Recent Scholarship
Material Culture and Architecture
Emlen, Robert P., “Slave Labor at the College Edifice: Building Brown University’s University Hall in 1770,” Rhode Island History, 66 (Summer 2008), 35–45.
Feathers, Anne Herbert, “Catfights and Coffins: Stories of Alabama Courthouses,” Alabama Review, 61 (July 2008), 163–89.
Hafertepe, Kenneth, “Restoration, Reconstruction, or Romance? The Case of the Spanish Governor’s Palace in Hispanic-Era San Antonio, Texas,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 67 (Sept. 2008), 412–33.
Hoover, David N., and Robert L. Hoover, “Mission San Antonio de Padua: A Chronology of Building,” Boletín, 25 (no. 1, 2008), 35–66.
Jones, Darrell E., “The St. George Temple Tower: Evolution of a Design,” Journal of Mormon History, 34 (Spring 2008), 113–29.
Rosengarten, Dale, “By the Rivers of Babylon: The Lowcountry Basket in Slavery and Freedom,” in Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art, by Dale Rosengarten, Theodore Rosengarten, and Enid Schildkrout, 104–21. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. 269 pp. Cloth, $60.00, isbn 978-0-945802-50-1. Paper, $35.00, isbn 978-0-945802-51-8.) Heavily illustrated.
Rosengarten, Dale, “Missions and Markets: Sea Island Basketry and the Sweetgrass Revolution,” in Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art, by Dale Rosengarten, Theodore Rosengarten, and Enid Schildkrout, 128–71. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. 269 pp. Cloth, $60.00, isbn 978-0-945802-50-1. Paper, $35.00, isbn 978-0-945802-51-8.) Heavily illustrated.
Schildkrout, Enid, and Dale Rosengarten, “African Origins: Ancestors and Analogues,” in Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art, by Dale Rosengarten, Theodore Rosengarten, and Enid Schildkrout, 20–77. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. 269 pp. Cloth, $60.00, isbn 978-0-945802-50-1. Paper, $35.00, isbn 978-0-945802-51-8.) Heavily illustrated.
Havenhand, Lucinda Kaukas, “Ideas as Interiors: Interior Design in the United States, 1930–1965” (Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007). Order No. DA3302980.
Lasser, Ethan W., “Figures in the Grain: The Enlightenment of Anglo-American Furniture, 1660–1800” (Yale University, 2007). Order No. DA3293339.
Nystrom, Eric Charles, “Learning to See: Visual Tools in American Mining Engineering, 1860–1920” (Johns Hopkins University, 2008). Order No. DA3295796.
White, Timothy R., “Building ‘Broadway’: Theatre Craft and Show Construction in New York City, 1890–1990” (Columbia University, 2008). Order No. DA3299304.
Baumler, Ellen, Dark Spaces: Montana’s Historic Penitentiary at Deer Lodge. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. x, 117 pp. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-8263-4547-9.) Heavily illustrated.
Craven, Wayne, Gilded Mansions: Grand Architecture and High Society. (New York: Norton, 2008. 383 pp. $59.95, isbn 978-0-393-06754-5.) Heavily illustrated.
Cruse, J. Brett, Battles of the Red River War: Archeological Perspectives on the Indian Campaign of 1874. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2008. xxii, 249 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-1-60344-027-1.) Heavily illustrated.
Cunningham, Joseph, The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. xxii, 282 pp. $65.00, isbn 978-0-300-13909-9.) Heavily illustrated.
Golenbock, Peter, In the Country of Brooklyn: Inspiration to the World. (New York: Morrow, 2008. xvi, 684 pp. $32.95, isbn 978-0-06-125381-2.)
Helfand, Jessica, Scrapbooks: An American History. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. xxxiv, 190 pp. $45.00, isbn 978-0-300-12635-8.) Heavily illustrated.
Hines, Thomas S., Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. xxviii, 445 pp. Paper, $22.50, isbn 978-0-226-34172-9.) Originially published in 1974.
Keim, Charles J., Aghvook, White Eskimo: Otto Geist and Alaskan Archaeology. (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2008. xx, 313 pp. Paper, $29.95, isbn 978-1-60223-036-1.) Originally published in 1969.
Linden, Blanche M. G., Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston’s Mount Auburn Cemetery. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2008. xxii, 373 pp. Paper, $39.95, isbn 978-1-55849-571-5.) Originally published in 1989; heavily illustrated.
Moss, Roger W., Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 338 pp. $34.95, isbn 978-0-8122-4106-8.) Heavily illustrated.
Peterson, Amy T., et al., The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History: 1900 to the Present. (Westport: Greenwood, 2008. Vol. 1, 1900–1949: xx, 392 pp. Vol. 2, 1950–Present: xx, 428 pp. $199.95/set, isbn 978-0-313-35855-5/set.)
Rosengarten, Dale, Theodore Rosengarten, and Enid Schildkrout, Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. 269 pp. Cloth, $60.00, isbn 978-0-945802-50-1. Paper, $35.00, isbn 978-0-945802-51-8.) Heavily illustrated. Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/rso/.
Stott, Annette, Pioneer Cemeteries: Sculpture Gardens of the Old West. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. xxxiv, 370 pp. $36.95, isbn 978-0-8032-1608-2.)
Yamin, Rebecca, Digging in the City of Brotherly Love: Stories from Philadelphia Archaeology. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. xvi, 240 pp. $35.00, isbn 978-0-300-10091-4.) Heavily illustrated.
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