New Books in Aging

Helen Anne Curry, “Evolution Made to Order: Plant Breeding and Technological Innovation in Twentieth-Century Americ...

Nowadays, it might seem perplexing for the founder of a seed company to express the intention to...

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Jill Gentile, “Feminine Law: Freud, Free Speech, and the Voice of Desire” (Karnac, 2016)

Psychoanalysis has a reputation for insularity, often limiting its interest and scope to events...

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Leonard Barkan, “Berlin for Jews: A Twenty-First Century Companion” (U. Chicago Press, 2016)

In Berlin for Jews: A Twenty-First Century Companion (University of Chicago Press, 2016), Leonard...

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Matt Pearl, “The Solo Video Journalist: Doing It All and Doing it Well in TV Multimedia Journalism” (Focal Press,...

While the title of Matt Pearl‘s book, The Solo Video Journalist: Doing it All and Doing It Well...

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Jeremy C. Young, “The Age of Charisma: Leaders, Follwoers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870-1940” (Cambridg...

In the age of the railroad, social movements, revivals, and campaigns for political office spread...

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Lisa Messeri, “Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds” (Duke UP, 2016)

What kind of object is a planet? Lisa Messeri‘s new book asks and addressed this question in a...

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B. Harrison and M. Michelson, “Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Brian F. Harrison and Melissa R. Michelson‘s, Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes...

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Roy Bing Chan, “The Edge of Knowing: Dreams, History, and Realism in Modern Chinese Literature” (U. Washington Pr...

Roy Bing Chan‘s new book explores twentieth-century Chinese literature that emphasizes sleeping...

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Territory-A Literary Project about Maps: Discussion with Tommy Mira y Lopez

As our name makes clear, the New Books Network focuses on books. And as a host who looks at...

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Clea Bourne, “Trust, Power and Public Relations in Financial Markets” (Routledge, 2017)

Almost 10 years after the great financial crisis, how has the finance industry regained its...

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Timothy Cheek, “The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

In the preface to his new book, Timothy Cheek calls out a widespread tendency to focus on...

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William D. Prigge, “Bearslayers: The Rise and Fall of the Latvian National Communists” (Peter Lang, 2015)

In 1959, approximately 2,000 members of the the Latvian Communist Party were purged for...

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David Bryan and David Pao, eds, “Ascent into Heaven in Luke – Acts” (Fortress Press, 2016)

The ascension of Christ is a fundamental doctrine of Christianity, and yet Luke’s two-volume work...

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Lotta Bjorklund Larsen,”Shaping Taxpayers: Values in Action at the Swedish Tax Agency” (Berghahn Books, 2017)

How do you make taxpayers comply? Lotta Bjorklund Larsen‘s ethnography, Shaping Taxpayers: Values...

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Maya Barzilai, “Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters” (NYU Press, 2016)

This episode of New Books in Jewish Studies features Maya Barzilai, Assistant Professor of Hebrew...

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Cemil Aydin, “The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History” (Harvard UP, 2017)

Almost daily in popular media the Muslim World is pinpointed as a homogeneous entity that stands...

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Michael and Sarah Bennett, “F*ck Love: One Shrink’s Sensible Advice for Finding a Lasting Relationship” (Touchs...

Most books on the psychology of love relationships emphasize feelings, but Michael and Sarah...

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Linda Zagzebski, “Exemplarist Moral Theory” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Many of the longstanding debates in moral philosophy concern the question of where more...

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Rebe Taylor, “Into the Heart of Tasmania: A Search For Human Antiquity” (Melbourne UP, 2017)

In her book, Into the Heart of Tasmania: A Search For Human Antiquity (Melbourne University...

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J. C. McKeown, “A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts ...

The back cover of J. C. McKeown‘s new book, A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities (Oxford...

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