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300-319 Sociology, Anthropology, Cultures
302.234 Invasion of the Mind Snatchers: Television’s Conquest of America in the Fifties 352 pp., 6” x 9”, 18 halftones, $35.00 cloth, CIP included August 2010 Temple University Press In Invasion of the Mind Snatchers, Emmy-award winning broadcaster Eric Burns chronicles the influence of television on the baby boomer generation. Spellbound by Howdy Doody and The Ed Sullivan Show, those children often acted out their favorite programs, purchased the merchandise promoted by performers, and were fascinated by the personalities they saw on screen, often emulating their behavior. It was the first generation raised by TV, and Burns looks at both the promise of broadcasting as espoused by the inventors and how that promise was both redefined and lost by the corporations who helped spread this revolutionary technology. LC 2009052963, ISBN 9781439902882 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G 302.5 Islands of Privacy 360 pp., 6” x 9”, 2 halftones, 5 line drawings, 6 tables, $65.00 cloth, $22.50 paper, CIP included October 2010 The University of Chicago Press Packed with stories that are funny and sad, familiar and strange, Islands of Privacy tours the myriad arenas where privacy battles are fought, lost, and won. Nippert-Eng explores how we manage our secrets, our phone calls and e-mail, the perimeters of our homes, and our interactions with neighbors....Violations of privacy and anxiety about how we grant it to each other also come under Nippert-Eng’s microscope as she crafts a compelling argument that successfully managing privacy is critical for successfully maintaining our relationships with each other and our selves. LC 2009051468, ISBN 9780226586526 (c.), ISBN 9780226586533 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 303.482 Globalization and the Circumpolar North 327 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $24.95 paper, CIP included May 2010 University of Alaska Press The circumpolar North has long been the subject of conflicting national aspirations and border disputes, and with the end of the cold war and the coming era of potential resource scarcity, its importance will only grow over the next several decades. Anticipating that renewed prominence, Globalization and the Circumpolar North brings together an array of scholars to explore the effects of this increased attention, from the new opportunities offered by globalization to the potential damage to long-isolated northern communities and peoples. LC 2009045143, ISBN 9781602230781 (p.) AASL: RS/HS PLA: S 303.483 The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting over New Media 232 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, 2 halftones, $22.95 cloth, CIP included July 2010 Cornell University Press Ilana Gershon....interview[ed] seventy-two people about how they use Skype, texting, voice mail, instant messaging, Facebook, and cream stationery to end relationships. She opens up the world of romance as it is conducted in a digital milieu, offering insights into the ways in which different media influence behavior, beliefs, and social mores. Above all, this full-fledged ethnography of Facebook and other new tools is about technology and communication, but it also tells the reader a great deal about what college students expect from each other when breaking up—and from their friends who are the spectators or witnesses to the ebb and flow of their relationships. The Breakup 2.0 is accessible and riveting. LC 2010001008, ISBN 9780801448591 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: O 303.484 Do It Anyway: The Next Generation of Activists 199 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, bibliographical references, $16.00 paper, CIP included September 2010 Beacon Press The age-old quest for meaning—Who am I? What is my calling? How can I make the world better?—is about to get a twenty-first-century makeover by one of the country’s most widely read young writers on social change. Courtney E. Martin pursues the gritty truth about the complicated and challenging process of social change in contemporary America. LC 2010007766, ISBN 9780807000472 (p.) PLA: G 303.660 Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change 218 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $17.50 paper, CIP included May 2010 United States Institute of Peace Press Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change uses three cases of post-conflict reconstruction—Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kosovo—to explore how youth affect the post-conflict reconstruction process, and how domestic policy, NGO programming, international interventions, and cultural contexts may change that role. The hypotheses drawn from these comparisons will be useful both in guiding future research on youth’s role in post-conflict reconstruction and in helping reconstruction actors facilitate the youth population’s transition from war to peace. LC 2009040607, ISBN 9781601270498 (p.) AASL: S/HS/P 304.873 Crossing with the Virgin: Stories from the Migrant Trail 212 pp., 6” x 9”, 22 b&w photos, 3 maps, $17.95 paper, CIP included April 2010 The University of Arizona Press Firsthand accounts of migrants crossing the Arizona desert as told to volunteers for the Samaritans, a humanitarian group that provides water, food, and medical assistance. They not only offer a window on the migrants’ plight but also a look at the challenges faced by volunteers in sometimes compromising situations. “This is an extraordinary book about the courageous journeys of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border—and about U.S. citizens who are erasing those borders with acts of mercy and defiance...a page turner.”—Demetria Mart<0x00ED>nez, author of Mother Tongue LC 2009033458, ISBN 9780816528547 (p.) AASL: RG/HS PLA: G 304.873 The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America 248 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $37.50 cloth, CIP included May 2010 Russell Sage Foundation Authors Jennifer Lee and Frank Bean take two poles of American collective identity—the legacy of slavery and immigration—and ask if today’s immigrants are destined to become racialized minorities akin to African Americans or if their incorporation into U.S. society will more closely resemble that of their European predecessors. They also tackle the vexing question of whether American’s new racial diversity is helping to erode the tenacious black/white color line. LC 2010003237, ISBN 9780871540416 (c.) AASL: S/HS/P PLA: O 305.230 Ghostbread 256 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, $24.95 cloth, $18.95 paper, CIP included September 2010 University of Georgia Press Winner of AWP’s Creative Nonfiction Award, Ghostbread follows Livingston, her six siblings, and her single mother from one ramshackle house to another, from an Indian reservation to a dead-end urban neighborhood, in the perpetual search for something better. Along the way, young Sonja observes the harsh realities her family encounters, as well as small moments of transcendent beauty that somehow keep them going. “Livingston writes with an understated restraint and paints her past in careful detail. The result is captivating. Ghostbread is a heartrending encounter with an adept essayist.”—ForeWord Reviews LC 2009009150, ISBN 9780820333984 (c.), ISBN 9780820336879 (p.) AASL: G/HS/P PLA: G 305.550 China’s Emerging Middle Class: Beyond Economic Transformation 396 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $34.95 paper November 2010 Brookings Institution Press As recently as two decades ago there was no distinct middle class in the People’s Republic of China. Today, any meaningful discussion of China’s economy, politics, or society must take into account the rapid emergence and explosive growth of the Chinese middle class. Cheng Li, a Brookings scholar and noted expert on China, leads a team of experts in detailing the origins and characteristics of this dramatic change, assessing its current effects on Chinese society, and discussing what it portends for the future. LC 2010037417, ISBN 9780815704058 (p.) PLA: G 305.697 Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam 528 pp., 6” x 9”, b&w photos, bibliographical references and index, $29.95 cloth, CIP included June 2010 Brookings Institution Press Nearly seven million Muslims live in the U.S. today, and their relations with non-Muslims are strained. To shed light on this increasingly important religious group and counter mutual distrust, scholar Akbar Ahmed conducted the most comprehensive study to date of this community. The book explores and documents how Muslims are fitting into U.S. society, placing their experience within the larger context of American identity and offers a fresh and insightful perspective on American history and society. “A timely and stimulating contribution to a critically important issue: the West’s (and especially America’s) relationship to Islam.”—Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser LC 2010014051, ISBN 9780815703877 (c.) AASL: S/HS PLA: G 305.697 Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11 232 pp., 6” x 9”, 1 figure, $79.50 cloth, $26.95 paper, CIP included November 2010 Temple University Press Using personal accounts from 140 Muslim American voices, Behind the Backlash seeks to explain why blame and scapegoating occur after a catastrophe. Peek sets the twenty-first century experience of Muslim Americans, who were vilified and victimized, in the context of larger sociological and psychological processes. Peek’s book will be of interest to those in disaster research studies, sociology of religion, and race and ethnic relations. LC 2010010131, ISBN 9781592139828 (c.), ISBN 9781592139835 (p.) AASL: S/HS PLA: G 305.800 Are We Born Racist? New Insights from Neuroscience and Positive Psychology 149 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, bibliographical references, $18.00 paper, CIP included August 2010 Beacon Press Where do our prejudices come from? Why are some people more biased than others? Is it possible for individuals, and society as a whole, to truly defeat prejudice? In these pages, leading scientists, psychologists, educators, activists, and many others offer answers, drawing from new scientific discoveries that shed light on why and how our brains form prejudices, how racism hurts our health, steps we can take to mitigate prejudiced instincts, and what a post-prejudice society might actually look like. LC 2009039744, ISBN 978080701577 (p.) AASL: G/HS/P PLA: G 305.800 The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States 584 pp., 6” x 9”, 36 illustrations, $99.95 cloth, $29.95 paper, CIP included June 2010 Duke University Press The Afro-Latin@ Reader focuses attention on a large, vibrant, yet oddly invisible community in the United States: people of African descent from Latin America and the Caribbean. The Afro-Latin@ Reader presents a kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States. It addresses history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including scholarly essays, memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, short stories, and interviews. LC 2010005176, ISBN 9780822345589 (c.), ISBN 9780822345725 (p.) PLA: O 305.868 The Latino/a Condition: A Critical Reader Second Edition 634 pp., 7” x 10”, index, $85.00 cloth, $30.00 paper, CIP included December 2010 New York University Press In the last forty-five years, immigration reform has brought tens of millions of new immigrants from Latin American countries to the United States. Since critical race theory pioneers Richard Delgado and Jean Stefanic compiled the first edition of The Latino/a Condition in 1998, the population has continued to grow exponentially, while scholarship on Latino/as has grown just as quickly. The second edition of this invaluable resource brings together a wide range of new and classic Latino and Latina voices from the fields of law, sociology, history, media studies, and politics to address the issues central to the Latino/a experience. LC 2010026216, ISBN 9780814720394 (c.), ISBN 9780814720400 (p.) AASL: S/HS/P 305.89 The Turk in America: The Creation of an Enduring Prejudice 512 pp., 7” x 10”, 10 illustrations, index, $39.95 paper, CIP included November 2010 University of Utah Press McCarthy investigates the historical basis for American prejudice towards Turks in the 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on fraudulent characterizations of Turks, mostly stemming from an antipathy in Europe and America toward non-Christians, and especially Muslims. Spanning 150 years, this comprehensive history explores the misinformation largely responsible for the negative stereotypes of Turks during this period. “This is a fascinating book! [It] corrects a markedly one-sided historiography and breaks new ground in its exposition of how the Ottoman Turks came to be vilified in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.”