Cornell University Press

This book explores the economic and ecological significance of plant nurserymen over the course of the nineteenth century. Situated at the center of the transcontinental plant trade, the nurserymen...

From the shaping of new homelands in the Cherokee Nation to the export of sand from Cambodia to shore up urban expansion in Singapore, The Social Lives of Land reveals the often-hidden dynamics of...

The volume charts Walter LaFeber's career at Cornell University and demonstrates his enduring influence on the field of US diplomatic history by linking six of his monographs to his abiding concern...

Throw Your Voice is an ethnography of childhood in contemporary Kazakhstan, with theories of familiarization techniques and animation tying together two sites: a government-funded puppet theater and...

In Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume I, Matthew T. Kapstein and an international team of specialists provide a comprehensive introduction to the material and aesthetic features of...

Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II explores the major categories of traditional Tibetan books, introducing their specific features and the main approaches to their study. In five...

Tropical Despotisms examines efforts to cultivate a new patriotic community rooted in the Enlightenment principles of honor and civic virtue in France's Caribbean possessions during the period...

In this lively account of the writing, publication, and legacy of the 1956 bestselling novel, "Peyton Place," Ardis Cameron tells how the story of a patricide in a small New England village became a...

This book examines the institutional evolution of central banks from the 1970s to the crises of the past decade. In examining central banks' deviation from monetary orthodoxy, the book recasts...

Winner of the Matei Calinescu Prize of the Modern Language Association In Unfinished Spirit, Rowena Kennedy-Epstein brings to light the extraordinary archive of Muriel Rukeyser's (1913-1980)...

This book concerns women of color and queer of color artist-activists-artivists"-whose work challenges discriminatory and oppressive US laws. Written by a law professor and art critic, the book...

This book explains how lineage, a microlevel social mechanism that obliged villagers to support each other through consanguineous ties, emerged as a pivotal force in activating diverse forms of...

The life stories and roles of women in the Neapolitan Camorra in the post-war period showing their agency and presence in this criminal organization--Author: Felia AllumPublisher: Cornell University...

A comparative history of how American missionaries engaged with and interpreted the culture and society of Hawaii and the Philippines in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-Author: Tom...

US military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical care. Their "wounds of war" are treated by the largest hospital system...