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Bookshelf Barbara Cantalupo, associate professor of English at Penn State Lehigh Valley. Emma Wolf's novel Other Things Being Equal, published by Wayne State University Press. Cantalupo edited this re-issue of Emma Wolf's novel, which was first published in 1892 and revised in 1916. The book includes a substantial introduction by Cantalupo in which she re-introduces Wolf and analyzes the social and cultural contexts for her novel. Priscilla Ferguson Clement, professor of history at Penn State Delaware County. "Boyhood in America: An Encyclopedia" (two volumes), published in 2001 by ABC/ CLIO as part of The American Family series. Ferguson and Jacqueline S. Reinier, professor emerita of history at California State University-Sacramento, co-edited this book, which includes nearly 150 entries from many scholars throughout the country. The 767-page book picks up with topics that date back as far as the 17th century and follows the development of boys in America through the present day. Maurie Caitlin Kelly, senior research assistant at the Environmental Resources Research Institute and coordinator/state geographic information systems librarian for the state geospatial data clearinghouse, Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access. Making the Grade: Academic Libraries and Student Success, published by the Association of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association. The book, which was co-edited by Andrea Kross, presents analyses that look at the many factors that can impact student success, such as technological capability, diversity and information literacy. The importance of libraries' partnership with other members of the higher education community in working toward a common goal of student success is examined. Jeremy F. Plant, professor of public policy and administration at Penn State Harrisburg. Western Maryland Trackside, Morning Sun Books. The 128-page hardcover book, co-authored with George M. Leilich, chronicles the last years of the Western Maryland Railroad through more than 200 color photographs taken by Leilich, its vice president-operations. The book is part of an ongoing series documenting American railroading through the eyes of pioneer color photographers. Jennifer Parker Talwar, assistant professor of sociology at Penn State Lehigh Valley. Fast Food, Fast Track: Immigrants, Big Business and the American Dream, published by Westview Press. The book addresses how the fast-food industry works with today's new generation of order-takers, burger-flippers and basket-fryers who are newly arrived immigrants. For four years, Talwar went behind the counter and listened to immigrant fast-food workers in New York City's ethnic communities. They talked about balancing their low-paying jobs and monotonous daily reality with keeping the faith that these very jobs could be the first step on the path to the American Dream. Talwar shows that contrary to those arguing that the fast-food industry only represents an increasing homogenization of the American work force, fast-food chains in immigrant communities must and do adapt to their surroundings. Rather than focusing on how ethnic communities become relatively sealed off from the larger economy, Talwar explores the interplay between globalizing mainstream forces like fast-food chains and the immigrant communities of the largest and most diverse cities. |