—Edward J. Erickson, Marine Corps University LC 2010021755, ISBN 9781607810131 (p.) PLA: RG 305.896 Black in White America 216 pp., 10” x 8 3/4”, 208 duotones, $29.95 paper, CIP included July 2010 Getty Publications [This book] is a facsimile edition of a powerful photo essay, first published in 1968, that looks at African American life during the civil rights era. The photographs show the daily lives of black people in the north and south, on city streets and in rural communities, living joyously, peacefully, and defiantly during the greatest social struggle of our times. The text includes personal interviews and journal entries, lyrics of Negro spirituals and protest songs, as well as an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Taken as a whole, Black in White America conveys human dignity in the midst of the struggle for racial equality. LC 2010002036, ISBN 9781606060117 (p.) AASL: G/M/HS PLA: G 305.896 The Problem of the Future World: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Race Concept at Midcentury 256 pp., 6” x 9”, $79.95 cloth, $22.95 paper, CIP included October 2010 Duke University Press The Problem of the Future World is a compelling reassessment of the later writings of the iconic African American activist and intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois. As Eric Porter points out, despite the outpouring of scholarship devoted to Du Bois, the broad range of writing he produced during the 1940s and early 1950s has not been thoroughly examined in its historical context, nor has sufficient attention been paid to the theoretical interventions he made during those years. LC 2010022497, ISBN 9780822348122 (c.), ISBN 9780822348085 (p.) PLA: O 305.897 Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions 288 pp., 7” x 10”, 22 illustrations, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index, $24.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 University of Washington Press After the gray whale was removed from the Endangered Species list, the Makah tribe of Washington State and the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation of British Columbia announced the revival of whale hunts. The 1999 Makah hunt received enthusiastic support and vehement opposition from around the world. A Nuu-chah-nulth Nation member, Cot<0x00E9> offers a valuable perspective on issues surrounding indigenous whaling. It has served important functions in Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth societies throughout their histories. The revival of whaling has implications for the physical, mental, and spiritual health of these communities today. Whaling, Cot<0x00E9> says, “defines who we are as a people.” LC 2010007787, ISBN 9780295990460 (p.) AASL: RS/HS PLA: RG 305.906 Brokered Boundaries: Creating Immigrant Identity in Anti-Immigrant Times 316 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $39.95 cloth, CIP included June 2010 Russell Sage Foundation Douglas Massey and Magaly S<0x00E1>nchez untangle the complex political, social, and economic conditions underlying the rise of xenophobia in U.S. society. The book draws on in-depth interviews with Latin American immigrants in metropolitan New York and Philadelphia and—in their own words and images—reveals what life is like for immigrants attempting to integrate in anti-immigrant times. “Based on interviews with first- and second-generation, mostly undocumented, Latinos in the urban northeast, Brokered Boundaries shows how they develop a new sense of themselves and American society in the face of exclusionary barriers.”—Nancy Foner, City University of New York LC 2010004027, ISBN 97808715405794 (c.) AASL: S/HS PLA: G 306.097 Bring on the Books for Everybody: How Literary Culture Became Popular 300 pp., 6” x 9”, 28 illustrations, $79.95 cloth, $22.95 paper, CIP included June 2010 Duke University Press Bring on the Books for Everybody is an engaging assessment of the robust popular literary culture that has developed in the United States during the past two decades. Jim Collins describes how a once solitary and print-based experience has become an exuberantly social activity, enjoyed as much on the screen as on the page. LC 2009049951, ISBN 9780822345886 (c.), ISBN 9780822346067 (p.) PLA: S 306.209 Rude Democracy: Civility and Incivility in American Politics 216 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/4”, 4 figures, $24.95 cloth, CIP included September 2010 Temple University Press In Rude Democracy, Susan Herbst insists that Americans need to recognize the bad tendencies and habits we have developed, use new media for more effective debate, and develop a tougher and more strategic political skin. She urges us to boost both the intelligence and productivity of our debates, noting that the effort demands a commitment to the nature of argument itself. Rude Democracy outlines a plan for moving forward and creating a more civil climate for American politics. LC 2010010586, ISBN 9781439903353 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 306.209 In So Many More Words: Arguments and Adventures Expanded Edition 296 pp., 6” x 9”, $22.00 paper, CIP included September 2010 University of Notre Dame Press When In So Many Words first appeared in 2006, the Chicago Tribune observed that Robert Schmuhl’s collection of essays offered “some of the sharpest and most informative cultural criticism available.” Now, In So Many More Words expands on the writings in the first edition and includes seventeen new essays written during the past four years. Schmuhl analyzes the emergence of Barack Obama and evaluates America’s new political landscape in light of the 2008 election. Schmuhl also looks at contemporary media and the cultural effects created by nonstop commentary and argument. LC 2010025307, ISBN 9780268041342 (p.) AASL: S/HS PLA: S 306.484 Mashed Up: Music, Technology, and the Rise of Configurable Culture 240 pp., 6” x 9”, $80.00 cloth, $24.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 University of Massachusetts Press “Filled with insights into the pleasures and paradoxes of our high-tech musical universe.”—David Ritz. LC 2010008989, ISBN 9781558498280 (c.), ISBN 9781558498297 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 306.76 Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans 312 pp., 6” x 9”, $26.95 paper, CIP included June 2010 The University of Wisconsin Press For two years, Philip Gambone traveled throughout the United States, talking candidly with LGBTQ people about their lives. In addition to interviews from David Sedaris, George Takei, Barney Frank, and Tammy Baldwin, he brings us lesser-known voices—a retired Naval officer, a transgender scholar and “drag king,” a Princeton philosopher, two opera sopranos who happen to be lovers, an indie rock musician, the founder of a gay frat house, and a pair of Vermont garden designers. “The portraits Gambone unveils in Travels in a Gay Nation move, surprise, quite often inspire, and are always deeply human.”—The Boston Spirit LC 2009041591, ISBN 9780299236847 (p.) AASL: O/HS PLA: S 306.766 Gay Bar: The Fabulous, True Story of a Daring Woman and Her Boys in the 1950s 194 pp., 6” x 9”, 5 b&w photos, 2 drawings, bibliography, $26.95 cloth, CIP included October 2010 The University of Wisconsin Press Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s—America’s most anti-gay decade. In this new edition of Branson’s Gay Bar, Will Fellows interweaves Branson’s chapters with historical perspective provided through his own insightful commentary and excerpts gleaned from letters and essays of the period. “A remarkable time capsule of how gay folks lived and gathered a half-century ago in a small bar on Melrose in Los Angeles, interweaving the remarkable charm of bar owner Helen Branson’s 1957 memoir with his own deft cultural analysis.”—Tim Miller, author of Body Blows LC 2010011528, ISBN 9780299248505 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: O 306.850 Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of Family 336 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $39.95 cloth, CIP included September 2010 Russell Sage Foundation Counted Out reports on and analyzes the results of the authors’ Constructing the Family Surveys (2003 and 2006), which asked more than 1,500 people to explain their stances on a broad range of issues, including gay marriage and adoption, single parenthood, factors in child development, religious ideology, and the legal rights of unmarried parents. The book demonstrates that American definitions of family are becoming more expansive. “This thought-provoking book goes beyond abstract theorizing and polarized debates to examine how Americans actually define family, analyzing the origins, contradictions, consequences, and likely evolution of people’s views.”—Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College LC 2010015513, ISBN 9780871546876 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 306.874 The Mother of Mohammed: An Australian Woman’s Extraordinary Journey into Jihad 368 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $26.50 paper, CIP included May 2010 University of Pennsylvania Press Investigative journalist Sally Neighbour investigates how an Australian-born woman migrated to Bali and Indonesia, converted to Islam and Jihad, and became a trusted insider to the Jemaah Islamiyah, Taliban and Al Qaeda leaderships, and Osama bin Laden’s inner sanctum. LC 2010281195, ISBN 9780812221145 (p.) PLA: RS 306.874 Men CAN: The Changing Image and Reality of Fatherhood in America 240 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/4”, $25.00 cloth, CIP included May 2010 Temple University Press Men Can shows how real change can take place when families divide up domestic labor on a gender-neutral basis. The families profiled here offer insights into the struggles of—and opportunities for—men caring for children. Unger favors flexible arrangements and a society that respects personal choices and individual differences, crediting and supporting functional families, rather than one in which every household must conform to a one-size-fits-all mold. LC 2009048500, ISBN 9781439900000 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G
