Media & Pop Culture, Philosophy & Ideas,Politics & Democracy
Europe
Technology & society, Perception & attention
Since 1989
Testament
Tarik O'Regan
October 3, 2026
20261003-oregan-testament-in-a-nutshell
Music & Performance, Religion & Belief
Memory & commemoration, Belief & meaning
Ancient worlds
The Death of the Clinic: Radical Experiments in the Art of Medicine
Benoît Loiseau
October 7, 2026
20261007-loiseau-the-death-of-the-clinic-in-a-nutshell
Health & Medicine, Gender & Sexuality, Philosophy & Ideas
Gender & feminism
1900-1945, Cold War era
Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy
Daisuke Miyao
July 23, 2026
20260723-miyao-ozu-and-the-ethics-of-indeterminacy-in-a-nutshell
Film & TV
Japan
Perception & attention
Cold War era
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