Books published by Yale University Press

An engaging guide to the waterways of Rome and their role in shaping the city’s culture, history, and landscape

An expansive look at the contemporary artists confronting, challenging, and reimagining R. Buckminster Fuller’s techno-utopianism to envision sustainable futures

A social psychologist reveals how to nudge local cultures toward positive structural change by moving people from individual action to collective action

This book will be a major survey of one of the most famous artist couples namely Hans (Jean) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, two of the most important artists of the 20th-century avant-garde.

Essential reading for anyone interested in art, community, and the built environment

Experience the world of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame, with the help of Stoic philosophy

A revealing exploration of how prescient nineteenth-century artists, writers, and scientists began to sound the alarm on climate crisis

The first volume of a groundbreaking two-part commentary on the book of Genesis by leading biblical scholar Ronald Hendel

A history of the postal system that once connected the Ottoman Empire

A gripping new history of London during the Blackout—revealing the violent crime that spread across the capital under the cover of darkness

A new history of Futurism and its fraught ideological ambitions, centered on sculptural experimentation

A compelling, authoritative history of how women shaped the Reformations and transformed religious life across the globe

How modern data-driven government originated in the creation and use of administrative archives in the British Empire

An exploration of the human figure and artistic imagination in public art of the American Renaissance, from the nation’s centennial to World War I

A world-renowned philosopher’s brilliant and genre-defying exploration of the mystery of consciousness

A fascinating historical examination of the Santiago Metro system as a microcosm of Chilean national identity during the twentieth century

A deeply researched biography of the prominent and divisive writer Ayn Rand, whose pro-capitalist novels and nonfiction have influenced three generations of Americans

Tracing the metaphor of America as the Book of Revelation’s New Jerusalem, Yii-Jan Lin shows how apocalyptic narratives are used to exclude unwanted immigrants

A deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners

A comparative legal history of Jewish sovereignty and religious freedom, illuminating the surprising ways that collective and individual rights have evolved over the past two centuries

A landmark survey, offering a nuanced and deeply researched account of the career and life of the iconic modern architect

The story of humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day

A penetrating account of the religious critics of American liberalism, pluralism, and democracy—from the Revolution until today

The second volume of a world-renowned scholar’s long-awaited Qur’an commentary, now available in English

A global history of how Thomas Jefferson’s descendants navigated the legacy of the Declaration of Independence on both sides of the color line