Sex, Drugs, and Crime in the Americas
Stephanie C. Kane
A fresh, astute means for debating the issues connecting the AIDS pandemic to government policy and crime in the Americas
256 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 4 figs., 3 halftones
The Pursuit of Racial Justice in the Rural South
Richard A. Couto
An examination of individuals who enacted change in the status, opportunities, and treatment of African Americans in the rural South
440 pages
| 6 x 9
| 34 halftones
The Fight to Reclaim Public Broadcasting
Jerold M. Starr
An absorbing account of one of the most contentious battles for community media control ever waged in the U.S.
352 pages
| 6 x 9
The Social Landscape of Pets in Disasters
Sarah E. DeYoung and Ashley K. Farmer
Lessons from recent disasters on accounting for the safety of animals and humans alike
224 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 10 halftones
The Talkshow in Media Culture
Wayne Munson
The postmodern phenomenon of the talkshow and its place in American culture
288 pages
| 6 x 9
The Tragic Role of American Culture and Society in Mass Shootings
Edited by Eric Madfis and Adam Lankford
Looking beyond guns and mental illness to the deeper causes of mass shootings
360 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 tables, 15 figures
Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities
Allison C. Carey, Pamela Block, and Richard K. Scotch
Addresses the nature and history of activism by parents of people with disabilities, and its complex relationship to activism by disabled leaders
348 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables
Teresa Benzwie
Young children dance their way through the alphabet, learning as they play
32 pages
| 8.5 x 11
Medicine, Miracle, or Mirage?
Michael S. Goldstein
What is alternative medicine? Why is it so popular? What's its future in American health care?
280 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Hysterectomy and Gender Identity
Jean Elson
What makes a woman a woman?
264 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 7 tables
Trade, Treaties, Opium, and Salvation
John R. Haddad
A lively account of the brash men who chased their American Dreams all the way to China
296 pages
| 6 x 9
| 10 halftones
Chaim Waxman
A social history and sociology of American Jewry
290 pages
| 1 map
The Longue Durée of U.S. Literature and Empire
Marguerite Nguyen
Understanding the literary history of Vietnamese-American encounters and how it shapes our perceptions of war, race, and empire
250 pages
| 6 x 9
| 11 halftones, 1 map
Puerto Ricans, White Ethnics, and Multicultural Education
Ellen Bigler
An inside look at one revealing battle over multicultural education
296 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
A Saudi Arabian Perspective
Fahad Alhomoudi
Chronicling the unique religious-based travels of a Muslim in America
176 pages
| 6 x 9