Sylvain Pattieu is a lecturer in history at University of Paris 8. He is the author of several books written and published in French. Emmanuelle Sibeud is a professor of contemporary history at the University of Paris 8. She is the author of … Continue reading Excerpt: The Black Populations of France
Deborah Bauer is an associate professor of history at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Her book, Marianne Is Watching (Nebraska, 2021), is new this month. Introduction Baroness Lucie von Kaulla was an ambitious young woman from Austrian high society who married, and … Continue reading Excerpt: Marianne Is Watching
Jay Gitlin is a senior lecturer in history at Yale University. He is the author of The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion. Robert Michael Morrissey is an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois. He is the author … Continue reading Excerpt: French St. Louis
Jennifer J. Popiel is an associate professor of history at Saint Louis University. She is the author of Rousseau’s Daughters: Domesticity, Education, and Autonomy in Modern France and a coauthor of Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791: Reacting to the Past, 2nd ed. … Continue reading Excerpt: Heroic Hearts
Spencer D. Segalla is a professor of history at the University of Tampa. He is the author of The Moroccan Soul: French Education, Colonial Ethnology, and Muslim Resistance, 1912–1956 (Nebraska, 2009). His new book, Empire and Catastrophe: Decolonization and Environmental Disaster in North … Continue reading Excerpt: Empire and Catastrophe
UNP is celebrating Black History Month with—what else—books! Here is a list of titles that commemorate important figures and scholarship in African American History. In Living the California Dream Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America’s “frontier of leisure” by … Continue reading What to Read During Black History Month
The following books are now available in paperback this month! Paradise Destroyed: Catastrophe and Citizenship in the French Caribbean 2017 Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize Winner “This well-researched book moves beyond being simply an analysis of the issues surrounding race, … Continue reading New in paperback
Books The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet: A Memoir Kim Adrian Praise from Shelf Awareness: “The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet is a feat on many levels. Adrian tells a harrowing story, surprisingly redeemed by her own sweet family, but in many ways … Continue reading News and Reviews
Books Island in the City: A Memoir Micah McCrary Praise from Kirkus Reviews: “A slim yet potent and intimately ruminative debut memoir on travel, maturity, and culture.” The General Who Wore Six Stars: The Inside Story of John C. H. … Continue reading News and Reviews
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in July. Jackson Adams: So much of the last few weeks has been … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Transnationalism, Eccentric Explorers, and other July books
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