American Studies
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Penumbra The Premier Stage for African American Drama Macelle Mahala 2013 Fall
- The remarkable history of the nation’s foremost African American theatre company
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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