Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 15, 2002

Volume 30, Number 22

Two-Week Issue

An unidentified priest pickets a drug store that refused to hire black workers during the Great Depression in this illustration from "Confronting the Veil."

Yale Books in Brief

The following is a list of books published recently by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers.

To submit information about books for this column, send e-mail to opa@yale.edu.

Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 19191941
Jonathan Holloway, Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies
(The University of North Carolina Press, 2002)

Economist Abram Harris Jr., sociologist E. Franklin Frazier and political scientist Ralph Bunche represented the vanguard of the young black radical intellectual-activists who dared to criticize the NAACP for its cautious civil rights agenda and saw in the turmoil of the Great Depression an opportunity to advocate class-based solutions to what were commonly considered racial problems. Despite the broader approach they called for, both their advocates and their detractors had difficulty seeing them as anything but "black intellectuals" speaking on "black issues." A social and intellectual history of the trio, "Confronting the Veil" investigates the effects of racialized thinking on Harris, Frazier, Bunche and others who wanted to think "beyond race."

The Grundilini: From the Chronicles of Audelae
Benjamin R. Doolittle, Resident
in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the School of Medicine
(New Canaan Publishing Company Inc., 2002)

The main protagonist of "The Grundilini" is 13-year-old Audelae, leader of a peaceful village by the Amber Forest, who protects and nourishes her people with a magical flower. When the flower is stolen by Riker for the evil Grundilini, Audelae leads a group through the perilous forest in pursuit of their stolen treasure.

The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion and Spirituality with the Natural World
edited by Stephen Kellert, the Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Social Ecology
(Island Press, 2002)

"The Good in Nature and Humanity" brings together 20 leading thinkers and writers -- including Ursula Goodenough, Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan, Carl Safina, David Petersen, Wendell Berry, Terry Tempest Williams and Barry Lopez -- to examine the divide between faith and reason, and to seek a means for developing an environmental ethic that will help society confront the problems of global environmental destruction and impoverished spirituality. The book explores the ways in which science, spirit and religion can guide the experience and understanding of mankind's ongoing relationship with the natural world and examines how the integration of science and spirituality can equip society to make wiser choices in using and managing the natural environment.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Soros Fellowships for New Americans

American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards

Poll reveals how 'deliberative' discussion can shift public opinion

Men's basketball team concludes record-setting season

Nobel Prize-winning economist James Tobin dies at 84

In Focus: Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

Silviculturalist Oliver named to Pinchot chair

Berkeley and Yale Divinity Schools renew their affiliation

Erikson and Timmons awarded DeVane Medals

Alumnus describes how engineers 'cook up' new products

Haller and Henrich reappointed as college masters

Levin visits with alumni across the nation and beyond

Exhibit documents volunteers' role in Spanish Civil War

Event explores role of faith, gender in fighting AIDS in Africa

Team develops rules for identifying unseen problems in elderly

Researcher's index assesses mortality risk for elderly patients

Drama School actors gang up for 'Serious Money'

Students' new adaptation of 'The Trial' takes to the stage

Work of architect on view in 'Zaha Hadid Laboratory'

Conference will examine the changing notions of beauty

Panel looks at ethical issues nurses face

Yale Books in Brief

Campus Notes