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Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools

Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools

Selling Segregation before the New Deal

Karen Benjamin

Rebuilding New Orleans

Rebuilding New Orleans

Immigrant Laborers and Street Food Vendors in the Post-Katrina Era

Sarah Fouts

The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams

The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams

African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity

Robert F. Williams, Mabel R. Williams, Akinyele Omowale Umoja, Gloria Aneb House, John H. Bracey Jr.

Urban Borderlands

Urban Borderlands

Multiracial Histories and Gendered Borders in Los Angeles

Isabela Seong Leong Quintana

Something to Do with Power

Something to Do with Power

Julian Mayfield’s Journey toward a Black Radical Thought, 1948-1984

David Romine

Hubert Harrison

Hubert Harrison

Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism

Brian Kwoba

Proximity to Power

Proximity to Power

Rethinking Race and Place in Alexandria, Virginia

Krystyn R. Moon

A Common Grave

A Common Grave

Being Catholic in English America

Susan Juster

Hardcore Punk in the Age of Reagan

Hardcore Punk in the Age of Reagan

The Lyrical Lashing of an American Presidency

Robert Fitzgerald

Becoming Lunsford Lane

Becoming Lunsford Lane

The Lives of an American Aeneas

Craig Thompson Friend

Dilemmas of Authenticity

Dilemmas of Authenticity

The American Muslim Crisis of Faith

Zaid Adhami

Affordable Housing in Charlotte

Affordable Housing in Charlotte

What One City's History Tells Us about America's Pressing Problem

Tom Hanchett

Colored Women Sittin’ on High

Colored Women Sittin’ on High

Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music

Melanie R. Hill

Midwest Unrest

Midwest Unrest

1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement

Ashley Howard

No Race, No Country

No Race, No Country

The Politics and Poetics of Richard Wright

Deborah Mutnick

Class Warfare in Black Atlanta

Class Warfare in Black Atlanta

Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression under Gentrification

Augustus Wood

Cold War Asia

Cold War Asia

Unlearning Narratives, Making New Histories

Hajimu Masuda

Playing through Pain

Playing through Pain

The Violent Consequences of Capitalist Sport

Daniel Sailofsky

Brother Outsider, Brother Insider

Brother Outsider, Brother Insider

A Political Biography of Lawrence Guyot Jr.

Chris Danielson

The Work of Empire

The Work of Empire

War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines

Justin F. Jackson

Secular Sensibilities

Secular Sensibilities

Romance, Marriage, and Contemporary Algerian Immigration to France and Québec

Jennifer A. Selby

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper, Derrick P. Alridge

Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

An Enslaved Muslim of the Black Atlantic

Paul E. Lovejoy, Nielson Bezerra

Searching for Memory

Searching for Memory

Aluízio Palmar and the Shadow of Dictatorship in Brazil

Jacob Blanc

Closed Seasons

Closed Seasons

The Transformation of Hunting in the Modern South

Julia Brock

Moved by the Dead

Moved by the Dead

Haunting and Devotion in São Paulo, Brazil

Michael Amoruso

Confederate Sympathies

Confederate Sympathies

Same-Sex Romance, Disunion, and Reunion in the Civil War Era

Andrew Donnelly

Black Movement

Black Movement

African American Urban History since the Great Migration

Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar

Exceptionalism in Crisis

Exceptionalism in Crisis

Faction, Anarchy, and Mexico in the US Imagination during the Civil War Era

Alys D. Beverton

A Campaign of Giants--The Battle for Petersburg

A Campaign of Giants--The Battle for Petersburg

Volume 2: From the Crater's Aftermath to the Battle of Burgess Mill

A. Wilson Greene

The Two Georges

The Two Georges

Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution

Susan Reyburn, Zach Klitzman, Carla D. Hayden

The Age of the Borderlands

The Age of the Borderlands

Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny, 1790–1850

Andrew C. Isenberg

Fighting for Freedom

Fighting for Freedom

Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence

Torren L. Gatson, Tiffany N. Momon, William A. Strollo

The Second Manassas Campaign

The Second Manassas Campaign

Caroline E. Janney, Kathryn J. Shively

The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War

The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War

The Biography of a Regiment

James Marten

Black Pro Se

Black Pro Se

Authorship and the Limits of Law in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature

