[With the
semester done, this week I’ll be getting to work on the final revisions of my
forthcoming fourth book. More on that on Friday, but first, I wanted to highlight
briefly four new books in American Studies by colleagues and friends. Check ‘em
out and share your own book recommendations, please!]
Teresa
Fava Thomas is a colleague of mine at Fitchburg State University, where she’s
a Professor of History focusing on Italian American histories, immigration and
ethnicity, the Vietnam and Cold Wars, and many other topics. But she’s also
undergone one of the most impressive mid-career transformations I’ve ever
encountered, learning Arabic in order to become an expert on US-Middle East
diplomacy and relationships and histories as well. That has resulted in her
forthcoming second book, American
Arabists in the Cold War Middle East: From Orientalism to Professionalism (2016).
Thomas exemplifies scholarly evolution and growth, and her book promises to
reflect those qualities and make vital contributions to our 21st century
debates.
Last new book
tomorrow,
Ben
PS. Other books
(new or not) you’d recommend?
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