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History of Art

Marter Joan M., Chanzit Gwen Finkel, Hobbs Robert, Landau Ellen G., Landauer Susan, Sandler Irving

ISBN: HB: 9780300208429, Yale University Press, February 2017
208 pp., 30.5x54 cm, 144 colour illus.

The artists Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and many other women played major roles in the development of Abstract Expressionism, which flourished in New York and San Francisco in the 194...

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Criminology

America

Bad Moon Rising How the Weather Underground Beat the FBI and Lost the Revolution

Eckstein Arthur M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300221183, Yale University Press, February 2017
360 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

A startling history of the forlorn war between the Weather Underground and the FBI, based on interviews and 30,000 pages of previously unreleased FBI documents In the summer of 1970 and for years after, photos of Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Jeff Jon...

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History of Art

Biography & Memoires

Enlightened Princesses Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World

ISBN: HB: 9780300217100, Yale University Press, February 2017
592 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 528 colour illus., 52 black&white illus.

Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772), and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1744-1818) were three German princesses who became Queens Consort – or, in the case of Augusta, Queen in Waiting, Regent, and Princess Dowager...

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Asia

North Korea's Hidden Revolution How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society

Baek Jieun

ISBN: HB: 9780300217810, Yale University Press, February 2017
312 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 9 black&white illus.

The story of North Korea's information underground and how it inspires people to seek better lives beyond their country's borders One of the least understood countries in the world, North Korea has long been known for its repressive regime. Yet it is...

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Philosophy

Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence With Selections from the Correspondence with Ernst, Landgrave of Hessen-Rheinfels

Leibniz Freiherr von Gottfried Wilhelm, Arnauld Antoine, Voss Stephen

ISBN: HB: 9780300206531, Yale University Press, February 2017
472 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 8 black&white illus.

In this critical edition, Leibniz submits his metaphysics of substance and form, concomitance and expression, freedom and necessity to the searching Socratic interrogation of Arnauld In this critical edition, Stephen Voss establishes the text of the...

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Decorative Arts

American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago

McGoey Elizabeth, Barquist David L., Barter Judith A., Harvey Medill Higgins, Kane Patricia E., Wagner Ann, Ward Gerald W. R., Waters Deborah Dependahl, Wees Beth Carver, Bach Deborah Schmidt

ISBN: HB: 9780300222364, Yale University Press, A+D Series, February 2017
224 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 151 black&white illus., 196 colour illus.

The history of American silver offers invaluable insights into the economic and cultural history of the nation itself. Published here for the first time, the Art Institute of Chicago's superb collection embodies innovation and beauty from the colonia...

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Literary Criticism

Story Time Essays on the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature

Young Timothy, Campbell Jill, Marcus Leonard, Maguire Gregory, Martin Michelle, Trumpener Katie, Whyte Padraic, Lyon Clark Beverly, Wasowicz Laura E., Frengel Elizabeth

ISBN: PB: 9780300218459, Yale University Press, February 2017
248 pp., 20.3x19 cm, 35 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.

The history of children's literature is a growing area of study; this group of essays brings together innovative, scholarly voices to explore the fascinating tales behind many beloved books. The publication mines the "Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collectio...

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Political Science

Analytics, Policy, and Governance

Ginsberg Benjamin, Hill Kathy Wagner, Bachner Jennifer

ISBN: PB: 9780300208399, Yale University Press, February 2017
272 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 33 black&white illus.

The first available textbook on the rapidly growing and increasingly important field of government analytics This first textbook on the increasingly important field of government analytics provides invaluable knowledge and training for students of go...

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History of Art

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting Inspiration and Rivalry

Wieseman Marjorie E., Waiboer Adriaan, Ducos Blaise, Sluijter Eric Jan, Bakker Piet, Gifford E. Melanie, Wheelock Arthur K. Jr.

ISBN: HB: 9780300222937, Yale University Press, February 2017
320 pp., 29x24.8 cm, 180 colour illus.

A landmark exploration of the engaging network of relationships among genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age. The genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age between 1650 and 1675 ranks among the highest pinnacles of Western European art. The virtuosity...

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Biography & Memoires

Europe

Claretta Mussolini's Last Lover

Bosworth R. J. B.

ISBN: HB: 9780300214277, Yale University Press, February 2017
320 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 24 black&white illus.

A master historian illuminates the tumultuous relationship of Il Duce and his young lover Claretta, whose extraordinarily intimate diaries only recently have become available. Few deaths are as gruesome and infamous as those of Benito Mussolini, Ita...

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