We welcome review copies of books by alumni. The books are donated to the Swarthmoreana section of McCabe Library after they have been noted for this column.
Philip W. Brickner 50, F. Russell Kellogg, Anthony J. Lechich, Roberta Lipsman, Linda K. Scharer (eds.), Geriatric Home Health Care: The Collaboration of Physicians, Nurses, and Social Workers, Springer Publishing, 1997. Drawing on information from medicine, nursing, gerontology, and social services, this book addresses issues of home health care for the aged, including functional ability, mental health, and disease and accident prevention<
Susan Leigh Foster '71, Choreography Narrative: Ballet's Staging of Story and Desire, Indiana University Press, 1996. This book traces the development of the story ballet from the early 18th-century fair theaters to the romantic ballets and charts its separation from opera to its emergence as an autonomous art form dedicated to the telling of a story through gesture and movement alone.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth '79 and Christine Stolba, Women's Figures: The Economic Progress of Women in America, Independent Women's Forum, 1996. Using evidence that shows the status of women in society as more complex than the women-as-victims theory can explain, this monograph shows how women's wages and education levels are closing the gap with those of men, how occupational choices have influenced wages, and how women are playing an important role in creating small businesses.
Marjorie Garber '66, Dog Love, Simon & Schuster, 1996. In exploring the relationship between two species, Garber looks at our love affair with the dog-from the stories of celebrities such as Lassie and Millie Bush to our preoccupation with canine pedigrees that reflect social snobbery, nationalism, and other forms of cultural anxiety. Included in the book's illustrations are photographs by Bruce Cratsley '66.
Suzanne W. (White) Hull '43, Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women, AltaMira Press, 1996. What was it like to be a woman in England between 1525 and 1675? Men made the rules for women during this time, when women had almost no legal power, when marriage cost women their property, when the ideal woman was rarely seen and never heard in public.
Martha P. King '73 and Stephen M. Christian, Medicaid Survival Kit, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1996. This briefing book is designed to provide state legislators, their staffs, and others interested in health care finance with an overview of the existing Medicaid program, information about options available to states, and a discussion of what some states are doing to contain costs and increase the efficiency of health care delivery under Medicaid.
Martin Ernst-Wolfgang Luther '46, The Infinite Voyage: A Metaphysical Odyssey, Marwolf Publishing, 1996. Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going? Luther, a science writer, explores the linkages of science to the issues of natural theology.
Richard Martin '67 and Harold Koda, Christian Dior, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996. In 1947 Christian Dior re-established Paris as the center of the fashion world. This retrospective, published in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition of his creations, honors the 50th anniversary of this event. Richard Martin and Harold Koda, Two by Two, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996. This booklet was published to accompany the Metropolitan Museum of Art's correlated history of women's and men's apparel from the 1700s to the 1970s.
Robin Feuer Miller '69 and Donna Tussing Orwin (eds.), Tolstoy and the Genesis of War and Peace by Kathryn B. Feuer, Cornell University Press, 1996. Kathryn Feuer's insights into Tolstoy's creative process while he wrote War and Peace were completed but never published before her death. This book is the result of the editing and updating of Feuer's manu-script by her daughter.
Leslie Johnson Nielsen '83 and Michael de Villiers, Is Democracy Fair? The Mathematics of Voting and Apportionment, Key Curriculum Press, 1997. This workbook uses mathematical methods to explore different kinds of ballots, election decision procedures, and apportionment methods.
Robert H. Parks '49, The Witch Doctor of Wall Street: A Noted Financial Expert Guides You Through Today's Voodoo Economics, Prometheus Books, 1996. Explained in this book are economic and investment theory and practice, using plain English and simple arithmetic and taking issue with financial gurus who promise wealth without risk, government officials, and economists on the left and right.
Roy Parvin '79, The Loneliest Road in America, Chronicle Books, 1997. This collection of short stories revolves around a small town and its people in the mountains of Northern California. The characters exist on the fringes of mainstream society: a solitary marijuana grower who must deal with an intruder in his garden, a mystical Native American whose camp is about to be destroyed by loggers, and others.
Lewis Pyenson '69 (ed.), Teaching and Research in the University, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1996. Based on the proceedings of a conference held at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, this collection of papers by professors from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering provides a testimony to the synergy of teaching and research at public universities across America.
Christine Allison and Dena Ringold '92, Labor Markets in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, 1989-1995, The World Bank, 1996. Contrary to early predictions, persistent unemployment has emerged as one of the most critical outcomes of transition from socialism in Central and Eastern Europe. This paper analyzes labor market developments in nine countries of the region, focusing on labor force behavior, employment, and unemployment.
Anne Klejment and Nancy L. Roberts '76 (eds.), American Catholic Pacifism: The Influence of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement, Praeger, 1996. This collection of primarily original essays provides a systematic and analytical study of the emergence and nature of pacifism in the largest single denomination in the United States, Roman Catholicism.
Hildreth Strode '46, Theatre and Talk by Beth (Ash) Strode ['48, dec.], published by the author, 1996. Mr. Strode has gathered his wife's most recent essays on theater, offering fresh views of more than 30 contemporary playwrights, including Sam Sheppard, August Wilson, Edward Albee, and Athol Fugard.
Rebecca Ansell and John Taber '77, Caught in the Crunch: Earthquakes and Volcanoes in New Zealand, HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. New Zealand, the last stop on the Pacific Ocean's earthquake-prone "ring of fire," has seen many violent outbursts from the earth. The book explores this force of nature and what can be done to mitigate the effects of seismic activity in the home, community, and at work.
Nancy Hope Wilson '69, Becoming Felix, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. Twelve-year-old Felix is crazy about his family's dairy farm but also loves playing in jazz band with his friend Steven. In this coming-of-age novel for young readers, Felix discovers his greatest support in his music and friendship as the farm begins to fail.
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Richard Wolfson '69, Energy and Climate: Science for Citizens in the Age of Global Warming, The Teaching Company, 1996. This 10-lecture course, available on video and audiotape, introduces the scientific principles governing Earth's climate and explores how human activities may change our climate in coming decades.
John Wright '62, Promises, Disc Makers, 1996. With Wright (vocals and banjo) and Clinch Mountain Boys Junior Blankenship (guitar and harmony vocals) and James Price (fiddle), this compact disc contains a mix of original and old-time bluegrass music.
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