In Diminishing the Bill of Rights, author William Davenport Mercer examines the development of our current conception of individual rights.
History
Novel Affinities: Composing the Family in the German Novel, 1795-1830
In Novel Affinities: Composing the Family in the German Novel, 1795-1830, author Sarah Vandegrift Eldridge challenges traditional novel scholarship.
Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic
In Afro-Atlantic Flight, Michelle Commander traces how post-civil rights Black Americans visit Africa to heal the dispossession caused by the slave trade.
Poseidon’s Curse: British Naval Impressment and Atlantic Origins of the American Revolution
In Poseidon’s Curse, Christopher Magra interprets the American Revolution from the vantage point of the Atlantic Ocean.
Regeneration through Empire: French Pronatalists and Colonial Settlement in the Third Republic
In Regeneration through Empire: French Pronatalists and Colonial Settlement in the Third Republic, 1870-1940, Margaret Andersen explores the intersection between colonial lobbyists and pronatalists in France’s Third Republic.
Crafting Characters
A new biography highlights Alex Haley’s impact on American racial sensibilities.