Harvard University Press - TRAVEL

Paris from the Ground Up

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

James H. S. McGregor
Paris is the most personal of cities. There is a Paris for the medievalist, and another for the modernist—a Paris for expatriates, philosophers, artists, romantics, and revolutionaries of every stripe. James H. S. McGregor brings these multiple perspectives into focus throughout this concise, unique history of the City of Light. Color maps, along with identifying illustrations, make the city accessible to visitors by foot, Metro, or riverboat.
Hardcover April 2009

Stonehenge

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Rosemary Hill
Hill guides the reader on a tour of Stonehenge in all its cultural contexts, as a monument to many things—to Renaissance Humanism, Romantic despair, Victorian enterprise, and English Radicalism.
Hardcover December 2008

Taj Mahal

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

Giles Tillotson
The meaning of the Taj Mahal, the perceptions and responses it prompts, ideas about the building and the history that shape them: these form the subject of Tillotson’s book. More than a richly illustrated history, this book is an eloquent meditation on the place of the Taj Mahal in the cultural imagination of India and the wider world.
Hardcover November 2008

The Great Wall Revisited

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

William Lindesay
A journey along the Great Wall in the past and present, this landmark volume offers an extraordinary portrait of perhaps the world’s most famous structure.
Hardcover September 2008