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Time
and Media Markets, edited by Alan B. Albarran,
professor and chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film,
and Angel Arrese with the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain
(Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.). A volume in the publisher's
communication series, this collection studies how the media industry
makes decisions based on considerations of time. Specific topics
include a philosophical look at the concept of time and its application
to media markets; the impact of increasing media industry consolidation
on managerial effectiveness; approaches to time by CNN and its various
news channels, in a managerial context; and the exchange of time
and money in the television market for advertising.
Conquering
the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the
Colonial Northeast by Guy Chet,
assistant professor of history (University of Massachusetts Press).
In this study of military
tactics and strategy before the War of Independence, Chet challenges
the belief that conditions in the New World and the success of
Indian tactics forced colonists to abandon European methods of
warfare and develop a new "American" style, combining
firearms with guerrilla-like tactics. His study shows that the
colonies' military successes, even during the War of Independence,
resulted from a reliance on European military conventions.
The
Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction
by James Alex Baggett ('72 Ph.D.) of
Dacula, Ga. (Louisiana State University Press). Baggett's book,
named a History Book Club Selection in March, uncovers the genesis
of scalawag leaders in the former Confederacy. He compiles profiles
of 742 scalawag Republicans, analyzing the information by region,
and follows the life of each before, during and after the war. Baggett
is the retired dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Union
University.
Employer's
Guide to Discrimination Law: Race, Sex, Age, Disability and
Other Types of Discrimination, edited by Maureen
F. Moore ('80) of Dallas (LexisNexis). This
guide provides supervisors, business owners and human resource
professionals
with a concise overview of federal discrimination laws and
includes a CD-ROM with useful employment forms and a training
presentation. Moore has practiced labor and employment law
for
20 years.
Other Media
Something
Good is Going to Happen to You by Baboon (Last Beat Records) — Steve
Barnett ('00) of Garland, drums; Andrew
Huffstetler ('93)
of Dallas, vocals; senior Mark Hughes of
Dallas, bass; Mike
Rudnicki ('94) of Dallas, guitar. The
"noise rock" band
brings melody to the dozen cuts on this CD, its second on the
Last Beat label.
Christopher Gray of the Austin Chronicle calls it "a stunning
album, at once tender and tenderizing."
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