Inventing the New Negro–Now Available
06/10/2008
Inventing the New Negro: Narrative, Culture, and Ethnography Daphne Lamothe 256 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4093-1 | $55.00 | £36.00 Daphne Lamothe explores how many… READ MORE
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More Coverage of Sageman v. Hoffman Debate
06/09/2008
Over the weekend, both the New York Times and the Washington Post addressed the differing views of Leaderless Jihad author Marc Sageman and Georgetown scholar Bruce Hoffman. Sageman and Hoffman… READ MORE
Sageman at Center of Debate on Al Qaeda’s Strength
06/05/2008
In "Terrorism’s Two Front War," Huffington Post blogger Adam Elkus outlines the current debate on the state of Al Qaeda. "The main question: is Al Qaeda still a disciplined organization… READ MORE
Blum Repeats Du Bois Prayer
06/04/2008
In a timely post to the Religion in American History blog, W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet author Edward J. Blum quotes the 20th century African American activist in… READ MORE
In Darkest Alaska–Now in Paperback
In Darkest Alaska: Travel and Empire Along the Inside Passage Robert Campbell 360 pages | 6 x 9 | 39 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4021-4 | $45.00 | £29.50… READ MORE
Crossing Borders–Now Available
06/03/2008
Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures Sahar Amer 264 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4087-0 | $55.00 | £36.00 A volume… READ MORE
Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity–Now Available
Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity Jeremy M. Schott 272 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4092-4 | $59.95 | £39.00 A volume… READ MORE
St. Louis and the Picture of Dorian Gray
05/30/2008
Here’s one local reaction to Colin Gordon’s Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City. "Mr. Gordon literally gives us a bird’s eye view of the worst… READ MORE
Griffiths’ The Garden of Delights wins Labarge Prize
05/29/2008
The Garden of Delights: Reform and Renaissance for Women in the Twelfth Century by Fiona Griffiths has been awarded the Margaret Wade Labarge Prize by the Canadian Society of Medievalists…. READ MORE
Engendering the Fall–Now Available
Engendering the Fall: John Milton and Seventeenth-Century Women Writers Shannon Miller 304 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4086-3 | $65.00 | £42.50 Engendering the Fall argues… READ MORE
