UPNE | Spring 2008

Spring 2008

Brandeis University Press
Memoirs
Hans Jonas

A fascinating memoir by a major philosopher of the 20th century

May 2008

Jonas, Hans, Wiese, Christian, ed. & annot.; Winston, Krishna, trs.

University Press of New England
Just Seconds from the Ocean
Coastal Living in the Wake of Katrina

An accessible analysis of the dangers of living close to the ocean in an era of global warming and megahurricanes

Sargent, William

University Press of New England
Summer by the Seaside
The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950

A sweeping, richly illustrated architectural study of the large, historic New England coastal resort hotels

June 2008

Tolles, Bryant F., Jr.

University Press of New England
Under New England
The Story of New England’s Rocks and Fossils

Explores the geology of New England in a colorful and kid-friendly format

Barker, Charles Ferguson

University Press of New England
Writing on Stone
Scenes from a Maine Island Life
Photographs by Peter Ralston
With a Foreword by Philip W. Conkling

A moving personal account of how the life of an island, past and present, shapes and transforms the
unexpected loss of a son

Gillis, Christina Marsden, Ralston, Peter, photography

Brandeis University Press
Early Modern European Civilization and Its Political and Cultural Dynamism

A discussion of the author’s confessionalization paradigm as a model for understanding European state formation

Schilling, Heinz

Brandeis University Press
Ethics through Literature
Ascetic and Aesthetic Reading in Western Culture

An investigation into the relationship between ethics, reading, and the creative imagination in Western culture

Stock, Brian

Northeastern University Press
Intimate Terrorism
Drug-Addicted Women Living as Shoplifters and Sex Workers

Women navigating life in drugs and crime

June 2008

Caputo, Gail A.

Northeastern University Press
A Typology of Domestic Violence
Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence

Reassesses thirty years of domestic violence research and demonstrates three forms of partner violence, distinctive in their origins, effects, and treatments

Johnson, Michael P.

University of New Hampshire Press
Meat, Modernity, and the Rise of the Slaughterhouse

An interdisciplinary look at the rise of the slaughterhouse in nineteenth-century Europe and the Americas

July 2008

Lee, Paula Young, ed.

Dartmouth College Press
The Human Genome Project in College Curriculum
Ethical Issues and Practical Strategies

A provocative essay collection dealing with a range of ethical issues emerging from the Human Genome Project

Donovan, Aine, Green, Ronald M., eds.

University Press of New England
Transgender Voices
Beyond Women and Men

A revealing look at the lives and perspectives of transgender and gender variant people, based on 150 personal interviews

Girshick, Lori B., Green, Jamison fwd.

Brandeis University Press
Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel
Life History, Politics, and Culture

A critical look at the history and culture of women of the Yishuv and a call for a new national discourse

July 2008

Kark, Ruth, Shilo, Margalit; Hasan-Rokem, Galit;
Reinharz, Shulamit fwd.

Brandeis University Press
Ten Days of Birthright Israel
A Journey in Young Adult Identity

The remarkable story of Birthright Israel, an intensive ten-day educational program designed to connect Jewish young adults to their heritage

June 2008

Saxe, Leonard, Chazan, Barry

University of New Hampshire Press
Irish Titan, Irish Toilers
Joseph Banigan and Nineteenth-Century New England Labor

Scrutinizes the life and times of Joseph Banigan, one of New England’s, and America’s, most successful nineteenth-century industrialists

July 2008

Molloy, Scott

Dartmouth College Press
Performing Americanness
Race, Class, and Gender in Modern African-American and Jewish-American Literature

A comparative analysis of modern African-American and Jewish-American narratives

April 2008

Rottenberg, Catherine

Wesleyan University Press
The Dancer Within
Intimate Conversations with Great Dancers

Intimate portraits of some of the most beloved dancers in America

June 2008

Eichenbaum, Rose, Aron Hirt-Manheimer, ed.

Wesleyan University Press
Hollywood Ambitions
Celebrity in the Movie Age

The Hollywood experiences of five remarkable American personalities reveal how the motion picture industry created a new kind of fame

Orgeron, Marsha

Wesleyan University Press
The Films of Samuel Fuller
If You Die, I’ll Kill You

First comprehensive study of this American original

Dombrowski, Lisa

Wesleyan University Press
Coming to You Wherever You Are
MuchMusic, MTV, and Youth Identities

A cross-cultural look at music television

Pegley, Kip

Wesleyan University Press
Black Rhythms of Peru
Reviving African Musical Heritage in the Black Pacific

How Afro-Peruvian music was forgotten and recreated in Peru.

