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New Acquisitions -  May, 2008

This page provides links to a sampling of new books added to the Gutman Library collection. If you visit the library in search of books on this list, we recommend you look on the "new book" shelf before proceeding to the stacks. You may also want to check PhilaFind to make sure the book you want has not yet been checked out. Each month's list provides four categories of publications:

Go to a Subject-organized list of selected new additions to our collection.

Go to the most current Recreational Reading Titles.

Go to Special Collections,  for recent rare book acquisitions.

Go to VISIONAIRE for digital images of the most recent issue.  

Go to PhilaFind, the library's online web-based catalog, to search for more books on your topic.

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Subject-Organized New Additions

ARCHITECTURE

FASHION MEDICINE
BUSINESS FINE ART PSYCHOLOGY
COMPUTER HISTORY SCIENCE
DESIGN HUMANITIES SOCIALSCIENCE
EDUCATION INTERIORS TEXTILES

 

ARCHITECTURE

Addis, Bill BUILDING: 3000 YEARS OF DESIGN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION. Phaidon, 2007. 624.09 A224b

Allen, David Grayson THE OLMSTED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AND THE GROWTH OF HISTORIC LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION. Northeastern University Press, 2007. 363.69097447 A425o

Baus, Ursula and Mike Schlaich FOOTBRIDGES: STRUCTURE, DESIGN, HISTORY. Birkhauswer, 2008.725.98 B351f

Benjamin, Susan & Stuart Cohen GREAT HOUSES OF CHICAGO 1871-1921. Acanthus Press, 2008. 728.809773 B468g

Fallen, Anne-Catherine A BOTANIC GARDEN FOR THE NATION: THE UNITED STATES BOTANIC GARDEN. US Government Printing Office, 2007. 580.74753 F194b

Farrar, Margaret E BUILDING THE BODY POLITIC : POWER AND URBAN SPACE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. University of Illinois Press, 2008. 307.7609753 F243b

Gutman, Marta & Ning de Coninck-Smith (edited) DESIGNING MODERN CHILDHOODS : HISTORY, SPACE, AND THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF CHILDREN. Rutgers University Press, 2008. 305.230904 D457g

Jakle, John A & Keith A Sulle MOTORING : THE HIGHWAY EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA. University of Georgia Press, 2008. 917.304 J25m

Kopelow, Gerry ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY: THE DIGITAL WAY. Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. 778.94 K83a

LEARNING BY DESIGN : A SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY LEADER’S ANNUAL GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. American School Board journal, 2008. 727 L438n 2008.

Lynch, Gerard THE HISTORY OF GAUGED BRICKWORK: CONSERVATION, REPAIR AND MODERN APPLICATION. Elsevier, 2007. 721.04421 L 987h

Michell, George THE MAJESTY OF MUGHAL DECORATION: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ISLAMIC INDIA. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 709.540903 M623m

Morrison, William (edited) THE WORK OF DWIGHT JAMES BAUM. Acanthus Press, 2008. 728.37092 B347w

Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks (edited) THE ESSENTIAL FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT: CRITICAL WRITINGS ON ARCHITECTURE. Princeton University Press, 2008. 720.92 W949es

Pottmann, Helmut, Andreas Asperl, Michael Hofer & Axel Kilian ARCHITECTURAL GEOMETRY. Bentley Institute Press, 2007. 720.1516 A673p

Ruggles, D Fairchild ISLAMIC GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 712.6091767 R932i

Sacks, Jonathan THE HOME WE BUILD TOGETHER. Continuum, 2007. 305.800941 S121h

Shvidkovsky, Dmitry RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE AND THE WEST. Yale University Press, 2007. 720.947 S562r

THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHTING. McGraw-Edison, 1983. 621.322 C737m

Treib, Marc (edited) REPRESENTING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. Routledge, 2005. 712.01 R425t

Tschumi, Bernard EVENT-CITIES 3. The MIT Press, 2004. 720.92 T881e3

Van Beek, Gus W. & Ora Van Beek GLORIOUS MUD! ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY EARTHEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IN NORTH AFRICA, WESTERN EUROPE, THE NEAR EAST, AND SOUTH ASIA. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2008. 721.04499 V218g

