Black Apostles at Home and Abroad: Afro-Americans and the Christian Mission from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Edited by David W. Wills (NHC Fellow, 1980–81) and Richard Newman
History
Britain and the United States: Four Views to Mark the Silver Jubilee
By William E. Leuchtenburg (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1978–79; 1979–80; 1980–81)
Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures
By Maureen Warner-Lewis (NHC Fellow, 1993–94) Central Africa in the Caribbean is the product of more than three decades of research. Maureen Warner-Lewis’s pioneering study analyses some of the main lineaments of the Central African cultural legacy in the Caribbean, with fascinating transatlantic comparative data. She identifies Central African cultural forms in areas settled by the … Continued
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Edited by Jack M. Sasson (NHC Fellow, 1994–95), John Baines, Gary Beckman, and Karen S. Rubinson Civilizations of the Ancient Near East presents this enormously rich world from a variety of perspectives. It describes the physical world of the ancient Near East, evaulates the impact of ancient near eastern civilizations on succeeding cultures, and reconstructs … Continued
Consuming Splendor: Society and Culture in Seventeenth-Century England
By Linda Levy Peck (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) A fascinating study of the ways in which the consumption of luxury goods transformed social practices, gender roles, royal policies, and the economy in seventeenth-century England. Linda Levy Peck charts the development of new ways of shopping; new aspirations and identities shaped by print, continental travel, and trade … Continued
Crusader Art: The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1099-1291
By Jaroslav Folda (NHC Fellow, 1988–89; 1998–99; 2006–07) The Crusades began as expeditions called by the Pope to regain the Holy Land and liberate oppressed Christians living there. One of the least-known aspects of the Crusades is the art that was commissioned by Crusaders in the Holy Land from the time they took Jerusalem in … Continued
Desire and Excess: The Nineteenth-Century Culture of Art
By Jonah Siegel (NHC Fellow, 1998–99) In this fascinating look at the creative power of institutions, Jonah Siegel explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the nineteenth century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Treating these developments as interrelated, he analyzes both visual … Continued
El cardenismo, una utopía mexicana = Cardinalism, a Mexican utopia
By Adolfo Gilly (NHC Fellow, 1991–92; 1996–97) Cardenismo was, at the same time, a historical moment of the Mexican people, the ideology of a movement and the imaginary of an era, that of the turbulent 1930s of the 20th century. It remained in the memory as a myth, the fleeting materialization of a practical and … Continued
English Aristocratic Women, 1450-1550: Marriage and Family, Property and Careers
By Barbara J. Harris (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) Portraits of aristocratic women from the Yorkist and Tudor periods reveal elaborately clothed and bejeweled nobility, exemplars of their families' wealth. Unlike their male counterparts, their sitters have not been judged for their professional accomplishments. In this groundbreaking study, Barbara J. Harris argues that the roles of aristocratic … Continued
Experiencing Russia’s Civil War: Politics, Society, and Revolutionary Culture in Saratov, 1917-1922
By Donald J. Raleigh (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) This book is the only comprehensive history of the total experience of the Russian Civil War. Focusing on the key Volga city of Saratov and the surrounding region, Donald Raleigh is the first historian to fully show how the experience of civil war embedded itself into both the … Continued