Philosophical Essays on Whiteness
George Yancy
From a celebrated scholar on race, a book on ways of seeing, and seeing through, whiteness
224 pages
| 6 x 9
Riots and Rebirth in an American City
Edited by Jessica Elfenbein, Thomas Hollowak, and Elizabeth Nix
The first comprehensive study of one city, Baltimore, forty years after the unrest that swept across some 120 U.S. cities
294 pages
| 6 x 9
| 20 halftones, 1 map
George Lipsitz
How racism shapes urban spaces and how African Americans create vibrant communities that offer models for more equitable social arrangements
320 pages
| 6 x 9
Narratives of Ambivalence and Belonging
anupama jain
A variety of immigrant narratives portray the dynamic process of South Asian Americanization
288 pages
| 6 x 9
How Candidates Invoke Race in U.S. Political Campaigns
Charlton D McIlwain, and Stephen M. Caliendo
Why, when, and how often candidates use race appeals, and how the electorate responds
272 pages
| 6 x 9
| 38 tables, 23 halftones
Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America
Daniel R. Biddle and Murray Dubin
The life and times of the extraordinary Octavius Catto, and the first civil rights movement in America
632 pages
| 6 x 9
| 19 halftones
Studies in the Structure of Racialization
Steve Martinot
An extensive critique of the structures of whiteness and how they produce racism in the United States
232 pages
Immigrant Communities Old and New
Edited by Ayumi Takenaka and Mary Osirim
A comprehensive analysis of the processes and consequences of immigration to Philadelphia over time
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 tables, 10 figures, 4 halftones, 3 maps
Making It Home
John A. Garcia, Gary M Segura, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and Luis Fraga
A nuanced and insightful assessment of Latino life in America
224 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 28 tables, 15 halftones
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
Discrimination in the United States
Samuel R. Lucas
Offers a fresh, important new understanding of racial and sexual discrimination
296 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables, 19 halftones
The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification
Anthony Kwame Harrison
Race and authenticity in America, explored through the Bay Area’s multiracial underground hip hop scene
226 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 tables, 8 halftones
Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line
Roderick D. Bush
How the marginalization of African Americans turned into a social phenomenon for the nation and world
264 pages
| 6 x 9
Voice and the Embodiment of a Costly Performance
Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant
Explores the restrictive myth of the strong black woman through interviews, revealing the emotional and physical toll this “performance” can have
194 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
Elizabeth Aries
How race and class collide at a prestigious liberal arts college
246 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables