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The Other Emerson Branka Arsić and Cary Wolfe, Editors 2010 Fall

New readings of Ralph Waldo Emerson that reclaim his work for philosophy

Service Economies Militarism, Sex Work, and Migrant Labor in South Korea Jin-kyung Lee 2010 Fall

A compelling alternative narrative of the modern ‘miracle’ of South Korea

The Contours of America’s Cold War Matthew Farish 2010 Fall

How new ideas of space contributed to a broad mobilization of American power

A Black Soldier’s Story The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence Ricardo Batrell 2010 Fall

The autobiographical account of an Afro-Cuban soldier who fought in the Cuban War of Independence—available in English for the first time

The Common Pot The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast Lisa Brooks 2008 Fall

Illuminates the significance of writing to colonial-era Native American resistance

Yellow Future Oriental Style in Hollywood Cinema Jane Chi Hyun Park 2010 Fall

Tracing the significance of oriental style in contemporary Hollywood cinema

Queer Twin Cities Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project Kevin P. Murphy, Jennifer L. Pierce and Larry Knopp, Editors 2010 Fall

A pioneering look at the queer history, politics, and spaces of the Twin Cities

This Is Not Florida How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount Jay Weiner 2010 Fall

The behind-the-scenes story of the historic Franken-Coleman Minnesota Senate recount

The Dallas Myth The Making and Unmaking of an American City Harvey J. Graff 2010 Fall

An unconventional—and critical—examination of ‘the city with no past’

Navigating the African Diaspora The Anthropology of Invisibility Donald Martin Carter 2010 Spring

Diaspora seen through the lenses of political economy and cultural production

Removing Mountains Extracting Nature and Identity in the Appalachian Coalfields Rebecca R. Scott 2010 Fall

Coal country lives in southern West Virginia

Toward a Sociology of the Trace Herman Gray and Macarena Gómez-Barris, Editors 2010 Fall

Questions national identity by investigating the creation of memory and meaning

Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders Homeless in San Francisco Teresa Gowan 2010 Spring

A powerful ethnographic account of life on the streets in San Francisco

The Divided World Human Rights and Its Violence Randall Williams 2010 Spring

Examines why some people are deemed worthy of human rights and others are not

North Country The Making of Minnesota Mary Lethert Wingerd 2010 Spring

The untold history of how the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe became the State of Minnesota

Bad for Democracy How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People Dana D. Nelson 2010 Spring

Voting for the president is not enough—a bold call to reclaim democracy

Into the Interior Michelle Cliff 2010 Spring

In her previous novels, Michelle Cliff explored potent themes of colonialism, race, myth, and identity with rare intelligence, lyrical intensity, and a profound sense of both history and place. Into the Interior is her most intimate, courageous work of fiction yet, a searing and ultimately moving reflection on the legacy of empire and the restless search for a feeling of belonging.