American Studies

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Gary Giddins 2013 Fall

The critically acclaimed study of jazz giant Charlie Parker—the revised and definitive edition of an American classic

Escape from New York The New Negro Renaissance beyond Harlem Davarian L. Baldwin and Minkah Makalani, Editors 2013 Fall

Resituating the Harlem Renaissance—and the New Negro movement—in broader global political and cultural currents

Penumbra The Premier Stage for African American Drama Macelle Mahala 2013 Fall

The remarkable history of the nation’s foremost African American theatre company

T. L. Solien Toward the Setting Sun Colleen J. Sheehy, Elizabeth A. Schultz, Michael Duncan and Erika Doss, Editors 2013 Fall

A Midwestern artist’s contemporary approach to iconic events of American culture

Oye Loca From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami Susana Peña 2013 Fall

Illustrates the development of a Cuban American gay male culture in Miami

Turn Here Sweet Corn Organic Farming Works Atina Diffley 2013 Fall

A master class in organic farming, a lesson in entrepreneurship, a love story, and a legal thriller

New Architecture on Indigenous Lands Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka 2013 Spring

Tribal architecture gets back to its Native roots—and becomes something new

Filipinos Represent DJs, Racial Authenticity, and the Hip-hop Nation Antonio T. Tiongson Jr. 2013 Fall

What does it mean when Filipino youth lay claim to an art form associated with African Americans?

Pedestrian Modern Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956 David Smiley 2013 Spring

How the design of stores and shopping centers shaped modern architecture in the United States

Ariel’s Ecology Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics Monique Allewaert 2013 Spring

Rethinking the boundaries between humans and nonhumans in early America

The Marrying Kind? Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement Mary Bernstein and Verta Taylor, Editors 2013 Spring

A look inside the lesbian and gay movement’s disagreements over same-sex marriage

Designing the Creative Child Playthings and Places in Midcentury America Amy F. Ogata 2013 Spring

The construction of the “creative child” as Cold War America’s best hope for the future

Radiance from Halcyon A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science Paul Eli Ivey 2013 Spring

A revealing history of a surprisingly influential and inventive theosophical utopian community

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