Modern Times to 1918

An Adventure: A True Story About Time Travel" by Eleanor F. Jourdain and C. A. E. Moberly is a remarkable account of an extraordinary experience. This non-fiction work recounts the authors' …

In October 1866, a powerful Category 4 hurricane struck the Bahamian Islands. With winds well over 140 miles per hour and even higher gusts that toppled trees, sank ships, peeled away rooftops, and d …

‘If there were a Nobel Prize in History, Colley would be my nominee’ Jill Lepore, New Yorker ‘One of the most exciting historians of her generation, but also one of the most interesting writers of no …

Examines the entanglement of secularity and liberality in the foundation of the modern state in Britain. ‘Modern’ Britain emerged from the outcome of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Th …

Alexander von Humboldt: Perceiving the World provides an interdisciplinary exploration into Humboldt’s approach to seeing and describing the many subjects he pursued. Though remembered primarily as a …

In nineteenth-century Europe and North America, an organized vegetarian movement began warning of the health risks and ethical problems of meat eating. Presenting a vegetarian diet as a cure for the …

The Oratorio in the classical Era is the third volume of Howard Smither’s monumental History of the Oratorio, continuing his synthesis and critical appraisal of the oratorio. His comprehensive study …

Herminie and Fanny Pereire were sisters-in-law, married to the eminent Jewish bankers and Saint-Simonian socialists Emile and Isaac. They were also mother and daughter. This book, a companion to the …

The wave of unrest which took place in 1840s Wales, known as ‘Rebeccaism’ or ‘the Rebecca riots’, stands out as a success story within the generally gloomy annals of popular struggle and defeat. The …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach …