About the Author

Christine R. Johnson is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Washington University.

Reviews

"Johnson's prose is lucid, lively, graceful, sometimes witty, and always accessible. Her work is full of fascinating material that most scholars, to say nothing of students, will not know, and swarms with superb and often unexpected illustrative examples and amazing stories. A superb addition to the literature available in English."--Anthony Grafton, Princeton University