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More Than Shelter: Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing More Than Shelter Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing Amy L. Howard 2014 Spring
Public housing projects in San Francisco reveal the power of community action
Reinventing Citizenship: Black Los Angeles, Korean Kawasaki, and Community Participation Reinventing Citizenship Black Los Angeles, Korean Kawasaki, and Community Participation Kazuyo Tsuchiya 2014 Spring
A study of race, welfare, and citizenship in the United States and Japan during the 1960s and 1970s
The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent The Imperial University Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent Piya Chatterjee and Sunaina Maira, Editors 2014 Spring
From the front lines of the war on academic freedom, linking the policing of knowledge to the relationship between universities, militarism, and neoliberalism
Health Rights Are Civil Rights: Peace and Justice Activism in Los Angeles, 1963–1978 Health Rights Are Civil Rights Peace and Justice Activism in Los Angeles, 1963–1978 Jenna M. Loyd 2014 Spring
How demands for dignified medical care and healthy living conditions brought together social justice advocates
Eugenic Feminism: Reproductive Nationalism in the United States and India Eugenic Feminism Reproductive Nationalism in the United States and India Asha Nadkarni 2014 Spring
This surprising examination uncovers the eugenic impulse in a nation’s desire for “founding mothers”
Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger Eating Fire My Life as a Lesbian Avenger Kelly Cogswell 2014 Spring
An outsider American recounts two decades of radical lesbian life in this urgent, ferociously funny memoir
Precarious Prescriptions: Contested Histories of Race and Health in North America Precarious Prescriptions Contested Histories of Race and Health in North America Laurie B. Green, John Mckiernan-González and Martin Summers, Editors 2014 Spring
Explores the complex relations between the institutions and ideologies of health and people of color in America
From Orphan to Adoptee: U.S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean Adoption From Orphan to Adoptee U.S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean Adoption SooJin Pate 2014 Spring
Korean adoption as the sine qua non of U.S. neocolonialism in South Korea
Nobody Is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low Nobody Is Supposed to Know Black Sexuality on the Down Low C. Riley Snorton 2014 Spring
How the “down low” media phenomenon reinforces troubling representations of black sexuality
In Motion, At Rest: The Event of the Athletic Body In Motion, At Rest The Event of the Athletic Body Grant Farred 2014 Spring
A penetrating new analysis of “the event” from a surprising source: sport
Humanitarian Violence: The U.S. Deployment of Diversity Humanitarian Violence The U.S. Deployment of Diversity Neda Atanasoski 2013 Fall
Exploring the transition from the old imperialism based on race to the new imperialism based on diversity
The Changs Next Door to the Díazes: Remapping Race in Suburban California The Changs Next Door to the Díazes Remapping Race in Suburban California Wendy Cheng 2013 Fall
The multiracial suburb, offering a glimpse into America’s future
Consoling Ghosts: Stories of Medicine and Mourning from Southeast Asians in Exile Consoling Ghosts Stories of Medicine and Mourning from Southeast Asians in Exile Jean M. Langford 2013 Fall
The ghosts—and varying ideas about death, dying, and the aftereffects of violence—emerging from the stories of emigrants from Laos and Cambodia
The Freak-garde: Extraordinary Bodies and Revolutionary Art in America The Freak-garde Extraordinary Bodies and Revolutionary Art in America Robin Blyn 2013 Fall
Why and how the freak show inspires some of the most revolutionary experiments in American art in the twentieth century
Virtual Modernism: Writing and Technology in the Progressive Era Virtual Modernism Writing and Technology in the Progressive Era Katherine Biers 2013 Fall
A fascinating analysis of the relationship between modernist writers and the popular culture they so often claimed to reject
Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens: The Cost of Immigration Reform in the 1990s Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens The Cost of Immigration Reform in the 1990s Christina Gerken 2013 Fall
Reveals how watershed 1990s legislation foregrounded neoliberal ideals while disguising racial fears
Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap Academic Profiling Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap Gilda L. Ochoa 2013 Fall
The achievement gap as it is actually experienced by Latino and Asian American students in one California high school
Digital State: The Story of Minnesota's Computing Industry Digital State The Story of Minnesota's Computing Industry Thomas J. Misa 2013 Fall
The rise of Minnesota computing after World War II—the country’s first fully realized hotbed of computer technology
Harriman vs. Hill: Wall Street’s Great Railroad War Harriman vs. Hill Wall Street’s Great Railroad War Larry Haeg 2013 Fall
The two most powerful men in the nation’s dominant industry battle for control of the Northern Pacific Railway, forever changing the landscape of American business
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker Celebrating Bird The Triumph of Charlie Parker Gary Giddins 2013 Fall
The critically acclaimed study of jazz giant Charlie Parker—the revised and definitive edition of an American classic