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Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic

UBC Press

Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic explores how three northern regions are reformulating the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state, and transforming Canadian federalism in the process.

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Poems

University of New Mexico Press

In this memoir-in-poems, Prentiss shares a music most of us will never experience, set to tools swung and sharpened, backdropped by rain and snow and sun, as individuals transform into crew.

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Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands

Gods, Ancestors, and Human Beings

University Press of Colorado

Researchers explore the meanings and functions of two- and three-dimensional human representations in the pre-Columbian communities of the Mexican highlands.

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Welcome to Wherever We Are

A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption

Rutgers University Press

In this extraordinary memoir, Deborah Cohan shares her story of caring for her elderly father, a man who was often generous and loving, but who also subjected her to a lifetime of cruelty, rage, and controlling behavior. Trained as a sociologist and family violence counselor, Cohan reflects on how she healed from decades of emotional abuse.

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The Novel Stage

Narrative Form from the Restoration to Jane Austen

Bucknell University Press

The Novel Stage traces the migration of tragicomedy, the comedy of manners, and melodrama from the stage to the novel, offering a new approach to the history of the English novel that examines how the collaboration of genres contributed to the novel’s narrative form and to the modern organization of literature.

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The Great White Way

Race and the Broadway Musical

Rutgers University Press

The Great White Way reveals the racial politics, content, and subtexts that have haunted musicals for almost one hundred years from Show Boat (1927) to Hamilton (2015). It investigates the thematic content of the Broadway musical and considers how musicals work on a structural level, allowing them to simultaneously present and hide their racial agendas. New archival research will have theater fans and scholars forever rethinking how they view this popular American entertainment.

 

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Rebuilding Jewish Life in Germany

Rutgers University Press

Featuring essays by scholars of history, literature, television, and sociology, Rebuilding Jewish Life in Germany illuminates important aspects of Jewish life in Germany since 1949, including institution building, the internal dynamics and changing demographics of the Jewish community, and the central role of Jewish writers and public intellectuals. 
 

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King Alpha’s Song in a Strange Land

The Roots and Routes of Canadian Reggae

UBC Press

This insider look at the forces that came together to make Canada’s reggae scene reaffirms the power of music to combat racism and build bridges between communities and cultures.

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Extraordinarily Ordinary

Us Weekly and the Rise of Reality Television Celebrity

Rutgers University Press

Extraordinarily Ordinary offers a critical analysis of the production of a distinct form of twenty-first century celebrity constructed through the exploding coverage of reality television cast members in Us Weekly magazine, unpacking the ways in which the magazine helped promote a broader intensification of discourses of ordinariness or “just being yourself” in the production of contemporary celebrity.

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East of East

The Making of Greater El Monte

Rutgers University Press

East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte is an edited collection of thirty-one essays that trace the experience of a California community over three centuries. Employing traditional historical scholarship, oral history, and creative nonfiction, it provides a radical new history of El Monte and South El Monte.

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East of East

The Making of Greater El Monte

Rutgers University Press

East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte is an edited collection of thirty-one essays that trace the experience of a California community over three centuries. Employing traditional historical scholarship, oral history, and creative nonfiction, it provides a radical new history of El Monte and South El Monte.

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Black Athena (3 vol set)

The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization

Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Classics

Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series, strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars. Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question conventional explanations for the origins of classical civilization. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this thoughtful rewriting of history continues to stir academic and political controversy. This is a complete set of all three volumes, shrink-wrapped.


 

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Black Athena

The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilation Volume III: The Linguistic Evidence

Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Classics

Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series, strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars. Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question conventional explanations for the origins of classical civilization. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this thoughtful rewriting of history continues to stir academic and political controversy.
 

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The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume I: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985

Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Classics

Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series, strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars. Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question conventional explanations for the origins of classical civilization. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this thoughtful rewriting of history continues to stir academic and political controversy.

 

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The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume II: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence

Rutgers University Press, Rutgers University Press Classics

Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series, strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars. Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question conventional explanations for the origins of classical civilization. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this thoughtful rewriting of history continues to stir academic and political controversy.

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An Athletic Director’s Story and the Future of College Sports in America

Rutgers University Press

An Athletic Director’s Story is the story of Robert Mulcahy’s transforming decade as Rutgers University athletic director.  His first-hand account describes the challenges awaiting him in 1998: To elevate the athletics program’s assets – coaches and staffs, student athletes, facilities, and school pride – from hardly known to national prominence and achievement in NCAA Division I sports.

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After Authority

Global Art Cinema and Political Transition

Rutgers University Press

After Authority contends that art cinema’s constitutive ambiguity is a product of its having been forged in and around moments of transition from authoritarianism or totalitarianism to democracy. Kalling Heck compares films from Italy, Hungary, South Korea, and the United States in order to explore the political potentials of ambiguity in art cinema.

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25 Years of Ed Tech

Athabasca University Press

In this lively and approachable volume based on his popular blog series, Martin Weller demonstrates a rich history of innovation and effective implementation of ed tech across higher education.

