The following article and interview originally appeared in the Boston Globe: What could be simpler than a glass of orange juice? The beverage holds a place in the pantheon of wholesome American breakfast foods, on equal footing with toast, cereal, and eggs. It's pure and natural, ads tell us, and
Earlier this month, John DeFrancis, a man whose name was, for many, synonymous with Chinese language study in the U.S., died in Hawaii at the age of 97. His passing was deeply felt in the worlds of academia and publishing, and we at the Yale University Press, who have been
The following article by Alissa Hamilton originally appeared in Briarpatch Magazine: If you are like most people, you don’t wonder much about the foods you pick up at the supermarket. You trust that they’re as straightforward as meat and potatoes, and nothing you’re going to find on the labels is
Angels (we have heard on high) are a perennial favorite holiday subject, and during the rather gloomy Christmas season of 2008, divine intervention was more than welcome. Even the Economist looked to seraphim to brighten their Christmas issue cover. In her new book, No Ordinary Angel, Yale Press author Dr.
The Yale Book of Quotations list of the most notable quotations of 2008 has been covered on this blog and by the Associated Press and many other media picking up the AP story. Professor Jeffrey Frankel, a distinguished economist at Harvard, has pointed out that it was he, not Paul
Without a doubt, last week was a difficult one for the newspaper industry. With the Tribune Company filing for bankruptcy, the Miami Herald up for sale, and even the vaunted New York Times taking out a $225 million loan against its new Manhattan offices, it’s hard to imagine what the
Yale Press titles have earned recent accolades on the popular blog and self-proclaimed “directory of wonderful things”, BoingBoing.net. James Boyle‘s The Public Domain was praised for its informative yet entertaining take on copyright law. In the review, the author lauded Boyle as “one of the most articulate, thoughtful, funny and
With Barack Obama’s recent pledge to get serious about balancing the budget, the New York Times‘ David Leonhardt sought out the group of people that are, he writes, “ideally suited to help Mr. Obama with this task”: behavioral economists. Citing the work of University of Chicago economist and YUP author
This article by Alissa Hamilton was originally distributed on the Foodforethought listserv. Ever wondered why breakfast without OJ seems incomplete? If you thought about it you might say orange juice is a good source of vitamin C, or it's part of a balanced breakfast. These answers would put you in
Never a slow news day here at the Yale Press! On Sunday, Peter Mansoor weighed in on the next steps for the President-elect in Iraq as part of the New York Times “Transitions” series of op-eds. His book, Baghdad at Sunrise, chronicles Mansoor’s direct involvement in the counter-insurgency efforts. Read