Stanford University Press

Critics of capitalist finance tend to focus on its speculative character.

Divine Variations offers a new account of the development of scientific ideas about race.

Drawing on a decade of research into the community that proposed the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque,"

Margaret Fell was a vigorous, outspoken and authoritative first-generation co-leader with George Fox over the first 50 years of Quakerism. The book probes Fell's public and domestic roles, her religious world view and her practical work as a chief ar

Kyai Haji Abdullah Gymnastiar, known affectionately by Indonesians as "Aa Gym" (elder brother Gym), rose to fame via nationally televised sermons, best-selling books, and corporate training seminars. In Rebranding Islam James B. Hoesterey draws on tw

Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning are key figures in the struggles playing out in our democracies over internet use, state secrets, and mass surveillance in the age of terror.

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual.

The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Talented individuals migrate much more frequently than the general population, ...