Aug 10, 2009
Things Noted Here & There
Adam Kotsko and Tim Burke discuss posting syllabi on-line.
"The road to insurrection," The Economist, 6 August, reviews David Horspool's The English Rebel: One Thousand Years of Trouble-Making from the Normans to the Nineties.
"Learned and ingenious ladies," The Economist, 6 August, reviews Jane Robinson's Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education. Hat tip.
Mark Bauerlein,"Demanding Rights, Courting Controversy," WSJ, 6 August, reviews David and Linda Royster Beito's Black Maverick: T. R. M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power.
Jonathan Yardley,"Cabaret Queen," Washington Post, 9 August, reviews James Gavin's Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne.
Adam Kirsch,"Disengagement," Tablet, 4 August, reviews Rich Cohen's Israel is Real.