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Category Archives: reviews
The New York Times reviews Media Capital
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The January 13, 2013, edition of The New York Times includes a review of Aurora Wallace’s new University of Illinois book Media Capital: Architecture and Communications in New York City. “News buffs and urban planners alike will appreciate . . . Media … Continue reading
The October 27, 2012, issue of The Wall Street Journal includes a review of the new book, Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir by Josh Graves, edited by Fred Bartenstein. “Graves’s name won’t ring a bell for many outside musicians’ circles, but … Continue reading
Following the critical success of Marion Jacobson’s Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America, we are publishing Helena Simonett’s edited volume The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More! The book includes chapters on accordion culture … Continue reading
The September 14, 2012, edition of The Wall Street Journal includes Terry Teachout’s enthusiastic review of Stephen Wade’s new book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience. “Following in Mr. [Alan] Lomax’s footsteps, Mr. Wade … Continue reading
LA Times reviews The Beautiful Music All Around Us
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This week the Los Angeles Times published a sparkling review of Stephen Wade’s new book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience. “Musician and folklorist Stephen Wade dissects and celebrates the vast diversity of American culture in The … Continue reading
On September 10, 2012, we will officially publish Stephen Wade’s book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience, which reveals the backstories of thirteen iconic Library of Congress field recordings that are part of the … Continue reading
The June 29, 2012, issue of The Times Literary Supplement includes an enthusiastic review of Marion Jacobson’s new book Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America. “Marion Jacobson prefaces her delightful book with a quote from the … Continue reading
The Chronicle Review profiles The Deepest Sense
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The June 22, 2012, edition of the The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Chronicle Review magazine includes a Nota Bene feature on the Press’ Studies in Sensory History series and Constance Classen’s new book The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch. … Continue reading
The Boston Globe reviews A People’s History of Baseball
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The May 13, 2012, edition of the The Boston Globe includes a review of Mitchell Nathanson’s new book A People’s History of Baseball. “The most enjoyable moment in A People’s History of Baseball comes when Mitchell Nathanson recalls US Representative Newt Gingrich’s … Continue reading
An Emphasis on Conspiracy, Less on the Trial
Posted by deniseLast week Timothy Messer-Kruse, author of The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks, published a post on his own blog in response to a negative review in Dissent. While tacitly acknowledging that not everyone will like or agree with his work, … Continue reading →