Another hot topic on our Spring 2011 list is the ongoing debate about the current state of economic affairs and the sustainability of capitalism. One of the most notable Marxist critics, Terry Eagleton, tackles the perception that Marxism is dead in his newest book, Why Marx Was Right. Christopher Benson,
It’s time to celebrate Black History Month, and even though the Super Bowl is still to come this weekend, already baseball fans are gearing up for Opening Day on March 31. Thinking back to Jackie Robinson’s entrance into the MLB with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, the league has come
With so much political activity and talk of revolution in Egypt, Tunisia, and the greater Middle East, perhaps it is time for us to revisit the darker side of resolutions and how regimes can affect the greater course of human history with decisive action. Indeed, when the object of “solving”
Entertainment Weekly’s 2011 preview included a blurb about the forthcoming, debut novel, A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness, with a review by Karen Valby out shortly after. When she published The Jewel House with YUP, a scientific history of Elizabethan London, The New Yorker wrote: “Harkness’s research is revelatory
Michael Takiff sat down with Chris Matthews last week for MSNBC’s Hardball to discuss the impact of Clinton’s legacy in the US and beyond. He talks at length about the Clintons’ marriage, the “Clinton-Obama Alliance” and the political future ahead, notably Hillary’s propsects for 2016. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit msnbc.com for breaking
We at YUP would like to wish a hearty congratulations to Clare Cavanagh for becoming a finalist for a 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in the Criticism category. Her “rigorously thoughtful” book, Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West, covers the intersection of poetry, national life,
Only two days left to enter our contest and win a free copy of John Farndon‘s Atlas of Oceans. Remember: you must correctly identify the landmasses on the cover image and live in North America to win. Submit your answer and e-mail address as a comment to our blog (not
@princetonupress is thinking about happiness this week on their blog, too. What can we say: our authors go together. Representing Justice from coast to coast: @atrzop at Harvard chatted up Dennis Curtis and @SLSlib_newbooks at Stanford celebrates the new addition to their collection. @Jason_M_Kelly is talking about his book The
Ivan Lett For many Britons, there is a certain long-standing fascination with Spain. In the early colonial and modern periods, the great Spanish empire was a Catholic rival to newly-Protestant English prowess on the seas, culminating in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. So quickly after its rise
January is a long month. The holiday cheer begins to wear off, back to work and school; and for those of us in the cold: banks of dirtying snow and “wintry mixes,” sputtering heaters, and searing winds. At this time, the bright year ahead simultaneously seems most promising, and most