Joyce Seltzer
Senior Executive Editor for History and Contemporary Affairs
Acquisitions Editors: Michael Aronson | Susan Wallace Boehmer | Michael Fisher | Elizabeth Knoll | John Kulka | Ian Malcolm | Kathleen McDermott | Joyce Seltzer | Sharmila Sen | Lindsay Waters
I seek serious and scholarly non-fiction that appeals to a general intellectual audience as well as to students and scholars in a variety of disciplines. My particular interest is history across a broad spectrum, which includes intellectual, social, cultural, African-American, women’s, Atlantic, and world history. American studies, contemporary politics and social problems, and biography are also part of my list.
Recent Books
Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet
John G. Turner
Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman
Paul Avrich and Karen Avrich
Obama and America’s Political Future
Theda Skocpol
The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
W. Jeffrey Bolster
Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America
Jennifer L. Anderson
The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
Lawrence N. Powell
Age of Fracture
Daniel T. Rodgers
Before the Revolution: America’s Ancient Pasts
Daniel K. Richter
Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer
Kenneth W. Mack



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