Recent Scholarship
Social and Cultural
Aaron, Henry J., “Longer Life Spans: Boon or Burden?,” Daedalus, 135 (Winter 2006), 9–19.
Aruga, Tadashi, “Gurobaru ka to tabunka syugi no naka no america” (America in globalization and multiculturalism), Kiyo/Bulletin of the Seigakuin University General Research Institute (Tokyo), 29 (2004), 13–45. In Japanese.
Banta, Martha, “Raw, Ripe, Rot: Nineteenth-Century Pathologies of the American Aesthetic,” American Literary History, 17 (Winter 2005), 666–86.
Berkman, Lisa F., and M. Maria Glymour, “How Society Shapes Aging: The Centrality of Variability,” Daedalus, 135 (Winter 2006), 105–14.
Bosch Sánchez, Aurora, “Convertirse en americanos. Las minorías étnicas y las dos guerras mundiales en Estados Unidos” (Becoming American. Ethnic minorities and the two world wars in the United States), Ayer. Revista de Historia Contemporánea (Madrid), 58 (no. 2, 2005), 229–52. In Spanish.
Bungert, Heike, “Regional Diversity in Celebrating Regional Origin: German-American ‘Volksfeste,’ 1870–1920,” in Regionalism in the Age of Globalism, vol. 2: Forms of Regionalism, ed. Lothar Hönnighausen, 93–115. (Madison: csumc, 2005. $29.95, isbn 0-924119-13-6.)
Carmichael, James V., Jr., “Southern Librarianship and the Culture of Resentment,” Libraries & Culture, 40 (Summer 2005), 324–52.
Clark, Kenneth, “The Artist Grows Old,” Daedalus, 135 (Winter 2006), 77–90.
Cole, John Y., “The Library of Congress Becomes a World Library, 1815–2005,” Libraries & Culture, 40 (Summer 2005), 385–98.
Craig, Allen, “Discovering ‘Joe Six Pack’ Content in Television News: The Hidden History of Audience Research, News Consultants, and the Warner Class Model,” Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49 (Dec. 2005), 363–82.
Dastrup, Boyd L., “The ‘Come-As-You-Are’ War: Fort Sill and the Persian Gulf Crisis of 1990–1991,” Chronicles of Oklahoma, 83 (Summer 2005), 178–93.
Des Jardins, Julie, “Black Librarians and the Search for Women’s Biography during the New Negro History Movement,” oah Magazine of History, 20 (Jan. 2006), 15–18.
Eighmey, Rae Katherine, “‘Food Will Win the War’: Minnesota Conservation Efforts, 1917–18,” Minnesota History, 59 (Fall 2005), 272–86. Heavily illustrated.
Gerber, David, “Acts of Deceiving and Withholding in Immigrant Letters: Personal Identity and Self-Presentation in Personal Correspondence,” Journal of Social History, 39 (Winter 2005), 315–30.
Giles, Paul, and R. J. Ellis, “E Pluribus Multitudinum: The New World of Journal Publishing in American Studies,” American Quarterly, 57 (Dec. 2005), 1033–78.
Greiner, Bernd, “The Spirit of St. Louis: Mobilizing American Politics and Society, 1937–1945,” in A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937–1945, by Roger Chickering, Stig Förster, and Bernd Greiner, 245–61. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 392 pp. $65.00, isbn 0-521-83432-5.)
Hovde, David M., and John W. Fritch, “In the Union There Is Strength: The Farmers’ Institute and the Western Literary Union Library,” Libraries & Culture, 40 (Summer 2005), 285–306.
Kittredge, William, “American Heartline,” in America’s 100th Meridian: A Plains Journey, ed. Monte Hartman, 3–68. (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2005. xxii, 113 pp. $39.95, isbn 0-89672-561-8.)
Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, and Robert Gottlieb, “A Road as a Route and Place: The Evolution and Transformation of the Arroyo Seco Parkway,” California History, 83 (no. 1, 2005), 28–40. Heavily illustrated.
Maack, Mary Niles, “American Bookwomen in Paris during the 1920s,” Libraries & Culture, 40 (Summer 2005), 399–415.
Moen, Ole O., “The Frontier Myth in Modern American Politics,” Journal of American Studies of Turkey (Ankara) (Spring 2005), 79–92.
Neeley, Kathleen L., and M. Andrea Bashore, “Esteem, Regard, and Respect for Rationality: Joseph Priestley’s Female Connections,” Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, 30 (no. 2, 2005), 77–90.
Paatnode, Randall, “Path Not Taken: Wired Wireless and Broadcasting in the 1920s,” Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49 (Dec. 2005), 383–401.
