Social discrimination and social justice Books

Book SynopsisRocked by a flurry of high-profile sex discrimination lawsuits in the 1990s, Wall Street was supposed to have cleaned up its act. It hasn't. This work serves as an indictment of how America's financial capital has swept enduring discriminatory practices under the rug.Trade Review"This research will be helpful to women if powerful Wall Street management learns of the findings and takes action."--Mary Whaley, Booklist "This book reveals that we still have a long way to go regarding gender equality... While blatant discrimination based on gender and race has virtually disappeared in politically correct American businesses, a more subtle ad widespread discrimination remains... This readable account concludes by offering recommendations to help businesses come an even longer way toward true gender equality."--Library Journal "Selling Women Short is a thoughtful examination of how ostensibly merit-based systems can result in unequal outcomes."--Brook Masters, Financial Times "Highly recommended... Louise Marie Roth provides a valuable addition to the literature on the earnings gap between women and men... The reader gains a multifaceted description and statistical analysis of factors affecting careers of both men and women, including the very successful."--Choice "Roth's well-written, well-researched book deftly integrates qualitative and quantitative data in a manner that makes it accessible to a variety of audiences who are interested in the topic of pay inequality."--Sarah Y. Moore, International Review of Modern Sociology "Clearly written in jargon-free and accessible language, it should appeal to a general audience, as well as being suitable for either undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in gender, labor, or economic sociology. It could also productively be used in business and finance classes at the graduate or undergraduate level. Managers or university administrators interested in combating gender inequality could learn from this book as well... I highly recommend the book as a significant contribution to our understanding of the subtle ways in which discrimination operates on Wall Street and beyond."--Abigail C. Saguy, American Journal of Sociology "[T]his is a highly teachable book that could be assigned in economics, business, labor, and women's studies courses at either the undergraduate or graduate levels... The combination of the academic study with the journalistic account should lead to a spirited discussion among students of the ways in which the structures of organizations allow people to realize opportunity or limit their success."--Swan Yohn, Feminist EconomicsTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1: The Playing Field: Wall Street in the 1990s 11 CHAPTER 2: Pay for Performance: Wall Street's Bonus System 36 CHAPTER 3: A Woman's Worth: Gender Differences in Compensation 58 CHAPTER 4: Making the Team: Managers, Peers, and Subordinates 71 CHAPTER 5: Bringing Clients Back In: The Impact of Client Relationships 100 CHAPTER 6: Having It All? Workplace Culture and Work-Family Conflict 118 CHAPTER 7: Window Dressing: Workplace Policies and Wall Street Culture 148 CHAPTER 8: Beating the Odds: The Most Successful Women 167 CHAPTER 9: The Myth of Meritocracy: Gender and Performance-Based Pay 179 APPENDIX A: Methodology 197 APPENDIX B: Quantitative Measures and Models 205 APPENDIX C: Interview Schedule 213 Notes 237 References 253 Index 265

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the various ways black southerners transformed African American religion in Chicago during their Great Migration northward. This book illustrates how the migration launched a new sacred order among blacks in the city that reflected aspects of both Southern black religion and modern city life.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Award in Publications "Passionately Human, No Less Divine is both meticulously researched and carefully written. Wallace Best has performed a thorough investigation of migration-era black churches that will benefit anyone interested in the shape of African-American religion and culture since."--Josef Sorett, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion "[A] study brimming with insights."--Mark Noll, Christian Century "[This book] makes an important contribution to the study of African American religion in Chicago during the Great Migration... [It is a] pivotal text that will help scholars of American Religion and African American Religion to rethink the assumptions that Cayton's and Drake's as well as a host of other sociologists like W.E.B. Dubois, have placed upon our analysis of the African American Religious experience."--Anthea D. Butler, Church History "Best's work opens the way for further research into the complexities of, not only African American religion, but also other religious traditions that have likewise suffered from historically inaccurate and ideologically suspect scholarly analyses. Scholars interested in urban and African American religion will find this text immensely rewarding. And to those interested in the effect that the southern religious ethos has had on the broader spectrum of American religion, this text is essential reading."--Adam Stewart, University of Waterloo "This work makes a substantial and insightful contribution to the study of African-American Christianity and culture and, in particular, the role of the poor in the reconceptualisation of black faith."--Graham Duncan, Historiae EcclesiasticaeTable of ContentsAbbreviations ix Figures xi Tables xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Chapter One: "Mecca of the Migrant Mob" 13 Chapter Two: The South in the City 35 Chapter Three: Southern Migrants and the New Sacred Order 71 Chapter Four: The Frenzy,the Preacher,and the Music 94 Chapter Five: The Chicago African Methodist Episcopal Church in Crisis 118 Chapter Six: A Woman's Work, an Urban World 147 Conclusion i81 Epilogue 191 Notes 195 Index 239

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Book SynopsisDocuments the uneasy place Jews have held in America's racial culture since the late nineteenth century. This book traces Jews' often tumultuous encounter with race from the 1870s through World War II, when they became vested as part of America's white mainstream and abandoned the practice of describing themselves in racial terms.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2008 Sami Rohr Prize for the Jewish Literature Choice Award Finalist for the 2007 Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute Book Award Winner of the 2006 Theodore Saloutos Prize, Immigration and Ethnic History Society Co-Winner of the 2006 Saul Viener Book Prize, American Jewish Historical Society Finalist for the 2006 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies, Jewish Book Council "In this original, boldly conceptualized and well-researched inquiry into the complicated intersections of 'race' and Jewish-American identity, Goldstein explores how Jewish immigrants gradually began to understand themselves as 'white' (i.e., fully European) when most of America did not."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A palimpsest layering institutional, communal, literary, religious, and visual materials, Goldstein's study moves deftly and amusingly through periods and across cultural domains to show how the Jews came to describe themselves... Goldstein's presentation of a century and a half of Jewish 'negotiation' of whiteness is fascinating chapter by chapter, and deft in communicating the bewildering diversity and reactivity of Jewish relationships to the black community."--Elisa New, New Republic "More than any other historian to date, Goldstein ... shows the changing ways in which Jewish Americans themselves argued either for their own racial particularity, or for their inclusions as whites, or for both."--David Roediger, Chronicle of Higher Education "Essential reading for understanding ethnic/race relations and Jewish identity. Goldstein provides an excellent history of Jewish efforts to place themselves within the American racial hierarchy."--Ronald H. Bayor, Southern Jewish History "Eric Goldstein demonstrates in this intriguing and insightful study [that] it would be much too short-sighted to regard race solely as a problematic concept imposed on American Jews in order to marginalize them."--Tobias Brinkmann, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies "Eric L. Goldstein has written a penetrating and illuminating account of US Jews' entanglement with 'race' from the last third of the 19th century to the present... [T]his is a thought-provoking text that deserves a wide readership."--Choice "This is a field well-trodden in recent years, but Eric L. Goldstein adds both earnest research and close interpretation to the inherently limitless question of Jewish-American 'identity.' "--American Historical Review "Eric L. Goldstein's book should be among the very first stops for those wishing to approach the subject of Jews and race in America... It is broad, well researched, compellingly told, extraordinarily nuanced, and it comes as a kind of savior to an area of scholarship that has suffered from large gaps regarding basic historical fact."--Michael Alexander, American Jewish History "Eric Goldstein, an American historian, has written a fascinating, meticulously documented book that ... shows that American Jews' definition of the Jewish collectivity, for themselves as well as for others, has undergone significant change over the past two centuries, to a large extent reflecting their varying sense of security in American society."--Chaim I. Waxman, Jewish Political Studies Review "Goldstein's The Price of Whiteness is a valuable addition to the study of the American Jewish community in the twentieth century... Even though Jews are likely to remain ambivalent on what is a Jew, Goldstein's book has provided much solid research, thoughtful reflection, and added insight on this question. The book is recommended without hesitation or reservation."--Saul Lerner, Shofar "The Price of Whiteness is technically solid, with insightful writing and organization... The Price of Whiteness is even more relevant than Goldstein is willing to claim. This is a highly readable, well-researched, and equitable examination of one of the most interesting topics in American Jewish history and a book worthy of consideration for course adoption in this field."--Glen Anthony Harris, American Jewish Archives Journal "[An] imaginative, provocative, and well-researched book."--Edward S. Shapiro, Congress MonthlyTable of ContentsLIST OF FIGURES ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi INTRODUCTION 1 PART I: THE JEWISH "RACE" IN AMERICA, 1875-1895 CHAPTER 1: "Different Blood Flows in Our Veins": Race and Jewish Self-Definition in Late-Nineteenth-Century America 11 PART II: JEWS IN BLACK AND WHITE, 1896-1918 CHAPTER 2: The Unstable Other: Locating Jews in Progressive Era American Racial Discourse 35 CHAPTER 3: "Now Is the Time to Show Your True Colors": The Jewish Approach to African Americans 51 CHAPTER 4: "What Are We?":Jewishness between Race and Religion 86 PART III: CONFRONTING JEWISH DIFFERENCE, 1919-1935 CHAPTER 5: Race and the "Jewish Problem" in Interwar America 119 CHAPTER 6: "A White Race of Another Kind"? 138 CHAPTER 7: Wrestling with Racial Jewishness 165 PART IV: FROM OLD CHALLENGES TO NEW, 1936-1950 CHAPTER 8: World War II and the Transformation of Jewish Racial Identity 189 EPILOGUE: Jews, Whiteness, and "Tribalism" in Multicultural America 209 NOTES 241 INDEX 293

