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(1) Forest Lost: Producing Green Capitalism in the Brazilian Amazon
Maron E. Greenleaf
ISBN: 978-1-4780-3108-6
View at publisher (Duke University Press)


(2) Life beside Bars: Confinement and Capital in an American Prison Town
heath pearson
ISBN: 978-1-4780-3114-7
View at publisher (Duke University Press)


(3) Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: South Africa in the Chinese Century
Mingwei Huang
ISBN: 978-1-4780-3103-1
View at publisher (Duke University Press)


(4) Settler Militarism: World War II in Hawai'i and the Making of US Empire
Juliet Nebolon
ISBN: 978-1-4780-3101-7
View at publisher (Duke University Press)


(5) Mystical Landscapes in Medieval Persian Literature: 8th to 11th Centuries
Fatemeh Keshavarz; Ahmet T. Karamustafa
ISBN: 9781399533201
View at publisher (Edinburgh University Press)


(6) Cross Bronx: A Writing Life
Peter Quinn
ISBN: 9781531508067
View at publisher (Fordham University Press)


(7) Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car
Nicole Gelinas
ISBN: 9781531508210
View at publisher (Fordham University Press)


(8) Of Lost Cities: The Maghribi Poetic Imagination
Nizar F. Hermes
ISBN: 9780228022299
View at publisher (McGill-Queen's University Press)


(9) Black Speculative Feminisms: Memory and Liberated Futures in Black Women’s Fiction: Memory and Liberated Futures in Black Women’s Fiction
Cassandra L. Jones
ISBN: 9780814215401
View at publisher (Ohio State University Press)


(10) China Pop!: Pop Culture, Propaganda, Pacific Pop-Ups: Pop Culture, Propaganda, Pacific Pop-Ups
Sheng-mei Ma
ISBN: 9780814215760
View at publisher (Ohio State University Press)


(11) Pitfalls of Prestige: Black Women and Literary Recognition: Black Women and Literary Recognition
Laura Elizabeth Vrana
ISBN: 9780814215753
View at publisher (Ohio State University Press)


(12) Black Feminist Anthropology, 25th Anniversary Edition: Theory, Politics, Praxis, and Poetics
Irma McClaurin; Foreword by Johnetta Betsch Cole; Contributions by A. Lynn Bolles, Kimberly Eison Simmons, Carolyn Martin Shaw, Karla Slocum, Angela M. Gil
ISBN: 9781978843295
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(13) Cinema under National Reconstruction: State Censorship and South Korea’s Cold War Film Culture
Hye Seung Chung
ISBN: 9781978838710
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(14) Inside Tenement Time: Suss, Spirit, and Surveillance
Kezia Page
ISBN: 9781978837881
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(15) Lifting the Shadow: Reshaping Memory, Race, and Slavery in U.S. Museums
Amy Sodaro
ISBN: 9781978842632
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(16) Making the Human: Race, Allegory, and Asian Americans
Corinne Mitsuye Sugino
ISBN: 9781978839694
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(17) Persisting Pandemics: Syphilis, AIDS, and COVID
Powel H. Kazanjian
ISBN: 9781978830677
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(18) Post-Crisis Leadership: Resilience, Renewal, and Reinvention in the Aftermath of Disruption
Ralph A. Gigliotti
ISBN: 9781978838482
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(19) Transformed States: Medicine, Biotechnology, and American Culture, 1990-2020
Martin Halliwell
ISBN: 9781978817876
View at publisher (Rutgers University Press)


(20)

ISBN: 9781503640597
View at publisher (Stanford University Press)


(21) Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture
Matan Kaminer
ISBN: 9781503640511
View at publisher (Stanford University Press)


(22) Feeling Machines: Japanese Robotics and the Global Entanglements of More-Than-Human Care
Shawn Bender
ISBN: 9781503640191
View at publisher (Stanford University Press)


(23) Mary Kitagawa: A Nikkei Canadian Life
Karen M. Inouye
ISBN: 9781503640504
View at publisher (Stanford University Press)


(24) A Farm Family on Long Island's North Fork: The Lost World of the Hallocks and Their Sound Avenue Community
Richard A. Wines
ISBN: 9781438499833
View at publisher (SUNY Press)


