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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)
344 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479824625
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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
352 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479813070
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
224 PP | CLOTH | $28 9781479810406
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
352 PP | CLOTH | $49 9781479885084
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
328 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479820535
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
320 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479817450
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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
200 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479825561
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
256 PP | PAPER | $18 9781479825950
MUTINY ON THE RISING SUN
280 PP | CLOTH | $25 9781479812486
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
480 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479879397
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
272 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479812127
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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296 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479827459
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”
176 PP | CLOTH | $20 9781479805259
168 PP | CLOTH | $20 9781479810123
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
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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
312 PP | PAPER | $30 9780814755259
448 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479804962
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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