Congratulations to
@adomgetachew
as Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination has been named a Finalist for the ASA Best Book Prize,
@asanewsonline
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Prominent political philosopher Philip Pettit has written a new book that explores why the state is the elephant in the room of political theory, too long ignored, & how to put this right. Read the Intro of The State to learn more:
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Congratulations to Marina Rustow (
@mrustow
) whose book, The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue, has won the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize recognizing significant contributions to the study of the medieval Middle East.
@MideastMedieval
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Assuming no prior knowledge of statistics or coding and only minimal knowledge of math, Data Analysis for Social Science by
@ellaudet
& Kosuke Imai is an ideal textbook for an introductory course on quantitative methods for social scientists.
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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Supporting Diverse Voices: Book Proposal Development Grants, an endeavor built on the recognition that mentorship networks and other intellectual lineages have often been amplified to the exclusion of already underrepresented voices.
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Congratulations to
@adomgetachew
as Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination has been named Winner of the J. David Greenstone Prize, Politics & History Section of the
@APSAtweets
. Available now in hardcover and ebook editions:
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"One of the most innovative books on Soviet history to appear since the state’s collapse in 1991." We're delighted to see The Soviet Century by Karl Schlögel selected by
@TonyBarber8
as a
@FT
Best Summer Book of 2023 in History! Read more:
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Our Summer Sale with 50% off all in-print titles and free worldwide shipping is happening now, June 24th through June 28th. Enjoy the savings and let us know what books you bought to elevate your summer reading!
#PUPSummerSale
#ReadUP
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Congratulations to
@AdomGetachew
as Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination has been named the Co-winner of the W.E.B Du Bois Award by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists!
@NCOBPSTweets
A Politics of Melancholia by George Edmondson & Klaus Mladek reveals why melancholia is a vital form of social critique and a catalyst for political renewal.
Read a free sample of this provocative book:
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In the fall of 1922,
@AlbertEinstein
embarked on a 5 month voyage to the Far East, regions that the renowned physicist had never visited before.
#TheTravelDiariesofAlbertEinstein
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Congratulations to
@AdomGetachew
as Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination has been named the Winner of the Frantz Fanon Prize by the
@caribphil
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Lauren Benton's They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence is a sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empires.
Read a free sample of this important book today:
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A powerful graphic novel that traces Turkey's descent into political violence in the 1970s through the experiences of four students on opposing sides of the conflict, Turkish Kaleidoscope by
@WhiteJennyB
and illustrated by Ergün Gündüz publishes May 4:
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Out now! The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley takes readers on an intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order. Available in hardcover and ebook:
#twitterstorians
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50% off books sitewide!! Sale starts now and runs through May 26th on print, audiobooks, and ebooks (some exclusions apply). Don't miss out on this chance to stock up and save for summer reading!
#Sale
#BookSale
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Documenting how poor migrants actively shape urban politics in counterintuitive ways, Migrants and Machine Politics by
@adam_m_auerbach
&
@tariqthachil
sheds new light on the political consequences of urbanization across
#India
& the Global South. Out now:
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Congratulations to
#PrincetonUPress
author,
@katforrester
whose book, In the Shadow of Justice, has been announced the winner of the Spitz Prize by the International Conference for the Study of Political Thought!
@CSPT_org
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We’re excited to announce the Princeton University Press Diversify Publishing Fellowship, a new initiative aimed at addressing a lack of diverse representation across the publishing industry. Applications open Jan 4
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Explore the complexities of economic crises with A Crash Course on Crises, a groundbreaking book by
@MarkusEconomist
&
@R2Rsquared
. With cutting-edge research & case studies, it takes readers toward understanding economic instability. Out now!
#EconTwitter
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Congratulations to Alireza Doostdar for The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny being named the Winner of the Vinson Sutlive Book Prize, Anthropology Department of
@williamandmary
@docstobar
#ReadUP
#PrincetonUPress
Why are drug prices so much higher in the U.S. than in Canada? According to the late Uwe Reinhardt, it's a matter of ethics. Reinhardt's last book, Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care, is out next week.
#CaravanToCanada
We're thrilled to share the news that
@PrincetonUPress
will publish The Obama Portraits in association with
@smithsoniannpg
in 2020, following the historic unveiling of
@kehindewileyart
& Amy Sherald's paintings of the Obamas in 2018.
More on our blog: 👇
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Gravitation!
@_rdahn
reflects on the legacy of this "tonally distinct" textbook that is "infused with a sense of whimsy that remains captivating." Read more in
@PhysicsToday
:
#Physics
#Einstein
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Applications are open for our Diversify Publishing Fellowship, a new initiative aimed at addressing a lack of diverse representation across the
#publishing
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Ever wonder about how a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy? Out today in North America (31 May in UK/Europe), Spin Dictators by
@sguriev
&
@dstreisman
addresses this question. Hardcover, audiobook & ebook:
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Read the Intro for A Crash Course on Crises for free on our website! This new book examines the macroeconomics of financial crises and is essential reading for students and policy experts alike.
@MarkusEconomist
@R2Rsquared
#EconTwitter
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"What if we told stories founded in and dependent on mutual recognition? What if Islam was regarded as a seed and not a flower? What if the center of the world was Africa and its people were regarded as the richest the world has ever known?"
@NUBlockMuseum
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Congrats to
@AdomGetachew
on Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination being named as a Winner of the ISA Theory Best Book, Theory Section by the International Studies Association.
André Laks' Plato's Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws is an argument for why Plato’s Laws can be considered his most important political dialogue. Take a look inside the introduction on our website to learn more about this new book:
#philosophy
#plato
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Applications for our 2024-2025 publishing fellowships are now open through Jan. 28! We're hiring two
#entrylevel
12-month paid positions, one on our rights team & one on our publishing operations team. For details & to apply:
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Challenging the notions that art is a cultural curiosity and that philosophy has been outmoded by science, The Entanglement by Alva Noë offers a new way of thinking about the essential role of
#art
and
#philosophy
in trying to know ourselves.
@alvanoe
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"In this time of uncertainty, we need more tolerance, compassion, and trust for each other since we are all one. Otherwise, humanity will face an even bigger crisis."—Ai Weiwei
#WorldRefugeeDay
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Twelve Caesars author, Mary Beard relaxing in the PUP lobby before her discussion with Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Translating Myself and Others.
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Princeton University Press will not be attending this year's APSA conference. We invite you to explore our virtual
#APSA2023
booth. Browse our award-winning books, learn about our authors & editors, & enjoy a 30% off discount with code PUP30:
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.
@MWPalen
’s forthcoming Pax Economica (publishing on Feb. 27 in North America, 23 April in the UK/Europe) is called “a revealing analysis of how potent, disruptive, and even revolutionary the concept of economic freedom has been" by
@PublishersWkly
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Now available, Data Science for Neuroimaging by
@arokem
& Tal Yarkoni provides data science methods & tools—including programming, data management, visualization, & machine learning—& their application to neuroimaging research.
Learn more:
#DataScience
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75% off select titles starts now! Head to our website to shop our Book Lover Sale now through February 14th (open worldwide). Select titles and editions have been marked down with code FEB75 at checkout.
What's the first book you put into your cart?
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Our wonderful Mathematics editor, Vickie Kearn, will be retiring on Monday. In honor of her 19 years at the Press, as well as
#WomensHistoryMonth
, PUP's director
@christiehenry
interviewed Vickie about math, publishing, and iconic female mathematicians.
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Out today, Beatriz Nascimento’s The Dialectic Is in the Sea is the first English-language collection of writings by one of the most influential Black Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century.
Order yours:
@profsassy
@BethaniaGomes9
@AOJDavies
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Now in hardcover, paperback and ebook! Statistical Thinking: Analyzing Data in an Uncertain World by Russell Poldrack is an essential introduction to statistics for students of psychology and the social sciences.
@russpoldrack
#Stats
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Congratulations to
#PrincetonUPress
author, Ünver Rüstem whose book, Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul has been declared winner of the Alice David Hitchcock Book Award, by the Society of Architectural Historians
@SAH1365
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The Summer Sale has begun! Worldwide and sitewide (some exclusions apply) our hardcover and paperback books are 50% off with code PUP21. Shop now through July 21st and stock up!
#PUPSummerSale
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Data Visualization by Kieran Healy is an accessible primer on how to create effective graphics from data. This "heatmap" shows the ages of all U.S. House members from 1945 through 2019.
@kjhealy
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Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt’s Chinese Architecture: A History is out next week! The book spans 40 centuries, from the genesis of Chinese building through the challenges of urban expansion & 21st-century globalism.
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Applications open next week for the Winter 2022 cycle of our Supporting Diverse Voices Book Proposal Grants. Between Feb 7 – Feb 28 we invite
#BIPOCScholars
in the
#Humanities
to submit applications through our website. Read more:
Happy pub day to Humanities Data Analysis: Case Studies with Python by Folgert Karsdorp, Mike Kestemont, & Allen Riddell! This practical guide to data-intensive humanities research using the Python programming language is out in hardcover & ebook editions.
In loving memory and with deep admiration for our author and friend, Eric D. Weitz, we share this excerpt from the book, A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States.
#HumanRights
Now available! After Kant: The Romans, the Germans, and the Moderns in the History of Political Thought by Michael Sonenscher, Tracing the origins of modern
#PoliticalThought
through three sets of arguments over
#history
,
#morality
, and freedom.
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Are robots toys, tools, or terrors? The ancient Greeks knew. Check out
@amayor
's new book Gods and Robots to learn more about
#AI
in ancient Greece!
#GodsandRobots
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1200 pages of
#MilitaryStrategy
meet readers of The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age edited by
@HalBrands
. If you bought Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age, this is your next book.
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Now available,
@guido_alfani
's As Gods Among Men explores how the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) & helped (or didn’t help) in times of crisis.
