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University of Vermont Publications 2014

December 2014

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is with great pride that we present to you this booklet listing the publications of University of Vermont faculty and staff for 2014. Each year the highly productive members of our faculty and staff publish numerous volumes of distinguished scholarship, research, and creative work. These publications represent widely diverse topics from Forestry and Agriculture to Poetry and Art History. These authors include faculty, Emeriti, and staff and hail from each of our colleges and schools and various units across campus. The high quality of scholarship and creative accomplishment highlighted clearly demonstrates the exceptional talent and creativity of our University community, as well as considerable determination and incredibly hard work.

This University has earned a reputation for academic excellence, creative accomplishments, and research thanks to the consistently outstanding achievements of our faculty and staff. One of our foremost priorities is the support of academic accomplishment and academic rigor at our University. Our UVM authors raise the bar of academic attainment with the publications listed here and the national recognition they represent, and their work inspires their peers and students to raise their aspirations as well.

New discoveries and knowledge and fresh creative work feed our vibrant community. The work represented in this booklet benefits the state and nation, enriches our community, and demonstrates the high quality of education at the University of Vermont. We want to thank all of our UVM authors for everything that they do for this University!

Sincerely,

Tom Sullivan Julie Roberts President President, Faculty Senate

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Saleem H. AliAdjunct Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

International Environmental Studies (First Edition)Katlyn S. Morris, Ingrid L. Nelson, V. Ernesto Méndez, and Saleem H. Ali, EditorsCognella, Inc.

Christopher R. ChaseAssociate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Arthur Eagle Volume 1: The Rise of the Young WarriorsC. R. Chase (Christopher R. Chase)Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC

The anthology International Environmental Studies matches major ecological issues with prominent approaches and case studies. The text provides a dynamic reading experience, transdisciplinary perspectives, and opportunities for critical thinking.

The book examines six key ecological issues: food systems and agriculture, biodiversity, fresh water resources, energy, waste, and climate change. The text explores these issues using a variety of disciplines and approaches, with a particular focus on the unique economic, political, and social contexts affecting people’s access to natural resources. Case studies from around the world help illustrate the complexity of environmental issues with real-world examples.

International Environmental Studies is an excellent reader for introductory environmental and global studies courses, as well as mid-career professional programs and practitioners seeking an introduction to global environmental issues.

Katlyn S. Morris teaches in the Environmental Studies Program and the Department of Plant and Soil Science at the University of Vermont. Her research and teaching explore the environmental, economic, political, and social aspects of agriculture in Latin America.

Ingrid L. Nelson is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Vermont. Her research and teaching focus on feminist political ecology, forest landscapes, land grabs, and environmental activism in Mozambique.

V. Ernesto Méndez is an associate professor of agroecology in the Environmental Studies Program and the Department of Plant and Soil Science at the University of Vermont. Through agroecology and participatory research action, his teaching and scholarly interests address the interactions between agriculture, rural livelihoods, and conservation.

Saleem H. Ali is Director of the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) and professor of politics and international studies at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research focuses on environmental conflicts in the extractive industries and how ecological cooperation can promote peace in international relations.

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Terence CuneoProfessor, Department of Philosophy

Speech and Morality: On the Metaethical Implications of SpeakingOxford University Press

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Catherine W. DonnellyProfessor, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Cheese and MicrobesCatherine W. Donnelly, EditorAmerican Society for Microbiology Press

Mary ElizabethAdjunct Professor, Continuing Education

Catching Fire: A Teaching GuideMary Elizabeth; Ginny Joyner, IllustratorGarlic Press

Mary ElizabethAdjunct Professor, Continuing Education

Mocking Jay: A Teaching GuideMary Elizabeth; Ginny Joyner, IllustratorGarlic Press

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Tina EscajaProfessor, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics

Respiración mecánica & VeloCity. Respiració mecànica / Respiración mecánica / Hats hartze mekanikoaAlm@Pérez (Tina Escaja)Icaria Editorial

