Month: May 2015
Guest post by Arien Mack In 2014, Social Research entered its eightieth year of continuous publication, and this year I entered my forty-fifth year of editing the journal. One anniversary is public, the other is personal. Both seem remarkable. Founded as the journal of the University in Exile, which in 1934 was accredited as the…
Guest post by Arien Mack In 2014, Social Research entered its eightieth year of continuous publication, and this year I entered my forty-fifth year of editing the journal. One anniversary is public, the other is personal. Both seem remarkable. Founded as the journal of the University in Exile, which in 1934 was accredited as the…
Gust post by Adam L. Kushner I know someone who needed surgery. He was born by emergent C-section and had stomach surgery at 2 months and an appendectomy at 23. He is alive today because of surgery. I am that person. Throughout much of the world, the lack of surgical care leads to death or disability…
Gust post by Adam L. Kushner I know someone who needed surgery. He was born by emergent C-section and had stomach surgery at 2 months and an appendectomy at 23. He is alive today because of surgery. I am that person. Throughout much of the world, the lack of surgical care leads to death or disability…
Guest post by Stephen H. Grant Emily Jordan was born in Ironton, Ohio on May 15, 1858. Following her two older sisters to Vassar College, she emerged a bluestocking: a refined lady with intellectual, scholarly, and literary interests. Emily’s Vassar 1879 class of 36 students elected her class president for life. Although her undergraduate scrapbook…
Guest post by Stephen H. Grant Emily Jordan was born in Ironton, Ohio on May 15, 1858. Following her two older sisters to Vassar College, she emerged a bluestocking: a refined lady with intellectual, scholarly, and literary interests. Emily’s Vassar 1879 class of 36 students elected her class president for life. Although her undergraduate scrapbook…
We’re excited about the books we’re publishing this fall, and we invite your to browse this online version of our brand new catalog. All titles available for pre-order. Enter code HDPD at checkout on our website to receive 30% discount, or call 800-537-5487 and mention the code when you order. Link to JHUP’s Fall 2015…
We’re excited about the books we’re publishing this fall, and we invite your to browse this online version of our brand new catalog. All titles available for pre-order. Enter code HDPD at checkout on our website to receive 30% discount, or call 800-537-5487 and mention the code when you order. Link to JHUP’s Fall 2015…
Guest post by Martha Montello In 1957, D. J. Ingle, the first editor of Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, explained why he thought a new journal was needed for scientists and physicians already inundated by publications. With professional journals increasingly focused on smaller and smaller systems and preoccupied with publishing data, he decided that readers…
Guest post by Michael C. C. Adams On May 8, seventy years ago, the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany (Victory in Europe or VE Day), followed on September 2 by the surrender of our Pacific opponent (Victory over Japan or VJ Day). As we once again ring down the curtain on our commemoration…