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Runaway Daughters: Seduction, Elopement, and Honor in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
September, 2009
A new book by historian Kathryn A. Sloan examines a pivotal era in the history of Mexico. She mined 19th century court records to reveal both the role that the working class played in liberalizing social codes of conduct and honor, and the state's expanded role in family life.
Don't Leave Hungry: Fifty Years of Southern Poetry Review
September, 2009
Don't Leave Hungry is a collection of 183 poems dating from 1958 to current-day publications of the Southern Poetry Review in Savannah, Ga.
Jim Crow America: A Documentary History
September, 2009
Jim Crow America is a chronologically organized book that provides history from primary source materials from 1828 to 1980.
Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans
September, 2009
The Black Panther Party existed from 1966 to 1982, but in that relatively short existence, the party gained national prominence and international stature.
The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story
September, 2009
In his latest book, historian Elliott West offers a revealing analysis of a time in which the American nation was transformed.
Yaqui Homeland and Homeplace: The Everyday Production of Ethnic Identity
September, 2009
Anthropologist Kirstin C. Erickson examines the ways in which Yaqui women's social and sacred use of the home space is "integral to Yaquiness," the sense of ethnic identity and connection with the past.
The Odor of Sanctity
March, 2009
In this volume of poetry, creative writing professor Michael Heffernan often mixes the lofty and the wacky. The resulting “mildly irreverent” poems arise from the sometimes-sad circumstances of life.
The Body Soviet: Propaganda, Hygiene, and the Revolutionary State
March, 2009
In The Body Soviet, history professor Tricia Starks argues that hygienic thought and health institutions were central to the creation of the new state and its citizens. She places these in international context demonstrating the most pervasive application of early health initiatives in the world.
The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive
March, 2009
Europeans in the 19th century did not believe that Timbuctoo — the fabled city of wealth and learning on the Niger in Mali — could exist. But in 1815, an African American sailor named Robert Adams told powerful leaders in London a fantastic tale of crossing the Sahara as a slave and of his time in Timbuktu.
Ruled by Race: Black/White Relations in Arkansas from Slavery to the Present
March, 2009
This book by longtime Arkansas writer Grif Stockley describes the ways that race has been at the center of much of the state’s formation and image since its founding.
Finding the Lost Year: What Happened When Little Rock Closed its Public Schools?
March, 2009
During the Little Rock School crisis, the governor of the state closed the public schools for a year. Although much has been written about the crisis itself, little has been published on the lost year when the schools were closed to students, both black and white. Finding the Lost Year is the first book to examine how a desegregation crisis turned into a community crisis. In Little Rock in 1958, 3,665 students were locked out of a free public education. Teachers’ lives were disrupted. Students were scattered to schools outside the city, some left the state, some joined the military and ot hers took correspondence courses. But fully half the black students went without schooling that year.
Looking Back at the Arkansas Gazette: An Oral History
March, 2009
From its legendary beginning when a printing press was floated up the Arkansas River in 1819, the Arkansas Gazette has been inextricably linked with the state’s history, reporting on every major Arkansas event until the paper’s demise in 1991 after a long, bitter and very public newspaper war. Roy Reed, longtime Gazette reporter and professor emeritus of journalism, has compiled and edited more than 100 interviews from former Gazette staff members recalling the stories they reported on and the people they worked with from the 1940s to the paper’s end. The result is a nostalgic and admiring look back at a publication known for its progressive stance in a conservative Southern state, a newspaper that, after winning two Pulitzers for its rule-of-law stance during the Little Rock Central High Crisis, was considered one of the country’s greatest.
The Secret Trust of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault
March, 2009
This biography of a free woman of color who lived in Savannah, Ga., before the Civil War provides a portrait of the antebellum South and tells the story of a remarkable woman.
Not Without Honor
March, 2009
Those who remember the film Stalag 17b and the television show Hogan’s Heroes won’t want to miss the journals of Claudio “Steve” Carano, who spent 18 months imprisoned in the camp after his B-17 bomber was shot down over the Dutch coast in December of 1943.
A Dangerous Age
March, 2009
Ellen Gilchrist’s most recent novel follows three women from the Hand family, the Southern dynasty that has appeared in many of her previous works, as they live through and respond to 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
The Symmetries of Things
March, 2009
Humans have used symmetrical patterns for thousands of years in both functional and decorative ways. Now, a new book by three mathematicians offers both math experts and enthusiasts a new way to understand symmetry and a fresh way to see the world.