Reuben EscorpizoClinical Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science

Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation: Application and Implementation of the ICFReuben Escorpizo, Sören Brage, Debra Homa, and Gerold Stucki, EditorsSpringer

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Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitationand Disability Evaluation

Reuben EscorpizoSören BrageDebra HomaGerold Stucki Editors

Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitationand Disability Evaluation

Application and Implementation of the ICF

For persons with chronic illnesses and disabling injuries, work prospects--es-pecially for meaningful work with decent conditions--have traditionally been poor. With global efforts from the UN, WHO, ILO, and other bodies focusing attention on this wide-reaching issue, innovative tools are needed to translate large-scale goals into real-world outcomes.

The framework offered by the Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation highlights the complex challenges and opportunities in-volved in enabling re-entry into the workforce. Geared to ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health) standards, this timely reference outlines current science-based methods in assessing impairment and capabilities and emerging approaches to management specifically relating to work participation. Separate chapters are devoted to evaluation and rehabilita-tion guidelines for individuals with brain injury, chronic musculoskeletal pain, mental illness, and other disabling conditions. And the chapters on ICF-based functioning measurement review the data on widely-used clinician- and pa-tient-reported instruments and the recent Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ). Featured in the Handbook:

The impact of chronic disease on work participation and its implications for intervention and management.

Vocational assessment and job placement. Spinal cord injury: vocational rehabilitation and disability evaluation. Critical issues for mental health management in vocational

rehabilitation. Clinician-reported outcome measures: experiences from multicenter

follow-up. ICF-based tools in rehabilitation toward return-to-work.

The Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation is of critical interest to researchers, educators, and students in disability- and work-related fields. It is also a practical resource outside the campus setting, aiding those providing services to, as well as policymakers involved in improving the lives of, persons with disabilities.

Handbooks in Health, Work, and DisabilityHandbooks in Health, Work, and Disability

Reuben Escorpizo · Sören Brage · Debra Homa · Gerold Stucki Editors

Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability EvaluationApplication and Implementation of the ICF

Sean L. FieldProfessor, Department of History

Marguerite Porete et le Miroir des simples âmes: Perspectives historiques, philosophiques et litterairesSean L. Field, Robert E. Lerner, and Sylvain PironVrin

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Brendan FisherResearch Associate Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

A Field Guide to Economics for ConservationistsBrendan Fisher, Robin Naidoo, and Taylor RickettsRoberts and Company Publishers

Cynthia Gerstl-PepinProfessor, Department of Leadership and Developmental Sciences

Survival of the Fittest: The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United StatesQi Li and Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin, EditorsSpringer

Sean L. FieldProfessor, Department of History

The Rules of Isabelle of France: An English Translation with Introductory StudyFranciscan Institute Publications

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Isabelle of France (1225-1270) is best known as the sister of St. Louis and the founder of the female Franciscan community of Longchamp near Paris. In 1259 Pope Alexander IV ap-proved the important new rule for this community which Isabelle had co-authored with a team of leading Franciscan theologians, including St. Bonaventure. � is was only the second female-authored rule--a� er Clare of Assisi’s 1253 Form of Life--ever to be approved by the papacy. Moreover, in 1263 Isabelle secured a revision of her rule from Pope Urban IV, which granted her controversial desire to have her sisters be known as Sorores minores, analogous to the male Fratres minores. In this form the Isabelline rule was adopted by numerous houses, particularly in France and England. In � e Rules of Isabelle of France, Sean L. Field o� ers the � rst published English translations of both versions of this rule, together with an close study of their origins and interest for Franciscan history. � e volume also illuminates the larger context around Isabelle of France and Longchamp by including translations (by Larry F. Field) of � ve papal letters to or concerning Isabelle.

