Maya Jasanoff | The New York Review of Books

The Future Was His

Inventing Tomorrow: H.G. Wells and the Twentieth Century

by Sarah Cole

July 23, 2020 issue

Lost Calcutta

Calcutta rests on shifting ground. It should be no surprise that its fortunes have shifted too.

Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta

by Debjani Bhattacharyya

Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing the World

by Snigdha Poonam

May 23, 2019 issue

The Great Trap for All Americans

The Puritan ideal of a “city on a hill,” long held up as a model of America, rested on the backs of slaves

The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World

by Greg Grandin

New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America

by Wendy Warren

October 13, 2016 issue

A Passage from Hong Kong

Four weeks at sea on board one of the world’s largest container ships

Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate

by Rose George

April 3, 2014 issue

Our Steamboat Imperialism

River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom

by Walter Johnson

October 10, 2013 issue

We Are More English Than We Know

When London Was Capital of America

by Julie Flavell

April 28, 2011 issue

The Unknown Women of India

Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India

by Margaret MacMillan

Sex and the Family in Colonial India: The Making of Empire

by Durba Ghosh

December 18, 2008 issue