Dismal Rock
March, 2009
This collection of poetry by Davis McCombs uses the language and terrain of the burley tobacco country of south-central Kentucky to reveal the complexities of a fading way of life. It received the 2005 Dorset Prize for poetry.
International Students in American Colleges and Universities: A History
March, 2009
Recently, Harvard University instituted a controversial new policy that prohibited men from visiting one of its on-campus gyms during certain hours to accommodate women
Now You're the Enemy: Poems by James Allen Hall
March, 2009
Now You’re the Enemy: Poems by James Allen Hall, is a debut collection of poems that focuses on the structure of feeling and family figures. The featured poems center on a family in the aftermath of violence.
Mahdis and Millenarians
March, 2009
The world view of four Arab sects in 8th and 9th century Iraq and Iran is powerful centuries later, influencing revolutionary Shiites and their religious leaders in today’s volatile Middle East.
The People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals & Human Rights
March, 2009
A case study of the world’s largest open-pit coal mine reveals the hidden costs of coal from Colombia — the effects on indigenous and Afro-Colombian villages.
Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry
March, 2009
This anthology gathers together poems from the most important Arab American poets — poems that shape and alter people’s understanding of this experience. The poems also challenge readers to reconsider what it means to be an American. The book provides readers with an astonishing array of poetic sensibilities, touching on every aspect of the human condition. Whether about culture, politics, loss, art or language itself, the poems here engage these themes with originality, dignity and an unyielding need not only to speak, but also to be heard.
Beyond Redemption: Texas Democrats after Reconstruction
March, 2009
Between 1874 and 1890, Texas Democrats known as Redeemers dismantled Reconstruction reforms, adopted a fundamentally revised state constitution and steered Texas in a new direction. This book by historian Patrick G. Williams establishes that their constitution and policies affected the development of the state all the way to present times.
Adventures in the Wild: Tales from Biologists of the Natural State
March, 2009
The true tales in this collection will take readers from the chicken houses of Arkansas to the caves of Venezuela and Mexico to the coast of Alaska. These 15 adventures range from amusing to life-threatening. Some are filled with suspense and danger in exotic places, while others document more routine but important biological field and laboratory work.
War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims
March, 2009
Melody Moezzi, herself an American Muslim of Iranian descent, tells the story of 12 young people with vastly different lives who have two things in common: all are American, and all are Muslim.
Nasser: Hero of the Arab Nation
March, 2009
A new biography of Egypt’s first elected president, Gamal Abd al-Nasser, presents his complex legacy, shaped as his country moved from colonial domination to a place of leadership in the Arab world.
Breaking Through: John B. McLendon, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer
March, 2009
Breaking Through is the first biography of John B. McLendon, the last living protégé of basketball’s inventor and a pioneer in the integration of the sport.
Wild Harvest in the Heartland: Ethnobotany in Missouri's Little Dixie
March, 2009
In anthropologist Justin Nolan’s book Wild Harvest in the Heartland: Ethnobotany in Missouri’s Little Dixie, he examines people, plants and their interrelationships in a cultural region of central Missouri. His study has implications far beyond Little Dixie.
Anger, Aggression, and Interventions for Interpersonal Violence
March, 2009
Psychologists Timothy A. Cavell and Kenya T. Malcolm have revisited the age-old question of the role of anger in human relationships with a 21st century eye. Offering a “state-of-the-science” analysis of what is known about the relation between anger and aggression, their book aims to enhance the efforts of clinical practitioners and points the way to further research.
Money Speaks
March, 2009
It’s a refrain that can make a parent quake – a teenager’s voice saying, “Mom, Dad, can I borrow $500?” But communication professor Myria Allen and Virginia Tech professor Celia Ray Hayhoe want to make this conversation and other discussions of money easier for teenagers and parents alike.
Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party
March, 2009
Up Against the Wall chronicles how violence brought about the founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, dominated its policies and brought about the party’s destruction.
M'Culloch v. Maryland: Securing a Nation
March, 2009
In M’Culloch v. Maryland: Securing a Nation law professor Mark Killenbeck explains why the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in the landmark 1819 case defined the nature and scope of federal authority and its relationship to the states.
