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Princeton UP Ideas Podcast

A series of interview with authors of new books from Princeton University Press

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2024/11/23

Priyasha Mukhopadhyay develops the concept of the functional archive of empire, consisting of texts

A turkey is the centerpiece of countless Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Yet most of us know alm

In this episode of Madison’s Notes, host Laura Laurent sits down with historian Benjamin Nathans to

How do states build vital institutions for market development? Too often, governments confront techn

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the s

From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a

In this week’s episode we step into conversation with Keith Whittington about his new book, The Impe

Following the Great Depression, as the world searched for new economic models, Brazil and Portugal e

Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage (Princeton UP, 2024) is a beautifully illustrated global

The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America--from French fries to Awes

In his marvelous new book, When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness (Princeton U

Today’s book is: The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (Princeton Unive

Augustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his la

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more tha

Over the past decades, under the cover of "innovation," technology companies have successfully resis

When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great

Today, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains an average of 37,000 migrants each n

There was nothing inevitable or natural about the rise of US finance capitalism in the early twentie

Academic writing isn’t known for its clarity. While graduate students might see reading and writing

Princeton University Press publishes some of the best books every year, racking up accolades and lau