New exhibits in Magill's Information Hub
This January we're starting out the semester with several new displays. Come by and take a look!
Explorations in Literature takes a look at books and the movies based on them, featuring Oil, by Upton Sinclair (There Will Be Blood, currently in theaters, is based on this book), Persepolis (a graphic novel), and the old favorite of screenwriters everywhere, Jane Austen.
The display for political science features new books and journal articles about voter turnout in U.S. elections. Some titles focus on the problems of disengagement and low numbers of voters at the polls, while others look at such recent positive trends as political activism, youth involvement, and results of democratization.
In the fountain area library displays welcome students back to campus and honor the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. One display features photographs from the Civil Rights movement. Whether the book was published in the 1950s or last year, the photographs preserve the immediacy of the protest marches and organizing efforts.
An adjacent display invites viewers to "Read" with a tempting array of novels, critical studies, histories and art books on a wide variety of topics.
The final display in the Fountain Area presents new books about the French Revolution which demonstrate a number of current themes in historical research including the body, gender, popular caricature, and the continuities from the period of the monarchy through the Napoleonic era.
