History
The past comes alive through the pivotal moments, groundbreaking ideas, and remarkable individuals that have shaped our world. Here you'll find compelling accounts of everything from ancient philosophy to modern economics, from social movements to technological transformation, all carefully examined through the lens of time.
History Book Summaries
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society
Sociology
Politics
History
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society
Sociology
Politics
History
Plutarch's Lives
Volume I
History
Classics
Biography
Plutarch's Lives
Volume I
History
Classics
Biography
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
Magicians of the Gods
The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
History
Science
Ancient History
Magicians of the Gods
The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
History
Science
Ancient History
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
History
Politics
Sociology
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
History
Politics
Sociology
The Good Virus
The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Good Virus
The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage
Science
Biology
Medicine
The Evangelicals
The Struggle to Shape America
History
Religion
Politics
The Evangelicals
The Struggle to Shape America
History
Religion
Politics
The Padre
The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money
History
Ireland
Biography
The Padre
The True Story of the Irish Priest who Armed the IRA with Gaddafi’s Money
History
Ireland
Biography
The Quiet Before
On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
History
Politics
Sociology
The Quiet Before
On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
History
Politics
Sociology
Cross Purposes
Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
Religion
Politics
Christianity
Cross Purposes
Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy
Religion
Politics
Christianity
A Nation Under Our Feet
Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration
History
American History
Race
A Nation Under Our Feet
Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration
History
American History
Race
Yankee Leviathan
The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877
History
American History
Politics
Yankee Leviathan
The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877
History
American History
Politics
The Return of Ulysses
A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
History
Classics
Greece
The Return of Ulysses
A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
History
Classics
Greece
Four Sociological Traditions
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Four Sociological Traditions
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Fall of the House of Labor
The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925
History
Labor
Politics
The Fall of the House of Labor
The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925
History
Labor
Politics
The Breath of the Gods
The History and Future of the Wind
Science
History
Nature
The Breath of the Gods
The History and Future of the Wind
Science
History
Nature
Working Toward Whiteness
How America's Immigrants Became White: the Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
History
Race
Sociology
Working Toward Whiteness
How America's Immigrants Became White: the Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
History
Race
Sociology
Shamrock and Sword
The Saint Patrick's Battalion in the U.S.-Mexican War
History
Ireland
American History
Shamrock and Sword
The Saint Patrick's Battalion in the U.S.-Mexican War
History
Ireland
American History
The Acquisitive Society
Economics
Sociology
Politics
The Acquisitive Society
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Waves of War
Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World
Politics
Political Science
History
Waves of War
Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World
Politics
Political Science
History
The Way of the Cross
Catholic
Religion
Prayer
The Way of the Cross
Catholic
Religion
Prayer
Marcus Aurelius
A Guide for the Perplexed
Philosophy
History
Marcus Aurelius
A Guide for the Perplexed
Philosophy
History
Paths Out of Dixie
The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
History
Politics
Political Science
Paths Out of Dixie
The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
History
Politics
Political Science
Foreign Bodies
Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
History
Science
Medicine
Foreign Bodies
Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
History
Science
Medicine
Epic Disruptions
11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World
History
Business
Epic Disruptions
11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World
History
Business
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
Politics
History
Economics
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
Politics
History
Economics
The Politics of Rage
George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics
Politics
History
American History
The Politics of Rage
George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics
Politics
History
American History
The Noodle Narratives
The Global Rise of an Industrial Food into the Twenty-First Century
Food
History
Anthropology
The Noodle Narratives
The Global Rise of an Industrial Food into the Twenty-First Century
Food
History
Anthropology
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
History
American History
Politics
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
History
American History
Politics
Public Citizens
The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism
Politics
History
American History
Public Citizens
The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism
Politics
History
American History
Conservatism
A Rediscovery
Politics
Philosophy
History
Conservatism
A Rediscovery
Politics
Philosophy
History
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM
YEOMAN FARMERS & THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GEORGIA UP: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890
History
American History
Politics
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM
YEOMAN FARMERS & THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GEORGIA UP: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890
History
American History
Politics
Inviting Disaster
Lessons From the Edge of Technology
Science
Engineering
History
Inviting Disaster
Lessons From the Edge of Technology
Science
Engineering
History
1812
The War That Forged a Nation
History
American History
War
1812
The War That Forged a Nation
History
American History
War
Democracy in America?
What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It
Politics
Political Science
History
Democracy in America?
What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It
Politics
Political Science
History
The Thirty Years War
Europe's Tragedy
History
European History
Military History
The Thirty Years War
Europe's Tragedy
History
European History
Military History
Slave Nation
How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution
History
American History
United States
Slave Nation
How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution
History
American History
United States
Red Dawn Over China
How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
China
History
Politics
Red Dawn Over China
How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
China
History
Politics
The Great Alignment
Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
Politics
Political Science
History
The Great Alignment
Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
Politics
Political Science
History
Beyond Outrage
What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it
Politics
Economics
History
Beyond Outrage
What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it
Politics
Economics
History
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
History
Military History
Military Fiction
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
History
Military History
Military Fiction
The Long Southern Strategy
How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics
Politics
History
American History
The Long Southern Strategy
How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics
Politics
History
American History
The Rhetoric of Reaction
Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Rhetoric of Reaction
Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine
From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
History
Politics
Middle East
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine
From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
History
Politics
Middle East
The Red and the Blue
The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
Politics
History
American History
The Red and the Blue
The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
Politics
History
American History
The Populist Vision
History
American History
Politics
The Populist Vision
History
American History
Politics
[Brotherhood of Kings] [By
Podany, Amanda H.] [January, 2012]
History
Ancient History
Middle East
[Brotherhood of Kings] [By
Podany, Amanda H.] [January, 2012]
History
Ancient History
Middle East
It Didn't Happen Here
Why Socialism Failed in the United States
History
Politics
American History
It Didn't Happen Here
Why Socialism Failed in the United States
History
Politics
American History
American Political Parties and Elections
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
American History
American Political Parties and Elections
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
American History
