By Susanna Elm (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) Many of the institutions fundamental to the role of men and women in today's society have their origins in late antiquity. This revisionist study offers a comprehensive look at how Christian women of this time initiated alternative, ascetic ways of living, both with and without men. The author studies … Continued
By Michael Grossberg (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) A Judgment for Solomon tells the story of the d'Hauteville case, a controversial child custody battle fought in 1840. It uses the story of one couple's bitter fight over their son to explore some timebound and timeless features of American legal culture. In a narrative analysis, it recounts how … Continued
By Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) French cuisine is such a staple in our understanding of fine food that we forget the accidents of history that led to its creation. Accounting for Taste brings these "accidents" to the surface, illuminating the magic of French cuisine and the mystery behind its historical development. Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson explains … Continued
By Emily J. Levine (NHC Fellow, 2017–18) During the nineteenth century, nearly ten thousand Americans traveled to Germany to study in universities renowned for their research and teaching. By the mid-twentieth century, American institutions led the world. How did America become the center of excellence in higher education? And what does that story reveal about … Continued
Edited and translated by Frederick S. Paxton (NHC Fellow, 2006–07) Around the year 840, Liutbirga, the adopted daughter of a noble Saxon widow, asked to be walled into a cell in a church at one of the family's cloisters for religious women. She spent the last thirty years of her life in her cell, doing … Continued
Edited by Franklin W. Knight (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) and Peggy K. Liss This volume began with the symposium on Atlantic port cities held at the Library of Congress in May 1986. Ten original essays examine the texture of economy, society, and culture in selected Latin American and Caribbean ports, illustrating the patterns of development.
By Barbara L. Bellows (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1985–86) Most studies of antebellum southern society have focused on the relationships between slaveholders and their chattels or, more recently, between the plantation elite and southern yeomen. Scant attention has been paid to the social complexity of antebellum southern Cities, a situation Barbara L. Bellows helps rectify in … Continued
Edited by John Hope Franklin (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1980–81; 1981–82) and August Meier For this, their first collaborative work, two of the leading authorities on black history in America have joined with other top scholars in the field to create an essential volume on the major achievements of fifteen twentieth-century black leaders — nationalists and … Continued
Edited by Wilfrid R. Prest (NHC Fellow, 1998–99)
By Bonnie G. Smith (NHC Fellow, 1984–85)