W. E. B. Du Bois, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Terri Hume Oliver
When it was published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk revolutionized thinking about the experience of African Americans in the United States.More
Thucydides, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
A masterpiece of historical writing, Thucydides' account of the war fourth in the fifth century B.C. between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here in a new and spirited translation by Walter Blanco. Jennifer Roberts's introduction and annotations provide vital background information.More
Margaret Fuller, Larry J. Reynolds
The text is that of the first edition and includes comprehensive textual annotations.More
Christine de Pizan, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Kevin Brownlee
Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364-ca. 1421) is Europe’s first professional woman writer. She wrote an astonishing body of work in many genres, including lyric poetry, allegorical dream visions, history, political treatises, and biography.More
Frederick Douglass, William L. Andrews, William S. McFeely
Upon its publication in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself became an immediate best-seller.More
John Stuart Mill, Alan Ryan
This long-anticipated Norton Critical Edition represents an extensive
revision of its predecessor, On Liberty, edited by the late David
Spitz.More
Thomas Hobbes, Richard Flathman, David Johnston
This Norton Critical Edition of arguably the greatest work of political
theory written in the English language contains the bulk of Hobbes's
treatise, including all chapters except those of interest primarily to
professional historical scholars.More
Mary Paumier Jones, Judith Kitchen
Welcome to the first anthology to identify and celebrate a new nonfiction form: the Short!More
Isaac Newton, I. Bernard Cohen, Richard S. Westfall
At last—an illuminating and accessible edition of Isaac Newton's
writings, intended for nonspecialist readers. I. Bernard Cohen and Richard S. Westfall have meticulously collected representative works from every major aspect of Newton's intellectual life.More
Booker T. Washington, William L. Andrews
Upon its publication in 1901, Up From Slavery became the most influential book written by an African American. As one of a handful of
classic American autobiographies, its place in the literary and
historical canons is assured. This Norton Critical Edition includes as its text the first book
edition, published by Doubleday, Page and Company. The text is fully
annotated and includes the index that appended the first book edition.More
Melissa Walker
Diverse Voices and Forms. Contemporary Focus: Historical Perspective. Help with Reading and Writing.More
Niccolò Machiavelli, Robert M. Adams
Second Edition
Robert M. Adams’s superb translation of Machiavelli’s best-known work is again the basis for this Norton Critical Edition.More
Herodotus, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
This Norton Critical Edition offers an introduction to Herodotus for students approaching the history of Western Civilization or classical Greece for the first time. It features a new translation and selection of Herodotus’s The Histories by Walter Blanco, supplemented by critical works chosen by Jennifer Roberts.More
Desiderius Erasmus, Robert M. Adams
This Norton Critical Edition provides a wide selection of Erasmus’s
writings, translated from the Latin into fresh, modern English.More
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Paul E. Sigmund
St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics contains translations of
carefully chosen and central selections from The Summa Against the
Gentiles, On Kingship or The Governance of Rulers, and The Summa of
Theology.More