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Architect Laura Heim discusses the origins and development of New York’s most diverse borough. Her late husband Jeffrey Kroessler authored Rural County, Urban Borough: A History of Queens.
Livestream and in-person in NYC. TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 6-7 pm EST.
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We will be exhibiting at the conference in Vancouver, BC (March 12-15) this year. Please visit us if you are attending and meet our acquiring editor, Carah Naseem.
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In a starred-review, Kirkus called it: "A compelling memoir mixed with original historical research leading to fresh interpretations of the permanent war culture."
Read more about Franklin: www.hbrucefranklin.com/
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Award-winning author, activist and cultural historian H. Bruce Franklin was born on this day, February 28th, in 1934. He passed away in 2024.
His last book, Crash Course, details the transition from "the good war to the forever war" — highly topical for this moment in history.
The Elizabeth Detention Center continues to operate despite opposition over its existence.
Edited by Ulla D. Berg and Carolina Sánchez Boe, "Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Immigration Detention in New Jersey and the United States" publishes in July.
"Graphic War: Jewish Women Drawing Contested Spaces" by Laini Kavaloski
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"Impolite Periodicals: Reading for Rudeness in the Eighteenth Century" Edited by Emrys D. Jones, Adam James Smith and Katarina Stenke
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Published by Bucknell University Press.
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Jules Boycoff, author of "Activism and the Olympics," appeared on "Democracy Now" following his op-ed in the Canadian national newspaper, "The Globe and Mail."
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Contested Curriculum navigates the rocky path to LGBTQ-inclusive K–12 history education in the United States and recounts the fight for a curriculum that recognises the value of queer and trans lives.
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We're so excited to have this out in the world! And so grateful to the contributors, peer reviewers, endorsers, and staff at @rutgersupress.bsky.social for helping it come into being! May it work its way onto many syllabuses and bookshelves...
"Making Down Syndrome: Motherhood and Kinship Futures in Urban Jordan" by Christine Sargent
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"Quixotic Authority: The Female Quixote and the Woman Writer, Lennox to Austen" by Jodi L. Wyett
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Published by University of Delaware Press.
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"Magical Realism and the History of the Emotions in Latin America" by Jerónimo Arellano
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Published by Bucknell University Press.
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"UndocuAsians: Lived Experiences and Social Movement Activism Across the Diaspora" Edited by Kevin Escudero and Rachel Freeman-Wong
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Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce that Rutgers University Press has partnered with Liverpool Rights Services (LRS) for exclusive representation of subsidiary rights globally.
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"The Quiet Zone: Caribbean Expressive Cultures and the Feminist Aesthetics of Disturbance" by Petal Kimberly Samuel
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"Rupert García: The Making of an American Artist, a Testimonio" by Mario T. García
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"Rutgers Meets Japan: A Trans-Pacific Network of the Late Nineteenth Century" Edited by Haruko Wakabayashi and Fernanda Perrone
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February is African American History Month.
"Media, Culture, and Decolonization: Re-righting the Subaltern Histories of Ghana
by Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed" is just one of many titles that might interest you.
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So excited to receive this in the mail today! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/ida-lupino-d... @rutgersupress.bsky.social
Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social spotlights Michelle Ann Abate's book "Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States," published by @rutgersupress.bsky.social! #ComicsStudies #ComicStrips #Comics #Funnies
Pub day for The Futures of Reparations in Latin America! Excited to have a chapter in this excellent volume, edited by Piergiorgio di Giminiani, Helene Risor, and Karine Vanthuyne. @rutgersupress.bsky.social www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-futures-...
Very excited that copies of the first book I signed at @rutgersupress.bsky.social landed on my desk today! Fabulous to see it in print. Congrats to @mw-m.bsky.social, Junko Kitanaka, and Eugene Raikhel on a wonderful book. To quote an endorsement, it's "truly a landmark in the field."
February is African American History Month.
"Thinking While Black: Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation" by Daniel McNeil is just one of many titles that might interest you.
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Julie Grossman unwraps a copy of the new edition of the book she co-authored.
"Ida Lupino, Director, 2nd edition: Her Art and Resilience in Times of Transition" by Therese Grisham and Julie Grossman
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February is African American History Month.
"Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization" (three volumes) by Martin Bernal is just one of many titles that might interest you.
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February is African American History Month.
"Finding God in All the Black Places: Sacred Imaginings in Black Popular Culture" by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade is just one of many titles that might interest you.
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February is African American History Month.
"W. E. B. Du Bois Souls of Black Folk: A Graphic Interpretation" by W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) and Paul Peart-Smith is just one of many titles that might interest you.
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Mike Messner, author of "The High School: Sports, Spirit, and Citizens, 1903-2024," speaking on James McKeever’s podcast, “Sociologists Talking Real Sh*t”.
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