320.01 Minerva’s Owl: The Tradition of Western Political Thought 400 pp., 5 11/16” x 8 15/16”, index, $29.95 cloth, $18.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 Harvard University Press Abramson offers the reader a carefully manicured series of ideology-free lectures on the heavy-hitters of Western political theory, including Plato and Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Hegel, and Marx. The author’s chronological approach is primarily an interpretive one, with theory giving way to application and historical tradition juxtaposed with contemporary practice. LC 2008043390, ISBN 9780674032651 (c.), ISBN 9780674057029 (p.) PLA: G 320.609 Building a More Resilient Haitian State 208 pp., 6” x 9”, 5 color graphs, $24.00 paper, CIP included August 2010 RAND Corporation Hope for a prosperous and peaceful future for Haiti lies in building a more effective, resilient state. This report identifies the main challenges to more capable governance, evaluates existing plans for improving the delivery of public services, and proposes a realistic set of critical actions. The proposed state-building priorities merit the greatest degree of Haiti’s and international donors’ policy attention and financial commitment. LC 2010031440, ISBN 9780833050434 (p.) PLA: S 320.955 The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy 269 pp., 8 1/2” x 11”, map, charts, timelines, $19.95 paper, CIP included December 2010 United States Institute of Peace Press A comprehensive but concise overview of Iran’s politics, economy, military, foreign policy, and nuclear program. The volume chronicles U.S.-Iran relations under six American presidents and probes five options for dealing with Iran. Organized thematically, this book provides top-level briefings by 50 top experts on Iran (both Iranian and Western authors) and is a practical and accessible “go-to” resource for practitioners, policymakers, academics, and students, as well as a fascinating wealth of information for anyone interested in understanding Iran’s pivotal role in world politics. LC 2010040584, ISBN 9781601270849 (p.) AASL: O/HS/P PLA: O 320.972 Mexico’s Democratic Challenges: Politics, Government, and Society 326 pp., 6” x 9”, $75.00 cloth, $27.95 paper, CIP included June 2010 The Woodrow Wilson Center Press Only a decade ago, Mexico saw the end of seventy years of single-party hegemonic rule and the first free and fair election in its history. How has the country evolved since then, and what is the status of its democracy today? In this comprehensive new collection, planned to be usable in teaching undergrads, a group of distinguished scholars examines recent political developments in Mexico....Focusing on transformations in Mexico’s evolving political party system, institutions in transition, and the changing nature of state-society relations, contributors to this book discuss the challenges that Mexican democracy faces today as well as the potential it has for further change in the near future. LC 2010004898, ISBN 9780804771610 (c.), ISBN 9780804771627 (p.) AASL: S/P 323.092 Parallel Worlds: The Remarkable Gibbs-Hunts and the Enduring (In)Significance of Melanin 416 pp., 6 1/8” x 9 1/4”, 40 b&w illustrations, index, Notes on Sources, Selected Bibliography, $29.95 cloth, CIP included March 2010 The University of Virginia Press “This deeply researched and rich work tells a fascinating story of two families’ negotiation of America’s treacherous racial landscape from slavery through the 20th century. Alexander’s vivid portrayal illuminates both the individual lives of her subjects and the times in which they lived.”—Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family LC 2009031, ISBN 9780813928876 (c.) AASL: S/P PLA: G 323.092 Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America 656 pp., 6” x 9”, 18 halftones, $35.00 cloth, CIP included September 2010 Temple University Press Octavius Valentine Catto was a second baseman on Philadelphia’s best black baseball team, a teacher at the city’s finest black school, an activist who fought in the state capital and on the streets for equal rights, and an orator who shared the stage with Frederick Douglass. With his murder during an election-day race riot in 1871, the nation lost a civil rights pioneer—one who risked his life a century before the events that took place in Selma and Birmingham. Tasting Freedom chronicles the life of this charismatic black leader—a “free” black man whose freedom was in name only. LC 2009049276, ISBN 9781592134656 (c.) AASL: G/P PLA: O 323.119 Agitations: Ideologies and Strategies in African American Politics 263 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $34.95 cloth, CIP included April 2010 The University of Arkansas Press Agitations goes beyond the traditionally acknowledged divide between integrationist and accommodationist wings of African American politics to explore the diverse fundamental ideologies and strategic outcomes among African American activists that still define, influence, and complicate political life today. LC 2009047714, ISBN 9781557289261 (c.) AASL: S/P PLA: G 323.119 Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? 256 pp., 5 1/2” x 8”, $14.00 paper January 2010 Beacon Press In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America’s future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, asserting that humankind—for the first time—has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty. LC 2009035950, ISBN 9780807000670 (p.) PLA: O 323.119 Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter’s Civil Rights Journey 286 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, 5 illustrations, $19.95 paper, CIP included April 2010 University of Nebraska Press Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement’s lesser-known stories. In January 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other young men waited to board a city bus called the Sunnyland in Tallahassee, Florida. Their plan was simple but dangerous: ride the bus together—three blacks and three whites—get arrested, and take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fifty years later Joseph Spagna’s daughter, Ana Maria, sets off on a journey to understand what happened and why. Winner of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction prize. LC 2009034320, ISBN 9780803217126 (p.) AASL: G/P PLA: O 323.119 What’s Going On?: Political Incorporation and the Transformation of Black Public Opinion 208 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $29.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 Georgetown University Press Katherine Tate contends that Black political incorporation and increased affluence since the civil rights movement have made Black politics and public opinion more moderate over time. Black leaders now have greater opportunity to participate in mainstream politics, and Blacks look to elected officials rather than activists for political leadership. Black socioeconomic concerns have moved to the center as poverty has declined and their economic opportunities have improved. LC 2010001635, ISBN 9781589017023 (p.) PLA: G 324.209 For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black Politics 278 pp., 6” x 9”, 13 b&w illustrations, index, $24.95 paper, CIP included December 2010 The University of Wisconsin Press Bruce L. Mouser presents the remarkable story of George Edwin Taylor and his journey from homeless orphan to becoming the first African American nominated by a political party as their candidate for president of the United States, more than one hundred years before Barack Obama. “Rich in detail, this compelling story sheds light on black labor struggles in the Upper Midwest and brings to life an American civil rights hero and pioneer of independent black politics at the turn of the twentieth century.”—Omar H. Ali, author of In the Balance of Power LC 2010011577, ISBN 9780299249144 (p.) AASL: S/P PLA: G 324.973 Out and Running: Gay and Lesbian Candidates, Elections, and Policy Representation 384 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $26.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 Georgetown University Press Out and Running is the first systematic analysis of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political representation that explores the dynamics of state legislative campaigns and the influence of lesbian and gay legislators in the state policymaking process. By examining state legislative elections from 1992 to 2006 and state policymaking from 1992 to 2009, Donald Haider-Markel suggests that the LGBT community can overcome hurdles and win elections; and, once in office, these officials can play a critical role in the policy representation of the community. LC 2010007034, ISBN 9781589016996 (p.) AASL: O/P :PLA: G 324.979 An Election for the Ages: Rossi vs. Gregoire, 2004 184 pp., 6” x 9”, photographs, illustrations, index, $19.95 paper, CIP included June 2010 Washington State University Press An Election for the Ages offers a chronological profile of the dramatic events surrounding the closest ballot result for any governor’s race in American history. Out of 2.8 million votes cast, the winning margin—after the initial tally, a re-total by machine, and ultimately a manual recount—was a razor-thin 133 votes. Written from the perspective of the Office of Secretary of State, the book clarifies and explains interpretations of election statutes, court rulings, and how state officials supervised a heated political battle that reached beyond this particular race and to the rules of democracy itself. LC 2010013492, ISBN 9780874223040 (p.) AASL: RG/P PLA: RS 325.73 Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy 182 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $24.95 cloth June 2010 Brookings Institution Press America experiences a “brain gain” from in-migration and needs to maintain its openness to new arrivals to stay competitive and gain access to the special talents of other lands. Yet Americans still don’t see it that way, despite pride in their own ethnic ancestries. West addresses why immigration policy is so politically difficult despite the substantial social, economic, intellectual, and cultural benefits it brings. The problem is one of vision. West argues for a series of reforms to U.S. immigration policy that will put America on a better course for the future and enhance our long-term social and economic prosperity. LC 2010020741, ISBN 9780815704829 (c.) PLA: G 327.172 Dangerous Times?: The International Politics of Great Power Peace 304 pp., 6” x 9”, 3 figures, 7 tables, index, $29.95 cloth, CIP included October 2010 Georgetown University Press Dangerous Times? is an examination of international politics that reveals both theoretical logic and empirical data that support the vision of a future where wars between great powers are unlikely and transnational threats can be contained....Today a far greater percentage of the world’s population lives in peace than at any time in history, and the number and intensity of all types of warfare have dropped steadily since the early 1990s. Terrorism, though reprehensible, can be combated and can actually increase international cooperation among states fighting a common threat. World wars like those of the twentieth century...are unlikely to be repeated in the close-knit world of the twenty-first century. LC 2010007865, ISBN 9781589017108 (c.) AASL: O/HS/P PLA: G 327.174 A Skeptic’s Case for Nuclear Disarmament 174 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $26.95 cloth, CIP included August 2010 Brookings Institution Press An endorsement for nuclear disarmament, especially the dismantling of existing bomb inventories, but with caveats relating to threats posed by nations or groups inside the agreement framework who do not abide by it and those outside who have never allied themselves with those advocating a nuclear-free world. LC 2010026368, ISBN 9780815705079 (c.) AASL: S, RS/HS/P PLA: G 327.73 American Negotiating Behavior: Wheeler-Dealers, Legal Eagles, Bullies, and Preachers 357 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $55.00 cloth, $22.50 paper, CIP included April 2010 United States Institute of Peace Press This landmark study offers a rich and detailed portrait of the negotiating practices of American officials. It assesses the multiple influences—cultural, institutional, historical, and political—that shape how American policymakers and diplomats approach negotiations with foreign counterparts and highlights behavioral patterns that transcend the actions of individual negotiators and administrations. Informed by discussions and interviews with more than fifty seasoned foreign and American negotiators, the authors examine how Americans employ time, language, enticements, and pressure tactics at the negotiating table, and how they use (or neglect) the media, back channel communications, and hospitality outside the formal negotiating arena. LC 2009039068, ISBN 9781601270481 (c.), ISBN 9781601270474 (p.) AASL: S/P PLA: S 327.730 Learning to Salsa: New Steps in the U.S.-Cuba Relations 245 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $24.95 paper, CIP included February 2010 Brookings Institution Press Drawing on simulation exercises involving role playing and extensive debates, explores how major developments within or outside Cuba might open opportunities for the U.S. to reengage with the island nation and support Cuban actors in initiating change from within, and reveals specific challenges to crafting a new U.S. approach. LC 2009052539, ISBN 9780815703891 (p.) AASL: RS/P PLA: RG 328.73 Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress 432 pp., 6” x 9”, 24 illustrations, $32.95 cloth, CIP included December 2010 Fordham University Press Raymond Schroth’s Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress shows that the contentious mixture of religion and politics in this country is nothing new. Four decades ago, Father Robert Drinan, the fiery Jesuit priest from Massachusetts, not only demonstrated against the Vietnam War, he ran for Congress as an antiwar candidate and won, going on to serve for 10 years. Schroth has delved through magazine and newspaper articles to bring us a glimpse into the life of a priest-politician who saw advocacy of human rights as his call. LC 2010033726, ISBN 9780823233045 (c.) AASL: O/HS/P PLA: O
