Books published by Yale University Press

A powerful record of the first four months of the Russian-Ukrainian war, this book is at once the testimony of one man entering a new reality as he writes and the story of a society unified in its fight for the right to exist.

A reassessment of self-taught artist William Edmondson, exploring the enduring relevance of his work

An examination of the innovative portrayals of industry and leisure created by five avant-garde artists working at Asnières in the late nineteenth century

The first book-length examination of the clay models and creative process of the preeminent neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova

A celebration of the diverse world of American watercolors from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century, featuring works from the Harvard Art Museums' collection

A virtuoso collage novel about narrative, identity, and exile, from international literary sensation Norman Manea

An authoritative, jargon-free and engaging guide to understanding and interpreting architecture, as explained through over 50 examples from antiquity to the present day

The first telling of the unknown story of America's two-hundred-year history as a slave-trading nation

Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo explore the history of modern Korea, from the late nineteenth century, Japanese occupation, and Cold War division to the present day. This comprehensive history sheds light on the evolving identities of the two Koreas, explaining the differences between North and South, and the prospects for unification.

This revelatory book shows how the influential and controversial Empress Dowager Cixi used art and architecture to establish her authority

A straightforward and fact-based exploration of how weather happens, how it relates to climate, and how science answers major questions about Earth as a system

"A sweeping new history that reveals how British, African, and American merchants developed the transatlantic slave trade."--

The first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power

Lorraine Byrne Bodley illuminates the story of Schubert's life, from his early years at the Vienna Stadtkonvikt to the battle with syphilis that led to his early death. Reconsidering best-loved works and neglected repertoire and sources, Bodley offers a compelling portrait of one of the nineteenth century's most beloved?and elusive?composers.

Exploring seven old towns from Frankfurt to Vilnius, the acclaimed writer Marek Kohn examines how historic quarters have been shaped to reinforce particular versions of history and efface others. Uncovering hidden stories behind their old and old-seeming façades, Kohn offers us a new understanding of the politics of European history-making.

The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American designers of the twentieth century

Tracing the vast visual legacy of walking from cave art to contemporary performance, this thought-provoking study features works by artists such as Botticelli, Claude Monet, Maya Lin, and Pope.L and shows how walking has permeated our visual culture ever since humans began to depict themselves in art.

Artist Natalie Frank's evocative drawings accompany five of E. T. A. Hoffmann's most influential short stories, published here in a new translation by fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes. Tales including The Sandman speak to twenty-first century preoccupations in this thoughtful and visually compelling rendition.

This book presents a new history of economic crises, looking at seven crashes over the past two hundred years, showing how some pushed markets in the direction of more cross-border integration of labor, goods, and capital markets while others prompted substantial deglobalization.

A pathbreaking look at Native women of the early South who defined power and defied authority

An authoritative study of Gego, whose distinctive modernist practice sits at the intersection of architecture, design, and the visual arts

This new biography by prizewinning Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson tells the extraordinary story of Ramesses II's dramatic reign and enduring legacy, restoring Ramesses the Great to his rightful place as a major figure in ancient history.

The rise and fall of one of America's first Black sports celebrities

Why some of the most vulnerable communities in Europe, from independent cities to new monarchies, welcomed refugees during the Age of Revolutions and prospered

How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science

James Davey tells the story of the Royal Navy across the tumultuous 1790s, showing how it became a political battleground for radical ideas. Davey reveals how sailors organized riots, strikes, petitions, and mutinies, which prompted a cynical, even brutal, response from the government?and places the navy at the center of Britain's age of revolution.