Holiday Gift Guide

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To assist your seasonal decision-making, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite HUP books—both new, critically-acclaimed scholarship and time-tested classics.

Fall Favorites

Cover: The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity, by Eugene McCarraher, from Harvard University Press

The Enchantments of Mammon
Eugene McCarraher

Cover: The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets, by Thomas Philippon, from Harvard University Press

The Great Reversal
Thomas Philippon

Cover: Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World, by Branko Milanovic, from Harvard University Press

Capitalism, Alone
Branko Milanovic

Cover: The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America, by T. H. Breen, from Harvard University Press

The Will of the People
T. H. Breen

Cover: The Cigarette: A Political History, by Sarah Milov, from Harvard University Press

The Cigarette
Sarah Milov

Cover: City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present, by Alex Krieger, from Harvard University Press

City on a Hill
Alex Krieger

Critics’ Picks

Cover: The Origin of Others, by Toni Morrison, with a foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates, from Harvard University Press

The Origin of Others
Toni Morrison, with a foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Cover: Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, from Harvard University Press

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer

Cover: The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students, by Anthony Abraham Jack, from Harvard University Press

The Privileged Poor
Anthony Abraham Jack

Cover: Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, by Viet Thanh Nguyen, from Harvard University Press

Nothing Ever Dies
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Cover: Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America, by Kathleen Belew, from Harvard University Press

Bring the War Home
Kathleen Belew

Cover: Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age, by Donna Zuckerberg, from Harvard University Press

Not All Dead White Men
Donna Zuckerberg

Cherished Volumes

Cover: The Arcades Project, by Walter Benjamin, translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin, from Harvard University Press

The Arcades Project
Walter Benjamin, translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin

Cover: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel, from Harvard University Press

Make It Stick
Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel

Cover: The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition, by Emily Dickinson, edited by R. W. Franklin, from Harvard University Press

The Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson, edited by R. W. Franklin

Cover: What We Owe to Each Other, by T. M. Scanlon, from Harvard University Press

What We Owe to Each Other
T. M. Scanlon

Cover: Unflattening, by Nick Sousanis, from Harvard University Press

Unflattening
Nick Sousanis

Cover: A Secular Age, by Charles Taylor, from Harvard University Press

A Secular Age
Charles Taylor

Lessons from History

Cover: Stalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty, by Norman M. Naimark, from Harvard University Press

Stalin and the Fate of Europe
Norman M. Naimark

Cover: Bitter Reckoning: Israel Tries Holocaust Survivors as Nazi Collaborators, by Dan Porat, from Harvard University Press

Bitter Reckoning
Dan Porat

Cover: The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas, by Monica Muñoz Martinez, from Harvard University Press

The Injustice Never Leaves You
Monica Muñoz Martinez

Cover: Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote, by Susan Ware, from Harvard University Press

Why They Marched
Susan Ware

Cover: American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War, by Duncan Ryūken Williams, from Harvard University Press

American Sutra
Duncan Ryūken Williams

Cover: Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt, by Alec Ryrie, from Harvard University Press

Unbelievers
Alec Ryrie

Literature

Cover: The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them, by Stephanie Burt, from Harvard University Press

The Poem Is You
Stephanie Burt

Cover: Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, by Emily Dickinson, edited by Cristanne Miller, from Harvard University Press

Emily Dickinson’s Poems
Emily Dickinson, edited by Cristanne Miller

Cover: On the Shoulders of Giants, by Umberto Eco, translated by Alastair McEwen, from Harvard University Press

On the Shoulders of Giants
Umberto Eco, translated by Alastair McEwen

Cover: One Writer’s Beginnings, by Eudora Welty, from Harvard University Press

One Writer’s Beginnings
Eudora Welty

Cover: The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, edited by Nicholas Frankel, from Harvard University Press

The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde, edited by Nicholas Frankel

Cover: Little Women: An Annotated Edition, by Louisa May Alcott, edited by Daniel Shealy, from Harvard University Press

Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, edited by Daniel Shealy

In Search of a Better World

Cover: What Works: Gender Equality by Design, by Iris Bohnet, from Harvard University Press

What Works
Iris Bohnet

Cover: In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School, by Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine, from Harvard University Press