330 Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future 268 pp., 6” x 9”, $53.95 paper, CIP included January 2010 The National Academies Press Assesses the options and possibilities for a sustainable federal budget. This comprehensive book considers a range of policy changes that could help put the budget on a sustainable path: reforms to reduce the rate of growth in spending for Medicare and Medicaid; options to reduce the growth rate of Social Security benefits or raise payroll taxes; and changes in many other government spending programs and tax policies. The book also examines how the federal budget process could be revised to be more far sighted and to hold leaders accountable for responsible stewardship of the nation’s fiscal future. LC 2009943505, ISBN 9780309147231 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: O 330.9 Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy 272 pp., 6” x 9”, $26.95 cloth, CIP included July 2010 Princeton University Press Winner of the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2010. “A high-powered yet accessible analysis of the financial crisis and its aftermath, Fault Lines was awarded the FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. Rajan...was one of the few who warned that the crisis was coming and his book fizzes with striking and thought-provoking ideas.”—Financial Times. “Like geological fault lines, the fissures in the world economic system are more hidden and widespread than many realize, [Rajan] says. And they are potentially more destructive than other, more obvious culprits, like greedy bankers, sleepy regulators and irresponsible borrowers....[A] serious and thoughtful book.”—The New York Times LC 2010006031, ISBN 9780691146836 (c.) AASL: O/HS PLA: O 330.954 The Caged Phoenix: Can India Fly? 322 pp., 6” x 9”, $27.95 cloth, CIP included April 2010 The Woodrow Wilson Center Press Dipankar Gupta, one of India’s foremost thinkers on social and economic issues, takes a critical—and controversial—look at the limits of the Indian success story in The Caged Phoenix. Through a fine blend of theory and new empirical evidence on small-scale industries, farming, and more, Gupta argues that despite the promises of independence and liberalization, India remains caged in a backward state. In short, the country’s phenomenal growth has not translated into development....”I cannot think of any other sociologist who could have dealt with such a large subject so effectively....[Written] incisively and effortlessly in a style which holds the reader’s attention firmly in its grasp.”—Andr<0x00E9> B<0x00E9>teille, University of Delhi LC 2010002641, ISBN 9780804771894 (c.) PLA: S 330.973 What Caused the Financial Crisis 376 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, 36 illustrations, index, $29.95 paper, CIP included December 2010 University of Pennsylvania Press With contributions from Richard A. Posner, Vernon L. Smith, Joseph E. Stiglitz, and John B. Taylor, among others, What Caused the Financial Crisis provides a cogent, comprehensive, and credible explanation of why the 2008 financial crisis happened. It will be an essential resource for scholars and students of finance, economics, history, law, political science, and sociology, as well as others interested in the financial crisis and the nature of modern capitalism and regulation. LC 2010017605, ISBN 9780812221183 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G 330.973 Measuring America: How Economic Growth Came to Define American Greatness in the Late Twentieth Century 272 pp., 6” x 9”, $80.00 cloth, $26.95 paper, CIP included November 2010 University of Massachusetts Press Examines the rise of economic thinking in the United States after World War II and how this dovetailed with a growing belief that the meaning and value of the nation resided in its material output. LC 2010018921, ISBN 9781558498341 (c.), ISBN 9781558498358 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 331.54 Old Assumptions, New Realities: Ensuring Economic Security for Working Families in the 21st Century 370 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $39.95 cloth, CIP included December 2010 Russell Sage Foundation This book identifies the tensions between twentieth-century social policy and twenty-first-century realities for working Americans and offers promising new reforms for ensuring social and economic security. “Old Assumptions, New Realities brings together an impressive set of scholars offering new perspectives drawn from a rich diversity of disciplines and methods. By highlighting the key assumptions that underlie the U.S. social welfare system and whether these assumptions are appropriate, this book offers important insights on fundamental questions for social policy and research.”—Maria Cancian, University of Wisconsin-Madison LC 2010025153, ISBN 9780871546777 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 331.768 I Have a Story to Tell You 318 pp., 6” x 9”, 24 b&w photographs, $29.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 Wilfrid Laurier University Press A book about Eastern European Jewish immigrants living in Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg in the early twentieth century. Their tale encompasses their travails on leaving home and their struggles in the sweatshops and factories of the Canadian garment industry. Based on extensive interviews, Berson recreates these immigrants’ stories about the Old Country and about finding work in Canada, more often than not in the needle trades. Revealing a fervent socialist ideology acquired in the crucible of the Russian Revolution, the stories reveal the influence of Jewish culture, of fights against exploitation, and of struggles to establish unions for better working conditions. ISBN 9781554582198 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: RG, S 332.8 Quick Cash: The Story of the Loan Shark 301 pp., 6” x 9”, $35.00 cloth, CIP included November 2010 Northern Illinois University Press In this intriguing and accessible book, Mayer aptly assesses the consequences of payday loans, a modern breed of loan shark, for both for the people who borrow at such steep prices and for society as a whole. He argues that although some consumers gain from borrowing at high rates, payday lending consistently traps many of the wage earners who pawn their postdated checks, leaving them worse off than they were before. LC 2010014718, ISBN 9780875804309 (c.) AASL: O/HS PLA: RG 333.75 The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest 320 pp., 6” x 9”, 2 maps, index, $19.95 paper, CIP included October 2010 University of Washington Press Before Forks, Washington, became famous as the location of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight books, it was the self-proclaimed “Logging Capitol of the World” and the center of the debate over the nation’s remaining old growth. Since Dietrich first published The Final Forest in 1992, logging in Forks has been overshadowed by tourism. Though the outside world has given it a new persona, Forks’ own identity, culture, and economy remain closely tied to the forest. A new introduction and epilogue reveals how the town has changed and what has become of the people who were so entrenched in the timber wars. LC 2010031802, ISBN 9780295990620 (p.) AASL: O/HS 333.780 J.B. Harkin: Father of Canada’s National Parks 564 pp., 6” x 9”, photos, index, $34.95 paper, CIP included January 2010 The University of Alberta Press Many of Canada’s superb national parks owe their existence to James Bernard Harkin (1875-1955), the first commissioner of Canada’s new Dominion Parks Branch in 1911. Ted Hart follows Harkin’s career from his apprenticeship in the Department of the Interior to his retirement in 1936, and presents Harkin as a major force in early Canadian parks and wildlife conservation. He supported Canadian wildlife conservation at its inception, created the world’s first park service, and developed major park policies. Conservationists, serious history enthusiasts, and those with an interest in Canada’s national parks will enjoy this biography of a multifaceted and significant individual. ISBN 9780888645128 (p.) AASL: RG/HS PLA: S, RG 333.95 The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference 272 pp., 8 1/2” x 11”, 229 color illustrations, 6 b&w photographs, 40 line illustrations, 79 maps, $49.95 cloth, CIP included April 2010 University of California Press “This valuable atlas will promote a deeper understanding of the immense variety of our world’s ecosystems and the array of challenges to their continued stability. Following an introductory overview, brightly colored maps and accompanying essays are arranged in broad categories....National boundaries are present but almost invisible on the world maps presented on nearly every spread; instead, it’s the natural boundaries of mangrove forests and marine reefs, the color-coded indications of species diversity, human population density, levels of water stress, and like information that stand out, conveying the truth that environmental issues belong to all of us. Gorgeous nature photos on nearly every spread further enhance the presentation.”—School Library Journal LC 2009023617, ISBN 9780520262560 (c.) AASL: O/M/HS, P PLA: O 333.95 The Diversity of Life 440 pp., 6 1/8” x 9 1/4”, 50 line illustrations, 3 maps, 64 color photographs, 3 color illustrations, index, $31.50 cloth, $21.95 paper, CIP included October 2010 Harvard University Press/Belknap Press Wilson...conducts us on a tour through time...and points out the cataclysmic events that have disrupted evolution and diminished global diversity over the past 600 million years....Drawing on a variety of examples such as the decline of bird populations in the United States, the extinction of many species of freshwater fish in Africa and Asia, and the rapid disappearance of flora and fauna as the rain forests are cut down, he poignantly describes the death throes of the living world’s diversity....Unparalleled in its range and depth, Wilson’s masterwork is essential reading for those who care about preserving the world biological variety and ensuring our planet’s health. LC 2011420458, ISBN 9780674212985 (c.), ISBN 9780674058170 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G 333.958 The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation 456 pp., 6 3/10” x 9”, 600 color plates, $45.00 cloth, CIP included November 2010 The University of Chicago Press The most authoritative account ever published of the threats these species face, The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation will be the definitive book on the subject. The Guide presents for the first time anywhere a classification system and threat analysis for bird habitats in the United States, the most thorough and scientifically credible assessment of threats to birds published to date, as well as a new list of birds of conservation concern. Filled with beautiful color illustrations and original range maps, the Guide is a timely, important, and inspiring reference for birders and anyone else interested in conserving North America’s avian fauna. LC 2010007646, ISBN 9780226647272 (c.) AASL: O/HS PLA: O 335.409 A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism 960 pp., 8” x 10”, $99.50 cloth, CIP included July 2010 Princeton University Press The first book of its kind to appear since the end of the Cold War, A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism provides encyclopedic coverage of communism and its impact throughout the world in the twentieth century. In more than 400 concise entries, this book explains what communism was, the forms it took, and the enormous role it played in world history from the Russian Revolution through the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. “Highly accessible....Each entry concludes a list of at least five further reading titles, offering researchers a springboard to subject-specific information.”