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1650-1850

Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era (Volume 25)

Edited by Kevin L. Cope
Bucknell University Press

1650-1850 publishes essays and reviews from and about a wide range of academic disciplines literature, philosophy, art history, history, religion, and science. Interdisciplinary in scope and approach, 1650-1850 emphasizes aesthetic manifestations and applications of ideas, and encourages studies that move between the arts and the sciences.

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Prophets, Publicists, and Parasites

Antebellum Print Culture and the Rise of the Critic

University of Massachusetts Press
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Uprooted

Race, Public Housing, and the Archaeology of Four Lost New Orleans Neighborhoods

University of Alabama Press

The archaeology of four New Orleans neighborhoods that were replaced by public housing projects

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Theatre History Studies 2019, Vol. 38

Edited by Sara Freeman; Introduction by Sara Freeman
University of Alabama Press

Peer-reviewed journal of theater history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-American Theatre Conference (MATC)

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Rethinking Colonialism

Comparative Archaeological Approaches

University Press of Florida

Inciting a critical examination of the lasting consequences of ancient and modern colonialism on descendant communities, this wide-ranging volume includes essays on Roman Britain, slavery in Brazil, and contemporary Native Americans.

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Border Citizens

The Making of Indians, Mexicans, and Anglos in Arizona

University of Texas Press

A detailed and insightful look at one hundred years of politics, culture, and racial identity among diverse ethnic groups in south-central Arizona.

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Bears

Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives in Native Eastern North America

University of Florida Press

Although scholars have long recognized the mythic status of bears in indigenous North American societies of the past, this is the first volume to synthesize the vast amount of archaeological and historical research on the topic. Bears charts the special relationship between the American black bear and humans in eastern Native American cultures across thousands of years.

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Medal Winners

How the Vietnam War Launched Nobel Careers

University of Texas Press, University of Texas Health Press

Examining an uplifting and unexpected outcome of a dark period in American history, this book shows how the Vietnam War made the National Institutes of Health an unparalleled training ground for trailblazing scientists.

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Strategic Corporate Conservation Planning

A Guide to Meaningful Engagement

Island Press

Industries that drive economic growth and support our comfortable modern lifestyles have exploited natural resources to do so. But now there’s growing understanding that business can benefit from a better relationship with the environment. Leading corporations have begun to leverage nature-based remediation, restoration, and enhanced lands management to meet a variety of business needs, such as increasing employee engagement and establishing key performance indicators for reporting and disclosures. Strategic Corporate Conservation Planning offers fresh insights for corporations and environmental groups looking to create mutually beneficial partnerships that use conservation action to address business challenges and realize meaningful environmental outcomes. Myriad case studies featuring programs from habitat restoration to environmental educational initiatives at companies like Bridgestone USA, General Motors, and CRH Americas are included to help spark new ideas.
 

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Dancing Man

A Broadway Choreographer's Journey

University Press of Mississippi

The ultimate insider’s scoop on the most popular shows in Broadway history

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Cuba hasta siempre

By Magdalena Solé; Foreword by Pico Iyer
University Press of Mississippi

An award-winning photographer’s vivid images of the island country

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Trees of Alabama

By Lisa J. Samuelson; By (photographer) Michael E. Hogan
University of Alabama Press

An easy-to-use guide to the most common trees in the state
 

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Negotiating Respect

Pentecostalism, Masculinity, and the Politics of Spiritual Authority in the Dominican Republic

University Press of Florida
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Mighty by Sacrifice

The Destruction of an American Bomber Squadron, August 29, 1944

University of Alabama Press
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Kalima wa Nagham

A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume 3

University of Texas Press

This textbook presents an innovative Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language (TAFL) curriculum that enhances language learning and builds cultural awareness.

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Update Culture and the Afterlife of Digital Writing

Utah State University Press

Eexplores “neglected circulatory writing processes” to better understand why and how digital writers compose, revise, and deliver arguments that undergo sometimes constant revision.

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Grant Wood’s Secrets

University of Delaware Press

Incorporating copious archival research and original close readings of American artist Grant Wood’s iconic as well as lesser-known works, Grant Wood’s Secrets reveals how his sometimes anguished psychology was shaped by his close relationship with his mother and how he channeled his lifelong oedipal guilt into his art. Presenting Wood’s abortive autobiography “Return from Bohemia” for the first time ever, Sue Taylor integrates the artist’s own recollections into interpretations of his art.

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Life in Motion

Unlocking the Secret to Healthy Aging

University of Florida Press, Gatorbytes
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The Motivation to Vote

Explaining Electoral Participation

UBC Press

An original, parsimonious, and elegant explanation of why we vote or abstain in elections.

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Re-creating the Circle

The Renewal of American Indian Self-Determination

University of New Mexico Press

A collaboration between Native activists, professionals, and scholars, Re-Creating the Circle brings a new perspective to the American Indian struggle for self-determination.

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Indigenous Empowerment through Co-management

Land Claims Boards, Wildlife Management, and Environmental Regulation

UBC Press

This book is a clear, compelling, and evidence-based assessment of the effectiveness of co-management boards in providing Indigenous peoples with genuine influence over land and wildlife decisions affecting their traditional territories.

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