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The gripping story of Indira Gandhi’s premiership—and the profound influence she had on India

An authoritative and original history of the Maginot Line that reshapes our understanding of interwar France and the events of 1940

A history of masks protecting against bad air—in cities, factories, hospitals, and war trenches—exploring how our identities and beliefs shape the decision to wear a mask

A compelling examination of the rise of Islam as a global historical actor

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte—manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire

A sweeping retelling of American religious history, showing how religion has enhanced and hindered human flourishing from the Ice Age to the Information Age

A thought-provoking account of the life and work of Franz Boas and his influential role in shaping modern anthropology   Franz Boas (1858–1942) is widely acknowledged for his pioneering work in the field of cultural anthropology. His rigorous studies of variations across societies were aimed at demonstrating that cultures and peoples were not shaped by biological predispositions. This book traces Boas’s life and intellectual passions from his roots in Germany and his move to the United States in 1884, partly in response to growing antisemitism in Germany, to his work with First Nations communities and his influential role as a teacher, mentor, and engaged activist who inspired an entire generation.   Drawing from Boas’s numerous but rarely read writings, Noga Arikha brings back to life the man and the ideas he developed about the complex interplay of mind and culture, biology and history, language and myth. She provides a comprehensive picture of the cultural contexts in which he worked, of his personal and professional relationships, and of his revolutionary approach to fieldwork. He was celebrated in his lifetime for the cultural relativism he developed and the arguments he marshaled against entrenched racialism, but his was a constant battle, and Arikha shows how urgently relevant his voice and legacy have become again today.

An insightful, hugely engaging new history of elite women and the country house from the sixteenth to the twentieth century

The first survey of Joe Overstreet, abstract painter of the Black Arts Movement and forecaster of Afrofuturism

An illuminating examination of the interconnectivity of women artists and activists in Great Britain from the Victorian era through the Second World War

The full story of Josephine Baker’s wartime and intelligence work in France and North Africa

A fresh, concise roadmap for U.S. grand strategy in a multipolar world

A landmark survey of the wide-ranging practice of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative artists

A compulsively readable, startling, and philosophically rich book about marriage, from an acclaimed critic and filmmaker

The rise and fall of one of America’s first Black sports celebrities

The origins and evolution of Irish American identity, from colonial times through the twentieth century

An account of the emergence of creative nonfiction, written by the “godfather” of the genre

A journey through Europe’s old towns, exploring why we treasure them—but also what they hide about a continent’s fraught history  “[A] fascinating chronicle.”—Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal   Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War—some, like those of Warsaw and Frankfurt, had to be rebuilt almost completely. They are now centers of peace and civility that attract millions of tourists, but the stories they tell about places, peoples, and nations are selective. They are never the whole story.   These old towns and their turbulent histories have been key sites in Europe’s ongoing theater of politics and war. Exploring seven old towns, from Frankfurt and Prague to Vilnius in Lithuania, the acclaimed writer Marek Kohn examines how they have been used since the Second World War to conceal political tensions and reinforce certain versions of history.   Uncovering hidden stories behind these old and old-seeming façades, Kohn offers us a new understanding of the politics of European history-making—showing how our visits to old towns could promote belonging over exclusion, and empathy over indifference.

The revolutionary roots of the artists collective known as the Impressionists—and the course they charted for modern art

A career-spanning examination of the work of Robert Bergman and its place within the history of American art

An exploration of contemporary African masquerade that reveals its cultural contexts, artistic innovations, and intersection with museum collection practices