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Book SynopsisOffering a fresh perspective on the networks of governing institutions, political groups, and political actors that influence the structure of American racial politics, this title identifies three distinct periods of opposing racial policy coalitions in American history.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "[King and Smith] accurately survey the history and the evolution of American thinking on race."--Richard D. Kahlenberg, New Republic "Still a House Divided is quite an achievement... This is an outstanding work."--Choice "Essential reading for scholars of race, politics and policy. It provides a rich and textured analysis that is accessible and theoretically driven... The individual sections are master classes in each policy era and will help guide individual scholars with interests in those eras. With that, the book is an instant classic by two scholars who routinely produce work of this quality."--Mark Sawyer, Ethnic and Racial Studies "Hopefully, there will be an intellectually synergistic effect from the publication of Still a House Divided. As American politics scholars in these camps move forward, they might be able to see some working in the middle and refine their scholarship."--Katherine Tate, Political Science Quarterly "Presenting a powerful account of American political alliances and their contending racial agendas, Still a House Divided sheds light on a policy path vital to the country's future."--World Book IndustryTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Acknowledgments ix PART ONE: Obama's Inheritance CHAPTER 1 That They May All Be One America as a House Divided 3 PART TWO: The Making and Unmaking of Racial Hierarchies CHAPTER 2 "That is the last speech he will ever make" The Antebellum Racial Alliances 35 CHAPTER 3 "We of the North were thoroughly wrong" How Racial Alliances Mobilized Ideas and Law 62 PART THREE: The Trajectory of Racial Alliances CHAPTER 4 "This backdrop of entrenched inequality" Affirmative Action in Work 93 CHAPTER 5 To "affi rmatively further fair housing" Enduring Racial Inequalities in American Homes and Mortgages 137 CHAPTER 6 "To Elect One of Their Own" Racial Alliances and Majority-Minority Districts 168 CHAPTER 7 "Our goal is to have one classification-American" Vouchers for Schools and the Multiracial Census 192 CHAPTER 8 "We can take the people out of the slums, but we cannot take the slums out of the people" How Today's Racial Alliances Shape Laws on Crime and Immigration 215 PART FOUR: America's Inheritance CHAPTER 9 Prospects of the House Divided 253 Notes 293 Index 349

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Book SynopsisLos Angeles has attracted intense attention as a 'world city' characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. This work highlights the role African Americans and Japanese Americans played in the social and political struggles that remade twentieth-century Los Angeles.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2008 Albert J. Beveridge Book Award, American Historical Association Winner of the 2008 Book Award in History, Association for Asian American Studies "During 'the white years' in LA history, you might think Asian immigrant groups and black migrants from the South lived in separate worlds. The truth is more complicated: sometimes they were pitted against each other, sometimes they fought--and sometimes they joined forces... Those competitions and alliances are the subject of Scott Kurashige's fascinating and important new book."--Jon Wiener, The Nation "Scott Kurashige's impressive investigation of the interactions between Japanese Americans and African Americans in mid-twentieth-century Los Angeles covers a tremendous amount of historical ground... Clearly, there are stories still to be told here, but we are fortunate that Kurashige has given us an insightful and wide-ranging investigation into how leaders of two subaltern communities navigated the dangerous waters of race in a twentieth-century American city."--Jeremiah B. C. Axelrod, Journal of American History "This excellent study demonstrates the value of multiethnic studies for urban history."--J. Borchert, Choice "The ... book ... is clearly written and enjoyable--and merits the attention of those interested in the history of Los Angeles, the West, and black and Japanese Americans."--Shana Bernstein, Southern California Quarterly "Scott Kurashige's fine study advances the creation of a fully multi-cultural American history... On a personal note, as a Japanese American from the Crenshaw district, this reviewer found Shifting Grounds to be consistently enlightening about familiar individuals, organizations, and events, both Japanese American and African American."--Dean S. Toji, California History "Shifting Grounds is a refreshing new look at race relations in Southern California and is not bogged down with academic lingo, making it an easy read for the general public."--Martha Nakagawa, Nichi Bei Times "Kurashige has ventured into uncharted territory and deserves much praise and applause for advancing our understanding of one of the most important, but often overlooked, cities in American history."--John Putman, Reviews in American History "The Shifting Grounds of Race is a carefully researched comparative work that makes a significant contribution to the scholarship of immigration, race relations, and urbanization."--Allison Varzally, Pacific Historical Review "Set in 20th century Los Angeles, Scott Kurashige offers a sweeping historical narrative that allows the reader to experience, as the book is titled, 'the shifting grounds of race'... It promises to become a benchmark for future scholarship in comparative race and ethnic relations and U.S. urban history."--Yuichiro Onishi, Journal of African American History "Scott Kurashige has written a book of major importance in American urban history... Kurashige's central and singular strength comes from his intimate knowledge of the communities and neighborhoods he writes about... In addition to the broader history of Los Angeles, Kurashige has made a valuable contribution to the history of Japanese Americans by documenting the urban story of internment during World War II. In doing so, he presents an unprecedented level of detail and richness behind individuals and institutions that mobilized for and against internment."--Edward J. W. Park, Journal of Public and International Affairs "Based on an extraordinary range of sources and addressing multiple fields of study, The Shifting Grounds of Race reveals cogently the promises and limitations of anti-racist struggles of the past and the interpretive and political possibilities of what Kurashige calls 'multiethnic history.' ... Kurashige's original framework--the triangulated racialization of whites, blacks, and Japanese Americans over many decades--and meticulous social histories of Black and Japanese Angelenos identify and demystify the many overlapping dialectics of race find class in shaping the twentieth century and beyond."--Moon-Ho Jung, Western Historical Quarterly "The Shifting Grounds of Race is ... a provocative, fascinating read. It convincingly argues that the political strategies adopted by African Americans and Japanese Americans were profoundly shaped by broader political, organizational and economic factors. It also injects Japanese Americans, and Nissei in particular, squarely into the history of Los Angeles. Kurashige's emphasis on Japanese Americans adds another important layer to our understanding of racial politics and urbanization in the United States."--Daisy Rooks, Against the Current "Scott Kurashige's book ... [is] based on impressive historical scholarship, and I can recommend [it] as a fascinating read."--David O. Sears, Perspectives on Politics "Kurashige's book is still a work that deserves careful reading and wide application in our own research and classrooms."--Chris Friday, American Historical Review "Kurashige is to be commended for taking on the politically laden concept of multiculturalism and digging under it to show us the shifting grounds of racial politics and doing so in a way that is both specific to Los Angeles but with clear, far reaching implications for American class and ethnic relations. As such, this book is not an exercise in geographic determinism but a complex intervention into the agonizing social and political history of integration and race formation in the United States."--Sarah Schrank, Journal of Social History "By underscoring the interactions and histories of multiple communities, this remarkable book diversifies and problematizes readers' understanding of race relations and offers a glimpse into America's multiracial future. This reviewer highly recommends it."--Matthew C. Whitaker, The HistorianTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Constructing the Segregated City 13 Chapter 2: Home Improvement 36 Chapter 3: Racial Progress and Class Formation 64 Chapter 4: In the Shadow of War 91 Chapter 5: Japanese American Internment 108 Chapter 6: The "Negro Victory" Movement 132 Chapter 7: Bronzeville and Little Tokyo 158 Chapter 8: Toward a Model Minority 186 Chapter 9: Black Containment 205 Chapter 10: The Fight for Housing Integration 234 Chapter 11: From Integration to Multiculturalism 259 Conclusion 286 Abbreviations 295 Notes 297 Acknowledgments 331 Index 333

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Book SynopsisChallenges how we think about the relationship between race, political parties, and American democracy. This book shows that not all groups are treated equally, and that politicians spend most of their time and resources on white swing voters - to the detriment of the African American community.Trade Review"The vast literature on American political parties has been immensely enriched and enhanced by this pioneering work on race and parties...This is a highly recommended work."--Hanes Walton, Jr., Political Science Quarterly "In a work that effectively challenges cherished notions of how the political system functions, Paul Frymer ... shows the centrality of race in the American political process. In addition, he makes a strong theoretical contribution to our analysis of the functioning of political parties in democratic regimes. Uneasy Alliances will be a valuable resource for scholars and students alike, for both its substantive arguments and its theoretical achievements."--Howard L. Reiter, American Political Science Review "Frymer makes a strong case that Democratic presidential candidates have distanced themselves from black voters and issues... The villain in the tale is the United States electoral structure, the two-party, winner-take-all system."--Sandra Featherman, Journal of Politics "Frymer argues that the failure to seriously address white racism's impact on the party system causes us to misunderstand how and why African Americans are and remain at the margins for reasons not related to their abilities and potential impact on the American political system."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1. Introduction 3 Chapter 2. Competitive Parties and the "Invisibility" of Captured Groups 27 Chapter 3. National Party Competition and the Disenfranchisement of Black Voters in the South, 1866-1932 49 Chapter 4. Capture Inside the Democratic Party, 1965-1996 87 Chapter 5. Party Education and Mobilization and the Captured Group 120 Chapter 6. Black Representation in Congress 140 Chapter 7. Is the Concept of Electoral Capture Applicable to Other Groups? The Case of Gay and Lesbian Voters in the Democratic Party and the Christian Right in the Republican Party 179 Index 207 Afterword to the 2010 Edition. Obama and the Representation of Captured Groups 207 Index 237

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Book SynopsisGenerations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery. This book includes a complete collection of Lincoln's important writings on both race and slavery.Trade Review"Gates dispenses his lessons respectably. For the most part, he places Lincoln correctly in these different groups and along these different measures, even though it requires conceding that Lincoln fell far short of our own conceptions of justice and humanity. Amid the current bicentennial emoting, it is refreshing to read an evaluation of Lincoln that refuses, as Gates writes, to 'romanticize him as the first American president completely to transcend race and racism.'"--Sean Wilentz, New Republic "Abraham Lincoln is the most analyzed and written about human being in the history of the United States. In the last two years, more than a dozen works have appeared investigating his actions, attitudes, and speeches. Only a very brave or very foolish person, therefore, would attempt another volume on 'Old Abe.' Fortunately, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his coeditor, Donald Yacovone, are the former rather than the latter, and their book, Lincoln on Race and Slavery will be an honored addition to libraries of historians and general readers alike."--Martin Hardeman, H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xiii Acknowledgments xv Abraham Lincoln on Race and Slavery Henry Louis Gates, Jr. xvii Chapter 1: Protest in Illinois Legislature on Slavery March 3, 1837 1 Chapter 2: Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Sringfield, January 27, 1838 3 Chapter 3: AL to Mary Seed September 27, 1841 9 Chapter 4: Temperance Address February 22, 1842 11 Chapter 5: AL to Williamson Durley October 3, 1845 16 Chapter 6: AL to Josephus Hewett February 13, 1848 20 Chapter 7: Seech at Worcester, Massachusetts September 12, 1848 23 Chapter 8: Remarks and Resolution Introduced in United tates House of Representatives Concerning Aolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia January 10, 1849 26 Chapter 9: Eulogy on Henry Clay& January 4, 1855, Outline for Seech to the Colonization Society July 6, 1852 31 Chapter 10: Hon. A. Lincoln's Address, Before the Sringfield Scott Club, in Reply to Judge Douglas' Richmond Seech August 14 and 26, 1852 43 Chapter 11: Fragments on Slavery July 1, 1854 48 Chapter 12: Speech at Bloomington, Illinois September 12, 1854 51 Chapter 13: Speech at Peoria, October 16, 1854 56 Chapter 14: AL to Ichabod Codding November 27, 1854 69 Chapter 15: AL to Oen Lovejoy August 11, 1855 71 Chapter 16: AL to George Robertson August 15, 1855 73 Chapter 17: AL to Joshua F. Speed August 24, 1855 77 Chapter 18: Speech at Kalamazoo, Michigan August 27, 1856 84 Chapter 19: AL to Newton Deming and George P. Strong May 25, 1857 90 Chapter 20: Speech at Sringfield, Illinois June 26, 1857 92 Chapter 21: A House Divided, Speech at Sringfield, Illinois June 16, 1858 103 Chapter 22: to John L. Scripps June 23, 1858 107 Chapter 23: Fragment on the Struggle Against Slavery July, 1858 109 Chapter 24: Speech at Chicago, Illinois July 10, 1858 111 Chapter 25: Speech at Sringfield, July 17, 1858 119 Chapter 26: Speech at Lewistown, August 17, 1858 124 Chapter 27: First Debate ith Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa, Illinois August 21, 1858 127 Chapter 28: Second at Freeport Illinois August 27, 1858 137 Chapter 29: Speech at Carlinville, Illinois August 31, 1858 143 Chapter 30: at Clinton, Illinois September 2, 1858 149 Chapter 31: Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois September 11, 1858 152 Chapter 32: Fourth Debate ith Stephen A. Douglas September 18, 1858 156 Chapter 33: Fragment on Pro-slavery Theology October 1, 1858? 160 Chapter 34: Seventh and Last Debate with Stephen A. Douglasat Alton, Illinois, & October 18, 1858, AL to James N. Brown October 15, 1858 163 Chapter 35: to Salmon P. Chase June 9, 1859 174 Chapter 36: Speech at Columbus, Ohio September 16, 1859 177 Chapter 37: Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio September 17, 1859 187 Chapter 38: Fragment on Free Labor September 17, 1859 191 Chapter 39: Address at the Cooper Institute, New York City February 27, 1860 193 Chapter 40: Speech at Hartford, Connecticut March 5, 1860 202 Chapter 41: AL to John A. Gilmer December 15, 1860 210 Chapter 42: First Inaugural Address March 4, 1861 214 Chapter 43: AL to Orville H. Browning September 22, 1861 218 Chapter 44: Message to Congress March 6, 1862 222 Chapter 45: AL to James A. McDougall March 14, 1862 225 Chapter 46: AL to Horace Greeley & Aril 16, 1862, Message to Congress March 24, 1862 228 Chapter 47: Appeal to Border State Representatives to Favor Compensated Eancipation July 12, 1862 231 Chapter 48: Address on Colonization to a Deputation of Negroes August 14, 1862 235 Chapter 49: AL to Horace Greeley August 22, 1862 242 Chapter 50: Reply to Eancipation Memorial Presented by Chicago Christians of All Denominations September 13, 1862 245 Chapter 51: Preliminary Proclamation September 22, 1862 250 Chapter 52: Annual Message to Congress December 1, 1862 255 Chapter 53: Eancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 265 Chapter 54: AL to AndrewJohnson March 26, 1863 270 Chapter 55: Resolution on Slavery April 15, 1863 272 Chapter 56: AL to John M. Schofield June 22, 1863 274 Chapter 57: Order of Retaliation July 30, 1863 276 Chapter 58: AL to Nathaniel P. Banks August 5, 1863 279 Chapter 59: AL to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant August 9, 1863 282 Chapter 60: AL to James C. Conkling August 26, 1863 284 Chapter 61: Fragment August 26, 1863 290 Chapter 62: Annual Message to Congress December 8, 1863 292 Chapter 63: Reply to Nework Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association March 21, 1864 295 Chapter 64: AL to Albert G. Hodges April 4, 1864 298 Chapter 65: AL to Edwin M. Stanton May 17, 1864 302 Chapter 66: Interviewith Alexander W. Randall and Joseph T. Mills August 18, 1864 305 Chapter 67: Resolution Submitting the Thirteenth Aendmentto the States February 1, 1865 308 Chapter 68: Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1865 310 Chapter 69: Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment March 17, 1865 313 Chapter 70: Last Public Address April 11, 1865 316 Appendix: Lincoln, Race, and Humor 321 Index 329

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Book SynopsisIn 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. This title provides a riveting ethnographic account of this collective violence.Trade Review"This is an insightful and subtle account, capturing much of a moment which is already being made to be forgotten by new forms of political will and national ambition in Gujarat."--Edward Simpson, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "The book makes a number of noteworthy contributions throughout. Foremost among these is its discussion on women, who stand at the center of all deliberations, yet are denied agency."--R. Khan, Asian Affairs "Although there have been many eye-witness accounts of the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat, in the wake of the Godhra train tragedy there has been no book-like treatment of the subject by an academic, who lived and observed the events before, during and after the pogrom. Pogrom in Gujarat fills this void admirably."--V. Venkatesan, Frontline "Pogrom in Gujarat: Hindu Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Violence in India is an original and unique contribution to the literature on the anthropology of violence. Ghassem-Fachandi's style of writing is lucid, and his arguments are based on an authoritative understanding of Gujarati society and culture (both rural and urban)."--Rubina Jasani, Journal of Church and State "The uniqueness of the book lies in the author's intimate experience of ethnic violence, which is quite exceptional for academic research on ethnic violence in India. Often written in the first person, the ethnographic narrative is powerful and extends beyond this experience into an in-depth analysis of the larger cultural context of violence in Gujarat. This book will remain a classic analysis of the politics of the Hindu right in India that draws its sustenance from the blood of the innocent."--Sanal Mohan, Social AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Figures vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 "Why do you leave? Fight for us!" 31 Chapter 2 Word and Image 59 Chapter 3 The Gujarat Pogrom 93 Chapter 4 The Lack of Muslim Vulnerability 123 Chapter 5 Vibrant Vegetarian Gujarat 153 Chapter 6 Ahimsa, Gandhi, and the Angry Hindu 185 Chapter 7 Split City Body 213 Chapter 8 Heterogeneity and the Nation 257 Postscript 273 Notes 283 List of Abbreviations 303 Glossary 305 References 309 Index 323

