CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights
In Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights, Heather R. White *07 challenges the usual picture of perennial…
“Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death”: The Impact of America’s First Climate Crisis
As the result of a volcanic eruption halfway around the world, New England suffered a series of calamitous cold spells…
Contested Treasure: Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon
In Contested Treasure: Jews and Authority in the Crown of Aragon, Thomas Barton ’98 examines how the Jews in Spain…
Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects
By examining photography as articulated in literature, film, and graphic novels, Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects demonstrates how in many…
Fatal Reservations: A Key West Food Critic Mystery
Fatal Reservations by Roberta Isleib ’75, who writes under the pen name Lucy Burdette, continues the story of food critic…
James Wilson: An Introduction to His Life and Work
James Wilson is one of the lesser-known Founding Fathers, and — in the mind of Maynard Garrison ’50 — undeservedly…
Truth or Truthiness: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist
Conflicting claims about data appear in the media every day, so how can people figure out what is right? Using…
Wine and Economics: Transacting the Elixir of Life
Wine and the wine trade have been culturally important since the earliest days of our civilization. In Wine and Economics…
Forging the Past: Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation Spain
Spain’s infamous “false chronicles” — the documents about Spanish sacred history fabricated by a little-known Jesuit priest — shaped scholarly…
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…
Life, America, and the Road to Key West
After a wandering motorcycle journey from San Diego to Key West, Geoffrey “Jefe” Smith ’71 shares his fascination with the…
In the Cause of Humanity: Creating Juried Democracies to New-Model the American Revolution
In the Cause of Humanity: Creating Juried Democracies to New-Model the American Revolution, Howard DeLong *60 offers a new understanding…
Steel: From Mine to Mill, the Metal That Made America
The history and importance of iron and steel are traced from ancient to modern times in Steel: From Mine to…
The Birth Spoon
In The Birth Spoon, high-school student Harry uncovers dark and deadly secrets about his small Appalachian community while completing an…
Enterprise Cybersecurity: How to Build a Successful Cyberdefense Program Against Advanced Threats
Enterprise Cybersecurity: How to Build a Successful Cyberdefense Program Against Advanced Threats explains how an organization of any size can…
May We Waken One by One
In May We Waken One by One, Daniel C. Bryant ’61 tells the story of Beth Barton, who meets and…
