CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
American Resistance: From the Women’s March to the Blue Wave
In American Resistance: From the Women’s March to the Blue Wave (Columbia University Press), Dana R. Fisher ’93 traces the…
The Market in Mind
Mark D. Robinson *94 critically analyzes translational science and medicine, a new process of medical development where speed is the…
Cornelia: The First Woman of Rome
In this historical novel, Dan Armstrong ’72 crafts the story of Cornelia, mother to the Gracchi brothers who would ultimately…
Extreme Exoticism: Japan in the American Musical Imagination
For the past century, Americans have seen Japan as an exotic land, yet its influence has affected all American artforms…
Undetected
Suzy Perry is an accomplished older woman who married into a new family in Westchester County, N.Y. Her new husband…
A Sinister Subtraction
Young attorney Linda Gilchrist accuses her therapist of molesting her during sessions, and a series of powerful men deny her…
Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800
Engraving on English Table Clocks (Holywell) introduces readers to the fascinating and intricate world of table clock engraving. Meant as…
Race After Technology
In Race After Technology (Polity), African American studies professor Benjamin introduces the “New Jim Code”: subtle technologies which enforce or…
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
This analysis of discrimination in housing focuses on the results of what African American studies professor Taylor deems “predatory inclusion”…
Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs
In a series of judgements over the last few years, the Supreme Court has allowed controversial foreign policy actions by…
The Birth of Modern Belief: Faith and Judgment from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
In The Birth of Modern Belief (Princeton University Press), University of California, Berkeley history professor Shagan *00 analyzes how groups…
That Churchill Woman
After marrying Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill, socialite Jennie Jerome (the future mother of Winston Churchill) is denied romantic affection, but finds…
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
A middle-grade adaptation of Sotomayor ’76’s earlier My Beloved World, published in 2013, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor (Delacorte)…
Turning Pages
An autobiographical picture book of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76, Turning Pages (Philomel) shows young readers what inspired Sotomayor…
Modern Things on Trial: Islam’s Global and Material Reformation in the Age of Rida, 1865-1935
Leor Halevi ’94 tells the story of a cultural exchange under European rule during the Age of Rida when Muslims…
Ghetto: The History of a Word
The history and impact of the word “ghetto” reach as far back as 1516 Rome and continues to be used…
Tools and Weapons: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Age
In Tools and Weapons: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Age (Penguin Press) Brad Smith’81 and Carol Ann Browne…
Can America Govern Itself?
In Can America Govern Itself? Frances E. Lee, professor of politics and public affairs, and other renowned political scholars are…
