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The Ultimate Protest

Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World

University of New Mexico Press, High Road Books
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The Struggle for Natural Resources

Findings from Bolivian History

University of New Mexico Press
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Southern Rivers

Restoring America's Freshwater Biodiversity

University of Alabama Press

Explores the Southeast’s imperiled river systems and solutions for preserving them in the face of habitat loss, climate change, and extinction

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Slow Travel New Mexico

Unforgettable Personal Experiences in the Land of Enchantment

By Judith Fein; Photographs by Paul J. Ross
University of New Mexico Press
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Skidegate House Models

From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond

UBC Press

This fascinating exploration into the history a nineteenth-century model of a Haida village, carved by Haida artists, offers insights not only into Pacific Northwest history but also into how the Haida represented their culture during a time when that culture threatened by colonial activity.

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Sites of Conscience

Place, Memory, and the Project of Deinstitutionalization

UBC Press

Sites of Conscience charts the importance of public engagement with histories, memories, and lived experiences of institutions in forging new directions in social justice with and for disabled people and people experiencing mental distress, in a context where deinstitutionalization has failed to fully recognise, redress, and repair the ongoing impacts of institutions.

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Objects of Liberty

British Women Writers and Revolutionary Souvenirs

University of Delaware Press

Objects of Liberty explores the prevalence of souvenirs in six British women’s travel accounts of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era. Using a methodology informed by literary, gender, and material culture studies, it argues that women writers employed the souvenir to circulate political ideas and contribute to conversations about individual and national identity.

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Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age

Jews, Noahides, and the Third Temple Imaginary

Rutgers University Press

In this groundbreaking ethnographic study of the transnational Third Temple and Children of Noah movements, Messianic Zionism in the Digital Age highlights the intimate effects of political theologies in motion, new forms of digital missionizing, and the birth of a new Judaic faith. 
 

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Making History Move

Five Principles of the Historical Film

Rutgers University Press

Making History Move builds upon decades of scholarship investigating history in visual culture, proposing a methodology of five principles to analyze history in moving images in the digital age, charting a path to understand the form of history with the most significant impact on public perceptions of the past.

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Funny Boy

The Richard Hunt Biography

Rutgers University Press

This biography tells the story of Muppet performer Richard Hunt, who created a colorful range of characters on The Muppet Show, Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock, and crammed an extraordinary career into only 40 years of life. Funny Boy is about a man who used humor, joy and resilience to adapt to life’s surprises while entertaining millions. 

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Fitter, Happier

The Eugenic Strain in Twentieth-Century Cancer Rhetoric

University of Alabama Press

Examines the complexity of public language about cancer, with a particular focus on the historical evolution of US cancer rhetorics during the twentieth century

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Embracing Autonomy

Latin American–US Relations in the Twenty-First Century

University of New Mexico Press
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Christianity and Comics

Stories We Tell about Heaven and Hell

Rutgers University Press

This book presents an 80-year history of how the comics industry has drawn inspiration from biblical imagery, stories, and themes. Charting how comics have both reflected and influenced Americans’ changing attitudes towards religion, it includes underground comix, books from Christian publishers, and a vast array of DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse titles, from Hellboy to Preacher.   

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Born in the U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen in American Life, 3rd edition, Revised and Expanded

Rutgers University Press

Pioneering the field of Springsteen scholarship when it first appeared in 1997, Born in the U.S.A. remains one of the definitive studies of Springsteen’s work and its impact on American culture. This fully revised third edition addresses Springsteen’s evolving attitudes toward politics, religion, masculinity, and racial justice in the 21st century. 

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A Genealogy of the Gentleman

Women Writers and Masculinity in the Eighteenth Century

University of Delaware Press

A Genealogy of the Gentleman argues that eighteenth-century women writers made key interventions in modern ideals of masculinity and authorship through narrative constructions of the gentleman in courtship novels. This codification of the gentleman allowed women authors to carve out a space for their literary authority not by overtly opposing their male critics and society’s patriarchal structure, but by rewriting the persona of the gentleman as a figure whose very desirability and hegemonic power were dependent on women’s influence.
 

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Trash and Limits in Latin American Culture

University of Florida Press

This book looks at the role of waste in Latin American cultural texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Micah McKay considers how writers and filmmakers engage with the theme and argues that garbage illuminates key limits related to the region’s experience with contemporary capitalism.

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Resistance and Abolition in the Borderlands

Confronting Trump's Reign of Terror

Edited by Arturo J. Aldama and Jessica Ordaz; Foreword by Leo R. Chavez; Afterword by Karma R. Chávez
The University of Arizona Press

Resistance and Abolition in the Borderlands is an interdisciplinary collection of cultural, historic, activist, and artistic essays that discuss the impacts of Trump’s policies and rhetoric toward BIPOC and Latinx migrants.

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Dream State

Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and Other Florida Wildlife

University Press of Florida

Part family memoir, part political commentary, part apologia, Dream State tells the grand and sometimes crazy story of Florida through the eyes of author and journalist Diane Roberts.

