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Documents and Bibliographies

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Asia



Huffman, James L. Modern Japan: A History in Documents. New York: Oxford University Press. 2004. Pp. 223. $36.95.

Keene, Henry George. An Oriental Biographical Dictionary, Founded on Materials Collected by Thomas William Beale New Delhi: Manohar. 2004. Pp. vii, 431. Rs. 795.00.

Siddiqui, Iqtidar Husain, editor. An Eighteenth Century History of North India: An Account of the Rise and Fall of the Rohilla Chiefs in Janbhasha by Rustam Ali Bijnori. New Delhi: Manohar. 2005. Rs. 350.00.

Canada and the United States



Adair, James. The History of the American Indians. Edited by Kathryn E. Holland Braund. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. 2005. Pp. xiv, 589. $65.00.

Bailey, Anne J., editor. In the Saddle with the Texans: Day-by-Day with Parson's Cavalry Brigade, 1862–1865. Abilene, Tex.: McWhiney Foundation Press. 2004. Pp. 414. $29.95.

Cain, Joe, editor. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of Genetics, Paleontology, and Systematics. (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, number 94, part 2.) Philadelphia, Penn.: American Philosophical Society. 2004. Pp. xlii, 160.

Carson, Clayborne, editor. The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Volume 5: Threshold of a New Decade, January 1959–1960. Assisted by Tenisha Armstrong, Susan Carson, Adrienne Clay, and Kieran Taylor. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2005. Pp. xxx, 673. $50.00.

Clark, Christopher, and Kerry W. Buckley, editors. Letters from an American Utopia: The Stetson Family and the Northampton Association, 1843–1847. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. 2004. Pp. x, 284. $34.95.

Custis, John IV. The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717–1742. Edited by Josephine Little Zuppan. (A Madison House Book, Documents Series, number 19.) Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, in cooperation with the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va. 2005. Pp. xxiii, 271. $55.00.

Eichhorn, David Max. The GI's Rabbi: World War II Letters of David Max Eichhorn. Edited by Greg Palmer and Mark S. Zaid. Introduction by Doris L. Bergen. (Modern War Studies.) Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2004. Pp. ix, 260. $29.95.

Falk, Candace, editor. Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years. Volume 2: Making Speech Free, 1902–1909. (Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years.) Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2005. Pp. xxii, 639. $60.00.

Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and Virtue. Edited by Alan Houston. (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2004. Pp. lii, 381. Cloth $70.00, paper $24.99.

Franks, Abigaill Levy. The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks: 1733–1748. Edited by Edith B. Gelles. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2004. Pp. lv, 186. $35.00.

Henry, Joseph. The Papers of Joseph Henry. Volume 10: January 1858-December 1865, The Smithsonian Years. Edited by Marc Rothenberg. Assisted by Kathleen W. Dorman, Frank R. Millikan, Deborah Y. Jeffries, and Sarah Shoenfeld. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution with Science History Publications/USA. 2004. Pp. lvii, 613. $89.95.

Irwin, Raymond D. Books on Early American History and Culture, 1971–1980: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History, number 51.) Westport, Conn.: Praeger. 2004. Pp. viii, 326. $99.95.

Irwin, Raymond D. Books on Early American History and Culture, 1981–1985: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History, number 50.) Westport, Conn.: Praeger. 2004. Pp. xii, 290. $94.95.

Jay, John, and Sarah Livingston Jay. Selected Letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay: Correspondence by or to the First Chief Justice of the United States and His Wife. Edited by Landa M. Freeman, Louise V. North, and Janet M. Wedge. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company. 2005. Pp. viii, 311. $75.00.

Jefferson, Thomas. The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743–1790: Together with a Summary of the Chief Events in Jefferson's Life. Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Introduction by Michael Zuckerman. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2005. Pp. xxxviii, 162. $14.95.

Jefferson, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Retirement Series: Volume 1, 4 March to 15 November 1809. Edited by J. Jefferson Looney. Assisted by Susan Holbrook Perdue, et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2004. Pp. xlix, 729. $99.50.

Johnson, Charles F. The Civil War Letters of Colonel Charles F. Johnson, Invalid Corps. Compiled by Fred Pelka. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. 2004. Pp. xi, 339. Cloth $80.00, paper $26.95.

Lewis, Meriwether, William Clark, et al. Jefferson's Western Exploration: Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita. Edited by Doug Erickson, Jeremy Skinner, and Paul Merchant. The Natchez Edition, 1806. A facsimile. Spokane: Arthur H. Clark. 2004. Pp. 336. $62.50.

