Tag: History

January 29, 2019

Q&A: Catherine Davies on Transatlantic Speculations

“This creative global history of the financial panics of 1873 is now surely the leading study of its subject. In tracing not only transnational capital flows, but also the meanings and interpretive frameworks employed to make sense of them, Davies...

July 15, 2015

New Book Tuesday (Wednesday Edition): Striking Beauty, Born Translated, and More!

Our weekly list of newly available titles.

July 9, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner: Henry George and Leo Tolstoy

Read a guest post by Beatrice Collison on the fascinating connection between Leo Tolstoy and Henry George.

July 3, 2015

The Father-Daughter Relationship in Early China

Read a short post on the complicated relationship between fathers and daughters in early China by Anne Behnke Kinney, author of EXEMPLARY WOMEN OF EARLY CHINA.

April 7, 2015

New Book Tuesday: Virginia Woolf, François Laruelle, German Cinema, and more!

Our weekly listing of new titles.

March 20, 2015

A Genealogy of Morgan Stanley

Read the chapter on Morgan Stanley from GENEALOGY OF AMERICAN FINANCE, by Robert E. Wright and Richard Sylla.

March 19, 2015

Charles Royce's Foreword to Genealogy of American Finance

Read Charles M. Royce’s foreword to GENEALOGY OF AMERICAN FINANCE.

March 18, 2015

An Overview of the Big 50 Banks

Read “Overview of the Big 50,” a set of introductory infographics from GENEALOGY OF AMERICAN FINANCE, by Robert E. Wright and Richard Sylla.

March 17, 2015

A Brief History of Banking in the United States

Read “A Brief History of Banking in the United States,” the introduction to GENEALOGY OF AMERICAN FINANCE, by Robert E. Wright and Richard Sylla.

June 13, 2014

Sharing Jerusalem: On the Geneva Initiative and the Jerusalem Old City Initiative

Read Michael Dumper’s take on Geneva Initiative and the Jerusalem Old City Initiative for sharing Jerusalem, excerpted from JERUSALEM UNBOUND.

June 12, 2014

Michael Dumper on Reparation and Restitution

Watch a lecture on reparations, restitution, and Palestinians given by Michael Dumper, author of JERUSALEM UNBOUND.

June 11, 2014

Introducing Jerusalem Unbound

Read the Introduction to Michael Dumper’s JERUSALEM UNBOUND!