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November 11, 2008

Who Was Hubert Harrison?: A Post by Jeffrey B. Perry

The following post is by Jeffrey B. Perry, author of the just-published Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918: Hubert Harrison (1883-1927) is one of the truly important figures of early twentieth-century America. A brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic,...

November 11, 2008

Religion and Manly Hippies: Two New Reviews

H-Amstdy, an online scholarly discussion group and listserv dedicated to American Studies, recently published reviews of two Columbia University Press titles. (You can also save 20% on these titles during our special sale on American Studies titles.) In a review...

November 10, 2008

Siddarth Kara on Sex Trafficking

Over the next couple of weeks we’ll post more about Siddharth Kara’s just-published, Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery. First up is a video of Kara discussing the book (see below). In reviewing Sex Trafficking, Kevin Bales, president...

November 9, 2008

Jerelle Kraus Radio Interview

Jerelle Kraus, author of All the Art’s That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside the New York Times Op-ed Page will discuss her book on the “Ron and Fez Show” tonight from 9 to 11 pm on Sirius...

November 7, 2008

Laurent Cohen-Tanugi Speaks at the Carnegie Council

The following post is by Devin Stewart, director of Global Policy Innovations, the editor of Policy Innovations, publisher of the Fairer Globalization and Ethical Blogger blogs, and the founding editor of Carnegie Ethics Online. French intellectual Laurent Cohen-Tanugi visited the...

November 6, 2008

Meet the author Michael Fischbach

On Tuesday, November 18th, Michael Fischbach, the author of Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries will be speaking at the 92nd St Y in New York City on the claims of Mizrahi/Sephardic Jews who lost property during their exodus from...

November 5, 2008

Jules Feiffer image from All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside the New York Times Op-Ed Page by Jerelle Kraus. This image originally ran in the New York Times in 2007 and while the caption...

November 5, 2008

Gerald Curtis on What an Obama Presidency Means for Japan

“There are several reasons why Japan should look forward to an Obama presidency. First of all, Obama is the first person to become President for whom Asia is not a far away region with which he has little personal experience...

November 4, 2008

How New York City Votes

With record turnout predicted in New York City for today’s election, we thought we’d look back at how New York City residents have voted in past elections via The Almanac of New York City. In the 43 elections from 1836-1904,...

November 4, 2008

American Studies Titles on Sale

Now through December 1, we are offering 20% off selected titles in American Studies. For more details about the sale, including a list of books please click here. You can also browse the sale titles by different categories: American History...

November 3, 2008

Religion and American Politics and Culture — An Interview with Mark Hulsether

“McCain’s apparent hypocrisy when he mouths religious rhetoric is also fascinating. And we could say something similar about Ronald Reagan. Both of the Clintons, and of course also Jimmy Carter, are far more serious and thoughtful about religion than either...