The Dominance of High-Stakes Testing and the Politics of Schooling
Amanda Walker Johnson
Examining the political economy of high-stakes testing
222 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 table, 1 figure, 1 halftones 2 maps
Navigating Pacific Islander and Asian American Literatures
Erin Suzuki
Comparing and contrasting the diverse experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander subjectivities across a shared sea
268 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 halftone
Insanity, Addiction, and Belonging in America
Darin Weinberg and Bryan S Turner
An original, comparative look at homelessness, mental disease, and addiction in America
248 pages
| 6 x 9
The Political Construction of Sexuality by the U.S. Military
Gary L. Lehring
How the military defined homosexuality and the ways that shaped the gay and lesbian identity and movements
248 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 tables, 5 figs., 1 halftones
A Life of Bert Bell
Bob Lyons
The first biography ever written about the man who some considered the greatest commissioner in the history of professional sports
352 pages
| 6 x 9
| 20 halftones
Selected Writings of Carlos Bulosan
Carlos Bulosan, edited by E. San Juan Jr.
A collection of writings by a prolific and political Filipino American writer
240 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz, and James A. Densley
A comprehensive review of what is known about gangs—from their origins through their evolution and outcomes
490 pages
| 6 x 9
| 19 tables, 13 figures, 2 maps
Patricia Hill Collins
From the author of the classic Black Feminist Thought, a book on the nature and value of the public intellectual
278 pages
| 6 x 9
Gender and Civic Virtue in America
Mark E. Kann
Male individualism conditioned with a strong dose of civic virtue
352 pages
Intellectual Disability and Civil Rights in Twentieth-Century America
Allison C. Carey
The history of civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities in 20th century America
240 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 figures
Campaign Oratory and Democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia
Sean Scalmer
The story of how the “stump speech” was created, diffused, and helped to shape the modern democracies of the Anglo-American world
232 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 halftones
Inner-Ring Suburbs of the Metropolitan United States
Bernadette Hanlon
A comprehensive national study of inner-ring suburbs in the U.S.
224 pages
| 6 x 9
| 32 tables, 11 figures, 13 maps
Tension between Female Religious and Male Clergy in the American Catholic Church
Jeanine E. Kraybill
Examines the tension between the male-dominated hierarchy and female religious leaders in the American Catholic Church
174 pages
| 5.25 x 8.5
| 5 tables, 19 figures
The Collected Works of the World's Slowest Sportswriter
Ray Didinger
Coming in Paperback...
Essays from Philadelphia’s most beloved sportswriter—with a new afterword by the author
384 pages
| 6 x 9
| 10 halftones
Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility
Zachary Furness
The power of the bicycle to impact mobility, technology, urban space and everyday life
360 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 9 halftones