Weilacher, Udo SYNTAX OF LANDSCAPE : THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OF PETER LATZ AND PARTNERS. Birkhauser, 2008. 712.5092 W422s

Worsley, Giles INIGO JONES AND THE EUROPEAN CLASSICIST TRADITION. Yale University Press, 2007. 720.92 J77w

Zecker, Robert METROPOLIS : THE AMERICAN CITY IN POPULAR CULTURE. Praeger, 2008. 307.760973 Z42m

 

BUSINESS

Black, Cathie BASIC BLACK: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR GETTING AHEAD AT WORK ( AND IN LIFE).
650.1 B627b

Collier, Paul THE BOTTOM BILLION. Oxford University Press, 2007. 339.46091724 C699b

Cortese Anthony J. PROVOCATEUR: IMAGES OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN ADVERTISING.
 Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. 659.1042 C828p3

Danesi, Marcel WHY IT SELLS. Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. 658.80019 D179w

Edelman, Ric THE LIES ABOUT MONEY. Free Press, 2007. 332.6 E21L

Gill, Indermit & Homi Kharas AN EAST ASIAN RENAISSANCE: IDEAS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. The World Bank, 2007. 338.95 G475e

Goldstein, David B. SAVING ENERGY: GROWING JOBS. Baytree, 2007. 333.79160973 G624s

Greenspan, Alan THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD. The Penguin Press, 2007. 332.112092 G815a

Heal, Geoffrey WHEN PRINCIPLES PAY: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE BOTTOM LINE. Columbia Buisness School 2008. 658.408 H434w

Heckscher, Charles THE COLLABORATIVE ENTERPRISE: MANAGING SPEED AND COMPLEXITY IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED BUSINESSES. Yale University Press, 2007. 658.406 H448c

Karelis, Charles THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY : WHY THE ECONOMICS OF THE WELL-OFF CAN’T HELP THE POOR. Yale University Press, 2007. 339.46 K18p

Margolis, Ben SOA: FOR THE BUSINESS DEVELOPER. MC Press, 2007. 658.0546 M329s

Mazur, Laura & Louella Miles CONVERSATIONS WITH MARKETING MASTERS. John Wiley, 2007. 658.8 M476c

McConnell, Ben & Jackie Huba CITIZEN MARKETERS: WHEN PEOPLE ARE THE MESSAGE. Kaplan Publishing, 2007. 658.812 M129c

Press, Entrepreneur & Moran, Gwen START YOU OWN RETAIL BUSINESS AND MORE. Entrepreneur Press, 2007. 658.87 K54s2

Rochet, Jean-Charles WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BANKING CRISIS? THE POLITICS AND POLICY OF BANK REGULATION. Princeton University Press, 2008. 332.12 R677w

Verzuh, Eric THE FAST FORWARD MBA IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT. John Wiley & Sons, 2008. 658.404 V574f3.

Zacharakis, Bygrave & Andrew Zacharakis (editors) THE PORTABLE MBA IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP. John Wiley & Sons, 2004. 658.022 B993p3.

 

COMPUTERS

Johnson, Jeff GUI BLOOPERS 2.0: COMMON USER INTERFACE DESIGN DON’TS AND DOS. Elsevier, 2008. 005.437 J67g2

Deitel JAVA: HOW TO PROGRAM. Pearson Education, 2007. 005.133 D326j7

 

DESIGN

Buchanan, Sherry VIETNAM ZIPPOS: AMERICAN SOLDIERS’ ENGRAVINGS AND STORIES (1965-1973). The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 959.7043 B918v

Calza, Gian Carlo JAPAN STYLE. Phaidon, 2007.709.52 C171j

Carter, Rob, Libby Meggs & Sandra Wheeler MEGGS: MAKING GRAPHIC DESIGN HISTORY. Wiley, 2008. 686.22092 M497m

Remington, R. Rodger & Robert S.P Fripp. DESIGN AND SCIENCE: THE LIFE AND WORK OF WILL BURTIN. Lund Humphries, 2007.741.6092R388d

GRIDS: CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS. Wiley, 2007. 686.22 G847r

Hampshire, Mark & Keith Stephenson CHOOSING AND USING PAPER FOR GREAT GRAPHIC DESIGN. RotoVision, 2007. 741.6 H231c

Kozik, Frank PLASTICLAND. Dark Horse Books, 2007. 745.592 K87p

MacWilliams, Mark W. (edited) JAPANESE VISUAL CULTURE. East Gate Book, 2008. 741.5952 J35m

Millman, Debbie HOW TO THINK LIKE A GREAT GRAPHIC DESIGNER. Allworth Press, 2007. 741.60922 M655h

Mudac & Mieke, Gerritzen STYLE FIRST. Birkhauser, 2008. 741.601 G378s

Pavitt, Jane (edited) BRAND.NEW. V&A Publications, 2000.  306.3 B818p

Rivers, Charlotte POSTER ART: INNOVATION IN POSTER DESIGN. RotoVision, 2007.741.674 R622p

Walton, Rodger (editor) THE BIG BOOK OF GRAPHIC DESIGN. Harper Collins Design, 2007. 741.6 B592waL

Wlassikoff, Michel THE STORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN IN FRANCE. Gingko Press, 2005. 741.60944 W836s

Zipf, Catherine W. PROFESSIONAL PURSUITS: WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS . The University of Tennessee Press, 2007. 709.042 Z79p

 

EDUCATION

Clark, Robert & Madeleine d’Ambrosio (edited) THE NEW BUSINESS ACT IN THE BUSINESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION . Edward Elgar, 2006. 378.106 N532c

Nerad, Maresi & Mimi Heggelund (edited) TOWARD A GLOBAL PHD? FORCES & FORMS IN DOCTORAL EDUCATION WORLDWIDE. University of Washington Press 2008. 378.24 T737n

Vest, Charles M. THE AMERICAN RESEARCH UNIVERSITY FROM WORLD WAR II TO WORLD WIDE WEB. University of California Press, 2007. 378.73 V583a

 

FASHION

Black, Sandy  ECO-CHIC: THE FASHION PARADOX. The Black Dog Publication, 2008. 391 B 627e

Jaffe, Hilde & Nurie Relis  DRAPING FOR FASHION DESIGN. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. 746.92 J23d4

Lenander, Johanna & David Yellen  HAIR WARS. PowerHouse Books, 2007. 391.5 Y435

Okonkwo, Uche LUXURY FASHION BRANDING. Palgrave MacMillan, 2007. 687.0688 O41L

Salk, Susanna CELEBRATING WASP STYLE: A PRIVILEGED LIFE. Assouline, 2007. 305.52 S167p

Stewart, Mary Lynn  DRESSING MODERN FRENCHWOMEN: MAKING HAUTE COUTURE ( 1919-1939). The John Hopkins University Press, 2008. 381. 45687082 S851d

Woodward, Sophie WHY WOMEN WEAR WHAT THEY WEAR. Berg, 2007. 391.2019 W912w

 

FINE ART

Bahn, Paul G CAVE ART: A GUIDE TO THE DECORATED ICE AGE CAVES OF EUROPE. Frances Lincoln, 2007. 709.0112094 B151c

Betancourt, Philip P. INTRODUCTION TO AEGEAN ART. INSTAP Academic Press, 2007. 709.391 B562i

Celant, Germano ANSELM KIEFER. Skira, 2007. 709.2 K47ak

Falomir, Miguel (edited) TINTORETTO. Museo Nacional Del Prado, 2007. 759.5 T622t

Goldfinger, Eliot HUMAN ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS: THE ELEMENTS OF FORM. Oxford University Press, 1991. 743.4 G618h

Sanday, Peggy Reeves ABORIGINAL PAINTINGS OF THE WOLFE CREEK CRATER: TRACK OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2007. 704.039915 S213a

Shields, Scott A. ARTISTS AT CONTINENT’S END: THE MONTEREY PENINSULA ART COLONY, 1875-1907. University of California Press, 2006. 758.179476 S555a.