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Dear Incomprehension

On American Speculative Fiction

University of Alabama Press

A poetic meditation on the challenges and pleasures of contemporary speculative fiction

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The Summer of 2020

George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement

University Press of Mississippi

An in-depth look at a profound flashpoint in social movement history

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Superheroes Beyond

University Press of Mississippi

A dynamic collection acknowledging a powerful diversity of superheroes outside of expected boundaries

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Out of the Blue

Life on the Road with Muddy Waters

By Brian Bisesi; Foreword by Bob Margolin
University Press of Mississippi

A behind-the-scenes account from Muddy Waters’s road manager and right-hand man during the bluesman’s last great years

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Jazz in the Hill

Nightlife and Narratives of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood

University Press of Mississippi

The lively history of a cherished music scene and its ongoing social significance

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BOOM! SPLAT!

Comics and Violence

University Press of Mississippi

Enlightening essays on the enduring and compelling functions of violence in comics

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Albert Brooks

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

Fourteen profiles of and conversations with the well-known American actor, director, and screenwriter

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Tracing Florida Journeys

Explorers, Travelers, and Landscapes Then and Now

University Press of Florida

In this book, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of explorers and travelers who came to Florida during the past five centuries, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today.

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The Space Age Generation

Lives and Lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration

The University of Arizona Press

The Space Age Generation shares the lives and careers of a dozen men and women whose passion for science was sparked by an astounding era—the golden age of space science. These scientists, historians, and astronomers lived and participated in an amazing time that not only saw humans step foot on the Moon but also saw human-made spacecraft travel throughout our solar system.

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The Archaeology of Contemporary America

University Press of Florida

This book provides a survey of contemporary archaeology in the United States, demonstrating the plurality of theoretical and methodological approaches that make this discipline in the US unique.

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Sunshine State Mafia

A History of Florida’s Mobsters, Hit Men, and Wise Guys

University Press of Florida

A wild ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book offers inside accounts and little-known stories of organized crime across Florida, from the Keys to Pensacola and Jacksonville.

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Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch

How Healing a Southwest Oasis Holds Promise for Our Endangered Land

The University of Arizona Press

Restoring the Pitchfork Ranch tells the story of a decades-long habitat restoration project in southwestern New Mexico. Rancher-owner A. Thomas Cole explains what inspired him and his wife, Lucinda, to turn their retirement into years dedicated to hard work and renewal on 11,300 acres of grass- and wetlands. The Pitchfork Ranch is an inspiring promise for the future in the face of crippling climate change.

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Portraits of Persistence

Inequality and Hope in Latin America

Edited by Javier Auyero
University of Texas Press

Profiles of triumph and hardship amid massive inequality in Latin America.

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Jean Peters

Hollywood's Mystery Girl

University Press of Mississippi

The first definitive volume in more than fifty years on the extraordinary star of Pickup on South Street, Three Coins in the Fountain, and Niagara

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Florida's Peace River Frontier

University Press of Florida

In this book, Canter Brown, Jr. records the economic, social, political, and racial history of the Peace River Valley in southwest Florida in an account of violence, passion, struggle, sacrifice, and determination.

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Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce

A Critical Edition

University Press of Florida

This book offers the first critical edition of the forty short texts James Joyce called “epiphanies.” Presenting the texts with background information and thorough annotations, this edition provides a vivid insight into Joyce’s art.

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Unsettling Brazil

Urban Indigenous and Black Peoples' Resistances to Dependent Settler Capitalism

University of Alabama Press

Analyzes favela, quilombola, and indigenous communities’ responses to settler colonialism in urban Brazil. Based on ethnographic research and her experiences growing up in Brazil, the author tells the stories of communities in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Belo Horizonte

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The Long Swim

Stories

University of Massachusetts Press
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The Indians Won

University of New Mexico Press
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Suing for Silence

Sexual Violence and Defamation Law

UBC Press

Suing for Silence exposes the phenomenon of lawsuits whose purpose is to silence those who disclose sexual violence, revealing the gendered underpinnings of Canadian defamation law and its chilling effect on public discourse including formal reports of sexual violence.

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Ride the High Country

University of New Mexico Press
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Hell’s Not Far Off

Bruce Crawford and the Appalachian Left

West Virginia University Press
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Green World

A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare

University of Massachusetts Press
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Fine Dreams

University of Massachusetts Press
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Tōku Whānau Rerehua

My Beautiful Family

Oratia Books
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The Trial of Pak Tal and Other Stories

Korean Diaspora Literature

Seoul Selection, Seoul Selection USA, Inc.
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Te Reo Kapekape

Māori Wit and Humour

Oratia Books
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Serendipity

Experience of Pacific Historians

Edited by Brij V. Lal and Doug Munro
University of Hawaii Press
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Sāmoa

People, Culture, Language

By Dahlia Malaeulu; Translated by Tapaau Auvaa
Oratia Books
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