Lemay Among “The Year’s Best”
01/09/2007
The New York Sun listed J.A. Leo Lemay’s The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Printer and Publisher, 1730-1747 as one of the best books of 2006. Reviewer Carl Rollyson says: Mr…. READ MORE
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Bodies Politic–Now in Paperback
01/08/2007
Bodies Politic: Negotiating Race in the American North, 1730-1830 John Wood Sweet 504 pages | 6 x 9 | 24 illus. Paper 2007 | ISBN 0-8122-1978-3 | $22.50 | £15.00… READ MORE
Tropic of Venice–Now Available
01/05/2007
Tropic of Venice Margaret Doody 374 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 color, 26 b/w illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 0-8122-3984-9 | $32.50 | £21.50 A volume… READ MORE
Theater of a City–Now Available
01/03/2007
Theater of a City: The Places of London Comedy, 1598-1642 Jean E. Howard 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 18 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3978-4 | $55.00 |… READ MORE
Legendary Hawai’i and the Politics of Place–Now Available
Legendary Hawai’i and the Politics of Place: Tradition, Translation, and Tourism Cristina Bacchilega 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3975-X | $45.00 |… READ MORE
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky–Now Available
01/02/2007
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft Jane Johnston Schoolcraft. Robert Dale Parker, Editor 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 14… READ MORE
Wonderful Blood–Now Available
Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond Caroline Walker Bynum 448 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 34 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN… READ MORE
The Ruins of Experience–Now Available
The Ruins of Experience: Scotland’s "Romantick" Highlands and the Birth of the Modern Witness Matthew Wickman 272 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3971-7 | $59.95 |… READ MORE
From Civil Rights to Human Rights–Now Available
12/20/2006
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice Thomas F. Jackson 472 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 illus…. READ MORE
Romare Bearden Authors on BBC Caribbean
12/18/2006
The BBC Caribbean interviewed Romare Bearden authors Richard and Sally Price about their work on their lavishly illustrated study of the American artist. "Many books have been written about him,"… READ MORE
