The Justice, Power, and Politics series publishes new works that explore questions of social justice and political power and struggles for justice in the twentieth century. The series pursues—and brings into conversation with each other—books that use the lenses of justice, power, and politics to help readers better understand the evolution of the United States in the last century. The series includes works by both junior and more seasoned scholars that will find common ground not only in their content but also by broadening the way we think about these issues.
The first JPP books were published in 2013. For more information, visit the series website.
Series Editors
Heather Ann Thompson, University of Michigan
Rhonda Y. Williams, Vanderbilt University
Editorial Advisory Board
Peniel E. Joseph, Tufts University
Daryl Maeda, University of Colorado at Boulder
Barbara Ransby, University of Illinois at Chicago
Vicki L. Ruiz, University of California at Irvine
Marc Stein, York University
Dan Berger, University of Washington Bothell
UNC Press Sponsoring Editor
Dawn Durante, Assistant Editorial Director
dawn.durante@uncpress.org

Ybor City
Crucible of the Latina South
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: April 2023

Struggle for the Street
Social Networks and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Pittsburgh
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: April 2023

Seattle in Coalition
Multiracial Alliances, Labor Politics, and Transnational Activism in the Pacific Northwest, 1970–1999
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: March 2023

The Multiracial Promise
Harold Washington's Chicago and the Democratic Struggle in Reagan's America
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: March 2023

The Strikers of Coachella
A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: January 2023

Resistance from the Right
Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: August 2023

Free Joan Little
The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence, and Imprisonment
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: November 2022

Up Against the Law
Radical Lawyers and Social Movements, 1960s–1970s
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: October 2022

Detention Empire
Reagan's War on Immigrants and the Seeds of Resistance
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: October 2022

From the New Deal to the War on Schools
Race, Inequality, and the Rise of the Punitive Education State
Justice, Power, and Politics
Published: July 2022