In Search of Deeper Learning
Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine

Cover: Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do about It, by Heather Boushey, from Harvard University Press

Unbound
Heather Boushey

Cover: Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization, by Branko Milanovic, from Harvard University Press

Global Inequality
Branko Milanovic

Cover: Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World, by Samuel Moyn, from Harvard University Press

Not Enough
Samuel Moyn

Cover: The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It, by Yascha Mounk, from Harvard University Press

The People vs. Democracy
Yascha Mounk

Policy and Politics

Cover: Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, by Quinn Slobodian, from Harvard University Press

Globalists
Quinn Slobodian

Cover: Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration, by Ana Raquel Minian, from Harvard University Press

Undocumented Lives
Ana Raquel Minian

Cover: The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal, by Martha C. Nussbaum, from Harvard University Press

The Cosmopolitan Tradition
Martha C. Nussbaum

Cover: Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States, by Brian Rosenwald, from Harvard University Press

Talk Radio’s America
Brian Rosenwald

Cover: Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession, by Reinier de Graaf, from Harvard University Press

Four Walls and a Roof
Reinier de Graaf

Cover: China and Japan: Facing History, by Ezra F. Vogel, from Harvard University Press

China and Japan
Ezra F. Vogel

Editors’ Picks

Cover: Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment, by Robert Zaretsky, from Harvard University Press

Catherine & Diderot
Robert Zaretsky

Cover: VC: An American History, by Tom Nicholas, from Harvard University Press

VC
Tom Nicholas

Cover: Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White, by William Sturkey, from Harvard University Press

Hattiesburg
William Sturkey

Cover: Under the Starry Flag: How a Band of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis over Citizenship, by Lucy E. Salyer, from Harvard University Press

Under the Starry Flag
Lucy E. Salyer

Cover: Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy, by James Hankins, from Harvard University Press

Virtue Politics
James Hankins

Cover: The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found, by Mary Beard, from Harvard University Press

The Fires of Vesuvius
Mary Beard

Hot Topics in Science

Cover: Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing, by Françoise Baylis, from Harvard University Press

Altered Inheritance
Françoise Baylis

Cover: Fraud in the Lab: The High Stakes of Scientific Research, by Nicolas Chevassus-au-Louis, translated by Nicholas Elliott, from Harvard University Press

Fraud in the Lab
Nicolas Chevassus-au-Louis, translated by Nicholas Elliott

Cover: Ingenious: The Unintended Consequences of Human Innovation, by Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson, from Harvard University Press

Ingenious
Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

Cover: Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography, by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young and Katrina Karkazis, from Harvard University Press

Testosterone
Rebecca M. Jordan-Young and Katrina Karkazis

Cover: Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society, by Daniel S. Milo, from Harvard University Press

Good Enough
Daniel S. Milo

Cover: The Number of the Heavens: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest to Understand the Cosmos, by Tom Siegfried, from Harvard University Press

The Number of the Heavens
Tom Siegfried

Towering Icons

Cover: Battling Bella: The Protest Politics of Bella Abzug, by Leandra Ruth Zarnow, from Harvard University Press

Battling Bella
Leandra Ruth Zarnow

Cover: De Gaulle, by Julian Jackson, from Harvard University Press

De Gaulle
Julian Jackson

Cover: Gropius: The Man Who Built the Bauhaus, by Fiona MacCarthy, from Harvard University Press

Gropius
Fiona MacCarthy

Cover: Metternich: Strategist and Visionary, by Wolfram Siemann, translated by Daniel Steuer, from Harvard University Press

Metternich
Wolfram Siemann, translated by Daniel Steuer

Cover: Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen, by Linda M. Heywood, from Harvard University Press

Njinga of Angola
Linda M. Heywood

Cover: Zwicky: The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe, by John Johnson Jr., from Harvard University Press

Zwicky
John Johnson Jr.

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Jacket: Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500, by Peter Wilson, from Harvard University Press

A Lesson in German Military History with Peter Wilson

In his landmark book Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500, acclaimed historian Peter H. Wilson offers a masterful reappraisal of German militarism and warfighting over the last five centuries, leading to the rise of Prussia and the world wars. Below, Wilson answers our questions about this complex history, …

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