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HIGHLIGHTS THE HOUSE ON G STREET

AMERICAN PATRIOTS

A Cuban Family Saga Lisandro Pérez

A Short History of Dissent Ralph Young

The unforgettable story of a family swept into history by the Cuban Revolution

“Clear and elegant; a page-turner... shows how ‘protest is one of the consummate expressions of Americanness.’”

—Publishers Weekly (starred)

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INSIDE KNOWLEDGE

FREE TIME

The History of an Elusive Ideal Gary S. Cross

Incarcerated People on the Failures of the American Prison Doran Larson

The history of leisure time, from the earliest societies to the work-from-home era

A powerful critique of mass incarceration by the people who have experienced it

328 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479818006

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THE SUPREME COURT FOOTNOTE

FORGED IN AMERICA

How Irish-Jewish Encounters Shaped a Nation Edited by Hasia R. Diner and Miriam Nyhan Grey

A Surprising History Peter Charles Hoffer

A history of the humble footnote and its impact on the highest court in the land 240 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479830220

How Irish and Jewish Americans defined their place in a complex society 288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479826070

THE THRESHOLD OF DISSENT

THE ITALIAN SQUAD

A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism Marjorie N. Feld

The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia Paul Moses

Explores the long history of anti-Zionist and nonZionist American Jews

288 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479829316

In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History

In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History

304 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479814190

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The unknown inside story of the NYPD’s Italian-born detectives who fought both powerful gangsters and the deeply ingrained prejudice against their own beloved immigrant community

BLACK POWER SERIES ORGANIZING YOUR OWN

WASHINGTON STATE RISING

The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit Say Burgin

Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest Marc Arsell Robinson

The fascinating history of white solidarity with the Black Power movement

Documents the origins, actions, and impacts of the Black Student Union in the state of Washington during the tumultuous late 1960s.

304 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479814145

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THE TUSKEGEE STUDENT UPRISING

PASIFIKA BLACK

Oceania, Anti-colonialism, and the African World Quito Swan

A History Brian Jones

Winner of the 2023 ASALH Book Prize, awarded by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Winner of the 2023 Nonfiction Award

264 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479831043

The untold story of a dynamic student movement on one of the nation’s most important historically Black campuses

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A lively living history of anti-colonialist movements across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans

THE GLUCKSMAN IRISH DIASPORA SERIES HOMEWARD BOUND

THE COFFIN SHIP

Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine Cian T. McMahon

Return Migration from Ireland and India at the End of the British Empire Niamh Dillon

A vivid, new portrait of Irish migration through the letters and diaries of those who fled their homeland during the Great Famine

Firsthand accounts of migrants who settled in Britain offer new insights into empire, belonging, migration, and diaspora 256 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479817313

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AIDING IRELAND

THE GREEN SPACE

The Great Famine and the Rise of Transnational Philanthropy Anelise Hanson Shrout

The Transformation of the Irish Image Marion R. Casey A historical exploration of the Irish image in popular culture

Looks at the ways that disparate groups used Irish famine relief in the 1840s to advance their own political agendas 272 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479824595

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY DARK AGORAS

YOUNG ABOLITIONISTS

Insurgent Black Social Life and the Politics of Place J. T. Roane

Children of the Antislavery Movement Michaël Roy

A history of Black urban placemaking and politics in Philadelphia from the Great Migration to the era of Black Power

312 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479831029

How children helped abolish slavery

256 PP | CLOTH | $40 9781479830091

HOPE AND STRUGGLE IN THE POLICED CITY

BAYARD RUSTIN

A Legacy of Protest and Politics Edited by Michael G. Long

Black Criminalization and Resistance in Philadelphia Menika B. Dirkson

352 PP | CLOTH | $45 9781479823987

Explores how local concerns about povertyinduced Black crime sparked a rise in toughon-crime policing in Philadelphia

Celebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 256 PP | CLOTH | $28 9781479818495

