Season’s Greetings from PUP’s European office
December 22, 2017 By Debra Liese
See amid the winter snow the welcoming lights of the Foundling Museum in London where the European office held our annual holiday party. This was the fourth year that we have hosted this celebration and we are thrilled to see that it has become a … [Read More...]
Bird Fact Friday – Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
December 22, 2017 By Matthew Taylor
Adapted from page 165 of Birds of the Masai Mara: Verreaux's Eagle Owl is a huge owl of found in bush and open woodland. This is the largest owl in Africa and the third largest owl species in the world. It is very powerful and capable of … [Read More...]
Insect of the Week: The Tobacco Hornworm
December 20, 2017 By Matthew Taylor
Adapted from pages 68-69 of Garden Insects of North America: Tomato and tobacco hornworms spend the winter months in the pupal stage, within a chamber approximately 4–6 inches deep in the soil. Adult moths emerge in mid- to late spring and … [Read More...]
Éloi Laurent on Measuring Tomorrow
December 20, 2017 By PUP Author
Never before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly. But are we measuring, and thus managing, the right things—those that will help us solve the real social, … [Read More...]
Follow Princeton Nature on Instagram
December 19, 2017 By Matthew Taylor
Princeton University Press is pleased to announce the launch of the Princeton Nature Instagram, an extension of the Princeton Birds & Nature social media channels we curate on Facebook and Twitter, as well as here on our blog. Making use of … [Read More...]
William A. P. Childs on Greek Art and Aesthetics in the Fourth Century B.C.
December 19, 2017 By PUP Author
Greek Art and Aesthetics in the Fourth Century B.C. analyzes the broad character of art produced during this period, providing in-depth analysis of and commentary on many of its most notable examples of sculpture and painting. Taking into … [Read More...]
Kyle Harper: How climate change and disease helped the fall of Rome
December 18, 2017 By PUP Author
At some time or another, every historian of Rome has been asked to say where we are, today, on Rome’s cycle of decline. Historians might squirm at such attempts to use the past but, even if history does not repeat itself, nor come packaged into moral … [Read More...]
Barry Eichengreen on How Global Currencies Work
December 18, 2017 By PUP Author
At first glance, the modern history of the global economic system seems to support the long-held view that the leading world power’s currency—the British pound, the U.S. dollar, and perhaps someday the Chinese yuan—invariably dominates international … [Read More...]