This month’s featured titles from Cornellians include an homage to beloved government professor Walter LaFeber.
Thinking Otherwise
Susan Brewer, PhD ’91, Richard Immerman ’71 & Douglas Little, PhD ’78
Subtitled How Walter LaFeber Explained the History of U.S. Foreign Relations, the book is a festschrift—a scholarly tribute to a distinguished academic by colleagues and former students.
It’s a companion volume, published by Cornell University Press, to a 2023 conference in NYC that paid tribute to the late professor, a giant in the field of U.S. history. In the introduction, the editors describe how the idea for the book and conference came about when former students gathered after his death to reminisce.
“He was the greatest teacher and wisest mentor that anyone present had ever encountered,” they write.
“His days must have lasted more than 24 hours for him to have written so many iconic books and articles while still managing to stay in touch with students, friends, and colleagues.”
The volume is available in hardcover and paperback or as a free ebook download, a free Kindle book, or individual PDF chapters.
