July, 2008 - Columbia University Press Blog

July 31, 2008

Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries: Michael Fischbach on the History News Network

In a recent post on the History News Network, Michael Fischbach, author of the forthcoming book, Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries, discusses the recent U.S. House of Representatives Resolution 185, which asks the United States government whenever mention is...

July 30, 2008

The Man Behind "A Civil Action"

The August issue of Discover magazine features a profile and interview with Phil Brown, author of Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement. The interview tells how Phil Brown’s work as a sociologist in the field of public...

July 29, 2008

Interview with Alison Griffiths, author of Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinemas, Museums, and the Immersive View

The following is an interview with Alison Griffiths, author of Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinemas, Museums, and the Immersive View. Griffiths is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College, City University of New York, and on...

July 28, 2008

More on The Measure of America

Policymakers and the media are continuing to react and respond to the publication of The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009: * Kristen Lewis, one of the book’s co-authors, was recently invited by Charles E. Schumer to testify...

July 25, 2008

The Best Documentaries of All Time: A Post from Jonathan Kahana

Jonathan Kahana is assistant professor of cinema studies at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and author of the just-published Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary. A few years ago, I was asked by a writer...

July 24, 2008

India's Growing Pains in the Global Economy: An Interview with Charles Calomiris

The Columbia Business School’s Web site Ideas at Work recently interviewed Charles Calomiris, the co-editor of Sustaining India’s Growth Miracle. In the interview, Calomiris discusses how India’s growth and potential for growth compares with that of China; the challenges confronting...

July 23, 2008

Conversational Reading reviews W. G. Sebald: Image, Archive, Modernity

Scott Esposito at the always worthwhile and interesting Conversational Reading has a very good review of J. J. Long’s W. G. Sebald: Image, Archive, Modernity. Long’s book as you might have guessed from the subtitle views Sebald’s work in light...

July 22, 2008

More on The Measure of America: A Quiz and Article from the Social Science Research Council

As The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009 continues to garner attention for its truly eye-opening findings about the United States, the Social Science Research Council has decided to put you to the test. The quiz they have...

July 22, 2008

"In Praise of Localism": From American Pests

Following up on yesterday’s post about James McWilliams’s American Pests: Losing the War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT, here is an excerpt from the book that was posted on Celsias, which was recently named one of the top...

July 21, 2008

Catch Jimmy McWilliams in Person Discussing the History of American Attempts to Kill Pests

It’s that time of year again, with the hot weather driving us all outdoors, Americans are encountering insects in their backyards, at the local park, and splattered on the windshield of their cars. In his new book, American Pests: The...

July 18, 2008

Views on the Beijing Olympics

Earlier this week, the Columbia University website posted an interview with Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science on what the upcoming Beijing Olympics means for China. Nathan is a co-editor of How East Asians View Democracy,...