“To some extent, the Shoah has been remembered cryptically, as if it were encased in a cocoon, disconnected from history, from the longue durée espoused by Fernand Braudel, from a more universal ...

As the noted economic historian Fernand Braudel [4] observed decades ago when documenting ... John Stuart Mill, in Chapter IX of the first book of his Principles of Political Economy, referring to the ...

In 1918 Lukács was not at all attached to ‘Western Marxism’ in the sense of his book of 1923 and its later reception ... a deep affinity with Marxism is the rather later work by Fernand Braudel, ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Ursula Le Guin has written 22 books, including several classic novels as well as fantasy novels aimed at young adults. The books on this ...

By Wilson Wong In his latest book, the Rolling Stone writer David Browne tracks three decades of folk, blues, rock and jazz below 14th Street. By Peter Keepnews Our critic A.O. Scott walks you ...

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and ...

The latest from the chronicler of urban grit known for “Lush Life” and “Clockers” — as well as writing on “The Wire” TV series — is set in 2008 in East Harlem, where a five-story ...

Penny’s 19th installment in the beloved Gamache series is a particularly haunting and relevant mystery novel. Yael van der Wouden’s novel, shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, is about ...

The rise of global history has fundamentally reshaped historical scholarship over recent years. Questions about class structures, however, have rarely been specifically addressed by global historians.

Global trade is a topic that is well suited for conceptualizing global social history as it allows the opportunity to challenge the notion that global markets were primarily congruent with imperial ...

The German artist Hannah Höch (1889-1978) was one of the pioneers of photomontage, the practice of cutting and pasting together photographs and printed materials from newspapers, fashion magazines and ...

Every year, ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based ...