—Library Journal LC 2009052374, ISBN 9780691135854 (c.) PLA: O 338.174 The Lumberman’s Frontier: Three Centuries of Land Use, Society, and Change in America’s Forests 560 pp., 6” x 9”, maps, b&w photographs, index, $35.00 paper, CIP included April 2010 Oregon State University Press The Lumberman’s Frontier: Three Centuries of Land Use, Society, and Change in America’s Forests is a groundbreaking history of forest frontiers. Thomas R. Cox draws on social and economic history as well historical data on forest industries and individuals, and he puts individual actors at center stage, allowing the points of view of the workers and lumberman to emerge. The book includes maps, black and white photographs, and an index. “...an excellent work of both social and economic history that should become the definitive source for the history of lumbering in the United States.”—The New England Quarterly LC 2009047314, ISBN 9780870715792 (p.) PLA: S, RG 338.766 Tree Top: Creating a Fruit Revolution 120 pp., 9” x 10 1/2”, photographs, notes, bibliography, index, $29.95 paper, CIP included June 2010 Washington State University Press In mid-1900s Washington, an era of sugary drinks, beverage salesman William Charbonneau started using leftover apple culls to create his own brand of 100% apple juice. In 1960, his company became a growers’ cooperative, and Tree Top Inc. was born. Over the next fifty years, the innovative organization continued to expand and revolutionize the industry. Today, Washington is the largest domestic apple producer, and the fruit is the state’s top-ranked agricultural commodity. Tree Top chronicles northwest apple history and the innovative grower cooperative’s contributions to the industry’s success. LC 2010014484, ISBN 9780874223064 (p.) AASL: RG, RS/HS PLA: S, RG
340.092 Counsel for the Situation: Shaping the Law to Realize America’s Promise 466 pp., 6” x 9”, b&w photos, bibliographical references, index, $34.95 cloth October 2010 Brookings Institution Press “Bill Coleman’s story is one that younger generations should mark and inwardly digest, lest they forget the pioneers who helped to make a better America possible. That story also shows us something important about the legal profession, helping us understand how in the mid-twentieth century an individual could become, at one and the same time, a great lawyer, a wise statesman, and a leader in the fight for equal rights.”—From the Foreword by Justice Stephen Breyer LC 2010033339, ISBN 9780815704881 (c.) AASL: S/HS/P PLA: O 341.584 Mobilizing the Will to Intervene: Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities 191 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, $75.00 cloth, $17.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 McGill-Queen’s University Press Despite the handwringing and promises of “never again,” the grim recurrences of genocide and crimes against humanity around the world have made it emphatically clear that the international community has been largely ineffective in stopping mass atrocity crimes. Drawing on candid interviews with eighty key figures involved in American and Canadian responses to the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and the Kosovo crisis of 1999, Mobilizing the Will to Intervene explains why and provides a roadmap for change. ISBN 9780773538030 (c.), ISBN 9780773538047 (p.) AASL: G/HS 341.690 Twilight of Impunity: The War Crimes Trial of Slobodan Milosevic 576 pp., 6” x 9”, 10 photographs, 5 maps, $39.95 cloth, CIP included July 2010 Duke University Press An eyewitness account of the first major international war-crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg trials, Twilight of Impunity is a gripping guide to the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. LC 2009051107, ISBN 9780822347460 (c.) PLA: G 342.730 From the Closet to the Courtroom: Five LGBT Rights Lawsuits That Have Changed Our Nation 296 pp., 6” x 9”, $27.95 cloth June 2010 Beacon Press The advancement of LGBT rights has occurred through struggles large and small—on the streets, around kitchen tables, and on the Web. Lawsuits have also played a vital role in propelling the movement forward, and behind every case is a human story....Carlos Ball...traces the parties from their communities to the courtroom, while deftly weaving in rich sociohistorical context and analyzing the lasting legal and political impact of each judicial outcome....In this richly layered and multifaceted account, Ball vividly documents how these judicial victories have significantly altered LGBT lives today in ways that were unimaginable only a generation ago. LC 2009027667, ISBN 9780807000786 (c.) AASL: G, S/HS/P PLA: G 342.730 BONG HiTS 4 JESUS: A Perfect Constitutional Storm in Alaska’s Capital 382 pp., 6” x 9”, one b&w illustration, index, $29.95 paper, CIP included October 2010 University of Alaska Press In January 2002, for the first time, the Olympic Torch Relay visited Alaska on its way to the Winter Games. When the relay runner and accompanying camera cars passed Juneau-Douglas High School, senior Joseph Frederick and several friends unfurled a fourteen-foot banner reading “BONG HiTS 4 JESUS.” An in-depth look at student rights within a public high school, this book chronicles the events that followed: Frederick’s suspension, the subsequent suit against the school district, and, ultimately, the escalation of a local conflict into a federal case. LC 2010006347, ISBN 9781602230897 (p.) AASL: O/HS PLA: RG, S 343.730 Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor after Guant<0x00E1>namo 160 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $22.95 cloth, CIP included December 2010 Brookings Institution Press Discusses the legal, political, and moral ramifications of the current U.S. approach to handling detention of terrorist suspects and reviews in particular the historical and current uses of preventive detention under American law in arguing for a formal, statutory system of rules to govern detention in the context of counterterrorism operations. LC 2010039948, ISBN 9780815704911 (c.) PLA: G 344.730 Reversing Field: Examining Commercialization, Labor, Gender, and Race in 21st Century Sports Law 536 pp., 7” x 10”, $44.95 cloth, CIP included December 2010 West Virginia University Press Reversing Field invites students, professionals, and enthusiasts of sport...to explore the legal issues and regulations surrounding collegiate and professional athletics in the United States. This theoretical and methodological interrogation of sports law openly addresses race, labor, gender, and the commercialization of sports, while offering solutions to the disruptions that threaten its very foundation during an era of increased media scrutiny and consumerism. In over thirty chapters, academics, practitioners, and critics vigorously confront and debate matters such as the Arms Race, gender bias, racism, the Rooney Rule, and steroid use, offering new thought and resolution to the vexing legal issues that confront sports in the 21st century. LC 2009043724, ISBN 9781933202556 (c.) AASL: S/HS PLA: G 344.764 Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice 378 pp., 6” x 9”, 22 b&w photos, index, $26.95 cloth, CIP included September 2010 University of Texas Press The inspiring story of the courageous Houston mailman whose struggle to attend the University of Texas School of Law provided the precedent for the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that ended segregation in public education. LC 2009049278, ISBN 9780292722002 (c.) PLA: G 345.675 Court of Remorse: Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 204 pp., 6” x 9”, 2 maps, index, $24.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 The University of Wisconsin Press When genocidal violence gripped Rwanda in 1994, the international community recoiled, hastily withdrawing its peacekeepers. Late that year, the United Nations Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to seek accountability for some of the worst atrocities since World War II. Journalist Thierry Cruvellier watched the proceedings and gained the confidence of the victims, defendants, lawyers, and judges. Drawing on interviews with these protagonists and his close observations of their interactions, Cruvellier takes readers inside the courtroom to witness the motivations, mechanisms, and manipulations of justice as it unfolded. “The most comprehensive analysis to date.”—Le Monde LC 2009046343, ISBN 9780299236748 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G 347.73 John Paul Stevens: An Independent Life 325 pp., 6” x 9”, 45 illustrations and photos, $26.95 cloth, CIP included May 2010 Northern Illinois University Press “Barnhart and Schlickman...have produced an intriguing look at a judge little known to the public but crucial to our constitutional structure.”—The New York Review of Books. In this impeccably researched book, journalist Bill Barnhart and retired lawyer and former legislator Gene Schlickman paint a detailed portrait of Justice John Paul Stevens’s remarkable life and tenure on the Supreme Court. LC 2009048462, ISBN 9780875804194 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA G 349.73 A Nation of Laws: America’s Imperfect Pursuit of Justice 214 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, $24.95 cloth, CIP included March 2010 University Press of Kansas A major voice in the field of legal history offers an introduction to and meditation on the key concepts, history, evolution, complexities, and importance of law in our nation’s 233-year existence. “Combining fine legal scholarship with colorful narratives and portraits taken from US history, Hoffer documents the development of law and legal institutions over a period of almost two and a half centuries....The book contains excellent footnotes, is extensively indexed, and is quite pleasurable to read. Recommended. All readership levels.”—Choice. “Hoffer examines such criminal trials as those against abolitionist John Brown, feminist Susan B. Anthony, and evolution teacher John Scopes.”—Steve Goddard’s History Wire LC 2009052159, ISBN 9780700617074 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G
350-359 Public Administration, Military Science
