Yale University Press: 2009 books
The Romans and their World
A Short Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
This one-volume history of the Roman world begins with the early years of the republic and carries the story nearly a thousand years forward to 476, when Romulus Augustus, the last Western Roman emperor, was deposed. Brian Campbell, respected scholar and teacher, presents a fascinating and wide-ranging...
A History of Modern South Asia
Politics, States, Diasporas
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Noted historian Ian Talbot has written a new history of modern South Asia that considers the Indian Subcontinent in regional rather than in solely national terms. A leading expert on the Partition of 1947, Talbot focuses here on the combined history of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh since 1757 and specifically...
by Professor Isabel de Madariaga
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
There is no shortage of biographies of Catherine the Great, of varying quality and degrees of sensationalism. But there exists no brief account of her reign that incorporates the extensive research findings of the last twenty years and presents them accessibly, accurately, and concisely to the student...
by Thomas Carlyle
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Based on a series of lectures delivered in 1840, Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History considers the creation of heroes and the ways they exert heroic leadership. From the divine and prophetic (Odin and Muhammad) to the poetic (Dante and Shakespeare) to the religious (Luther...
Revolutionary Horizons
Art and Polemics in 1950s Cuba
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Modernism in Havana reached its climax during the turbulent years of the 1950s as a generation of artists took up abstraction as a means to advance artistic and political goals in the name of Cuba Libre. During a decade of insurrection and, ultimately, revolution, abstract art signaled the country’s...
by John C. Bogle
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
There is no one better qualified to tell us about the failures of the American financial system and the grotesque abuses that have taken place in recent years than John Bogle, who as founder and former chief executive of the Vanguard mutual funds group has seen firsthand the innermost workings of the...
Unfinished Business
The Unexplored Causes of the Financial Crisis and the Lessons Yet to be Learned
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
A penetrating critique tracing how under-regulated trading between European and U.S. banks led to the 2008 financial crisis—with a prescription for preventing another meltdown
There have been numerous books examining the 2008 financial crisis from either a U.S. or European perspective. Tamim...
by Thomas Paine
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
A central figure in Western history and American political thought, Thomas Paine continues to provoke debate among politicians, activists, and scholars. People of all ideological stripes are inspired by his trenchant defense of the rights and good sense of ordinary individuals, and his penetrating...
Portfolio Selection
Efficient Diversification of Investments
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1968
The Quiet Revolution
Central Banking Goes Modern
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Although little noticed, the face of central banking has changed significantly over the past ten to fifteen years, says the author of this enlightening book. Alan S. Blinder, a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System and member of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, shows that...
Income Inequality
Why It Matters and Why Most Economists Didn't Notice
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Prevailing economic theory attributes the 2008 crash and the Great Recession that followed to low interest rates, relaxed borrowing standards, and the housing price bubble. After careful analyses of statistical evidence, however, Matthew Drennan discovered that income inequality was the decisive factor...
Hubris
Why Economists Failed to Predict the Crisis and How to Avoid the Next One
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
The failure of economists to anticipate the global financial crisis and mitigate the impact of the ensuing recession has spurred a public outcry. Economists are under fire, but questions concerning exactly how to redeem the discipline remain unanswered. In this provocative book, renowned economist Meghnad...
by Benn Steil, Manuel Hinds
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Winner of the 2010 Hayek Book Prize given by the Manhattan Institute"Money, Markets and Sovereignty is a surprisingly easy read, given the complicated issues covered. In it, Mr. Steil and Mr. Hinds consistently challenge today's statist nostrums."—Doug Bandow, The Washington TimesIn this keenly...