Book Reviews Orozco, Agent of Change 13 Sep 202111 Sep 2021 2021-015 | Download PDF Orozco, Cynthia E. Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2020, 272 pp., $40…
Book Reviews Cooper, Doing the Right Thing 19 Aug 202111 Aug 2021 2021-014 | Download PDF Cooper, Tom. Doing the Right Thing: Twelve Portraits in Moral Courage. UK: Abramis Academic Publishing, 2020, 300 pp., $24.00 (paperback). Reviewed by Willie R. Tubbs, University…
Book Reviews van Tuyll, O’Brien, & Broersma, Politics, Culture, and the Irish American Press 29 Jul 20213 Aug 2021 2021-013 | Download PDF Reddin van Tuyll, Debra, Mark O'Brien, and Marcel Broersma, eds. Politics, Culture, and the Irish American Press, 1784-1963. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2021, 448…
Book Reviews Washburn & Lamb, Sports Journalism 7 Jul 2021 2021-012 | Download PDF Washburn, Patrick S., and Chris Lamb. Sports Journalism: A History of Fame, Glory, and Technology. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2020. 288 pp. $30.00 paperback. Reviewed…
Book Reviews Bates, An Aristocracy of Critics 25 Jun 202123 Jun 2021 2021-011 | Download PDF Bates, Stephen. An Aristocracy of Critics: Luce, Hutchins, and the Committee that Redefined Freedom of the Press. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020, 336 pp., $28.00…
Book Reviews Smith, Mexican Press and Civil Society 18 Jun 2021 2021-010 | Download PDF Smith, Benjamin T. The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940-1976: Stories from the Newsroom, Stories from the Street. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press,…
Book Reviews Mangun, Editor Emory O. Jackson 28 May 2021 2021-009 | Download PDF Mangun, Kimberley. Editor Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama, 1940-1975. New York: Peter Lang, 2019, 268 pp., $47.95…
Book Reviews Harris, Paper Promises 13 May 202128 May 2021 2021-008 | Download PDF Harris, Mazie M. Paper Promises: Early American Photography. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018, 224 pp., $49.95 (hardback). Reviewed by Jason Lee Guthrie, Clayton State…
Book Reviews Campbell, Lost in a Gallup 29 Apr 202118 Apr 2021 2021-007 | Download PDF Campbell, W. Joseph. Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2020, 336 pp., $29.95 (hardcover). Reviewed by Michael…
Book Reviews Mellinger & Ferré, Journalism’s Ethical Progression 16 Apr 202116 Apr 2021 2021-006 | Download PDF Mellinger, Gwyneth and John Ferré (Eds.) Journalism’s Ethical Progression: A Twentieth Century Journey. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020, 259 pp., $95.00 (hardback). Reviewed by Berrin A.…