Advanced Electronic Packaging
March, 2009
Advanced Electronic Packaging has helped thousands of students and practicing engineers understand the complex task of connecting integrated circuits and other electronic components to make virtually every electronic device, including cell phones, video games, computers and military- and medical-imaging equipment.
The Death of a Confederate Colonel: Civil War Stories and a Novella
March, 2009
Dramatically compelling and historically informed, The Death of a Confederate Colonel takes us into the lives of those left behind during the Civil War. These stories, all with Arkansas settings, are filled with the trauma of the time. They tell of a Confederate woman’s care of and growing affection for a wounded Union soldier, a plantation mistress’s singular love for a sick slave child, and an eight-year-old girl’s fight for survival against frigid cold, injury, starvation, heartbreak and lawlessness.
Investigating Evolutionary Biology in the Labratory
March, 2009
In Investigating Evolutionary Biology in the Laboratory, William F. McComas writes that evolution is “the most important, most misunderstood, and most maligned concept in the syllabus – if it even appears in the syllabus.”
The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
March, 2009
In her first novel, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, Mohja Kahf, associate professor of English, immerses readers in the world of Khadra Shamy, who grows up in a devout Muslim family in Indiana.
LBJ: Architect of American Ambition
March, 2009
In the first biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson to come out since the release of his presidential tapes, Randall B. Woods, the John A. Cooper Distinguished Professor of History, argues that the same idealism that drove the Civil Rights Movement and the Great Society also drove the war in Vietnam. Woods portrays LBJ as a complex man whose passionate commitment to advancing civil rights and alleviating poverty seemed in contradiction to his leadership in the Vietnam War. Woods conducted in-depth interviews with many who had worked closely with Johnson, including his long-time secretary and dozens of his aides, and studied newly released White House recordings and declassified documents.
Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal
March, 2009
William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) is one of the nation’s great Southern writers. His work includes short stories, novels, poetry and historical pieces. The publication of Martin Faber was the beginning of Simms’ journey to become "the best novelist which this country has, on the whole, produced," to quote Edgar Allan Poe.
Professor's Guide to Getting Good Grades in College
March, 2009
For parents and students who are making a significant investment in time and tuition, the Professors’ Guide to Getting Good Grades in College can be a valuable insurance policy. The book is designed to clue new college students into how the system works and how to get the most out of classes.
Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora
March, 2009
By educating a people who, due to the complicated U.S.-Iran relationship, have misjudged the Iranian woman as complacently veiled in her role in society, this book proves the basic and universal human need for acceptance, expression, and love. In a world where the West and Middle East seem constantly in conflict, Let Me, Tell You Where I’ve Been tips the scales towards acceptance and connects two disparate cultures.
The First Inhabitants of Arcadia
March, 2009
Christopher Bursk’s The First Inhabitants of Arcadia is a fascinating collection that investigates the magic of the alphabet and language. Herman Melville, Dusty Rhodes, and Hoyt Wilhelm skinny-dip and pick up gondoliers and cut figure eights into the ice in this collection. Here too are poems about a boy’s first investigations into the nature of language as he studies the backs of baseball cards, and a young man’s infatuation with the "F-word." The titles sing their lettered songs: "An Ode to j," "M-m-m Good!" and "O in Trouble." And over the whole book broods the great lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, that deeply troubled caretaker of the mother tongue. More than an ABC book, this collection asks questions at the very heart of how we understand the world and shows us the glory and silliness at the heart of human life.
American Higher Education
March, 2009
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Identification of Micoorganisms by Mass Spectrometry
March, 2009
Two researchers have edited a book describing ways to identify bacteria using mass spectrometry, a technique that may one day lead to early detection of biological terrorism threats.
The ADD/ADHD Revolution: Treatments That Work
March, 2009
Parents of children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder can turn to a new guidebook to help them explore additional and alternative treatments as well as traditional medication and behavioral therapy. The treatments examined range from EEG neurofeedback to aromatherapy.
Divided Power: The Presidency, Congress and the Formation of American Foreign Policy
March, 2009
Divided Power, the third volume in the Fulbright Institute Series on International Affairs, focuses on the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government in the formation of U.S. foreign policy.
