Winter Post 2: February 1, 2009

Why We Fought: America’s Wars in Film and History

edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor
review by David R. Buck, Thiel College
listed in: War, Cinema

Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader

by Troy Jackson
review by William Sturkey, Ohio State University
listed in: African American, Social Custom

Delta Blues: The Life and Times of The Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

by Ted Gioia.
review by Timothy J. O’Brien, University of Houston
listed in: Music, Performing Arts

Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century

by Laura Schapiro
review by Michelle Moravec, Rosemont College, Pennsylvania
listed in: Gender, Material Culture

Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists

by Iain Ellis
review by Justin Patch, University of Texas, Austin
listed in: Music, Social Custom

True West: An Illustrated Guide to the Heyday of the Western

by Michael Barson
review by Laurence Raw, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
listed in: Television, Cinema

Black Feminism in Contemporary Drama

by Lisa M. Anderson
review by Elizabeth Johnson, Governors State University, Illinois
listed in: African American, Performing Arts

Frederick Douglass: Race and the Rebirth of American Liberalism

by Peter C. Myers
review by Debbie Clare Olson, Oklahoma State University
listed in: African American, Social Custom

Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History

edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor
review by Ron Briley, reprinted by permission of History News Network at http://hnn.us/
listed in: War, Cinema