Learn more:
(UK/Europe 30 January pub)
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We offer the warmest congratulations to author Roger Penrose for having been awarded the
#NobelPrize
in Physics, jointly with Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for their work on black holes.
@NobelPrize
@penrose
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We're having our summer sale next week from June 24 - 28 & can't wait to have you join us for 50% off all in-print titles and FREE worldwide shipping! Mark your calendars & let us know which books you are most excited to buy.
#PUPsummersale
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"Women are blaming themselves as individuals for something that is a deeply structural and societal problem."—
@caitymcollins
on
#MakingMotherhoodWork
, her new book on work-family conflict and how governments fail to solve it.
@GMA
Cuteness has taken the planet by storm. But what does “cute” mean, & how do those meanings vary around the world? In honor of Simon May's new book The Power of Cute, we asked our multilingual colleagues to translate “cute” in 6 languages.
#translation
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In Jane Austen's first novel, the charming heroine steals a bonnet, enjoys a delicious ice cream, & knocks down a man. Our new edition features original art by Leon Steinmetz & an afterword by Austen scholar and
@Princeton
prof Claudia Johnson
#JaneAusten
One of our top recommended reads is Worldmaking after Empire by Adom Getachew. It recasts the history of
#decolonization
, reconsiders the failure of anticolonial nationalism, and offers a new perspective on debates about today’s international order. Have you read it yet?
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Our 50% off
#PUPSummerSale
has begun! Stock up for summer reading, holiday gifts, and more with code PUP22 at checkout. Worldwide sale with free shipping (some exclusions apply) now through June 28th (11:59 PM EST).
#SummerSale
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We’re mostly pausing on social media for the moment, but wanted to share what we hope can be a resource for supporting Black booksellers and racial and social justice organizations.
A splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature—featuring facing-page commentary, The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka edited by Reiner Stach & translated by
@shelfrisch
is out today in North America (14 June in UK/Europe):
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It’s a *star*! The
@LibraryJournal
review of
@digkabri
’s After 1177 B.C. is live: “[I]nsightful work that never pushes evidence beyond its weight. . . .This title has significant meaning in an overstressed world.” Read the full starred review here:
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The Wealth of a Nation by
@g_m_hodgson
reveals how the development of legal and financial institutions transformed Britain into the world’s first capitalist country. Available now in North America (UK/Europe 21 November pub).
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"Ever wanted to get into quantum physics, but been afraid to try? This book might be the answer." -
@bookishclaire
,
@BookRiot
Try the
#audiobook
edition of The World According to Physics written and narrated by
@jimalkhalili
& begin your learning journey.
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En los Estados Unidos de América, todas las mujeres lucharon arduamente durante muchos años por poder ejercer el derecho al voto. No se pierdan la nueva exhibición Votes for Women, en
@NPG
, via
@TelemundoNews
!
@KCLemay
#myNPG
#becauseofherstory
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NEW
Secret Wars by
@UChicago
professor
@carsonaust
is the first book to systematically analyze how powerful states covertly participate in foreign wars, showing a recurring pattern of behavior from World War I to U.S.-occupied Iraq.
Read chapter 1 online
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Tomorrow at
@metmuseum
, Melissa McCormick, author of The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion and curator of
#MetGenji
, speaks with artist Yamato Waki about her manga version of The Tale of Genji.
Your January Book Club pick is here! Discover Land of Wondrous Cold by Gillen D’Arcy Wood in paperback and audiobook. Enjoy 30% off the paperback with code LWC30 and find book club discussion questions here!
#BookRecommendations
#bookclub
#environnement
Out now!
@ColeBunzel
's Wahhabism tells the story of Wahhābism from its emergence in the 1740s to its taming & coopting by the modern Saudi state in the 1920s, & shows how its legacy endures in the ideologies of al-Qāʿida & the Islamic State.
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Want to learn more about Geoffrey Chaucer? Catch Marion Turner on
@Channel4
's "Britain's Most Historic Towns" tomorrow night at 8 pm (GMT) talking about her research with
@theAliceRoberts
at the Museum of the Canterbury Tales.
#HistoricTowns
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Lauren Benton's They Called It Peace is a panoramic
#history
of how these routines of violence remapped the contours of empire and reordered the world from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries.
Available February 13, learn more:
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Folksy, or vulgar? Depends on which side of the Atlantic you call home.
19th century British writers deplored Americanisms like "caucus," "wigwam," and "lengthy," but American dictionary writers like Noah Webster were keen to include them.
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Editorial Assistant (Hybrid or Remote – Oxford, UK) to assist in the acquisition, development, and publishing of books in the social sciences and history.
Application Window Closing Date: Sunday, 13 August 2023.
#HIRINGNOW
#PublishingJobs
#JobListing
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The ancient Greeks dreamed of lifelike machines—and feared what they might unleash. Read
@amayor
's new book Gods and Robots to learn more!
#GodsandRobots
#AI
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32 years in the making, Ron Suny's biography of Stalin, the most in-depth coverage ever of his life up until 1917, is available today in
#hardcover
,
#audiobook
and
#ebook
editions.