Sean Field provides us with a reader-friendly, yet impeccably documented introduction to the tangle of rules for enclosed medieval women centered around Isabelle of Longchamp in France, her contemporary biographer Agnes of Harcourt, Cardinal Hugolino’s 1219 Form of Life, and Pope Innocent IV’s Rule of 1247. In addition to the � rst English translation of Isabelle’s rule of 1259, her 1263 revision and their preliminary papal letters, one of the additional values of Field’s work is his focus on the institutional understanding of humility and minority, identifying values in the evolution of both male and female Franciscan groups. � is study is chock full of tempting new leads for further investigation spelled out toward the conclusion of Field’s introduction in the section, “Unresolved Issues.” - Ingrid Peterson, OSF

� e Rules of Isabelle of FranceAn English Translation WITH Introductory Study

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Robert J. GordonProfessor, Department of Anthropology

Recreating First Contact: Expeditions, Anthropology, and Popular CultureJoshua A. Bell, Allison K. Brown, and Robert J. Gordon, EditorsSmithsonian Institution Press

Robert J. GordonProfessor, Department of Anthropology

Going Abroad: Traveling Like an AnthropologistKorean Edition, Pentagram Publishing

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Human Milk Biochemistry and Infant Formula Manufacturing Technology

OODHEAD PUBLISHING SERIES IN FOOD SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND NUTRITIONW OODHEAD PUBLISHING SERIES IN FOOD SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND NUTRITIONW

Human milk is the best food for infants since not only does breast milk provide a source of nutrition, but it contains biological components that help infants to develop and grow normally. Modern infant formula is designed as human milk substitute for infant consumption under one year. Human Milk Biochemistry and Infant Formula Manufacturing Technology reviews the history of bottle-feeding, and its advantages and disadvantages compared with breast-feeding, the trends and new developments in infant formula formulation and manufacturing.

Since infant formula substitutes for human milk, its composition must match that of human milk as closely as possible. Quality control of infant formula is also essential to ensure product safety, as infants are particularly vulnerable food consumers. This book reviews the latest research into human milk biochemistry and best practice in infant formula processing technology and quality control.

Chapters in Part I cover the variations in chemical composition, the bioactive components of human milk, and the practice of human milk banking. Part II reviews the infant formula formulation and processing including the guidelines, ingredients and processing technology used. Part III covers the formula analysis, component interactions and processing damage, quality control and product regulation.

This book provides a valuable source of information for professionals in the dairy industry (especially those in the infant formula industry), and academics and graduate students in this field.

Dr Mingruo Guo is Professor in the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Vermont, USA. He is highly regarded for his teaching, research and product development in the area of functional foods. He also holds an adjunct professor position at Jilin University, Changchun, China.

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Mingruo GuoProfessor, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Human Milk Biochemistry and Infant Formula Manufacturing TechnologyMingruo Guo, EditorWoodhead Publishing

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William A. HavilandProfessor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology

Anthropology: The Human Challenge (Fourteenth Edition)William A. Haviland, Harald E.L. Prins, Dana Walrath, and Bunny McBrideCengage Learning


Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge (Fourteenth Edition)William A. Haviland, Harald E.L. Prins, Bunny McBride, and Dana WalrathCengage Learning


Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge (Tenth Edition)William A. Haviland, Dana Walrath, Harald E.L. Prins, and Bunny McBrideCengage Learning

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David HuddleProfessor Emeritus, Department of English

The Faulkes ChronicleTupelo Press

Kyle K. IkedaAssociate Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures

Okinawan War Memory: Transgenerational Trauma and the War Fiction of Medoruma ShunRutledge

Major JacksonProfessor, Department of English

Countee Cullen: Collected PoemsCountee Cullen; Major Jackson, EditorLibrary of America

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William B. JeffriesAssociate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

An Introduction to Medical TeachingKathryn N. Huggett and William B. Jeffries, EditorsSpringer

Arnie KozakLecturer, School of Business Administration

The Everything Guide to the Introvert EdgeAdams Media

Donald R. Laub, Jr.Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Extremity: Etiology and ManagementDonald R. Laub, Jr., EditorSpringer

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Daniel LuskSenior Lecturer Emeritus

