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Lorraine Byrne Bodley illuminates the story of Schubert's life, from his early years at the Vienna Stadtkonvikt to the battle with syphilis that led to his early death. Reconsidering best-loved works and neglected repertoire and sources, Bodley offers a compelling portrait of one of the nineteenth century's most beloved?and elusive?composers.

The untold history of slavery and resistance in California, from the Spanish missions, indentured Native American ranch hands, Indian boarding schools, Black miners, kidnapped Chinese prostitutes, and convict laborers to victims of modern trafficking

Exploring seven old towns from Frankfurt to Vilnius, the acclaimed writer Marek Kohn examines how historic quarters have been shaped to reinforce particular versions of history and efface others. Uncovering hidden stories behind their old and old-seeming façades, Kohn offers us a new understanding of the politics of European history-making.

The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American designers of the twentieth century

Tracing the vast visual legacy of walking from cave art to contemporary performance, this thought-provoking study features works by artists such as Botticelli, Claude Monet, Maya Lin, and Pope.L and shows how walking has permeated our visual culture ever since humans began to depict themselves in art.

Artist Natalie Frank's evocative drawings accompany five of E. T. A. Hoffmann's most influential short stories, published here in a new translation by fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes. Tales including The Sandman speak to twenty-first century preoccupations in this thoughtful and visually compelling rendition.

This book presents a new history of economic crises, looking at seven crashes over the past two hundred years, showing how some pushed markets in the direction of more cross-border integration of labor, goods, and capital markets while others prompted substantial deglobalization.

A pathbreaking look at Native women of the early South who defined power and defied authority

An authoritative study of Gego, whose distinctive modernist practice sits at the intersection of architecture, design, and the visual arts

This new biography by prizewinning Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson tells the extraordinary story of Ramesses II's dramatic reign and enduring legacy, restoring Ramesses the Great to his rightful place as a major figure in ancient history.

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

Why some of the most vulnerable communities in Europe, from independent cities to new monarchies, welcomed refugees during the Age of Revolutions and prospered

How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science

James Davey tells the story of the Royal Navy across the tumultuous 1790s, showing how it became a political battleground for radical ideas. Davey reveals how sailors organized riots, strikes, petitions, and mutinies, which prompted a cynical, even brutal, response from the government?and places the navy at the center of Britain's age of revolution.

One hundred treasures of Japanese art are presented in this sumptuous volume, drawn from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dating from Neolithic times to today, with particular emphasis on the Edo and Meiji periods, the works range from architecture and paintings to prints, ceramics, lacquer, textiles, and metalwork.

A close investigation of aerial war and atmospheric violence through artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s newly commissioned audio and video installation

A new look at French Orientalism's influence on the art of the American West, showing how aesthetics and ideology jointly informed approaches to colonialism and expansion during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in both France and the United States

Two acclaimed South African artists offer a cross-generational dialogue on history, memory, and the power of self-narration

In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague’s effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord’s fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton to common folk who tilled the land and ran the shops. She brings this dark era to vivid life through stories of loss and survival from those who grieved, those who fled, and those who hid to await their fate.  

An eclectic selection of twentieth-century artwork from the collection of legendary curator and museum director Walter Hopps, some with personal reminiscences by the artists themselves