The Past, Present, and Future of America and the Islamic World
The Past, Present, and Future of America and the Islamic World by Tarek Osman In 1801, the rulers…
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James West Davidson on A Little History of the United States
‘Here is not merely a nation, but a teeming nation of nations.’ – Walt Whitman James West Davidson’s A Little…
A Little History of… Independence Day
Yale’s Little Histories are a family of books that explore the history of the world’s most remarkable people,…
Culture Crash: The End of Print
We live in a world of constant change. Over the last decade there have been immense developments in…
Before Pop… There was Folk
When we consider the term Pop Art, images that spring to mind might be Andy Warhol’s immortalising screen prints of…
The Siege of Bastogne: Up Close and Personal
In the harsh winter of 1944-45, the month-long battle for Bastogne, a town with a peacetime population of…
Two American Photographers, Britain and Ireland: A Meeting
Today, courtesy of our colleagues at the Huntington Gallery, the Yale Books Blog shares a guest post from…
China’s Innovation Hurdle
Drawing on extensive research and experience living and working in Asia over the last thirty-five years, Stumbling Giant…
An Animated World: Interview with Poet Arda Collins
Arda Collins is the 2008 winner of the annual ‘Yale Series of Younger Poets’ competition. Mesmerizing and electric,…
‘A Letter to the New Atheists’, by ‘The Great Agnostic’ author Susan Jacoby
During the Gilded Age, which saw the dawn of America’s enduring culture wars, Robert Green Ingersoll was known…
The Mechanical Smile: Modernism and the First Fashion Shows in France and America
In the early 20th century, the desire to see clothing in motion flourished on both sides of the…
HEARTLAND: The Photographs of Terry Evans
The photographs of Terry Evans capture the enduring beauty of the American prairie landscape. Yale University Press is…
‘Narrative History and the Collapsing of Historical Distance’ by Christopher Jones
After reading Sarah Osborn’s World: The Rise of Evangelical Christianity in Early America, recently published by Yale University Press…
Introducing Yale’s Icons of America series
What it is we picture when we think of America? Chances are, it will be one of the…