Williams, Lynn Barstis IMPRINTING THE SOUTH: SOUTHERN PRINTMAKERS AND THEIR IMAGES OF THE REGION 1920s-1940s. University of Alabama Press, 2007. 769.975 W724i

 

HISTORY

Armour, Ian D. A HISTORY OF EASTERN EUROPE (1740-1918). Hodder Arnold, 2006. 947.0009034 A733h

Baker, Nicholson HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNINGS OF WORLD WAR II, THE END OF CIVILIZATION. Simon & Schuster, 2008. 940.5311 B168h

Bower, Anne L (edited) AFRICAN AMERICAN FOODWAYS : EXPLORATIONS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE. University of Illinois Press, 2007. 394.1208996 A258b

Brandt, Allan M THE CIGARETTE CENTURY : THE RISE, FALL, AND DEADLY PERSISTENCE OF THE PRODUCT THAT DEFINED AMERICA. Basic Books, 2007. 338.4767973 B821c

Brocheux, Pierre HO CHI MINH : A BIOGRAPHY. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 959.704092 B863h

Bruce, Scott IT HAPPENED IN PHILADELPHIA. TwoDot, 2008. 974.811 B887

DeRosier Jr., Arthur H WILLIAM DUNBAR: SCIENTIFIC PIONEER OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST. University Press of Kentucky, 2007. 509.2 D437w

Ferling, John ALMOST A MIRACLE: THE AMERICAN VICTORY IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. Oxford University Press, 2007. 973.33 F357a

Fischer, Bernd J (edited) BALKAN STRONGMEN: DICTATORS AND AUTHORITARIAN RULERS OF SOUTHEAST EUROPE. Purdue University Press, 2007. 949.6 B186f

Flori, Jean RICHARD THE LIONHEART : KING AND KNIGHT. Praeger, 2006. 942.0320982 F635r

Gamber, Wendy THE BOARDINGHOUSE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA. The John Hopkins University Press, 2007. 917.30615 G189b

Hilmes, Michele (edited) NBC : AMERICA’S NETWORK. University of California Press, 2007. 384.55 N337h

Kennedy, Hugh THE GREAT ARAB CONQUESTS : HOW THE SPREAD OF ISLAM CHANGED THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. Da Capo Press, 2007. 909.097671 K35g

Monzote, Reinaldo Funes FROM RAINFOREST TO CANE FIELD IN CUBA : AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY SINCE 1492. University of North Carolina Press, 2008. 333.75137 F981f

Rediker, Marcus THE SLAVE SHIP: A HUMAN HISTORY. Viking, 2007. 306.362096 R317s

Robb, Graham THE DISCOVERY OF FRANCE : A HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR. W W Norton, 2007. 911.44 R631d

Roberts, Elizabeth REALM OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN: A HISTORY OF MONTENEGRO. Cornell University Press, 2007. 949.745 R643r

Rose, Lisle A. POWER AT SEA: THE AGE OF NAVALISM, 1890-1918 University of Missouri Press, 2007. 359.009 R796p v.1

Rose, Lisle A. POWER AT SEA: THE BREAKING STORM, 1919-1945 University of Missouri Press, 2007. 359.009 R796p v.2

Rose, Lisle A. POWER AT SEA: A VIOLENT PEACE, 1946-2006 University of Missouri Press, 2007. 359.009 R796p v.3

Stross, Randall THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK: HOW THOMAS ELVA EDISON INVENTED THE MODERN WORLD. Three Rivers Press, 2007. 621.3092 S924w

 

HUMANITIES

Grace, Nancy M  JACK KEROUAC AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION. Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.
813.5434 G729j

Plant, Deborah G  ZORA NEALE HURSTON : A BIOGRAPHY OF THE SPIRIT. Praeger, 2007. 813.5239 P713z

Quayson, Ato AESTHETIC NERVOUSNESS: DISABILITY AND THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION. Columbia University Press, 2007. 809.933527 Q2a

