Books published by Yale University Press

How the collapse of empires helps explain the efforts of China, Iran, Russia, and Turkey to challenge the international order

The first book-length study of household servants and slaves, exploring a visual history over 400 years and four continents

A vibrant history of the castle in England, from the early Middle Ages to the present day

From 1941 to 1944, the Polish Jewish photographer Henryk Ross (1910-1991) was a member of an official team documenting the implementation of Nazi policies in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland. Covertly, he captured on film scores of both quotidian and intimate moments of Jewish life. This book presents a selection of the nearly 3,000 surviving images.

A leading theologian presents a hopeful account of the universe after Einstein, exploring it as a meaningful drama of awakening

The Barnes Foundation's historic Pueblo and Navajo collections are explored alongside works by contemporary Native American artists

A comprehensive survey of the work of the legendary Swiss artist, this book illustrates and examines more than 100 of his sculptures, paintings, drawings, and prints

A funny, fierce, and uninhibited musical chronicle of the convulsive past six years, from one of our finest cultural critics

The first major visual and cultural exploration of the legacy of La Malinche, simultaneously reviled as a traitor to her people and hailed as the mother of Mexico

A definitive history of ideas about land redistribution, allied political movements, and their varied consequences around the world

A remarkable portrait of a web of artistic connections, traced outward from Jay DeFeo's uniquely generative work of art

Illuminating the photographer's contributions to New York's Downtown art scene and her acute feminist work

The untold story about how the internet became social, and why this matters for its future

An award-winning historian's revisionary account of the early modern world, showing how apocalyptic ideas stimulated political, religious, and intellectual transformations

A fresh perspective on the influential critic, offering new ways of understanding the art of the Harlem Renaissance

A prominent conductor explores how aesthetic criteria masked the political goals of countries during the three great wars of the past century

The story of the prophet Elijah's transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish folklore

The Cold War reconsidered as seventy-five years of slow nuclear warfare

The definitive account of the superior fighting force that powered the English Revolution

An exploration of the scale, practical reality, and future implications of the growing integration of biodiversity conservation with global security concerns

An authoritative re-definition of the social, cultural and visual history of the emergence of the "avant-garde" in Paris and London

A reflection on Federico Garcia Lorca's life, his haunting death, and the fame that reinvigorated the marvelous in the modern world

The incredible pianist Maria Yudina lived on the fringes of Soviet society, yet acquired legendary status during her lifetime. Elizabeth Wilson sets Yudina's extraordinary life within the context of her times, where her musical career is measured against the intense intellectual and religious ferment of the post-revolutionary period and the ensuing years of Soviet repression.

How six conservative media moguls hindered America and Britain from entering World War II

An award-winning scholar's sweeping history of American secularism, from Jefferson to Trump

A riveting exploration of the brilliant, combative, and controversial "Father of the Nuclear Navy"

The latest revised volume in the Pevsner Architectural Guides, covering Birmingham and the towns and settlements of the Black Country

A synthetic reconstruction of women's religious engagement and experiences in preexilic Israel