“William Epstein’s Democracy Without Decency is a shattering of shibboleths, an exercise in iconoclasm, and a sober and in-depth critical analysis of the lamentable failures of many large-scale American social welfare programs. He effectively demonstrates that hugely expensive programs intended to materially assist the poor and oppressed within the United States have accomplished very little—except, all too often, to add to the burdens of those they are aimed at helping. This volume should be required reading for all students of social welfare, government, public policy, and public administration.” —Bruce A. Thyer, Florida State University

“So ubiquitous that they have been invisible to serious scholarship, postcards have here at last been given the detailed, critical attention they need and deserve. Postcards: Ephemeral Histories of Modernity is a beautifully designed volume, which covers an admirably diverse range of practices and issues, addresses both the production and reception of the humble postcard, showing this image form to be an especially rich depository of cultural knowledge.” —Geoffrey Batchen, Author of Photography Degree Zero: Reflections on Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida

“Bill Kashatus's account has all but made Dan Flood return to life. He chronicles the strengths and weaknesses of one of our nation's most colorful—and powerful—congressmen. Dapper Dan Flood is a fascinating story that should be read by those who wish to enrich their knowledge of our political system. As one who interacted frequently with Dan Flood, I can recommend Kashatus's biography. His judgments on Flood are not always favorable, but they are always balanced and fair.” —Frank C. Carlucci, former U.S. Secretary of Defense

“Kim Theriault's remarkable scholarly reassessment of Gorky comes as a breath of fresh air and will be considered in years to come as a landmark publication in the field of modern art and criticism. Theriault's Rethinking Arshile Gorky represents the first attempt to link the horrific and traumatic circumstances of Gorky's early life with his abstract paintings of the 1940s, which she persuasively argues to be a visual manifestation of displacement and trauma rather than simply the assimilation of modernist painting practices.” —Michael Taylor, The Philadelphia Museum of Art

“Her escape from a group suicide pact in the wake of Hitler’s suicide was a first step in her denazification and eventual acceptance of her culpability in the Holocaust, an open-ended process that gained a feminist twist as she realized how politics were personal under Nazism. The Shame of Survival is an eye-opening, honest and absorbing account of how evil takes root and flourishes among ordinary people.” —Publishers Weekly

“Nelson makes an overwhelmingly persuasive case that in our times the leading secular religion was once economics and is now environmentalism. . . . Out of that utterly original idea for scholarly crossovers—good Lord, an economist reading environmentalism and even economics itself as theology!—come scores of true and striking conclusions. . . . The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion Versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America is a brilliant book, which anyone who cares about the economy or the environment or religion needs to read. That’s most of us.” —Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago