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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA gripping study of white power…It is impossible to read the book without recalling more recent events…The book’s explosive thesis: that the white power movement ...emerged as a radical reaction to the [Vietnam] war…It is a breathtaking argument, one that treats foreign policy as the impetus for a movement that most people view through the lens of domestic racism…It’s a stunning indictment of official culpability, and Belew constructs her case with forensic care. In doing so, she shows that, while racism is ever with us, policy choices ranging from local police strategies to the furthest reaches of foreign policy create the space for white power to flourish. * New York Times *Compelling…Meticulously researched and powerfully argued, Belew’s book isn’t only a definitive history of white-racist violence in late-20th-century America, but also a rigorous meditation on the relationship between American militarism abroad and extremism at home…The power of Belew’s book comes, in part, from the fact that it reveals a story about white-racist violence that we should all already know. * The Nation *Superbly comprehensive…supplants all journalistic accounts of America’s resurgent white supremacism. -- Pankaj Mishra * The Guardian *Fascinating…Belew connects seemingly disparate events like the killings at Greensboro, the persecution of Vietnamese fishers in Texas in the early 1980s, and the siege at Ruby Ridge. She shows how hatred of the federal government, fears of communism, and racism all combined in white-power ideology and explains why our responses to the movement have long been woefully inadequate. * Slate *A gorgeously rendered account of the white power movement in this country that reveals its symbiotic character, one that both feeds on mainstream angst and stimulates it to new heights. * Los Angeles Review of Books *An engrossing and comprehensive history of the white power movement in America, highlighting its racism, antigovernment hostility, and terrorist tactics…Belew presents a convincing case that white power rhetoric and activism continue to influence mainstream U.S. politics. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Belew…counters the treatment of white terrorists as ‘lone wolves’ by tracing the contours of an organized white power movement that connected radical white extremists from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and from Waco, Texas, to Oklahoma City…Belew does the hard work of restoring those connections, revealing how white supremacists built a coalition of rural survivalists, urban skinheads, and anti-Semitic Christian Identity believers. * Los Angeles Review of Books *An essential reference book for our times. -- Rachel Maddow * Rachel Maddow Show *This is a work of fierce intelligence. Belew shows how white power activists used their view of the Vietnam War to advance every element of their reactionary agenda and to justify domestic terrorism. A book of signal importance and urgency, it provides a haunting vantage point on contemporary American political culture. -- Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for AmericaBring the War Home is a tour de force. An utterly engrossing and piercingly argued history that tracks how the seismic aftershocks of the Vietnam War gave rise to a white power movement whose toxic admixture of violent bigotry, antigovernmental hostility, and racial terrorism helped set the stage for Waco, the Oklahoma City bombing, and, yes, the presidency of Donald Trump. -- Junot DíazThis is a troubling book for many reasons, not just because of the scope of the white power network it reveals…[It] raises questions about how the elements of United States culture that valorize violence and draw ready distinctions between the deserving ‘us’ and the less deserving ‘them’ ...contribute to mass shootings…Belew treats the trajectory of white power victimhood as a shift from attacks on the other to a declaration of war against the federal government. * Jotwell *Fascinating and riveting... that archive is truly incredible. -- Soledad O’Brien * Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien *Belew…traces the origins of the white power movement to the aftermath of the Vietnam War. She examines how various racist groups—skinheads, Klansmen, white separatists, neo-Nazis, militiamen, and others—united under a common banner and took the movement in a violent and revolutionary direction…Belew also argues that the anti-government sentiment created by the Vietnam War helped consolidate and radicalize the white power movement in ways we haven’t fully understood. -- Sean Illing * Vox *Kathleen Belew’s vital new book begins in the belly of a Huey helicopter somewhere over South Vietnam. From there she follows with unflinching honesty the violence that violence begat, from the tiny cadre of veterans who decided to bring the war home through Ruby Ridge and Waco to the horror of the Oklahoma City terrorist attack. Over the years I’ve read any number of exemplary histories. Never have I read a more courageous one. -- Kevin Boyle, author of Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz AgeAn engaging account of how and why the modern white power movement emerged from 1975 to 1995…[Belew] offers an unprecedented level of detail, engaging deeply with developments that other authors typically gloss over…Bring the War Home is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history of America’s white power movement. * Reason *A smart and powerfully argued book about the way that the Vietnam War in particular reshaped white power in the United States… It’s really fascinating. -- Nicole Hemmer * Past Present *The connection between hate groups and the military is not new… Bring the War Home charts the path of radical white supremacists from the end of the Vietnam War to the 1995 bombing of a Federal government building in Oklahoma City. * CBS News *Examine[s] how romantic public narratives have been deployed to suppress collective memory of the violence that underwrites white supremacy. * Times Literary Supplement *An unquestionably powerful, well-researched and must-read addition to the post-2016 upsurge in analysis and investigation of the foundations of modern fascism. Anyone seeking to understand the origins of the modern far right in the U.S. should include this work at the top of their reading list. -- Ryan Smith * Truthout *Alarming and meticulously researched. -- Wajahat Ali * NYR Daily *This necessary work reminds readers that white violence—on behalf of, and against, the state—has a long and deep history. * Library Journal *In this major work of scholarly synthesis, Kathleen Belew uses letters, ephemera and ‘zines’ as well as newspaper reports and official documents to reconstruct a dark chapter in American history that has chilling echoes for today. * Times Higher Education *Bring the War Home is a fascinating account of right-wing white power extremists in the United States. Kathleen Belew illuminates this history through staggeringly broad research. A compelling and sometimes shocking read, it is an outstanding contribution to the history of violence. -- Mary L. Dudziak, author of War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its ConsequencesIf you weren’t afraid of the violent white power movement before reading [this], you will be when you’re done…Belew details fifty years of energetic racist organizing and violent acts…A ringing call to recognize the extent of the threat, in order to better organize an effective response. -- Micol Seigel * American Historical Review *For those who wish to make sense of the enduring ‘catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War’ as well as recent events in places like Charlottesville, Belew’s Bring the War Home is required reading. -- Keira Williams * PopMatters *Invaluable to understanding our current political moment. -- Angela E. Hubler * Against the Current *A carefully written book that argues that violent white-supremacist groups were mobilized by the Vietnam War and the Cold War more generally to undertake an armed campaign in the service of their anticommunist, White supremacist goals…Belew’s work suggests that armed violence by militant movements is a far more enduring and deep-rooted part of American politics than conventional understandings admit. -- Paul Musgrave * Systemic Organization *

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Book SynopsisFrom the Alien Friends Act to the Cold War and the War on Terror, the US has used ideological exclusions and deportations to suppress freedom of speech and association of foreigners depicted as threatening to national security. Julia Rose Kraut provides the first history of the tensions between immigration law and the First Amendment.Trade ReviewSuspicion of foreigners goes back to the earliest days of the republic…Kraut traces how different ideologies would be considered intolerably dangerous according to the dominant fears of a given era. Anarchism gave way to communism; communism gave way to Islamic radicalism. -- Jennifer Szalai * New York Times *Excellent…Generate[s] important insights into…questions about the history of deportation and removal of foreign-born residents from and by the United States…A magisterial and well-written account…A gripping, expansive story that traces the consequences of suspicions of ‘un-American’ ideologies and loyalties in federal jurisprudence from the War of 1812 through the still-raging War on Terror. -- Rachel Ida Buff * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *[Kraut’s] careful archival work is impressive…This book is engaging and well suited for undergraduate or graduate legal history courses, immigration and ethnicity courses, or as selected readings for either US history survey. -- Erika Weidemann Bravo * Journal of American Ethnic History *Julia Rose Kraut, in Threat of Dissent, seeks to capture those dissenting and opposing voices in her excellent history of the ‘ideological exclusion’ of persons who held unorthodox beliefs…Her close analysis yields a superb study of gatekeeping in action. -- Lucy E. Salyer * Reviews in American History *Kraut is a gifted narrator…Threat of Dissent is highly recommended to all readers concerned with U.S. immigration policy and how it has and still relates to matters of free speech and free association. -- Olaf Stieglitz * American Studies *A must-read for those who care about immigration or the First Amendment. In clear and lively prose, Kraut charts how noncitizens are doubly vulnerable under American law: treated with suspicion as strangers, and subject to expulsion based on their political beliefs. Along the way, she forces us to reckon with a deeply troubling reality: freedom of speech has not been available for everyone. -- Robert L. Tsai, author of America’s Forgotten ConstitutionsI opened these pages skeptically, and then could not put them down. Threat of Dissent tells the rich and instructive history of efforts to protect America’s borders, first by legislation that excluded unwanted people, and then by legal and judicial challenges to those with unwelcome ideas and beliefs. An essential book for all concerned with US immigration policy and with the free expression of ideas inside and outside the nation. -- Alice Kessler-Harris, author of A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian HellmanAn eye-opening and powerfully written book. Julia Rose Kraut demonstrates that though the methods and technologies used by the government to suppress political dissent in the United States have changed over the generations, the fear of radicals—and the association of foreigners with radicalism—has remained constant. Every politically engaged citizen will be riveted by this history of the architects of political suppression and the legal challenges launched by those who sought to protect core American values of freedom of speech and association. -- María Cristina García, author of The Refugee Challenge in Post–Cold War AmericaThis is an original, comprehensive history of one of the most pervasive and insidious forms of political repression in the United States—one few Americans know anything about. In a rich narrative spanning more than two centuries, gifted legal historian Julia Rose Kraut reveals how federal authorities routinely barred foreign dissidents who hoped to mingle freely with the public in the ‘land of the free.’ -- Michael Kazin, author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914–1918

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 – Economic, Social, and Environment / Finance"

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Book SynopsisThe remarkable history of how college presidents shaped the struggle for racial equalitySome of America's most pressing civil rights issues-desegregation, equal educational and employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and free speech-have been closely intertwined with higher education institutions. Although it is commonly known that coTrade Review"Winner of the ASHE Outstanding Book Award, Association for the Study of Higher Education""Winner of the AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association""Winner of the Frederic W. Ness Book Award, Association of American Colleges & Universities""Winner of the HES Outstanding Book Award, History of Education Society""Winner of the Outstanding Publication Award, American Educational Research Association""This extensively researched, well-written examination of racism, integration, and violence in the postsecondary environment is a major contribution to the field of higher education."---Jacqueline Snider, Library Journal"In this intensely researched narrative, Cole focuses on one institutional president—as a member of the wider community of presidents—per chapter and examines how he or she worked within the circumstances of their colleges. Perhaps most importantly, the author explores the silent networks of Black college presidents whose efforts slipped under the radar." * Kirkus Reviews *"The Campus Color Line is enlightening for advanced students and scholars interested in the study of higher education history." * Choice Reviews *"Cole artfully makes the case that higher education played a central role in shaping one of the most significant social movements in American history. . . . The Campus Color Line is essential not just for filling this gap in the historical literature or because it shows another way that universities influence society. It is essential because it challenges those of us in higher education, both educators and administrators, to be mindful of our actions and, above all else, to do more."---Lucian Bessmer, Harvard Educational Review"A brilliant and richly detailed study. . . . Cole’s ambitious collection of intimate and masterfully researched institutional histories make The Campus Color Line a must-read for upper-level undergraduate courses or graduate students examining the legacy of student activism and social movements, or the history of education."---Jelani M. Favors, History of Education Quarterly"Cole’s ability to connect college presidential challenges, racial turmoil, and political climate make this work groundbreaking. This is especially insightful since Cole takes the approach of focusing his work on the dominant white community which had their own way of working against the desegregation within the confines of American society."---Jesse R. Ford & Kaleb L. Briscoe, Teachers College Record"The Campus Color Line should be required reading for academics or anyone interested in how issues of racial justice became enmeshed in higher education."---E. Masghati, Ph.D., International Social Science Review"Eddie R. Cole brilliantly narrates the untold stories of America's college leaders and their many contributions toward the decolonization of higher education. . . . Cole’s book is a testament to the difficulty of these challenges faced by leaders, and it offers a guide for how to overcome them—if a leader knows how to pay close attention to our past and aims not to repeat the mistakes in the future."---Mary F. Howard-Hamilton & Kelsey Bogard, Journal of College Student Development ​​​​​​​"Cole’s lucid and pragmatic description of networks of power in the 1950s and 60s provides current scholars, administrators, and students a useful road map for effecting social change today."---Abigail Fagan, Amerikastudien/American Studies

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Book SynopsisThis volume in the Issues in Historiography series examines the changing scholarly debate on individuals and events in African American history from the 1890s to the present. It highlights how over time the work of scholars has reflected both advances in academic understanding and wider developments in race relations in American society. -- .Table of ContentsGeneral Editor’s ForwordPrefaceIntroduction 1. Segregation and Accommodation, 1895-19152. The Great Migration and the ‘New Negro’, 1915-19303. The Great Depression and the Second World War, 1930-19454. The Post-war Civil Rights Movement, 1945-19655. Malcolm X and Black Power, 1960-19806. The New Conservatism, 1980-20027. African Americans and U. S. Popular Culture, 1895-2002ConclusionGuidance on Further Reading

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Book SynopsisA biography of one of the most important political activists of a generationTrade Review'Gerald Horne is one of the most gifted and insightful historians on racial matters of his generation' -- Manning Marable'Gerald Horne gives us the Paul Robeson we've been waiting for: the flesh and blood revolutionary, artistic genius, and fearless opponent of capitalism, racism and colonialism. He recovers in meticulous scholarly detail one of the 20th century's greatest freedom fighters. Horne also brings Robeson to life for our own times. This is a brilliant encore for an essential revolutionary life' -- Bill V. Mullen, Professor of American Studies, Purdue University, and author of 'Afro-Orientalism' (Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2014)'Powerfully affirms that Robeson's global artistic acclaim infuriated defenders of U.S. foreign policy while giving voice to earlier and later generations of black socialist radical artists. Horne portrays the tragedies faced by, and the impact possible for politically conscious black artists in the face of racial caricature and American imperialism. Drawing attention to Robeson's oratory this study reflects the cultivation of debate, law, and linguistics in Black cultural life and the role of Robeson's universalist musicology' -- Tiffany Willougby-Herard, Associate Professor, African American Studies, UC Irvine, and author of 'Waste of a White Skin;'A fine introduction to the man, his work and more importantly his ideas. A valuable work that clarifies the distinction between genuine fame and the simple vacuous celebrity obsessions of our time' -- Billy Woodberry, leading director of the L.A. Rebellion (Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers)'An original and powerful biography of Paul Robeson. This book would have made Robeson proud' -- Erik S. McDuffie, Associate Professor of African American Studies, University of Illinois, and author of Sojourning for Freedom: Black Women, American Communism, and the Making of Black Left Feminism'In this powerful, concise account of one of the greatest internationalists of the 20th century, Gerald Horne returns Paul Robeson to his rightful place in history' -- Robin D.G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor of History, UCLA, and author of 'Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original' (2009)'Horne delivers a fine, taut analysis of the great African American athlete, singer, actor, and political activist, highlighting the theme of the artist as revolutionary ... A welcome addition for any library, small or large' -- Choice, Highly Recommended R. C. Cottrell, California State University'An amazing contribution to African American radical history ... I hope a new generation of activists read Horne's insightful book' -- Tony Pecinovsky, People's World'Excellent' -- Sydney Review of Books'Offers a great example of black entertainers as responsible and ethical political leaders' -- LSE Review of BooksTable of Contents1. 'The Best Known American in the World' 2. Rising Star 3. Rising Revolutionary 4. From Moscow to Madrid 5. 'The Tallest Tree in Our Forest' 6. 'Black Stalin'? 7. Robeson: Primary Victim of the 'Blacklist' 8. Britain Beckons 9. Triumph—and Tragedy 10. Death of a Revolutionary Notes Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the goals and influence of U.S. policy towards Central America, and identifies supporters and opponents of this policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Free World Vignettes 2. The Fifth Freedom 3. Patterns of Intervention 4. The Race to Destruction 5. The Challenge Ahead 6. Postscript: 1986 Footnotes Index

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Book SynopsisTrue crime meets political thriller in an explosive exposé of US meddling in MexicoTrade Review'An impressive piece of sleuthing. Mckenzie's dogged search for answers shines a spotlight on AIFLD with its CIA links.' -- Anthony Carew, author of 'American Labour's Cold War Abroad: From Deep Freeze to Detente''An in-depth study of the rot existing within the foreign policy leadership of the AFL-CIO. Expunging this rot is essential to the revitalization of the US labor movement' -- Kim Scipes, Professor of Sociology, Purdue University NorthwestTable of ContentsList of Photographs Series Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue PART I U.S. LABOR’S COLD WAR IN LATIN AMERICA 1. The Birth of AIFLD and the Coup in British Guiana 2. Labor’s Foreign Policy Contested and the Military Takeover in Brazil 3. AIFLD and the Battle of Chile 4. El Salvador, Nicaragua, and AIFLD’s Agenda for Central America PART II EL GOLPE 5. Mexico in the 1980s 6. U.S. Auto Companies Move South 7. The Coup 8. The Strike PART III TRACKING THE ASSASSINS 9. Detroit 10. St. Paul 11. Washington, DC Conclusion: Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle Appendix: On the Home “Front” Photographs Notes Index

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Book SynopsisShows how the author build his legend: running for sheriff in Aspen, Colorado, creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone and making sense of it all in the landmark Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.

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Book SynopsisThe complete story of the Pilgrims, whose vibrant self-determination inspired generations of migrants the world over

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Book SynopsisImagine that all the great discoveries of Ancient Egypt had happened in the last few years...and you will have some conception of the great excitement over recent finds in Peru

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Book SynopsisIn this landmark guide, nearly two dozen essays by scholars, educators, and museum leaders suggest the next steps in the interpretation of African American history and culture from the colonial period to the twentieth century at history museums and historic sites. This diverse anthology addresses both historical research and interpretive methodologies, including investigating church and legal records, using social media, navigating sensitive or difficult topics, preserving historic places, engaging students and communities, and strengthening connections between local and national history. Case studies of exhibitions, tours, and school programs from around the country provide practical inspiration, including photographs of projects and examples of exhibit label text.Highlights include:Amanda Seymour discusses the prevalence of false nostalgia at the homes of the first five presidents and offers practical solutions to create a more inclusive, nuanced history.Dr. Bernard Powers reveals thTrade ReviewInterpreting African-American history at historic sites is an essential but often complicated task. This timely and important volume seeks to improve and suggest successful plans for historical interpretation, and contains nearly two dozen essays spanning from the colonial period to the 21st century. It embraces a myriad of research methods and strategies for interpretation, including the use of social media, archival and documentary research, outreach programmes as well as instructing interpreters how to manage conflict and difficult questions. . . .This volume offers a rich and interesting insight into the world of public history. . . .[and] provides an engaging and fascinating account of how African-American history is interpreted today. Historical interpreters have an opportunity to explore, ask questions, dig deeper and engage an audience whilst navigating the tensions of American history. This volume celebrates contributions and successes, but we need to recognise that many historic sites have much to improve when confronting the legacy of slavery. * History In Review *Museums and historic sites wishing to devise, or revise., their interpretive programs to better synthesize African American history will find several of the practical case studies in this volume quite useful. Those teaching public history in universities, particularly museum interpretation, historic site interpretation, and museum education courses, may also find it beneficial to assign this book as a way to help students understand current issues in the field. Few worthwhile historic sites and museums can fail to acknowledge the importance of expanding their programs to include the histories of diverse communities. Now, as van Balgooy and the essay authors clearly demonstrate, the challenge is to embed these histories within the sites themselves. * The American Historian *What a gift it will be when museums and historic sites can help our publics understand that they are shaped, touched, and made better by African American history, all day, every day. The essays in this volume give me hope that that day is not too far distant. -- Lonnie G. Bunch, Founding Director, National Museum of African American History and CultureTable of ContentsForeword by Lonnie G. Bunch, III Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Pride and Prejudice: Interpreting Slavery at the Homes of Five Founding Fathers, Amanda Seymour Chapter 2: Developing Comprehensive and Conscientious Interpretation of Slavery at Historic Sites and Museums, Kristin L. Gallas and James DeWolf Perry Chapter 3: Interpreting Difficult Knowledge, Julia Rose Chapter 4: Expanding Interpretation at Historic Sites: When Change Brings Conflict, David W. Young Chapter 5: There is a Doctor in the House--and he's Black, Michelle L. McClellan Chapter 6: Finding Sarah Bickford, William Peterson Chapter 7: Documenting Local African American Community History, Lila Teresa Church Chapter 8: Interpreting the Upper-Ground Railroad, Matthew Pinsker Chapter 9: Churches as Places of History: The Case of Nineteenth Century Charleston, South Carolina, Bernard E. Powers, Jr. Chapter 10: Imagining Slave Square: Resurrecting History through Cemetery Research and Interpretation, D L Henderson Chapter 11: Furnishing Slave Quarters and Free Black Homes: Adding a Powerful Tool to Interpreting African American Life, Martha B. Katz-Hyman Chapter 12: Six Degrees of Separation: Using Social Media and Digital Platforms to Enhance African American History Projects, Lynn Rainville Chapter 13: Asking Big Questions of a Small Place, George W. McDaniel Chapter 14: Power in Limits: Narrow Frames Open Up African American Public History, Benjamin Filene Chapter 15: Connecting Students with Community History, Stacia Kuceyeski Chapter 16: Do You Have What it Takes to be a Freedom Fighter?, Andrea K. Jones Chapter 17: Preserving Los Angeles’ African American Historic Places, Jenny Scanlin and Teresa Grimes Chapter 18: More Than Just a Building: Interpreting the Legacy of the Frederick Douglass Elementary School, Wendi Manuel-Scott and Sara Howard-O’Brien Chapter 19: Soul Soldiers: Giving Voice to Vietnam’s Veterans, Robbie Davis Chapter 20: Making African American History Relevant through Co-Creation and Community Service Learning, Robert Connolly and Ana M. Rea Chapter 21: The Scottsboro Boys Museum: University-Community Collaboration Yields Unanticipated Results, Ellen Griffith Spears and Shelia Washington Selected Bibliography on the Interpretation of African American History and Culture National Organizations Index About the Author and Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn Slavery and the Founders, Paul Finkelman addresses a central issue of the American founding: how the first generation of leaders of the United States dealt with the profoundly important question of human bondage. The book explores the tension between the professed idea of America as stated in the Declaration of Independence, and the reality of the early American republic, reminding us of the profound and disturbing ways that slavery affected the U.S. Constitution and early American politics. It also offers the most important and detailed short critique of Thomas Jefferson''s relationship to slavery available, while at the same time contrasting his relationship to slavery with that of other founders. This third edition of Slavery and the Founders incorporates a new chapter on the regulation and eventual (1808) banning of the African slave trade.Trade Review"Despite the egalitarian wording of the framers of the Constitution, legal historian Paul Finkelman shows in stunning detail the nameless presence of 'slavery'--the word itself hidden in plain sight while its meaning and implications pervaded every article of the original document. This third edition of Slavery and the Founders, with its provocative new chapter on ending the African Slave Trade, weaves together the complex motivations of the Revolutionary generation, both its proslavery and antislavery representatives, into a tightly argued narrative. Today, as we commemorate the various sesquicentennial anniversaries related to the Civil War and the end of slavery, Finkelman offers a timely reminder of why the American legal system ultimately rejected the original intent of its founders." — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard University"The new edition of Paul Finkelman's provocative Slavery and the Founders is a welcome addition to the literature. No one in recent years has done more than Finkelman to force scholars to rethink the relationship between racial slavery and the founding of the American republic. Written with passionate purpose and an extraordinary mastery of the field, these important essays will help set the agenda for the next generation of scholarship. Finkelman's essays on Jefferson are particularly notable, definitively demolishing the Master of Monticello's antislavery credentials." — Peter S. Onuf, University of Virginia (on the previous edition)"Forcefully and eloquently, Paul Finkelman presses the case that slavery and race were towering issues in the politics of the early American republic--and that Thomas Jefferson could be reliably found on the proslavery, antiblack side of every controversy. This enlarged edition of the 1996 book refines the previous content and adds a new essay on slavery in the Age of Federalism." — Peter Wallenstein, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (on the previous edition)Table of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition1. Making a Covenant with Death: Slavery and the Constitutional Convention2. Slavery and the Northwest Ordinance, 1787: A Study in Ambiguity3. Evading the Ordinance: The Persistence of Bondage in Indiana and Illinois4. Implementing the Proslavery Constitution: The Adoption of the Fugitive Slave Law of 17935. Ending the African Slave Trade in the New Nation6. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Federalism7. "Treason Against the Hopes of the World": Thomas Jefferson and Slavery8. Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Antislavery: Historians and MythsBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisBreaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds explores the lives and careers of women, famous and forgotten, who influenced Canada's place in the world during the twentieth century.Trade Review“This collection will prompt debate. It will prompt reflection. It will surely inspire future scholars to reframe Canadian international history around women and gender.” -- Asa McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada“Emphasizing the importance of broad participative decision-making, of quiet compromises, and of local domestic work outside the elite world of official diplomats, Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds adds to an exciting transformation in our official understanding of foreign policy and what it can achieve.” -- Isabel Campbell, National Defense HeadquartersTable of ContentsIntroduction: “Where are the Women?” / Jill Campbell-Miller & Greg DonaghyPart 1: Women in Missions, Aid, and Development1 Quietly Contesting Patriarchy: Dr. Jessie MacBean’s Medical Work in South China, 1925–35 / Kim Girouard2 A Mission for Modernity: Canadian Women in Medical and Nursing Education in India, 1946–66 / Jill Campbell-Miller3 Life Stories, Wife stories: Women Advisors on Economic Development / David WebsterPart 2: Women in International Resistance4 Historically Invisible: The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1914–29 / Sharon Cook and Lorna McLean5 The Voice of Women, the Baby Tooth Survey, and the Search for Security in the Atomic Age / Susan Colbourn6 Marie Smallface Marule: An Indigenous Internationalist / Jonathan CrossenPart 3: Women in Diplomacy7 P.K. Page and the Art of Diplomacy: An Ambassadorial Wife in Brazil / Eric Fillion 8 Jean Casselman Wadds: Patriation, Dinner Party Wars, and a Political Diplomat / Steve Marti and Francine McKenzie9 Flora Macdonald: Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1979–80 / Joe ClarkConclusion: Breaking Historiographic Barriers / Dominique MarshallEpilogue – Greg Donaghy: An Appreciation / Patricia E. RoyBibliography; Contributors; Index

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Book SynopsisWith a striking selection of images and a lively, informative text, Steven Kasher captures the danger, drama, and bravery of the civil rights movement. After an introduction explaining the significance of photography to the movement, the text in this important book proceeds from the Montgomery bus boycott through the student, local and national movements; the big marches; Freedom summer; Malcolm X; and the death of Martin Luther King.Each chapter begins with a fast-paced narrative of a crucial event in the movement, complemented by a portfolio of the most effective and evocative photographs of the subject. Ranging from the well-known to the rare, these images were shot by such photographers as Richard Avedon, Danny Lyon, Charles Moore, Gordon Parks, Dan Weiner, and more than 50 others. Many of the pictures are accompanied by thought-provoking remembrances and analysis by various photographers and participants.Trade ReviewPraise for The Civil Rights Movement: "The images...hold a mirror up to Americans, white and black, and what they show us is both terrifying and profound. We were so bad and we were so good; it makes you sad, and it makes you proud." -- Chicago Tribune "This book, which collects some 150 black-and-white photos, is indeed a history, offering many lesser-known images that also resonate. See...a bespectacled Elizabeth Eckford, one of the "Little Rock Nine," walk stoically ahead of jeering white students; Julian Bond pose with fellow SNCC volunteers, seemingly too young to help change history; and a Mississippi-delta organizing house that has painted the word Freedom on a cross burned by the Klan. Kasher's chapter introductions are lucid overviews of the movement, while the captions--some of which reproduce the original, stilted wire-service captions--are also effective and informative. A moving tribute." -- Publisher's WeeklyTable of ContentsTable of Contents from: The Civil Rights Movement Foreword by Myrlie Evers-Williams Introduction: "Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare" The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955: "My Soul Is Rested" Little Rock Central High, 1957, and the University of Mississippi, 1962: "Don't Let Them See You Cry" Sit-ins and Freedom Rides, 1960--62: "This Was the Answer" The Birmingham Movement, 1963: "I Don't Mind Being Bitten by a Dog" The March on Washington, 1963: "We Stood on a Height" SNCC and Mississippi, 1960--64: "A Tremor in the Middle of the Iceberg" Selma, 1965: "We Must Go to Montgomery and See the King" Black Power and the March Against Fear, 1966: "The Oppressed Against the Oppressor" The Eclipsing of Nonviolence, 1965--68: "It Is Not Over" Notes and Sources Chronology of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954--68 Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFifteen families. Four hundred years. The complex saga of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite in America’s history. For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America. While the WASP elite has, in the last half century, indeed drifted from American centrality to the periphery, its relevance and impact remain, as Michael Gross reveals in his compelling chronicle. From Colonial America’s founding settlements through the Gilded Age to the present day, Gross traces the complex legacy of American WASPs—their profound accomplishments and egregious failures—through the lives of fifteen influential individuals and their very privileged, sometimes intermarried families. As the Bradford, Randolph, Morris, Biddle, Sanford, Peabody and WhitnTrade ReviewPraise for Flight of the WASP:“Illuminating . . . It is the virtue of his book that it brings the now defunct patricians to life in all their doubleness, begetters of American prosperities who drove themselves crazy trying to heal American hysterics.”—Michael Knox Beran, Air Mail “A formal, sincere and rather crowded portrait gallery of about a dozen significant Old Names—Biddles, Peabodys, Whitneys, et al.—that sternly accounts for their evil deeds while also tabulating their noble ones.”—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times“Delightfully provocative . . . The book’s real delight lies in its brisk biographies of the people who illustrate the ascent and descent of WASP hegemony . . . Well-researched and well-written, Gross’ portrait gallery will, if nothing else, illuminate the odd corners of the lives of our nation’s elite and American history itself.”—BookPage (starred review)“A thoughtful deep dive into the history of the country and who has wielded power here, but is kept lively thanks to Gross’s ability to spin yarns that make even the Pilgrims feel exciting.”—Town & Country“An immersive and nuanced group portrait of New England’s elite from 1609 to today . . . Gross takes detours into extended considerations of areas in which his subjects had a hand, such as the displacement of Indigenous peoples and the study of eugenics. Striking an expert balance between the big picture and intimate thumbnails, this is an enlightening study of American culture.”—Publishers Weekly“A critical history of the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant cohort of American society, once dominant, now descending . . . Readable and engaging.”—Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Michael Gross:“Does not skimp on the gossipy goods. There are descents into madness, prolific drug use, orgies, blackmail photos and suicide attempts . . . Also smart, well-researched and written with an insider’s eye . . . Engaging and on point.”—New York Times Book Review, on Focus“A delicious read. Sweeping . . . Thoughtful.”—Daily Beast, on Focus“I thought I knew practically everything about the fashion industry, but Michael Gross has corrected me. His thoroughly absorbing narrative dazzles with the most profound investigation and research. Focus is an enthralling and riveting read!”—Tim Gunn“Michael Gross . . . rules[s] the school of literature you might call Books About Buildings Where Lots of Rich People Live.”—Vanity Fair, on House of Outrageous Fortune“[Tom] Wolfe’s gift was in summing up an era through his description of [Sherman] McCoy and his environs. Michael Gross has done likewise by taking us inside the most expensive, most powerful address in the world . . . Stunning.”—CNN, on House of Outrageous Fortune“Michael Gross, an author with a delicate appreciation for bloated egos and wealth, makes them glitter in House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World’s Most Powerful Address. The intersecting strands of money, politics, greed, taste, ambition shine brightly.”—Bloomberg News“Compulsively readable.”—Liesl Schillinger, New York Times, on 740 Park“A blockbuster exhibition of human achievement and flaws.”—New York Times Book Review, on Rogues’ Gallery“Gross demonstrates he knows his stuff. It’s a terrific tale . . . Gossipy, color-rich, fact-packed . . . What Gross reveals is stuff that more people should know.”—USA Today, on Rogues’ Gallery“Michael Gross has proven once again that he is a premier chronicler of the rich. Rogues’ Gallery is an insightful, entertaining look at a great institution-with all its flaws and all its greatness.”—Gay Talese“One long, scurrilously detailed dish. The first comprehensive history of modeling and a chewy read.”—Harper’s Bazaar, on Model“Gossipy, bitchy and probably seminal. Gross pulls no punches. Model is a litany of skullduggery and dirty dealings.”—San Francisco Examiner

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Book SynopsisGenealogical Fictions examines how the state, church, Inquisition, and other institutions in colonial Mexico used the Spanish notion of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood) over time and how the concept's enduring religious, genealogical, and gendered meanings came to shape the region's patriotic and racial ideologies.Trade Review"This important and meticulously researched work takes on the historiography that argues that the modern Western conception of race had its origins in nineteenth-century scientific constructions of race as a biological category . . . This is an engaging and important work that is sure to attract the attention of historians and scholars from other fields working on issues of race, religion, gender, and colonial empires in Latin America, Europe, and the Atlantic World." -- Martha Few * Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe *"Through a persuasive analysis of a vast array of archival and published sources, [Martinez] adds depth and complexity to our understanding of religious, cultural, and social framework and of the tensions and contradictions the fiction of limpieza de sangre created in its Mexican settings . . . Martinez's tour de force gives a new meaning to an important subject not seriously addressed previously and should be of great interest to scholars and students." -- The Americas"This book provides detailed information about how ideas and information circulated across the Atlantic. Throughout the text, Martinez uses primary documents judiciously and well; particularly fascinating are the descriptions of the processing of probanzas in both local and transatlantic contexts." * Magali Carrera American Historical Review *"Genealogical Fictions is the first serious treatment in English of the origins of the sistema de castas and racial ideology in colonial Mexico. It problematizes unquestioned assumptions about limpieza de sangre—purity of blood—the foundation of the sistema de castas, through a reconstruction of the concept's transformations from its origins in early modern Spain to its adaptations in colonial Mexico. Martinez also has much to say about the development of Mexican society in the seventeenth century, a largely neglected period that is only now beginning to attract the attention of contemporary historians. This is an important and original work and a first-rate addition to the existing literature." -- Susan Deans-Smith * University of Texas at Austin *Table of ContentsCONTENTS INTRODUCTION 000 Problem and Objectives Limpieza de Sangre, Race, and Colonialism in the Early Modern Period Archives, Sources, and Chapter Description PART ONE: IBERIAN PRECEDENTS CHAPTER 1 THE EMERGENCE OF THE SPANISH STATUTES OF LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE 000 Mass Conversions, Anti-Semitism, and the Rise of the Statutes in Late Medieval Spain, 000 Political Centralization, Christian Militancy, and the Founding of the Inquisition, 000 The Problem of Conversion During and After the Reign of the Catholic Kings, 000 CHAPTER 2 RACE, PURITY, AND GENDER IN SIXTEENTH--CENTURY SPAIN 000 The Spread of the Limpieza de Sangre Statutes, 000 Heresy, Blood, and the Essentialization of "Race", 000 The Inquisition's Production of Heresy and the Feminization of Impurity, 000 CHAPTER 3 JURIDICAL FICTIONS: THE CERTIFICATION OF PURITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNAL MEMORY 000 The Holy Office's Procedures and the Probanza de Limpieza de Sangre, 000 The Probatory and Unstable Nature of Purity of Blood, 000 Teleological Fictions, 000 PART TWO: RELIGION, GENEALOGY, AND CASTE IN EARLY COLONIAL MEXICO CHAPTER 4 NOBILITY AND PURITY IN THE REPUBLICA DE INDIOS 000 The Rise of the Mexica in the Late Postclassic and the Colonial "Republic of Indians", 000 Spanish Colonialism and the Reconstitution of Pre-Hispanic Dynasties, 000 History, Genealogy, and the New Symbolics of Blood, 000 CHAPTER 5 NOBILITY AND PURITY IN THE REPUBLICA DE ESPA; OLES 000 Descent and Territoriality: The Probanza de Meritos y Servicios, 000 Bloodlines and Religion: The Probanza de Limpieza de Sangre, 000 Creoles and the Struggle for Religious and Public Offices, 000 CHAPTER 6 THE INITIAL STAGES AND SOCIORELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE SISTEMA DE CASTAS 000 Categories and Archives: Books of Spaniards, Indians and Castas, 000 Caste, Slavery, and Colonial Mexico's Gendered Symbolics of Blood, 000 Raza, Casta, and Limpieza de Sangre: The Spanish Colonial Language of Race, 000 PART THREE: PURITY, RACE, AND CREOLISM IN SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NEW SPAIN CHAPTER 7 THE PROBANZA DE LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE IN COLONIAL AND TRANSATLANTIC SPACE 000 The Mexican Inquisition and the Transatlantic Certification of Purity, 000 Nativeness, Communal Memory, and the Instability of Limpieza de Sangre, 000 Creole Nativeness, Purity, and History in the "Kingdom of New Spain", 000 CHAPTER 8 RELIGION, LAW, AND RACE: THE QUESTION OF PURITY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MEXICO 000 The Official Line: The Inquisition and the Crown on the Issue of Limpieza de Sangre, 000 Idolatry, Heresy, and the Ambiguities of the Colonial Discourse of Native Purity, 000 Blacks, Castas, and the Expansion of the Category of Impurity, 000 CHAPTER 9 CHANGING CONTOURS: LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE IN THE AGE OF REASON AND REFORM 000 An Iconography of Mestizaje: Casta Paintings and the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender, 000 The Sistema de Castas in Flux and the Proliferation of Statutes and Stains, 000 Creole Fictions: Purity, the Virgin, and the Rise of a Catholic Mestizo Patria, 000 CONCLUSION 000 Appendix. Questionnaire used by the Spanish Inquisition to interrogate witnesses in purity of blood investigations (in Spanish) 000 Abbreviations 000 Glossary 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000

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Book SynopsisWho was Nede Wade Christie? Was he a violent criminal guilty of murdering a federal officer? Or a Cherokee statesman who suffered a martyr's death for a crime he did not commit? In a tour de force of investigative scholarship, Devon Mihesuah offers an accurate depiction of Christie and the times in which he lived.Trade ReviewIn contrast to the century-old popular, usually exaggerated story of outlawry in the Cherokee Nation, Devon Mihesuah presents an accurate historical account of Ned Christie. This book will be a refreshing read for those already familiar with Christie's life, and all will find it an intriguing story well told."" - Daniel F. Littlefield Jr., editor of The Fus Fixico Letters: Alexander Posey, a Creek Humorist in Early Oklahoma""In Ned Christie, author Devon Mihesuah reveals the truth in the life of Cherokee hero Ned Christie and explains how he came to be that hero to generations of Cherokee people and others. Mihesuah's dedication to research and thoughtful writing leave no doubt that her telling of Ned Christie's story will last long into the future."" - Roy Hamilton, Historian for the Cherokee Nation""Mihesuah has written an intriguing and important book, in which she tracks Ned Christie's life and legend. Like a master detective, she skillfully reexamines it all and exposes numerous fabrications, half-truths, and hearsays. Never losing sight of Christie and those associated with him - friends, kin, and enemies alike - her book exposes injustices, prejudices, and conflicts that have impacted Cherokee and Indigenous lives more broadly and that continue to resonate today."" - Native American and Indigenous Studies

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Book SynopsisCelebrates the work of one of America's most influential journalists who wrote in a time and place of dramatic social and political upheaval. The editor of the Atlanta Constitution from 1960 to 1968, Patterson wrote directly to his fellow white southerners every day, working to persuade them to change their ways.Trade ReviewIn pointing us toward how to be 'better than we are,' Gene Patterson--passionate, funny, sound of mind and full of heart--coincidentally reminds us just how fine journalism can be. This is a wonderful, inspiring book."--Geneva Overholser, syndicated columnist, Washington Post Writers Group, and Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting, University of Missouri"Proves that journalism at its best can endure as literature. A compelling portrait of the 1960s and the American South by an engaged participant and acute observer."--Robert Schmuhl, University of Notre Dame

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Book SynopsisStretching along 156 miles of Florida's East Coast, the Indian River Lagoon contains the St. Lucie estuary, the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River Lagoon, and the Indian River. This book traces the winding story of the waterway, showing how humans have altered the area to fit their needs and how the lagoon has influenced the cultures along its shores.Trade ReviewLively and nuanced." - David McCally, author of The Everglades: An Environmental History "As we work to repair the damage we have done to fragile ecosystems, this book tells us how much we have lost and how little time we have left before it is completely destroyed. Important reading for all interested in saving what is left of vanishing natural Florida." - Steven Noll, coauthor of Ditch of Dreams: The Cross Florida Barge Canal and the Struggle for Florida’s Future "Osborn has finally gifted the long misunderstood Indian River Lagoon with the discerning scientific insights and cultural perspective it deserves." - Bill Belleville, author of The Peace of Blue: Water Journeys "Unwinds the natural and human histories that have made the region both popular and fragile." - Evan P. Bennett, author of When Tobacco Was King: Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont

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Book SynopsisCatherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used ""social events"" and the ""private sphere"" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government.Trade ReviewFor those whose knowledge of early Washington and its politics is in need of repair, Parlor Politics provides a fresh perspective and rich details - history at its most readable. - Washington Post Book World ""Parlor Politics is a stimulating, lively, and subtle book that enlarges our understanding of how, in just half a century, Washington City became an important world capital."" - Wall Street Journal ""In her important and delightfully written book Parlor Politics, Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the nineteenth century used 'social events' and the 'private sphere' to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government."" - New York Review of Books ""In this scholarly yet animated and thought-provoking analysis, Allgor presents her groundbreaking research on the critical role that women played in the early days of Washington politics."" - Publishers Weekly ""A wonderful, scholarly book that will make historiographical waves for years to come. An alternative to Joseph Ellis's Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, this book is a must for gender, social, cultural, and political historians and their students."" - Choice

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Book SynopsisOpens a window into Spanish-Language writing produced by Spanish American exiles, travellers, and immigrants who settled and passed through Philadelphia during the early nineteenth century, when the city's printing presses offered a vehicle for the voices advocating independence in the shadow of Spanish colonialism.

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Book SynopsisPtrovides a true crime account of religion, mob violence, and vigilante justice in postbellum Georgia.

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Book SynopsisA new critical edition of Toussaint Louverture, the play written by the Trinidadian intellectual and activist C. L. R. James in 1934, performed at London's Westminster Theatre in 1936, and then presumed lost until its rediscovery in 2005.Trade Review“[T]horoughly researched and intelligently prepared. . . .Toussaint Louverture is easily one of the two or three most important publications of C.L.R. James’s work in decades – and the best-edited, by a very large margin.” -- Scott McLemee * Inside Higher Ed *“This present volume . . . contains the play itself among an array of fascinating accompanying texts. These include an enlightening introduction by Høgsbjerg, a series of notices and reviews of the performances, which featured the most renowned black actor of his generation, Paul Robeson, as the Haitian revolutionary leader, plus other writings by James, Robeson and George Padmore, which pitch the play within its vital contemporary context: all in all, a profoundly engaging, original and epochal document.” -- Chris Searle * Race & Class *(Starred Review) “This script is from a bygone age; its value lies not only in its importance as a document of theater history but also as a crucial addition to the canon of works about the Caribbean. This work would be difficult to stage these days (it boasts an especially large cast), but it should not be ignored by groups that can marshal the resources. Historians of the Caribbean will find it essential.” -- Larry Schwartz * Library Journal *“Highly recommended.” -- A.J. Guillaume Jr * Choice *“Why should we pay attention to this long-lost and largely forgotten play? We should do so because it is among the first efforts of one of history’s great anti-colonial voices, wrestling with the distinctive aesthetic quandaries of form and performance, to show that freedom from imperialism is just a phrase if it does not entail direct democracy and universal rights. James was nothing if not ambitious.” -- Robert Spencer * Journal of Postcolonial Writing *“We all owe much to the expert salvage operation Christian Høgsbjerg has performed here. As long as the world wilts with oppression, is awash with crisis, and punctuated by resistance this play, its subject matter, and now this book, will have to be read, watched and pondered on over and over again.” -- Gaverne Bennett * London Socialist Historians Group *"More than any other contemporary writer on James, Christian Høgsbjerg appreciates how provisional and incomplete our understanding of this intellectual agenda has actually been. . . . The publication of James’s foray into theatrical prose is not only a delightful literary event in its own right but provides a welcome opportunity to revisit the historical and intellectual context in which James produced his landmark work of comparative historical analysis, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution (1938). " -- Kent Worcester * New Politics *“[T]he many people interested in James, and the many admirers in particular of his The Black Jacobins, will welcome this first publication of his 1934 play. It includes Christian Hogsbjerg’s well researched introduction and annotations, and several other pieces related to the play which form the appendix to this volume.” -- Bridget Brereton * Trinidad Express *"It would be hard to overstate the importance of Christian Høgsbjerg’s new critical edition of C.L.R. James’s Toussaint Louverture.... Publication of Toussaint Louverture is such a resource for all readers. There could be no better work with which to launch the important new C.L.R. James Archives Series, edited by Robert A. Hill for Duke University Press." -- Rachel Douglas * Anthurium *Table of ContentsForeword / Laurent Dubois vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction / Christian Høgsbjerg 1 Editorial Note / Christian Høgsbjerg 41 Author's Note (1936) / C. L. R. James 45 Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History The Complete Playscript (1934) 47 Act II, Scene I, of Toussaint Louverture (1936) 135 The Production and Performance of Toussaint Louverture Notices 155 The Programme (1936) 160 Reviews 164 Appendix "The Intelligence of the Negro" / C. L. R. James 189 "A Century of Freedom" / C. L. R. James 199 "Slavery Today: A Shocking Exposure" / C. L. R. James 206 "I Want Negro Culture" / Paul Robeson 212 "'Civilising' the 'Blacks': Why Britain Needs to Maintain Her African Possessions" / C. L. R. James 214 Letter from George Padmore to Dr. Alain Locke 217 ["The Maverick Club"] / C. L. R. James 218 "A Unique Personality" / C. L. R. James 219 "Paul Robeson" / C. L. R. James 221

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Book SynopsisVerónica Gago provides a new theory of neoliberalism by examining how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, and government, but by the activities of migrant workers, vendors, sweatshop workers, and other marginalized groups in and around the La Salada market in Buenos Aires.Trade Review“Verónica Gago’s Neoliberalism from Below represents an important milestone in this biopolitical turn in the study of neoliberalism. . . . In fact, Neoliberalism from Below has already in Latin America become a kind of field manual for the type of militant research of which Gago is herself an important purveyor.” -- Nicolas Allen * A Contracorriente *"A tour de force through more than a century of economic and political thought . . . It should be on the reading list of any scholar working with themes of informality, neoliberalism, or developmentalism." -- Calla Hummel * Latin American Politics and Society *"Brings a much-needed perspective from the Global South to theoretical debates concerning neoliberalism. . . . Neoliberalism from Below masterfully achieves the task it set out to do--namely to characterize neoliberalism . . . A necessary addition to the literature." -- Andrew Davis * Journal of Cultural Economy *"Gago presents her audience with a provocative argument that examines the contradictions of neoliberal capitalism, particularly how it uses, but is also used by, precarious labor. . . . A significant contribution that sits with neoliberalism’s paradoxical manifestations. It is critical reading for those interested in theorizing the shifting dynamics of late capitalism." -- Steven Schmidt * Journal of Latin American Geography *"A fascinating and original account of the production of neoliberalism from the perspective of popular economic practices in Argentina. . . . This skillful translation into English by Liz Mason-Deese . . . is a major theoretical contribution that sheds light on other rationalities which are permeating neoliberalism in Latin America." -- Mara Duer * Journal of Latin American Studies *"An enthralling read. . . . Such is the richness of the work that attempting to review it was a daunting, and at times seemingly thankless, task – should one focus on its contributions to (Southern) urban geography? Attempt to unpack the discussion of governmentality and populism? Or trace its refreshingly nuanced take on ‘slave labour’? . . . Gago is a voice that must be listened to. . . . Alongside the other books in Duke’s Radical Américas series, Gago has made an invaluable contribution that reiterates once more that Latin American thinking is among the most exciting in the world." -- Nick Clare * Dialogues in Human Geography *"Anthropologists of work will find the book significant for its discussion of migrants, blurring the classical definitions of work, as they mix wage labor with entrepreneurial projects or self-employment in ways that problematize the division between formal and informal work. . . . [Gago] effectively considers the ways in which configurations of work are generative for how urban space develops—a contribution that will extend beyond the book’s focus on Argentina." -- Schuyler Therese Marquez * Anthropology of Work Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Neoliberalism from Below: A Perspective from Latin America 1 1. Between the Proletarian Microeconomy and the Transnational Network: La Salada 29 2. Between La Salada and the Workshop: Communitarian Wealth in Dispute 78 3. Between Servitude and the New Popular Entrepreneurship: The Clandestine Textile Workshop 108 4. Between the Workshop and the Villa: A Discussion about Neoliberalism 153 5. Between Postnational Citizenship and the Ghetto: The Motley City 178 6. Between Populism and the Politics of the Governed: Governmentality and Autonomy 218 Conclusion. Neoliberal Reason 234 Notes 237 References 257 Index 271

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1 The Indifferent Children of the Earth: Lead, Enclosure, and the Nocturnal Occupations of the Mineral Undead | 15 2 “Dressed in a strange fantasy”: The Dialectics of Seeing and the Secret Passages of Desire | 54 3 Constantly at Their Weaving Work: Historiography and the Annihilation of the Body | 89 4 Things Sweet to Taste: Corn and the Thin Gruel of Racial Capitalism | 120 5 They Prove in Digestion Sour: Medicine, an Obstinacy of Organs, and the Appointments of the Body | 173 Conclusion: The Afterlives of the Black Hawk War | 211 Acknowledgments | 215 Notes | 219 Bibliography | 233 Index | 239

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Book SynopsisMost scholars study postrevolutionary Mexican culture as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, and other artifacts that registered the changing political and social realities in the wake of the Revolution. In Biocosmism, Jorge Quintana Navarrete shifts the focus to examine how a group of scientists, artists, and philosophers conceived the manifold relations of the human species with cosmological forces and nonhuman entities (animals, plants, inorganic matter, celestial bodies, among others). Drawing from recent theoretical trends in new materialisms, biopolitics, and posthumanism, this book traces for the first time the intellectual constellation of biocosmism or biocosmic thought: the study of universal life understood as the vital vibrancy that animates everything in the cosmos from inorganic matter to living organisms to outer space. It combines both analysis of unexplored areassuch as Alfonso L. Herrera's pla

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Book SynopsisThe how-to manual' for whites to work with people of color to create an inclusive, just world in the 21st century. Maggie Potapchuk, racial equity consultant Over 50,000 copies sold of earlier editions! Completely revised and updated, this fourth edition of Uprooting Racism offers a framework around neoliberalism and interpersonal, institutional, and cultural racism, along with stories of resistance and white solidarity. It provides practical tools and advice on how white people can work as allies for racial justice, engaging the reader through questions, exercises, and suggestions for action, and includes a wealth of information about specific cultural groups such as Muslims, people with mixed heritage, Native Americans, Jews, recent immigrants, Asian Americans, and Latino/as.Inequalities in education, housing, health care, and the job market continue to prevail, while increased insecurity and fear have led toTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface to Previous Editions Preface to the Fourth Edition A Note on Language Introduction: "Only Justice Can Put Out the Fire" Part I: What Color is White? Let's Talk "I'm Not White" "I'm Not Racist" What Is Racism? What Is Whiteness? Words and Pictures White Benefits, Middle-Class Privilege White Benefits? A Personal Assessment The Economic Pyramid The Costs of Racism to People of Color The Culture of Power Entitlement Cultural Appropriation The Costs of Racism to White People Retaining Benefits, Avoiding Responsibility White Fragility and White Power "Thank You for Being Angry" It's Good to Talk about Racism Who Is a Victim? Part II: The Dynamics of Racism The Enemy Within Fear and Danger The Geography of Fear Exotic and Erotic The Myth of the Happy Family Beyond Black and White What's in a Name? Separatism Part III: Being Allies Mutual Interest What Does an Ally Do? Showing Up as a Strong White Ally An Ally Is Not a Hero or Savior Basic Tactics Getting Involved Allies Leverage Their Resources An Ally Educates, Mobilizes, and Organizes Other White People An Ally Makes a Commitment I Would Be a Perfect Ally if It's Not Just a Joke Talking and Working with White People What about Friends and Family Members? Tips for Talking with White People about Racism Allies, Collaborators, and Agents A Web of Control Part IV: The Effects of History Histories of Racism People of Mixed Heritage Native Americans African Americans Asian Americans Latinx Arab Americans Muslims Jewish People Recent Immigrants We All Stand to Gain Part V: Fighting Institutional Racism Institutional Racism Land and Housing Public Policy Reparations Voting Affirmative Action At Work At School Health Care The Police The Criminal/legal System Religion Foreign Policy Environmental Justice Part VI: Democratic, Anti-Racist Multiculturalism Democratic, Anti-Racist Multiculturalism Multicultural Competence Anti-Racism Integration and Tokenism Organizational Change and Accountability Home and Family For the Long Haul Conclusion Afterword Notes Bibliography Other Resources Index About the Author About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisA fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America.Long an iconic figure for radicals, Huey Newton is now being discovered by those interested in the history of America''s social movements. Was he a gifted leader of his people or a dangerous outlaw? Were the Black Panthers heroes or terrorists?Whether Newton and the Panthers are remembered in a positive or a negative light, no one questions Newton''s status as one of America''s most important revolutionaries. To Die for the People is a recently issued classic collection of his writings and speeches, tracing the development of Newton''s personal and political thinking, as well as the radical changes that took place in the formative years of the Black Panther Party. With a rare and persuasive honesty, To Die for the People records the Party''s internal struggles, rivalries and contradictions, and the result is a fascinating look back at a young revolutionary group determined to find ways to deal with the injustice it saw in American society. And, as a new foreword by Elaine Brown makes eminently clear, Newton''s prescience and foresight make these documents strikingly pertinent today.Huey Newton was the founder, leader and chief theoretician of the Black Panther Party, and one of America’s most dynamic and important revolutionary philosophers.Huey P. Newton''s To Die for the People represents one of the most important analyses of the politics of race, black radicalism, and democracy written during the civil rights-Black Power era. It remains a crucial and indispensible text in our contemporary efforts to understand the continuous legacy of social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. —Peniel Joseph, author of Waiting Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in AmericaHuey P. Newton''s name, and more importantly, his history of resistance and struggle, is little more than a mystery for many younger people. The name of a third-rate rapper is more familiar to the average Black youth, and that''s hardly surprising, for the public school system is invested in ignorance, and Huey P. Newton was a rebel — and more, a Black Revolutionary . . . who gave his best to the Black Freedom movement; who inspired millions of others to stand. —Mumia Abu Jamal, political prisoner and author of Jailhouse LawyersNewton''s ability to see theoretically, beyond most individuals of his time, is part of his genius. The opportunity to recognize that genius and see its applicability to our own times is what is most significant about this new edition. —Robert Stanley Oden, former Panther, Professor of Government, California State University, SacramentoTrade ReviewFrom Library Journal's review for The Huey Newton Reader: "... passionate and captivating writings that reveal a widely read political theorist committed to putting theory into practice to make a better world. This book is essential reading and primary-source research material for understanding the Black Panther Party, grass-roots organizing at its best, and the black power movement. "

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Book SynopsisHow Kahlo collected, celebrated and depicted Mexican folk arts in both her painting and her personaThe visionary and supremely self-fashioning artist Frida Kahlo (190754) drew inspiration throughout her career from arte popularpainted ceramics, embroidered textiles, religious votives, effigies and children''s toys, and other objects created in Mexico's rural and Indigenous communities. The hundreds of folk-art objects that filled her home and studio attest to her nationalist politics and her fascination with the work of carvers, weavers, sculptors of papier-mâché and vernacular painters. She depicted these objects in her paintings and adopted elements of traditional dress and ornament in her own self-presentation, playing on modernist fascination with folk culture and on her own relation to layered Mexican identity.This bilingual book, the first in-depth exploration of Kahlo's varied and sophisticated responses to arte popular, situates her within the bro

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Book SynopsisExplores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other's integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, histories, and memories of German immigrants and their descendants.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Heavy Baggage: Memory and Generation in Ethnic History Chapter 2 A Flying Piano and Then—Silence: German-Canadian Memories of the Great War Chapter 3 One Fuhrer, Two Kings: A Canadian Prime Minister in Nazi Germany and the Dilemma of Responsibility Chapter 4 Canada’s Anti-Nazi Sudeten German Refugees and Their Descendants: Difficult Adjustment, Intense Assimilation, and Loss of Political Identity Chapter 5 A Transnational Yekkish Identity? Comparing German Jews in Canada and Is Chapter 6 The Beginnings of German-Canadian Historiography After the Second World War: The Case of Gottlieb Leibbrandt Chapter 7 Gatekeeping in the Lutheran Church: Ethnicity, Generation, and Religion in 1960s Toronto Chapter 8 Migration Trajectories and the Construction of Generational Discourses Among Contemporary German Immigrants in Ottawa in the 2000s Chapter 9 'We Never Really Talked About It': Second- And Third-Generation German-Canadians' Family Memories of the Holocaust Chapter10 Creating Family Legacies: Descendants Memorialize Their German Female Ancestors Epilogue What Does it Mean to be 'German-Canadian'? The Challenge of History and the Obligation of Memory

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Book SynopsisThe author describes his travels in South America and shares his views on the Nazca lines, Machu Picchu, Cuzco, and archaeological theories about the region and its ruins

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