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Jamie Moyer, A New (Old) Baseball Legend

I came to editing The Cambridge Companion to Baseball as a scholar and teacher of literature, a baseball fan, and (of course) an admirer of the Cambridge Companion series. My work on the CCB thus began...

Stephen Partridge | 9 May 2012

Good Thinking: Seven Questions for Denise Cummins

Hear from Denise Cummins about the making of Good Thinking: Seven Powerful Ideas That Influence the Way We Think, and don’t forget to check out this month’s installment of the Cambridge Book...

7 May 2012

Cambridge Authors on Bullying: Answering Your Questions

Last month, in light of the release of the documentary Bully, we asked you for your questions about how bullying is transforming adolescence, education, and parenting. Today, our expert authors answer your questions.

4 May 2012

Analyzing the First Round of the French Presidential Election: The Anger of France’s Losers of Globalization

On the face of it, the first round of the French 2012 presidential elections went according to script. The Socialist candidate François Hollande—who came first with 28.6% of the vote—will square off,...

Gabriel Goodliffe | 2 May 2012

Forming that First Link: Dickens’s Place in the 21st-Century Classroom

When we first began to discuss the Charles Dickens Bicentennial here at Cambridge University Press, my initial feelings were oddly of guilt. While others discussed the upcoming celebrations, I thought...

30 Apr 2012

The Perils of Darwinism

Charles Darwin’s theory of “natural selection,” competition, and “survival of the fittest” describes evolution during intervals of stability. It tells us that over time, slow and gradual change creates the fittest and most dominant species. Darwin’s evolutionary theory works well when climate is stable. But what happens when climate changes rapidly?

Renée Hetherington | 27 Apr 2012

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Today’s Globe Theatre has become one of London’s most popular attractions. Built through the efforts of the Shakespeare Globe Trust, it began hosting performances in 1997 a short walk from the riverside site of the original Globe, which put on its first play nearly three centuries earlier.

Joseph P. Ward, Robert O. Bucholz | 25 Apr 2012

I Thumb My Nose At Thee! A Modern Appreciation of Shakespearean Jabs

The works of William Shakespeare are some of the world’s most beloved literature.  Even today, on what would be his 448th birthday, his plays are still being performed, his poetry still read and studied. ...

Danielle P. | 23 Apr 2012

Jerrold Seigel on the ties between modernity and bourgeois life in Western Europe

In an exclusive interview, Professor Jerrold Seigel of New York University talks about his ambitious and highly original new book, ‘Modernity and Bourgeois Life’, which offers a panoramic view...

23 Apr 2012

American History, Condensed

We sat down with historian Susan-Mary Grant to discuss her recently published book, A Concise History of the United States.

17 Apr 2012

Cambridge Perspectives: Moving from the Japan Office to New York

Having worked in the Cambridge Japan office for eight and a half years, I had the privilege to be transferred to New York last December to work in the US market for a couple of years. Read More ?

Keiko H. | 13 Apr 2012

Behind the Curtain: Some Key Characteristics of the Darden School’s #1 Executive Education Faculty

The Financial Times recently ranked the Darden School’s executive education (EE) faculty #1 in the world for the eighth straight year. Collectively, we are honored by such recognition and individually,...

James G. Clawson, Mark E. Haskins | 12 Apr 2012