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Founded in 1913, Harvard University Press is the publisher of such enduring works of scholarship as Carol Gilligan’s In a Different Voice, Paul Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic, Stephen Jay Gould’s The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, James Kugel’s The Bible As It Was, Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark, Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice, Helen Vendler’s The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and E. O. Wilson’s On Human Nature. We publish books for a general readership as well as scholarly audiences, written by world-renowned experts and new voices who are redefining entire fields of inquiry. Our commitment to world classics is exemplified by an unrivaled collection of translation series, anchored by the iconic Loeb Classical Library.
Would F. Scott Fitzgerald Translate a Sandwich? – Viet Thanh Nguyen, To Save and to Destroy
Our American Israel – Rashid Khalidi, Melani McAlister, Simone Zimmerman Celebrate Amy Kaplan's Book
How Conformism, Religiosity, and Tribalism Have Shaped Our Past—and Can Save Our Future
How and Why We Tend to Conform
The Science of Morality
How Literature Influences Our World: Eric Calderwood and Bécquer Seguín in Conversation
Sarah Lewis and Imani Perry Discuss the Fiction of the Term “Caucasian”
Ideas at Ford: Sarah Lewis and The Unseen Truth
The Heroism of Malcolm X – Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France – Ethan Katz
How the Other Half Banks – Mehrsa Baradaran
Шесть уроков рисования – Уильям Кентридж
Monarchy and the American Founding – Eric Nelson
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The Americanization of Narcissism – Elizabeth Lunbeck
Capital in the Twenty-First Century – Thomas Piketty
Josephine Baker and the Rainbow Tribe – Matthew Pratt Guterl
Age of Entanglement – Kris Manjapra
Do Muslim Women Need Saving? – Lila Abu-Lughod
The Digital Dictionary of American Regional English
Introducing: Emily Dickinson Archive