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- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 27, Number 2, Spring 2004
- pp. 384-474
- 10.1353/bio.2004.0045
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Adams, John. See Washington, George.
Adams, Sam
"This comprehensive biography not only outlines the complex and sometimes contradictory personality of Samuel Adams, but it also weaves his character into the dramatic events of the American Revolution, the formation of the Constitution, and the adoption of the Bill of Rights. . . . Irvin presents a strong symbiosis of economic issues and the struggle for liberty. . . . Irvin does not neglect the humanity of Samuel Adams."
Frederick F. Harling. The Historian 66.1 (Spring 2004): 145-46.
Addams, Jane
"Elshtain approaches the topic from a different perspective than that of historians. . . . [She] adopts a literary treatment of Addams. . . . Elshtain's tight focus on Addams and her writings has no place for much of the social and [End Page 384] personal context of turn-of-the-century Chicago and Hill House. . . . In her focus on Addams's writings, Elshtain has given us a worthy addition to Progressive scholarship, but it will certainly raise as many questions as it answers."
Connie L. Lester. The Historian 66.1 (Spring 2004): 139-40.
Adorno, Theodor
French criticism has been indulgent towards the political misapprehensions or indeed errors of some contemporary German philosophers, but, whether because he stood aloof from the 1968 students' movement or because of Hannah Arendt's well-known obstinate ill will, or for any other reason, not for Theodor Adorno, it would seem. Stefan Müller-Doohm's magisterial plea for a man he calls „the master of imperfect triads" will be the best introduction to a thinker who was at once intuitive, flashing, and rigorous.
Nicolas Weill. Le Monde des Livres, May 14, 2004: 8.
Arafat, Yasir
"Unfortunately, neither book adds much that's new. In fact of the two, only the more moderate and scholarly text—the Rubins' Yasir Arafat—contributes anything of interest to this already crowded field. Karsh may be a respected historian, but his book-length polemic feels rushed; it's essentially assembled from secondary sources. His thesis, that Arafat never intended to make peace but merely saw Oslo as a tool in a 'phased strategy' leading to Israel's ulitimate destruction, is arguable. . . . His strident tone . . . undermine[s] Karsh's reliability."
Jonathan D. Tepperman. WP, Jan. 19-25, 2004: 32.
Arden, Elizabeth. See Rubenstein, Helena.
Ashbee, Janet
"In this book Felicity, the second of the four Ashbee daughters, was able to use her mother's voluminous...
