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Books published by William & Mary faculty in 2024
Books published by William & Mary faculty in 2024
A look at books published by W&M faculty in 2024.
By Staff
Published September 11, 2024
The following books were authored or edited by William & Mary faculty members and published in 2024. Books are listed in alphabetical order within the following categories: arts & sciences, education, fiction and wellness. Additional categories may be added throughout the year as more books are published. The information contained herein was submitted by the authors. Additional books may be submitted via this online form. - Ed.
Arts & Sciences
Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe: People Power
Co-edited by Paula M. Pickering, Richard S. Perles Professor of Government, along with Patrice McMahon and Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves
"Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe" elevates the voices of civic activists from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and analyzes a wealth of information to generate new insights into how activism in the region manages to be vibrant, diverse, and consequential. Because of these countries' unique historical trajectory, CEE activists have, in important ways, leap-frogged their counterparts in the West. Responses by CEE activists to the recent "hard times" - the shrinking of public space for civil society, democratic backsliding, polarization, and Russia's war in Ukraine - provide important lessons for others confronting similar challenges around the world.
Published by Routledge | More information
The Assault on the State: How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers Our Future
By Stephen E. Hanson, Lettie Pate Evans Professor of Government, and Jeffrey S. Kopstein
In "The Assault on the State," political scientists Stephen Hanson and Jeffrey Kopstein offer an impassioned plea to defend modern government against those who seek to destroy it. They dissect the attack on the machinery of government from its origins in post-Soviet Russia to the core powers of Western democracy. The dangers of state erosion imperil every aspect of our lives. Hanson and Kopstein outline a strategy that can reverse this destructive trend before humanity is plunged back into the pathological personalistic politics of premodern times.
Published by Polity | More information
A History of American Literature: 1900-1950
By Christopher MacGowan, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Emeritus
A wide-ranging history of the literature, cultural context and major movements in the story of American literature in the first half of the 20th century.
Published by Wiley-Blackwell | More information
Jacob van Ruisdael's Ecological Landscapes
By Catherine Levesque, Associate Professor of Art & Art History
The 17th-century Dutch artist Jacob van Ruisdael is one of the foremost landscape painters of his time. This study examines how Ruisdael's paintings, though fictive, pay close attention to the complexities of familiar environments that can be fruitfully considered "ecological." His depiction of nature's dynamism and generative force provided an alternative vision at an important moment when the lived landscape, increasingly manipulated and controlled, was most often considered property and investment.
Published by Amsterdam University Press | More information
Privileging Place: How Second Homeowners Transform Communities and Themselves
By Meaghan Stiman, Assistant Professor of Sociology
In recent decades, Americans have purchased second homes at unprecedented rates. In "Privileging Place," Meaghan Stiman examines the experiences of predominantly upper-middle-class suburbanites who bought second homes in the city or the country. Drawing on interviews with more than 60 owners of second homes and ethnographic data collected over the course of two years in Rangeley, Maine, and Boston, Massachusetts, Stiman uncovers the motivations of these homeowners and analyzes the local consequences of their actions. By doing so, she traces the contours of privilege across communities in the 21st century.
Published by Princeton University Press | More information
Education
Exploring Complexities in College Student Development: Critical Lessons From Researching Students' Journeys
By Patricia M. King, Rosemary J. Perez and James P. Barber, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Professor of Education
This book explores how college students address life challenges and develop the self-authoring capacities needed to deal with the ambiguities and complexities of life after graduation.
Based on the in-depth interview portion of the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, this book draws on almost 1,000 interviews with a diverse cohort of 315 students from six institutions over four years. It traces these students' journeys, documenting the wide variety of pathways they followed, the range of contexts in which their experiences took place, the liberal education outcomes associated with these experiences and the factors that affected quality and impact. The authors critique current student development theory and offer a new interactionist model to guide future study in the field, inviting readers to adopt five habits of mind to guide their praxis and practice to promote student development.
Published by Routledge | More information
Fiction
Fractured Frame
By Robert B. Archibald, Chancellor Professor of Economics
In 1968, Horace Narwhal commits a stupid crime and ends up paying for it by serving a stint in the Army. When his required enlistment ends, he returns home and finds a new job. A new life. He takes classes at night, gets his GED, and finds he has a natural talent creating whimsical sculptures. And he meets a police detective, a woman who captures his heart.
In 1980, Kenny Sturgis lives with his dad, an abusive loner, at a remote hunting camp. Barely out of high school, he spends his time working for his father, driving around town and target shooting. When he meets Maybell Wilcox, his luck seems to have changed. But why is she really interested in Kenny, and what kind of plan does she have for him?
By the time Horace Narwhal crosses paths with Kenny Sturgis, one man is dead and another is wrongly accused.
Published by Blue Fortune Enterprises LLC | More information
Wellness
Art Therapy Directives: An Intervention Toolbox
By Sarah Balascio, Art Therapist & Adjunct Lecturer
"Art Therapy Directives: An Intervention Toolbox" is an all-inclusive manual of art therapy directives designed to be a comprehensive and organized resource for art therapists and other trained mental health professionals.
Published by Routledge Taylor & Francis | More information
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