Early Modern Notes

Daniel Golden,"For-Profit Colleges Target the Military," Business Week, 30 December, argues that for-profit institutions are exploiting Americans in uniform and American tax payers.

David Reiff,"The End of Hunger?" TNR, 2 January, reviews Cormac Ó Gráda's Famine: A Short History.

David A. Bell,"Visions," TNR, 11 January, reviews Larissa Juliet Taylor's The Virgin Warrior: The Life and Death of Joan of Arc.

Adam Kirsch,"The Other Secret Jews," Tablet, 12 January, reviews Marc David Baer's The Dönme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks.

Brett Zongker,"1602 Map Unveiled, Shows China At Center Of World," AP, 12 January, announces the Library of Congress's public display of Matteo Ricci's map of the world. See also: Mark Iype,"Rare Chinese-language map goes on display in Washington," Canada.com, 12 January.

Alan Jacobs,"Man of Sorrows," Books & Culture, January/February, is a fresh reading of Samuel Johnson.