Speculation Nation chronicles the “mania” for land speculation that swept the new United States, as the nation’s elite founders rushed to profit off Native American dispossession. It reveals how the American Revolution produced a republican “empire of liberty” with financial speculation at its core.
The Art of Knowing Everything explores the legacy of medieval philosopher and theologian Ramon Llull, tracing the transformation of Llull’s philosophical system, known as the Art (Latin Ars), through medieval and early modern book technology.
American Burial Ground reinterprets the historic touchstone of the Overland Trail as a story of death and Native activism. Emigrant graves became seeds of U.S. possession across the West. In response Native peoples defended their homelands by pointing to their graves as proofs of Indigenous persistence and enduring territorial claims.
Edited by Connor Ewing, Benjamin Kleinerman and Charles Zug
Price: $69.95
ISBN: 9781512829587
Pub Date: July 2026
Format: Hardcover
304 Pages
People usually think of separation of powers as a roadblock, a system of checks and balances designed to stymie change. The contributors to Beyond Checks and Balances argue instead that the separation of powers is best understood as a political arrangement that promotes democratic collaboration between branches of government.
Robert G. Boatright, Caroline Tolbert and Nathan K. Micatka
Price: $79.95
ISBN: 9781512829730
Pub Date: July 2026
Format: Hardcover
248 Pages
The Problem with Primary Voters uses state voter files to show how and why US primary voters are unrepresentative of the electorate. The authors argue that low and inconsistent primary turnout makes it difficult for politicians to represent the voters and they advocate for a national primary day to increase democratic participation.
The Paradox of Postconflict Power Sharing in Africa
Alexander Noyes
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9781512829600
Pub Date: July 2026
Format: Hardcover
192 Pages
Power-sharing pacts are a key strategy for resolving a wide range of violent conflicts worldwide, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. But Alexander Noyes argues that postconflict power-sharing accords lead to compromised coalitions and that their negatives all too often outweigh their positives.
Contributions by David Gary, Emily Sneff and Patrick Spero
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781606181744
Pub Date: July 2026
Format: Paperback
100 Pages
These Truths explores the emergence of the Declaration of Independence during the revolutionary crisis of 1775–1776. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title taking place at the American Philosophical Society Museum, the book demonstrates how the Declaration served as a symbol of national unity, civic participation, and democratic ideals.
Edited by Alexa S. Dietrich, Scott Gabriel Knowles and Rodrigo Ugarte
Contributions by Joie Acosta, George Aumoithe, Tanya Buhler Corbin, Anirban Kapil Baishya, Jih-Fei Cheng, Moon Choi, Vivian Choi, Nishaant Choksi, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Sukanya Deogam, Kim Fortun, Alice Fothergill, Danya Glabau, Monica H. Green, Dolly Jørgensen, Dani Joslyn, Christine Keeves, Hyunah Keum, Christos Lynteris, Rachel Margolis, Katherine A. Mason, Tyesha Maddox, Luke J. Matthews, Darshana Sreedhar Mini, Samantha Montano, Courtney Page-Tan, Hyeonbin Park, Lori Peek, Elisa Perego, Rashawn Ray, Kalpesh Rathwa, Monica Sanders, Amanda Savitt, Sarah Senk, Robert Soden, Jacob Steere-Williams, Cécile Stephanie Stehrenberger, Kathleen Tierney, Kristin Urquiza, Ashton M. Verdery, Carlos Villegas, Haowei Wang, Jacqueline Wernimont, Sarah S. Willen, Heather M. Wurtz, Myungji Yang and Carl A. Zimring
Price: $65.00
ISBN: 9781512829495
Pub Date: July 2026
Format: Hardcover
384 Pages
COVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic. Examining the pandemic as a process that was shaped by longer histories of what came before it and that continues to make new realities in the present, the contributors suggest that we are still researching and writing from inside the disaster.
Naftali S. Cohn argues that the earliest rabbinic text, the Mishnah, manifests an implicit theory of what doing rituals accomplishes. Correctly performed rituals, according to the Mishnah, orchestrate bodily interaction with the environment, activate cultural values, and instill feelings, thereby shaping individual and collective Jewish bodies.