Thompson, Kristin THE FRODO FRANCHISE: THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND MODERN HOLLYWOOD. University of California Press, 2007. 791.4372 T473f

Turner, Nancy J THE EARTH’S BLANKET : TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING. University of Washington Press, 2005. 304.201 T949e

Uko, Ndaeyo STORY BUILDING. University Press of America, 2007. 070.43 U34s

 

INTERIORS

Cheng, Kelley URBAN PADS: HIP LIVING IN THE CITY. Page One, 2006. 728.37095 U72c

Dachs, Sandra, Patricia De Muga & Laura Garcia Hintze CHARLES AND RAY EAMES: OBJECTS AND FURNITURE DESIGN. Ediciones Poligrafa, 2007. 749.213 E12d

Kirkpatrick, Beverly L. & James M. Kirkpatrick AUTOCAD FOR INTERIOR DESIGN AND SPACE PLANNING USING AUTOCAD 2006. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006. 729.0285 K59a

O’Neill, Helen FLORENCE BROADHURST: HER SECRET& EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. Chronicle Books, 2007. 741.6092 O58f

Taubinger, Julia & Andrés Fredes PURE AUSTRIAN DESIGN + AUDIO FURNITURE. Juland, 2005. 745.09436 P985j

 

MEDICINE/HEALTH

Branch Jr., William T OFFICE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. Saunders, 2003. 616 O32b4

Cowie, Jonathan CLIMATE CHANGE: BIOLOGICAL AND HUMAN ASPECTS. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 551.6 C874c

Peto, James (edited) THE HEART. Yale University Press, 2007. 611.12 P492h

 

PSYCHOLOGY

Seligman, Linda & Lourie W. Reichenberg SELECTING EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS: A COMPREHENSIVE, SYSTEMATIC GUIDE TO TREATING MENTAL DISORDERS. John Wiley & Sons, 2007. 616.8906 S465s3

 

SCIENCE

Beattie, Andrew & Paul R. Ehrlich WILD SOLUTIONS. Yale University Press, 2004. 333.9511 B369w2

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: ESSENTIAL PRIMARY SOURCES. Thomson Gale, 2007. 363.7 E61L

Gargiullo, Margaret B A GUIDE TO NATIVE PLANTS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION. Rivergate Books, 2007. 635.9517471 G231g

Herrnson, Paul S & Richard G Niemi & Michael J Hanmer & Benjamin B Bederson & Frederick G Conrad & Michael W Traugott VOTING TECHNOLOGY : THE NOT-SO-SIMPLE ACT OF CASTING A BALLOT. Brookings Institution Press, 2008. 324.65 V971h

Kaltschmitt, Martin, Wolfgang Streicher & Andreas Wiese (EDITED) RENEWABLE ENERGY: TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT. Springer, 2007. 621.042 R411k

Neufeld, Michael J VON BRAUN: DREAMER OF SPACE, ENGINEER OF WAR. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
629.4092 N482v

Polyanin, Andrei D & Axender V Manzhirov HANDBOOK OF MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS. Chapman & Hall, 2007. 510 P766h

Scherr, Sara J. & Jeffrey A. McNeely (edited) FARMING WITH NATURE: THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF ECOAGRICULTURE. Island Press, 2007. 630.2 F234s

Schrader-Frechette, Krisitn TAKING ACTION, SAVING LIVES. Oxford University Press, 2007. 363.735 S561t

Wu, Jianguo & Hobbs, Richard J KEY TOPICS IN LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY. Cambridge, 2007. 577K44w

 

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Bacon, Christopher M. V. Ernesto Méndez Stephen R. Gliessman David Goodman Jonathan A. Fox (Editors) CONFRONTING THE COFFEE CRISIS: FAIR TRADE, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND ECOSYSTEMS IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. MIT Press, 2008. 338.17373 C748b

Beriss, David & David Sutton (edited) THE RESTAURANTS BOOK : ETHNOGRAPHIES OF WHERE WE EAT. Berg, 2007. 394.12 R436b

