The following is an excerpt from French Mediterraneans: Transnational and Imperial Histories (May 2016), edited and with an introduction by Patricia M.E. Lorcin and Todd Shepard. Chapter 7: From Household to Schoolroom: Women, Transnational Networks, and Education in North Africa and Beyond … Continue reading Excerpt: French Mediterraneans
May staff reading list UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books where our noses have been buried. The Paris Wife by Paula … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Erin Willis is the Curator of the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors, a special collection of Lincoln City Libraries. She received her Masters Degree in Library and Information Science, with an emphasis on Archives and Special Collections, … Continue reading Lincoln City Libraries: Read Nebraska
The following is an excerpt from Fallen Astronauts: Heroes who Died Reaching for the Moon, Revised Edition by Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan (Nebraska, 2016). Introduction In the final phases of the last moon walk by the Apollo 15 astronauts on 2 … Continue reading EXCERPT: Fallen Astronauts
As the largest and most diversified press between Chicago and California, the University of Nebraska Press is best known for publishing works in Native studies, history, sports, anthropology, geography, American studies, and creative works. In celebration of the press’s seventy-fifth anniversary, the staff has selected … Continue reading 75 Significant Books, Part Three
Erica Corwin is the University of Nebraska Press’s Electronic Marketing Coordinator. I don’t know why it happened (it might have something to do with my age or maybe it coincided with my first NPR contribution) but at some point I … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: A Diamond Documentary
Books Loving and Leaving Washington by John Yochelson Praise from Kirkus Reviews: “A quiet but compelling case for working in policy research and advocacy.” Wild Idea by Dan O’Brien Recommendation from Western American Literature: “a sweeping narrative drama… O’Brien’s enthusiasm … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following post is from Zev Eleff, chief academic officer of the Hebrew Theological College in Chicago, Illinois, and author of Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary History (Jewish Publication Society, 2016). Orthodox Economics and the Pre-Day School Time-Crunch In a … Continue reading From the Desk of Zev Eleff
As we honor our 75th anniversary this year, we recall and celebrate some of the most influential people in the Press’s history. Virginia Faulkner (1913-1980) The daughter of one of Lincoln’s most prominent citizens—Dr. Albert O. Faulkner, a leading businessman who … Continue reading Remembering Virginia Faulkner
The following is an excerpt from Murrow’s Cold War (May 2016) by Gregory M. Tomlin. In March 1961 America’s most prominent journalist, Edward R. Murrow, ended a quarter-century career with the Columbia Broadcasting System to join the administration of John F. Kennedy … Continue reading EXCERPT: Murrow’s Cold War
