Recent Scholarship
Social and Cultural
Cowie, Jefferson R., and Lauren Boehm, “Dead Man’s Town: ‘Born in the U.S.A.,’ Social History, and Working-Class Identity,” American Quarterly, 58 (June 2006), 353–78.
Diner, Hasia, “Entering the Mainstream of Modern Jewish History: Peddlers and the American Jewish South,” Southern Jewish History, 8 (2005), 1–30.
Fujita-Rony, Thomas Y., “Remaking the ‘Home Front’ in World War II: Japanese American Women’s Work and the Colorado River Relocation Center,” Southern California Quarterly, 88 (Summer 2006), 161–204.
Genter, Robert, “‘Hypnotizzy’ in the Cold War: The American Fascination with Hypnotism in the 1950s,” Journal of American Culture, 29 (June 2006), 154–69.
Jones, Preston, “At the Edge of Empire: Forging Americanness in Nome, 1899–1905,” Alaska History, 19 (Spring–Fall 2004), 25–43.
Lotchin, Roger, “The Triumphant Partnership: California Cities and the Winning of World War II,” Southern California Quarterly, 88 (Spring 2006), 71–95.
MacLennan, Oriel C. L., “Boundaries, Borders, and Barriers: Marie-Claire Blais and the Archival Adventure,” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes (Peterborough), 40 (Spring 2006), 60–78.
McCrossen, Alexis, “‘One Cathedral More’ or ‘Mere Lounging Places for Bummers’? The Cultural Politics of Leisure and the Public Library in Gilded Age America,” Libraries & Culture, 41 (Spring 2006), 169–88.
McPherson, Miller, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and Matthew E. Brashears, “Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades,” American Sociological Review, 71 (June 2006), 353–75.
Sauter, Dale, “The ‘Mystery-Filled’ Natchitoches Meat Pie: A General Investigation,” Louisiana History, 47 (Spring 2006), 169–82.
Waddell, Louis M., “The Emergence of an Archives for Pennsylvania,” Pennsylvania History, 73 (Spring 2006), 198–235.
White, Sophie, “‘A Baser Commerce’: Retailing, Class, and Gender in French Colonial New Orleans,” William and Mary Quarterly, 63 (July 2006), 517–50.
Xaiode, Wang, “Guanyu ‘Meiguohua’yu quanqiu duoyuanhua fazhan de sikao” (Thoughts on ‘Americanzation’ and global multicultural development), American Studies Quarterly (Beijing) (no. 3, 2003), 87–104. In Chinese.
Zhisen, Yu, “Meiguo duoyuanhua chdengyin zaitansuo” (A second explanation of the roots of U.S. multiculturalism), Journal of East China Normal University (Shanghai) (no. 5, 2003), 63–70. In Chinese.
Brunner, Marta L., “‘Faith’ in Social Change: Three Case Studies from American Social Movement History, 1890–1940” (University of California, Santa Cruz, 2005). Order No. DA3191880.
Burr, Thomas Cameron, “Markets as Producers and Consumers: The French and U.S. National Bicycle Markets, 1875–1910” (University of California, Davis, 2005). Order No. DA3191098.
Glynn, Thomas Peter, “Books in the Public Sphere: New York Libraries and the Culture-Building Enterprise, 1754–1904” (Auburn University, 2005). Order No. DA3189272.
Haley, Andrew Peter, “Turning the Tables: American Restaurant Culture and the Rise of the Middle Class, 1880–1920” (University of Pittsburgh, 2005). Order No. DA3192952.
Halverson, Joel A., “Suicide and Socioeconomic Context in the Appalachian Region” (West Virginia University, 2005). Order No. DA3191223.
Luecke, Karen Hofer, “‘What shall be done when victory is won?’: The Cultural Foundations and Implications of the 1944 G.I. Bill of Rights” (George Mason University, 2006). Order No. DA3193090.
Bailey, Beth, and David Farber, eds., America in the Seventies. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004. vi, 246 pp. Cloth, $35.00, isbn 0-7006-1326-9. Paper, $16.95, isbn 0-7006-1327-7.)
Chavannes, Marc, Op de as van goed en kwaad: Amerika achter de schermen (On the axis of good and evil: America behind the fence). (Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2006. 415 pp. €18,95, isbn 9044608339.) In Dutch.
Eden, Trudy, Cooking in America, 1590–1840. (Westport: Greenwood, 2006. xxxiv, 147 pp. $45.00, isbn 0-313-33567-2.)
Fischer, Klaus P., America in White, Black, and Gray: The Stormy 1960s. (New York: Continuum, 2006. xii, 452 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8264-1816-6.)
Knol, Meta, and Pauline Terreehorst, This is America: visies op de Amerikaanse droom (This is America: Visions of the American dream). (Utrecht: Centraal Museum, 2006. 205 pp. €22,50, isbn 9029077956.) In Dutch.
Oostdijk, Diederik, and Markha G. Valenta, eds., Tales of the Great American Victory: World War II in Politics and Poetics. (Amsterdam: vu University Press, 2006. 211 pp. Paper, €36.50, isbn 90-5383-976-3.)
Robinson, Melissa B., and Maureen Dunn, The Search for Canasta 404: Love, Loss, and the pow/mia Movement. (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2006. xiv, 233 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-1-58465-486-5.)
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