Cornell University Press imprint: 972 books
The French Idea of History
Joseph de Maistre and His Heirs, 1794–1854
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
"A fierce absolutist, a furious theocrat... the champion of the hardest, narrowest, and most inflexible dogmatism... part learned doctor, part inquisitor, part executioner." Thus did Émile Faguet describe Joseph-Marie de Maistre (1753–1821) in his 1899 history of nineteenth-century thought. This...
Awaiting the Heavenly Country
The Civil War and America's Culture of Death
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"Americans came to fight the Civil War in the midst of a wider cultural world that sent them messages about death that made it easier to kill and to be killed. They understood that death awaited all who were born and prized the ability to face death with a spirit of calm resignation. They believed...
Making Morocco
Colonial Intervention and the Politics of Identity
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Jonathan Wyrtzen's Making Morocco is an extraordinary work of social science history. Making Morocco’s historical coverage is remarkably thorough and sweeping; the author exhibits incredible scope in his research and mastery of an immensely rich set of materials from poetry to diplomatic messages...
The Merchants of Siberia
Trade in Early Modern Eurasia
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In The Merchants of Siberia, Erika Monahan reconsiders commerce in early modern Russia by reconstructing the trading world of Siberia and the careers of merchants who traded there. She follows the histories of three merchant families from various social ranks who conducted trade in Siberia for well...
Between Two Motherlands
Nationality and Emigration among the Greeks of Bulgaria, 1900–1949
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In 1900, some 100,000 people living in Bulgaria—2 percent of the country's population—could be described as Greek, whether by nationality, language, or religion. The complex identities of the population—proud heirs of ancient Hellenic colonists, loyal citizens of their Bulgarian homeland, members...
Empire of Nations
Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they set themselves the task of building socialism in the vast landscape of the former Russian Empire, a territory populated by hundreds of different peoples belonging to a multitude of linguistic, religious, and ethnic groups. Before 1917, the Bolsheviks...
The Clamor of Lawyers
The American Revolution and Crisis in the Legal Profession
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
The Clamor of Lawyers explores a series of extended public pronouncements that British North American colonial lawyers crafted between 1761 and 1776. Most, though not all, were composed outside of the courtroom and detached from on-going litigation. While they have been studied as political theory,...
by John Agresto
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
In The Supreme Court and Constitutional Democracy John Agresto traces the development of American judicial power, paying close attention to what he views as the very real threat of judicial supremacy. Agresto examines the role of the judiciary in a democratic society and discusses the proper place...
by Stephen M. Walt
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Revolution within a state almost invariably leads to intense security competition between states, and often to war. In Revolution and War, Stephen M. Walt explains why this is so, and suggests how the risk of conflicts brought on by domestic upheaval might be reduced in the future. In doing so, he...
Revolution with a Human Face
Politics, Culture, and Community in Czechoslovakia, 1989–1992
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this social and cultural history of Czechoslovakia’s "gentle revolution," James Krapfl shifts the focus away from elites to ordinary citizens who endeavored—from the outbreak of revolution in 1989 to the demise of the Czechoslovak federation in 1992—to establish a new, democratic political...
To Live upon Hope
Mohicans and Missionaries in the Eighteenth-Century Northeast
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2013
Two Northeast Indian communities with similar histories of colonization accepted Congregational and Moravian missionaries, respectively, within five years of one another: the Mohicans of Stockbridge, Massachusetts (1735), and Shekomeko, in Dutchess County, New York (1740). In To Live upon Hope, Rachel...
Networks of Rebellion
Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Insurgent cohesion is central to explaining patterns of violence, the effectiveness of counterinsurgency, and civil war outcomes. Cohesive insurgent groups produce more effective war-fighting forces and are more credible negotiators; organizational cohesion shapes both the duration of wars and their...
by Michael A. Malpass
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
In Ancient People of the Andes, Michael A. Malpass describes the prehistory of western South America from initial colonization to the Spanish Conquest. All the major cultures of this region, from the Moche to the Inkas, receive thoughtful treatment, from their emergence to their demise or evolution....
by Alexander B. Downes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Accidental harm to civilians in warfare often becomes an occasion for public outrage, from citizens of both the victimized and the victimizing nation. In this vitally important book on a topic of acute concern for anyone interested in military strategy, international security, or human rights, Alexander...