CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics and American Economics in the Progressive Era
In Illiberal Reformers (Princeton University Press), research scholar Thomas C. Leonard explores the rise of the “administrative state” during the…
Dangerous Neighbors: Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America
Less than 20 years after the United States achieved independence, the French colony of Haiti underwent its own revolution, led…
Captivating Technology
From ankle monitors and policing algorithms, technologies rapidly expanded into everyday life including hospitals, schools, banking, social services, shopping malls…
The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory
After America won the Cold War, Andrew Bacevich *82 argues that we developed a hubris that undermined the seemingly bright…
Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus
In a new study, Jennifer S. Hirsch ’88 and Shamus Khan double down on the gravity of sexual assault on…
We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump
After Trump’s election in 2016, a tactical guide for resisting Trump’s initiatives titled “Indivisible” went viral, inspired millions of people…
The Life You Can Save, 10th Anniversary Edition
In this updated anniversary edition of The Life You Can Save, 10th Anniversary Edition ( www.thelifeyoucansave.org), Peter Singer unflinchingly faces…
The Rise of the South in American Thought and Education: The Rockefeller Years (1902-1917) and Beyond
John M. Heffron ’74 argues that Southern cultural traditions at the turn of the 20th century enabled, rather than stymied…
New Work New Culture: Work We Want And A Culture That Strengthens Us
We’ve never experienced a world without the “job system” that has organized work since the Industrial Revolution—but, according to Frithjof…
Wannabee CEO: A Practical Guide to Starting Your Own Small Business
Starting your own business as a burgeoning entrepreneur is a difficult, risky, and expensive move—but by asking questions, doing careful…
The Attention Deficit: Unintended Consequences of Digital Connectivity
Digital technology facilitates connectivity in an overwhelmingly appealing way to humans seeking social bonds and interactions. In The Attention Deficit…
Finding Your Path — Unconventional Lessons from 36 Leading Scientists and Engineers
Daniel Goodman’82 teams up with leading scientists and engineers to explore the harshness and difficulties of being a scientist. Finding…
Living Emergency: Israel’s Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank
Berda *14, who worked as a civil-rights attorney in the West Bank, provides a first-hand account of Israel’s permit regime…
Mutual Accompaniment and the Creation of the Commons
Mary Watkins ’72’s Mutual Accompaniment and the Creation of the Commons (Yale University Press), has been called “A landmark book…
Einstein in Bohemia
Professor of modern and contemporary history Michael D. Gordin sheds a light on Einstein’s 16 months spent in Prague, in…
The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird
Hammer ’79 writes a true-crime adventure in The Falcon Thief (Simon & Schuster). This adventure describes the parallel lives of…
Taxes and Trust: From Coercion to Compliance in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine
Taxes and Trust (Cambridge University Press) is the first book to focus on trust and taxes and to concentrate on…
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
The Book Rescuer (Paul Wiseman/Simon & Schuster) highlights MacArthur Grant winner Aaron Lansky’s attempts to find books written in Yiddish…
