Dissonant Lives: Generations and Violence through the German Dictatorships
Assimilation was key to surviving a succession of Nazi and Communist regimes, as Hester Vaizey finds
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The Real State of America Atlas: Mapping the Myths and Truths of the United States
A graphic representation of people's lives allows Tim Hall to see the superpower with new eyes
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G.K. Chesterton: A Biography
This is a brilliant biography for a brilliant man. Wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a cape swirling around him, Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an unmistakable figure. An eccentric and extremely absent-...
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Conservatism
What do British Conservatives now wish to conserve? At different times they have sought to conserve both free trade and protection, the free market and the managed economy, and, in foreign policy,...
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Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy
Cary L. Cooper recommends a well-argued attack on the iniquitous exploitation of young people
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The Legacy of the Italian Resistance
Italy presently boasts three separate and rival days to commemorate its Second World War. 25 April hails the Resistance; January mourns the Shoah (although without admission of Italians' own history...
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Fantasies of the New Class: Ideologies of Professionalism in Post-World War II American Fiction
In our endlessly self-reflexive age, it is scarcely uncommon to come across a scholarly book that discusses the academy more than it does the literary or critical texts upon which it purports to...
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Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy
A compendium of celestial charts and tables brings out the explorer in Lewis Dartnell
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After the Fall: American Literature since 9/11
In exploring the wealth of fiction, poetry and drama written in response to and in the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, Richard Gray begins by asserting the uniqueness of the event. He points...
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The Triumph of the Dark: European International History 1933-1939
The Tolkienesque title suggests a Manichaean struggle between good and evil, but Zara Steiner's new work describes a more complex drama, one with "few heroes, two evil titans, and an assortment of...
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Alumnus v-c from the slums gives the poorest a chance
A Malaysian university's mission offers a way out of poverty for thousands. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
ߣߣÊÓƵDegree path to migration narrowsFewer overseas students will be able to use their ߣߣÊÓƵn qualifications to obtain skilled migrant visas to remain in the country under tough new rules,...
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Post-disaster Japan puts out a fresh welcome mat
Visa changes and academic-year shifts may help boost overseas interest. Michael Fitzpatrick reports
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Grade for trouble
The AAB plans could limit choice, narrow participation and damage the UK's reputation, Christopher Snowden argues
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We need the IV leaguers
Criticism of graduate nursing is an evidence-free zone, Roger Watson argues: mastering the job requires academic ability as well as skill