The Life and Times of Johnny Spain
Lori Andrews
A struggle to transcend race and find justice
352 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 36 halftones
African American Writers between the Nation and the World
Eve Dunbar
Establishing an imaginative space for blackness, four mid-century American writers resist literary segregation
232 pages
| 5.5 x 8.5
Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora
edited by Paul Carter Harrison, Victor Leo Walker II and Gus Edwards
An insider's view of Black theatres of the world and how they reflect their culture, concerns, and history
432 pages
| 7 x 10
| 1 table
They Called Her "Hottentot"
Edited by Deborah Willis
Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the “Hottentot Venus”
288 pages
| 7 x 10
| 42 duotones
A Tradition Within a Tradition
Joanne M. Braxton
Argues for a corrective to both black and feminist literary criticism
240 pages
| 5 x 8
Hidden African American Philadelphia of the Twentieth Century
Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
The historic accomplishments of 14 notable Black Philadelphians from the twentieth-century—in graphic novel form
164 pages
| 9 x 13.5
Toby Miller
A crisp and engaging book that proposes how to save the dying humanities
172 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 table, 1 figure
Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine
Patricia Morris
How veterinarians and owners manage companion animal euthanasia
244 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table
A History of Cable Television
Patrick R. Parsons
The first comprehensive history of cable television in the United States
816 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 tables
How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Lessons for a Future GOP
Mileah K. Kromer
What the story of Maryland's two-term Republican governor can teach us about winning elections
208 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 13 tables
Waves of Change in the Birthplace of American Rowing
Dotty Brown
A magisterial history of Philadelphia's iconic Boathouse Row
288 pages
| 10 x 8
| 63 color photos, 3 line drawings, 110 halftones
Sisters in Shape, Black Women's Fitness, and Feminist Identity Politics
Kimberly J. Lau
How Black women's engagement in improving health and fitness raises questions about feminism and the construction of black female identity
204 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the Paradox of Interdependence
Edited by Frank Bonilla, Edwin MelÈndez, Rebecca Morales, and MarÌa de los Angeles Torres
Over the past several decades, Latinos in the United States have emerged as strategic actors in major processes of social transformation
336 pages
| 6 x 9
Edited by Étienne Balibar, Sandro Mezzadra, and Ranabir Samaddar
Exploring the limits of and contradictions of transitional justice
224 pages
| 6 x 9
Memories of Catskill Summers
Irwin Richman
A history memoir and photo album of Jewish summers in the Catskills
256 pages
| 7 x 10
| 7 figures 70 halftones