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri Bushwhacker
March, 2009
Missouri native Sam Hildebrand, one of the state’s most notorious guerrillas during the Civil War, survived the conflict and, although illiterate, had his story taken down and published. The UA Press has brought that story back to modern-day audiences with a new edition featuring notes by Kirby Ross, a journalist, author and historian.
Lee Teng-hui and Taiwan's Quest for Identity
March, 2009
Shih-shan Henry Tsai’s seventh book provides a chronicle of a leader’s life, and a description of the evolution of a country of key interest to the global economy.
Dying Light and Other Stories
March, 2009
The collection of short stories by creative writing professor Donald Hays begins with a character in “The Rites of Love” observing that “Wasn’t for dying, wouldn’t be no living at all.” Throughout, the people he creates contend with lives gone awry and live with “the sweetness of regret.”
The Night Breeze Off the Ocean
March, 2009
Stone Songs on the Trail of Tears
March, 2009
In 2002, artist Pat Musick, her husband Jerry Carr and historian Bill Woodiel began a journey to commemorate a portion of the Trail of Tears, the forced migration path that the Cherokee and other American Indian tribes walked, leaving their homelands for the unknown.
From Adam to Adam: Seven Old French Plays
March, 2009
John DuVal, director of the literary translation program, and Raymond Eichmann, professor of French at the University of Arkansas, have teamed up to produce a collection of seven important 12th and 14th century dramatic masterpieces from different genres. These plays represent some of the few manuscripts of dramatic presentation that have remained preserved since Medieval times.
City of Visitors
March, 2009
Tourists seeking the healing baths in Hot Springs, Ark. have often sought other entertainment as well -- much of it illegal, from gambling to prostitution and liquor. Fascinated by the evolution of this colorful city, University of Arkansas journalism professor Dale Carpenter produced “City of Visitors,” a documentary that follows the political history of Hot Springs as well as the difficult choices the townspeople make as they struggle to reconcile moral issues with the increasing wealth such entertainment produces.
Religion in the American South: Protestants and Others in History and Culture
March, 2009
University of Arkansas history professor Beth Barton Schweiger and Donald G. Mathews of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have edited a book on religion in the American South from the beginning of the 18th century to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. “Religion in the American South: Protestants and Others in History and Culture” incorporates essays from young scholars with different perspectives on religious experiences.
Lofty Dogmas: Poets on Poetics
March, 2009
Three noted poets – Deborah Brown, Annie Finch and Maxine Kumin -- have joined forces to compile a body of work that reflects the views of poets on poetry. The 102 selections span eras, ethnicities and esthetics, reaching back in time to the Greeks and Romans and drawing on Chaucer, Shakespeare, Sidney and Milton, then on to Shelley, Keats Coleridge and Poe, then Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, Rilke and Pound, concluding with contemporary poets such as Hall, Clifton, Mackey, Kunitz and Rukeyser.
Teaching About Genocide: Issues, Approaches, and Resources
March, 2009
In Teaching About Genocide, education professor Samuel Totten has selected essays from noted scholars internationally to address a range of issues in genocide education. For example, an early essay outlines a broad historical overview, while later essays present specific case histories of major genocides and offer instructional strategies for teaching about genocide.
Deciphering the City
March, 2009
Watching television or waiting in rush-hour traffic is unproductive, and contributes to the decline in social capital in communities across the United States, says sociologist William Schwab.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas
March, 2009
From the identity of the lizard on your backyard fence post to the distribution of venomous snakes in the state, “The Reptiles and Amphibians of Arkansas” offers a comprehensive guide to a fascinating group of creatures and their habitats.
Fresh from the Past: Recipes and Revelations from Moll Flanders' Kitchen
March, 2009
English professor Sandra Sherman serves up tastes of the past and reveals 18th century British sentiment toward the French in her most recent book.
The Elements of Great Speechmaking: Adding Drama and Intrigue
March, 2009
For many professionals, speeches inspire quaking anxiety and uncertainty. Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Robert V. Smith has written a book to help those who find themselves stymied at the idea of speaking in front of groups to prepare insightful speeches full of information that will leave the audience engaged and intrigued.
The Origin of Chondrules and Chondrites
March, 2009
Ancient Greeks, Romans, Japanese and Egyptians collected rocks that fell from the sky, using them for trade or to adorn tombs. Cosmochemist Derek Sears examines the origin of meteorites and their role in the formation of our solar system in “The Origin of Chondrules and Chondrites.”
Trade Threats, Trade Wars
March, 2009
A book by political science professor Ka Zeng examines domestic trade politics and how they determine responses to the threat of trade sanctions. “Trade Threats, Trade Wars” explores the driving forces behind trade disputes, the reasons U.S. coercive trade diplomacy has been more successful in opening markets in some of its trading partners rather than others, and the reasons trade wars more often take place between two democratic trading partners rather than between a democratic partner and an authoritarian one.
SmarterArchitecture: Energy-Efficient Communities, Building Designs, Construction Techniques and Materials in Arkansas
March, 2009
Our grandparents knew what architects are rediscovering: solidly constructed, thoughtfully sited buildings and compact, walkable cities save energy. “SmarterArchitecture” demonstrates how Arkansas architects, landscape architects and urban planners have combined old-time common sense with new technologies to develop energy-efficient buildings and communities across the state. The first book to showcase sustainable design in Arkansas presents 23 case studies that range from invisible upgrades, such as the comprehensive plan to monitor and control energy use on the University of Arkansas campus, to high-profile projects such as the Clinton Presidential Library and Heifer International’s corporate headquarters, both in Little Rock. A separate section highlights community projects carried out by the UA Community Design Center and demonstrates the impact of thoughtful urban planning in creating communities where energy efficiency occurs naturally.
Improving Faculty Governance: Cultivating Leadership and Collaboration in Decision-Making
March, 2009
In “Improving Faculty Governance” Michael T. Miller, associate professor of higher education in the College of Education and Health Professions, asks the question, “Can faculty governance survive and thrive in this new world of corporate-structured higher education?”
The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke
March, 2009
For the first time ever, judges, legal scholars, attorneys, historians and students of all sorts can read an anthologized version of the works of the founder of the common law system that paved the way for the U.S. Constitution.
The Dictator and the Tramp
March, 2009
He was a music hall comic, a famous but lonely tramp, an artist who mocked Hitler and a suspected communist. Controversy and acclaim followed the life and art of Charlie Chaplin, the subject of a new series of books edited by professor of communication Frank Scheide.
WITH
March, 2009
In his most recent novel, art professor Donald Harington creates a world from the perspective of a missing child, telling the sometimes harrowing, sometimes inspiring tale of the decade she spent growing up on a mountain with only animals and a spirit to keep her company.
Dangerous Liaisons: Sex and Love in the Segregated South
March, 2009
Why was marriage against the law? In the tumultuous decades after the Civil War, as the Southern white elite reclaimed power, "racial mixing" was the central concern of segregationists who strove to maintain "racial purity." Segregation was based on the idea that interracial sex posed a biological threat to the white race.
Women Writers of the Journal Jugend from 1919-1940
March, 2009
In the newly published "Women Writers of the Journal Jugend from 1919-1940," assistant professor Kathleen Condray, ex-amines the themes found in women’s narratives during the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich and the images female writers created for their fellow women.
Resistance and Persuasion
March, 2009
The psychologists in this volume want to make you an offer you can’t refuse. And as their research in persuasive tactics progresses, they may one day know exactly how to do it.
Glass Walls and Glass Ceilings: Women's Representation in State and Municipal Bureaucracies
March, 2009
In "Glass Walls and Glass Ceilings," political science professors Margaret Reid, Brinck Kerr and Will Miller examine the distribution of women and men in state and municipal administrative and professional positions by agency and over time to assess two factors. First, whether agency policy missions are associated with barriers; and second, whether, relative to white women, African-American women and Latinas have claimed more managerial positions in public-sector agencies.
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
March, 2009
Best-selling author and visiting professor E. Lynn Harris has published eight novels, won numerous literary awards and been named among the "100 Leaders and Heroes in Black America" by Savoy magazine.
Banana Wars: Power, Production and History in the Americas
March, 2009
Few Americans stop to consider that the sweet fruit they slice on their cereal each morning may be a product of bitter conflict. "Banana Wars," co-edited by anthropology professor Steve Striffler and Mark Moberg of the University of South Alabama, examines the history of the banana industry and how America’s taste for this appealing fruit fueled social strife, peasant uprisings and imperialist production tactics in Central and South America.
Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology
March, 2009
Psychology professor Jeffrey Lohr has dedicated much of his research to distinguishing between psychological therapies backed by empirical evidence and those based merely on speculation.
