to talk to professors who are also authors about their looks and now joining us on book tv is thomas banchoff, and he is the author of this book, and brio politics. professor banchoff, what do you mean by embryo politics? >> it is said to turn a critical ethical questions about when human life begins and deserves protection and when embryos might be sacrificed in scientific experiments for knowledge. it's something we are familiar with and in the context of the stem cell debates of the last decade, the passionate debates, what i do in the book is go back for decades at the beginning of this controversy, show how it's developed to the point is that today but place it in the broad international context through an examination of france, the u.k. and germany as well. >> why did you choose those and the subtitle refers to the atlantic democracy but why did you choose those nations? >> several reasons. i'm a european by training, political scientist and i've lived in europe for six or seven years, so i know the country's, and of the languages and the culture and it's important to be able to immerse

islamic professor thomas banchoff of georgetown, embryo politics of ethics and policy in atlantic democracies published by cornell university press. he's an associate professor here at georgetown become part of the government department and the school of foreign service. this is book tv on c-span2. author of becoming american the forging of the american and muslim. she sat down with book tv to talk about her book and her work at georgetown university. this is about 20 minutes. >> now joining us on booktv is professor yvonne yazbak and sheila author of this book becoming american the forging of arab and muslim identity in pluralist america published by baylor university press. professor, when did muslims start coming to the u.s.? >> it depends. some people think they were here before columbus, some people think at least one of them came with columbus. but major -- amine in the 1870's. >> why? >> mostly lebanon and people are looking for work in of lebanon engaged there was a blight in the mulberry trees died and so they couldn't raise anything but the other thing that happened is the japanese

. >> professor thomas banchoff, georgetown. ethics and policy in democracy, published by cornell university press, an associate professor here at georgetown, part of a government and the school service. this is book tv on c-span2. >> is there a nonfiction of barbecue like to see featured tracks in this and e-mail at book tv and c-span.org. tweet us at twitter dot com / book tv. and now author of becoming american. he said down with book tv to talk about our book and her work at georgetown university. this is about 20 minutes. >> right now joining us on book tv is professor yvonne yes, back she was the author of this book, becoming american, though forging of arab and muslim identity and pluralist america. this is published by baylor university press. muslims start coming to the u.s. >> it depends. some people think there were here before columbus. some people think that at least one of them came with columbus. but major -- of the concentrated group started coming in the 1870's. >> why? >> well, mostly from lebanon because the f