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The Libraries would like to highlight some more new and diverse titles that have been added recently to the National Museum of American History Library.

BiomedicalizationBiomedicalization: technoscience, health, and illness in the U.S., Adele E. Clarke … [et al.], eds.

Contents: Biomedicalization: technoscientific transformations of health, illness, and U.S biomedicine / Adele E. Clarke, Janet K. Shim, Laura Mamo, Jennifer Ruth Fosket, and Jennifer R. Fishman — Charting (bio)medicine and (bio)medicalization in the United States, 1890/present / Adele E. Clarke, Jennifer Ruth Fosket, Laura Mamo, Jennifer R. Fishman, and Janet K. Shim — From the rise of medicine to biomedicalization: U.S. healthscapes and iconography, circa 1890/present / Adele E. Clarke — Gender and medicalization and biomedicalization theories / Elianne Riska — Fertility, Inc.: consumption and subjectification in U.S. lesbian reproductive practices / Laura Mamo — The body as image : an examination of the economic and political dynamics of magnetic resonance imaging and the construction of difference / Kelly Joyce — The stratified biomedicalization of heart disease : expert and lay perspectives on racial and class inequality / Janet K. Shim — Marking populations and persons at risk : molecular epidemiology and environmental health / Sara Shostak — Surrogate markers and surrogate marketing in biomedicine: the regulatory etiology and commercial progression of "ethnic" drug development / Jonathan Kahn — The making of Viagra: the biomedicalization of sexual dysfunction / Jennifer R. Fishman — Bypassing blame: bariatric surgery and the case of biomedical failure / Natalie Boero — Breast cancer risk as disease : biomedicalizing risk / Jennifer Ruth Fosket — Biopsychiatry and the informatics of diagnosis: governing mentalities / Jackie Orr.

Subject: Medical innovations — Social aspects — United States. Biotechnology — Social aspects — United States. Medical technology — Social aspects — United States. RA418.5.M4 B556 2010 NMAH MEDICINE & SCIENCE

CultivatingCultivating science, harvesting power: science and industrial agriculture in California. Christopher R. Henke. MIT Press, c2008.

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008008743.html

Subject: Agriculture — Research — California — Salinas River Valley. Agricultural productivity — California — Salinas River Valley. S541.5.C2 H46 2008

Encyclopedia of world's fairs and expositions, edited by John E. Findling and Kimberly D. Pelle; foreword by Vicente González Loscertales. McFarland & Co., c2008.

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008011205.html

Summary: "This encyclopedia contains individual histories of each of the nearly 100 World's Fairs and expositions held in more than 20 countries since 1851. Topics covered include goods, tourism, architecture, art and culture"–Provided by publisher.

Subject: Exhibitions — History. T395 .F56 2008 NMAH REFERENCE

GildedFashions of the gilded age, edited and with additional material by Frances Grimble. Lavolta Press, c2004.

Contents: v. 1. Undergarments, bodices, skirts, overskirts, polonaises, and day dresses, 1877-1882 — v. 2. Evening, bridal, sports, outer wear, accessories, and dressmaking, 1877-1882.

Subject: Fashion design. Dressmaking — Pattern design. Clothing and dress — History — 19th century. Costume — History — 19th century. TT507 .F355 2004 NMAH COSTUME

EnduringEnduring battle: American soldiers in three wars, 1776-1945. Christopher H. Hamner. University Press of Kansas, c2011.

Subject: Combat — Psychological aspects. Psychology, Military. Soldiers — United States — Psychology — History. World War, 1939-1945 — Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945 — United States. United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Psychological aspects. United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Psychological aspects. U22.3 .H248 2011

Maritime Maryland: a history / / William S. Dudley. Johns Hopkins University Press: in association with the Maryland Historical Society and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, 2010.

Contents: Colonial maritime heritage — From Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 — The War of 1812 in Chesapeake Bay — The surge of maritime Baltimore under sail and steam — Civil War on Chesapeake Bay — Oysters, crabs, fish, and watermen — Maritime commerce after the Civil War — The decline of working sail — The growth of recreational boating — Naval installations on the Bay — Maritime archaeology and cultural resources — Epilogue: our diminishing maritime environment.

Subject: Navigation — Maryland — History. Ships — Maryland — History. Shipping — Maryland — History. Maryland — History, Naval. VK24.M3 D835 2010

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Here are some of the newest additions to the National Museum of American History Library.

Razor
Knights of the razor: black barbers in slavery and freedom. Douglas Walter Bristol, Jr. Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.

Contents: The origins of black barbers — Becoming knights of the razor — Caught between regional origins and the barber's trade — Self-improvement and self-loathing before the war — Defining the meaning of freedom — From barbershops to boardrooms.

Subject: African American barbers — History. Free African Americans — History. African American businesspeople — History. African American business enterprises — History. United States — Race relations — History. HD8039.B32 U6195 2009

Machine
A most magnificent machine: America adopts the railroad, 1825-1862. Craig Miner. University Press of Kansas, c2010.

