American Studies

How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940 Thomas C. Hubka 2020 Spring

The transformation of average Americans’ domestic lives, revealed through the mechanical innovations and physical improvements of their homes

Isherwood in Transit James J. Berg and Chris Freeman, Editors 2020 Spring

New perspectives on Christopher Isherwood as a searching and transnational writer

Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify Essays Carolyn Holbrook 2020 Spring

The compassionate and redemptive story of a prominent Black woman in the Twin Cities literary community

Decarcerating Disability Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Liat Ben-Moshe 2020 Spring

This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration

News Parade The American Newsreel and the World as Spectacle Joseph Clark 2020 Spring

A fascinating look at the United States’ conflicted relationship with news and the media, through the lens of the newsreel

An Archive of Taste Race and Eating in the Early United States Lauren F. Klein 2020 Spring

A groundbreaking synthesis of food studies, archival theory, and early American literature

Digitize and Punish Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age Brian Jefferson 2020 Spring

Tracing the rise of digital computing in policing and punishment and its harmful impact on criminalized communities of color

What a Library Means to a Woman Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books Sheila Liming 2020 Spring

Examining the personal library and the making of self

Brave Enough Jessie Diggins 2020 Spring

Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter

Happiness by Design Modernism and Media in the Eames Era Justus Nieland 2019 Fall

A cultural history of modern lifestyle viewed through film and multimedia experiments of midcentury designers Charles and Ray Eames

Degrees of Freedom The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865–1912 William D. Green 2020 Spring

The true story, and the black citizens, behind the evolution of racial equality in Minnesota

LatinX Claudia Milian 2020 Spring

Nationality is not enough to understand “Latin”-descended populations in the United States

Tony Oliva The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend Thom Henninger 2020 Spring

The astounding success and personal struggle of the Twins’ beloved outfielder and batting champion—from his arrival from Cuba at age twenty-two to the present

South American Journals January–July 1960 Allen Ginsberg 2019 Fall

The great Beat poet’s observations, reflections, poetry, and mind-expanding explorations while traveling through South America

The Alchemy of Meth A Decomposition Jason Pine 2019 Fall

Meth cooks practice late industrial alchemy—transforming base materials, like lithium batteries and camping fuel, into gold

Suspect Communities Anti-Muslim Racism and the Domestic War on Terror Nicole Nguyen 2019 Fall

The first major qualitative study of “countering violent extremism” in key U.S. cities

Black Bourgeois Class and Sex in the Flesh Candice M. Jenkins 2019 Fall

Exploring the forces that keep black people vulnerable even amid economically privileged lives

Daring to Be Bad Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition 2019 Fall

An award-winning and canonical history of radical feminism, whose activist heat and intellectual audacity powered second-wave feminism—30th anniversary edition