The Page 99 Test

"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Martin Ruef's "Between Slavery and Capitalism"

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Martin Ruef is the Egan Family Professor of Sociology and director of Markets and Management Studies at Duke University. He is the author o...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Kenneth Dyson's "States, Debt, and Power"

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Kenneth Dyson is Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University. He applied the “ ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Edward Dolnick's "The Rush"

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Edward Dolnick is the author of The Clockwork Universe , The Forger's Spell , Down the Great Unknown and the Edgar Award-winning The R...
Monday, August 25, 2014

David Thunder's "Citizenship and the Pursuit of the Worthy Life"

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David Thunder has been a research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra, Spain, since September 2012. Prio...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Edward H. Carpenter's "Steven Pressfield's 'The Warrior Ethos'"

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Edward H. Carpenter is a Marine officer who has served around the world, from Afghanistan to Indonesia. With a Master’s degree from the Nav...
Friday, August 22, 2014

James Pattison's "The Morality of Private War"

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James Pattison is a Professor of Politics at the University of Manchester. He applied the “ Page 99 Test ” to his new book, The Morality...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Andrew Stephen Sartori's "Liberalism in Empire"

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Andrew Stephen Sartori is Associate Professor of History at NYU, author of Bengal in Global Concept History: Culturalism in the Age of Capi...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

David P. Baker's "The Schooled Society"

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David P. Baker is Professor of Education and Sociology, and a research scientist at the Center for the Study of Higher Education and the Po...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Jason McGraw's "The Work of Recognition"

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Jason McGraw is associate professor of history at Indiana University. He applied the “ Page 99 Test ” to his new book, The Work of Recog...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Kate Elswit's "Watching Weimar Dance"

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Kate Elswit is an academic, curator, and dancer who has published widely on dance and theatre history, performance theory, practice-as-rese...
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