Penner, Barbara, “‘A Vision of Love and Luxury’: The Commercialization of Nineteenth-Century American Weddings,” Winterthur Portfolio, 39 (Spring 2004), 1–20. Heavily illustrated.
powell, john a., “Dreaming for a Self beyond Whiteness and Isolation,” Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, 18 (2005), 13–45.
Rasmussen, Chris, “Progress and Catastrophe: Public History at the Iowa State Fair, 1854–1946,” Annals of Iowa, 63 (Fall 2004), 357–89.
Robbins, Louise S., “Changing the Geography of Reading in a Southern Border State: The Rosenwald Fund and the wpa in Oklahoma,” Libraries & Culture, 40 (Summer 2005), 353–67.
Sayer, Liana C., “Gender, Time, and Inequality: Trends in Women’s and Men’s Paid Work, Unpaid Work, and Free Time,” Social Forces, 84 (Sept. 2005), 285–303.
Sheley, Nancy Strow, “Taking Up the Gauntlet,” American Art, 19 (Fall 2005), 82–91. Heavily illustrated.
Shortridge, James R., “Regional Image and Sense of Place in Kansas,” Kansas History, 28 (Autumn 2005), 202–19.
Sutton, Allison M., “Bridging the Gap in Early Library Education History for African Americans: The Negro Teacher-Librarian Training Program (1936–1939),” Journal of Negro Education, 74 (Spring 2005), 138–50.
Suzuki, Nanami, “Daietto cosmology no kindai” (Modernity of diet cosmology), in Seimei: Shourou byoushi no uchu (Life: The cosmology of living, aging, disease, and death), ed. Yoshimasa Ikegami, . (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2004. isbn 4000112376.) In Japanese.
Tuten, James H., “Liquid Assets: Madeira Wine and Cultural Capital among Lowcountry Planters, 1735–1900,” American Nineteenth Century History (London), 6 (June 2005), 173–88.
Wiegand, Wayne, “Collecting Contested Titles: The Experience of Five Small Public Libraries in the Rural Midwest, 1893–1956,” Libraries & Culture, 40 (Summer 2005), 368–84.
Winter, Alison, “The Making of ‘Truth Serum,’ 1920–1940,” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 79 (Fall 2005), 500–533.
Ackerman, Michael, “Interpreting the ‘newer knowledge of nutrition’: Science, Interests, and Values in the Making of Dietary Advice in the United States, 1915–1965” (University of Virginia, 2005). Order No. DA3168455.
Alexander, Benjamin F., “Armenian and American: The Changing Face of Ethnic Identity and Diasporic Nationalism, 1915–1955” (City University of New York, 2005). Order No. DA3169887.
David, Marc, “Memory’s Warp: The Cultural Politics of History and Race in South Louisiana” (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2005). Order No. DA3170417.
Enloe, Karin M., “Willie, Waylon, Buck, and Merle: Nashville Outlaws and the American West” (Arizona State University, 2005). Order No. DA3166925.
Farnan, Sheryl Ann, “‘It is a profession that is new, unlimited, and rich!’: The Promotion of the American Fashion Designer in the 1930s” (Iowa State University, 2005). Order No. DA3172213.
Groeninger, David V., “Chicago Imagined: The Role of Newspaper Columnists in Creating a City of the Mind, 1890–1930” (Loyola University, Chicago, 2005). Order No. DA3175764.
Imai, Shiho, “Creating the Nisei Market: Japanese American Consumer Culture in Honolulu, 1920–1941” (Brown University, 2005). Order No. DA3174622.
Jones, Ryan Patrick, “The Tender Land: Aaron Copland’s American Narrative” (Brandeis University, 2005). Order No. DA3166268.
Lahr, Angela Marie, “Millennial Dreams and Apocalyptic Nightmares: Evangelical and Secular Identity in the Early Cold War” (Northern Illinois University, 2005). Order No. DA3173591.
Loosbrock, Richard D., “Living with the Octopus: Life, Work, and Community in a Western Railroad Town” (University of New Mexico, 2005). Order No. DA3177095.
Pursell, Matthew C., “Changing Conceptions of Servitude in the British Atlantic, 1640 to 1780” (Brown University, 2005). Order No. DA3174660.
Ryan, Thomas R., “Jacob Eichholtz and an Artist’s Construction of Middle-Class Identity in Nineteenth-Century Lancaster, Pennsylvania” (University of Delaware, 2005). Order No. DA3169532.