Faith Barter

Poverty Rebels

Poverty Rebels

Black and Brown Protest in Post–Civil Rights America

Casey D. Nichols

Historians on Housewives

Historians on Housewives

Fashion, Performance, and Power on Bravo Reality TV

Kacey Calahane, Jessica Millward, Max Speare

Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign Spaces

Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign Spaces

Urban Indigenous Health Activism in the United States and Australia

Maria John

The Breach

The Breach

Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy

Alan McPherson

Southern News, Southern Politics

Southern News, Southern Politics

How a Newspaper Defined a State for a Century

Rob Christensen

Democracy Is Awkward

Democracy Is Awkward

Grappling with Racism inside American Grassroots Political Organizing

Michael Rosino

Shattering the Glass

Shattering the Glass

The Remarkable History of Women's Basketball

Pamela Grundy, Susan Shackelford

Unceasing Militant, Second Edition

Unceasing Militant, Second Edition

The Life of Mary Church Terrell

Alison M. Parker

Saltwater

Saltwater

Grief in Early America

Mary Eyring

Doc Watson

Doc Watson

A Life in Music

Eddie Huffman

Thanks to Life

Thanks to Life

A Biography of Violeta Parra

Ericka Kim Verba

Awaiting Their Feast

Awaiting Their Feast

Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19

Lori A. Flores

No Country for Old Age

No Country for Old Age

America's War on Aging from Valley Forge to Silicon Valley

Mischa Honeck

Fighting for Control

Fighting for Control

Power, Reproductive Care, and Race in the US-Mexico Borderlands

Lina-Maria Murillo

Box 25

Box 25

Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal

Julie Greene

An Efficient Womanhood

An Efficient Womanhood

Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Natanya Duncan

Carceral Apartheid

Carceral Apartheid

How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons

Brittany Friedman

The State of Conservation

The State of Conservation

Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920

Joshua Nygren

Music, Muscle, and Masterful Arts

Music, Muscle, and Masterful Arts

Black and Indigenous Performers of the Circus Age

Sakina M. Hughes

Captive Cosmopolitans

Captive Cosmopolitans

Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery

Mary E. Hicks

Radical Solidarity

Radical Solidarity

Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence

Lisa G. Materson

Ripples of Hope in the Mississippi Delta

Ripples of Hope in the Mississippi Delta

Charting the Health Equity Policy Agenda

David K. Jones, Debra Bingham, Nicole Huberfeld, Sarah H. Gordon

Race Traffic

Race Traffic

Antislavery and the Origins of White Victimhood, 1619-1819

Gunther Peck

Money Isn't Everything

Money Isn't Everything

Buying and Selling Sex in Twentieth-Century Argentina

Patricio Simonetto, Sarah Booker

The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond

The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond

Politics, Policy, and Governance, 1988-2016

Thad Williamson, Julian M. Hayter, Amy L. Howard

The Women of Rendezvous

The Women of Rendezvous

A Transatlantic Story of Family and Slavery

Jenny Shaw

In Place of Mobility

In Place of Mobility

Railroads, Rebels, and Migrants in an Argentine-Chilean Borderland

Kyle E. Harvey

Under Alien Skies

Under Alien Skies

Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America

Vaughn Scribner

Blacks against Brown

Blacks against Brown

The Intra-racial Struggle over Segregated Schools in Topeka, Kansas

Charise L. Cheney

Freedom's Mirage

Freedom's Mirage

Virgil Bennehan's Odyssey from Emancipation to Exile

Sydney Nathans

Death in Briar Bottom

Death in Briar Bottom

The True Story of Hippies, Mountain Lawmen, and the Search for Justice in the Early 1970s

