A Literary Approach
Werner Sollors
Essays that honor the achievement of African American writers from the Enlightenment to the present
296 pages
| 6 x 9
| 4 color photos, 1 line drawing, 8 halftones
The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11
James Kendra and Tricia Wachtendorf
How an unplanned maritime response to the 9/11 disaster showed creativity, improvisation, and the power of community-based resources
196 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 12 halftones, 1 map
Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball
Yago Colás
Examining the nature, origin, and purpose of popular myths in basketball, past and present
228 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 color photo
Merit Selection and the Consequences of Institutional Reform
Greg Goelzhauser
The first systematic, comprehensive evaluation of whether merit selection actually leads to better judges
192 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 9 tables, 9 figures
Edited by Renee Hobbs
Leading scholars reveal insights into the core concepts and historical roots of digital and media literacy education
264 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 figure
Beauty, Femininity, and South Asian American Culture
Vanita Reddy
How South Asian Americans' engagements with Indian beauty and fashion help structure their uneven access to social mobility, capital, and citizenship
280 pages
| 6 x 9
| 19 halftones
The Hauntings of Everyday Life
Dennis Waskul with Michele Waskul
How people experience ghosts and hauntings, the ways they make sense of uncanny experiences, and the consequences thereof
184 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 17 halftones
Norbert Wiley
How the dialogical self discovers the appropriate pathways for guiding us through our lives
212 pages
| 6 x 9
| 3 tables, 3 figures
Randy Stoecker
Challenging—and changing—our thinking about higher education community engagement
238 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 line drawing
The AFL, Black Players, and the Evolution of Modern Football
Charles K. Ross
Examining the black player experience in the American Football League
216 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 halftones
Political Controversies and Public Philosophies
Peter O'Brien
Arguing that controversy around the politics of Islam in Europe is best understood as a contest of intra-European political philosophies
318 pages
| 6 x 9
Tourism and Urban Revitalization in the Postwar Rustbelt
Aaron Cowan
An engaging, first-of-its-kind historical analysis of four Rustbelt cities’ efforts to remake themselves into tourist locales in the postindustrial era
236 pages
| 6 x 9
| 10 figures
A Border Kidnapping
Lucy Maddox
The remarkable story of an 1850s kidnapping of two free black girls in rural Pennsylvania after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
256 pages
| 6.125 x 9
| 5 halftones, 1 map
Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-to-Buy in Washington, DC
Carolyn Gallaher
Analyzes whether tenant right-to-buy programs may mitigate displacement in fast-gentrifying cities like Washington, DC
278 pages
| 6 x 9
| 12 tables, 5 line drawings, 16 halftones, 33 color illustrations
Nationalism, Mass Militarization, and the Education of Eritrea
Jennifer Riggan
Examining Eritrean teachers’ paradoxical role of educating students forced into the military
258 pages
| 6 x 9