Girls I Never Married: a memoirWind Ridge Books

Dennis MahoneyProfessor, Department of German and Russian

Poetry of a Lifetime Charles Ballantyne (UVM Class of 1950); Dennis Mahoney, EditorRed Barn Books

Girls I Never Married

DANIEL LUSK~ a memoir ~

Augustine’s Confessions

edited by WILLIAM E. MANN

Philosophy in Autobiography

William E. MannProfessor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy

Augustine’s Confessions: Philosophy in AutobiographyWilliam E. Mann, EditorOxford University Press

Supported by the UVM Retired Scholars Award Program

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Robert ManningProfessor, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

Sustainable Transportation in the National Parks: From Acadia to ZionRobert Manning, Steven Lawson, Peter Newman, Jeffrey Hallo, and Christopher Monz, EditorsUniversity Press of New England

Briana MartinCoordinator and Mentor, Student Support Services

Red RosesCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Luther H. MartinProfessor Emeritus, Department of Religion

Deep History, Secular Theory: Historical and Scientific Studies of ReligionDe Gruyter


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Luther H. MartinProfessor Emeritus, Department of Religion

The Mind of Mithraists: Historical and Cognitive Studies in the Roman Cult of MithrasBloomsbury

Allen MatthewsFarm Enterprise Coordinator, UVM Extension, Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Best Management Practices for Log-Based Shitake Cultivation in the Northeastern United StatesKen Mudge, Allen Matthews, Ben Waterman, Bridgett Hilshey, Steve Sierigk, Nick Laskovski, Julie Rockcastle, Steve Rockcastle, and Steve GabrielUVM Extension, Center for Sustainable Agriculture with Cornell University

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The book offered an opportunity to refresh my understanding of concepts I learned in school. But more importantly, it also offered an opportunity to grasp recent changes in our understanding of how forests work and how we can use forests while ensuring sustainability for future generations. Thom McEvoy does an outstanding job covering the critical components that make these two fields of study so important to today’s forest owners, loggers and foresters.

Aldo Leopold, famed American Ecologist and Forester, encouraged us to ‘think like a mountain’ when considering ecology and land use. This book provides a valuable primer for anyone to developecological literacy regarding forests and our efforts tomanage them.

McEvoy is able to distill the essential elements of complex topics and relate them to forest management in a way that is very useful for anyone interested indelving into the world of forests and their use and conservation.

William HubbardSouthern Regional Extension Forester

University of Georgia

Chris SchnepfProfessor and Extension Forester

University of Idaho

Alan CalfeeForester and Principal

Calfee Woodland Management LLC

Forestry Press Inc.

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Introduction to Forest Ecology and Silviculture (Third Edition)Forestry Press


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V. Ernesto MéndezAssociate Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science


Wolfgang MiederProfessor, Department of German and Russian

“All Men and Women are Created Equal.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s and Susan B. Anthony’s Proverbial Rhetoric Promoting Women’s RightsPeter Lang










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Die Schweizerischen Sprichwörter der Gegenwart in ausgewählter Sammlung Otto Sutermeister; Wolfgang Mieder, IntroductionGeorg Olms

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Proverbium. Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship (31:2014)The University of Vermont


“Wer andern eine Grube gräbt...” Sprichwörtliches aus der Bibel in moderner Literatur, Medien und KarikaturenPraesens

Nora MitchellAdjunct Associate Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

Conserving Cultural Landscapes: Challenges and New DirectionsKen Taylor, Archer St. Clair, and Nora Mitchell, EditorsRoutledge

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Katlyn S. MorrisLecturer, Environmental Program, Department of Plant and Soil Science


Garrison NelsonProfessor, Department of Political Science

Pathways to the US Supreme Court: From the Arena to the MonasteryPelgrave Macmillan, New York










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Francis R. NicosiaProfessor, Department of History

