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Book Review: “The Making of the American Creative Class” — Unions, Their Rise and Fall

This history of union activity among white-collar workers in New York City tells an illuminating story about creative labor’s effort to be treated with respect by the powerful.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: New York's Culture Workers and Twentieth-Century Consumer Capitalism, Oxford University Press, Shannan Clark, Steve Provizer, The Making of the American Creative Class

Book Review: “The Movement” — The Struggle for Civil Rights, Abbreviated

The Movement works best as a stripped-down, high-speed introduction to the struggle for civil rights, nothing more.

By: Jim Kates Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: civil rights, Oxford University Press, The Movement, Thomas C. Holt

Book Review: “Journey into the Land of the Zeks and Back” — “Jews, Write and Record.”

An unabridged text of an incisive, harrowing, and absorbing eyewitness account of the Gulag has finally been published in English translation.

By: Harry Merritt Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: forced prison labor, Harry Merritt, Journey into the Land of the Zeks and Back: A Memoir of the Gulag, Julius Margolin., Oxford University Press, Soviet Gulag, Timothy Snyder

Book Review: “Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong” — The King of All Kings

He may be extreme as a polemicist, but Ricky Riccardi shines when he sticks to jazz’s history. 

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, Oxford University Press

Book Interview: Heather Cox Richardson on “How the South Won the Civil War”

“Politics is driven by language, and America’s peculiar history has given oligarchs the language to undercut democracy.”

By: Blake Maddux Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview Tagged: Blake Maddux, Democracy, Heather Cox Richardson, Oligarchy, Oxford University Press, Soul of America

Book Review: The ‘Papa’ of Male Modern Dance, Ted Shawn — A Story of Changing Norms

In this new biography, Ted Shawn is on display in all his narcissism, paternalism, hypocrisy, originality, and the dedication to creative expression that set American modern dance on its way.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Books, Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Oxford University Press, Paul A. Scolieri, Ted Shawn

Book Review: A Critical Look at Barbra Streisand’s Career

Ethan Mordden’s exhaustive take on Barbra Streisand may not be what diehard fans are looking for.

By: Christopher Caggiano Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Barbra Streisand, Christopher Caggiano, Ethan Mordden, Oxford University Press

Book Review: “Which Side Are You On?” — American History, Skimmed Over

In its efforts to cram so much information into so small a space, the narrative becomes unfocused.

By: Adam Ellsworth Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, James Sullivan, Oxford University Press, Protest Songs, Which Side Are You On? 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs

Book Review: Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly — The Foundations of Film Dance

While Beth Genné proffers a terrific take on dance and its social context, she exhibits a shaky grasp of musical-theater history.

By: Christopher Caggiano Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: and the American Film Musical, Balanchine, Beth Genné, Christopher Caggiano, Dance Me a Song, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Oxford University Press

Book Review: Facing Up to the Damage Wrought by Facebook

“Resistance is futile. But resistance seems necessary.”

By: Dan Kennedy Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Technology and the Arts Tagged: Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy, Dan Kennedy, Facebook, Oxford University Press, Siva Vaidhyanathan

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