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Bookshelf Susan Toby Evans, adjunct professor of anthropology, and David L. Webster, professor of anthropology. Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia, published by Garland Publishing Co., New York. Evans and Webster edited this 948-page volume, which includes more than 500 articles about the sites, cultures, trends and practices of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico and Central America. Milton C. Hallberg, professor emeritus of agricultural economics. Economic Trends in U.S. Agriculture and Food Systems Since World War II, published by Iowa State University Press. The U.S. agriculture and food system has sustained many changes since its inception, but perhaps none have been as dramatic as those that have occurred since the end of World War II. This book provides a graphical display and short discussion of the relationships among various variables that are essential to understanding how this sector has evolved economically over the past 50 years and to informing debates about future policy choices for this sector. The book is intended as supplemental reading for students in agricultural policy. Mark S. Morrisson, assistant professor of English. The Public Face of Modernism: Little Magazines, Audiences, and Reception, 19051920, published by The University of Wisconsin Press. Morrisson is author of this book, which delves deeply into the publishing and promotional practices of the modernists in Britain and America, and examines how modernist artists and writers bought into mass marketing. Jerry L. Workman, Paul Berg professor of Biochemistry and an associate investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression, published by Oxford University Press. Workman was co-editor of this book. Part of the publisher's "Frontiers in Molecular Biology" series, this book provides an update from a 1995 edition and represents an expanded and updated review on topics related to chromatin structure and gene expression. |