Category: Book Review
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Interview with Ana Lucia Araujo about Cambria Slavery Studies Series
The following is a recent interview with Professor Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University) about slavery studies. Professor Araujo is the general editor of the Cambria Slavery Studies Series. Question: Congratulations on being nominated as a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project! Could you please take us back a little…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: The Rimbaud of Leeds
Congratulations to Dr Christine Regan on the outstanding review of her book The Rimbaud of Leeds: The Political Character of Tony Harrison’s Poetry by the journal English – Journal of the English Association. The journal review commends the book for being: Meticulously researched … an unusually astute and impressively well informed guide to the poetry.…
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Cambria Press Publication Review – A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia
Congratulations to Colonel Thomas Drohan (PhD, Princeton University), Head of the Department of Military & Strategic Studies at the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy, on the outstanding review by the journal Parameters of his book, A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia. This book, which is part of the new Cambria Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security Studies (RCSS) Series…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Fearless Femininity by Women in American Theatre (1910s to 2010s)
Congratulations to Professor Lynne Greeley (University of Vermont) on the outstanding review of her book Fearless Femininity by Women in American Theatre (1910s to 2010s) in the journal Women’s History Review. The book review praises Fearless Femininity because: Greeley has assembled a very large ‘cast’ of female artists: their ranks include the ‘first feminists’ (p.…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Giving This Country A Memory
Congratulations to to Dr. Anne Brewster, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, on another excellent review of her book, Giving this Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia, in The Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia. The review praises the book because it is “a respectful, very accessible…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Contemporary Chicana Literature
Congratulations to Professor Cristina Herrera of California State University, Fresno, on the outstanding review of her book, Contemporary Chicana Literature: (Re)Writing the Maternal Script, by the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. The book review commends Contemporary Chicana Literature because: “In the field of mothering and motherhood studies, there is a lack of literature…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Transatlantic Memories of Slavery
Congratulations to Professors Elisa Bordin and Anna Scacchi on the glowing review of their book, Transatlantic Memories of Slavery: Reimagining the Past, Changing the Future, by the European Journal of American Studies. The following are excerpts from the book review. “With great courage, sharp intuition and professional dedication they have tackled some of the most controversial issues…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Behind Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet
Congratulations to Professor Janis Haswell on the review of her two-volume book by Harvard Review, which commends the publication because it “brings new and welcome insight into the man and the artist. Haswell, a professor of English at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, has excellent introductions to each section of letters, which provide indispensable context and…
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Cambria Press Publication Review: Contemporary Hispanic Poets
Congratulations to Professor John Burns on the outstanding review by the journal, A contra corriente, of his book Contemporary Hispanic Poets: Cultural Production in the Global, Digital Age! This book is in the Cambria Latin American Literatures and Cultures series, headed by Professor Román de la Campa, the Edwin B. and Lenore R. Williams Professor of Romance…