Award-Winning Books: Understanding Racism
The Afrocentric Idea
Revised and Expanded Edition
256 pages
5.5 x 8.2
PB: 978-1-56639-595-3 $28.95 Dec 97
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0562-3 $28.95 Dec 97
Molefi Kete Asante, recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association
The Battles of Germantown
Effective Public History in America
294 pages
6 x 9
5 figures, 17 halftones, 2 maps
PB: 978-1-4399-1555-4 $29.95 Sep 19
HC: 978-1-4399-1554-7 $109.50 Sep 19
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1556-1 $29.95 Sep 19
2020 Philip S. Klein Book Prize, Pennsylvania Historical Association
Black Theatre
Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora
432 pages
7 x 10
1 table
PB: 978-1-56639-944-9 $36.95 Nov 02
HC: 978-1-56639-943-2 $78.50 Nov 02
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0115-1 $36.95
Finalist for the George Freedley Memorial Award for an outstanding book in theatre or another area of live performance from the Theatre Library Association, 2002
Black Venus 2010
They Called Her "Hottentot"
288 pages
7 x 10
42 duotones
PB: 978-1-4399-0205-9 $38.95 Jan 10
HC: 978-1-4399-0204-2 $86.50 Jan 10
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0206-6 $38.95 Jan 10
Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women's Studies by the Popular Culture/American Culture Association, 2011
A City within a City
The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan
248 pages
6 x 9
3 tables, 12 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0922-5 $31.95 Dec 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0921-8 $91.50 Dec 12
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0923-2 $31.95 Dec 12
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2013
The Coolie Speaks
Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba
336 pages
6 x 9
6 tables, 3 figures, 1 halftone
PB: 978-1-59213-582-0 $31.95 Feb 09
HC: 978-1-59213-581-3 $61.50 Feb 08
Ebook: 978-1-59213-583-7 $31.95 Feb 08
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2008
The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons
232 pages
5.5 x 8.25
3 tables
PB: 978-1-59213-185-3 $27.95 Jan 06
HC: 978-1-59213-184-6 $71.50 Jan 06
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0441-1 $27.95 Jan 06
Honorable Mention at the 2006 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards
Do Right by Me
Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces
192 pages
5.5 x 8.25
2 color illustrations
PB: 978-1-4399-1995-8 $20.00 Nov 20
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1996-5 $20.00 Nov 20
2021 NAACP Image Award Nominee: Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
The End of White World Supremacy
Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line
264 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-573-8 $32.95 Jul 09
HC: 978-1-59213-572-1 $86.50 Jul 09
Ebook: 978-1-59213-574-5 $32.95 Jul 09
Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Award from the American Sociological Association conference, 2010
Envisioning Emancipation
Black Americans and the End of Slavery
240 pages
7 x 10
150 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0986-7 $24.95 Feb 17
HC: 978-1-4399-0985-0 $59.50 Feb 13
Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Non-Fiction, 2014
One of the Top 25 Outstanding Academic Titles, Choice, 2013
From Black Power to Hip Hop
Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism
256 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-092-4 $27.95 Jan 06
HC: 978-1-59213-091-7 $71.50 Jan 06
Ebook: 978-1-59213-790-9 $27.95 Jan 06
Honorable Mention at the 2006 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards
The Great Migration and the Democratic Party
Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century
214 pages
5.25 x 8.5
12 tables, 1 figures, 3 halftones, 1 map
PB: 978-1-4399-1746-6 $27.95 Feb 20
HC: 978-1-4399-1745-9 $74.50 Feb 20
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1747-3 $27.95 Feb 20
W.E. B. DuBois Book Awardee, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2021
Hapa Girl
A Memoir
232 pages
5.5 x 8.25
12 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-616-2 $26.95 Oct 08
HC: 978-1-59213-615-5 $66.50 Mar 07
Ebook: 978-1-59213-617-9 $26.95 Mar 07
Named one of the Notable Books in the Kiriyama Prize, 2008
Honorable Mention at the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards, 2007
Healing Our Divided Society
Investing in America Fifty Years after the Kerner Report
488 pages
6 x 9
9 tables, 54 figures
PB: 978-1-4399-1603-2 $24.95 Mar 18
HC: 978-1-4399-1602-5 $99.50 Mar 18
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2018
Illegal Migrations and the Huckleberry Finn Problem
278 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1047-4 $30.95 Apr 13
HC: 978-1-4399-1046-7 $91.50 Apr 13
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1048-1 $30.95 Apr 13
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2014
Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood
Brooklyn's Sunset Park
