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American Anti-Pastoral

Brookside, New Jersey and the Garden State of Philip Roth

Rutgers University Press

Combining literary analysis with historical research, Thomas Gustafson examines how Philip Roth’s acclaimed 1997 novel American Pastoral draws upon the history of Brookside, New Jersey as its model for the fictional hamlet of Old Rimrock. American Anti-Pastoral peels back myths about the bucolic Garden State countryside to reveal deep fissures within the heart of American democracy.

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Mississippian Women

University of Florida Press

This volume highlights the vital role women played within the diverse societies of the Mississippian world, which spanned the present-day United States South to the Midwest before the seventeenth century.

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Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century

Transgressing the Frame

University of Texas Press

How twenty-first-century Latin American comics transgress social, political, and cultural frontiers.

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France and Algeria

A History of Decolonization and Transformation

University of Texas Press

An examination of the complicated history between France and Algeria since the latter’s independence.

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Damming the Gila

The Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Irrigation Project, 1900–1942

The University of Arizona Press

The third in a series, this volume continues to chronicle the history of water rights and activities on the Gila River Indian Reservation. Centered on the San Carlos Irrigation Project and Coolidge Dam, this book details the history and development of the project, including the Gila Decree. Embedded in the narrative is the underlying tension between tribal growers on the Gila River Indian Reservation and upstream users. Told in seven chapters, the story underscores the idea that the Gila River Indian Community believed the San Carlos Irrigation Project was first and foremost for their benefit and how the project and the Gila Decree fell short of restoring their water and agricultural economy.

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Fallen Comrade

A Story of the Korean War

University Press of Mississippi

A touching tribute to the sacrifice and friendship of three Mississippi soldiers in the Korean War

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Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System

Island Press

Fixing the carnage on our roadways requires a change in mindset and a dramatic transformation of transportation. This goes for traffic engineers in particular because they are still the ones in charge of our streets.

In Killed by a Traffic Engineer, civil engineering professor Wes Marshall shines a spotlight on how little science there is behind the way that our streets are engineered, which leaves safety as an afterthought. While traffic engineers are not trying to cause deliberate harm to anyone, he explains, they are guilty of creating a transportation system whose designs remain largely based on plausible, but unproven, conjecture.

Killed by a Traffic Engineer is ultimately hopeful about what is possible once we shift our thinking and demand streets engineered for the safety of people, both outside and inside of cars. It will make you look at your city and streets—and traffic engineers—in a new light and inspire you to take action.

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Juneteenth Rodeo

By Sarah Bird; Afterword by Demetrius Pearson
University of Texas Press

Timeless photos offer a rare portrait of the jubilant, vibrant, vital, nearly hidden, and now all-but-vanished world of small-town Black rodeos.

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Invisibility and Influence

A Literary History of AfroLatinidades

University of Texas Press

A rich literary study of AfroLatinx life writing, this book traces how AfroLatinxs have challenged their erasure in the United States and Latin America over the last century.

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Indigenous Health and Justice

The University of Arizona Press

Indigenous communities are practicing de facto sovereignty to resolve public health issues that are a consequence of settler colonialism. This work delves into health and justice through a range of topics and examples and demonstrates the resilience of Indigenous communities.

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Grief is a Sneaky Bitch

An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss

University of Texas Press

A comprehensive and compassionate guide to navigating loss.

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Florida Trail Hikes

Top Scenic Destinations on Florida's National Scenic Trail

University Press of Florida

A guide to the best scenic day hikes and overnight trips along the state-spanning Florida Trail, this book helps readers of all backgrounds and experience levels plan an adventure exploring natural Florida.

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Fear and the First Amendment

Controversial Cases of the Roberts Court

University of Alabama Press

A highly original account of the role that fear plays in key First Amendment cases ruled on by the Roberts Supreme Court
 

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Chuco Punk

Sonic Insurgency in El Paso

University of Texas Press

An immersive study of the influential and predominantly Chicanx punk rock scene in El Paso, Texas.

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The Archaeology of Arcuate Communities

Spatial Patterning and Settlement in the Eastern Woodlands

University of Alabama Press

Provides case studies of social dynamics and evolution of ring-shaped communities of the Eastern Woodlands

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The Archaeology of Arcuate Communities

Spatial Patterning and Settlement in the Eastern Woodlands

University of Alabama Press

Provides case studies of social dynamics and evolution of ring-shaped communities of the Eastern Woodlands

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Imagining Progress

Science, Faith, and Child Mortality in America

University of Alabama Press

Explores the intellectual history of Americans’ divergent assumptions about God, nature, and science
 

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A Face Out of Clay

University Press of Colorado, Center for Literary Publishing
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The Secular Care of the Self

Discipline and Its Discontents across the Protestant Atlantic

University of New Mexico Press
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The Chilean Dictatorship Novel

Memory, Postmemory, Affect, and Emotions

University of New Mexico Press
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