GENDER HISTORY PICTURE BRIDE, WAR BRIDE

PUBLIC FACES, SECRET LIVES

The Role of Marriage in Shaping Japanese America Sonia C. Gomez

A Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement Wendy L. Rouse

Examines the role marriage played in the lives of Japanese women during periods of racial exclusion in the United States 192 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479803071

Restores queer suffragists to their rightful place in the history of the struggle for women’s right to vote 248 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479830947

CHALLENGING CONFINEMENT

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VOTES FOR COLLEGE WOMEN

Mass Incarceration and the Fight for Equality in Women’s Prisons Bonnie L. Ernst

Alumni, Students, and the Woman Suffrage Campaign Kelly L. Marino

Examines how the feminist movements in the late twentieth century ignited prison protests, activism, and reform in women’s prisons

Explores the College Equal Suffrage League’s work to advance the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment 288 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479825196

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RACE AND ETHNICITY CRITICAL RACE THEORY, FOURTH EDITION

42 TODAY

Jackie Robinson and His Legacy Edited by Michael G. Long

An Introduction Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic

Explores Jackie Robinson’s compelling and complicated legacy

A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory In Critical America 224 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479818259

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MUTINY ON THE RISING SUN

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SYMBOLS OF FREEDOM

A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate Jared Ross Hardesty

Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War Matthew J. Clavin

A swashbuckling tale of mutiny and murder illustrating the centrality of smuggling and slavery in early American society

How American symbols inspired enslaved people and allies to fight for true freedom

Publishing in paperback, April 2024

288 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479823246

MUSLIMS OF THE HEARTLAND

BLACK POWER, JEWISH POLITICS

How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest Edward E. Curtis IV

Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s, Revised Edition Marc Dollinger Highlights Jewish participation in the civil rights movement

Uncovers the surprising history of Muslim life in the early American Midwest

256 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479827220

In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History 328 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479826896

INDIGENOUS MEMORY, URBAN REALITY

BLACK PATIENCE

Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation Julius B. Fleming Jr.

Stories of American Indian Relocation and Reclamation Michelle R. Jacobs

A bold rethinking of the Civil Rights Movement through the lens of Black theater

Contemporary accounts of urban Native identity in two pan-Indian communities 304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479849123

312 PP | PAPER | $29 9781479806843

In Performance and American Cultures

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NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIONS SERIES CHRISTIAN IMPERIAL FEMINISM

FROM DUST THEY CAME

Government Camps and the Religion of Reform in New Deal California Jonathan H. Ebel

White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire Gale L. Kenny

288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479825530

Illuminates how white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness that centered themselves as the norm

448 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479823635

JEWISH SUNDAY SCHOOLS

264 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479822270

The untold story of the federal government’s Depression-era effort to redeem Dust Bowl refugees in rural California through religion

THE CHURCH OF THE DEAD

Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America Laura Yares

The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas Jennifer Scheper Hughes

Charts how changes to Jewish education in the 19th century served as a site for the wholescale reimagining of Judaism itself

Tells the story of the founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the nascent faith alive

264 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479825936

RELIGION AND HISTORY A COLD WAR EXODUS

JEWS ACROSS THE AMERICAS

How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews Shaul Kelner

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Reveals the invention of the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews—and reshaped Jewish American culture in the process

A Sourcebook, 1492–Present Edited by Adriana M. Brodsky and Laura Arnold Leibman

An overview of the history of American Jewry using primary sources 552 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479819324

JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY

JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY

War, Conquest, and Catastrophe, 1939–1945, Volume 3 Oleg Budnitskii, David Engel, Gennady Estraikh, and Anna Shternshis

440 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479819430

Provides a comprehensive history of Soviet Jewry during WWII

In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History

After Stalin, 1953–1967, Volume 5 Gennady Estraikh Offers an analysis of Soviet Jewish society after the death of Joseph Stalin 432 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479819461

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EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY IN PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

IN DEPENDENCE

Women and the Patriarchal State in Revolutionary America Jacqueline Beatty

Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America Kabria Baumgartner

Examines the role of the American Revolution in the everyday lives of women

Uncovers the hidden role of women in the desegregation of American education 320 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479816729

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A VIEW FROM ABROAD

The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe Jeanne E. Abrams Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American

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HISTORY IN COCKTAILS GILDED AGE COCKTAILS

History, Lore, and Recipes from America’s Golden Age Cecelia Tichi

History, Lore, and Recipes from America’s Roaring Twenties Cecelia Tichi

A delightful romp through America’s Golden Age of Cocktails

How the Prohibition law of 1920 made alcohol, savored in secret, all the more delectable when the cocktail shaker was forced to go “underground”

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MIDCENTURY COCKTAILS

History, Lore, and Recipes from America’s Atomic Age Cecelia Tichi A delightful history of cocktails from the era of new Interstate highways, sprouting suburbs, and atomic engineering 168 PP | CLOTH | $20 9781479816651

JAZZ AGE COCKTAILS

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NYU CLASSICS SOJOURNER TRUTH

SUSAN B. ANTHONY

Slave, Prophet, Legend Carleton Mabee

A Biography Kathleen Barry

Goes beyond the myths and legends to reveal new insights into the real life of Sojourner Truth

Brings to life one of the most significant figures in the crusade for women’s rights in America

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AND GENTLY HE SHALL LEAD THEM

BLACK AND BROWN

Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi Eric Burner

African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 Gerald Horne

The story of the remarkable life of Civil Rights leader Bob Moses

Brings to light the lives of Black Americans In American History and Culture

308 PP | PAPER | $29 9780814712504

288 PP | PAPER | $30 9780814736739

TO SERVE MY COUNTRY, TO SERVE MY RACE

JEWS, SLAVES, AND THE SLAVE TRADE

The Story of the Only African-American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II Brenda L. Moore

288 PP | PAPER | $30 9780814755877

The story of the first United States Women’s Army Corps unit of African American women to serve overseas

Setting the Record Straight Eli Faber Lays to rest the controversial myth of Jewish involvement in the slave trade 386 PP | PAPER | $30 9780814726396

WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS

THE ETHICS OF LIBERTY

Murray N. Rothbard

The authoritative text on the libertarian political position

Ellen Carol DuBois

An essential examination of the woman suffrage movement

318 PP | PAPER | $29 9780814719015

In New Perspectives on Jewish Studies

308 PP | PAPER | $29 9780814775592

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GREAT FOR COURSES THE PRESIDENTS AND THE CONSTITUTION, VOLUME ONE

THE PRESIDENTS AND THE CONSTITUTION, VOLUME TWO

From the Founding Fathers to the Progressive Era Edited by Ken Gormley

416 PP | PAPER | $22 9781479802128

The constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from George Washington to the Progressive Era

From World War I to the Trump Era Edited by Ken Gormley

368 PP | PAPER | $22 9781479819973

THE HOUSES OF HISTORY

WHAT ROE V. WADE SHOULD HAVE SAID

A Criticial Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory Edited by Anna Green and Kathleen Troup

352 PP | PAPER | $30 9780814731277

A comprehensive introduction to the twelve most influential schools of thought in the study of history

The Nation’s Top Legal Experts Rewrite America’s Most Controversial Decision, Revised Edition Edited by Jack M. Balkin

344 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479823109

THE COUNTERREVOLUTION OF 1776

Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement Akinyele Omowale Umoja A bold and exciting historical narrative of the armed resistance of Black soldiers of the Mississippi Freedom Movement

Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the Revolutionary War 351 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479886036

RELIGION AND US EMPIRE

F*CK THE ARMY

How Soldiers and Civilians Staged the GI Movement to End the Vietnam War Lindsay Goss

Critical New Histories Edited by Tisa Wenger and Sylvester A. Johnson

Reveals the theatrical dimensions of civilian support for the revolutionary GI Movement of the 1960s-70s

How American forms of religion and empire developed in tandem, shaping and reshaping each other over the course of American history 384 PP | PAPER | $38 9781479810390

A unique introduction to the constitutional arguments for and against the right to abortion

WE WILL SHOOT BACK

Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America Gerald Horne

363 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479806898

A revealing look at the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from Woodrow Wilson through Donald J. Trump

In North American Religions

240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479821860

In Performance and American Cultures

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UNIVERSITY OF REGINA PRESS WHO GETS IN

SQUANDERED

An Immigration Story Norman Ravvin

Canada’s Potash Legacy Eric Cline

One man’s immigration to the Canadian Prairies in the early 1930s

An exposé of the reality of the fertilizer industry management—prioritizing private profit over public interest

320 PP | PAPER | $27 9780889779228

176 PP | PAPER | $28 9780889779693

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AUGUSTINE TATANEUCK

OWÓKNAGE

The Story of Carry The Kettle Nakoda First Nation Carry the Kettle First Nation The definitive story of the Nakoda people, in their own words

An Inuk Hero in Rupert’s Land, 1800–1834 Renee Fossett One of the few biographies on an Inuk man from the 19th century 504 PP | PAPER | $34 9780889779266

412 PP | PAPER | $35 9780889778146

NEW VILLAGE PRESS MAKING A WAY OUT OF NO WAY

THE WOMEN’S REVOLUTION

Lives of Labor, Love, and Resistance Merideth M. Taylor

208 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781613322406

How We Changed Your Life Muriel Fox A rare first-person account of the women’s movement

A richly imagined, photo illustrated narrative of 150 years of life in slavery on tobacco plantations in Southern Maryland 320 PP | CLOTH | $28 9781613322444

SKYSCRAPER SETTLEMENT

TALKING TO THE GIRLS

The Many Lives of Christodora House Joyce Milambiling

Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Edited by Edvige Giunta and Mary Anne Trasciatti

The roles that Christodora House has played from 19th-century settlement house to its newest forms

288 PP | PAPER | $23 9781613322154

Candid and intimate accounts of the factoryworker tragedy that shaped American labor rights 320 PP | PAPER | $27 9781613321508

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MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS POSTCARDS TO HITLER

RON CAREY AND THE TEAMSTERS

Despair and Courage on the Eve of the Holocaust Bruce Neuburger

How a UPS Driver Became the Greatest Union Reformer of the 20th Century by Putting Members First Ken Reiman

An intimate history of the Holocaust, drawn from the final days of a Jewish family in Munich

408 PP | PAPER | $29 9781685900540

320 PP | PAPER | $25 9781685900588

THE PROSECUTION OF PROFESSOR CHANDLER DAVIS

THE WAR AGAINST THE COMMONS

Dispossession and Resistance in the Making of Capitalism Ian Angus

McCarthyism, Communism, and the Myth of Academic Freedom Steve Batterson

200 PP | PAPER | $26 9781685900359

Exposes the destruction of academic careers in McCarthy’s America

A unique historical account of poor peoples’ selfdefence strategies in the face of the plunder of their lands and labor 248 PP | PAPER | $26 9781685900168

HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE KOREAN WAR

ENDLESS HOLOCAUSTS

Mass Death in the History of the United States Empire David Michael Smith

New Edition I.F. Stone

The revival of a classic work of journalism which exposes the gap between the official story and reality 408 PP | PAPER | $28 9781685900083

Probes the enduring impact, and devastating fall, of one of the greatest union organizers of the 20th century

An argument against the myth of “American exceptionalism”

504 PP | PAPER | $29 9781583679890

OTHER PARTNER PRESSES THESE POTATOES LOOK LIKE HUMANS

THE SECRET GUAM STUDY, SECOND EDITION

The contested future of land, home and death in South Africa Mbuso Nkosi

Thinking about the meaning of land and ancestral connection to it 186 PP | PAPER | $20 9781776148400

Published by Wits University Press

Howard P. Willens and Dirk A. Ballendorf

The origin and fate of this important and previously undisclosed study of Guam’s political status.

245 PP | PAPER | $25 9781878453778

Published by University of Guam Press

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