Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

法、進化、スコープス対テネシー州裁判の長い影
Gouzoules, Alexander / Gouzoules, Harold, The Hundred Years' Trial: Law, Evolution, and the Long Shadow of Scopes v. Tennessee. 336 pp. 2025:8 (Johns Hopkins U. Pr., US) <747-86>
ISBN 978-1-4214-5217-3 hard ¥6,849.- (税込) US$ 32.95

A new account of the enduring cultural, legal, and scientific legacy of the 1925 Scopes Trial.In The Hundred Years' Trial, Alexander and Harold Gouzoules explore the century-long impacts of the historic 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial," starting with the development of evolutionary theory and charting the resulting cultural and legal conflicts over evolution in the United States. Through a blend of legal history, scientific exploration, and cultural analysis, the authors reexamine how this landmark trial remains a pivotal moment in shaping modern debates on science, religion, and education.The Scopes Trial became a symbol of a larger culture clash, where questions of academic freedom, the role of religion in public life, and the boundaries of state intervention are fiercely debated. This book uncovers the complex layers of this conflict, offering readers a broader perspective that extends beyond the courtroom drama. In tracing the legacies of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, the authors analyze how the trial's outcomes reverberated through later Supreme Court cases and shaped public policies and educational standards well into the twenty-first century. The authors further illustrate how the dialogue surrounding evolution has contributed to contentious debates-not merely over the acceptance of evolutionary theory itself, but regarding emergent claims and interpretations that continue to generate public and legal scrutiny.One hundred years later, the tensions between science and religious belief that were so brightly illuminated by Scopes are not only still with us, but also increasingly relevant to the perpetual cultural issues in the American political consciousness: abortion, climate change, and vaccines. The Hundred Years' Trial is vital for understanding not only how we arrived at our current political moment, but also where we go next in communicating science to a skeptical public.

アメリカ都市部におけるジェンダー、児童労働、少女のための教育　1870～1930年
Oram, Ruby, Home Work: Gender, Child Labor, and Education for Girls in Urban America, 1870-1930. (Historical Studies of Urban America) 272 pp. 2025:11 (U. Chicago Pr., US) <747-1360>
ISBN 978-0-226-84431-2 hard ¥23,908.- (税込) US$ 115.00
ISBN 978-0-226-84433-6 paper ¥6,652.- (税込) US$ 32.00

大西洋奴隷制の時代のケンブリッジ大学
Bell-Romero, Nicolas, The University of Cambridge in the Age of Atlantic Slavery. 400 pp. 2025:9 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <747-1385>
ISBN 978-1-009-65254-4 hard ¥10,010.- (税込) GB￡ 35.00

In this powerful history of the University of Cambridge, Nicolas Bell-Romero considers the nature and extent of Britain's connections to enslavement. His research moves beyond traditional approaches which focus on direct and indirect economic ties to enslavement or on the slave trading hubs of Liverpool and Bristol. From the beginnings of North American colonisation to the end of the American Civil War, the story of Cambridge reveals the vast spectrum of interconnections that university students, alumni, fellows, professors, and benefactors had to Britain's Atlantic slave empire - in dining halls, debating chambers, scientific societies or lobby groups. Following the stories of these middling and elite men as they became influential agents around the empire, Bell-Romero uncovers the extent to which the problem of slavery was an inextricable feature of social, economic, cultural, and intellectual life. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Byrd, Alexander X. / McDaniel, W. Caleb, Slavery, Segregation, and the Second Founding of Rice University. 424 pp. 2025:10 (Louisiana State U. Pr., US) <747-1386>
ISBN 978-0-8071-8442-4 hard ¥8,305.- (税込) US$ 39.95

Drez, Ronald J., The Long Purple Line: The Military History of LSU and the Heroism of Its Cadets and Associates. 416 pp. 2025:10 (Louisiana State U. Pr., US) <747-1388>
ISBN 978-0-8071-8451-6 hard ¥10,384.- (税込) US$ 49.95

Fallace, Thomas, You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner: The Troubled History of the Learning Style Idea. 232 pp. 2025:5 (U. Chicago Pr., US) <747-1389>
ISBN 978-0-226-84136-6 hard ¥23,908.- (税込) US$ 115.00 *
ISBN 978-0-226-84138-0 paper ¥5,716.- (税込) US$ 27.50 *

A compelling history of the learning style concept and how it was shaped by shifting ideas in psychology, anthropology, and education. The widely embraced notion that we all process information in one of three distinct modes-visual, auditory, or kinesthetic-has informed educational practices for decades. In recent years, however, numerous studies have questioned the effectiveness of aligning instruction with the alleged learning styles of individual students. So, why is it still commonplace in the literature on beneficial teaching at all levels of education? In You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner: The Troubled History of a Dangerous Idea, historian Thomas Fallace traces the origins, evolution, and history of the learning style idea, demonstrating its relationship to a legacy of unequal education for children of color. Fallace argues that the research supporting the learning style idea was problematic from its inception in the 1910s and that it was used to label and justify a diminished curriculum for many Black and Latine students, whose cultural differences were perceived as weaknesses. In recent years, numerous empirical studies have not found the approach to be effective. This fascinating history clearly shows the danger of sorting and labeling students with permanent style identities and makes a strong case for removing learning styles as the basis for any educators' instructional toolkit. The first book-length history of learning styles, You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner encourages us all to consider the research, be open to future developments and updates, and question even our most intuitive assumptions.

Hlavacik, Mark, Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars. 224 pp. 2025:12 (U. Chicago Pr., US) <747-1391>
ISBN 978-0-226-83313-2 hard ¥4,989.- (税込) US$ 24.00

Chu, Shiuon, Reinventing Examination and the State in Twentieth Century China and Taiwan. (Harvard East Asian Monographs) 300 pp. 2025:1 (Harvard Univ. Asia Center, US) <747-1001>
ISBN 978-0-674-30257-0 hard ¥10,384.- (税込) US$ 49.95

After the abolition of the imperial examination system in 1905, what made examinations a trusted method of selection in China and Taiwan? Reinventing Examination and the State traces the ideological evolution of civil service and state-organized educational examinations in twentieth-century China and Taiwan. In the making of the modern Chinese civil service, the concept of examination as a basic power of government was institutionalized as the Examination Yuan in the 1930s and was written into the 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China, which remains in effect in Taiwan today. Meanwhile, two models of educational examination, one of gatekeeping school graduates and the other of mobilizing human resources, emerged during WWII and constituted a repertoire of educational policies shared by the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China after the 1949 divide. The authority of examination, Shiuon Chu argues, was by no means a natural development from the long history of imperial China but was in fact contingent on specific political maneuverings over the course of the twentieth century. Unlike the imperial examinations, which heavily rewarded participants with titles and fame, modern examinations shaped new concepts about the responsibility of the individual vis-a-vis the state, and this shift contributed to the resilience of the state during times of significant political and social change.