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Department of History

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photo of Pietz David Pietz, Director of Asian Studies, has received a contract for a new book from Harvard University Press.  The title is Engineering Scarcity:  The Yellow River and the Historical Roots of China’s Water Crisis.  Planned publication date is 2011.

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Sue Armitage and Laurie Mercier’s new book has just appeared:  Speaking History:  Oral Histories of the American Past, 1865-Present (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) – the Department’s copy just arrived two weeks ago, and it will be available for inspection on the faculty bookshelf in the Deutsch Room.
photo of Peabody Sue Peabody’s article, “La question racial et “le sol libre de France:”  l’affaire Furcy,” appeared in the Annales novembre-decembre 2009 (pp. 1305-1334).  The Annales is one of the most influential schools of thought in modern western historiography, and the journal carries commensurate prestige.
 
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