Books

White Birch, Red Hawthorn: A Memoir White Birch, Red Hawthorn A Memoir Nora Murphy 2017 Spring
A personal investigation into the multigenerational cost of immigration and genocide in the American heartland
White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation White Burgers, Black Cash Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation Naa Oyo A. Kwate 2023 Spring
The long and pernicious relationship between fast food restaurants and the African American community
White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musicals White Gypsies Race and Stardom in Spanish Musicals Eva Woods Peiró 2012 Spring
Reveals how Spanish film musicals, long dismissed as unworthy of critical scrutiny, illuminate Spain’s relationship to modernity
White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness White Women, Race Matters The Social Construction of Whiteness Ruth Frankenberg 1993 Fall
Who Speaks for Margaret Garner? Who Speaks for Margaret Garner? Mark Reinhardt 2010 Fall
A fascinating documentary history of the fugitive slave case that captivated the nation—and inspired Toni Morrison’s acclaimed novel Beloved.
Who Writes for Black Children?: African American Children’s Literature before 1900 Who Writes for Black Children? African American Children’s Literature before 1900 Katharine Capshaw and Anna Mae Duane, Editors 2017 Spring
Innovative essays that challenge us to imagine African American children’s literature during the slavery and reconstruction eras
Whoop-up Country: The Canadian-American West, 1865-1885 Whoop-up Country The Canadian-American West, 1865-1885 Paul F. Sharp None None
Whose Hunger?: Concepts of Famine, Practices of Aid Whose Hunger? Concepts of Famine, Practices of Aid Jenny Edkins 2008 Fall
An analytical look at the ways we define and respond to famine.
Why I Am Not a Secularist Why I Am Not a Secularist William E. Connolly 2000 Fall
Challenges the limitations of traditional secularism.
Why We Left: Untold Stories and Songs of America's First Immigrants Why We Left Untold Stories and Songs of America's First Immigrants Brooks 2024 Spring
A grounded, tender, and mournful reckoning with the catastrophes that launched poor, white Anglos into their role as itinerant foot soldiers for modern imperialism—now in paperback with a new preface
Why We Lost the Sex Wars: Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era Why We Lost the Sex Wars Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era Lorna N. Bracewell 2021 Spring
Reexamining feminist sexual politics since the 1970s—the rivalries and the remarkable alliances
Wicked Theory, Naked Practice: A Fred Ho Reader Wicked Theory, Naked Practice A Fred Ho Reader Fred Ho 2009 Spring
A leading Asian American artist and activist on the explosive intersection of politics and music
Wild Child: Intensive Parenting and Posthumanist Ethics Wild Child Intensive Parenting and Posthumanist Ethics Naomi Morgenstern 2018 Spring
Exploring how the figure of the “wild child” in contemporary fiction grapples with contemporary cultural anxieties about reproductive ethics and the future of humanity
Wild Ideas Wild Ideas David Rothenberg, Editor 1995 Fall
A new view of what’s “wild,” and a new path for environmentalism.
Wild Knowledge: Science, Language, and Social Life in a Fragile Environment Wild Knowledge Science, Language, and Social Life in a Fragile Environment Will Wright 1992 Spring
“A bold and timely challenge to our accepted notions of the connections between scientific knowledge, objectivity and our social and physical nature. . . . A polemical intervention into social and scientific theory that should be essential reading.” --David Frisby “In Wild Knowledge, Will Wright has once again played his strongest suit. In his examination of the scientific ethos he is savagely critical, yet the slave of no special polemic.” --Neil J. Smelser “An important book. Will Wright is an original and usefully idiosyncratic thinker.” --Evelyn Fox Keller
Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Wild Mares My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Dianna Hunter 2018 Spring
A wry memoir of growing up, coming out, and going back to the land as a lesbian feminist in the rural Midwest of the 1960s and 70s
Wild Shore: Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak Wild Shore Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak Greg Breining 2002 Spring
A real-life adventure and journey of discovery on the greatest of the Great Lakes
Wilderness Days Wilderness Days Sigurd F. Olson 2012 Spring
A selection of Sigurd F. Olson’s finest writing on the splendor of the great outdoors, hand-picked by the master himself
Wildflowers of the Northern Great Plains Wildflowers of the Northern Great Plains F. R. Vance and F. A. Switzer 1999 Fall
A new edition of the essential guide to the flora of this region.
Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation after Nature Wildlife in the Anthropocene Conservation after Nature Jamie Lorimer 2015 Spring
Considers the effects of the Anthropocene era on approaches to conservation