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Portraits of Battle

Courage, Grief, and Strength in Canada's Great War

UBC Press

Portraits of Battle combines biography and history to offer a nuanced perspective on the complex legacy of the Great War, as told through the stories of those who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

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Overhaul

A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops

University of New Mexico Press

In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque's locomotive repair shops, which were the driving force behind the city's economy for more than seventy years.

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John P. Slough

The Forgotten Civil War General

University of New Mexico Press
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Ghosts of New York

West Virginia University Press

Literary novel with a New York setting and a dash of speculative fiction, for fans of Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, and Dana Spiotta.

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Frontiers of Feminism

Movements and Influences in Québec and Italy, 1960–80

UBC Press

Frontiers of Feminism shines new light on the recent history of feminist movements, using the examples of Italy and Québec to bring an international perspective to major themes, strategies, and modes of organizing.

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Constitutional Pariah

Reference re Senate Reform and the Future of Parliament

UBC Press

Constitutional Pariah is the first comprehensive account of the Senate in the aftermath of the landmark Supreme Court decision that resulted in one of the most significant reforms to Parliament in Canadian history.

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Vietnam-China Agricultural Trade

Huge Growth and Challenges

ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
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Tanna Times

Islanders in the World

University of Hawaii Press
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So Much to Be Angry About

Appalachian Movement Press and Radical DIY Publishing, 1969–1979

West Virginia University Press

A richly produced, craft- and activist-centered celebration of radical DIY publishing, for readers of Appalachian Reckoning.

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Patterned Splendour

Textiles Presented on Javanese Metal and Stone Sculptures; Eighth to Fifteenth Century

ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
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One Corner of the Square

Essays on the Philosophy of Roger T. Ames

University of Hawaii Press
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Fishers, Monks and Cadres

Navigating State, Religion and the South China Sea in Central Vietnam

NIAS, NIAS Press
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Filipino Leadership

Stories and Science

Ateneo De Manila, Ateneo De Manila Univ Press
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Economic Dimensions of Covid-19 in Indonesia

Responding to the Crisis

ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
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Citizen Designs

City-Making and Democracy in Northeastern Thailand

University of Hawaii Press
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Buddhism and Modernity

Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan

University of Hawaii Press
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Undocuments

The University of Arizona Press

UNDOCUMENTS is an expansive multi-genre exploration of Greater Mexican documentality that reveals the complicated ways all Latinx peoples, including the author, become objectified within cultures. John-Michael Rivera remixes the Florentine Codex and other documents as he takes an intense look at the anxieties and physical detriments tied to immigration.

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New Deal Art in Arizona

The University of Arizona Press
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Maya Kingship

Rupture and Transformation from Classic to Postclassic Times

University Press of Florida

Examining changes to the institution of divine kingship from 750 to 950 CE in the Maya lowland cities, this volume presents a new way of studying the collapse of that civilization and the transformation of political systems between the Terminal Classic and Postclassic Periods.

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Banana Cultures

Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States

University of Texas Press

A lively, interdisciplinary history of why the banana became America's most popular fresh fruit and how its popularity has affected the “banana republics” of Central America.

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Flights from Fassberg

How a German Town Built for War Became a Beacon of Peace

University Press of Mississippi

A brilliant merging of personal experience and world-changing, historical significance in a hamlet that held the line against Russia

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White Space

Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing

University of Massachusetts Press
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The Deposition

University of Massachusetts Press
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Silver Beach

University of Massachusetts Press
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Korean "Comfort Women"

Military Brothels, Brutality, and the Redress Movement

Rutgers University Press

Arguably the most brutal crime committed by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific war was the forced mobilization of 50,000 to 200,000 Asian women to military brothels to sexually serve Japanese soldiers. Korean “Comfort Women” explores Korean comfort women’s brutal experiences and their residual marriage, family, economic, and healthcare problems. It also examines the transnational redress movement, demonstrating that the Japanese government has tried to conceal the crime of sexual slavery by resolving the issue with money alone.  

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Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second edition

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing
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A de Grummond Primer

Highlights of the Children's Literature Collection

University Press of Mississippi

A lush introduction to the most extraordinary children’s literature archive in the world

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Why Labelle Matters

University of Texas Press

Crafting a legacy all their own, the reinvented Labelle subverted the “girl group” aesthetic to invoke the act’s Afrofuturist spirit and make manifest their vision of Black womanhood.

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The Alexander Technique

Twelve Fundamentals of Integrated Movement

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Handspring Publishing
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New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee

Intellectual, Methodological, and Theoretical Contributions

Edited by David H. Dye
University of Alabama Press

New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee is a collection of essays that explore how contemporary archaeology was catalyzed and shaped by the archaeological revolution during the New Deal era.

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Kennesaw

Natural History of a Southern Mountain

University of Alabama Press

The first in-depth ecological treatment of one of the most frequently visited National Battlefield parks in the country

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Interpreting Sacred Ground

The Rhetoric of National Civil War Parks and Battlefields

University of Alabama Press

Interpreting Sacred Ground is a rhetorical analysis of Civil War battlefields and parks, and the ways various commemorative traditions—and their ideologies of race, reconciliation, emancipation, and masculinity—compete for dominance.

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Indigenous Women and Violence

Feminist Activist Research in Heightened States of Injustice

The University of Arizona Press

Indigenous Women and Violence offers an intimate view of how settler colonialism and other structural forms of power and inequality created accumulated violences in the lives of Indigenous women. The chapters in this book are engaged, feminist, collaborative, and activism focused, conveying powerful messages about the resilience of Indigenous women in the face of violence and systemic oppression.

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Here I Stand

The Life and Legacy of John Beecher

University of Alabama Press

Biography of a forgotten poet who used his name and influence to speak up for those on the margins of society

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A Singing Army

Zilphia Horton and the Highlander Folk School

University of Texas Press

The first biography of activist and musician Zilphia Horton, a woman who inspired thousands of working people and left a legacy that changed the world.

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Twenty-First-Century Southern Writers

New Voices, New Perspectives

University Press of Mississippi

A new anthology featuring contemporary and up-and-coming southern fiction writers

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The Cards

The Evolution and Power of Tarot

University Press of Mississippi

A readable and extensive history of the development and evolution of Tarot and its place in culture

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Side by Side

US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture

University Press of Mississippi

A groundbreaking study on the impact of Puerto Rican children’s literature and culture

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Scattered Musics

University Press of Mississippi

A world tour of the expected yet unexpected transformations of music and musicians on the move

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Next Generation Adaptation

Spectatorship and Process

Edited by Allen H. Redmon
University Press of Mississippi

A critical look at some of the issues most central to adaptation studies

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