(25) Crisis TV: Hispanic Television Narratives after 2008
María del Carmen Caña Jiménez; Vinodh Venkatesh; SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
ISBN: 9781438499857
View at publisher (SUNY Press)


(26) Islamic Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity: Leo Strauss's Relationship with al-Fārābī, Avicenna, and Averroes
Georges Tamer; SUNY series in the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss
ISBN: 9798855800111
View at publisher (SUNY Press)


(27) Meeting the Moment: Inspiring Presidential Leadership that Transformed America
William Haldeman; SUNY series on the Presidency: Contemporary Issues
ISBN: 9798855800173
View at publisher (SUNY Press)


(28) The Life of the Soul: Jewish Perspectives on Reincarnation from the Middle Ages to the Modern Period
Andrea Gondos; Leore Sachs-Shmueli
ISBN: 9798855800050
View at publisher (SUNY Press)


(29) Oneida Iroquois Folklore, Myth, and History: New York Oral Narrative from the Notes of H. E. Allen and Others
Anthony Wonderley
ISBN: 9780815606949
View at publisher (Syracuse University Press)


(30) War Lives: Revenge, Grief, and Conflict in Israeli Fiction
Nitza Ben-Dov
ISBN: 9780815637981
View at publisher (Syracuse University Press)


(31) Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration
Don Albrecht
ISBN: 9781648432750
View at publisher (Texas A&M University Press)


(32) Geographies of Travel: Impressions of America in the Long Nineteenth Century
Susan L. Roberson
ISBN: 9781648432583
View at publisher (Texas A&M University Press)


(33) Indigenous Healing as Paradox: Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony
Krista Maxwell
ISBN: 9781772125740
View at publisher (University of Alberta Press)


(34) Caracoleando Among Worlds: Reconstructing Maya Worldviews in Chiapas
Silvia Soto
ISBN: 9780816547562
View at publisher (University of Arizona Press)


(35) Cold War Anthropologist: Isabel Kelly and Rural Development in Mexico
Stephanie Baker Opperman
ISBN: 9780816553921
View at publisher (University of Arizona Press)


(36) Heritage in the Body: Sensory Ecologies of Health Practice in Times of Change
Kristina Baines
ISBN: 9780816554119
View at publisher (University of Arizona Press)


(37) Kids in Cages: Surviving and Resisting Child Migrant Detention
Emily Ruehs-Navarro; Lina Caswell Muñoz; Sarah Diaz
ISBN: 9780816553822
View at publisher (University of Arizona Press)


(38) Savages and Citizens: How Indigeneity Shapes the State
Andrew Canessa; Manuela Lavinas Picq
ISBN: 9780816553976
View at publisher (University of Arizona Press)


(39) Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard
Linda Ambrose
ISBN: 9780774869164
View at publisher (University of British Columbia Press)


(40) Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present
by Eleanor Paynter (Author)
ISBN: 9780520402904
View at publisher (University of California Press)


(41) Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part I
by Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche (Editor), Paul E. Kerry (Editor), Marylu Hill (Editor)
ISBN: 9780520409897
View at publisher (University of California Press)


(42) Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part II
by Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche (Editor), Paul E. Kerry (Editor), Marylu Hill (Editor)
ISBN: 9780520410305
View at publisher (University of California Press)


(43) Intersectional Incoherence: Zainichi Literature and the Ethics of Illegibility
by Cindi Textor (Author)
ISBN: 9780520398726
View at publisher (University of California Press)


(44) Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm
by Emily Yates-Doerr (Author)
ISBN: 9780520404427
View at publisher (University of California Press)


(45) The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity
by Karen Bloom Gevirtz (Author)
ISBN: 9780520409910
View at publisher (University of California Press)


(46) The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractivism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala
by Giovanni Batz (Author)
ISBN: 9780520401730
View at publisher (University of California Press)


(47) Bong Joon Ho:
Joseph Jonghyun Jeon
ISBN: 978-0-252-04648-3
View at publisher (University of Illinois Press)


(48) South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago's Classical Music Scene
Samantha Ege
ISBN: 978-0-252-04626-1
View at publisher (University of Illinois Press)


(49) Engineering Stability: Rebuilding the State in Twenty-First Century Chinese Universities
Xiaojun Yan
ISBN: 9780472057054
View at publisher (University of Michigan Press)


