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Books supported by this Endowment Fund range in subject matter from philosophy and history to world religions and languages, and set the standard for exceptional scholarship and bookmaking in the humanities.

Grand Opera by Charles Affron, Mirella Jona Affron

Grand Opera: The Story of the Met

by Charles Affron (Author), Mirella Jona Affron (Author)
September 2014
Hardcover $45.00, £38.00|
eBook $45.00, £38.00

A Global History of Sexual Science, 1880–1960

by Veronika Fuechtner (Editor), Douglas E. Haynes (Editor), Ryan M. Jones (Editor)
November 2017
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

German Modernism: Music and the Arts

by Walter Frisch (Author)
February 2007
Paperback $34.95, £30.00

Gatekeepers of the Arab Past by Yoav Di-Capua

Gatekeepers of the Arab Past: Historians and History Writing in Twentieth-Century Egypt

by Yoav Di-Capua (Author)
September 2009
Paperback $38.95, £33.00|
eBook $38.95, £33.00

The Gastronomica Reader

by Darra Goldstein (Editor)
February 2010
Hardcover $42.95, £36.00|
eBook $42.95, £36.00

Funny Pictures by Daniel Ira Goldmark, Charles Keil

Funny Pictures: Animation and Comedy in Studio-Era Hollywood

by Daniel Ira Goldmark (Editor), Charles Keil (Editor)
July 2011
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

From Madrigal to Opera by Mauro Calcagno

From Madrigal to Opera: Monteverdi's Staging of the Self

by Mauro Calcagno (Author)
April 2012
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

French Wine: A History

by Rod Phillips (Author)
April 2020
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Food, Politics, and Society by Alejandro Colas, Jason Edwards, Jane Levi, Sami Zubaida

Food, Politics, and Society: Social Theory and the Modern Food System

by Alejandro Colas (Author), Jason Edwards (Author), Jane Levi (Author), Sami Zubaida (Author)
October 2018
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

The Fastest Game in the World by Bruce Berglund

The Fastest Game in the World: Hockey and the Globalization of Sports

by Bruce Berglund (Author)
December 2020
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France

by Suzanne Desan (Author)
June 2006
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

The Ethics of Sightseeing

by Dean MacCannell (Author)
May 2011
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Essays on Politics and Society

by Thomas Carlyle (Author), John M. Ulrich (Editor), Lowell T. Frye (Editor), Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche (Editor)
August 2022
Hardcover $150.00, £125.00|
eBook $150.00, £125.00

The Erotics of History by Donald L. Donham

OPEN ACCESS

The Erotics of History: An Atlantic African Example

by Donald L. Donham (Author)
March 2018
Paperback $29.95, £25.00
Read a free ebook version at luminosoa.org

The Environment and World History

by Edmund Burke III (Editor), Kenneth Pomeranz (Editor)
April 2009
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

The Emerging Female Citizen by Theresa Ann Smith

The Emerging Female Citizen: Gender and Enlightenment in Spain

by Theresa Ann Smith (Author)
May 2006
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

Edmund Burke and the Conservative Logic of Empire

by Daniel O'Neill (Author)
March 2016
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Drag: A British History

by Jacob Bloomfield (Author)
October 2024
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
Hardcover $29.95, £25.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Divided Rule: Sovereignty and Empire in French Tunisia, 1881–1938

by Mary Dewhurst Lewis (Author)
September 2013
Hardcover $49.95, £42.00|
eBook $49.95, £42.00

Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe

by Jon R. Snyder (Author)
August 2012
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

The Devil in History by Vladimir Tismaneanu

The Devil in History: Communism, Fascism, and Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century

by Vladimir Tismaneanu (Author)
March 2014
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $44.95, £38.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Deep History by Andrew Shryock, Daniel Lord Smail

Deep History: The Architecture of Past and Present

by Andrew Shryock (Author), Daniel Lord Smail (Author)
November 2011
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $54.95, £46.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

The Culture Broker by Margaret Leslie Davis

The Culture Broker: Franklin D. Murphy and the Transformation of Los Angeles

by Margaret Leslie Davis (Author)
August 2007
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History

by Rachel Laudan (Author)
April 2015
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $65.00, £55.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross

by William F. Hanks (Author)
March 2010
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $75.00, £63.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00