American Studies
- The Deathly Embrace Orientalism and Asian American Identity Sheng-Mei Ma 2000 Fall
- A polemical analysis of the ways Orientalism speaks through the texts of prominent Asian American writers.
- Latino Metropolis Victor M. Valle and Rodolfo D. Torres 2000 Fall
- A readable look at culture and politics in Los Angeles through a Latino lens.
- Wall to Wall America Post Office Murals in the Great Depression Karal Ann Marling 2000 Spring
- The Colossus of Roads Myth and Symbol along the American Highway Karal Ann Marling 2000 Spring
- A rich and lively examination of this curious and pervasive tradition.
- Haunts of the Black Masseur The Swimmer as Hero Charles Sprawson 2000 Spring
- A lustrous examination of life in the water from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Esther Williams.
- Emile de Antonio A Reader Douglas Kellner and Dan Streible, Editors 2000 Spring
- An absorbing collection of writings by and about an American original.
- Shot in America Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema Chon A. Noriega 2000 Spring
- Redefines media history through Chicano film and television.
- Selling the Lower East Side Culture, Real Estate, and Resistance in New York City Christopher Mele 2000 Spring
- Tracks the shifting views of the Lower East Side from ghetto to desirable urban niche.
- Stadium Games Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles Jay Weiner 2000 Spring
- The inside story of one state’s struggle with professional sports.
- Hollywood Goes Shopping David Desser and Garth S. Jowett, Editors 2000 Spring
- A groundbreaking exploration of the profound relationship between American cinema and consumer culture.
- Homeward to Zion The Mormon Migration from Scandinavia William Mulder 2000 Spring
- The classic history of this emblematic moment in U.S. immigration.
- America's Shadow An Anatomy of Empire William V. Spanos 1999 Fall
- Examines the mind-set of Western imperialism from its origins in the Roman Empire to the Vietnam War.
- Pretty Good for a Girl An Athlete’s Story Leslie Heywood 2000 Spring
- The gripping story of one woman’s drive to win-now in paperback.
- Swinging Single Representing Sexuality in the 1960s Hilary Radner and Moya Luckett, Editors 1999 Fall
- Explores the portrayal of sexuality within the popular culture, events, and films of the 1960s.
- The Limits of Multiculturalism Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology Scott Michaelsen 1999 Fall
- Traces anthropology’s Native American roots.
- Red on Red Native American Literary Separatism Craig S. Womack and Hans Aarsleff 1999 Fall
- An entertaining and enlightening proposal for a new way to read Native American literature.
- Stirrings in the Jug Black Politics in the Post-Segregation Era Adolph Reed Jr. 1999 Fall
- A penetrating look at the state of racial politics by one of our nation’s most important writers on the subject.
- Disidentifications Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics José Esteban Muñoz 1999 Spring
- An important new perspective on the ways outsiders negotiate mainstream culture.
- SportCult Randy Martin and Toby Miller, Editors 1999 Spring
- New approaches to the cultural politics of sport.
- Active Radio Pacifica’s Brash Experiment Jeff Land 1999 Spring
- The essential book on the origins of the influential Pacifica radio network, in time for its fiftieth anniversary.