(50) Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks
Jun'ichi IsomaeTranslated by Lynne E. Riggs & Manabu Takechi
ISBN: 9780472057078
View at publisher (University of Michigan Press)


(51) Monstrous Work and Radical Satisfaction: Black Women Writing under Segregation
Eve Dunbar
ISBN: 978-1-5179-1787-6
View at publisher (University of Minnesota Press)


(52) Re-membering Culture: Erasure and Renewal in Hmong American Education
Bic Ngo
ISBN: 978-1-5179-1075-4
View at publisher (University of Minnesota Press)


(53) We Miss You, George Floyd:
Shannon Gibney Illustrations by Leeya Rose Jackson
ISBN: 978-1-5179-1444
View at publisher (University of Minnesota Press)


(54) Informal Metropolis: Life on the Edge of Mexico City, 1940–1976
David Yee
ISBN: 9781496225924
View at publisher (University of Nebraska Press)


(55) Living West as Feminists: Conversations about the Where of Us
Krista Comer
ISBN: 9781496229533
View at publisher (University of Nebraska Press)


(56) Modern Responsa: An Anthology of Jewish Ethical and Ritual Decisions
Pamela Barmash
ISBN: 9780827615588
View at publisher (University of Nebraska Press)


(57) Nazis at the Watercooler: War Criminals in Postwar German Government Agencies
Terrence C. Petty
ISBN: 9781640125698
View at publisher (University of Nebraska Press)


(58) Spaces of Treblinka: Retracing a Death Camp
Jacob Flaws
ISBN: 9781496239730
View at publisher (University of Nebraska Press)


(59) The Chief Rabbi's Funeral: The Untold Story of America's Largest Antisemitic Riot
Scott D. Seligman
ISBN: 9781640126183
View at publisher (University of Nebraska Press)


(60) All Y'all: Queering Southernness in US Fiction, 1980–2020
Heidi Siegrist
ISBN: 9781469682815
View at publisher (University of North Carolina Press)


(61) Blacks against Brown: The Intra-racial Struggle over Segregated Schools in Topeka, Kansas
Charise L. Cheney
ISBN: 9781469681658
View at publisher (University of North Carolina Press)


(62) Freedom's Mirage: Virgil Bennehan's Odyssey from Emancipation to Exile
Sydney Nathans
ISBN: 9781469682655
View at publisher (University of North Carolina Press)


(63) Shy of the Squirrel's Foot: A Peripheral History of the Jargon Society as Told through Its Missing Books
Andy Martrich
ISBN: 9781469682518
View at publisher (University of North Carolina Press)


(64) Sheets of Scattered Sand: Cantonese Protestants and the Secular Dream of the Pacific Rim
Justin Tse
ISBN: 9780268208714
View at publisher (University of Notre Dame Press)


(65) America Under the Hammer: Auctions and the Emergence of Market Values
Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor
ISBN: 9781512826517
View at publisher (University of Pennsylvania Press)


(66) Fighting for the Higher Law: Black and White Transcendentalists Against Slavery
Peter Wirzbicki
ISBN: 9781512826821
View at publisher (University of Pennsylvania Press)


(67) The House of Barnes: The Man, the Collection, the Controversy. Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 266)
Neil L. Rudenstine
ISBN: 9781606188897
View at publisher (University of Pennsylvania Press)


(68) Built by the People Themselves: African American Community Development in Arlington, Virginia, from the Civil War through Civil Rights
Lindsey Bestebreurtje
ISBN: 978-1-64336-498
View at publisher (University of South Carolina Press)


(69) White Tongue, Brown Skin: The Colonized Woman and Language
Maya Boutaghou
ISBN: 9780813952208
View at publisher (University of Virginia Press)


(70) Bronze Mirrors in Ancient China: Artistry and Technique
Kin Sum Li
ISBN: 9780295752907
View at publisher (University of Washington Press)


(71) Caring for Caregivers: Filipina Migrant Workers and Community Building during Crisis
Valerie Francisco-Menchavez
ISBN: 9780295753140
View at publisher (University of Washington Press)


(72) Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La
Brendan A. Galipeau. Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan
ISBN: 9780295753362
View at publisher (University of Washington Press)


(73) Kernels of Resistance: Maize, Food Sovereignty, and Collective Power
Liza Grandia
ISBN: 9780295753300
View at publisher (University of Washington Press)


(74) Native Alienation: Spiritual Conquest and the Violence of California Missions
Charles A. Sepulveda
ISBN: 9780295753270
View at publisher (University of Washington Press)


(75) Astad Deboo: An Icon of Contemporary Indian Dance
Katrak, Ketu H.
ISBN: 9781803094304
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(76) Carceral Citizens: Labor and Confinement in Puerto Rico
Parker, Caroline M.
ISBN: 9780226836232
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(77) Drumming Our Way Home: Intergenerational Learning, Teaching, and Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Martin, Georgina
ISBN: 9780774870092
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(78) Gunta Stölzl & Johannes Itten: Textile Universes
Wagner, Christoph
ISBN: 9783777442983
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(79) Gunta Stölzl/Johannes Itten
Hirsch, Helen
ISBN: 9783777442983
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(80) Instrument of War: Music and the Making of America’s Soldiers
Suisman, David
ISBN: 9780226822921
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(81) Mindprints: Thoreau’s Material Worlds
Gaskell, Ivan
ISBN: 9780226836072
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(82) Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery
Rockman, Seth
ISBN: 9780226723457
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(83) Promise to Pay: The Politics and Power of Money in Early America
Moore, Katie
ISBN: 9780226835839
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(84) Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage: A Canadian Obligation, New Edition
Battiste, Marie
ISBN: 9780774881142
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(85) Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage, New Edition: A Canadian Obligation
Battiste, Marie
ISBN: 9780774881142
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(86) Religion in Plain View: Public Aesthetics of American Display
Promey, Sally
ISBN: 9780226832333
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(87) Sponge Park: Gowanus Canal
Drake, Susannah C.
ISBN: 9783038602491
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(88) Starved for Light: The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency
Warren, Christian
ISBN: 9780226151939
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(89) The Color of Family: History, Race, and the Politics of Ancestry
O'Malley, Michael
ISBN: 9780226835907
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(90) The Great Game: Essays on Poetics
Majmudar, Amit
ISBN: 9781946724830
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(91) The Middle Front: The Architecture of La Dallman Architects
La, Grace
ISBN: 9783038603870
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(92) The Wonder and Complexity of the 1904 World’s Fair
The Missouri Historical Society Press,
ISBN: 9798985571646
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(93) The Wonder and the Complexity of the 1904 World’s Fair
The Missouri Historical Society Press,
ISBN: 9798985571646
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(94) Thoreau’s God
Higgins, Richard
ISBN: 9780226827308
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(95) Transatlantic Vistas: Engagements with the Literatures of Wales and the USA
Thomas, M. Wynn
ISBN: 9781837721597
View at publisher (University Press of Chicago)


(96) My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington
George Stevens, Jr.
ISBN: 9781985901179
View at publisher (University Press of Kentucky)


(97) Bayou Dilemma: Louisiana in Crisis and Change
Samuel C. Hyde Jr.
ISBN: 9781496853776
View at publisher (University Press of Mississippi)


(98) Conversations with Lenard D. Moore:
John Zheng
ISBN: 9781496853943
View at publisher (University Press of Mississippi)


(99) Frankie McIntosh and the Art of the Soca Arranger:
Frankie McIntosh
ISBN: 9781496854001
View at publisher (University Press of Mississippi)


(100) Memory Work: White Ignorance and Black Resistance in Popular Magazines, 1900-1910
Mary E. Triece
ISBN: 9781496854155
View at publisher (University Press of Mississippi)


(101) Soul of the Court: The Trailblazing Life of Judge William Benson Bryant Sr.
Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781496832924
View at publisher (University Press of Mississippi)


(102) The Nine O'Clock Whistle: Stories of the Freedom Struggle for Civil Rights in Enfield, North Carolina
Willa Cofield
ISBN: 9781496852380
View at publisher (University Press of Mississippi)


(103) The Purple One: Prince, Race, Gender, and Everything in Between
Judson L. Jeffries
ISBN: 9781496853882
View at publisher (University Press of Mississippi)


(104) Nowville: The Untold History of Nashville's Contemporary Art Scene
Joe Nolan
ISBN: 9780826507396
View at publisher (Vanderbilt University Press)