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Rob Hunter is to be congratulated on the second volume of Ceramics in
America, which is every bit as good as the first volume. When Ceramics in
America 2001 came out, a former Ceramics and Glass curator of Winterthur
expressed doubt in the ability to sustain a meaningful ceramics journal
because of the difficulties that other ceramics journals had experienced.
One major difference between those journals that are having trouble finding
articles and audiences is that they are for and about collectors. Ceramics
in America reaches for a much broader audience and draws from a broader
pool of authors. In addition to appealing to collectors, CA includes
historical archaeologists, potters, curators, and social historians. In
addition to reaching out to a broader audience, the journal has strong
economic support from Chipstone Foundation. That support enables the
production of a first rate product in terms of quality color photographs
taken by Gavin Ashworth, first rate editing by Rob, and the high quality
production of the volume by University Press of New England. By providing
a generous honorarium for authors of articles, book reviews, and for new
discoveries has gone a long way to encourage good research and a stream of
excellent articles. Merry Abbitt Outlaw edits the journal's New
Discoveries section. CA also provides an annual bibliography of
publications on ceramics that is compiled by Amy C. Earls who is the Book
Review Editor. The Chipstone Foundation's financial support has kept the
cost very reasonable at $55.00, and it is available from amazon.com at a
discounted price. Ceramics in America will be available at a convention
price at the SHA meetings in January so be sure to look over the volume if
you have not seen it yet. It is a great pleasure to recommend this volume
for my colleagues' libraries.
George L. Miller
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