With the History of Science Society & Society for the History of Technology conference turning virtual, we are inviting attendees to browse our virtual bookstore. We are offering a 30% discount on all the books below from October 6, 2020-October 20, 2020. To access the discount, add the books you would like to purchase to your cart, and use the promo code HFAY before checking out.
Introducing our new series Re:Past: Studies in the History of Nutrition: Re:Past will feature work on the history of human nutrition, broadly conceived, at the intersection of history of science, medicine, and public health and history of food and agriculture. The goal of the series is to represent the range of historical work on nutrition, a relatively new but rapidly growing field of scholarship. The books published in this series will not only make contributions to historical scholarship, but will also provide work that is more broadly accessible with the potential to impact discussions in food and nutrition policy, food systems, public health, and other domains.
New perspectives on envirotech can help us engage with the surrounding world in ways that are more sustainable for humanity—and the planet.
New perspectives on envirotech can help us engage with the surrounding world in ways that are more sustainable for humanity—and the planet.
Learn how the deep history of nature became a dominant paradigm of historical thinking, through a study of landscapes of India.
Learn how the deep history of nature became a dominant paradigm of historical thinking, through a study of landscapes of India.
The story of how prominent liberal intellectuals reshaped American religious and secular institutions to promote a more democratic, science-centered society.
The story of how prominent liberal intellectuals reshaped American religious and secular institutions to promote a more democratic, science-centered society.
How does the work of influential theorist Bruno Latour offer a fresh angle on the practices and purposes of the humanities?
How does the work of influential theorist Bruno Latour offer a fresh angle on the practices and purposes of the humanities?
A path-breaking exploration of how space, place, and scale influenced the production and circulation of scientific knowledge in the nineteenth century.
A path-breaking exploration of how space, place, and scale influenced the production and circulation of scientific knowledge in the nineteenth century.
As the world's agricultural, environmental, and nutritional needs intersect (and often collide), how can consumers, nations, and international organizations work together to reverse the damage before our planet loses its ability to sustain itself and its people?
As the world's agricultural, environmental, and nutritional needs intersect (and often collide), how can consumers, nations, and international organizations work together to reverse the damage before our planet loses its ability to sustain itself and its people?
How disasters—that have wrecked work sites throughout American history, in all parts of the nation and all sectors of the economy—have also inspired policy reform.
How disasters—that have wrecked work sites throughout American history, in all parts of the nation and all sectors of the economy—have also inspired policy reform.
A pathbreaking history of the regulatory foundations of America's twentieth-century aerial preeminence.
A pathbreaking history of the regulatory foundations of America's twentieth-century aerial preeminence.
Investigative reporter Brian Deer exposes a conspiracy of fraud and betrayal behind attacks on a mainstay of medicine: vaccinations.
Investigative reporter Brian Deer exposes a conspiracy of fraud and betrayal behind attacks on a mainstay of medicine: vaccinations.
How did intricately detailed sixteenth-century maps reveal the start of the Atlantic World?
How did intricately detailed sixteenth-century maps reveal the start of the Atlantic World?
The first book to detail the global impact of copper production in Swansea, Wales, and how a major technological shift transformed the British Isles into the world's most dynamic center of copper smelting.
The first book to detail the global impact of copper production in Swansea, Wales, and how a major technological shift transformed the British Isles into the world's most dynamic center of copper smelting.
How did beliefs about syphilis shape the kinds of treatment people with this disease received? The story of how a town in the Ozark hinterlands played a key role in determining standards of medical care around syphilis.
How did beliefs about syphilis shape the kinds of treatment people with this disease received? The story of how a town in the Ozark hinterlands played a key role in determining standards of medical care around syphilis.
