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“A Road to Peace and Freedom”

The International Workers Order and the Struggle for Economic Justice and Civil Rights, 1930-1954

Robert M. Zecker

The history of the International Workers Order’s struggle to enact a social-democratic, racially egalitarian vision for America

384 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 halftones

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Accidental Immigrants and the Search for Home

Women, Cultural Identity, and Community

Carol E. Kelley

Reveals how four women with very different stories seek a sense of belonging, identity and home through the lifelong process of immigration

190 pages | 6 x 9

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Against the Deportation Terror

Organizing for Immigrant Rights in the Twentieth Century

Rachel Ida Buff

Reveals the formerly little-known history of multiracial immigrant rights organizing in the United States

298 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 figures, 18 halftones, 1 map

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American Conversations

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

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As French as Everyone Else?

A Survey of French Citizens of Maghrebin, African, and Turkish Origin

Sylvain Brouard and Vincent Tiberj

Shedding new light on integration and citizenship in France to reveal the ways in which immigrants do-and do not-share the attitudes of the majority population

152 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 38 tables, 6 figures

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Becoming American, Becoming Ethnic

College Students Explore Their Roots

edited by Thomas Dublin

Personal reflections on the challenges that face college students coming to understand their ethnicity in contemporary America

256 pages | 6 x 9 | 48 halftones

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Borderless Borders

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

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Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City

Somerville, MA

Susan Ostrander

How community influences contribute to civic and political engagement in a city undergoing rapid change

190 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 figures, 5 maps

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The Collected Short Stories of Bharati Mukherjee

Edited by Ruth Maxey

All 35 of Bharati Mukherjee’s sophisticated short stories—some never before published—now in one volume

Cover illustration: Manhattan Mall by The Singh Twins, 1997 Copyright © The Singh Twins: www.singhtwins.co.uk

408 pages | 6 x 9

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Constructing Muslims in France

Discourse, Public Identity, and the Politics of Citizenship

Jennifer Fredette

A groundbreaking study that presents Muslims in France as a diverse social group rather than a monolithic religious group

228 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 tables, 4 figures, 9 halftones

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Crossing the Border to India

Youth, Migration, and Masculinities in Nepal

Jeevan R. Sharma

How the changing political economy of rural Nepal informs the desire and agency of young male migrants who seek work in cities

190 pages | 5.25 x 8.5 | 3 figures, 1 map

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Deciding to be Legal

A Maya Community in Houston

Jacqueline Maria Hagan

Understanding the process of becoming legal from the perspective of an immigrant community

224 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 5 tables 10 halftones

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Emerging Threats to Human Rights

Resources, Violence, and Deprivation of Citizenship

Edited by Heather Smith-Cannoy

Understanding how emerging threats to human rights intersect with patterns of migration

288 pages | 6 x 9 | 16 tables, 13 figures

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Ethnic Pride, American Patriotism

Slovaks and Other New Immigrants in the Interwar Era

June Granatir Alexander

Creating a community that respected tradition but adapted to new circumstances

296 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 halftones

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The Evolution of a Cricket Fan

My Shapeshifting Journey

Samir Chopra

An autobiographical account of a cricket lover’s journey across nations and identities

248 pages | 6 x 9

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