CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Rethinking America: From Empire to Republic
Rethinking America (Oxford University Press) brings together many of John Murrin’s noteworthy essays on the American Revolution, the Constitution, and…
The Trouble with Minna: A Case of Slavery & Emancipation in the Antebellum North
Hendrik Hartog uses the case of Minna, an enslaved woman living in New Jersey in 1840, to explore the complicated…
The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World
In The Right of Publicity (Harvard University Press), Jennifer Rothman ’91 describes the history of a little known law —…
Inventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission and its Legacy
The Dillingham Commission, the largest immigration study ever conducted in the United States, was an investigative commission devoted to assess…
Leadership that Lasts: Seven Actions Toward an Enduring Impact
In Leadership that Lasts (Spire Leadership Group), Tim Matheney ’89, an accomplished education and nonprofit-sector leader, defines seven actions that…
Lunch Portraits
The poems in Lunch Portraits (Brooklyn Arts Press) revel in the small things, like movies, cats, youth, and selfies. The…
Marketcraft: How Governments Make Markets Work
Today’s markets are crafted by people, firms, and governments, which makes marketcraft as vital as statecraft. Free markets do not…
Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship
Steven Snyder focuses on the real problem with sexual dissatisfaction in Love Worth Making (St. Martin’s Press) — which is…
Death on the Menu
Hayley Snow is a food critic for Key Zest magazine and is at the most highbrow event in Key West…
What Lies Can Do
Matt Beringer decides after college to change his career plans, and he enrolls in seminary. When he begins his internship…
Passing the Torch: Critical Conversations With Your Adult Children
Passing the Torch (CreateSpace) is a practical guide for Baby Boomers seeking to put their finances in order and to…
Blowing America’s Mind: A True Story of Princeton, CIA Mind Control, LSD, and Zen
Blowing America’s Mind (Yellow Hat Productions) tells how the CIA became involved in psychedelic drugs and deep hypnosis on Princeton…
Tales of Tax Reform
U.S. tax laws were last reformed in 1986, and politicians from both sides of the aisle are calling for reform…
Ancient Ocean Crossings: Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas
Most people believe that the Americas and the Old World developed separately and had no contact until Columbus. Ancient Ocean…
Long-Winded: An Oboist’s Incredible Journey to the New York Philharmonic
Joseph Robinson *96, the principal oboe of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for decades, shares how he got there in…
The Doughnut Fix
Tristan loves baking and living in the best city in the world, but his life goes downhill when his parents…
The Moon Can Tell
In The Moon Can Tell (CreateSpace) 13-year-old Philippa Swift didn’t imagine she would find a best friend in Eliza Romin…
Migrant Futures: Decolonizing Speculation in Financial Times
Migrant Futures (Duke University Press) juxtaposes speculative fiction and speculative finance to analyze how the wealthy elite view the future…