Booker, M Keith POSTMODERN HOLLYWOOD : WHAT’S NEW IN FILM AND WHY IT MAKES US FELL SO STRANGE. Praeger, 2007. 791.430973 B724p

Browne, Kingsley CO-ED COMBAT: THE NEW EVIDENCE THAT WOMEN SHOULD NOT FIGHT THE NATION’S WARS. Sentinel, 2007. 355.0082 B882c

Blum, Elizabeth D. LOVE CANAL REVISITED: RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM. University Press of Kansas, 2008. 363.7287 B658L

Castañeda, Jorge G. EX MEX: FROM MIGRANTS TO IMMIGRANTS. The New Press 2007. 325.2720973 C346e.

Dacosta, Kimberley McClain MAKING MULTIRACIALS: STATE, FAMILY AND MARKET IN THE REDRAWING OF THE COLOR LINE. Stanford University Press, 2007. 305.804073 D118m

Florida, Richard WHO’S YOUR CITY? HOW THE CREATIVE ECONOMY IS MAKING WHERE TO LIVE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF YOUR LIFE. Basic Books, 2008. 307.76 F636w.

Gordon, Ian, Mark Jancovich & Matthew P. McAllister (edited) FILM AND COMIC BOOKS. University Press of Mississippi, 2007. 791.43657 F 487g

Hall, Ann C & Mardia J Bishop (edited) POP-PORN : PORNOGRAPHY IN AMERICAN CULTURE. Praeger, 2007. 363.47 P825h

Hanser, Amy SERVICE ENCOUNTERS: CLASS, GENDER AND THE MARKET FOR SOCIAL DISTINCTION IN URBAN CHINA. Stanford University Press, 2008. 305.50951 H249s

Howell, Mark WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THIS? PALESTINIAN LIFE UNDER OCCUPATION IN THE WEST BANK. Garnet Publishing, 2007. 956.953044 H859w

Jackson, Bruce THE STORY IS TRUE: THE ART AND MEANING OF TELLING STORIES. Temple University Press, 2007. 808 J12s

Jeffries, Judson L. (editor) COMRADES: A LOCAL HISTORY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY. Indiana University Press, 2007. 322.420973 C738j

Jellison, Katherine ITS OUR DAY: AMERICA’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE WHITE WEDDING 1945-2005. University Press of Kansas, 2008. 392.50973 J48i

Kaufman, Will THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICAN CULTURE. Edinburgh University Press, 2006. 973.71 K21c

Khan, Yasmin THE GREAT PARTITION: THE MAKING OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN. Yale University Press, 2007. 945.042 K45g

Lee, Jennifer 8 THE FORTUNE COOKIE CHRONICLES. Twelve, 2008. 394.120951 L478f

Lehman, Christopher P THE COLORED CARTOON: BLACK REPRESENTATION IN AMERICAN ANIMATED SHORT FILMS, 1907-1954. University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. 791.4308996 L523c

Mance, Ajuan Maria INVENTING BLACK WOMEN. The University of Tennessee Press, 2007. 811.509896 M268i

Marshall, P David (edited) THE CELEBRITY CULTURE READER. Routledge, 2006. 302.23 C392m

McGregor, Daviana Pomaika’i NA KUA’AINA: LIVING HAWAIIAN CULTURE. University of Hawaii Press, 2007. 996.9 M147n

Messner, Michael A OUT OF PLAY : CRITICAL ESSAYS ON GENDER AND SPORT. State University of New York Press, 2007. 796.082 M585o

Moore, Wendy Leo REPRODUCING RACISM: WHITE SPACE, ELITE LAW SCHOOLS AND RACIAL INEQUALITY. Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. 340.071 M825r

O’Neill, Johnathan ORIGINALISM IN AMERICAN LAW AND POLITICS: A CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY. John Hopkins University Press, 2005. 342.73029 O58o

Ozyurek, Esra (edited) THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC MEMORY IN TURKEY. Syracuse University Press, 2007. 956.1 P769o

Pattillo, Mary, David Weiman & Bruce Western (edited) IMPRISONING AMERICA: THE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF MASS INCARCERATION. Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. 365.973 I34p

