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African American Journalists
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS MEMOIR AND MANIFESTO
Calvin L. Hall
African American Journalists examines select autobiographies written by African American journalists in order to explore the relationship between race, class, gender, and journalism practice. The memoirs featured in this study include Jill Nelson’s Volunteer Slavery, Nathan McCall’s Makes Me Wanna Holler, Jake Lamar’s Bourgeois Blues, and Patricia Raybon’s My First White Friend. The exploration of these works increases our understanding of the problems that members of other underrepresented groups may face in the workplace. Calvin L. Hall is assistant professor and faculty fellow in the Department of Communication at Appalachian State University.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-6930-1 • 2009 • 146 pp. • $35.00 • paper
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Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United States (1833-1955)
AN ANNOTATED GUIDE
Ernesto A. Longa
In the 19th and 20th centuries, dozens of anarchist publications appeared throughout the United States.This volume highlights the articles, reports, manifestos, and creative works of anarchists and left libertarians who were dedicated to propagandizing against authoritarianism, sham democracy, wage and sex slavery, and race prejudice. Surveying 94 newspapers edited and published throughout North America, each periodical examined includes the following information: title; issues examined; editor; publication information, such as location and frequency of publication, contributors, features, and subjects; and preceding and succeeding titles. Ernesto A. Longa is assistant professor of Law Librarianship at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-7254-7 • 2010 • 336 pp. • $80.00 • cloth
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Advocacy Journalists
A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF WRITERS AND EDITORS
Edd Applegate
Advocacy Journalists: A Biographical Dictionary of Writers and Editors contains biographical information about a writer or editor who either wrote advocacy journalism or edited one or more publications that featured such material. Entries consist of discussions of the journalists’ lives, professional careers, major works, and, in some cases, commentary on those works. Among those profiled here are such notables as William F. Buckley Jr., Karl Marx, H. L. Mencken, George Orwell,Thomas Paine, Gloria Steinem, and Jonathan Swift. Edd Applegate is professor in the School of Journalism, College of Mass Communication, at Middle Tennessee State University.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-6928-8 • 2009 • 254 pp. • $50.00 • cloth
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Historical Dictionary of Journalism
Ross Eaman
“This is an excellent title for the reference department of any public library or undergraduate library. Highly recommended.” —CHOICE The Historical Dictionary of Journalism relates how journalism has evolved over the centuries.This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of crossreferenced dictionary entries on the different styles of journalism, the different types of media, and important writers and editors. Ross Eaman is professor of journalism at Carleton University.
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Professions and Industries The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-6075-9 • 2009 • 432 pp. • $90.00 • cloth
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