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The American Literatures Initiative
The Clay Sanskrit Library
The Collected Works of Walt Whitman
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New Books

Sue Davis

The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"A must-read for students of American political development, womens rights, and legal theory."—Eileen McDonagh, author of Breaking the Abortion Deadlock

Steven Lubet

The Importance of Being Honest

"Lubet probes some of the thorniest ethical and legal questions facing us"—Dahlia Lithwick


Jane E. Dabel

A Respectable Woman

"A valuable, insightful study that will change minds about how black women are viewed in 19th-century urban society"—Graham Russell Gao Hodges, Colgate University



Anna Kirkland
author of Fat Rights

Interviewed on the Brian Lehrer Show


Marc Bousquet
author of How the University Works

Professors speak on YouTube


Kathleen Bogle
author of Hooking Up

Interviewed by CBS