July 1, 2010

Sam Roberts on John V. Lindsay as "America's Mayor"

When we were deciding on the title for our book on John Lindsay, co-published with the Museum of the City of New York, we were concerned that the title America’s Mayor, might cause some confusion. After all, many now think...

June 30, 2010

Stephen Cohen on the Russian Spy Scandal

In an interview with CBS News, Stephen Cohen, most recently the author of Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War, questions the timing of the arrests in the Russian spy scandal. More precisely, Cohen, who...

June 29, 2010

James Rodger Fleming on Fixing the Sky

In today’s New York Times, Cornelia Dean has a round-up of books on “geoengineering,” an idea gaining traction in the scientific community. With the effects of global warming becoming more pronounced each day, scientists argue that geonengineering (the application of...

June 28, 2010

Siddharth Kara's "Sex Trafficking" now available in paperback

Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery, by Siddharth Kara is now available in paperback. The book has been one of our most critically acclaimed and bestselling titles over the last couple of years. More important, the book and...

June 25, 2010

Kings of War

Every so often we like to feature blogs by Columbia University Press authors. Today we shine a spotlight on Kings of War whose contributors include three Columbia/Hurst authors: Robert Dover, co-editor of Spinning Intelligence: Why Intelligence Needs the Media, Why...

June 24, 2010

Kenneth Posner — How Retail Investors Can Win in a Pond of Black Swans

So popular was Kenneth Posner’s interview with The Wall Street Cheat Street that they asked him back again. In the interview Kenneth Posner, author of Stalking the Black Swan: Research and Decision Making in a World of Extreme Volatility discusses:...

June 23, 2010

Joseph Kip Kosek Wins Best First Book in the History of Religion for Acts of Conscience

We are pleased to announce that the American Academy of Religion named Joseph Kip Kosek’s Acts of Conscience: Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy was named the Best First Book in the History of Religions prize. For more on the...

June 22, 2010

Jun Morikawa — Whaling in Japan

This week in a conference in Morocco nations will consider whether to sanction commercial whale hunts for the first time in twenty-five years. According to an AP report, this would provide a compromise to fix a fractured regulatory system in...

June 21, 2010

Laura Katz Olson — Can the Expansion of Medicaid Coverage Fulfill the Promise of Health Care Reform?

One of the key components in the recent health care reform bill was the extension of medicaid to cover low-income individuals. But is this the best way to provide health care? This is the question Laura Katz Olson, author of...

June 18, 2010

Sam Girgus — Conversations with scholars of American popular culture

Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture 1900 to Present recently interview Sam Girgus, author of Levinas and the Cinema of Redemption: Time, Ethics, and the Feminine, in their series of conversations with scholars of American popular culture. As you...

June 17, 2010

Vicken Cheterian on the crisis in Kyrgyzstan

“For if Kyrgyzstan fails as a state, and inter-ethnic violence … is not contained, the resulting security vacuum in Kyrgyzstan could threaten the fragile stability of central Asia as a whole.” — Vicken Cheterian, Open Democracy In an essay entitled...

June 16, 2010

Interview with Keri Walsh and Sylvia Whitman

Continuing with the Bloomsday theme, here is a conversation/interview that was first published on the excellent site Maitresse between Keri Walsh, editor of The Letters of Sylvia Beach, Sylvia Whitman, the present-day owner of the legendary Parisian bookstore Shakespeare &...