352.35 Toward a Culture of Consequences: Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services 272 pp., 6” x 9”, 1 b&w graph, $28.00 paper, CIP included August 2010 RAND Corporation Performance-based accountability systems (PBASs) link incentives to measured performance to improve services to the public. Research suggests that PBASs influence provider behaviors, but little is known about PBAS effectiveness at achieving performance goals. This study examines nine PBASs that are drawn from five sectors: child care, education, health care, public health emergency preparedness, and transportation. LC 2010027552, ISBN 9780833050151 (p.) PLA: S 355.008 Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND’s 1993 Study 444 pp., 7” x 10”, 40 color graphs, 5 b&w graphs, $28.50 paper November 2010 RAND Corporation This study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy, requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense in order to weigh repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, examines public and military opinion on allowing gay men and lesbians to serve without restriction; research on sexual orientation, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention; and experiences of domestic agencies and foreign militaries. LC 2010941362, ISBN 9780833051295 (p.) PLA: S 355.009 Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military Career of Charles Young 412 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, $19.95 paper, CIP included February 2010 University of Nebraska Press An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864-1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American national park superintendent, the first black U.S. military attach<0x00E9>, the first African American officer to command a Regular Army regiment, and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment tells the story of the man who—willingly or not—served as a standard-bearer for his race in the officer corps for nearly thirty years, and who, if not for racial prejudice, would have become the first African American general. LC 2009035368, ISBN 9780803213852 (p.) AASL: S/HS PLA: G 355.021 How Insurgencies End 268 pp., 6” x 9”, 52 color graphs, $41.00 paper April 2010 RAND Corporation RAND studied 89 modern insurgency cases to test conventional understanding about how insurgencies end. Findings relevant to policymakers and analysts include that modern insurgencies last about ten years; withdrawal of state support cripples insurgencies; civil defense forces are useful for both sides; pseudodemocracies fare poorly against insurgents; and governments win more often in the long run. LC 2010014522, ISBN 9780833049520 (p.) AASL: S/P PLA: G 355.021 Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency 188 pp., 6” x 9”, 2 color maps, 6 b&w graphs, $24.00 paper July 2010 RAND Corporation Insurgency is the most prevalent form of armed conflict and the subject of countless studies, yet the U.S. military has only recently begun to review doctrine and training in this area. An examination of approaches to counterinsurgency from 30 recent resolved campaigns reveals, for example, that good COIN practices tend to “run in packs” and that the balance of selected good and bad practices perfectly predicts the outcome of a conflict. LC 2010930813, ISBN 9780833049612 (p.) AASL: S/P PLA: G 355.031 The Perils of Proximity: China-Japan Security Relations 421 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $32.95 cloth, CIP included October 2010 Brookings Institution Press Explores the factors underlying the security dilemma confronting Japan and China despite their positive economic interaction, including China’s growing military capability, the Japan-U.S. security alliance, and issues such as Japan’s occupation of China in the mid-twentieth century and rights in the East China Sea. LC 2010029382, ISBN 9780815704744 (c.) PLA: S 355.031 NATO in Search of a Vision 288 pp., 6” x 9”, 6 tables, index, $29.95 paper, CIP included February 2010 Georgetown University Press This volume brings together scholars and policy experts from both sides of the Atlantic to examine the key issues that NATO must address in formulating a new strategic vision. With thoughtful and reasoned analysis, it offers both an assessment of NATO’s recent evolution and an analysis of where the Alliance must go if it is to remain relevant in the twenty-first century. LC 2009024822, ISBN 9781589016309 (p.) PLA: RS 355.031 Exporting Security: International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the U.S. Military 224 pp., 6” x 9”, 2 figures, 10 tables, index, $29.95 paper, CIP included July 2010 Georgetown University Press In Exporting Security, Derek Reveron provides a comprehensive analysis of the shift in U.S. foreign policy from coercive diplomacy to cooperative military engagement, examines how and why the U.S. military is an effective tool of foreign policy, and explores the methods used to reduce security deficits around the world. LC 2010003363, ISBN 9781589017085 (p.) PLA: S 355.129 America’s Captives: Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror 278 pp., 6” x 9”, 30 photographs, $34.95 cloth, CIP included March 2010 University Press of Kansas An in-depth look at American POW policy and practice from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Argues that U.S. treatment of prisoners has been improvised at best in almost every American conflict, due to a chronic failure to record and learn from practices in previous conflicts. “In his well-documented survey, Springer argues that America has improvised and haphazardly managed its treatment of prisoners of war (POWs), from the thousands of British prisoners exchanged on a rank-for-rank basis during the Revolution to the Guant<0x00E1>namo prisoners in legal limbo today....mandatory for all interested readers—students, scholars, and informed lay persons.”—Library Journal LC 2009044667, ISBN 9780700617173 (c.) AASL: S/HS PLA: G 355.370 Splendid Service: The Montana National Guard, 1867-2006 544 pp., 6” x 9”, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, $29.95 paper, CIP included October 2010 Washington State University Press Since its humble 1867 beginning, Montana National guardsmen have served honorably during natural disasters, the Spanish-American War, the Mexican border crises, labor disputes, both World Wars, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and more. This extensively researched volume recounts the organization’s history through descriptions of military life, important achievements, painful failures, and heart-breaking sacrifices. LC 2006001975, ISBN 9780874222869 (p.) AASL: RS/HS PLA: RS 355.809 Arming without Aiming: India’s Military Modernization 223 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $34.95 cloth, CIP included September 2010 Brookings Institution Press India, a leading importer of advance conventional weaponry, has not planned strategically for its military needs, although the haphazard approach, due to competing elements within the military and a restraint policy in place since the Nehru era, may be the right one in seeking accommodation with others in the region. LC 2010024055, ISBN 9780815704027 (c.) AASL: S/HS
360-369 Social Programs and Services, Criminology
361.301 Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition 300 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $18.95 paper, CIP included May 2010 Russell Sage Foundation First published in 1980, Street-Level Bureaucracy received critical acclaim for its insightful study of how public service workers, in effect, function as policy decision makers, as they wield their considerable discretion in the day-to-day implementation of public programs. In this thirtieth anniversary expanded edition, Michael Lipsky revisits the territory he mapped out in the first edition to reflect on significant policy developments over the last several decades. Despite the difficulties of managing these front-line workers, he shows how street-level bureaucracies can be and regularly are brought into line with public purposes. LC 2010003955, ISBN 9780871545442 (p.) PLA: S 362.196 The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America 122 pp., 6” x 9”, 2 b&w graphs, $24.00 paper, CIP included June 2010 RAND Corporation Describes the involvement of churches and other faith-based organizations (FBOs) in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. The authors describe the range of FBO activities and discuss the advantages and challenges to such involvement and possible ways that FBOs can enhance their efforts, both independently and in collaboration with other organizations, such as government ministries of health. LC 2010002174, ISBN 9780833049537 (p.) PLA: S 362.198 The Match: “Savior Siblings” and One Family’s Battle to Heal Their Daughter 272 pp., 6” x 9”, $24.95 cloth April 2010 Beacon Press In The Match, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Beth Whitehouse tells the Trebing family’s story, from the onset of Katie’s troubling health complications to the birth of her new brother and the culmination of her bone-marrow transplant. Whitehouse follows the Trebings each step of the way as they make the nail-biting decisions to create a genetically matched sibling and proceed with the risky transplant that could kill Katie rather than save her. With the family’s dramatic and emotional story as an entry point, Whitehouse delves head-on into the murky bioethics surrounding PGD. LC 2009035949, ISBN 9780807072868 (c.) AASL: O/HS 362.7 Britain’s War on Poverty 280 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $37.50 cloth, CIP included April 2010 Russell Sage Foundation In 1999, one in four British children lived in poverty—the third highest child poverty rate among industrialized countries. Five years later, the child poverty rate in Britain had fallen by more than half in absolute terms. How did the British government accomplish this and what can the United States learn from the British experience? Comparing Britain’s anti-poverty initiative to U.S. welfare reform, Jane Waldfogel shows how the policies of both countries have affected child poverty, living standards, and well-being in low income families and suggests next steps for future reforms. LC 2010003235, ISBN 9780871548979 (c.) PLA: S 362.7 Dance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond 320 pp., 6” x 9”, $18.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 University of Washington Press An unexpected detour can change the course of our lives forever, and, for white American anthropologist Margaret Willson, a stopover in Brazil led to immersion in a kaleidoscopic world of street urchins, capoeiristas, drug dealers, and teachers. She and African Brazilian activist Rita Conceicao joined forces to break the cycles of poverty around them by pledging local residents that they would create a top-quality educational program for girls. In a narrative brimming with honesty and grace, this story of a remarkable alliance, shows how friendship, when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams of a better world into reality. LC 2010021042, ISBN 9780295990583 (p.) PLA: S 363.209 Beat Cop to Top Cop: A Tale of Three Cities 352 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $24.95 cloth, CIP included May 2010 University of Pennsylvania Press Born in a rough-and-tumble neighborhood of Dublin, John F. Timoney moved to New York with his family in 1961. He entered the New York City Police Department, quickly rising through the ranks to become the youngest four-star chief in the history of that department. Timoney and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton implemented a number of radical strategies, protocols, and management systems, including CompStat, that led to historic declines in nearly every category of crime. In 1998, Mayor Ed Rendell of Philadelphia hired Timoney as police commissioner to tackle the city’s seemingly intractable violent crime rate. Crime declined in every major category, especially homicide. LC 2009046955, ISBN 9780812242461 (c.) PLA: RG 363.220 Police Recruitment and Retention for the New Millennium: The State of Knowledge 150 pp., 6” x 9”, 7 color graphs, $22.00 paper, CIP included October 2010 RAND Corporation Many police departments report difficulties in creating a workforce that represents community demographics, is committed to providing its employees the opportunity for long-term police careers, and effectively implements community policing. This book summarizes lessons on recruiting and retaining effective workforces. LC 2010027437, ISBN 9780833050175 (p.) AASL: S/HS/P PLA: S 363.25 Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species 256 pp., 6” x 9”, 24 b&w illustrations, notes, index, $25.00 cloth, $19.95 paper, CIP included November 2010 University Press of Florida “A fantastic, exciting and revealing read! Neme takes us deep into the dark world of wildlife exploitation with a thrill level and suspense rivaling any episode of CSI.”