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The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England The Networked Wilderness Communicating in Early New England Matt Cohen 2009 Fall
Significantly broadens our ideas of literacy, writing, and communication in early America
The New American Exceptionalism The New American Exceptionalism Donald E. Pease 2009 Fall
Exposes the fantasies that shaped U.S. identity between the end of the cold war and the global war on terror
Chains of Babylon: The Rise of Asian America Chains of Babylon The Rise of Asian America Daryl J. Maeda 2009 Fall
Traces for the first time the rise of the radically antiracist and antiwar Asian American movement
Those Who Work, Those Who Don't: Poverty, Morality, and Family in Rural America Those Who Work, Those Who Don't Poverty, Morality, and Family in Rural America Jennifer Sherman 2009 Fall
Following the stories of economic collapse in a Northern California town and what they tell us about rural America
Everybody’s Family Romance: Reading Incest in Neoliberal America Everybody’s Family Romance Reading Incest in Neoliberal America Gillian Harkins 2009 Fall
Posits the late twentieth-century increase in incest literature against political and economic changes of the era
Capturing the Criminal Image: From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society Capturing the Criminal Image From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society Jonathan Finn 2009 Fall
What do contemporary police procedures tell us about criminality?
To Smile in Autumn: A Memoir To Smile in Autumn A Memoir Gordon Parks 2009 Fall
“Gordon Parks was like the Jackie Robinson of film.” —Donald Faulkner, Director, New York State Writers Institute
America’s Experts: Race and the Fictions of Sociology America’s Experts Race and the Fictions of Sociology Cynthia H. Tolentino 2009 Fall
Reveals the impact of sociology on ethnic literature and the politics of race
Mister Satan’s Apprentice: A Blues Memoir Mister Satan’s Apprentice A Blues Memoir Adam Gussow 2009 Fall
The story of an unlikely musical partnership, the blues, and race in America, with a new preface by the author
The Vikings Reader The Vikings Reader Armand Peterson, Editor 2009 Fall
Relive fifty years of glory and defeat as a Minnesota Vikings football fan
Burying Don Imus: Anatomy of a Scapegoat Burying Don Imus Anatomy of a Scapegoat Michael Awkward None None
What the furor surrounding Don Imus shows us about unresolved race relations in the United States
Born to Pull: The Glory of Sled Dogs Born to Pull The Glory of Sled Dogs Bob Cary 2009 Fall
Hike! That’s dogspeak for “Let’s go!”
Mainland Passage: The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico Mainland Passage The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico Ramón E. Soto-Crespo 2009 Spring
Disputes conventional thinking about the political status of Puerto Rico
Little Saigons: Staying Vietnamese in America Little Saigons Staying Vietnamese in America Karin Aguilar–San Juan 2009 Fall
Explores how Vietnamese refugees and immigrants retain their identities in the United States
Trouble in the Forest: California’s Redwood Timber Wars Trouble in the Forest California’s Redwood Timber Wars Richard Widick 2009 Fall
The long social history of California’s conflict over ancient forests and its impact today
Gophers Illustrated: The Incredible Complete History of Minnesota Football Gophers Illustrated The Incredible Complete History of Minnesota Football Alfred C. Papas Jr. 2009 Fall
A unique graphic history of Gopher football—meticulously researched and drawn by Al Papas Jr.
Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora Queer Ricans Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes 2009 Spring
Seeing the diversity in Puerto Rico’s gay and lesbian communities in the United States
The Reification of Desire: Toward a Queer Marxism The Reification of Desire Toward a Queer Marxism Kevin Floyd 2009 Spring
A new theoretical approach to the relationship between Marxism and queer studies
The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory The Amalgamation Waltz Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory Tavia Nyong’o 2009 Spring
Does racial hybridity offer a future beyond racial difference?
The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right-Wing Movements and National Politics The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan Right-Wing Movements and National Politics Rory McVeigh 2009 Spring
Rediscovering the Ku Klux Klan as a national movement in the 1920s