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Bordering on War

A Social and Political History of Khuzestan

University of Texas Press

A study of transnational identity, migration, and state loyalties told through the social and political history of Iran’s Khuzestan province.

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Seviyye Talip

Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

A new translation of a best-selling novel about love, liberty, and exile in the final years of the Ottoman Empire.

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Pleasure and Pain in US Public Culture

University of Alabama Press

Unraveling the intricate dance of pleasure and pain in contemporary American culture

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Kids in Cages

Surviving and Resisting Child Migrant Detention

The University of Arizona Press

This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective of child migrant detention by bringing together voices from the legal realm, the academic world, and the on-the-ground experiences of activists and practitioners. The chapters explore the harms of detention while also looking at survival in and resistance to this violent institution.

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For the Bees

A Handbook for Happy Beekeeping

University of Texas Press

A handbook for what to expect the first year of beekeeping and beyond.

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Cuba on the Labels

A Selection of Cuba-Themed Cigar Labels Printed Outside of Cuba

University of Florida Press, Library Press at UF

Cuba on the Labels: A Selection of Cuba-Themed Cigar Labels Printed Outside of Cuba is Emilio Cueto’s third book in his Inspired by Cuba! series. Cueto explores how the island of Cuba and one of the island’s top exports, the Cuban cigar, have been immortalized in cigar labels created outside of Cuba. Seen through the eyes of these cigar label makers, Cuba itself serves as the book’s protagonist.

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Caracoleando Among Worlds

Reconstructing Maya Worldviews in Chiapas

The University of Arizona Press

This book focuses on the analysis of the contemporary literary movement of Maya writers of Chiapas. At the heart of this examination is a journey into the trajectory of this literary movement and its connection to the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (or EZLN) insurgency. This work shows two movements that are rooted in shared visions of rescuing, reclaiming, and recentering Maya worldviews.

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Substance of the Ancient Maya

Kingdoms and Communities, Objects and Beings

University of New Mexico Press
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Softie

Stories

West Virginia University Press
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Pueblo Bonito and Chaco Canyon Revisited

The Published versus the Unpublished Record

University of New Mexico Press
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Fire and Salt

Human Niche Construction and Holocene Landscape Evolution on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mesoamerica

University of New Mexico Press
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Fabricate 2024

Creating Resourceful Futures

Riverside Architectural Press
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Colonization Through Design

Dalhousie Architectural Press
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Tattoo Traditions of Asia

Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity

University of Hawaii Press
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More Than Blue, More Than Yankee

Complexity and Change in New England Politics

Edited by Amy Fried and Erin O'Brien
University of Massachusetts Press
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Green Star Japan

Esperanto and the International Language Question, 1880–1945

University of Hawaii Press
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Enduring Erosions

Environmental Displacement and Relocation on India’s Sinking Coasts

University of Hawaii Press
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Dialogues with a Trickster

On the Margins of Myth and Ethnography in the Marshall Islands

University of Hawaii Press
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The Haunted West

Memory and Commemoration at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West

University of Alabama Press

An engrossing exploration of conflicting and complex narratives about the American West and its Native American heritage, violent colonial settlement, and natural history

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Tears and Flowers

A Poet of Migration in Old Key West

University Press of Florida

A rare glimpse into the history and literary culture of the Cuban community in Key West in the early twentieth century, this book makes the poetry of Feliciano Castro—a writer, printer, editor, and cigar factory lector—available in English for the first time.

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Lookout Cave

The Archaeology of Perishable Remains on the Northern Plains

By John H. Brumley; Photographs by James Marshall
Athabasca University Press

This fully illustrated volume sheds new light on Plains culture and the centuries old use of the well-hidden space at Lookout Cave.

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Hopis and the Counterculture

Traditionalism, Appropriation, and the Birth of a Social Field

The University of Arizona Press

This book addresses how the Hopi became icons of the followers of alternative spiritualities and reveals one of the major pathways for the appropriation of Indigenous identities that exploded in the 1960s. Exploring the new social field that developed to spread these ideas, the book documents the biographies of Ammon Hennacy, Craig Carpenter, Frank Waters, and the Firesign Theatre, among others.

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Hockey on the Moon

Imagination and Canada’s Game

Athabasca University Press
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Florida Springs

From Geography to Politics and Restoration

University Press of Florida

This book provides a clear and comprehensive overview of the geography, history, science, and politics of Florida’s freshwater springs, informing readers about the deep past and current issues facing these natural wonders of the state.

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An Honourable and Impartial Tribunal

The Court Martial of Major General Henry Procter, Minutes of the Proceedings

Athabasca University Press
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Race and Gender at War

Writing American Military History

University of Alabama Press

Fresh perspectives on the implications of gender and race in US military history from a diverse group of scholars in the field of war and society

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Race and Gender at War

Writing American Military History

University of Alabama Press
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Plants for Desperate Times

The Diversity of Life-Saving Famine Foods

The University of Arizona Press

Plants for Desperate Times is an introduction to the foods that have saved millions of lives during lethal food shortages. While not a field guide, it addresses questions about what famine foods are and why they are important.

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