Otto, John Henry. Memoirs of a Dutch Mudsill: The "War Memories" of John Henry Otto, Captain, Company D, 21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Edited by David Gould and James B. Kennedy. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. 2004. Pp. xvi, 425. $39.00.

Powell, John Wesley. Exploring the Colorado River: Firsthand Accounts by Powell and His Crew. Edited by John Cooley. Reprint. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover. 2004. Pp. xi, 207. $9.95.

Scarborough, William Sanders. The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough: An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship. Edited by Michele Valerie Ronnick. Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (African American Life Series.) Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press. 2005. Pp. xvi, 425. $29.95.

Starkey, George. Alchemical Laboratory Notebooks and Correspondence. Edited by William R. Newman and Lawrence M. Principe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2004. Pp. xxxvi, 352. $80.00.

Staub, Michael E, editor. The Jewish 1960s: An American Sourcebook. (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life.) Waltham, Mass.: Brandeis University Press. 2004. Pp. xxiii, 371. $35.00.

Stellingwerff, Johan, and Robert P. Swierenga, editors. Iowa Letters: Dutch Immigrants on the American Frontier. Translated by Walter Lagerwey. (The Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America, number 47.) Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans. 2004. Pp. xxxii, 701. $49.00.

Trowbridge, Silas Thompson. Autobiography of Silas Thompson Trowbridge M.D.. Foreword by John S. Haller, Jr. and Barabara Mason. (Shawnee Classics.) Reprint. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. 2004. Pp. 209. $30.00.

Whitman, Walt. Memoranda During the War. Edited by Peter Coviello. New York: Oxford University Press. 2004. Pp. liv, 176. $25.00.

Zinn, Howard, and Anthony Arnove. Voices of a People's History of the United States. New York: Seven Stories Press. 2004. Pp. 665. $18.95.

Caribbean and Latin America



Sell, Barry D., and Louise M. Burkhart, editors. Nahuatl Theater. Volume 1, Death and Life in Colonial Nahua Mexico. Assisted by Gregory Spira. Foreword by Miguel León-Portilla. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 2004. Pp. xxviii, 337. $49.95.

Europe: Ancient and Medieval



Eastwood, Bruce, and Gerd Graßhoff. Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, CA. 800–1500. (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, number 94, part 3.) Philadelphia, Penn.: American Philosophical Society. 2004. Pp. xiv, 158.

Fanning, Steven and Bernard S. Bachrach, editors and translators. The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919–966. (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Culture, number 9.) Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview. 2004. Pp. xxxv, 120. $16.95.

Hugh Eteriano. Contra Patarenos. Edited and translated by Janet Hamilton. Foreword by Bernard Hamilton. (The Medieval Mediterranean: Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400–1500, number 55.) Boston: Brill. 2004. Pp. 251. $115.00.

Ovid. The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters. Translation and Foreword by Peter Green. Reprint. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2005. Pp. lxxxiv, 451. $19.95.

The Paston Women: Selected Letters. Translation and Foreword by Diane Watt. (Library of Medieval Women.) Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. 2004. Pp. x, 178.

Rees, Roger. Diocletian and the Tetrarchy. (Debates and Documents in Ancient History.) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2004. Pp. xv, 219. $26.00.

Europe: Early Modern and Modern



Bradford Poor Law Union: Papers and Correspondence with the Poor Law Commission October 1834-January 1839. Edited by Paul Carter. (The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series, number 157.) Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell Press with the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. 2004. Pp. xlviii, 226. $80.00.

A Brief and Exact Account: The Recollections of SimŒo Rodrigues on the Origin and Progress of the Society of Jesus. Translation and foreword by Joseph F. Conwell. (Series I: Jesuit Primary Sources in English Translations, number 20.) Saint Louis, MO.: Institute of Jesuit Sources. 2004. Pp. xvii, 104. $15.95.

Bek, Anna. The Life of a Russian Woman Doctor: A Siberian Memoir, 1869–1954. Translated and edited by Anne D. Rassweiler. Foreword by Adele M. Lindenmeyr. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2004. Pp. xvi, 152. Cloth $45.00, paper $21.95.

Bregstein, Philo, and Salvador Bloemgarten, editors. Remembering Jewish Amsterdam. Translated by Wanda Boeke. New York: Holmes and Meier. 2004. Pp. xxii, 245. $29.50.

Charmasson, Thérèse, editor. Archives et sources pour l'histoire de l'enseignement. (Orientations et méthodes, number 5.) Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. 2005. Pp. 391. €25.00.

Ellwood, Thomas. The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: Written by Himself. Edited by Rosemary Moore. (The Sacred Literature Series of the International Sacred Literature Trust.) Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira. 2004. Pp. xii, 227. $24.95.

Gigliotti, Simone, and Berel Lang, editors. The Holocaust: A Reader. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. 2005. Pp. xxii, 462. $29.95.

Jones, Michael, editor. Letters, Orders and Musters of Bertrand du Guesclin, 1357–1380. Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell Press. 2004. Pp. liii, 415. $130.00.

Henningsen, Gustav, editor. The Salazar Documents: Inquisitor Alonso de Salazar Frías and Others on the Basque Witch Persecution. (Cultures, Beliefs, and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples, number 21.) Boston: Brill. 2004. Pp. xviii, 512. $199.00.

Lewis, Norman. Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy. Reprint. New York, N.Y.: Carroll and Graf Publishers. 2005. Pp. 187. $13.95.

Lewis, Norman. The Tomb in Seville: Crossing Spain on the Brink of Civil War. Foreword by Julian Evans. Reprint. New York, N.Y.: Carroll and Graf Publishers. 2005. Pp. xii, 150. $20.00.

Motto, Francesco, editor. L'Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922: Significatività e portata sociale. Volume 1, Contest, quadri generali, interpretazioni. (Istituto Storico Salesiano, number 16.) Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiano. 2001. Pp. 469.

Motto, Francesco, editor. L'Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922: Significatività e portata sociale. Volume 2, Esperienze particolari in Europa, Africa, Asia. (Istituto Storico Salesiano, number 17.) Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiano. 2001. Pp. 470.

Motto, Francesco, editor. L'Opera Salesiana dal 1880 al 1922: Significatività e portata sociale. Volume 3, Esperienze particolari in America Latina. (Istituto Storico Salesiano, number 18.) Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiano. 2001. Pp. 557.

Nossack, Hans Erich. The End: Hamburg 1943. Translation and foreword by Joel Agee. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2004. Pp. xxi, 87. $20.00.

Remembering Iñigo: Glimpses of the Life of Saint Ignatius of Loyola; The Memoriale of Luís Gonçalves da Cêmara. Translation and Foreword by Alexander Eaglestone and Joseph A. Munitiz. (Series I: Jesuit Primary Sources in English Translation, number 19.) Leominster, England: Gracewing Publishing. St. Louis, Mo.: Institute of Jesuit Sources. 2004. Pp. xxi, 252. $24.95.

Roest, Bert. Franciscan Literature of Religious Instruction before the Council of Trent. (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, number 117.) Boston: Brill. 2004. Pp. xxi, 673. $242.00.

Sigrist, René, editor. Marc-Auguste Pictet 1752–1825: Correspondance, sciences et techniques; Tome IV, Les Correspondants suisses, italiens, allemands et autres; avec suppléments aux trois premiers tomes, postface et index généraux. Geneva: Editions Slatkine. 2004. Pp. xii, 1121. CHF 90.00.

Simonsohn, Shlomo. The Jews in Sicily. Volume 6, 1458–1477. (Studia Post-Biblica, number 48,3.) Boston: Brill. 2004. Pp. xi, 3155–3872.

Zuber, Terence. German War Planning, 1891–1914: Sources and Interpretations. (Warfare in History.) Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell Press. 2004. Pp. ix, 312. $85.00.

Middle East and Northern Africa



Ali, Ameer. A Short History of the Saracens. (The Kegan Paul Library of Archaeology and History.) London and New York: Kegan Paul. 2004. Pp. xxi, 640. $212.50.

Bent, J. Theodore, and Mabel Bent. Southern Arabia. (The Kegan Paul Arabian Library.) London and New York: Kegan Paul. 2004. Pp. x, 455. $212.50.

Ibn Khaldûn. The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. Translated by Franz Rosenthal. Edited by N. J. Dawood. Foreword by Bruce B. Lawrence. (Bollingen Series.) Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2005. Pp. xliv, 465. $24.95.

Main, Ernest. Iraq: From Mandate to Independence. (The Kegan Paul Arabia Library.) London and New York: Kegan Paul. 2004. Pp. 267. $161.50.


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