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Book Excerpt! Unbinding The Pillow Book: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic (chapter 1) (Mar 20, 2019)
“Ivanova’s work is a fascinating exploration of the reception, reproduction, and reimagination of Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book over time, focusing in particular on book history and publishing cultures of the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries.” ~Keller Kimbrough, University of Colorado, Boulder On Monday you read about Sei Shōnagon, a highly educated woman who felt the weight of
Five African American Women Pioneers in U.S. Finance (Mar 20, 2019)
“Garrett-Scott’s extensively researched and documented study is the first history of U.S. finance that puts African American women at the center. Banking on Freedom makes a tremendously monumental contribution to African American banking history, and it substantially enriches our understanding of U.S. finance and capitalism.” ~ Juliet E. K. Walker, author of The History of Black Business in
New Book Tuesday! The Caring Heirs of Doctor Samuel Bard; Malebranche; Vice, Crime, and Poverty and More! (Mar 19, 2019)
Our list of new books is now available! The Caring Heirs of Doctor Samuel Bard Profiles of Selected Distinguished Graduates of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Peter Wortsman Malebranche Theological Figure, Being 2 Alain Badiou. Translated by Jason E. Smith with Susan Spitzer. Introduction by Jason E. Smith. Vice, Crime, and Poverty
Sei Shōnagon: Why Gender Stereotypes of an Ancient Woman Writer Still Resonate Today (Mar 18, 2019)
“Meticulously researched and persuasively argued, Unbinding The Pillow Book offers a dynamic portrait of one of the most important works of world literature and of the woman who wrote it more than a millennium ago. The Pillow Book has long been one of my favorite books; now, having read this engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the different meanings it has
CUP Women in Science (Mar 16, 2019)
Today for Women’s History Month, we’re shining a spotlight on a few published works by women in science. Naomi Oreskes, author of The Collapse of Western Civilization was a recipient of the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship. Donna Dickenson is a philosopher who specializes in medical ethics and has authored more than 20 books on the topic

New Titles from Distributed Presses

The China-U.S. Trade War and Their Future Economic Relations
The Fly
A Year Without a Winter
The Damned
Doing Democracy Differently
Facing Up to Low Productivity Growth