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Winter 2012
Boston College Magazine has received notice of the following new books by faculty, alumni, and staff:
FACULTY
Transposing Broadway: Jews, Assimilation, and the American Musical, by Stuart Hecht, associate professor of theater (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
»Stuart Hecht’s faculty page
Cursing the Christians? A History of the Birkat Haminim, by Ruth Langer, associate professor of theology (Oxford University Press, 2011)
»Ruth Langer’s faculty page
The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims: The State’s Role in Minority Integration, by Jonathan Laurence, associate professor of political science (Princeton University Press, 2012)
»Jonathan Laurence’s faculty page
The Pamphilj and the Arts: Patronage and Consumption in Baroque Rome, edited by Stephanie Leone, associate professor of fine arts (McMullen Museum of Art, 2011)
»Stephanie Leone’s faculty page
Accountability, Pragmatic Aims, and the American University, by Ana Martinez Alemán, associate professor of higher education (Routledge, 2011)
»Ana Martinez Alemán’s faculty page
Circulating Communities: The Tactics and Strategies of Community Publishing, edited by Paula Mathieu, associate professor of English, Steven J. Parks, and Tiffany Rousculp (Lexington Books, 2011)
»Paula Mathieu’s faculty page
Boston College A to Z: The Spirit of the Heights, by Thomas O’Connor, professor emeritus of history (Linden Lane Press, 2011)
»Thomas O’Connor’s faculty page
Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850, by Prasannan Parthasarathi, associate professor of history (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
»Prasannan Parthasarathi’s faculty page
Dressed to Kill: Death and Meaning in Zaya’s Desengaños, by Elizabeth Rhodes, professor of Hispanic studies (University of Toronto Press, 2011)
»Elizabeth Rhodes’s faculty page
Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics, by Margaret Thomas, professor of linguistics (Routledge, 2011)
»Margaret Thomas’s faculty page
SEE Change: Making the Transition to a Sustainable Enterprise Economy, by Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy in the Carrol School of Management, and Malcolm McIntosh (Greenleaf Publishing, 2011)
»Sandra Waddock’s faculty page
ALUMNI
Africa Lite? Boomers in Botswana, by Christopher M. Doran ’68 (AuthorHouse, 2011)
»More about Africa Lite
Gods and Fathers, by James LePore ’69 (Story Plant, 2012)
»James LePore’s website
Karma: How to View It, Use It, and Lose It, by Karen Reed Hadalski, MA’80 (Millennial Mind Publishing, 2011)
»Karen Reed Hadalski’s website
Cybertraps for the Young, by Frederick S. Lane, JD’88 (NTI Upstream, 2011)
»Frederick Lane’s website
A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home, by Steve Pemberton ’89 (Thomas Nelson, 2012)
»A Chance in the World website
A Miscellany of Murder: From History and Literature to True Crime and Television, a Killer Selection of Trivia, by the Monday Murder Club, featuring Andrew McAleer ’90 (Adams Media, 2011)
»The Monday Murder Club website
The Political Education of Democratus: Negotiating Civic Virtue During the Early Republic, by Brian W. Dotts, MA’92 (Lexington Books, 2012)
»More on The Political Education of Democratus: Negotiating Civic Virtue During the Early Republic
Things That Might Annoy a Yankee Fan, by Paul Nardizzi and Dave Barend, JD’93 (Raceland Studio, 2011)
»Interview with Paul Nardizzi and Dave Barend
