Books by UMW alumni
Holy Nation: The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry in an Age of Revolution
By Sarah Crabtree ’01, assistant professor of history at San Francisco State University
Early American Quakers have long been perceived as retiring separatists, but in Holy Nation, Sarah Crabtree transforms our historical understanding of the sect by drawing on the sermons, diaries, and correspondence of Quakers themselves. Situating Quakerism within the larger intellectual and religious undercurrents of the Atlantic World, Crabtree shows how Quakers forged a paradoxical sense of their place in the world as militant warriors fighting for peace.
– University of Chicago, July 2015
A Want of Vigilance: The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-19, 1863
By Bill Backus ’10 and Robert Orrison
In the months after Gettysburg, Gen. Robert E. Lee looked for the chance to strike out at Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade. The authors trace a game of cat and mouse between the armies’ camps around Orange and Culpeper northwest through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Centreville and back. Last stop: Bristoe Station.
– Savas Beatie, October 2015
Paddle Tails: Reflections on People and Dogs Who Find Balance
on the Water
By Maria Christina Schultz, M.Ed. ’11, and Lisa Chinn Marvashti ’92
Drawn from interviews with dog owners who love to get out on the water with their pets, this collection of stories explores the bond that develops between dog and paddler. The authors traveled from New York to Florida to catch up with boxers and pit bulls, Labradors and shepherds, who paddle, canoe, kayak, and fish with their humans and through that offer emotional support.
– Amazon CreateSpace, March 2016
Theology of the Body, Extended: The Spiritual Signs of Birth, Impairment, and Dying
By Susan Windley-Daoust ’89, associate professor of theology at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Windley-Daoust – enthusiast of the theology of John Paul II, spiritual director, mother of five, and assistant professor of theology at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota – extends the theology of the body to what it means to be human during the experiences of childbirth, impairment, and dying. The book took first place in the “best book by a small publisher” category in the 2015 Catholic Press Association Book Awards.
– Lectio Publishing, April 2014
Tredegar Iron Works: Richmond’s Foundry on the James
By Nathan Vernon Madison ’08
The Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia, produced ordnance during five wars and helped build the railroads that spread across the nation in the Gilded Age. Madison uses primary sources and firsthand accounts to chronicle the industrial behemoth’s history from 1837 to closure in 1957.
– The History Press, November 2015
Books by UMW faculty
Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives
Edited by Chris Foss, UMW professor of English; Zach Whalen, UMW associate professor of English; and Jonathan Gray, associate professor of English at John Jay College CUNY
The editors present a range of graphic narratives and representations of disability in comics to illustrate both the positive and negative aspects of the genre. The collected essays show how comics perpetuate the objectification and marginalization of persons with disabilities but also the medium’s potential for transforming our understanding of disability.
– Palgrave Macmillan UK, March 2016
Gendered Crossings: Women and Migration in the Spanish Empire
By Allyson M. Poska, UMW professor of history
Gendered Crossings follows nearly 2,000 peasants – half of them women and girls – transported by the Spanish Crown from northern Spain to South America in an ill-fated scheme to colonize Patagonia. The story begins in the late 1870s as the colonists trudge across northern Spain to volunteer and as they sail the Atlantic to Montevideo. The Crown abandons the project, and the peasants gradually integrate into colonial society in towns outside of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
– University of New Mexico Press, February 2016
Islands of Protest: Japanese Literature From Okinawa
Edited by Steve Rabson, UMW adjunct instructor of classics, philosophy, and religion; and Davinder L. Bhowmik, associate professor of Japanese at the University of Washington
This anthology of critically acclaimed modern and contemporary works in English includes poetry, fiction, and drama. The selections draw on Okinawa’s culture and subtropical natural environment to convey the emotions and tensions of everyday life. Islands of Protest offers a compelling entrée into a complex culture, one marked by wartime decimation, relentless discrimination, and fierce resistance, yet often overshadowed by Japan’s clichéd mass-media depictions of a gentle Okinawa.
– Hawaii University Press, March 2016
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