Archives

Thomas G. Andrews

by Bonnie Goodman

"Killing for Coal is far more than a blow-by-blow account of America's deadliest labor war. It is an environmental history that seeks to explain strike violence as the natural excretion of an industry that brutalized the earth and the men who worked beneath it. Andrews is one of the excellent young scholars who have given new life to the field of labor and working-class studies by introducing new questions about race and gender, ethnicity and nationality, and new insights drawn from anthropology and physical geography...Andrews deserves credit for writing one of the best books ever published on the mining industry and its environmental impact and for drawing more public attention to the Ludlow story and its significance." -- James Green, Dissent

Daniel J. Sargent

by Bonnie Goodman

"Sargent is an amazing teacher... very very good class. I'M A TRANSFER STUDENT AND ENJOYED HIS CLASS!"

Bethany Moreton

by Bonnie Goodman

"Fascinating...With verve and clarity, Moreton offers something more distinctive: a compelling explanation of how Wal-Mart captured the hearts and pocketbooks of so many Americans." -- Steven P. Miller, "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"

François Furstenberg

by Bonnie Goodman

"Drawing from recent scholarship on the history of the book and on nationalism, his analysis of 'civic texts' offers several new twists on the old debate about the relationship between liberalism and slavery in a nation ostensibly dedicated to individual autonomy." -- Scott Casper, "William and Mary Quarterly"

Pekka Hämäläinen

by Bonnie Goodman

"Hämäläinen's treatment of the complex relationships between the Comanches and other European and Native American societies is unique . . . Hämäläinen collates and narrates the events of the eastern and western frontiers through time in such an effective manner that the reader is swept in the flow of an almost seamless narrative." -- Mariah F. Wade, "Great Plains Quarterly"

Jeffrey A. Engel

by Bonnie Goodman

"George H. W. Bush's China diary captures a pivotal moment when Americans were reintroduced to the Middle Kingdom after a generation of estrangement. It also reveals much of the humanity, humor, and light foreign policy touch of a future president and presidential father. We can be grateful to Jeffrey Engel for putting this important document into its rich historical context and making it accessible." -- Timothy Naftali, author of George H. W. Bush

Charlotte Brooks

by Bonnie Goodman

"A fascinating study, beautifully accomplished. Comparing the experience of Japanese and Chinese Americans in two California cities, Brooks illuminates the complex texture of discrimination, and the role of citizenship and international affairs in the evolution of equality. This book illustrates the way focused studies of particular communities contribute important insights to our understanding of the intersection of U.S. foreign affairs and civil rights history." -- Mary L. Dudziak, USC Law School, author of "Exporting American Dreams; Thurgood Marshall's African Journey"

Moshik Temkin

by Bonnie Goodman

"Temkin's original contribution is to set the case of Sacco and Vanzetti in international context, and he does so in engaging and energetic fashion." — Sarah Farmer, University of California, Irvine

Jeremy Kuzmarov

by Bonnie Goodman

"The Myth of the Addicted Army will contend for best-book awards in history, sociology, and many fields of policy studies. It is chock full of original research utilizing government documents and interviews with policy makers to show how the war in Vietnam incubated the myth of widespread drug addiction among U.S. troops that became, in turn, the back story to the homefront War on Drugs." -- Jerry Lembcke, author of The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam

Kathryn Lofton

by Bonnie Goodman

Lofton's research and writing on John Balcolm Shaw illuminates the contradiction between living in a society that simultaneously celebrates individual self-expression alongside the propagation of more socially restrictive structures.

Beverly Gage

by Bonnie Goodman

"Professor Gage is one of the best professors I have had. She created a pleasant atmosphere in class, and was always open to students' comments and ideas. She didn't give us the impression that she was seeking specific answers that would fit her opinion. The debates she led were lively and interesting. In addition, she was always accessible when needed."

Tevi D. Troy

by Bonnie Goodman

"Tevi Troy's Intellectuals and the American Presidency is original and readable--required reading for intellectuals, Presidents, and the rest of us." -- Ben Wattenberg, American Enterprise Institute

Kenneth A. Osgood

by Bonnie Goodman

"Impressively researched, packed with new information and insights, Total Cold War is a major contribution to Cold War studies and the history of the Eisenhower presidency. An outstanding first book." 

Scott Sandage

by Bonnie Goodman

"The promise of America is that nobody is born to lose, but who has never wondered, 'Am I wasting my life?' We imagine escaping the mad scramble yet kick ourselves for lacking drive. Low ambition offends Americans even more than low achievement…. Failure conjures such vivid pictures of lost souls that it is hard to imagine a time, before the Civil War, when the word meant "breaking in business" - going broke. How did it become a name for a deficient self, an identity in the red? Why do we manage identity the way we run our businesses - by investment, risk, profit, and loss? -- Scott A. Sandage in "Born Losers: A History of Failure in America"

Jonathan Zimmerman

by Bonnie Goodman

"Jonathan Zimmerman has written a terrific book. Beautifully written and deeply informed, Whose America? addresses issues in American education, politics and identity that are enormously important."

Leslie Butler

by Bonnie Goodman

"In this beautifully written and fair-minded book, Leslie Butler overturns a century of debunking to recover, in the liberals of the Victorian era, experience instructive for America today. She demonstrates the continued vitality of her subjects' reflections on democracy, race, and the role of the media, on party politics, overseas interventions, and, not least, the social responsibility of the arts." -- Daniel Walker Howe, author of "Making the American Self: Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln" reviewing "Critical Americans Victorian Intellectuals and Transatlantic Liberal Reform"

John C. McManus

by Bonnie Goodman

"McManus's absorbing and forthright narrative will hopefully dispel several myths, namely that Bastogne was the decisive engagement of the Battle of the Bulge, and give long-overdue credit to the many brave Americans, some of them still alive today, who made victory possible in America's greatest ever battle."

Daniel J. Cohen

by Bonnie Goodman

"While there is significant mathematics in the book, there are more significant insights into the times and the thinking of the 19th century protagonists who produced the mathematics. The book is a good read. -- Barnabas Hughes, O.F.M., Professor Emeritus, California State University, Northridge reviewing "Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith"

Madeline Y. Hsu

by Bonnie Goodman

"An outstanding book, and exemplar of how to do a transnational study that captures the often globe-spanning histories of migrants out of Asia. . . . Hsu's imaginative use of both English and Chinese language sources is impressive."

Edward P. Kohn,

by Bonnie Goodman

"Great lectures, interesting readings, I love how excited he gets about history."... "Encourages his students to stop by and chat about The Simpsons...love him!"... "The best prof at McGill, bar-none. Entertainment as well as information."... "He's a rising star in the History dep't."... "One of the best teachers in a very strong department"... "An EXCELLENT professor; his lectures are entertaining and informative."... "An incredible lecturer. He knows his stuff and is really enthusiastic about the material."... "Best prof at McGill... his lectures were amazing, he kept me interested the entire time."