300 pages
6 x 9
15 tables, 7 halftones, 1 maps
PB: 978-1-4399-1091-7 $33.95 Jun 14
HC: 978-1-4399-1090-0 $90.50 Jun 14
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1092-4 $33.95 Jun 14
Honorable Mention from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning's Paul Davidoff Award, 2015
The Man-Not
Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood
298 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1486-1 $34.95 Jun 17
HC: 978-1-4399-1485-4 $99.50 Jun 17
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1487-8 $34.95 Jun 17
The Before Columbus Foundation 2018 Winner of the Thirty-Ninth Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARD
The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for Liberation
248 pages
6 x 9
11 figures, 6 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-1203-4 $30.95 Jul 15
HC: 978-1-4399-1202-7 $85.50 Jul 15
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1204-1 $30.95 Jul 15
National Communication Association Critical and Cultural Division Book of the Year 2017
No More Invisible Man
Race and Gender in Men's Work
212 pages
5.5 x 8.25
3 tables
PB: 978-1-4399-0973-7 $27.95 Dec 12
HC: 978-1-4399-0972-0 $81.50 Dec 12
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0974-4 $27.95 Dec 12
Distinguished Book Award from the American Sociological Association's section on Race, Gender and Class, 2014
Richard A. Lester Prize from the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, 2014
Not from Here, Not from There/No Soy de Aquí ni de Allá
The Autobiography of Nelson A. Díaz
280 pages
6 x 9
1 figure, 19 halftones
HC: 978-1-4399-1360-4 $32.95 Sep 18
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1362-8 $32.95 Sep 18
Nelson Diaz, recipient of the 2020 National Hispanic Hero Award, presented by the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
Orientals
Asian Americans in Popular Culture
288 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-56639-753-7 $30.95 Apr 00
Best Book Award Winner Culture Studies/Popular Culture, Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association, 2000
Best Book Award for the Social Construction of Race, The American Political Science Association, 1999
Honorable Mention for the John Hope Franklin Publication Prize for the best-published book in American Studies from the American Studies Association, 1999
The Puerto Rican Diaspora
Historical Perspectives
320 pages
6 x 9
5 tables, 20 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-413-7 $30.95 Aug 05
HC: 978-1-59213-412-0 $75.50 Aug 05
Ebook: 978-1-59213-414-4 $30.95 Aug 05
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2006
Race Appeal
How Candidates Invoke Race in U.S. Political Campaigns
272 pages
6 x 9
38 tables, 23 halftones
PB: 978-1-4399-0276-9 $29.95 Feb 11
HC: 978-1-4399-0275-2 $81.50 Feb 11
Ebook: 978-1-4399-0277-6 $29.95 Feb 11
Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association, 2012
Selected as “‘The Best of the Best’ from the University Presses” Books For Public and High School Libraries” for the ALA Annual Conference, 2012
Savoring the Salt
The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara
320 pages
6 x 9
16 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-625-4 $31.95 Nov 07
HC: 978-1-59213-624-7 $86.50 Nov 07
Ebook: 978-1-59213-626-1 $31.95 Nov 07
Selected as “‘The Best of the Best’ from the University Presses” Books You Should Know About” for the ALA Annual Conference, 2008
Silent Gesture
The Autobiography of Tommie Smith
288 pages
6 x 9
16 halftones
PB: 978-1-59213-640-7 $27.95 Apr 08
HC: 978-1-59213-639-1 $71.50 Jan 07
Ebook: 978-1-59213-641-4 $27.95 Jan 07
Author Tommie Smith received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs, 2008
Named one of two “Adult Nonfiction Honor Books” by The Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)., 2008
Nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category “Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography”, 2008
Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants
Race, Gender, and Immigration Politics in the Age of Security
236 pages
6 x 9
1 table, 1 halftone
PB: 978-1-4399-1286-7 $30.95 Sep 15
HC: 978-1-4399-1285-0 $76.50 Sep 15
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1287-4 $30.95 Sep 15
American Political Science Association's Latino Politics Best Book Prize, 2016
There Goes the 'Hood
Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up
248 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-59213-437-3 $31.95 Jun 06
HC: 978-1-59213-436-6 $81.50 Jun 06
Ebook: 978-1-59213-438-0 $31.95 Jun 06
Winner of the Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award, 2007
Unsettled Solidarities
Asian and Indigenous Cross-Representations in the Américas
250 pages
6 x 9
PB: 978-1-4399-1627-8 $39.95 Jun 19
HC: 978-1-4399-1626-1 $99.50 Jun 19
Ebook: 978-1-4399-1628-5 $39.95 Jun 19
Association for Asian American Studies' Humanities and Cultural Studies: Literary Studies Book Award, 2021
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