November 2009

The Pequot War will never look the same: Have a Funny Happy Thanksgiving, from the University of Michigan Press

by kris bishop November 24, 2009

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UPDATE: There are other books besides Palin’s? Author of “Barack Obama’s America” Addresses the Women’s National Democratic Club

by kris bishop November 19, 2009

UMP author and noted political scientist John Kenneth White addresses The Women’s National Democratic Club.        Watch here. _____________________________________ Barack Obama’s America How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era by John Kenneth White  I   Author Commentary: Sarah Palin  ABOUT THE BOOK: The election of Barack Obama to the presidency marks a conclusive end to the Reagan era, writes John Kenneth White in Barack Obama’s America. Reagan symbolized a 1950s and 1960s America, largely white and suburban, with married couples and kids at home, who attended church more often than not. Obama’s election [...]

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Struggling with research? You’re not the only one…

by kris bishop November 18, 2009

In Research Confidential: Solutions to Problems Most Social Scientists Pretend They Never Have, Eszter Hargittai explores the frustration, uncertainty, and challenges that many social scientists face in the course of their research. The collection of essays aims to fill the notable gap in the existing literature on research methods in the social sciences. While the methods literature is extensive, rarely do authors discuss the practical issues and challenges they routinely confront in the course of their research projects. As a result, each new cohort is forced to reinvent the wheel, making mistakes that previous generations have already confronted and resolved. [...]

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Facebook event launches ‘Angle of Vision’

by Heather Newman November 17, 2009

Lorraine López, editor of An Angle of Vision, worked with a graduate student to create a Facebook “event” to launch the new book. The collection of essays by major women writers described various aspects of their experiences growing up poor. The “event” was the publishing of the book, but it spread rapidly, allowing people to “RSVP” to show their support. (Find it here.) Lopez writes: “Setting up an “event” through Facebook for a book release is a great way to get word out about the publication to one’s many friends in a quick and efficient way. “I received countless responses [...]

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‘Finian’s Rainbow’ relaunches in NYC – and relaunches debate over lyricist’s nickname

by Heather Newman November 12, 2009

Burton Lane and E. Y. Harburg’s 1947 musical “Finian’s Rainbow” opened October 29 at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in New York, also reopening the debate about the celebrated lyricist’s nickname. Edgar Yipsel Harburg, whose son Ernie coauthored the biography Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz?: Yip Harburg, Lyricist (University of Michigan Press) with Harold Meyerson in 1995, was commonly known as Yip. Benjamin Ivry’s recent blog entry for The Forward quoted the biography when discussing the nickname, noting that “Harburg himself [claimed] that his nickname Yipsel derived from ‘yipsl…the Yiddish word for squirrel,’ since he [...]

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