LSU History Book Event

 

New Books in History, 2019:

A Book signing and presentation highlighting research from the

Department of History at LSU

Friday, April 12, 3:00-5:00 PM at LSU Barnes & Noble


(Books available for purchase and signing by authors)

 

The Calculus of Violence, by Aaron Sheehan-Dean:

 

"Assessing the potential for the escalation of violence in the course of the war, Sheehan-Dean concludes that at many junctures both North and South ‘chose restraint’; he rejects the widespread argument that the conflict evolved from limited to total war… For Sheehan-Dean, exceptions to this pattern prove the rule and illustrate his contention that the conflict ‘could have been much worse.’”—Drew Gilpin Faust, The Wall Street Journal

Cover of The Calculus of Violence by Aaron Sheehan-Dean

Speaking American, by Zevi Gutfreund: 

 

"Speaking American asks critical questions about identity, Americanization, education, and young people. In telling this complex and important story—difficult, disappointing, and uplifting at the various twists and turns of Los Angeles history—Zevi Gutfreund explores how and why L.A. was at the epicenter of twentieth-century Americanization debates and struggles.”—William Deverell, author of Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past

 Cover of Speaking American by Zevi Gutfreund

Nation and Loyalty, by Brendan Karch:

 

Brendan Karch’s masterful and provocative study reveals how ordinary Upper Silesians and local leaders hijacked competing nationalisms for their own ends. Rather than sharpening divisions, a century of German-Polish conflict in the region led to individual choices that ‘de-privileged’ loyalty to any one nation. Meticulously documented and elegantly structured, the book goes to surprising and challenging conclusions on ethnic mobilization and ’national indifference.’" - Winson Chu, author of The German Minority in Interwar Poland

 Cover of Nation and Loyalty by Brendan Karch

The Problem of Democracy, by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein:

 

"In this daring, lucid, and provocative book, Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein challenge founding myths to reveal democracy as an incomplete, contested, and often distorted ideal.  By exploring the failed presidencies and probing ideas of John and John Quincy Adams, The Problem of Democracy exposes the deep roots of contemporary demagogues and their polarizing deceptions.”—Alan Taylor, author of American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804

 Cover of The Problem of Democracy by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein