ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 90 / C&RL News Hew Publications George M. Eberhart Cold W ar Chronology: Soviet-Am erican Rela tions, 1945-1991, by Ken neth L. Hill (362 pages, Oc tober 1993), takes us on a chronological trip through recent history to document the major events in U.S.-Rus- sian diplomacy. Primary sources (such as the Depart ment o f State Bulletin, Cur rent Digest o f the Soviet Press, Weekly Compilation o f Presi dential Docum ents, and other government docu ments) are given for most of the 2,000 entries. A copy may be ordered for $54.95 from Con gressional Quarterly Books, 1414 22nd St., N.W., Washington, DC 20037. ISBN 0-87187 921-2. The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, by Robert Andrews (1,092 pages, November 1993), strikes a nice balance between the clas sic and the modem, both in its choice of per sons quoted (Fran Lebowitz side by side with Molière) and its selection of topics (adding Nuclear Armageddon, talk shows, and orgasm). Under the heading of libraries, Andrews in cludes quotations by Samuel Johnson ( “No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library"), Barbara Tuchman ( “To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse”), and Oliver Wendell Holmes ( “Every library should try to be complete on something, even if it were only the history of pinheads”). For both learning and fun, this book is well worth a look. It is avail able for $34.95 from Columbia University Press, 562 W. 113th St., New York, NY 10025. ISBN 0-231-07194-9. The Comic Art Collection Catalog, com piled by Randall W. Scott (1,448 pages, Sep tember 1993), is an author, artist, title, and sub ject catalog of the Comic Art Collection in the Michigan State University Libraries. The cata log provides detailed information about more than 60,000 books, magazines, scrapbooks, fanzines, comics, and other materials in the collection. The three main strengths of the col lection are U.S. comic books, U.S. newspaper comic strips, and the history and criticism of comics. There is less exten sive coverage in the follow ing areas: international com ics, fotonovelas, animation, cartooning, comic book scripts, Big Little Books, comics tie-ins, other works by comics personnel, books that collect cartoons themati cally, and Disney material. Items are grouped by nation ality and genre. Copies can be ordered for $199.95 from G reen w ood Publishing Group, 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. ISBN 0 313-28325-7. The Dictionary of 20th-Century World Politics, by Jay M. Shafritz, Phil Williams, and Ronald S. Calinger (756 pages, October 1993), identifies current newsmakers and international political terms as well as decisive historical events and the people responsible for them. It defines more than 5,000 entries, including such terms as intifada, co-optive power, flexible re sponse, and managed trade, and famous per sons like Helmut Schmidt, Peter Kropotkin, Hosni Mubarak, and John Foster Dulles. Nu merous sidebars offer insightful quotations from speeches and books. Copies are available for $60.00 from Henry Holt Reference Books, 115 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011. ISBN 0-8050 1976-6. Directors and Their Films, 1895-1990, by Brooks Bushnell (1035 pages, November 1993), consists of two vast lists: the first is a list of directors and every film (with alternate titles) that they ever directed, and the second is a list of more than 108,000 domestic and international films with director and year of release. A de ceptively simple concept, but extremely help ful in identifying the work of obscure directors or differentiating similarly titled films. Copies are available for $127.00 postpaid from McFarland & Co., Box 611 ‚ Jefferson, NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-766-2. Flora of North America, edited by the Flora o f North America Editorial Committee head quartered at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis (14 projected vols., 1993-2005), will February 1994/91 be the first comprehensive description o f the plants growing naturally north o f Mexico. The first two volumes, published in September 1993, contain introductory essays on climate, geol ogy, the history o f vegetation, botanical expe ditions, classification, and the taxonomic treat ment o f ferns, mosses, horsetails, cycads, gingkos, and conifers. Each volume will con tain identification keys, short descriptions, dis tributions, and other information o f biological interest for each species o f plant. The final vol ume will contain a comprehensive bibliogra phy and index. The publication o f the first two volumes represents the culmination o f 11 years of work and a milestone in efforts that began more than 160 years ago, with John Torrey and Asa Gray’s attempt to produce a comprehen sive flora o f the continent. The first two vol umes are priced at $75.00 each, from Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. ISBN 0-19-505713-9 (v .l)‚IS B N 0 19-508242-7 (v.2). From Hum ors to M edical Science: A His tory o f American Medicine, by John Duffy (418 pages, 2d ed., August 1993), is an update of Duffy's 1976 volume, The Healers, which examined developments in medical practice and philosophy since colonial times. The author has condensed and added the results of recent stud ies to earlier material and placed more empha sis on the changes that have taken place in the past 100 years. New chapters on women and minorities in medicine and on current health care challenges have been added. Copies are available for $42.50 (cloth) from the University of Illinois Press, 54 E. Gregory Dr., Champaign, IL 61820. ISBN 0-252-01736-6. Integrating Total Q u a lity M anag em ent in a Library Setting, edited by Susan Jurow and Susan B. Barnard (201 pages, August 1993), shows librarians how to improve library services by implementing such strategies as employee involvement and training, problem solving teams, statistical methods, long-term goals and thinking, and an overall recog nition that the system— not the staff— is respon sible for most inefficiencies. This monograph explains some o f the methods libraries have used to transfer Total Quality Management (TQM) techniques from the private sector into the library environment. Published simulta neously as the Journal o f Library Administra tion, vol. 18, nos. 1/2, the volume may be purchased for $39-95 (hdbk.) from Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, N Y 13904-1580. ISBN 1-56024-463-1. The International S eria ls Industry, ed ited by Hazel W oodward and Stella Pilling (275 pages, October 1993), offers viewpoints on serials in the scholarly research environ ment by many different contributors represent ing authors, publishers, subscription agents, li brarians, and end users. Issues o f common concern include the economics o f traditional journal publishing, quality versus quantity in scholarly communication, the future o f sub scription agents, developments in library col lection management, and national and interna tional cooperation in the field o f serials. O f particular interest is the chapter on CAS-IAS systems (Current Alerting Services and Indi vidual Article Supply) by David J. Brown. Cop ies may be ordered for $59 95 from Gower, Old Post Road, Brookfield, VT 05036-9704. ISBN 0-566-07466-4. M ahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action, by Dennis Dalton (279 pages, Novem ber 1993), compares Gandhi’s successful com bination o f civil disobedience and religious imagery to the methods o f Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. After examining Gandhi’s formative experiences in South Africa and his emergence as a national leader in India be tween 1919 and 1922, Dalton focuses on two o f Gandhi's decisive triumphs: the 1930 civil disobedience Salt March against the British and his 1947 fast in Calcutta for Hindu-Muslim unity. The cost is $29.50 from Columbia University Press, 562 W. 113th St., New York, N Y 10025. ISBN 0-231-08118-9. M anag em ent of G overnm ent In fo rm a tion Resources in Libraries, edited by Diane H. Smith (260 pages, August 1993), presents a realistic view o f the problems encountered in documents librarianship. This collection of 14 essays is designed as a textbook for those learning about government information re sources and document collection manage ment. Chapters cover collection development (Bruce M orton), maintenance (Sandra K. Peterson), technology (Debora Cheney), refer ence service (Diane Garner), outreach and bibliographic instruction (Susan Anthes), and the politics o f documents librarianship (Ridley Kessler and Jack Sulzer). Although a function- 92 / C&RL News al arrangement was chosen, the essays focus on the big picture, stressing current policy is sues and financial considerations. Copies are available for $30.00 from Libraries Unlimited, P.O. Box 6633, Englewood, CO 80155-6633. ISBN 1-56308-051-6. M usical G u m b o : The Music of N e w O r leans, by Grace Lichtenstein and Laura Dankner (367 pages, 1993), is a lively guide to jazz, R&B, rock’n’roll, gospel, cajun, and zydeco music in New Orleans, a rhythmic melting pot for popular music since the turn o f the century. Very well documented through personal interviews, books, articles, and liner notes, this book covers everyone from Jelly Roll Morton to Wynton Marsalis. The final chapter acts as a guide to Jazzfest, Mardi Gras, night clubs, music stores, radio stations, mu sic libraries and museums, CDs and videos with N ew Orleans music. Co-author Dankner is a librarian and member o f the music fac ulty at Loyola University in N ew Orleans. A copy may be purchased for $25.00 from W.W. Norton & Co., 500 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10110. ISBN 0-393-03468-2. The Practice of Conservation of Lib rary Materials in Sub-Saharan Africa, by M. E. Ojo-Igbinoba (60 pages, October 1993), con tains the results o f a survey o f conservation methods and problems in African university li braries. The author concludes that little atten tion is given in sub-Saharan Africa to conserva tion compared to the attention focused on collection development and organization, and provides some suggestions to improve the situ ation. The monograph is free to libraries and librarians in Africa, but others should send $7.00 to Publications, African Studies Program, 221 Woodburn Hall, Indiana University, Bloom ington, IN 47405. ISBN 0-941934-65-9. Another recent publication in this series is Oral Litera ture in A frica n Libraries: Im plica tion s f o r Ghana, by A. Anaba Alemna ($6.00). Reconciliation Road: A Family O dyssey of W ar and Honor, by John Douglas Marshall (296 pages, October 1993), is a moving tale of how the author, a Vietnam War conscientious objector, was finally able to heal the rift be tween himself and his famous grandfather (S. L. A. Marshall, the author o f 30 books on World Wars I and II and Korea), who had disowned him because of his views on Vietnam. In the wake o f accusations that his grandfather had fudged the facts in interviewing Army infantry men, John Marshall sets out on a cross-country fact-finding trip to seek the truth. What he dis covers about himself, his family, and the mili tary is a revealing case history of what hap pened to many Americans during and after the Vietnam War. Highly recommended for veter ans, war protesters, and military scholars alike. Copies are available for $24.95 from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse, N Y 13244-5160. ISBN 0-8156-0274-X. W o rld M y th o lo g y , edited by Roy W illis (320 pages, October 1993), takes an elemen tal look at the ways different cultures inter pret the elemental phenomena o f life— cre ation, birth, death, conflict, and the cycle of the seasons. With contributions from 20 lead ing scholars, the book draws connections between the underlying meaning o f the sto ries and their significance within the social and religious context o f each culture. The largest portion o f the book is devoted to “world mythography,’’ which presents myths from Egypt to Oceania accompanied by a collec tion o f color photographs and drawings show ing mythic imagery in contemporary art and artifacts. The cost is $45.00 from Henry Holt Reference Books, 115 W. 18th St., New York, N Y 10011. ISBN 0-8050-2701-1. World of Fairs: The Century-of-Progress Expositions, by Robert W. Rydell (269 pages, September 1993), examines the effect of the Depression-era exhibitions on popular culture and political concepts from the 1926 Philadel phia Sesquicentennial to the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940. Rydell’s point is that, unlike the Victorian-era world’s fairs (covered in the author’s 1984 book A ll the World's a Fair) that represented an effort to make America mod em, America’s interwar fairs represented a drive to make America an “ever more perfect real ization o f an imperial dream o f abundance, consumption, and social hierarchy based on the reproduction o f existing power relations pre mised on categories o f race and gender.” Rydell’s chapters on “fitter families,” modern colonialism, the empire o f science, and the perfect future encapsulate pre-war American values as expressed at the fairs. Copies are avail able for $49 95 (cloth) from the University of Chicago Press, 5801 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637. ISBN 0-226-73237-1. ■