—Jeff Corwin, wildlife biologist, producer, and host. In this engaging book, accomplished environmental journalist Laurel Neme goes behind the scenes at the only wildlife forensics crime lab in the world to reveal how scientists and agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are working to investigate wildlife crimes, protect endangered species, and stem illegal wildlife trafficking. LC 2008056004, ISBN 9781416550563 (c.), ISBN 9780813035628 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G 363.28 Desert Duty: On the Line with the U.S. Border Patrol 252 pp., 6” x 9”, 26 b&w photos, 1 map, $60.00 cloth, $24.95 paper, CIP included October 2010 University of Texas Press Covering a fifty-year span of law enforcement, Desert Duty reveals the patriotic sense of duty and compassionate calling that motivates the men and women who guard the borders of the United States. LC 2010019948, ISBN 9780292722835 (c.), ISBN 9780292723207 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G 363.320 Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict 304 pp., 6” x 9”, 7 charts/graphs, 10 tables, $65.00 cloth, $24.95 paper, CIP included May 2010 Cornell University Press Big, attention-grabbing numbers are frequently used in policy debates and media reporting. Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill see only one problem: these numbers are probably false. Policymakers and the media naively or deliberately accept highly politicized and questionable statistical claims about activities that are extremely difficult to measure. In Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts, political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and policy analysts critically examine the murky origins of some of these statistics and trace their remarkable proliferation. They assess the standard metrics used to evaluate policy effectiveness in combating problems such as terrorist financing, sex trafficking, and the drug trade. LC 2009046277, ISBN 9780801448614 (c.), ISBN 9780801476181 (p.) PLA: G 363.325 The Consequences of Counterterrorism 432 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $49.95 cloth, CIP included February 2010 Russell Sage Foundation The 9/11 terrorist attacks opened America’s eyes to a frightening world of enemies surrounding us. But have our eyes opened wide enough to see how our experiences compare with other nations’ efforts to confront and prevent terrorism? Other democracies have long histories of confronting both international and domestic terrorism. Some have undertaken progressively more stringent counterterrorist measures in the name of national security and the safety of citizens. The Consequences of Counterterrorism examines the political costs and challenges democratic governments face in confronting terrorism. LC 2009035321, ISBN 9780871540737 (c.) PLA: S 363.325 Middle Eastern Terrorism: From Black September to September 11 328 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $49.95 cloth, $24.95 paper, CIP included August 2010 University of Pennsylvania Press Middle Eastern Terrorism is a thoroughly researched account of the genesis and evolution of Middle Eastern terrorism, addressing when and why terrorists started targeting Americans and American interests and what led to the September 11 attacks. Ensalaco reveals the changing of motivations from secular Palestinian nationalism to militant Islam and demonstrates how competition among terrorists for resources and notoriety has driven them to increasingly extreme tactics. As he argues, terrorist attacks grew from spectacle to atrocity. Middle Eastern Terrorism was selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title. LC 2008271382, ISBN 9780812240467 (c.), ISBN 9780812221350 (p.) PLA: G 363.325 A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb 232 pp., 6” x 9”, 13 illustrations, $74.95 cloth, $21.95 paper, CIP included May 2010 Duke University Press Part reportage and part protest, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb is an inquiry into the cultural logic and global repercussions of the war on terror. At its center are two men convicted in U.S. courts on terrorism-related charges: Hemant Lakhani, a seventy-year-old tried for attempting to sell a fake missile to an FBI informant, and Shahawar Matin Siraj, baited by the New York Police Department into a conspiracy to bomb a subway. LC 2009049958, ISBN 9780822345626 (c.), ISBN 9780822345787 (p.) PLA: S 363.325 Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists 242 pp., 6” x 9”, 1 b&w graph, 4 color graphs, $26.00 paper, CIP included November 2010 RAND Corporation Measures to prevent vulnerable individuals from radicalizing and to rehabilitate those who have already embraced Islamist extremism have been implemented in several Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian, and European countries. This monograph describes and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of these programs and proposes steps that can be taken to promote and accelerate deradicalization processes. LC 2010039094, ISBN 9780833050908 (p.) PLA: S 363.348 Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response Systems for Large-Scale Incident Operations 224 pp., 7” x 10”, 4 b&w graphs, 54 color graphs, 1 color folded flow chart, $53.00 paper, CIP included June 2010 RAND Corporation The ability to measure emergency preparedness is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This volume describes a method, based on the concept of system reliability, for evaluating the preparedness of emergency response systems. LC 2010024680, ISBN 9780833050052 (p.) PLA: S 363.450 Dreamland: The Way Out of Ju<0x00E1>rez 174 pp., 7” x 10”, 152 drawings, $40.00 cloth, $19.95 paper, CIP included April 2010 University of Texas Press This striking work of graphic journalism pairs previously unpublished creative nonfiction by Charles Bowden with provocative scratchboard drawings by Alice Leora Briggs to create a vignette of daily life in Ju<0x00E1>rez, Mexico, in all its surreal brutality and beauty. LC 2009046117, ISBN 9780292721234 (c.), ISBN 9780292722071 (p.) PLA: S 363.580 How to House the Homeless 184 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $37.50 cloth, CIP included June 2010 Russell Sage Foundation Is homelessness the result of individual life conditions, such as poverty, addiction, or mental illness, or is there simply not enough affordable housing? And which services are most successful? In How to House the Homeless, editors Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brendan O’Flaherty propose that the answers entail rethinking how housing markets operate and developing more efficient interventions in existing service programs. The book critically reassesses where we are now, analyzes the most promising policies and programs going forward, and offers a new agenda for future research. LC 2010005912, ISBN 9780871544544 (c.) PLA: G 363.7 Biocidal: Confronting the Poisonous Legacy of PCBs 288 pp., 6” x 9”, $34.95 cloth November 2010 Beacon Press In Biocidal, investigative journalist Ted Dracos tells the full story of PCBs for the first time, starting with the chilling chronicle of how the chemical industry manipulated regulatory agencies and scientific findings for decades to continue to reap huge profits, despite their knowledge of the threats posed by their “magic fluid.” Dracos draws on extensive research to document the connection between PCBs and catastrophic human illness, presenting the latest science as studies draws ever more disturbing links between PCBs and continued health impacts ranging from cancer and autism to immunosuppression and reproductive abnormalities. LC 2010013432, ISBN 9780807006122 (c.) AASL: O/HS PLA: G 363.7 Unearthed: The Economic Roots of our Environmental Crisis 448 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $40.00 paper, CIP included October 2010 University of Notre Dame Press “With unerring logic and science, Kenneth Sayre dissects the origins of the ecological crisis and points to the necessary recalibration of industrial societies with the laws of thermodynamics and ecology. It is a radical book in that he gets to the heart of what ails us, and it charts a course toward a future grounded in authentic hope.”—David W. Orr, Oberlin College. “Sayre’s assessment forces all seeking a sustainable future to reexamine the preeminence accorded to clean energy. Unearthed uniquely combines thermodynamics and ethics to challenge and broaden readers’ understandings of the systemic issues we face.”—Felipe Witchger, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates LC 2010024338, ISBN 9780268041366 (p.) PLA: S 363.738 Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming 144 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $22.95 cloth, CIP included May 2010 Brookings Institution Press Establishes why global warming is a major threat and why urgent action is needed, including the history of domestic and global negotiations on global warming and the players who must be involved in finding a solution to climate change to protect future generations. “Those of us alive today are the first generation to know that we live in the ‘Age of Global Warming’. We may also be the last generation to have any chance of doing something about it. Our forebears had the excuse of ignorance. Our descendants will have the excuse of helplessness. We have no excuse.”—From the first page of Fast Forward. LC 2010015429, ISBN 9780815704690 (c.) AASL: O/HS PLA: S 363.8 Food Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture 208 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, bibliographical references, $24.95 cloth, CIP included October 2010 Beacon Press In an age of uncertainty about how climate change may affect the global food supply, industrial agribusiness promises to keep the world fed. Through the use of factory “farms,” genetic engineering, and the widespread application of chemicals, they put their trust in technology and ask consumers to put our trust in them. However, a look behind the curtain reveals practices that put our soil, water, and health at risk. What are the alternatives? And can they too feed the world? Mark Winne introduces us to innovative “local doers” leading the charge to bring nutritious, sustainable, and affordable food to all. LC 2010013436, ISBN 9780807047330 (c.) PLA: G 363.802 The Atlas of World Hunger 216 pp., 8 1/2” x 11”, 47 halftones, 3 line drawings, 103 color plates, 35 tables, $45.00 cloth, CIP included May 2010 The University of Chicago Press The Atlas of World Hunger uses a conceptual framework informed by geography and agricultural economics to present a hunger index that combines food availability, household access, and nutritional outcomes into a single tool—one that delivers a fuller understanding of the scope of global hunger, its underlying mechanisms, and the ways in which the goals for ending hunger can be achieved. The first depiction of the geography of hunger worldwide, the Atlas will be an important resource for teachers, students, and anyone else interested in understanding the geography and causes of hunger. LC 2009022152, ISBN 9780226039077 (c.) AASL: O/HS PLA: S 364.1 White Man’s Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909 302 pp., 6” x 9”, 32 photographs, index, $34.95 cloth, CIP included October 2010 The University of Arkansas Press Drawing on court records, newspaper accounts, penitentiary records, letters, and diaries, White Man’s Heaven is a thorough investigation into the lynching and expulsion of African Americans in the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. LC 2010022355, ISBN 9781557289414 (c.) PLA: RS 364.109 Wanted Women: An American Obsession in the Reign of J. Edgar Hoover 258 pp., 6 1/8” x 9 1/4”, 27 illustrations, $29.95 cloth, CIP included September 2010 University Press of Kansas An entertaining and revealing look at the lives...of ten of the most notorious female outlaws in America during the...tenure of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Examines real-life events and fictional portrayals to reveal what our obsession with these women says about shifting gender roles, evolving law enforcement practices, and American cultural attitudes in general. “Strunk brings together the stories of ten outlaw women from two separate eras....Strunk skillfully tells the story of these women...and describes how their popular representations emerged. This original contribution to gender studies, cinema studies, and law enforcement history is recommended for college libraries and readers interested in historical representations of women in crime.”