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Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied post apartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title describes how the racial segmentation of South African society still informs daily life, notions of race, personhood, morality, and religious ethics.Trade ReviewFinalist for the 2013 Melville J. Herskovits Award, African Studies Association "Hansen's analysis of the 'mutual nonrecognition' between citizens of India and African origin and his critical interrogation of the concept of diaspora are especially powerful... The book will be an asset to scholars and students seeking to understand urban South Africa, transnationalism, and religious transformation."--Choice "Hansen's book is definitely a very important one... [S]tudents of segregation, ethnic conflict, urban space, identity, religion, migration, music and cinema will all find something of interest here. More generally, Melancholia of Freedom offers a fascinating insight into the fate of minority groups, and the boundary work they engage in... Hansen's account allows us to better understand the processes through which minorities maintain identity and sociability in difficult contexts."--Juliette Galonnier, booksandideas.net "As depressing as this conclusion is, the author makes a compelling case for his interpretation. He brilliantly weaves the present into the past, and explains convincingly the foundation of anxieties that prevail in Chatsworth."--Surendra Bhana, Journal of Natal and Zulu HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Under the Gaze: Freedom and Race after Apartheid 3 Freedom and Sovereignty after Apartheid 9 Melancholia of Freedom 15 Between Irrelevance and Irreverence: "Our Culture" after Apartheid 17 Structure of the Book 20 Methods and Material 24 CHAPTER 1 Ethnicity by Fiat: The Remaking of Indian Life in South Africa 26 The Asiatic Question 27 The New Hygienic Indian 32 Census et Censura 35 The New Indian Social Body 38 Policing the Internal Frontier 46 Containing the Bush: Crime and Vigilantes in the Age of Democratic Policing 51 CHAPTER 2 Domesticity and Cultural Intimacy 59 From Kinship to Family 59 The New Indian Woman and the Family House 64 Tongues without Speech: Caste as Language Community 74 "Our Culture" as Embarrassment 77 Cultural Intimacy and Embarrassment: Charous and Lahnees 79 Class and Charou Names 82 Performing in the Gaze: The Indian Public Sphere 84 Joke-Work on a Saturday Morning 87 Comic Belief? Laughter and Cultural Intimacy 91 Charou 4 Eva: Domesticity Lost and Refound 95 CHAPTER 3 Charous and Ravans: A Story of Mutual Nonrecognition 97 AmaKula and amaZulu on the Colonial Estates 99 Durban, January 1949: "The Largest Race Riot in the World" 102 Cato Manor and the Urban Zulu 107 The Indian "1949 Syndrome" as a Social Text 110 The Syndrome Affirmed: Inanda 1985 116 Racism's Two Bodies 119 Racial Practice, Indian-Style 123 Africans at Our Doorsteps 127 Somatic Anxieties 131 Nonrecognition and the Elusive Master 136 CHAPTER 4 Autonomy, Freedom, and Political Speech 142 Local Affairs and the Problem of Indian Speech 145 The House of Delhigoats 151 "Scandals Are the Foundations of the State" 155 Who Speaks for the Community? The Particular as Universalist Gesture 160 The Only Good Indian Is a Poor Indian: The ANC and the Indian Townships 163 "All the Way": On the Ways of the Tiger 167 From Tragedy to Comedy: Politics as a Form of Enjoyment 171 CHAPTER 5 Movement, Sound, and Body in the Postapartheid City 176 The Steel Cages of Modernity 177 Driving while Brown 179 (Auto)mobility in the Postapartheid City 182 Vehicular Vernacular: Visual and Sonic 185 Taxis, Charou-Style 188 Conclusion: "Indianness," African-Style 197 CHAPTER 6 The Unwieldy Fetish: Desi Fantasies, Roots Tourism, and Diasporic Desires 200 India as an Unwieldy Fetish 201 The Spiritual Homeland 203 Seeking Ancestral Roots 203 Finding Spiritual Truth 207 Catalysts of Modernity 209 Global Desi Dreamscapes: The Revival of Bollywood in South Africa 211 "What Does This Film Make of Me?" 212 Plot Summary 214 Who Are We Indians, After All? 217 Diaspora and the Unwieldy Fetish 220 CHAPTER 7 Global Hindus and Pure Muslims: Universalist Aspirations and Territorialized Lives 223 Hinduism in Translation 226 Religious Practices, Hindu Missionaries, and Cultural Purification 228 A Nervous Relationship: Contemporary Hindu Practices in the Townships 231 The Call of Global Hinduism 236 Globalized Islam and the Impurities of the Past 239 Muslim Durban 240 Deculturation and the Invention of the Pure Muslim 247 "Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz?" 252 Da'wah in the Township 256 Reaching for the Universal 259 CHAPTER 8 The Saved and the Backsliders: The Charou Soul and the Instability of Belief 261 The Fragility of the Charou Soul 266 Signs of the Spirit 269 Reconfiguring Patriarchy and Gendered Surveillance 270 On Suits and Sermons 273 Looking like Kentucky ... 277 Race, Gender, Body 282 Between Vessel and Substance: On the Exteriority of the Soul 286 Postscript: Melancholia in the Time of the "African Personality" 290 Notes 297 References 325 Index 345

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Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied postapartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title tells the stories of ordinary Indians whose lives were racialized and framed by the township, and how these residents domesticated and inhabited this urban space.Trade ReviewFinalist for the 2013 Melville J. Herskovits Award, African Studies Association "Hansen's analysis of the 'mutual nonrecognition' between citizens of India and African origin and his critical interrogation of the concept of diaspora are especially powerful... The book will be an asset to scholars and students seeking to understand urban South Africa, transnationalism, and religious transformation."--Choice "Hansen's book is definitely a very important one... [S]tudents of segregation, ethnic conflict, urban space, identity, religion, migration, music and cinema will all find something of interest here. More generally, Melancholia of Freedom offers a fascinating insight into the fate of minority groups, and the boundary work they engage in... Hansen's account allows us to better understand the processes through which minorities maintain identity and sociability in difficult contexts."--Juliette Galonnier, booksandideas.net "As depressing as this conclusion is, the author makes a compelling case for his interpretation. He brilliantly weaves the present into the past, and explains convincingly the foundation of anxieties that prevail in Chatsworth."--Surendra Bhana, Journal of Natal and Zulu HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Under the Gaze: Freedom and Race after Apartheid 3 Freedom and Sovereignty after Apartheid 9 Melancholia of Freedom 15 Between Irrelevance and Irreverence: "Our Culture" after Apartheid 17 Structure of the Book 20 Methods and Material 24 CHAPTER 1 Ethnicity by Fiat: The Remaking of Indian Life in South Africa 26 The Asiatic Question 27 The New Hygienic Indian 32 Census et Censura 35 The New Indian Social Body 38 Policing the Internal Frontier 46 Containing the Bush: Crime and Vigilantes in the Age of Democratic Policing 51 CHAPTER 2 Domesticity and Cultural Intimacy 59 From Kinship to Family 59 The New Indian Woman and the Family House 64 Tongues without Speech: Caste as Language Community 74 "Our Culture" as Embarrassment 77 Cultural Intimacy and Embarrassment: Charous and Lahnees 79 Class and Charou Names 82 Performing in the Gaze: The Indian Public Sphere 84 Joke-Work on a Saturday Morning 87 Comic Belief? Laughter and Cultural Intimacy 91 Charou 4 Eva: Domesticity Lost and Refound 95 CHAPTER 3 Charous and Ravans: A Story of Mutual Nonrecognition 97 AmaKula and amaZulu on the Colonial Estates 99 Durban, January 1949: "The Largest Race Riot in the World" 102 Cato Manor and the Urban Zulu 107 The Indian "1949 Syndrome" as a Social Text 110 The Syndrome Affirmed: Inanda 1985 116 Racism's Two Bodies 119 Racial Practice, Indian-Style 123 Africans at Our Doorsteps 127 Somatic Anxieties 131 Nonrecognition and the Elusive Master 136 CHAPTER 4 Autonomy, Freedom, and Political Speech 142 Local Affairs and the Problem of Indian Speech 145 The House of Delhigoats 151 "Scandals Are the Foundations of the State" 155 Who Speaks for the Community? The Particular as Universalist Gesture 160 The Only Good Indian Is a Poor Indian: The ANC and the Indian Townships 163 "All the Way": On the Ways of the Tiger 167 From Tragedy to Comedy: Politics as a Form of Enjoyment 171 CHAPTER 5 Movement, Sound, and Body in the Postapartheid City 176 The Steel Cages of Modernity 177 Driving while Brown 179 (Auto)mobility in the Postapartheid City 182 Vehicular Vernacular: Visual and Sonic 185 Taxis, Charou-Style 188 Conclusion: "Indianness," African-Style 197 CHAPTER 6 The Unwieldy Fetish: Desi Fantasies, Roots Tourism, and Diasporic Desires 200 India as an Unwieldy Fetish 201 The Spiritual Homeland 203 Seeking Ancestral Roots 203 Finding Spiritual Truth 207 Catalysts of Modernity 209 Global Desi Dreamscapes: The Revival of Bollywood in South Africa 211 "What Does This Film Make of Me?" 212 Plot Summary 214 Who Are We Indians, After All? 217 Diaspora and the Unwieldy Fetish 220 CHAPTER 7 Global Hindus and Pure Muslims: Universalist Aspirations and Territorialized Lives 223 Hinduism in Translation 226 Religious Practices, Hindu Missionaries, and Cultural Purification 228 A Nervous Relationship: Contemporary Hindu Practices in the Townships 231 The Call of Global Hinduism 236 Globalized Islam and the Impurities of the Past 239 Muslim Durban 240 Deculturation and the Invention of the Pure Muslim 247 "Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz?" 252 Da'wah in the Township 256 Reaching for the Universal 259 CHAPTER 8 The Saved and the Backsliders: The Charou Soul and the Instability of Belief 261 The Fragility of the Charou Soul 266 Signs of the Spirit 269 Reconfiguring Patriarchy and Gendered Surveillance 270 On Suits and Sermons 273 Looking like Kentucky ... 277 Race, Gender, Body 282 Between Vessel and Substance: On the Exteriority of the Soul 286 Postscript: Melancholia in the Time of the "African Personality" 290 Notes 297 References 325 Index 345

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Book SynopsisThe American racial order - the beliefs, institutions, and practices that organize relationships among the nation's races and ethnicities - is undergoing its greatest transformation since the 1960s. This title takes a look at the reasons behind this dramatic change, and considers how different groups of Americans are being affected.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "Hochschild, Weaver, and Burch deliver a rich, novel account of the transformation of the new racial order in the U.S. They examine the beliefs, institutions, and history of the practices of race and ethnicity to show that events like September 11, Hurricane Katrina, and the election of Barack Obama reshaped a new generation's concept of race and ethnicity... This well-written book is a refreshingly welcome contribution that lays the foundation for a new generation of scholars and policy makers to study the political and social implications of an increasingly heterogeneous population. The book is essential reading."--Choice "Creating a New Racial Order is necessary reading that will easily find a place on syllabi for this and the next generation, to whom they dedicate the book, and on whom they are counting to work for a better racial future."--Jennifer Lee, American Journal of Sociology "One of the most appealing things about the book is its earnest call to action, which is really of the best kind: an appeal that simultaneously stresses the need for improvement while nurturing the optimism that change for the better is within reach... Creating a New Racial Order also deserves high marks for taking up such an important and timely matter, one with the most far-reaching of implications, and doing so in an unusually well-organized and -argued manner."--Ann Morning, Contemporary Sociology "Creating a New Racial Order does not reveal the outlines of any new racial order or any major new political movements, it helps us understand why a racially transformative politics might become possible, and the problems and prospects it faces. Those understandings are likely to be valuable for years to come."--Rogers M. Smith, Political Science Quarterly "Future historians may find that Hochschild, Weaver, and Burch got many things wrong, but I doubt they will fault them for lacking bold vision and intellectual courage. This important and timely book belongs not on the shelf but on the desk of every serious scholar of race, regardless of the discipline."--Matt Wray, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables xi Introduction xiii Part I: The Argument 1 Chapter 1. Destabilizing the American Racial Order 3 Part II : Creating a New Order 19 Chapter 2. Immigration 21 Chapter 3. Multiracialism 56 Chapter 4. Genomics 83 Chapter 5. Cohort Change 113 Chapter 6. Blockages to Racial Transformation 139 Part III : Possibilities 165 Chapter 7. The Future of the American Racial Order 167 Notes 183 References 213 Index 255

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Book SynopsisDiscusses about Irish nationalism and how Irish nationalists developed their own conception of the Irish race. This book begins with an exploration of the discourse of race - from the nineteenth - century belief that 'race is everything' to the argument that there are no races.Trade Review"This is ... a most impressive study, not only for its breathtaking scope and Nelson's command of such vast and varied scholarship but for pointing to many unexplored directions for future comparative and transnational studies. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Irish nationalism and on the construction of group identity."--Patrick Furlong, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics "Nelson's book is a timely chronology of the quest by both foreigners and the Irish themselves to define and redefine race and identity."--Lar Joye, History Ireland "Irish Nationalists and the Making of the Irish Race is ... a wide-ranging work rooted in large volumes of both primary and secondary sources. It succeeds in broadening our understanding of Irish identity by digging up new and interesting intellectual connections between Irish nationalists and the outside world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."--Cian McMahon, New Hibernia Review "The whole book ... rests on a solid base of original research and analysis. Even when we may be familiar in outline with some of the incidents [Nelson] recounts ... this book enriches our understanding."--Patrick Maume, Irish Historical Studies "This is an important book that will chart a way forward to a fuller and more complex understanding of the role of race in Irish nationalist ideology."--Michael de Nie, American Historical Review "For anyone interested in the development of an Irish national identity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its connection to the popular racial ideologies of the same period, this book is an essential starting point."--David T. Gleeson, Journal of British Studies "His book is a welcome and important addition to the subject of Irish nationalism."--Sean Farrell Moran, HistorianTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Part 1. The Making of the Irish Race Prologue: Arguing about (the Irish) Race 3 Chapter 1. "The blood of an Irishman": The English Construction of the Irish Race, 1534-1801 17 Chapter 2. Celts, Hottentots, and "white chimpanzees": The Racialization of the Irish in the Nineteenth Century 30 Part 2. Ireland, Slavery, and Abolition Chapter 3. "Come out of such a land, you Irishmen": Daniel O'Connell, American Slavery, and the Making of the Irish Race 57 Chapter 4. "The Black O'Connell of the United States": Frederick Douglass and Ireland 86 Part 3. Ireland and Empire Chapter 5. "From the Cabins of Connemara to the Kraals of Kaffirland": Irish Nationalists, the British Empire, and the "Boer Fight for Freedom" 121 Chapter 6. "Because we are white men": Erskine Childers, Jan Christian Smuts, and the Irish Quest for Self-Government, 1899-1922 148 Part 4. Ireland and Revolution Chapter 7. Negro Sinn Feiners and Black Fenians: "Heroic Ireland" and the Black Nationalist Imagination 181 Chapter 8. "The Irish are for freedom everywhere": Eamon de Valera, the Irish Patriotic Strike, and the"last white nation ... deprived of its liberty" 212 Epilogue: The Ordeal of the Irish Republic 242 Notes 259 Index 323

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Book SynopsisAmerica is preoccupied with race statistics--perhaps more than any other nation. Do these statistics illuminate social reality and produce coherent social policy, or cloud that reality and confuse social policy? Does America still have a color line? Who is on which side? Does it have a different "race" line--the nativity line--separating the nativeTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014 "In one of the best discussions of the social construction of race and the U.S. Census Bureau's role in that social construction that this reviewer has seen, Prewitt goes way beyond the typical discussion by demonstrating the policy implications of the social construction and shifting definitions of race... This detailed history and policy analysis is an absolute requirement for race scholars and policy analysts alike."--J. Hattery, Choice "This book will inform historians on important aspects of what census measurement says about the past, but it also may provide a bridge to what students will write about American society decades from now."--Stephen E. Fienberg, Journal of American History "What Is Your Race? is a fascinating and thorough account of an American institution that has had a powerful influence on policy and society."--Ryan Allen, New Books in EducationTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Part I What Are Statistical Races? Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview 3 Chapter 2 Classification before Counting: The Statistical Races 14 Part II Policy, Statistics, and Science Join Forces Chapter 3 The Compromise That Made the Republic and the Nation's First Statistical Race 31 Chapter 4 Race Science Captures the Prize, the U.S. Census 45 Chapter 5 How Many White Races Are There? 61 Part III When You Have a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail Chapter 6 Racial Justice Finds a Policy Tool 83 Chapter 7 When You Have a Hammer: Statistical Races Misused 105 Part IV The Statistical Races under Pressure, and a Fresh Rationale Chapter 8 Pressures Mount 129 Chapter 9 The Problem of the Twenty-first Century Is the Problem of the Color Line as It Intersects the Nativity Line 151 Part V What We Have Is Not What We Need Chapter 10 Where Are We Exactly? 171 Chapter 11 Getting from Where We Are to Where We Need to Be 183 Appendix: Perspectives from Abroad--Brazil, France, Israel 209 Notes 221 Bibliography 251 Index 263

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Book SynopsisWhy have American policies failed to reduce the racial inequalities still pervasive throughout the nation? Has President Barack Obama defined new political approaches to race that might spur unity and progress? This title examines deals with these questions.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "[King and Smith] accurately survey the history and the evolution of American thinking on race."--Richard D. Kahlenberg, New Republic "Still a House Divided is quite an achievement... This is an outstanding work."--Choice "Essential reading for scholars of race, politics and policy. It provides a rich and textured analysis that is accessible and theoretically driven... The individual sections are master classes in each policy era and will help guide individual scholars with interests in those eras. With that, the book is an instant classic by two scholars who routinely produce work of this quality."--Mark Sawyer, Ethnic and Racial Studies "Hopefully, there will be an intellectually synergistic effect from the publication of Still a House Divided. As American politics scholars in these camps move forward, they might be able to see some working in the middle and refine their scholarship."--Katherine Tate, Political Science Quarterly "Presenting a powerful account of American political alliances and their contending racial agendas, Still a House Divided sheds light on a policy path vital to the country's future."--World Book IndustryTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Acknowledgments ix PART ONE: Obama's Inheritance CHAPTER 1 That They May All Be One America as a House Divided 3 PART TWO: The Making and Unmaking of Racial Hierarchies CHAPTER 2 "That is the last speech he will ever make" The Antebellum Racial Alliances 35 CHAPTER 3 "We of the North were thoroughly wrong" How Racial Alliances Mobilized Ideas and Law 62 PART THREE: The Trajectory of Racial Alliances CHAPTER 4 "This backdrop of entrenched inequality" Affirmative Action in Work 93 CHAPTER 5 To "affi rmatively further fair housing" Enduring Racial Inequalities in American Homes and Mortgages 137 CHAPTER 6 "To Elect One of Their Own" Racial Alliances and Majority-Minority Districts 168 CHAPTER 7 "Our goal is to have one classification-American" Vouchers for Schools and the Multiracial Census 192 CHAPTER 8 "We can take the people out of the slums, but we cannot take the slums out of the people" How Today's Racial Alliances Shape Laws on Crime and Immigration 215 PART FOUR: America's Inheritance CHAPTER 9 Prospects of the House Divided 253 Notes 293 Index 349

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Book SynopsisThe American racial order - the beliefs, institutions, and practices that organize relationships among the nation's races and ethnicities - is undergoing its greatest transformation since the 1960s. This book looks at the reasons behind this dramatic change, and considers how different groups of Americans are being affected.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "Hochschild, Weaver, and Burch deliver a rich, novel account of the transformation of the new racial order in the U.S. They examine the beliefs, institutions, and history of the practices of race and ethnicity to show that events like September 11, Hurricane Katrina, and the election of Barack Obama reshaped a new generation's concept of race and ethnicity... This well-written book is a refreshingly welcome contribution that lays the foundation for a new generation of scholars and policy makers to study the political and social implications of an increasingly heterogeneous population. The book is essential reading."--Choice "Creating a New Racial Order is necessary reading that will easily find a place on syllabi for this and the next generation, to whom they dedicate the book, and on whom they are counting to work for a better racial future."--Jennifer Lee, American Journal of Sociology "One of the most appealing things about the book is its earnest call to action, which is really of the best kind: an appeal that simultaneously stresses the need for improvement while nurturing the optimism that change for the better is within reach... Creating a New Racial Order also deserves high marks for taking up such an important and timely matter, one with the most far-reaching of implications, and doing so in an unusually well-organized and -argued manner."--Ann Morning, Contemporary Sociology "Creating a New Racial Order does not reveal the outlines of any new racial order or any major new political movements, it helps us understand why a racially transformative politics might become possible, and the problems and prospects it faces. Those understandings are likely to be valuable for years to come."--Rogers M. Smith, Political Science Quarterly "Future historians may find that Hochschild, Weaver, and Burch got many things wrong, but I doubt they will fault them for lacking bold vision and intellectual courage. This important and timely book belongs not on the shelf but on the desk of every serious scholar of race, regardless of the discipline."--Matt Wray, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables xi Introduction xiii Part I: The Argument 1 Chapter 1. Destabilizing the American Racial Order 3 Part II : Creating a New Order 19 Chapter 2. Immigration 21 Chapter 3. Multiracialism 56 Chapter 4. Genomics 83 Chapter 5. Cohort Change 113 Chapter 6. Blockages to Racial Transformation 139 Part III : Possibilities 165 Chapter 7. The Future of the American Racial Order 167 Notes 183 References 213 Index 255

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Book SynopsisThis is a book about Irish nationalism and how Irish nationalists developed their own conception of the Irish race. Bruce Nelson begins with an exploration of the discourse of race--from the nineteenth--century belief that "race is everything" to the more recent argument that there are no races. He focuses on how English observers constructed the "Trade Review"This is . . . a most impressive study, not only for its breathtaking scope and Nelson's command of such vast and varied scholarship but for pointing to many unexplored directions for future comparative and transnational studies. This book is a welcome addition to the literature on Irish nationalism and on the construction of group identity."---Patrick Furlong, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics"Nelson's book is a timely chronology of the quest by both foreigners and the Irish themselves to define and redefine race and identity."---Lar Joye, History Ireland"Irish Nationalists and the Making of the Irish Race is . . . a wide-ranging work rooted in large volumes of both primary and secondary sources. It succeeds in broadening our understanding of Irish identity by digging up new and interesting intellectual connections between Irish nationalists and the outside world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."---Cian McMahon, New Hibernia Review"The whole book . . . rests on a solid base of original research and analysis. Even when we may be familiar in outline with some of the incidents [Nelson] recounts . . . this book enriches our understanding."---Patrick Maume, Irish Historical Studies"This is an important book that will chart a way forward to a fuller and more complex understanding of the role of race in Irish nationalist ideology."---Michael de Nie, American Historical Review"For anyone interested in the development of an Irish national identity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its connection to the popular racial ideologies of the same period, this book is an essential starting point."---David T. Gleeson, Journal of British Studies"His book is a welcome and important addition to the subject of Irish nationalism."---Sean Farrell Moran, Historian

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, many of America's Christian evangelicals have denounced Islam as a "demonic" and inherently violent religion, provoking frustration among other Christian conservatives who wish to present a more appealing message to the world's Muslims. Yet as Thomas Kidd reveals in this sobering book, the conflictTrade Review"This concise and well-organized study offers readers an excellent summary of American popular attitudes toward Islam from the eighteenth century onward."--Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs "Kidd's is a sympathetic and well-informed voice of sanity and Christian equanimity in the midst of this turmoil. His closing appeals to reason, civility, and charitable discourse could provide a better setting, I believe, for a fruitful mission to Islam. Otherwise, one fears what level of catastrophe may be required to discredit Dispensationalist craziness."--Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon, Orthodoxy Today "Offers an informative tonic that might move Christians in the U.S. beyond deeply embedded suspicions and into more hospitable encounters with Muslims at home and abroad."--Anne Blue Wills, Christian Century "A key strength of American Christians and Islam is that it surveys a spectrum of American Christian and evangelical thought vis-a-vis Muslims across three centuries, and does so in a manner that is very clear, so that even a reader new to the subject could appreciate it. Assigned in a class on Middle Eastern or Islamic studies, this book would be guaranteed to stimulate lively debate."--Heather J. Sharkey, Contemporary Islam "As Islam continues its slow be steady growth in America, evangelicals of whatever strip would be wise to consult American Christians and Islam, particularly as they continue to seek ways to approach Islam with sobriety and faithfulness."--Adam S. Francisco, Modern Reformation "Thomas Kidd has done a great service with his publication of American Christians and Islam. Although there is an endless array of studies on various aspects of the relationships between Muslims and Christians throughout the past 1,400 years, this is, to my knowledge, the first to examine American Evangelical attitudes toward Islam. Kidd presents a vast amount of material in a clear, readable manner, and his book should be of interest to anyone trying to understand the extremely complex dynamic of contemporary Muslim-Christian relations."--Sandra Tonies Keating, Touchstone "This timely book about American Christian attitudes toward Islam and Muslims is a useful addition to the growing literature on Anglo-American engagements with Islam and Muslims since the colonial age. It is noteworthy primarily for its chronological range and its coverage of American missionaries to the Muslim world."--Edward E. Curtis IV, Journal of American History "Kidd has produced a gem of a book. It needs to find a high place on interreligious as well as public-policy bibliographies."--John T. Pawlikowski, Journal of Ecumenical Studies "Kidd's book ably captures the bombast and the predicament of American evangelicals as they attempted to reconcile the missionary imperative with a scrambled sense of eschatological geography."--Nicholas Guyatt, Journal of the Ecclesiastical History "The story that Kidd tells is compelling and enlightening in its nuanced depiction of conservative American Christian views on Islam and Muslims across three centuries... [T]his book is a well-written and enlightening overview of the American Evangelical approach to Islam."--Akram Fouad Khater, Catholic Historical Review "[T]his book makes ... [an] invaluable contribution ... to our understanding of the history of evangelical attitudes toward Muslims and Islam."--Alan M. Guenther, International Bulletin of Missionary Research "Kidd accomplishes the aims of his book well, illuminating nearly four hundred years of conservative American Christian interpretations of Islam. The length of the time period and the particular focus on American Christian views make this volume a unique, welcome addition to the field. The book is academic but accessible to a wide audience, a wellspring of primary source information and a penetrating survey. Scholars of American religious history and upper-level students of the subject will consult this volume for years to come."--James Gormam, Restoration Quarterly "In all respects, American Christians and Islam is a well-balanced, long overdue study, delving deep in the folk memory of America, painting a complex and suggestive profile of the Judeo-Christian-Muslim (dis)connection, celebrating both Christianity and Islamism, while formulating no apologies for either... [I]t is an opportune appearance that seeks to do justice to Qur'anic verse and Islamic scholarship, an admirable monograph launching a timely invitation to grasp the true nature of Islam."--Adriana Neagu, American British and Canadian StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xix CHAPTER 1: Early American Christians and Islam 1 CHAPTER 2: The Barbary Wars, the Last Days, and Islam in Early National America 19 CHAPTER 3: Foreign Missions to Muslims in Nineteenth-Century America 37 CHAPTER 4: Samuel Zwemer,World War I, and "The Evangelization of the Moslem World in This Generation" 58 CHAPTER 5: The New Missionary Overture to Muslims and the Arab-Israeli Crisis 75 CHAPTER 6: Christians Respond to Muslims in Modern America 96 CHAPTER 7: Maturing Evangelical Missions and War in the Middle East 120 CHAPTER 8: American Christians and Islam After September 11, 2001 144 Epilogue 165 Notes 171 Index 195

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Groundbreaking. . . . The book’s central contribution is to show how the adaptations of American institutions intersected with America’s racial orders.. . . . It will be essential reading for scholars and students, graduate and undergraduate, of APD, American politics, and of the legacies and contemporary practices of settler colonialism in other countries."---David Bateman, Journal of Politics"Paul Frymer has written one of the best available accounts of the United States’ long and troubled history as a white settler nation. For anyone wanting to know why that particular form of nationalism continues to resonate so forcefully today, Building an American Empire should be required reading."---Eliga Gould, Diplomatic History"Building an American Empire is, in short, a terrific book—important, thoughtful, provocative, and seminal."---Todd Estes, American Political Thought"Paul Frymer’s excellent new book interrogates our most enduring myth—the Taming of the West—and in its place delivers a rich analysis of how U.S. leaders decided which territories and peoples would be included in the American civilizational project. His account puts original insights about space and race . . . at the center of our national story."---Thomas Ogorzalek, Political Science Quarterly"Building an American Empire is a valuable contribution to the conversation on the rise of the American national state."---William H. Bergmann, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures vii Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Boundaries and Movement 32 3 "Advancing Compactly as We Multiply" 72 4 Homesteading and Manufacturing Whiteness 128 5 The Limits of Manifest Destiny 172 6 A Second Removal? The Rise and Defeat of Black Colonization 220 7 America's Settler Empire at the End of the Frontier 263 Index 283

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a necessary book for anyone wanting to better understand the rituals and strategies being used in far-right cultures as they attempt to bring xenophobic, fascistic ideologies to the mainstream."---Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia, EuropeNow"Highly original."---Cas Mudde, FiveBooks

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Book SynopsisTranslation of: Pour une historie politique de la race.Trade Review"Breathtaking in its range and ambition, this is a wonderful and provocative book about the concept of race. Schaub's command of the scholarship is impressive, the argument is forcefully made, and the prose is clear. I believe this book should be widely read and discussed."—Stuart B. Schwartz, Yale University"This is a smart, incisive, and provocative book that should find a large audience among scholars interested in questions of race and racism. In its clear and unswerving insistence on race as a political category in need of a political history, it represents a strong, original contribution to this most vexed and fraught of subjects."—David A. Bell, Princeton University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Can College Level the Playing Field? is a clear and focused analysis of the role of higher education in contributing to inequality in the United States – and what can be done about it. . . . A redemptive argument for a just and fair system of higher education."---Christopher Martin, Theory and Research in Education

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Paul Davidoff Book Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning""Winner of the Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty, and Social Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association""An engaging read. Most compellingly, Rosen offers a moving psychological portrait of her interlocutors, revealing how people cope with neighborhood change and reconcile limited opportunities and chronic disappointments."---Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader"Rosen’s ethnographic study helps to correct a weak point in the literature on the HCV program. . . . The Voucher Promise provides a look at the HCV program from many perspectives including the participating voucher households and the renter households not lucky enough to receive a voucher. The book studies the landlords who choose to participate as well as those who do not. Finally, the book explores the households, especially long-term homeowners, who populate the neighborhoods where the HCV voucher households locate. This mix of perspectives is the strength of the book."---Kirk McClure, Social Forces"This work, although a valuable contribution to the sociology literature, is also an important book for urban planners and policy scholars and practitioners. Rosen has managed the difficult task of creating rigorous research that is highly critical of an important federal program but at the same time recognized how vital the program is to the lives of so many economically fragile families. . . . a must read for anyone interested in housing markets and housing policy. It is refreshingly well written and at the same time highly substantive."---Dan Immergluck, Journal of the American Planning Association"A fine study with important insights for scholars and practitioners, regardless of their disciplinary leanings. Readers may find themselves comparing [The Voucher Promise] favorably to the highly acclaimed Evicted: Poverty and Poverty in the American City by Matthew Desmond."---Dennis E. Gale, Journal of Planning Education and Research"[Rosen] bring[s] to the table workable and much needed suggestions for changes to a flawed policy."---Lisa Lucile Owens, Critical Sociology"The Voucher Promise provides an informative, in-depth, and necessary look into the policy and practice of the HCV program clearly identifying a need to reassess the way it currently operates. . . . [A]n essential read for policymakers, urban sociologists, and scholars."---Jeanne Kimpel, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University"

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinners of the 2016 Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association Selected for The New York Times Book Review's "The Year in Reading" 2016 One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "Not only a solid piece of political scientific research, this book should play a central role in understanding of US party politics over the next several decades... A must-read."--Choice "White Backlash is compelling ... a highly important and timely read."--Eric Kaufmann, Literary Review "A remarkable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of critical migration studies. It's a book of interest to researchers and practitioners working in the field of political science, demography and migration as it provides insight into the political, demographical, and cultural dimensions of the USA today."--Dr. Olga R. Gulina, Journal of Global Analysis "White Backlash builds a compelling argument."--George Hawley, Political Science Quarterly "White Backlash represents a bold and challenging contribution to the study of immigration and its impact on contemporary politics and policymaking. It adds serious and sobering findings to the dialogue on race and ethnic politics, which we can only hope will be ameliorated in time."--Sara Wallace Goodman, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsIllustrations vii Tables ix Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION 1 PART I Theory 23 CHAPTER 1 A Theory of Immigration Backlash Politics 25 PART II Views on Immigration and Defection to the Republican Party 61 CHAPTER 2 Immigration, Latinos, and the Transformation of White Partisanship 63 CHAPTER 3 How Immigration Shapes the Vote 88 PART III Understanding the Roots of the Backlash 113 CHAPTER 4 The Geography of the Immigration Backlash 115 CHAPTER 5 Media Coverage of Immigration and White Macropartisanship 154 PART IV The Consequences 181 CHAPTER 6 The Policy Backlash 183 CONCLUSION Implications for A Deeply Divided United States 201 References 217 Index 233

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the William H. Riker Book Award, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association""Best Book of the Year by one of Politico's Top 50 Thinkers (Sean McElwee)""This book is one of the most mind-blowing books I’ve encountered recently."---Chris Hayes"Scholars of racial attitudes have long considered how such attitudes are transmitted across generations through history, culture, and institutions, and Deep Roots makes a historically penetrating and theoretically meaningful contribution to that body of literature. The book is engaging and thorough in its analysis and puts forth theory that will be useful for readers specifically interested in the intersections of political geography, racial attitudes, and political behavior."---Amber Spry, Science"Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell, and Maya Sen powerfully argue in their recent book Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics, it is the legacy of slavery and post-Civil War segregation that gave rise to the South’s current political culture."---Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate"A timely tome which explains why, from neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville to Virginia politicians donning blackface, when it comes to the South, the more things change, the more they remain insane."---Kam Williams, Tri-State Defender

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the 2017 Herbert Jacob Book Award, Law and Society Association""Winner of the 2017 Gordon Hirabayashi Book Award, Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the 2017 SSSP Global Division Book Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems""Co-Winner of the 2017 Barrington Moore Book Award, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, Division for Racial and Ethnic Minorities of the Society for the Study of Social Problems""Honorable Mention for the 2017 Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the 2017 Book Award, Section on Development of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the 2017 Roberto Reis Book Prize, Brazilian Studies Association""Tianna S. Paschel has written a beautiful book all around. All chapters are beautifully written and edited; the arguments and insights presented are thoughtful and highly relevant, testifying to Paschel's intimate knowledge of the racial politics in both countries studies and to the eight years of research she conducted for this book. Everything comes together to form an impressive, informative, and well-researched academic book. . . . Becoming Black Political Subjects is certainly a must-read for anybody studying racial politics and social movements in Brazil, Colombia, or the Americas more broadly."---Bernd Reiter, Perspectives on Politics"Documenting the shift towards ethno-racial reforms in two countries seems an ambitious task, but it is exceptionally well taken on by Paschel. By keeping an eye open for ideological and institutional changes lying beyond the nation-state, she merges both cases into one coherent narrative. What is more, by connecting the substantial achievements of marginalized black movements to transnational discourses of multiculturalism and racial equality, Paschel convincingly lays bare the limitations of state- and activist-centric theories of social movements."---Jesse Jonkman, European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies"Detailed in her investigation and broad in her conclusions, Paschel makes an important contribution to the sociology of race and social movements, as well as to substantive debates about multiculturalism in the Americas. . . . Becoming Black Political Subjects deserves wide readership for its ambitious design and execution. . . . To my knowledge, this book provides the most in-depth analysis of the rise and reverberations of black rights in the region."---Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz, American Journal of Sociology

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Book SynopsisThe landmark New York Times bestseller that demonstrates the benefits of race-conscious admissions in higher education First published in 1998, William Bowen and Derek Bok's The Shape of the River became an immediate landmark in the debate over affirmative action in America. It grounded a contentious subject in concrete data at a time when arguments surrounding it were characterized more by emotion than evidenceand it made a forceful case that race-conscious admissions were successfully helping to promote equal opportunity. Today, the issue of affirmative action remains unsettled. Much has changed, but The Shape of the River continues to present the most compelling data available about the effects of affirmative action. Now with a new foreword by Nicholas Lemann and an afterword by Derek Bok, The Shape of the River is an essential text for anyone seeking to understand race-conscious admissions in higher education.Trade Review“No study of this magnitude has been attempted before.... The evidence collected flatly refutes many of the misimpressions of affirmative-action opponents.”—New York Times“Any respectable discussion of the consequences of affirmative action in universities must now either acknowledge [this book’s] findings or challenge them, and any challenge must match the standards of breadth and statistical professionalism that [the authors] have achieved.”—Ronald Dworkin, New York Review of Books“On the strength of [the authors’] credentials the reader can expect much, and much is delivered.... [This book’s] foundation is so solidly anchored to a bedrock of data that it will be relied upon as a navigational beacon for years to come.”—Robert E. Thatch, Science“The most ambitious and authoritative study to date of the effects of affirmative action in higher education…. [A]n important corrective to conservative propaganda masquerading as social science.”—Ellis Cose, Newsweek

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Gable’s suggestions are well written and thoughtfully conveyed; university administrators and others interested in higher education will find much to consider."---Jacqueline Snider, Library Journal"Based on her findings, Gable offers policy suggestions to college administrators for effective outreach to these groups. . . . [The] author also lets the students tell their stories, including lengthy intact quotes from many of her interviews. Therefore, it’s fairly easy to follow the students' narratives in the text while leaving the 'scholarly conversation' in the footnotes for background. Many of the study’s conclusions are eye-opening."" * Kirkus Reviews *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Groundbreaking. . . . The book’s central contribution is to show how the adaptations of American institutions intersected with America’s racial orders.. . . . It will be essential reading for scholars and students, graduate and undergraduate, of APD, American politics, and of the legacies and contemporary practices of settler colonialism in other countries."---David Bateman, Journal of Politics"Paul Frymer has written one of the best available accounts of the United States’ long and troubled history as a white settler nation. For anyone wanting to know why that particular form of nationalism continues to resonate so forcefully today, Building an American Empire should be required reading."---Eliga Gould, Diplomatic History"Building an American Empire is, in short, a terrific book—important, thoughtful, provocative, and seminal."---Todd Estes, American Political Thought"Paul Frymer’s excellent new book interrogates our most enduring myth—the Taming of the West—and in its place delivers a rich analysis of how U.S. leaders decided which territories and peoples would be included in the American civilizational project. His account puts original insights about space and race . . . at the center of our national story."---Thomas Ogorzalek, Political Science Quarterly"Building an American Empire is a valuable contribution to the conversation on the rise of the American national state."---William H. Bergmann, American Historical Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This well-researched book challenges assumptions regarding the existence of identifiable and unitary community interests and raises important questions about the unintended consequences of the increased reliance on this constellation of community development organizations."---Elizabeth Mueller, The Journal of the American Planning Association

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This well-researched book challenges assumptions regarding the existence of identifiable and unitary community interests and raises important questions about the unintended consequences of the increased reliance on this constellation of community development organizations."---Elizabeth Mueller, The Journal of the American Planning Association"[Constructing Community] is an invitation to reconsider how we view who governs contemporary cities. . . . Levine’s insights are already enriching my conversations with resident leaders about local power dynamics and capacity-building for equitable development in the Boston area."---Laurie Goldman, Journal of Urban Affairs"An excellent analysis of contemporary politics in the urban centers."---Armando Lara-Millán, American Journal of Sociology

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Forrest Stuart, Winner of a MacArthur fellowship, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation""Winner of the CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association""Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology & Sociology, Association of American Publishers""The global cross-pollination of drill music is not a coincidence. Young people suffering from inequality and violence are harnessing social media to be heard and valued. Ballad of the Bullet is a detailed, sensitive toolkit for understanding cultural production in the modern city; essential reading for educators, community workers and music fans alike."---Ciaran Thapar, youth worker and writer, speaking on BBC Radio"Mr Stuart’s recent book, Ballad of the Bullet, is an often gripping account of what he learned from his association with teenage members of an up-and-coming drill group—he dubs them the Corner Boys—desperate to win fame, status and money from rapping. He shows how their musical and lyrical talent is only a minor part of what determines success."---Adam Roberts, The Economist"The book completely reshaped the way I thought about micro-celebrity and youth culture, and it opened my eyes to how discussions of the internet have been largely oblivious to the worlds of those who are not class-privileged, white and female. As people have been sucked ever deeper into their digital worlds in 2020, Stuart shines a light on how social media offer both hope and danger for some of our cities' most disadvantaged young."---Ashley Mears, Times Higher Education"Poignant, written with great clarity in a lively style, Stuart’s book belongs to a tradition of ethnographic studies conducted in Chicago on urban poverty since the 1930s."---Clément Petitjean, Books and Ideas

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, College Art Association"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Paul Davidoff Book Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning""Winner of the Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty, and Social Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association""An engaging read. Most compellingly, Rosen offers a moving psychological portrait of her interlocutors, revealing how people cope with neighborhood change and reconcile limited opportunities and chronic disappointments."---Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader"Rosen’s ethnographic study helps to correct a weak point in the literature on the HCV program. . . . The Voucher Promise provides a look at the HCV program from many perspectives including the participating voucher households and the renter households not lucky enough to receive a voucher. The book studies the landlords who choose to participate as well as those who do not. Finally, the book explores the households, especially long-term homeowners, who populate the neighborhoods where the HCV voucher households locate. This mix of perspectives is the strength of the book."---Kirk McClure, Social Forces"This work, although a valuable contribution to the sociology literature, is also an important book for urban planners and policy scholars and practitioners. Rosen has managed the difficult task of creating rigorous research that is highly critical of an important federal program but at the same time recognized how vital the program is to the lives of so many economically fragile families. . . . a must read for anyone interested in housing markets and housing policy. It is refreshingly well written and at the same time highly substantive."---Dan Immergluck, Journal of the American Planning Association"A fine study with important insights for scholars and practitioners, regardless of their disciplinary leanings. Readers may find themselves comparing [The Voucher Promise] favorably to the highly acclaimed Evicted: Poverty and Poverty in the American City by Matthew Desmond."---Dennis E. Gale, Journal of Planning Education and Research"[Rosen] bring[s] to the table workable and much needed suggestions for changes to a flawed policy."---Lisa Lucile Owens, Critical Sociology"The Voucher Promise provides an informative, in-depth, and necessary look into the policy and practice of the HCV program clearly identifying a need to reassess the way it currently operates. . . . [A]n essential read for policymakers, urban sociologists, and scholars."---Jeanne Kimpel, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction, Western Writers of America""Finalist for the Reading the West Book Award in Adult Narrative Nonfiction""One of Amazon's Best Books of 2020 in Business and Leadership"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Best Book Award, Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association""Essential. . . . [and] thought-provoking."---Kaelynn Narita, LSE Review of Books

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Best Book Award, Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association""Essential. . . . [and] thought-provoking."---Kaelynn Narita, LSE Review of Books

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the Scholarly Achievement Award, North Central Sociological Association""Winner of the William J. Goode Book Award, Family Section of the American Sociological Association""Damaske powerfully demonstrates how gender and class intersect and produce widely divergent experiences among the unemployed. In a vivid and insightful analysis of recently unemployed working- and middle-class women and men, Damaske reveals novel mechanisms through which unemployment both exacerbates existing inequalities and creates new inequalities. The study offers unparalleled insight into the trajectories of the unemployed and makes poignant contributions to our understanding of economic inequality and gender. . . . An extremely captivating, compelling, and careful analysis of various gendered and classed mechanisms reproducing and creating inequalities among the unemployed."---Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Social Forces"Damaske makes a compelling case that unemployment, like the pathways leading up to and following it, touches people in vastly different ways. . . . She argues we can do better. Let’s hope we can and do. The Tolls of Uncertainty points to narratives and policies that could undermine rather than reinforce existing inequalities."---Naomi Gerstel, Contemporary Sociology"[A] fascinating new book. . . . The Tolls of Uncertainty reveals that middle-class white men are vastly overrepresented among the beneficiaries who fully recover from unemployment, while other groups tread water or end up worse off."---Christine L. Williams, Gender & Society"There's a way to change the system and the way is to read [The Tolls of Uncertainty]. People need to understand that the unemployment experience is not these odd, ugly stereotypes."---Mark Price, Evidence-to-Impact podcast"[The Tolls of Uncertainty] offers enduring lessons about unemployment and the family."---Naomi R. Cahn, Jotwell

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"

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Book SynopsisUsing Racial Threat Theory arguments, this book demonstrates that American states with larger or growing Black and Hispanic populations have more restricted voting, and that these restrictive voting laws disproportionately demobilize these populations in predictable ways.Trade ReviewThe Cost of Voting Index (COVI) developed by the authors is a very useful resource that will benefit the field for years. In addition to developing this metric, the authors have convincingly demonstrated that voting restrictions are more likely in diversifying states and that efforts to expand access to the polls do not compromise election integrity. A must-read for students of voting and electoral reform." - Elliott Fullmer, associate professor of political science at Randolph-Macon College and author of Tuesday’s Gone: America’s Early Voting RevolutionTable of Contents Introduction 1. A Brief History of Voting Restrictions in the United States 2. The Changing Nature of State Election Law 3. Falling Behind or Jumping Ahead: Movement in the State Cost of Voting Rank 4. Minority Populations, Republicans, and the COVI 5. The COVI and Reported Voter Turnout 6. Minority Candidate Electoral Success and the Underrepresentation of Minorities and Women 7. the First Big Lie: Accessible Voting Leads to Widespread Voter Fraud 8. The Second Big Lie: More Convenient Voting Helps Democrats Conclusion Appendices A: Measurement Challenges and Omitted Variables B: More Specifics on Constructing the Cost of Voting Index C: Sensitivity Analysis D: Construct Validity Check, the COVI, and State Voter Turnout E: 4 TablesF: State COVI Values by Presidential Election G: 5 Tables Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisA journalistic look at the terrifying growth of Islamophobia across the Western world todayTrade Review'This book performs a true service for the nation' -- Glenn Greenwald, lawyer, journalist and author of No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the Surveillance State'A brave and provocative book ... Highly recommended' -- CHOICE'This concise, accessible and illuminating book meets one of the most urgent needs of our time ... required reading' -- Karen Armstrong, author of A History of God, Islam: A Short History and Muhammad'This book exposes the dirty secrets of those who try to manipulate public opinion against Muslims. It should be read by everyone who values truth and intercultural understanding' -- Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor of Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence'A book of immense importance for our times' -- Reza Aslan, author of No God But God and Beyond Fundamentalism'In this provocative and engaging book, Nathan Lean meticulously untangles the dense web of fear merchants that have made Muslim bashing a cottage industry. Lean's is a battle against Islamophobia, one that he wages with a seamless and compelling narrative.' -- Juan Cole, author of Engaging the Muslim World'A lucid and detailed examination of the dark side of our politics. No one should take comfort from his conclusions about the outsized influence of extremists on our mainstream culture' -- Richard Wolffe, MSNBC political analyst and author of Renegade: The Making of a President'In a tightly-written, fast-paced narrative that feels like a thriller, Nathan Lean shows us just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Essential reading for anyone who wants a window into the origins of contemporary Islamophobia' -- Eboo Patel, author of Acts of Faith and Sacred Ground'A convincing demonstration of the threat Islamophobia poses to a pluralistic society and democratic values. An important resource for all who wish to understand the forces that manipulate our political process and discourse' -- Ingrid Mattson, Chair in Islamic Studies, Huron University College'An eye-opener — the most comprehensive book to date on a new and dangerous cycle of minority persecution in American society. Lean's book exposes the key players, funders and enablers of Islamophobia in America and the destructive effect of their politics on our national fabric. It is worth every minute of reading' -- Karen Armstrong, author of A History of God, Islam: A Short History and MuhammadTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Author's Note Foreword to the First Edition by John L. Esposito Foreword to the Second Edition by Jack G. Shaheen Introduction: Islamophobia from the War on Terror to the Age of Trump 1. A History of American Monster Making 2. Hate on the Internet 3. Inside the Mainstream Media Echo Chamber 4. The Christian Right’s Battle for Muslim Souls 5. The Influence of the Pro-Israel Right 6. The Rise of Liberal Islamophobia 7. Politicizing and Legislating Fear of Muslims 8. Islam as the Enemy of European Populism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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