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SPRING 2016 NEW BOOKSand Journals FROM UNIVERSITY PRESSES ANIMAL STUDIES ues to bring social identity and a Bound in Shallows: appeal mechanisms in both aca- sense of history to the fallen peo- Autobiographical demic and nonacademic settings. ple of the Salvadoran village. Reminiscences 220 pp. Pub. 3/16. 6 x 9 in. Errol E. Harris Edwin Mellen Press 400 pp. ISBN 978-0-7734-8210-4 call for pricing Remarkable memoir of the dis- University of Arizona Press tinguished philosopher who lived ISBN 978-0-8165-3216-2 P/$34.95 to be 101 and whose active career FINE ART/ as a scholar, teacher, and author ART HISTORY/ BIOGRAPHY spanned eight decades during ARCHITECTURE which he witnessed and partici- pated in many of the central events of the 20th century. Pub. 1/16. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 442 pp. index. illus. Marquette University Press ISBN 978-1-62600-050-6 P/$29.00 EDUCATION School Choice: The End of Public Education? Fighting Nature: Mercedes K. Schneider Travelling Menageries, Foreword by Karen GJ Lewis Animal Acts and War Shows Are vouchers and charters superior Peta Tait to traditional public schools? Edu- An insightful analysis of 19th- cation blogger Mercedes Schneider century animal shows, which re- argues that there is no clear re- flected the cultural fascination search supporting this view and, in fact, there is increasing evidence of with conflict, war, and colonial Federico Barocci and the charter mismanagement. She docu- expansion. Oratorians: Corporate Pub. 12/15. 5.8 × 8.3 in. ments many school choice issues, Patronage and Style in the 302 pp. notes. index. including questionable disciplinary The Beginner’s Cow: Counter-Reformation Sydney University Press practices and the impoverishment Memories of a Volga German Ian F. Verstegen ISBN 978-1-7433-2430-1 P/$25.00 of public schools to support priva- from Kansas tized schools. This is essential read- In 1586, Federico Barocci deliv- Loren Schmidtberger ing for anyone seeking a deeper un- ered his Visitation of the Virgin and ANTHROPOLOGY At an early age, Loren Schmidt- derstanding of the past and future of St. Elizabeth to the Chiesa Nuova berger was assigned a beginner’s public education in America. in Rome. For the next quarter cow—the gentlest cow in the herd Pub. 6/16. LC 2015003323 6.125 x 9 in. century, Barocci dominated the for a child beginning to milk. As 224 pp. art scene in Rome. This book ex- he learned to milk, he also learned Teachers College Press amines the relationship between Teaching with Conscience the art of living from the unfor- ISBN 978-0-8077-5725-3 P/$35.95 Barocci and the Congregation of giving reality of the Dust Bowl in an Imperfect World: the Oratory. An Invitation years tempered by the steadfast Pub. 6/15. 2014-16933 7 x 10 in. William Ayers resilience of his Volga German 192 pp. index. 35 b/w illus. community. He offers us his “This captivating text takes the Truman State University Press memories in stories told with wry reader on an emancipatory journey ISBN 978-1-61248-132-6/$60.00 humor and gentle grace. toward a brighter educational fu- ISBN 978-1-61248-132-6 E/$49.99 Pub. 12/16. 5.5 x 8.5 in. ture.” —Angela Valenzuela, Uni- 200 pp. 20 illus. versity of Texas; “A timely read Truman State University Press that lifted my spirits for the work ISBN 1-61248168-5 P/$19.95 to be done.” —Deborah Meier, ISBN 1-61248169-2 E/$9.99 recipient of MacArthur “Genius” Grant. In this beautifully written little book, best-selling author/ activist Bill Ayers offers a plan to help educators, policymakers, The El Mozote Massacre: and parents stretch toward some- Human Rights thing new and dramatically bet- and Global Implications ter—schools that are more joyful, Revised and Expanded Edition more balanced, and more guided by the power of love. Leigh Binford Pub. 4/16. 6.125 x 9 in. Brings a fresh perspective to what 112 pp. may be the largest massacre in Teachers College Press Eliminating Professors: modern Latin American history. ISBN 978-0-8077-5768-0 P/$24.95 A Guide to the Dismissal Through many new additions, Process including data from half a dozen Kenneth Westhues field trips, discussions of recon- Suffering and Sunset: Twenty-five case histories de- struction and the fight for justice, World War I in the Art and scribing the roles of administra- and the relation of the massacre to Life of Horace Pippin tion, faculty, arbitrators, courts, the region, Leigh Binford contin- Celeste-Marie Bernier harassment tribunals, and internal May 12, 2016 37 Spring 2016 CUPL Layout3.indd 37 4/12/16 3:57 PM “In this generously illustrated in- Pub. 4/16. 6 x 9 in. Director, Center for American HISTORY OF tellectual history and cultural bi- 280 pp. 22 b/w illus. bibliography. index. 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