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Lost: Miscarriage in Nineteenth-Century America

The cover of Lost has an unborn fetus in a cocoon with a light blue background.

Shannon Withycombe, Lost: Miscarriage in Nineteenth-Century America (Rutgers University Press, 2018)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry

The cover of Canned has hands with red nails holding a canned food open while peeling of the label on the can.Anna Zeide, Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry (University of California Press, 2018)

2019 James Beard Award Winner
(Reference, History, and Scholarship Category)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat: The Origins of School Lunch in the United States

The cover of Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat has a green lunch box with a sandwich and vegetables in it on a chalkboard background. In the background, there is various fruits. nuts, and a water bottle.Andrew R. Ruis, Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat: The Origins of School Lunch in the United States (Rutgers University Press, 2017)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Birds of Empire, Birds of Nation. A History of Science, Economy, and Conservation in United States-Colombia Relations

The cover of Birds of Empire, Birds of Nation has beige squares over a white background. In the squares are multi-colored birds.Camilo Quintero Toro, Birds of Empire, Birds of Nation. A History of Science, Economy, and Conservation in United States-Colombia Relations (Universidad de los Andes, 2012)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science

The cover of An Empire of Ice has three men standing in snow.Edward J. Larson, An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science (Yale University Press, 2011)

Awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2011 National Outdoor Book Awards. Shortlisted for the 2012 Hessell-Tiltman prize.

Looking for a Few Good Males: Female Choice in Evolutionary Biology

The cover of Looking for a Few Good Males has a drawing of the anatomy of a male and female bird with a blue background. Erika Lorraine Milam, Looking for a Few Good Males: Female Choice in Evolutionary Biology (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Lessons amid the Rubble: An Introduction to Post-Disaster Engineering and Ethics

The cover of Lessons Amid the Rubble has a steel structure of a building standing surrounded by construction equipment and fallen building pieces. Tis image is the aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher, Lessons amid the Rubble: An Introduction to Post-Disaster Engineering and Ethics (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Death Investigation in America: Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty

The cover of Death Investigation in America has a drawing of bodies laying on dissection tables. Their clothes are hung from hooks on the wall. Jeffrey M. Jentzen, Death Investigation in America: Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty (Harvard University Press, 2009)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law

The cover of When Prayer Fails has a wooden baby crib in front of a window.Shawn Francis Peters, When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law (Oxford University Press, 2008)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Thomas Hardy's Novel Universe

The cover of Thomas Hardy's Novel Universe is a red berry color with the title in a brown box. Pamela Gossin, Thomas Hardy’s Novel Universe (Ashgate, 2007)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Science Talk: Changing Notions of Science in American Culture

The cover of Science Talk has a drawing of a human head with the parts of the brain labeled, a UFO, and a chart of human evolution.Daniel Patrick Thurs, Science Talk: Changing Notions of Science in American Culture (Rutgers University Press, 2007)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Hot and Bothered: Women, Medicine, and Menopause in Modern America

The cover of Hot and Bothered has a white background with red, purple, and blue boxes that house the title. Judith A. Houck, Hot and Bothered: Women, Medicine, and Menopause in Modern America (Harvard University Press, 2006)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture

The cover of The Coldest Crucible has a large sailing ship with an iceberg in the background. In the foreground, there are people on row boats. Michael F. Robinson, The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2006)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter

The cover of British Naturalists in Qing Chine has a drawing of boats on water next to a mountain scape. There are various plants in the drawing. The main image on the cover is a bird.Fa-ti Fan, British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter (Harvard University Press, 2004)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory

The cover of Evolution has three butterflies with their wings spread open.Edward J. Larson, Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory (Modern Library, 2004)

Philosophical Path for Paracelsian Medicine: The Ideas, Intellectual Context, and Influence of Petrus Severinus (1540-1602)

The cover of A Philosophical Path for Paracelsian Medicine has an older man holding object.Jole R. Shackelford, Philosophical Path for Paracelsian Medicine: The Ideas, Intellectual Context, and Influence of Petrus Severinus (1540-1602) (Museum Tusculanum Press, 2004)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris

The cover of Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots has a woman in a dress with a young child. This is a portrait of Louise-Elisabeth of France with her son. Louise E. Robbins, Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Christian Science on Trial: Religious Healing in America

The cover of Christian Science on Trial has a person laying in a bed with a woman sitting in a chair next to the bed.Rennie B. Schoepflin, Christian Science on Trial: Religious Healing in America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

How to Write the History of the New World: Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

The cover of How to Write the History of the New World has an astrology zodiac wheel with a sun and moon inside it.Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, How to Write the History of the New World: Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World (Stanford University Press, 2001)

Winner of the 2001 John E. Fagg Prize in Spanish and Latin American History and the 2001 Atlantic History Prize, both from the American Historical Association.

