History
The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
Paperback
An eminent historian tells the story of how we came to obsess over the origins of humanity—and how, for three centuries, ideas of prehistory have been used to justify devastating violence against others
The Revolutionary Self: Social Change and the Emergence of the Modern Individual, 1770-1800
Hardback
An illuminating exploration of the tensions between self and society in the age of revolutions
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920
Paperback
A ground-breaking, expansive new account of Reconstruction that fundamentally alters our view of this formative period in American history
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Hardback
The thrilling narrative of how New York came to be, by the author of the beloved classic The Island at the Center of the World
Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Hardback
From the author of The Shallows, a bracing exploration of how social media has warped our sense of self and society