Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
Edited by Donald R. Kelley (NHC Fellow, 1984–85)
History
William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic
By Alan Taylor (NHC Fellow, 1993–94) William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper, a father and son who embodied the contradictions that divided America in the early years of the Republic, are brought to life in this Pulitzer Prize-winning book. William Cooper rose from humble origins to become a wealthy land speculator and U.S. congressman in … Continued
Wordsworth’s Historical Imagination: The Poetry of Displacement
By David Simpson (NHC Fellow, 1984–85) Traditionally, Wordsworth’s greatness is founded on his identity as the poet of nature and solitude. The Wordsworthian imagination is seen as an essentially private faculty, its very existence premised on the absence of other people. In this title, first published in 1987, David Simpson challenges this established view of … Continued
“Of Good and Ill Repute”: Gender and Social Control in Medieval England
By Barbara A. Hanawalt (NHC Fellow, 1997–98) To be labeled "of ill repute" in medieval society implied that a person had committed a violation of accepted standards and had stepped beyond the bounds of permissible behavior. To have a reputation "of good repute", however, was so powerful as to help a person accused of a … Continued
A History of Russian Architecture
By William Craft Brumfield (NHC Fellow, 1992–93) Since its initial publication in 1993, A History of Russian Architecture has remained the most comprehensive study of the topic in English, a volume that defines the main components and sources for Russia’s architectural traditions in their historical context, from the early medieval period to the present. This edition includes … Continued
About Method: Experimenters, Snake Venom, and the History of Writing Scientifically
By Jutta Schickore (NHC Fellow, 2011–12)
Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: Women’s Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600
By Judith M. Bennett (NHC Fellow, 1993–94) Women brewed and sold most of the ale consumed in medieval England, but after 1350, men slowly took over the trade. By 1600, most brewers in London were male, and men also dominated the trade in many towns and villages. This book asks how, when, and why brewing … Continued
An Unfinished Republic: Leading by Word and Deed in Modern China
By David Strand (NHC Fellow, 1995–96) In this cogent and insightful reading of China’s twentieth-century political culture, David Strand argues that the Chinese Revolution of 1911 engendered a new political life—one that began to free men and women from the inequality and hierarchy that formed the spine of China’s social and cultural order. Chinese citizens … Continued
At Home in the World: Women Writers and Public Life, from Austen to the Present
By Deborah Epstein Nord (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) and Maria DiBattista In a bold and sweeping reevaluation of the past two centuries of women’s writing, At Home in the World argues that this body of work has been defined less by domestic concerns than by an active engagement with the most pressing issues of public life: from class … Continued
Before Sufism: Early Islamic Renunciant Piety
By Christopher Melchert (NHC Fellow, 2014–15) Christopher Melchert proposes to historicize Islamic renunciant piety (zuhd). As the conquest period wound down in the early eighth century c.e., renunciants set out to maintain the contempt of worldly comfort and loyalty to a greater cause that had characterized the community of Muslims in the seventh century. Instead … Continued