More Modern History Notes

Carrie Tate,"Q&A with Niall Ferguson," Vancouver Sun, 1 May, breaks with the gossip columns and primes the provocative historian.

Dwight Garner,"In Pursuit of Prey, Carrying Philosophy," NYT, 2 May, reviews Paul Berman's The Flight of the Intellectuals.

Jon Wiener,"Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies," Nation, 1 May, points to an intrusion of the Arizona legislature's current madness in the state's curricula. Thanks to David Walsh for the tip.

Kathryn Hughes for the Guardian, 1 May, and James McConnachie for London's Sunday Times, 2 May, review Daisey Hays's Young Romantics:The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives.

Christine Stansell,"Pews and Picket Lines," The Book, 3 May, reviews Bettye Collier-Thomas's Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion.

Patricia Williams for the Guardian, 2 May, and Robert Harris for London's Sunday Times, 2 May, review David Remnick's The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.