By Jeffrey T. Schnapp (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) On an April evening in Florence in 1934, before 20,000 spectators, the mass spectacle 18BL was presented, involving 2000 amateur actors, an air squadron, one infantry and cavalry brigade, fifty trucks, four field and machine gun batteries, ten field-radio stations and six photoelectric units. However titantic its scale, … Continued
Edited by Charles Capper (NHC Fellow, 1994–95; 2002–03) and David A. Hollinger Traces the evolution of American intellectual writing and thinking from its origins in Puritan beliefs to the most recent essays on diversity and postmodernity.
By Thomas Cogswell (NHC Fellow, 1987–88; 2003–04) This book examines the background to the English military intervention in the Thirty Years War. Blending accounts of diplomacy and factional in-fighting at Court with parliamentary and popular politics, it aims to illuminate the 'revolution' of 1624 when the Palatine crisis forced James I to abandon his long-held … Continued
By Roger Stalley (NHC Fellow, 1985–86) An Account of the White Monks from 1142 to 1540.
By Harriet Ritvo (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1989–90; 2002–03) Located in the heart of England’s Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural conservation—and helped launch the environmental movement as we … Continued
By James Madison, and John JayEdited by Robert A. Ferguson (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here … Continued
Edited by Blyden Jackson (NHC Fellow, 1981–82; 1982–83) and Louis D. Rubin These essays provide an account of Southern literature from the mid-1500s to the present, including a review of individual works, their writers and readers, literary trends, cultural movements, and political and economic influences. Organized in four sections, the essays deal with the mind … Continued
By Deborah E. Harkness (NHC Fellow, 2004–05) Bestselling author Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night) explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument … Continued
By Sherman Cochran (NHC Fellow, 2002–03) From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, the onrushing narrative of modern China can drown out the stories of the people who lived it. Yet a remarkable cache of letters from one of China’s most prominent and influential families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds new light on this … Continued
By Barbara A. Hanawalt (NHC Fellow, 1997–98) A brisk narrative of battles and plagues, monastic orders, heroic women, and knights-errant, barbaric tortures and tender romance, intrigue, scandals, and conquest, The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History mixes a spirited and entertaining writing style with exquisite, thorough scholarship. Barbara A. Hanawalt, a renowned medievalist, launches her story with the … Continued