|
To submit information about books for this column, send e-mail to opa@yale.edu.
Benjamin Franklin
Edmund S. Morgan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History and chair of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
(Yale University Press)
This short biography of the American statesman and inventor offers a portrait of Franklin's public life. Described by Kirkus Reviews as "an excellent portrayal of a patriot's style and substance," and hailed by one critic as "the best short biography of Franklin ever written," Morgan's new book delves into the legendary American's thinking and activities, as well as his devotion to the public good.
Larding the Lean Earth: Soil and Society in Nineteenth-Century America
Steven B. Stoll, Assistant Professor
of History and American Studies
(Hill and Wang)
Fifty years after the American Revolution, debates erupted between farmers who believed in practices that sustained and bettered the soil of existing farms and those who looked instead to new lands in the West when their soil gave out. Drawing on dozens of journals, Steven Stoll examines this dispute, focusing on farmers from Pennsylvania and South Carolina and exploring the differences and similarities in their agriculture. The book has been described as "a signal work of environmental and political history," and as a history that is "often poetic of expression."
Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid
of the Closet
William N. Eskridge Jr., the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence
and Deputy Dean of the Law School
(Paper edition, Harvard University Press)
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual nonconformity in the United States and explores a history of state efforts to punish homosexuals and discriminate against them. Eskridge argues in his book for the "sexualization" of the First Amendment and contends that same-sex ceremonies and intimacy deserve the protection of the courts. He also presents a response to arguments made in defense of military policy regarding homosexuality. The hardcover edition of the book won the 2001 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table of the American Library Association's Book Awards.
The Juridical Unconscious:
Trials and Traumas in the
Twentieth Century
Shoshana Felman, the Thomas E.
Donnelley Professor of French and
Professor of Comparative Literature
(Harvard University Press)
Exploring the interaction between trauma and justice, Shoshana Felman argues that the adjudication of collective traumas in the 20th century transformed both culture and law. Moving from texts by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud, Emile Zola and Leo Tolstoy to the Dreyfus and Nuremberg trials, as well as the trials of O.J. Simpson and Adolf Eichmann, Felman shows how transformation took place through legal cases that put history itself on trial and that provided a stage for the expression of the persecuted -- the historically "expressionless."
T H I S
Bulletin Home
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
University to welcome Class of 2006
Yale will commemorate anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks with discussion, reflection
PepsiCo president Indra Nooyi elected to Yale Corporation
Astronomy students capture asteroid's close fly-by of Earth
Levin lauds Princeton president for her response to Web violation
Howe appointed William R. Kenan Professor
Ma is named Raymond John Wean Professor
Conference to 'put a human face' on the Vietnam War
In Focus: Biodiversity and Human Health Institute
Study: Positive images of old age conducive to long life
Library's debut of Voyager makes searches easier
Show celebrates industrial art turned creative art
Wooden artworks from collection given to Yale gallery on view
Two environmental leaders to teach at F&ES as visiting faculty
Junior faculty honored
OBITUARIESRobert Apfel: Engineer pioneered use of acoustic waves
King-lui Wu: Noted architect and popular instructor
Paul Weiss: Philosopher fought against age discrimination
Dr. Gustaf Lindskog: Expert in thoracic surgery
Mark Leiserson: Noted international economist
Robert Fischelis: First dean of Morse College
Memorial service for psychologist Neal Miller
School of Architecture hosting '3D City' exhibition
Sri Lankan artist Jayasuriya's paintings on display at ISM
Ethics of studies on children to be explored in fall program
Talk focuses on technology's effect on humans
Journalists to gain insight into legal affairs as Knight Fellows
Yale Club of New Haven supports students' work in community
Proper skin care reduces chance of bedsores, say YSN researchers
Books in Brief
Campus Notes
|Visiting on Campus|Calendar of Events|In the News|Bulletin Board
Yale Scoreboard|Classified Ads|Search Archives|Deadlines
Bulletin Staff|Public Affairs Home|News Releases|
E-Mail Us|Yale Home Page