Edited by David Strand (NHC Fellow, 1995–96), Sherman Cochran (NHC Fellow, 2002–03), and Wen-Hsin Yeh This volume offers a fresh perspective on how Chinese cities were transformed or "Westernized" in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and how Asian and Western cities received Chinese influences dispatched through the media of commerce and migration. Part 1 … Continued
By Jann Pasler (NHC Fellow, 2006–07) In a book that challenges modernist ideas about the value and role of music in Western society, Composing the Citizen demonstrates how music can help forge a nation. Deftly exploring the history of Third Republic France, Jann Pasler shows how French people from all classes and political persuasions looked to music … Continued
Edited by Charles Stewart (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) Social scientists have used the term "Creolization" to evoke cultural fusion and the emergence of new cultures across the globe. However, the term has been under-theorized and tends to be used as a simple synonym for "mixture" or "hybridity." In this volume, by contrast, renowned scholars give the … Continued
By Sophie de Schaepdrijver (NHC Fellow, 1995–96) On August 4, 1914, the largest invading army to date ever mobilized, invaded a small and unprepared neighboring country. And so the Great War began for Belgium. A war that resembled that of other countries, and yet not. Belgium's First World War took place on two fronts: in the mud of … Continued
By Louise Meintjes (NHC Fellow, 2007–08) In Dust of the Zulu Louise Meintjes traces the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a competitive form of dance and music that emerged out of the legacies of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. Contextualizing ngoma within South Africa's history of violence, migrant labor, the HIV epidemic, and the world … Continued
By John G. Clark (NHC Fellow, 1981–82) This book traces the development of the fossil-fuel industries during the subject period, more or less chronologically emphasizing the vicissitudes of federal regulations especially during periods of the two World Wars and the depression. The archival manuscript collections are listed along with notes for each chapter in a … Continued
By David Ringrose (NHC Fellow, 2003–04) This innovative book looks beyond the traditional history of European expansion—which highlights European conquests, empire building, and hegemony—in order to explore the more human and realistic dimensions of European experiences abroad. David Ringrose argues that Early Modern Europe was relatively poor and that its industrial and military technology, while … Continued
By Anthony J. La Vopa (NHC Fellow, 1983–84; 1998–99) In this biographical study of the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte from his birth in 1762 to the crisis in his university career in 1799, Professor La Vopa uses Fichte's life and thought to deepen our understanding of German society, culture, and politics in the age … Continued
By Elizabeth McHenry (NHC Fellow, 1998–99) Over the past decade the popularity of black writers including E. Lynn Harris and Terry McMillan has been hailed as an indication that an active African American reading public has come into being. Yet this is not a new trend; there is a vibrant history of African American literacy, … Continued
By Dan T. Carter (NHC Fellow, 1990–91) In this penetrating survey of the last three decades, Dan T. Carter examines race as an issue in presidential politics. Drawing on his broad knowledge of recent political history, he traces the “counterrevolutionary” response to the civil rights movement since Wallace’s emergence on the national scene in 1963, … Continued