Summary: Traces the growth of railroads from their origins in the 1820s to the onset of the Civil War and also examines the cultural, economic, and political aspects.

Subject: Railroads — United States — History — 19th century. Railroads — Social aspects — United States — History — 19th century. HE2751 .M56 2010

Poisoner
The poisoner's handbook: murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York. Deborah Blum. Penguin Press, 2010.

Summary: The untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigate a family mysteriously stricken bald, factory workers with crumbling bones, a diner serving poisoned pies, and many others. Each case presents a deadly new puzzle and Norris and Gettler create revolutionary experiments to tease out even the wiliest compounds from human tissue. From the vantage of their laboratory it also becomes clear that murderers aren't the only toxic threat–modern life has created a kind of poison playground, and danger lurks around every corner.

Subject: Poisoning — New York (State) — History. Forensic toxicology — New York (State) — History. Forensic sciences — New York (State) — History. HV6555.U62 N373 2010 NMAH MEDICINE & SCIENCE

Immigraton
A companion to American immigration, edited by Reed Ueda. Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0709/2005019818.html

Subject: United States — Emigration and immigration. JV6465 .C74 2006

Voices

Voices from the edge: narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act, edited by Ruth O'Brien. Oxford University Press, 2004.

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0614/2003004242-t.html

Subject: People with disabilities — Legal status, laws, etc. — United States — Popular works. KF480.Z9 V65 2004 NMAH MEDICINE & SCIENCE

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The Libraries would like to highlight some more new and diverse titles that have been added recently to the National Museum of American History Library.

Africananericanww2 African American World War II casualties and decorations in the Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine: a comprehensive record. Glenn A. Knoblock. McFarland & Co., c2009.

Summary: "This book is an account of the 2,445 African American men who were killed, wounded or decorated during World War II in the Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine. In addition to detailing the circumstances and location of each loss, information of a more personal nature is often included. The book includes many pictures of the men profiled"–Provided by publisher.

Subject: United States. Navy — Biography. United States. Coast Guard — Biography. World War, 1939-1945 — Participation, African American. World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, American. African American sailors — Biography. Merchant marine — United States — Biography. D810.N4 K66 2009 NMAH ARMED FORCES

FoundersRevolutionary founders: rebels, radicals, and reformers in the making of the nation, edited by Alfred F. Young, Gary B. Nash, and Ray Raphael. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

Subject: Revolutionaries — United States — History — 18th century. United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783. United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Social aspects. United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Biography. United States — Intellectual life — 18th century. E208 .R463 2011

Taste
A taste for war: the culinary history of the blue and the gray. William C. Davis. University of Nebraska Press, [2011]

Contents: Skim, simmer, and scour — Every fellow for himself — Hard crackers, come again no more — Visions of fat and savory beef steaks — The great trouble about hospitals — Getting in a pickle — How strange a thing it is to be hungry — The "irrepressible" turkey — Recipes: Breads, biscuits, and yeast; soups; stews and hashes; meats; fish and fowl; vegetables; sauces; desserts; beverages.

Subject: Cooking for military personnel — United States — History — 19th century. United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Social aspects. United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Food supply. United States — Armed Forces — Messes — History — 19th century. Confederate States of America — Armed Forces — Messes — History. E468.9 .D285 2011

StayinStayin' alive: the 1970s and the last days of the working class. Jefferson Cowie. New Press, c2010.

Contents: Old fashioned heroes of the new working class — What kind of delegation is this? — Nixon's class struggle — I'm dyin' here — A collective sadness — The New Deal that never happened — The important sound of things falling apart — Dead man's town.

Subject: Working class — United States — History — 20th century. Working class — United States — Social conditions — 20th century. United States — Economic conditions — 1971-1981. United States — Social conditions — 1960-1980. HD8072.5 .C69 2010

Mania
Auto mania: cars, consumers, and the environment. Tom McCarthy. Yale University Press, c2007.

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007014691.html

Subject: Automobile industry and trade — United States — History — 20th century. Automobiles — Environmental aspects — United States — History — 20th century. Consumer behavior — United States — History — 20th century. HD9710.U52 M427 2007 NMAH TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME

StudyingStudying technological change: a behavioral approach. Michael Brian Schiffer. University of Utah Press, c2011.

Contents: Introduction — Building a "crap detector" — A conceptual scheme — Social needs and technological change — Some basic invention processes — Technology-stimulated invention — Development and resource acquisition — Development and the design process — Manufacture — Adoption — Large-scale processes of aggregate technologies — Reflections.

Subject: Technological innovations — Social aspects. Archaeology — Methodology. Human behavior — History. HM846 .S35 2011

A history of photography with the light microscope. Brian Bracegirdle. Quekett Microscopical Club, 2010.

Subject: Microscopy — History. Microscopes — History. Photography — History. Photomicrography — History. QH204 .B73 2010

—Chris Cottrill

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Early FM radio: incremental technology in twentieth-century America. Gary L. Frost. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

Contents: AM and FM radio before 1920 — Congestion and frequency-modulation research, 1913-1933 — RCA, Armstrong, and the acceleration of FM research, 1926-1933 — The serendipitous discovery of static less radio, 1915-1935 — FM pioneers, RCA, and the reshaping of wideband FM radio, 1935-1940.

Subject: Radio frequency modulation — Transmitters and transmission — History. TK6547 .F76 2010

Indian

A century of Indian. Ed Youngblood. MBI Pub. Co., c2001.

Subject: Indian Motorcycle Company — History. Hendee Manufacturing Co. — History. Indian motorcycle — History. Indian motorcycle — Collectors and collecting — Catalogs. TL448.I5 Y68 2001 NMAH TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME

Modernmed

The making of modern medicine: turning points in the treatment of disease. Michael Bliss. University of Chicago Press, c2011.

Summary: Originating in the prestigious Joanne Goodman Lecture Series, this book explores the foundations of medicine through three case studies that elucidate turning points in the evolution of health care.

Subject: Medicine — Western countries — History — 19th century. Medicine — Western countries — History — 20th century. Medical innovations — Western countries — History — 19th century. Medical innovations — Western countries — History — 20th century. Smallpox vaccine — History. Insulin — History. Medical education — Western countries — History — 19th century. Medical education — Western countries — History — 20th century. R149 .B55 2011 NMAH MEDICINE & SCIENCE

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The Bentons: how an American father and son changed the printing industry. Patricia A. Cost. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, c2011.

Subject: Benton, Linn Boyd, 1844-1932. Benton, Morris Fuller. American Type Founders Company — History. Type designers — United States — Biography. Type and type-founding — United States — History. Z250.A2 C76 2011 NMAH GRAPHIC ARTS

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Here are some of the newest additions to the National Museum of American History Library, with the focus on music and design.

Kanderebb
Kander and Ebb. James Leve; with a foreword by Geoffrey Block, general editor Yale University Press, c2009.

Contents: Forty-two years of musicals — The divinely decadent lives of Cabaret — Chicago : Broadway to Hollywood — Fred without John and John without Fred — Kiss of the spider woman : sex, politics, and the diva musical — Flops and second chances : Flora, the red menance [i.e. menace]; The happy time; Zorbá; 70, girls, 70; The rink; and Steel Pier — Divas or anti-divas? : The act and The woman of the year — Musicals abandoned and imagined — "A tough act to follow" : Curtains and three new shows.

Subject: Kander, John — Criticism and interpretation. Ebb, Fred — Criticism and interpretation. Musicals — United States — 20th century — History and criticism. ML2054 .L47 2009

Darklight

Where the dark and the light folks meet: race and the mythology, politics, and business of jazz. Randall Sandke. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

Summary: Examines the origins of jazz and argues that African-American musicians were influenced by a variety of traditions in American culture in creating this art form.

Subject: Jazz — History and criticism. Jazz — Political aspects — United States. Music and race — United States. ML3508 .S27 2010

Makingmusic

Making music in Los Angeles: transforming the popular. Catherine Parsons Smith. University of California Press, c2007.

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006036207.html

Subject: Music — Social aspects — California — Los Angeles — History — 20th century. Music — Social aspects — California — Los Angeles — History — 19th century. ML3917.U6 S65 2007

Decorative.jog

Early American decorative arts, 1620-1860: a handbook for interpreters. Rosemary Troy Krill. AltaMira Press, c2010.

Contents: Interpreting decorative arts objects — Looking at objects — Understanding style — Furniture in the seventeenth-century or mannerist style — Furniture in the seventeenth-century or mannerist style — Furniture in the William and Mary or early baroque style — Furniture in the Queen Anne or late baroque style — Furniture in the chippendale or rococo style — Furniture in the federal or early classical-revival style — Furniture in the empire or late classical-revival style — Windsor furniture — Clocks — Ceramics — Glassware — Silver objects — Pewter objects — Iron, copper, and copper-alloy objects — Paintings and pictures — Prints — Textiles — Needlework — Floor coverings.

Subject: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Decorative arts, Early American — Handbooks, manuals, etc. Decorative arts — United States — History — 19th century — Handbooks, manuals, etc. NK806 .K75 2010

Chest

The Pennsylvania-German decorated chest. Monroe H. Fabian; foreword by Frederick S. Weiser. Schiffer Pub., c2004.

Contents: The European background — The chest in Pennsylvania — Cabinetmaking and woods — Construction — Hardware — Surface decoration — Paint — Decoration and decorators — Outside Pennsylvania.

Subject: Chests — Pennsylvania. Painted country furniture, Pennsylvania Dutch. NK2725 .P46 2004 NMAH DOMESTIC LIFE

—Chris Cottrill