Episode 4 of the Yale Press Podcast is now available. In the latest episode, host Chris Gondek speaks with (1) Hugh Brogan about the life of Alexis de Tocqueville, (2) Heather Cox Richardson about the reconstruction of America after the Civil War, (3) Allen Dwight Callahan about the relationship of
Posted by Fred R. Shapiro, Editor of The Yale Book of Quotations: Below are the quotations that I have selected as most notable of the year 2006. It should be noted that these are not necessarily eloquent or admirable quotations (most of them are not eloquent or admirable), rather they
In honor of Black History Month, we are proud to release a new paperback version of Erskine Clarke’s Dwelling Place, winner of the 2006 Bancroft Prize in American History. David Brion Davis of the American Historical Review calls it “one of the best and most important studies of American slavery
We are pleased to announce that two Yale University Press books have been recognized by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers. Vietnam: A Natural History by Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley and Le Duc Minh won a PSP Award for Excellence in
February is American Heart Month, a time to promote awareness of the risks, causes and ways to reduce the chance of developing heart disease, which is currently the leading cause of death in the United States. More than 70 million Americans have some form of heart disease. It is important
Jack Sullivan, author of Hitchcock’s Music, was interviewed by Scott Simon last Saturday for NPR’s Weekend Edition. For over fifty years, Alfred Hitchcock created films with soundtracks of compelling and unforgettable music. The soundtracks to movies such as “Vertigo,” “North by Northwest,” and “Rebecca” influenced the atmosphere, characterization and plotlines
The following Yale University Press books have been selected for the 2007 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show sponsored by the Association of American University Presses. Trade Illustrated Category: In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists by Todd Hignite; Designer: Sonia Shannon Saul Steinberg: Illuminations by Joel Smith; Designer: Katy Homans
With the barometer below freezing, it may be too early for most of us to think about our spring wardrobe, let alone next fall’s. But designers are two steps ahead of the general public, and are currently showing their fall 2007 collections at Fashion Week in New York City. Yale
The Coldest March author Susan Solomon was profiled as today’s New York Times featured “Scientist at Work,” for her unusual choice to leave her job in cutting-edge atmospheric research to run a global climate review for the United Nations. Dr. Solomon, who was honored with the National Medal of Science
This March Yale University Press will publish a paperback edition of Francis Fukyama’s America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power and Neoconservatism, which has been selected as a CHOICE outstanding academic book for 2007. This edition features a new foreword by the author, who argues that the neoconservatives have learned nothing