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An Often-Tumultuous Saga Of Books And Book-Places In The World: A Review, Dayne Sherman
An Often-Tumultuous Saga Of Books And Book-Places In The World: A Review, Dayne Sherman
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
Book review of Battles, Matthew. Library: An Unquiet History. W.W. Norton, New York, NY, 2003. $24.95.
Excerpt:
Library: An Unquiet History dignifies the work of librarians as a profession, something needed more now than ever before, as we encounter this chaotic Communication Age. It tells us why we are here toiling in the library by telling us how we arrived as keepers of books and guardians of democracy.
"100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia" Book Review, M. Elaine Hughes
"100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia" Book Review, M. Elaine Hughes
University Library Faculty Publications
This is a book review of 100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia by Molefi Kete Asante.
Review Of The Culture Of Defeat : On National Trauma, Mourning, And Recovery, Michael F. Russo
Review Of The Culture Of Defeat : On National Trauma, Mourning, And Recovery, Michael F. Russo
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
"The African American Years" Book Review, M. Elaine Hughes
"The African American Years" Book Review, M. Elaine Hughes
University Library Faculty Publications
This is a book review of "The African American Years" by Gabriel Burns Stepto.
Book Review Of Letters From The Dust Bowl By Caroline Henderson, Christina E. Dando
Book Review Of Letters From The Dust Bowl By Caroline Henderson, Christina E. Dando
Geography and Geology Faculty Publications
The American ‘Dust Bowl’ landscape of the 1930s has been etched into the global imagination through powerful narratives: Farm Security Administration photography (1935–43), Per Loretz’s film, The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936), and John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath (1939). In the last quarter of the twentieth century, historians such as Donald Worster (1979) have constructed their own narratives of this time and place. Caroline Henderson’s Letters from the Dust Bowl, edited by Alvin O. Turner, provides a counterpoint, in the form of a first-hand account and a woman’s voice, to the news stories, government propaganda, and historians’ analyses …
Review Of The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, And The Quest For Balance By Michael Gorman, W. Bede Mitchell
Review Of The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, And The Quest For Balance By Michael Gorman, W. Bede Mitchell
Library Faculty Publications
This review was published in College and Research Libraries.
Book Review Of Silence On The Mountain (Daniel Wilkinson), Michael T. Searcy
Book Review Of Silence On The Mountain (Daniel Wilkinson), Michael T. Searcy
Faculty Publications
Recién terminada una guerra civil de 36 años, Guatemala abriga los secretos de la coerción y del genocidio que el mundo tiene que saber. Con la firma del acuerdo de paz entre las fuerzas revolucionarias y los militares en diciembre de 1996, el gobierno acordó formar una comisión de la verdad, conocida como la Comisión para la Clarificación Histórica. Con la esperanza de traer la justicia y acabar con el terror que la gente había experimentado, la comisión recogió los testimonios de millares de personas que habían sido aterrorizados por los militares y la guerrilla. Las historias acababan con un …
Bodies In Motion: Contemplating Work, Leisure, And Late Capitalism In Japanese Fitness Clubs, Elise M. Edwards
Bodies In Motion: Contemplating Work, Leisure, And Late Capitalism In Japanese Fitness Clubs, Elise M. Edwards
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Review article of:
Laura Spielvogel. 2003. Working Out in Japan: Shaping the Female Body in Tokyo Fitness Clubs. Durham and London: Duke University Press.