Herodotus, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
Second Edition
Walter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of The Histories is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.More
Karl Marx, Frederic L. Bender
Second Edition
Karl Marx’s 1848 text is reframed in this revised Norton Critical Edition in the context of twenty-first-century theoretical debates, capitalist globalization, the information technology revolution, and contemporary struggles up to and including the 2011 “Arab Spring.”More
Jacob Riis, Hasia R. Diner
How the Other Half Lives occupies a premier place on a small list of American books—along with Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Jungle, Silent Spring, The Feminine Mystique, and Unsafe at Any Speed—that changed public opinion, influenced public policy, and left an indelible mark on history.More
Henry D. Thoreau, William Rossi
Third Edition
This revised and expanded Third Edition adds three important post-Walden essays, "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Walking," and "Wild Apples," bringing the full scope of Thoreau's mature powers to twenty-first-century readers. The texts are accompanied by explanatory annotations, Thoreau's survey of Walden Pond, and the 1852 Walling map of Concord village and its environs.More
Alexis de Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick, Henry Reeves
The Norton Critical Edition presents Tocqueville’s classic text in the Henry Reeves translation.More
Thomas Robert Malthus, Philip Appleman
Second Edition
While millions face hunger, malnutrition, and starvation, the world’s
population is increasing by over 225,000 people per day, 80 million per
year.More
John Elder, Robert Finch
College Edition
W. W. Norton is pleased to announce that The Norton Book of Nature Writing is now available in a paperback college edition.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
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
Melissa Walker
Diverse Voices and Forms. Contemporary Focus: Historical Perspective. Help with Reading and Writing.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