Category: American History

News and Notes Annette Lanjouw, co-author of Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence, was interviewed on NPR’s Science Friday during the SciFri Book Club about Dian Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist. Daniel Webster, co-editor of Reducing Gun Violence in American: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis, was interviewed on Annapolis radio station WRNR 103.1. Hot…

News and Notes Johns Hopkins University hosts Summit on Reducing Gun Violence in America: On January 14-15, the Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 global leaders in gun policy and violence for the Summit on Reducing Gun Violence in America. On January 28th, the Johns Hopkins University Press will publish the proceedings of this…

News and Notes Johns Hopkins University hosts Summit on Reducing Gun Violence in America: On January 14-15, the Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 global leaders in gun policy and violence for the Summit on Reducing Gun Violence in America. On January 28th, the Johns Hopkins University Press will publish the proceedings of this…

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Guest post by Ronald S. Coddington There is perhaps no bigger thrill than being contacted by a reader with new information about one of the men profiled in my series of Faces books. I recently experienced the excitement after the unnamed individual in the frontispiece photograph of my latest volume, African American Faces of the…

News and Notes E-books now available on JHUP website Did you know that hundreds of our books are available as e-books from vendors such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble? Well, we’re pleased to announce that you can now buy e-books directly from our website. Simply add the e-book to your shopping cart and choose…

News and Notes E-books now available on JHUP website Did you know that hundreds of our books are available as e-books from vendors such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble? Well, we’re pleased to announce that you can now buy e-books directly from our website. Simply add the e-book to your shopping cart and choose…

Guest post by Claiborne Skinner Last month, I donated  a copy of my little book The Upper Country: French Enterprise in the Colonial Great Lakes to "The High School affiliated with Renmin University of China" as part of an educational conference.  This is, I believe, the first copy in the People’s Republic.  Nearly four and…

Guest Post by Adam Mendelsohn In the century after the Civil War ended, those who were interested in the experience of Jews in the Union and Confederacy focused on their military service, in many cases hoping to extol Jewish bravery as an antidote to prejudice and present their service as a mark of ethnic pride. Fifty…