Great and Desperate Cures: The Rise and Decline of Psychosurgery and Other Radical Treatments for Mental Illness
By Elliot S. Valenstein (NHC Fellow, 1983–84)
History
Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery
By Heather Andrea Williams (NHC Fellow, 2007–08) After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant "information wanted" advertisements in newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide readers back to devastating moments of family separation during … Continued
Holy Women of Russia: The Lives of Five Orthodox Women Offer Spiritual Guidance for Today
By Brenda Meehan (NHC Fellow, 1989–90) From the widow Tuchkova, hermit Anastasiia, and peasant Matrona Naumova, to the aristocratic Aleksandra Shmakova and the Abbess Taisiia, each of these diverse women craved and created environments that combined monastic solitude with a community of like-minded women. "Rich and poor, middle-aged and young…out of the pain at the … Continued
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present
Edited by David E. Shi (NHC Fellow, 1982–83) Since colonial days Americans have greatly admired, variously defined, and occasionally practiced the simple life. In doing so they have provided a significant shaping force in the history of American values. Though quickly displaced by the cult of more and more, the simple life has remained an … Continued
Jacob and Esau: Jewish European History Between Nation and Empire
By Malachi Haim Hacohen (NHC Fellow, 2003–04) Jacob and Esau is a profound new account of two millennia of Jewish European history that, for the first time, integrates the cosmopolitan narrative of the Jewish diaspora with that of traditional Jews and Jewish culture. Malachi Haim Hacohen uses the biblical story of the rival twins, Jacob … Continued
Lamaze: An International History
By Paula A. Michaels (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) The Lamaze method is virtually synonymous with natural childbirth in America. In the 1970s, taking Lamaze classes was a common rite of passage to parenthood. The conscious relaxation and patterned breathing techniques touted as a natural and empowering path to the alleviation of pain in childbirth resonated with the feminist … Continued
Les racines historiques de l’Etat duvaliérien
By Michel-Rolph Trouillot (NHC Fellow, 1985–86)
Lost Londons: Change, Crime, and Control in the Capital City, 1550-1660
By Paul Griffiths (NHC Fellow, 2002–03) A major study of the transformation of early modern London. By focusing on policing, prosecution, and the language and perceptions of the authorities and the underclasses, Paul Griffiths explores the swift growth of London and the changes to its cultures, communities, and environments. Through a series of thematic chapters … Continued
Making Women’s Medicine Masculine: The Rise of Male Authority in Pre-Modern Gynaecology
By Monica H. Green (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) Making Women's Medicine Masculine challenges the common belief that prior to the eighteenth century men were never involved in any aspect of women's healthcare in Europe. Using sources ranging from the writings of the famous twelfth-century female practitioner, Trota of Salerno, all the way to the great tomes of … Continued
Medieval Domesticity: Home, Housing, and Household in Medieval England
Edited by Maryanne Kowaleski (NHC Fellow, 2005–06) and P. J. P. Goldberg What did 'home' mean to men and women in the period 1200–1500? This volume explores the many cultural, material and ideological dimensions of the concept of domesticity. Leading scholars examine not only the material cultures of domesticity, gender, and power relations within the … Continued