Nazi Germany and the Arab WorldCambridge University Press

Sarah NilsenAssociate Professor, Department of English

The Colorblind Screen: Television in Post-Racial AmericaSarah Nilsen and Sarah E. Turner, EditorsNYU Press

Angela PattenSenior Lecturer, Department of English

In Praise of UsefullnessWind Ridge Books

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George F. PinderProfessor, School of Engineering

Mathematical Modeling In Science and Engineering: An Axiomatic ApproachIsmael Herrera and George F. PinderWiley

Lani RavinAssociate Planner, Campus Planning Services

Isha L’Isha: 30 Years of Feminist ActionPardes Publishing

Taylor RickettsProfessor, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

A Field Guide to Economics for ConservationistsBrendan Fisher, Robin Naidoo, and Taylor RickettsRoberts and Company Publishers

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John SeyllerProfessor, Department of Art and Art History

Pahari Paintings in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian ArtJohn Seyller and Jagdish MittalMittal Museum

John SeyllerProfessor, Department of Art and Art History

A Secret Garden, Indian Paintings from the Porret CollectionB.N. Goswamy, Jeremiah P. Losty, and John SeyllerMuseum Rietberg

Pramodita SharmaProfessor, School of Business Administration

Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship: The Role of Resources and CapabilitiesPramodita Sharma, Philipp Sieger, Robert S. Nason, Ana Cristina González L., and Kavil Ramachandran, EditorsElgar, Edward Publishing, Inc.

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Pramodita SharmaProfessor, School of Business Administration

The Sage Handbook of Family BusinessLeif Melin, Mattias Nordquist, and Pramodita Sharma, EditorsSage Publications

Sanjay SharmaProfessor, School of Business Administration

Competing for a Sustainable World: Building Capacity for Sustainable InnovationGreenleaf Publishing

Tom SimoneProfessor, Department of English

Dante: PurgatorioDante Alighieri; Tom Simone, TranslatorFocus Publications/Hackett Press

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Kevork SpartalianAssociate Professor, Department of Physics

Applications of Modern Physics in MedicineMark Strikman, Kevork Spartalian, and Milton W. ColePrinceton University Press

E. Thomas SullivanPresident, University of Vermont, and Professor, Department of Political Science

Antitrust Law, Policy and Procedure: Cases, Materials, Problems (Seventh Edition)E. Thomas Sullivan, Herbert Hovenkamp, Howard A. Shelanski, and Christopher R. LeslieLexisNexis

Mark StrikmanKevork Spartalian

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Complex Litigation (Second Edition)E. Thomas Sullivan, C. Douglas Floyd, Richard D. Freer, and Bradley G. ClaryLexisNexis

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Understanding Antitrust and Its Economic Implications (Sixth Edition)E. Thomas Sullivan and Jeffrey L. HarrisonLexisNexis

Douglas J. TaatjesProfessor, Department of Pathology

Nano Cell Biology: Multimodal Imaging in Biology and MedicineBhanu P. Jena and Douglas J. Taatjes, EditorsPan Stanford Publishing Ltd.

Sarah E. TurnerSenior Lecturer, Department of English

The Colorblind Screen: Television in Post-Racial AmericaSarah Nilsen and Sarah E. Turner, EditorsNYU Press

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Claire F. VerschraegenProfessor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors: A Multidisciplinary Review with Case PresentationsTherese J. Bocklage, Robert H. Quinn, Berndt P. Schmit, and Clarie F. VerschraegenJP Medical Ltd.

