Books published by University of Pittsburgh Press

New in paperback edition of this classic.

Jacob Marcus's The Jews in The Medieval World (1938) has remained an indispensable resource for its comprehensive view of Jewish historical experience from late antiquity through the early modern period using primary source documents in English translation. This new work based on Marcus's book centres the focus squarely on Christian Europe.

How Medical Colleges Defined and Promoted a Reformed Pedagogy, Modern Science, and the New Physician

In the late eighteenth century, enlightened politicians and upper-class women in Spain debated the right of women to join one of the country's most prominent scientific institutions: the Madrid Economic Society of Friends of the Country.

A comprehensive, novel reassessment of the life and work of one of America's most influential self-taught artists, John Kane.

Explores how ingenuity shaped experience, discourse and conceptualisation of materials and their manipulation in early modern Europe.

The public has voiced concern over the adverse effects of vaccines from the moment Dr. Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. Goldenberg ultimately reframes vaccine hesitancy as a crisis of public trust rather than a war on science, arguing that having good scientific support of vaccine efficacy and safety is not enough.

By 1920, Buenos Aires was the largest and most cosmopolitan city of Latin America due to mass immigration from Europe.

A new editorial team led by Alejandro de la Fuente draws on scholarship from Cuba and around the world to make this multidisciplinary journal a must-read for those looking beyond the headlines for a deeper understanding of the rapid changes taking place on the island.

Explores the development of science-based and internationally conceived nature protection.

The dramatic story of engineering efforts to create artificial habitats for humans in orbiting space stations.