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A Courtier’s Mirror: Cultivating Elite Identity in Thomasin Von Zerclaere’s Welscher Gast

By Kathryn Starkey (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) A Courtier's Mirror establishes the unique importance of Thomasin von Zerclaere's Welscher Gast as a document of social practices and concerns in medieval German-speaking court society. This epic-length illustrated didactic poem enjoyed immense popularity in the Middle Ages, resulting in twenty-five redactions produced over two hundred and fifty years. Through a detailed … Continued

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A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America

By Michael A. Bernstein (NHC Fellow, 1989–90) The economics profession in twentieth-century America began as a humble quest to understand the “wealth of nations.” It grew into a profession of immense public prestige — and now suffers a strangely withered public purpose. Michael Bernstein portrays a profession that has ended up repudiating the state that nurtured it, … Continued

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African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Ben Vinson, III (Board of Trustees Chairman; NHC Fellow, 2005–06) This is an original survey of the economic and social history of slavery of the Afro-American experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus of the book is on the Portuguese, Spanish, and French-speaking regions of continental America and the Caribbean. It analyzes … Continued

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America’s History, 5th ed.

Edited by James A. Henretta (NHC Fellow, 2002–03), David Brody, Lynn Dumenil, and Susan Ware The most comprehensive and balanced textbook available for the U.S. survey course, America's History is also the most explanatory. This book tells not just what happened but why through a narrative structure that traces social, economic, and cultural themes as … Continued

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Archbishop William Laud

By Charles Carlton (NHC Fellow, 1985–86) History has not been kind to Archbishop William Laud. His cause — sustaining the absolute rights of his king, Charles I — was not a popular one. Moreover, unlike his great contemporaries, Cardinals Mazarin and Richelieu in France, his cause failed: so not even success justified his zeal. Nor … Continued

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Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada

By Stephen J. Pyne (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03) Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada’s forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and … Continued

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Buried in the Red Dirt: Race, Reproduction, and Death in Modern Palestine

By Frances S. Hasso (NHC Fellow, 2018–19) Bringing together a vivid array of analog and non-traditional sources, including colonial archives, newspaper reports, literature, oral histories, and interviews, Buried in the Red Dirt tells a story of life, death, reproduction and missing bodies and experiences during and since the British colonial period in Palestine. Using transnational … Continued