Luis A. VivancoAssociate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology: Asking Questions about HumanityRobert L. Welsch and Luis A. VivancoOxford University Press

Dana WalrathResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Like Water on StoneDelacorte Random House

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Anthropology: The Human Challenge (Fourteenth Edition)William A. Haviland, Harald E. L. Prins, Dana Walrath, and Bunny McBrideCengage Learning


Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge (Fourteenth Edition)William A. Haviland, Harald E. L. Prins, Bunny McBride, and Dana WalrathCengage Learning


Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge (Tenth Edition)William A. Haviland, Dana Walrath, Harald E. L. Prins, and Bunny McBrideCengage Learning

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Sarah WardOutreach Manager, Vermont Child Welfare Training Partnership

Stone Sisters: Hannah’s Gone but Not ForgottenCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Ben WatermanUVM Extension, Vermont New Farmer Project

Best Management Practices for Log-Based Shitake Cultivation in the Northeastern United StatesKen Mudge, Allen Matthews, Ben Waterman, Bridgett Hilshey, Steve Sierigk, Nick Laskovski, Julie Rockcastle, Steve Rockcastle, and Steve GabrielUVM Extension, Center for Sustainable Agriculture with Cornell University

Harvey Amani WhitfieldAssociate Professor, Department of History

The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810Vermont Historical Society

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Denise J. YoungbloodProfessor, Department of History

Bondarchuk’s War and Peace: Literary Classic to Soviet Cinematic EpicUniversity Press of Kansas

University Press of Kansaswww.kansaspress.ku.edu

NOvEMBER184 pages, 24 photographs, 6 x 9Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-2005-0, $29.95Ebook ISBN 978-0-7006-2040-1, $29.95

Bondarchuk’s War and Peace Literary Classic to Soviet Cinematic Epic

Denise J. Youngblood

“As Youngblood argues in her engrossing book, Sergei Bondarchuk’s film adaptation should be considered an epic, one that captures many important aspects of Soviet culture in the 1960s.“ StepHen m. norriS, author of bloCkbusTeR hisToRy in The new Russia: movies, memoRy, and paTRioTism

“A tour de force . . . Every class in film studies, Russian literature, and Cold War history will greatly benefit from this book.”anna laWton, author of befoRe The fall: sovieT Cinema in The GoRbaChev yeaRs

“A highly informative and engaging book that will appeal to film buffs, Tolstoy aficionados, and scholars alike.” andreW d. kauFman, author of Give War and Peace a ChanCe: TolsToyan wisdom foR TRoubled Times

acclaim. This book tells the story of how the Soviet government, military, and culture ministry—all eager to reclaim this Russian masterpiece from their Cold War enemies—pulled together to make Bondarchuk’s War and Peace possible. Bondarchuk, an actor who had directed only one film, was an unlikely choice for director, and yet he produced one of the great works of Soviet cinema, a worthy homage to Tolstoy’s masterpiece—an achievement only sweet-ened when Russia’s Cold War adversary recognized it with the Academy Award’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of 1968.

Denise Youngblood examines the film as an epic (and at seven hours long, released in four parts, at a cost of nearly $700,000,000 in today’s dollars, it was certainly that), a literary adaptation, a complex reflection on history, and a significant artifact of the cultural Cold War between the US and the USSR. From its various angles, the book shows us Bondar-chuk’s extraordinary film in its many dimensions—aesthetic, political, and historical—even as it reveals what the film tells us about how Soviet patriotism and historical memory were constructed during the Cold War.

Denise J. Youngblood is professor of history at the University of Vermont. Her many books include Russian War Films: On the Cinema Front, 1914–2005, and, with Tony Shaw, Cinematic Cold War: The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds, both published by Kansas.

Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace, one of the world’s greatest film epics, originated as a consequence of the Cold War. Conceived as a response to King Vidor’s War and Peace, Bondarchuk’s

surpassed that film in every way, giving the USSR one small victory in the cultural Cold War for hearts and minds. This book, taking up Bondarchuk’s masterpiece as a Cold War film, an epic, a literary adaptation, a historical drama, and a rival to Vidor’s Hollywood version, recovers—and ex-pands—a lost chapter in the cultural and political history of the twentieth century.

Like many great works of literature, Tolstoy’s epic tale proved a major challenge to filmmakers. After several early efforts to capture the story’s grandeur, it was not until 1956 that King Vidor dared to bring War and Peace to the big screen. American critics were lukewarm about the film, but it was shown in the Soviet Union to popular

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