CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Commercializing Childhood
As print culture grew in the 19th century, publishers raced to meet the demand for magazines aimed at middle- and…
Rome Works
Rome Works: An Architect Explores the World’s Most Sustainable City includes seven case studies in sustainability, exploring in detail Rome’s…
Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the “War on Coal”
When Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, existing power plants were largely exempt from direct federal regulation —…
Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet
Scott G. Bruce *00 uses the abduction in 972 of the abbot of Cluny, France, by a group of Muslim…
Kanji Poems
Each poem in this collection is based on a Japanese character or kanji, and each begins with the kanji’s often…
The Power Brokers
The Power Brokers: The Struggle to Shape and Control the Electric Power Industry examines the electric-power industry in the United…
Dream Things True
Evan, the privileged nephew of a conservative Southern senator, and Alma, the daughter of illegal Mexican immigrants, fall in love…
The Einstein Prophecy
Wounded Army veteran Lucas Athan returns to his job as an art history professor at Princeton in 1944 and struggles…
Landfalls
The 1785 La Pérouse expedition, which attempted to circumnavigate the globe for the glory of France, is reimagined in Landfalls…
Formal Verification
Formal Verification: An Essential Toolkit for Modern VLSI Design demystifies formal verification (FV) and presents the practical applications that are…
Competing Modernisms: Toronto’s New City Hall and Square
Competing Modernisms: Toronto’s New City Hall and Square explores the impact of the 1958 international competition for Toronto’s city hall…
In the Cause of Humanity
In the Cause of Humanity: Creating Juried Democracies to New-Model the American Revolution, Howard DeLong *60 offers a new understanding…
The Murder of William of Norwich
When the mutilated body of William, a young Christian boy, is found near Norwich, England, in 1144, rumors spread that…
Economics and Capitalism in the Ottoman Empire
Economics and Capitalism in the Ottoman Empire examines how the interplay between Western European economic theories and the traditional Muslim…
Forging the Past
Spain’s infamous “false chronicles” — the documents about Spanish sacred history fabricated by a little-known Jesuit priest — shaped scholarly…
Fateful Ties
It’s only in recent decades that China has become a global superpower, but as Gordon Chang ’70 writes in Fateful…
Circle of Three
In her third novel, Circle of Three, Liesl Wilke ’89 tells the story of Paul, a widower and detective, and…
Surprise Encounters
Scott McVay ’55, author of Surprise Encounters, was Princeton University’s first recording secretary, a position he held for 11 years…