The Lives of Kelvin Fletcher: Stories Mostly Short
March, 2009
Acclaimed poet and English professor Miller Williams’ first book of fiction consists of seven short stories and a capstone novella, linked, by a single protagonist, into the sequences of a life.
I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting with My Daddy
March, 2009
Already nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, English Professor Ellen Gilchrist’s latest collection of stories revisits some of her best-loved characters and introduces new faces as well. The collection begins with several stories told by Rhoda Manning – a series of perspectives from various ages as she reflects on her father, his shaping of her life. The collection then progresses through the stories of other characters to reveal the influence of family, friends, even enemies.
The Forgotten Expedition
March, 2009
Written and directed by Emmy-award winners Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter, associate professors of journalism, with original music composed by professor James Greeson, “The Forgotten Expedition” resurrects the story of two nearly-forgotten adventurers: William Dunbar and George Hunter.
Angry Voices: An Anthology of the Off-Beat New Egyptian Poets
March, 2009
For centuries, Arabic literature employed traditional, unchanging, highly structured language and forms. Then in the 1960s and 1970s, writers rebelled to write in a variety of vernaculars. But today’s young Egyptian poets are inventing new ways of writing.
A Photographer of Note: Arkansas Artist Geleve Grice
March, 2009
“A Photographer of Note: Arkansas Artist Geleve Grice” chronicles the life of a remarkable photographer and small-town African-American life in the middle of the 20th century. Geleve Grice, born and raised in Pine Bluff, has documented the daily life of his community: parades, graduations, weddings, club events and whatever else brought people together. Through his lens unfolds the story of an African-American community and the daily patterns of segregated Pine Bluff. Grice also captured the excitement of greeting extraordinary visitors to town – Martin Luther King, Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Harry S. Truman and others.
Genetics of Mate Choice: From Sexual Selection to Sexual Isolation
March, 2009
A new book edited by biology professor William Etges takes the mating game to the genetic level.
Remapping the Home Front: Locating Citizenship in British Women's Great War Fiction
March, 2009
“Everyone knows the master narrative of the war: the manly experience on the front, the struggle to survive and the disillusionment after seeing friends killed. The soldier’s narrative gets privilege. It always has,” said Debra Cohen, assistant professor of English.
This Terrible War: the Civil War and its Aftermath
March, 2009
A new textbook on the Civil War offers fresh perspective on this much-studied conflict, including the proposition that it could have – and probably should have – been avoided.
Spiritual, Blues, and Jazz People in African American Fiction
March, 2009
Through storytelling, music and literature have always shared a common bond and upheld a conversation–exchanging characters, borrowing themes, stealing lines. But in a new book about the intersection between music and fiction, associate professor of English Yemisi Jimoh examines a more subtle dialogue.
13 Albatrosses (or, Falling off the Mountain)
March, 2009
Arkansas is known for politicians who break the rules. But the latest novel from art professor Donald Harington features characters determined to break the rules of politics and the very rules of fiction.
Societies in Eclipse: Archeology of the Eastern Woodlands Indians AD 1400-1700
March, 2009
The exchange of new goods, cultural ideas and diseases that accompanied first contact between Native Americans and Europeans has long been blamed for the profound, often devastating changes that swept through North America. However, a new book co-edited by archeologist Robert Mainfort suggests that changes may have been afoot before the first explorers even stepped off their boats.
Democratization and the Islamist Challenge in the Arab World
March, 2009
Recently translated into Arabic and heralded by American and Arab reviewers alike, Najib Ghadbian’s latest book investigates the halting progress of democracy in the Middle East and questions its promise for future advancement in the region.
Human Diet: Its Origin and Evolution
March, 2009
Restricting the types of food you eat may not be the healthiest approach to controlling your diet, suggests a new book co-edited by associate professor of anthropology Peter Ungar. In fact, such a strategy may be dangerous for your overall health.
Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas: A Centennial History, 1902-2002
March, 2009
Published as part of the department’s centennial celebration, "Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas" gives readers a look at the way we were through narratives, photographs and biographical sketches. Organized chronologically, it traces the department from its beginning as an idea by chemistry professor A.M. Muckenfuss, through to the present.
