February 1996

Recent books written by Swarthmore Alumni

Newton Garver '51 and Eric Reitan, Nonviolence and Community: Reflections on the Alternatives to Violence Project, Pendle Hill, 1995. This booklet presents the key features used in workshops by members of the Alternatives to Violence Proj-ect to train people-mainly prison inmates-in the use of nonviolent conflict resolution techniques. Newton Garver and Seung-Chong Lee, Derrida & Wittgenstein, Temple University Press, 1994. The authors discuss the commonality between philosophers Jacques Derrida and Ludwig Wittgenstein and seek to further the understanding of philosophy through the role of language, grammar, and logic. Newton Garver, This Complicated Form of Life: Essays On Wittgenstein, Open Court, 1994. In this collection of essays, Garver insists-in the face of persistent neglect and denial-on the mutual relevance of Wittgenstein's work and the tradition of Western philosophy.

Kent Greenawalt '58, Private Consciences and Public Reasons, Oxford University Press, 1995. What bases should officials and citizens employ in reaching political decisions and justifying their positions? Greenawalt, arguing that much depends on historical and cultural contexts, offers concrete and timely principles for political action.

Richard Martin '67 and Harold Koda, Swords into Ploughshares, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. This booklet was published in conjunction with an exhibition of modern attire that uses the elements of military dress. Richard Martin, Contemporary Fashion, St. James Press, 1995. International in scope this volume provides information on and assessment of fashion designers active from 1945 to the pres-ent. Simon Collier, Artemis Cooper, Maria Susana Azzi, and Richard Martin, Tango: The Dance, the Song, the Story, Thames and Hudson, 1995. Illustrated with more than 250 photographs and drawings, this book tells the story of the tango, from its roots in the mid-19th century to the role it has played in recent film, theater, and literature. Richard Martin and Harold Koda, Haute Couture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. The exquisite detailing of the haute couture fashion is presented in this book, printed in conjunction with an exhibit, which runs through March 24, at the Metropolitan Museum.

G.L. Dybwad and Joy V. Bliss, James A. Michener ['29]: The Beginning Teacher and His Textbooks, The Book Stops Here, 1995. Textbooks that Michener used during his teaching days after Swarthmore form the basis for this biography of his formative years, between 1921 and the publication of Tales of the South Pacific in 1947.

John R. Satterfield '72, We Band of Brothers: The Sullivans and World War II, Mid-Prairie Books, 1995. When the five Sullivan brothers died when the USS Juneau was sunk in 1942, their deaths brought the reality of the war home. Satterfield tells the story of the brothers, the Battle of Guadalcanal, and the impact of the tragedy on the family, community, and nation.

Judith E. Zimmerman '60, Alexander Herzen: Letters from France and Italy, 1847-1851, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995. Russian revolutionary Alexander Herzen was an eyewitness to the 1848 revolution in France and the early episodes of revolution in the states of the Italian peninsula. This book contains letters written by Herzen for publication during those revolutions and translated by Zimmerman.

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