Shapiro, Aaron Alex, “‘One crop worth cultivating’: Tourism in the Upper Great Lakes, 1910–1965” (University of Chicago, 2005). Order No. DA3168390.
Smyth, Jennifer Evelyn, “American Cavalcade: Classic Hollywood’s Filmic Writing of American History, 1928–1942” (Yale University, 2005). Order No. DA3168992.
Staudt, John Gerard, “‘A state of wretchedness’: A Social History of Suffolk County, New York, in the American Revolution” (George Washington University, 2005). Order No. DA3167039.
Wassmann, Claudia, “The Science of Emotion: Studying Emotions in Germany, France, and the U.S., 1860–1920” (University of Chicago, 2005). Order No. DA3168411.
Baldwin, Neil, The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold War. (New York: St. Martin’s, 2005. 253 pp. $24.95, isbn 0-312-32543-6.)
Balmer, Randall, and Lauren F. Winner, Protestantism in America. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. xvi, 295 pp. Cloth, $45.00, isbn 0-231-11130-4. Paper, $24.00, isbn 0-231-11131-2.)
Breisch, Kenneth A., and Alison K. Hoagland, eds., Building Environments: Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, vol. 10. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2005. xviii, 299 pp. Paper, $32.00, isbn 1-57233-440-1.) Heavily illustrated.
Busby, Horace, The Thirty-First of March: An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson’s Final Days in Office. (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005. xviii, 250 pp. Paper, $15.00, isbn 0-374-53021-1.)
Busch, Andrew E., Reagan’s Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2005. x, 237 pp. Cloth, $35.00, isbn 0-7006-1407-9. Paper, $16.95, isbn 0-7006-1408-7.)
Caputi, Mary, A Kinder, Gentler America: Melancholia and the Mythical 1950s. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005. x, 200 pp. Paper, $18.95, isbn 0-8166-4408-X.)
Cavazza, Stefano, and Emanuela Scarpellini, eds., Il secolo dei consumi (The century of consumption). (Rome: Carocci, 2006. 246 pp. €17.10, isbn 88-430-3616-5.) In Italian.
Conforti, Joseph A., ed., Creating Portland: History and Place in Northern New England. (Durham: University of New Hampshire Press, 2005. xxxiv, 348 pp. $29.95, isbn 1-58465-521-6.)
Dempsey, Corinne G., The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xiv, 261 pp. Paper, $29.95, isbn 0-19-518730-X.)
Edwards, Rebecca, New Spirits: Americans in the Gilded Age, 1865–1905. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 296 pp. Cloth, $49.95, isbn 0-19-514728-6. Paper, $27.50, isbn 0-19-514729-4.)
Faber, Charles F., and Richard B. Faber, The American Presidents Ranked by Performance. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2006. viii, 296 pp. Paper, $35.00, isbn 0-7864-2610-1.) Originally published in 2000.
Farley, Reynolds, and John Haaga, eds., The American People: Census 2000. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005. xiv, 456 pp. Paper, $35.00, isbn 0-87154-273-0.)
Ferrell, Robert H., Presidential Leadership: From Woodrow Wilson to Harry S. Truman. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006. xii, 168 pp. $29.95, isbn 0-8262-1623-4.)
Fuwei, Shen, Xifang wenhua yu Zhongguo (1793–2000) (Western culture and China, 1793–2000). (Shanghai: Shanghai Education, 2003. 1,304 pp. Y 70.00, isbn 7-5320-8616-X.) In Chinese.
Gould, Rebecca Kneale, At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. xxx, 350 pp. Cloth, $60.00, isbn 0-520-24140-1. Paper, $24.95, isbn 0-520-24142-8.)
Graham, Don, ed., Lone Star Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande. (New York: Norton, 2006. 733 pp. Paper, $19.95, isbn 0-393-05043-2.)
Groce, W. Todd, and Stephen V. Ash, eds., Nineteenth-Century America: Essays in Honor of Paul H. Bergeron. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2005. x, 188 pp. $40.00, isbn 1-57233-441-X.)
Hall, Mitchell K., Crossroads: American Popular Culture and the Vietnam Generation. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. xii, 241 pp. Cloth, $65.00, isbn 0-7425-4443-5. Paper, $22.95, isbn 0-7425-4444-3.)
Hartman, Monte, ed., America’s 100th Meridian: A Plains Journey. (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2005. xxii, 113 pp. $39.95, isbn 0-89672-561-8.) Heavily illustrated.
Jacob, Margaret C., The Origins of Freemasonry: Facts & Fictions. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. 168 pp. $26.50, isbn 0-8122-3901-6.)
Karsten, Peter, ed., Encyclopedia of War & American Society. (Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2006. Vol. 1: xviii, 433 pp. Vol. 2: xviii, 426 pp. Vol. 3: xviii, 465 pp. pp. $395.00, /setisbn 0-7619-3097-3./set.)
Kirtz, Mary K., et al., eds., The Elections of 2000: Politics, Culture, and Economics in North America. (Akron: University of Akron Press, 2006. xii, 288 pp. Cloth, $32.95, isbn 1-931968-19-5. Paper, $19.95, isbn 1-931968-30-6.)
Klotter, James C., ed., The Human Tradition in the New South. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. xviii, 215 pp. Cloth, $70.00, isbn 0-7425-4475-3. Paper, $24.95, isbn 0-7425-4476-1.)
Kongnian, Yan, Meiguo Beieshiyanshi chenggong zhilu (The road to success of the United States Bell laboratories). (Gunzngzhou: Guangdong Education, 2004. 390 pp. Y 25.00, isbn 7-5406-5074-5.) In Chinese.
Lee, J. J., and Marion R. Casey, eds., Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States. (New York: New York University Press, 2006. xviii, 733 pp. $50.00, isbn 0-8147-5208-X.)
Livingstone, David N., and Charles W. J. Withers, eds., Geography and Revolution. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. viii, 433 pp. $45.00, isbn 0-226-48733-4.)
Mack, Charles R., Talking with the Turners: Conversations with Southern Folk Potters. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2006. xxxiv, 233 pp. $45.00, isbn 1-57003-600-4.) Includes audio cd.
Panetta, Roger, ed., Westchester: The American Suburb. (New York: Fordham University Press, 2006. xii, 468 pp. Cloth, $44.95, isbn 0-8232-2593-3. Paper, $24.95, isbn 0-8232-2594-1.) Heavily illustrated.
Qiming, Han, and Jianshe Meiguo, Meiguo gognye geming shiqi jingji shehui bianqian jiqi qishi (Constructing the U.S.: Social changes and their inspiration in the period of the American industrial revolution). (Beijing: Chinese Economy, 2004. 381 pp. Y 22.00, isbn 7-5017-6558-8.) In Chinese.
Risjord, Norman K., Giants in Their Times: Representative Americans from the Jazz Age to the Cold War. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. x, 259 pp. Cloth, $72.00, isbn 0-7425-2784-0. Paper, $24.95, isbn 0-7425-2785-9.)
Schwartz, Eugene G., ed., American Students Organize: Founding the National Student Association after World War II—An Anthology and Sourcebook. (Westport: Praeger, 2006. xxxii, 1,212 pp. $135.00, isbn 0-275-99100-8.)
Scott, Patricia Lyn, and Linda Thatcher, eds., Women in Utah History: Paradigm or Paradox?. (Logan: Utah State University Press, 2005. xviii, 438 pp. Cloth, $34.95, isbn 0-87421-624-9. Paper, $19.95, isbn 0-87421-625-7.)
Shixong, Ni, ed., Shijie wwenhuashi gushi daxi, Meiguojuan (World cultural history series, U.S. volume). (Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education, 2003. 447 pp. Y 25.00, isbn 7-81080-4125.) In Chinese.
Stearns, Peter N., ed., A Day in the Life: Studying Daily Life through History. (Westport: Greenwood, 2006. x, 228 pp. $55.00, isbn 0-313-33233-9.)
Traxel, David, Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace and the Great War, 1898–1920. (New York: Knopf, 2006. xii, 413 pp. $27.50, isbn 0-375-41078-3.)
van Minnen, Cornelius, Amerika’s beroemdste Nederlander: Een biografie van Hendrik Willem van Loon (America’s most famous Dutchman: A biography of Hendrik Willem van Loon). (Amsterdam: Boom, 2005. 447 pp. €34.50, isbn 90-8506-180-6.) In Dutch.
Yu, Su, Meiguode yizhong chengzhang, meiguojuan (The growth of the United States volume). (Tianjin: Hundred Flowers Literature and Art, 2003. 294 pp. Y 26.00, isbn 7-5306-3548-4.) In Chinese.
Barnum, Phineas T., The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: Nothing Else Like It in the Universe, ed. James W. Cook. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2005. x, 258 pp. Cloth, $50.00, isbn 0-252-03054-0. Paper, $19.95, isbn 0-252-07295-2.) Heavily illustrated.
King, John A., Jr., with John R. Vile, Presidents from Eisenhower through Johnson, 1953–1969: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents. (Westport: Greenwood, 2006. xxx, 244 pp. $59.95, isbn 0-313-31582-5.)
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