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Earthly Plenitudes

Earthly Plenitudes
A Study on Sovereignty and Labor

Gulli, Bruno

Can life flourish without sovereignty?

On Any Given Sunday

On Any Given Sunday
A Life of Bert Bell
Lyons, Robert S.

The first biography ever written about the man who some considered the greatest commissioner in the history of professional sports

A New Brand of Business

A New Brand of Business
Charles Coolidge Parlin, Curtis Publishing Company, and the Origins of Market Research

Ward, Douglas B.

How a dominant magazine publisher developed the business of market research

Recasting Welfare Capitalism

Recasting Welfare Capitalism
Economic Adjustment in Contemporary France and Germany

Vail, Mark I.

Compares and contrasts the development of welfare capitalism in France and Germany, through good times and bad, since the 1970s

The Day the Dancers Stayed

The Day the Dancers Stayed
Performing in the Filipino/American Diaspora

Gonzalves, Theodore S.

Exploring the ways that cultural celebrations challenge official accounts of the past while reinventing culture and history for Filipino American college students

The End of Empires

The End of Empires
African Americans and India

New in Paperback!
Horne, Gerald

A trailblazing book that details the close historic ties between Black America and India over the decades

James Naismith

James Naismith
The Man Who Invented Basketball

Rains, Rob with Carpenter, Hellen

The first definitive biography of basketball’s inventor

The Perfect Square

The Perfect Square
A History of Rittenhouse Square

Heinzen, Nancy M.

A history of America's best-used public space

Technocapitalism

Technocapitalism
A Critical Perspective on Technological Innovation and Corporatism

Suarez-Villa, Luis

A radical critique of a new phase of capitalism grounded in corporate power and its exploitation of technological creativity

Sounding Off

Sounding Off
Rhythm, Music, and Identity in West African and Caribbean Francophone Novels
Huntington, Julie

A look at how West African and Caribbean Francophone writers use rhythm, music, and sound to create and negotiate identity

Unchopping a Tree

Unchopping a Tree
Verdeja, Ernesto

A significant new examination of the possibilities of reconciliation after wars and genocide

Economic Citizens

Economic Citizens
A Narrative of Asian American Visibility
New in Paperback!
So, Christine

In narratives dominated by money, exchange is the route to Asian American visibility

Perry's Arcana

Perry's Arcana
A Fascimile Edition with a Collation and Explanatory Essay
Petit, Richard E.

One of the original zoological journals, now in full facsimile

How Many Exceptionalisms?

How Many Exceptionalisms?
Explorations in Comparative Macroanalysis

New in Paperback!
Zolberg, Aristide

From one of the country's "most distinguished and most historically minded social scientists," a collection of essays on the importance of comparative cultural analysis

Swimming Against the Tide

Swimming Against the Tide
African American Girls and Science Education

New in Paperback!
Hanson, Sandra L.

The experiences in families, communities, and peer-groups that help young African American women "swim against the tide" of the white, male science education system

DES Daughters

DES Daughters
Embodied Knowledge and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics
Bell, Susan

How a DES catastrophe created a feminist health movement

Live Wire

Live Wire
Women and Brotherhood in the Electrical Industry
Moccio, Francine A.

Sisters of The Brotherhood struggle for equality

Theorizing Discrimination in an Era of Contested Prejudice

Theorizing Discrimination in an Era of Contested Prejudice
Discrimination in the United States

New in Paperback!
Lucas, Samuel Roundfield

A new perspective that helps us understand the damaged social relations that incubate racial and sexual discrimination

Hip Hop Underground

The Hip Hop Underground
The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification
Harrison, Anthony Kwame

Race and authenticity in America, explored through the Bay Area's multiracial underground hip hop scene

On the Margins of Citizenship

On the Margins of Citizenship
Intellectual Disability and Civil Rights in Twentieth-Century America
Carey, Allison

The history of civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities in 20th century America

Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman

Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman
Voice and the Embodiment of a Costly Performance

Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Tamara

Explores the restrictive myth of the strong black woman through interviews, revealing the emotional and physical toll this "performance" can have


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