February 2008 (new in paper)

Feldman, Heidi Carolyn

Wesleyan University Press
Solkattu Manual
An Introduction to the Rhythmic Language of South Indian Music

The first hands-on introduction to South Indian spoken rhythm

July 2008

Nelson, David Paul

Wesleyan University Press
Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction

Groundbreaking study of science fiction’s relation to colonialism and imperialism

Rieder, John

Wesleyan University Press
Rhetorics of Fantasy

Examining fantasy literature

Mendlesohn, Farah

Phillips Exeter Academy
After the Harkness Gift
A History of Phillips Exeter Academy since 1930

The authoritative modern history of Phillips Exeter Academy and its much-admired revolutionary educational style

May 2008

Heskel, Julia, Dyer, Davis

Dartmouth College Press
Cargill
From Commodities to Customers

The third and final volume of the highly acclaimed history of Cargill

Broehl, Wayne G., Jr.

Strawbery Banke Museum & Peter E. Randall Publisher
Strawbery Banke
A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making

This dramatic story of New Hampshire’s oldest neighborhood and only seaport spans 400 years in 400 pages with over 350 photographs and illustrations

Robinson, J. Dennis

Dartmouth College Press
The Brillo Box Archive
Aesthetics, Design, and Art

A study of the iconic Brillo box through the theories of design, aesthetics, and art

July 2008

Golec, Michael J.

Brandeis University Press
Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism
Resistance and Accommodation

An innovative analysis of how creative tensions between modern Orthodox Judaism and feminism can lead to unexpected perspectives and beliefs

Hartman, Tova

Hood Museum of Art
Wenda Gu at Dartmouth
The Art of Installation

A chronicle of artist Wenda Gu’s latest installations

June 2008

Hood Museum of Art

Art Services International
Muraqqa'
Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library

A fascinating study of some of the most remarkable of all albums ever created

July 2008

Wright, Elaine

University Press of New England
The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Updated catalogue raisonné of one of the most important figures in American sculpture.

May 2008

Dryfhout, John H.

Spertus Museum
The New Authentics
Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation

Art and text defining a new generation of Jewish Americans

Boris, Staci

Adelson Galleries
Frederic Edwin Church
Romantic Landscapes and Seascapes

An artistic travelogue of the places visited by a popular American artist

Carr, Gerald L.

New Britain Museum of American Art
Charles Ethan Porter
African-American Master of Still Life

The first study of the artistry of a noted African-American painter

Cummings, Hildegard

Apicella
Scottish Cabinetmakers in Federal New York

The first full-length study of the Scottish community of craftsman in Federal New York

Apicella, Mary Ann Hollihan

University Press of New England
The Road Washes Out in Spring
A Poet’s Memoir of Living Off the Grid

A beautifully written memoir of nature, community, and poetry

Wormser, Baron

University Press of New England
Diamonds in the Marsh
A Natural History of the Diamondback Terrapin

The first book-length investigation of a fascinating reptile

Brennessel, Barbara

Adelson Galleries
Mary Cassatt
Prints and Drawings from the Collection of Ambroise Vollard

A never-before-seen set of works on paper by the impressionist Mary Cassatt.

May 2008

Mathews, Nancy Mowll, Bertalan, Sarah; Rosen, Marc intro.

Wesleyan University Press
Grace, Fallen from

Illuminating poetry that quiets and startles and troubles

Boruch, Marianne

Wesleyan University Press
Zong!

A haunting lifeline between archive and memory, law and poetry

March 2008

Philip, M. NourbeSe, as told to the author by Setaey Adamu Boateng

Wesleyan University Press
The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest

The lifework of a preeminent New York School poet

May 2008

Guest, Barbara, Hadley Guest, ed.; Peter Gizzi, intro.

Wesleyan University Press
A Wild Perfection
The Selected Letters of James Wright

The thoughtful, inspiring letters of a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

Wright, James, Anne Wright and Saundra Rose Maley, eds.