Shelby's Expedition to Mexico: An Unwritten Leaf of the War
March, 2009
Rather than acknowledge the Confederacy’s defeat, many diehard rebels fled the South forever, preferring exile to Yankee rule. Some made their way to Mexico, where they joined forces with warring monarchist and Juarista factions. First published in 1872, Shelby’s Expedition to Mexico is the tale of Confederate general Joseph O. Shelby and his Fourth Missouri Cavalry Brigade. Better known as the "Iron Brigade," the unit saw extensive action in the Trans-Mississippi theater, notably in the battles of Camden and Jenkins’ Ferry in Arkansas. Refusing to accept Lee’s surrender, Shelby and his men fought their way across 1,500 miles of hostile territory, eventually reaching Mexico City. During their picaresque journey, they encountered an astonishing variety of colorful and dangerous characters–outlaws, Indians and Mexican partisans.
Architects of Globalism: Building a New World Order During World War II
March, 2009
World War II gave the United States an unprecedented opportunity to reshape the world according to American interests. During the war, the State Depart-ment assumed the primary responsibility for planning this new political and economic framework.
Imagining Poverty: Imagining Poverty:
March, 2009
In examining issues of poverty and welfare in 18th century England, associate professor of literature Sandra Sherman seems to have wandered into the realm of sociologists, historians, statisticians. But her disquisition began with a literary question: Why did the novels of this period uniformly omit representations of the poor as individual, sympathetic characters–particularly when the 19th century produced such moving portraits of poverty as Gaskell’s "Mary Barton" and Dickens’ "Hard Times"?
Exploring Theoretical Mechanisms and Perspectives: Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being
March, 2009
Stress in the workplace is a major source of cost for employers and employees alike, resulting in missed work, reduced productivity and increased medical costs, as well as decreased well being for employees. University of Arkansas management professor Dan Ganster and co-editor Pamela Perrewe of Florida State University invited seven of the top researchers in the field to each write a chapter reviewing current research in a specific area of occupational stress and well being.
Arkansas: A Narrative History
March, 2009
Four scholars track the tensions, negotiations and interactions among the different groups of people who have called Arkansas home. Anthropology professor George Sabo III discusses Native American pre-history and the shocks of climate change and European arrival. Morris S. Arnold, United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, examines the accommodations worked out between French and Spanish colonists and native communities and the roles of minority groups and women in developing law, government and religion; producing goods; and market economies.
Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Third Edition
March, 2009
How do the communities, families and cultures that people grow up in determine their actions and values? How do ethnic and economic classes affect their interactions with society at large? The field of social work endeavors to promote human well-being through the alleviation of poverty and oppression. But to effectively serve people, social workers must first understand the interconnections between people’s behaviors and the social context in which they live.
Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War
March, 2009
Since its heyday in the 1950s, science fiction has captured the American imagination by transporting readers to distant galaxies and far-flung futures. But a University of Arkansas researcher claims the themes of sci-fi books and movies are far from otherworldly. In fact, they offer profound commentary on the political, social and economic climate of this country.
Moving Up and Out: Poverty, Education and the Single Parent Family
March, 2009
A new book from sociologist Lori Holyfield makes the point that "in American culture it is not so important that we all be equal so much as it is that we all have equal opportunities."
First Encounters: Native Americans and Europeans in the Mississippi Valley
March, 2009
The first contact between Native Americans and Europeans amounted to far more than a date in a history book or a dotted line across a map. It was a collision of cultures unlike any the world has witnessed since.
In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, & Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995
March, 2009
It’s a David and Goliath story: how Ecuadorian peasants–some of the poorest, most powerless people in the world–took on a multinational corporate giant. In the process, they changed the nature of agrarian economics throughout Latin America–first by gaining control of production and industry, then gradually by losing it.
British Quakerism: 1860-1920
March, 2009
Quakerism is a religious sect renowned for its commitment to nonviolence. But in a new book, history professor Thomas Kennedy indicates that the commitment was not always as strong as it is today. In fact, it would take a handful of young men and a world war to make pacifism a central tenet of the religion.
Arkansas, Arkansas: Writers and Writings from the Delta to the Ozarks
March, 2009
From the flatlands of the delta and the Arkansas River Valley to the Ouachita Mountains and the Ozark plateau, Arkansas is filled with geographic variation and inspirational vistas. A new collection edited by English professor John Caldwell Guilds proves that Arkansas’ literary landscape is equally varied and just as inspiring.