Letters written by Leslie Fiedler to his wife Margaret from May 1944 to December 1945 while he was stationed in Hawaiʻi and various parts of the Pacific Theater as an intelligence officer during World War II.

Unveils the profound influence of medieval Islamic philosophy on the thought of Leo Strauss.

Stretching from antiquity to AI, a provocative study of the joyless laughter that emerges at the boundary of the human and the inhuman.

Essays addressing, from various angles, the relationship between Europe and philosophy in today’s crisis-ridden contexts such as xenophobia and migration.

Life, love, and scandal in a nineteenth-century Long Island farm community.

Inspiring stories of six US presidents and the distinctive leadership characteristics that set them apart and transformed America.

The story of Woodstock, N.Y., over the last 100 years and how a small, rural town coped with the many challenges of changing times.

Explores Victorian writers’ conception of the novel’s potential to become serious knowledge and differentiate itself from other educational genres.

A comparative study of iconographic and fictional representations of department stores in France and Egypt, as sites of imperial and Mediterranean cultural memory, from 1859 to the present.

Offers a new perspective on the first dynasty of imperial China and the reasons for its collapse.

Seeks to introduce an "affective turn" to the study of China's political modernization process.

Combines historical, literary, art historical, and archaeological perspectives to explore the idea of the Hindu temple in the British colonial imagination.

Recounts how preservationists and environmentalists ultimately succeeded in persuading a powerful state agency to abandon its plans for privately developing Buffalo’s waterfront and instead revitalize the city by enhancing opportunities for members of the public to use and enjoy that same space.

An approachable and readable translation of a classic work of Chinese literature and landmark work of non-Western fiction writing.

Draws on the rich history of Black feminist writing to help scholars manage the stress of writing and publishing academic books.

Explores how the tremendous wealth of newly unearthed artifacts and manuscripts have changed our understanding of China's past.

Uncovers the facts behind the celebrated 1889 case of Riggs v. Palmer and shows how they transform our understanding of the decision.

An analysis of the China Race—the global competition for leadership and world order between the US-led West and the People's Republic of China.

Illuminates the cross-border migration and settlement of Catholics from Canada to northern New York.

First-of-its-kind study offering a model for understanding vice-presidential influence in the modern era.

Cooper's 1846 novel about the Anti-Rent Wars in upstate New York, now available in a scholarly edition.

Provides a philosophical, cultural, and historical answer to the question: Where did China come from?

Looks at how digitalization has changed the way we produce and interact, and the implications for working classes and countries of the Global South.

Essays that describe the efforts of several groups in a variety of political settings to achieve greater control over the policies that affect them, the strategies they employ to do so, and their status today.

Provides a fascinating and in-depth look into the life, career and legacy of one of the most important New Yorkers of the Gilded Age.