Timothy Silver

Truffles and Trash

Truffles and Trash

Recirculating Food in a Social Welfare State

Kelly Alexander

The Era Was Lost

The Era Was Lost

The Rise and Fall of New York City’s Rank-and-File Rebels

Glenn Dyer

White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition

White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition

The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

The Maya of Morganton

The Maya of Morganton

Work and Community in the Nuevo New South

Leon Fink

The Life and Death of Ryan White

The Life and Death of Ryan White

AIDS and Inequality in America

Paul M. Renfro

Anatomy of a Purple State

Anatomy of a Purple State

A North Carolina Politics Primer

Christopher A. Cooper

The Abercrombie Age

The Abercrombie Age

Millennial Aspiration and the Promise of Consumer Culture

Myles Ethan Lascity

A Forgotten Migration

A Forgotten Migration

Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs

Crystal R. Sanders

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement, Second Edition

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement, Second Edition

A Radical Democratic Vision

Barbara Ransby, Robin D. G. Kelley

Inscribing Sovereignties

Inscribing Sovereignties

Writing Community in Native North America

Phillip H. Round

Brown Women Have Everything

Brown Women Have Everything

Essays on (Dis)comfort and Delight

Sayantani Dasgupta

Freedom Was in Sight

Freedom Was in Sight

A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region

Kate Masur, Elizabeth Clarke

Traveling to Unknown Places

Traveling to Unknown Places

Nineteenth-Century Journeys toward French and American Selfhood

Lloyd S. Kramer

Tangled Journeys

Tangled Journeys

One Family's Story and the Making of American History

Lori D. Ginzberg

Health Freaks

Health Freaks

America's Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness

Travis A. Weisse

The Subject of Revolution

The Subject of Revolution

Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba

Jennifer L. Lambe

Confronting Jim Crow

Confronting Jim Crow

Race, Memory, and the University of Georgia in the Twentieth Century

Robert Cohen

Stories I Lived to Tell

Stories I Lived to Tell

An Appalachian Memoir

Gary Carden, Neal Hutcheson

Searching for Dr. Harris

Searching for Dr. Harris

The Life and Times of a Remarkable African American Physician

Margaret Humphreys

Sass

Sass

Black Women's Humor and Humanity

J Finley

What Side Are You On?

What Side Are You On?

A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders

Michael Steven Wilson, José Antonio Lucero

Making Never-Never Land

Making Never-Never Land

Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico

Mónica A. Jiménez

Redeemer, Second Edition

Redeemer, Second Edition

The Life of Jimmy Carter

Randall Balmer

Remembering Conquest

Remembering Conquest

Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship

Omar Valerio-Jiménez

The Sandinista Revolution

The Sandinista Revolution

A Global Latin American History

Mateo Jarquín

What Jane Knew

What Jane Knew

Anishinaabe Stories and American Imperialism, 1815–1845

Maureen Konkle

Vital Relations

Vital Relations

How the Osage Nation Moves Indigenous Nationhood into the Future

Jean Dennison

The Violent World of Broadus Miller

The Violent World of Broadus Miller

A Story of Murder, Lynch Mobs, and Judicial Punishment in the Carolinas

Kevin W. Young

Quitting the Nation

Quitting the Nation

Emigrant Rights in North America

Eric R. Schlereth

Sexual Violence and American Slavery

Sexual Violence and American Slavery

The Making of a Rape Culture in the Antebellum South

Shannon Eaves

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics

Anastasia C. Curwood

Building Power, Breaking Power

Building Power, Breaking Power

The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008

Jesse Chanin

Rap and Redemption on Death Row

Rap and Redemption on Death Row

Seeking Justice and Finding Purpose behind Bars

Alim Braxton, Mark Katz

Cracks in the Outfield Wall

Cracks in the Outfield Wall

The History of Baseball Integration in the Carolinas

Chris Holaday

On the Swamp

On the Swamp

Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice

Ryan Emanuel

DARE to Say No

DARE to Say No

Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools

Max Felker-Kantor

Cold War Country

Cold War Country

How Nashville's Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism

Joseph M. Thompson

The Carceral City

The Carceral City

Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803-1930

John Bardes

Ascension

Ascension

The Sociology of an African American Family's Generational Journey

Lois Benjamin

The War That Made America

The War That Made America

Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher

Caroline E. Janney, Peter S. Carmichael, Aaron Sheehan-Dean

The After

The After

A Veteran's Notes on Coming Home

Michael Ramos

The Vote Collectors, Second Edition

The Vote Collectors, Second Edition

The True Story of the Scamsters, Politicians, and Preachers behind the Nation's Greatest Electoral Fraud

Michael Graff, Nick Ochsner

Being Black in the Ivory

Being Black in the Ivory

Truth-Telling about Racism in Higher Education

Shardé M. Davis

The Politics of Safety

The Politics of Safety

The Black Struggle for Police Accountability in La Guardia's New York

Shannon King

Catastrophic Diplomacy

Catastrophic Diplomacy

US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century

Julia F. Irwin

Live from the Underground

Live from the Underground

A History of College Radio

Katherine Rye Jewell

Bundok

Bundok

A Hinterland History of Filipino America

Adrian De Leon

White Man’s Work

White Man’s Work

Race and Middle-Class Mobility into the Progressive Era

Joseph O. Jewell

Accommodating the Republic

Accommodating the Republic

Taverns in the Early United States

Kirsten E. Wood

Feeding New Orleans

Feeding New Orleans

Celebrity Chefs and Reimagining Food Justice

Jeanne K. Firth

Magic City

Magic City

How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

Burgin Mathews

Prison Capital

Prison Capital

Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana

Lydia Pelot-Hobbs

Surgery and Salvation

Surgery and Salvation

The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770–1940

Elizabeth O'Brien

This Is Our Home

This Is Our Home

Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations

Whitney Nell Stewart

Beyond Norma Rae

Beyond Norma Rae

How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class

Aimee Loiselle

Boardinghouse Women

Boardinghouse Women

How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows, and Runaways Shaped Modern America

Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt