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Precision Radiation Oncology
By Bruce G. Haffty and Sharad Goyal
Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Medicine
Precision Radiation Oncology provides readers with an up-to-date overview of developments in the precision medicine wing of radiation oncology. Focusing on recent research and technology, and therapies both novel and trusted, this reference advances the integration of new research findings into individualized radiation therapy and its clinical applications.
Ignition!
An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
By John Drury Clark; Foreword by Isaac Asimov
Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Classics
Ignition! is the inside story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take humans into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, this “really good book on rocket[s]” is back in print for the first time in decades. Readers will want to get their hands on this irreverent and fascinating debut book in the Rutgers Classics imprint.
Walking Harlem
The Ultimate Guide to the Cultural Capital of Black America
By Karen Taborn
Rutgers University Press
This illustrated guide takes readers on five separate walking tours of Harlem, covering 91 different historical sites. With detailed maps, informative text, and nearly 70 stunning photographs, Walking Harlem gives individuals all the tools they need to thoroughly explore a century’s worth of the neighborhood’s cultural, political, religious, and artistic heritage.
The Zoom
Drama at the Touch of a Lever
By Nick Hall
Rutgers University Press
From the queasy zooms in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo to the avant-garde mystery of Michael Snow’s Wavelength, from the excitement of televised baseball to the drama of the political convention, the zoom shot is instantly recognizable and highly controversial. Nick Hall traces the century-spanning history of the zoom lens in American film and television.
The Zoom
Drama at the Touch of a Lever
By Nick Hall
Rutgers University Press
From the queasy zooms in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo to the avant-garde mystery of Michael Snow’s Wavelength, from the excitement of televised baseball to the drama of the political convention, the zoom shot is instantly recognizable and highly controversial. Nick Hall traces the century-spanning history of the zoom lens in American film and television.
Children and Drug Safety
Balancing Risk and Protection in Twentieth-Century America
Rutgers University Press
This book traces the development, use, and marketing of drugs for children in the twentieth century. It illuminates the historical dimension of a clinical and policy issue with great contemporary significance—many of the drugs administered to children today have never been tested for safety and efficacy in the pediatric population.
The Limits of Auteurism
Case Studies in the Critically Constructed New Hollywood
Rutgers University Press
The New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and early 1970s has become one of the most romanticized periods in motion picture history. The Limits of Auteurism challenges many of these assumptions. The book explores how distribution and critical reception determined the parameters of the New Hollywood canon.
A Rhetorical Crime
Genocide in the Geopolitical Discourse of the Cold War
By Anton Weiss-Wendt; Foreword by Douglas Irvin-Erickson
Rutgers University Press
A Rhetorical Crime shows how, over the course of the Cold War era, genocide morphed from a legal concept into a political discourse used in international propaganda battles. Through a unique comparative analysis of U.S. and Soviet statements on genocide, Weiss-Wendt investigates why their moral posturing far exceeded their humanitarian action.
Historians on Hamilton
How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
Edited by Renee C. Romano and Claire Bond Potter
Rutgers University Press
Historians on “Hamilton” brings together a diverse collection of top scholars to explain the Hamilton phenomenon and explore what it might mean for our understanding of America’s history. In short, lively essays, these experts assess what the musical got right, what it got wrong, and why it matters.
Historians on Hamilton
How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
Edited by Renee C. Romano and Claire Bond Potter
Rutgers University Press
Historians on “Hamilton” brings together a diverse collection of top scholars to explain the Hamilton phenomenon and explore what it might mean for our understanding of America’s history. In short, lively essays, these experts assess what the musical got right, what it got wrong, and why it matters.