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion

The cover of Summer for the Gods has men sitting in a court room with officers walking up to one of the men. Edward J. Larson, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (Basic Books, 1997)

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History

To Make a Spotless Orange: Biological Control in California

The cover of To Make a Spotless Orange has a field of orange trees with hills in the background.Richard C. Sawyer, To Make a Spotless Orange: Biological Control in California (Iowa State Press, 1996)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Catching Babies: The Professionalization of Childbirth, 1870-1920

The cover of Catching Babies has a red background with black text.Charlotte G. Borst, Catching Babies: The Professionalization of Childbirth, 1870-1920 (Harvard University Press, 1995)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Sex, Race, and Science: Eugenics in the Deep South

The cover of Sex, Race, and Science has a group of people working in a field. Edward J. Larson, Sex, Race, and Science: Eugenics in the Deep South (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995)

Subjected to Science: Human Experimentation in America before the Second World War

The cover of Subjected to Science has a black and white photo of scientists overlooking a dissection table.Susan E. Lederer, Subjected to Science: Human Experimentation in America before the Second World War (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology

The cover of Between Copernicus and Galileo has a measuring device with a pink and gray background. James M. Lattis, Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology (University of Chicago Press, 1994)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Nature, the Exotic, and the Science of French Colonialism

The cover of Nature, the Exotic, and the Science of French Colonialism has a red and beige background with a ribbon design on the top. Michael A. Osborne, Nature, the Exotic, and the Science of French Colonialism (Indiana University Press, 1994)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey

The cover of Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science has a man in a suit coat with a top hat.Hugh Richard Slotten, Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey (Cambridge University Press, 1994)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Rebel in the Ranks of Medicine, 1840-1921

The cover of Simon Baruch has a black and white photo of a man with dark hair in a uniform.Patricia Spain Ward, Simon Baruch: Rebel in the Ranks of Medicine, 1840-1921 (University of Alabama Press, 1994)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Science, Medicine, and the State in Germany: The Case of Baden, 1815-1871

The cover of Science, Medicine, and the State in Germany has a building with several windows and arched doorways. Arleen Marcia Tuchman, Science, Medicine, and the State in Germany: The Case of Baden, 1815-1871 (Oxford University Press, 1993)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Men among the Mammoths: Victorian Science and the Discovery of Human Prehistory

The cover of Men Among the Mammoths has a hand axe, a prehistoric stone tool. A. Bowdoin Van Riper, Men among the Mammoths: Victorian Science and the Discovery of Human Prehistory (University of Chicago Press, 1993)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America

The cover of The Botanizers has a drawing of a man with a briefcase and a walking stick. The man is wearing a suit and a hat. Elizabeth B. Keeney, The Botanizers: Amateur Scientists in Nineteenth-Century America (University of North Carolina Press, 1992)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American Social Thought, 1900-1950

The cover of The State of Nature has two red colored bees with a black and white Gregg Mitman, The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American Social Thought, 1900-1950 (University of Chicago Press, 1992)

Winner of the 1994 Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities from the Council of Graduate Schools

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

The Founders of Humanistic Psychology

The cover of Founders of Humanistic Psychology has a green background.Roy Jose DeCarvalho, The Founders of Humanistic Psychology (Praeger Publishers, 1991)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Academic Scientists and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Cooperative Research in Twentieth-Century America

The cover of Academic Scientists and the Pharmaceutical Industry has a man and a woman working in a laboratory. John Patrick Swann, Academic Scientists and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Cooperative Research in Twentieth-Century America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Unrolling Time: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematization of Nature

The cover of Unrolling Time has a black and yellow background.Joella G.Yoder, Unrolling Time: Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematization of Nature (Cambridge University Press, 1988)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Mothers and Medicine: A Social History of Infant Feeding, 1890-1950

The cover of Mothers and Medicine has a woman holding a baby wrapped in a blanket with a man in a suit talking to the woman. Rima D. Apple, Mothers and Medicine: A Social History of Infant Feeding, 1890-1950 (University of Wisconsin Press, 1987)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution

The cover of Trial and Error has a black and gray patterned background. Edward J. Larson, Trial and Error: The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolution (Oxford University Press, 1985)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)

Victorian Social Medicine: The Ideas and Methods of William Farr

The cover of Victorian Social Medicine has a black and white photo of people laying in beds and on the floor of a large room. There is an older woman sitting on a chair holding a child. John M. Eyler, Victorian Social Medicine: The Ideas and Methods of William Farr (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979)

(Revised from a UW dissertation)