Peerenboom, Randall CHINA MODERNIZES : THREAT TO THE WEST OR MODEL FOR THE REST? Oxford University Press, 2007. 320.95106 P923c

Romero/Lar, Fernando HYPER-BORDER: THE CONTEMPORARY U.S.- MEXICO BORDER AND ITS FUTURE. Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. 303.482721 R763h

Shevtsova, Lilia PUTIN’S RUSSIA. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005. 947.086 S554p

Silverblatt, Art MEDIA LITERACY: KEYS TO INTERPRETING MEDIA MESSAGES. Praeger, 2008. 302.23 S587m3

Sullivan, Nicholas P. YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. Wiley, 2007. 384.535091724 S951y


TEXTILES

Campbell, Thomas P (edited) TAPESTRY IN THE BAROQUE: THREADS OF SPLENDOR. Yale University Press, 2007. 746.39409032 T172c

Hewamanne, Sandya STITCHING IDENTITIES IN A FREE TRADE ZONE : GENDER AND POLITICS IN SRI LANKA. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 331.408624 H5978s

Hufnagl, Florian (edited) DIAMONDS AND BARS : THE ART OF THE AMISH PEOPLE – THE SCHLUMBERGER QUILT COLLECTION. Arnoldsche Art Publisher, 2007. 746.4607443 D537h

Kentridge, William TAPESTRIES. Yale University Press, 2008. 746.392 K37w

Pastorello, Karen A POWER AMONG THEM : BESSIE ABRAMOWITZ HILLMAN AND THE MAKING OF THE AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA. University of Illinois Press, 2008. 331.881870973 P291p

Teter, Betsy Wakefield (editor) TEXTILE TOWN : SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. Hub City Writers Project, 2003. 975.729 T355t

 

Recreational Reading 

As a service to readers, books link to amazon.com.  The book's dustjacket image is available  with reader reviews of the title.   This is not an attempt to solicit book purchases. 

ANNIHILATION.
Marvel Comics, 2008.

Bray, Libba     THE SWEET FAR THING.
Delacorte Books, 2007.

Connolly, John     THE REAPERS.
Atria Books, 2008.

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels     THE FRONT.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008.

Groff, Lauren     THE MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON.
Voice/Hyperion, 2008.

Hamilton, Peter F     THE DREAMING VOID.
Ballantine Books, 2008.

INDIANA JONES OMNIBUS
Dark Horse Books, 2008.

Jackson, Lisa     LOST SOULS.
Kensington Books, 2008.

Koontz, Dean     ODD HOURS.
Bantam Books, 2008.

Marciano, Francesca     THE END OF MANNERS.
Pantheon Books, 2008.

Martini, Steve     SHADOW OF POWER.
William Morrow, 2008.

Rushdie, Salman     THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE.
Random House, 2008.

Sanford, John     PHANTOM PREY.
G P Putnam's Sons, 2008.

 

 

 

 

Recent Additions to  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
  McCabe, James D  THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION...
Philadelphia
: National Publishing Co., 1876, 
682 pgs., 22.5 cm.
Call Number: 909.81 M113i 1876

A good example of the elaborate souvenir gift books produced after the Centennial Exhibition. Contains a general history of the fair with woodcut illustrations. This specific title was noteworthy enough, that a reprint was published in 1975.  

 

Sandhurst, Phillip T and Others THE GREAT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION : Critically Described and Illustrated. 
Philadelphia :  Ziegler & Co., 1876, 
544 pgs.,  23.5 cm.
Call Number: 607.3474811 S217g 1876

Another example of the souvenir gift books published after the Centennial Exhibition. The exhibition is of interest to our University community, since the need for a local textile school was apparent after exposure to the European textile products shown at the fair.  

 
The Library also now receives VISIONAIRE, a limited edition conceptual art and fashion quarterly published in New York. However, due to its format it is not shelved with the other magazines.  It is available for inspection on request.  Since every issue is different, images of each new issue will be included in this list.

VISIONAIRE #49 DECADES

 
 
         
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