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A Newscast for the Masses
The History of Detroit Television News

By Tim Kiska
Available March 2009
Price: $24.95 (Paper)

Explores the development of local television news and the economic and social factors that elevated it to prominence.

2

Vincente Minnelli
The Art of Entertainment

Edited by Joe McElhaney
Available January 2009
Price: $29.95 (Paper)

A comprehensive scholarly examination of Vincente Minnelli, one of American cinema

3

Challenges of Equality
Judaism, State, and Education in Nineteenth-Century France

By Jeffrey Haus
Available January 2009
Price: $49.95 (Cloth)

Explores the relationship between Judaism, state, and education in France from the establishment of the Jewish Consistory in 1808 until the separation of church and state in 1905.

4

Sex and the City
By Deborah Jermyn
Available January 2009
Price: $14.95 (Paper)

Examines the full run of Sex and the City and its production background, place in television history, innovations to the genre, and reception.

5

Maqām and Liturgy
Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn

By Mark L. Kligman
Available December 2008
Price: $49.95 (Cloth)

This is a detailed study of the multidimensional interaction of music and text in Sabbath morning prayers of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn.

6

The Repatriate
Love, Basketball, and the KGB

By Tom Mooradian
Available December 2008
Price: $24.95 (Paper)

The true story of one Armenian-American’s dramatic trip to Armenia.

7

Britton on Film
The Complete Film Criticism of Andrew Britton

Edited by Barry Grant
Introduction by Robin Wood
Available November 2008
Price: $39.95 (Paper)

Collects all published film criticism by Andrew Britton, a singular voice in film studies whose promising career was cut short by his untimely death.

8

Jewish Law in Transition
How Economic Forces Overcame the Prohibition Against Lending on Interest

By Hillel Gamoran
Available November 2008
Price: $35.00 (Cloth)

Examines how Jewish law dealt with a Biblical prohibition on charging interest on loans.

9

Yiddishlands
A Memoir

By David G. Roskies
Available October 2008
Price: $27.95 (Cloth)

A renowned scholar looks back on his life and the life of his mother, tracing the Yiddish experience through major historical events of the last century.

10

Race and Remembrance
A Memoir

By Arthur L. Johnson
Available October 2008
Price: $24.95 (Cloth)

Memoir of an important figure in Detroit civil rights history, Arthur L. Johnson.

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