—Library Journal LC 2010009290, ISBN 9780700617449 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 364.152 On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper: Fear and the Media 264 pp., 6” x 9”, 8 b&w illustrations, 1 map, $29.95 cloth, CIP included March 2010 The University of Virginia Press For a month in the fall of 2002 a series of sniper attacks dominated the headlines in the nation’s capital. Beginning in the Washington suburbs, these crimes eventually stretched over one hundred miles along I-95 to Richmond. More than a thousand law officers—an enormous number for one case—would pursue the perpetrators. The number of reporters covering the story, however, was even greater. On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper uses the remarkable events of that October to explore the shifting character of journalism as it entered the twenty-first century, and to question how this change in the way news is gathered and reported impacted the events it covered. LC 2009035833, ISBN 9780813928944 (c.) AASL: RS/HS PLA: RS 364.152 Innocent Until Interrogated: The True Story of the Buddhist Temple Massacre and the Tucson Four 330 pp., 6” x 9”, 19 b&w photos, index, $29.95 cloth, CIP included September 2010 The University of Arizona Press This riveting book revisits one of the most horrific crimes in modern Arizona’s history: the mass murder of nine residents of a Buddhist temple near Phoenix in 1991. Like In Cold Blood and other true-life crime books, it is a page-turner. But it also raises troubling questions about modern police procedures. “Gary L. Stuart’s exhaustive investigative efforts and keen legal mind underscore the tenuous role the truth sometimes plays in American criminal prosecutions. A finely detailed and ultimately heartbreaking indictment of justice in the land of the free.”—Mike Sager, writer at large, Esquire and author of Wounded Warriors. LC 2010006814, ISBN 9780816529247 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 364.25 Divergent Social Worlds: Neighborhood Crime and the Racial-Spatial Divide 184 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $37.50 cloth, CIP included July 2010 Russell Sage Foundation This book broadens the scope of single-city, black/white studies by using national data to compare local crime patterns in five racially distinct types of neighborhoods. Peterson and Krivo meticulously demonstrate how residential segregation creates and maintains inequality in neighborhood crime rates. “Divergent Social Worlds should help set the agenda for law enforcement and related social policy as well as criminal justice research for years to come.”—Gregory D. Squires, George Washington University LC 2010005914, ISBN 9780871546937 (c.) PLA: S 364.609 Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform: Learning from Failure 143 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $26.50 paper, CIP included May 2010 The Urban Institute Press Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform argues that public policies cannot be neatly divided into successes and failures. The book examines well-intended programs that for one reason or another fell short of their objectives (D.A.R.E. and Operation Ceasefire being prime examples) yet also had positive effects. Berman and Fox tell the stories of committed reformers—judges, cops, attorneys, parole officers, researchers, educators, and politicians—who, despite their knowledge and ambition, did not quite achieve their goals. They introduce readers to a parole officer who has to make a tough judgment call, a legislator who endures political pressure to rewrite sentencing laws...and many others. LC 2010017522, ISBN 9780877667674 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: S 364.660 America’s Death Penalty: Between Past and Present 232 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $70.00 cloth, $22.00 paper, CIP included December 2010 New York University Press Over the last three decades, the United States has embraced the death penalty with tenacious enthusiasm. America’s Death Penalty examines the historical and theoretical assumptions that have formed the basis for the discussion of capital punishment in the United States today. These original essays pursue different strategies for unsettling the usual terms of the debate. In particular, the authors use comparative and historical investigations of both Europe and America in order to cast fresh light on familiar questions about the meaning of capital punishment. LC 2010033742, ISBN 9780814732663 (c.), ISBN 9780814732670 (p.) AASL: S/P 364.670 The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse 342 pp., 6” x 9”, index, $39.00 cloth, CIP included December 2010 New York University Press Waterboarding, sleep deprivation, sensory manipulation, stress positions. These and other methods of torture have become garden variety words for practically anyone who reads about current events. What we lack, however, is a larger lens through which to view America’s policy of torture. How did America come to embrace this practice so fully, and how was it justified from a moral, legal, and psychological perspective? This gripping work details the complicity of the United States government in the cruel treatment of prisoners at home and abroad and discusses what can be done to hold those who set the torture policy accountable. LC 2010027843, ISBN 9780814717325 (c.) AASL: G/P 365.450 Memoir of a Gulag Actress 495 pp., 6” x 9”, 29 photos, $35.00 cloth, CIP included October 2010 Northern Illinois University Press In an abridged translation that retains the grace and passion of the original, Klots and Ufberg present the stunning memoir of a young woman who became an actress in the Gulag and a professional actress in her own right years after her release. More than a firsthand record of atrocities committed in Stalinist Russia, this memoir is an invaluable source of information on the daily life and culture of the Soviet Union at the time. LC 2010014125, ISBN 9780875804286 (c.) PLA: G 365.450 A Mother’s Cry: A Memoir of Politics, Prison, and Torture under the Brazilian Military Dictatorship 208 pp., 6” x 9”, $74.95 cloth, $21.95 paper, CIP included May 2010 Duke University Press During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Brazil’s dictatorship arrested, tortured, and interrogated many people it suspected of subversion; hundreds of those arrested were killed in prison. In May 1970, Marcos P. S. Arruda, a young political activist, was seized in S<0x00E3>o Paulo, imprisoned, and tortured. A Mother’s Cry is the harrowing story of Marcos’s incarceration and his family’s efforts to locate him and obtain his release. LC 2009049956, ISBN 9780822347187 (c.), ISBN 9780822347361 (p.) PLA: RS
371.100 Conversations with Great Teachers 304 pp., 6” x 9”, $24.95 cloth, CIP included May 2010 Indiana University Press In the spirit of Studs Terkel’s Working, Bill Smoot interviews master teachers in fields ranging from K-12 and higher education to the arts, trades and professions, sports, and politics. The result suggests a dinner party where the most fascinating teachers in America discuss their various styles as well as what makes their work meaningful to them. What is it that passes between the best teachers and their students to make learning happen? What are the keys to teaching the joys of literature, shooting a basketball, alligator wrestling, or how to survive one’s first year in the U.S. Congress? Smoot’s insightful questions elicit thought-provoking reflections about teaching as a calling and its aims, frustrations, and satisfactions. LC 2009054108, ISBN 9780253354914 (c.) AASL: G/HS/P PLA: O 371.102 To Teach: The Journey, in Comics 144 pp., 6” x 9”, illustrations, $15.95 paper, CIP included May 2010 Teachers College Press This is a vivid, honest portrayal of the everyday magic of teaching, and what it means to be a “good” teacher—debunking myths perpetuated on film and other starry-eyed hero/teacher fictions. Illuminated by the evocative and wry drawings of Ryan Alexander-Tanner, this graphic version of To Teach will engage while it instructs. It is a much-needed reminder of how curiosity, a sense of adventure, and a healthy dose of reflection can guide us all to learn the most from this world as we educate the next generation. Along with the traditional text, it offers a unique teaching and learning experience. LC 2009075351, ISBN 9780807750629 (p.) AASL: G/HS/P PLA: G 371.206 Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go? 128 pp., 6” x 9”, 20 illustrations, index, $26.50 paper, CIP included April 2010 The Urban Institute Press Imagine if a school were to spend more per pupil on ceramics electives than core science classes. What if a district were to push more funding to wealthy neighborhoods than to impoverished ones? Such policies would provoke outrage. Yet these schools and districts are real. Today’s taxpayers spend almost $9,000 per pupil, roughly double what they spent 30 years ago, and educational achievement doesn’t seem to be improving....Educational Economics examines education finance from the school’s vantage point, explaining how the varied funding streams can prevent schools from delivering academic services that mesh with their stated priorities. As government budgets shrink....Educational Economics offers concrete prescriptions for reform. LC 2009053280, ISBN 9780877667643 (p.) AASL: G/HS/P PLA: G, S 371.8 Hours of Opportunity, Volume 1: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer School, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs 102 pp., 6” x 9”, $20.00 paper, CIP included October 2010 RAND Corporation The first in this three-volume series describes the early work of cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation to increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and sustainability in their out-of-school-time systems. LC 2010031804, ISBN 9780833050489 (p.) AASL: S/P PLA: G 371.826 The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools 328 pp., 6 1/8” x 9 1/4”, $60.00 cloth, $19.95 paper October 2010 University of Minnesota Press The Right to Be Out begins with a cogent history and analysis of the dramatic legal developments concerning the rights of LGBT persons since 1968. Stuart Biegel then turns to what K-12 schools should do to implement right-to-be-out policies. He examines recent legal and public policy changes that affect LGBT students and educators in the K-12 public school system. This book is a valuable resource for K-12 school administrators, parents, teacher organizations, mental health professionals and school counselors, LGBT advocacy groups, and the legal community. LC 2010022445, ISBN 9780816674572 (c.), ISBN 9780816674589 (p.) PLA: G 371.93 I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup 240 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, $24.95 cloth March 2010 Beacon Press Since the early 1990s, thanks to inflamed rhetoric in the media about “superpredators” and a wave of get-tough-on-crime laws, the number of juveniles in prison has risen by 35 percent....David Chura taught high school in a New York county penitentiary for ten years and saw these young people—and the effects of our laws on them—up close....In language that carries both the grit of the street and the expansiveness of poetry, Chura breaks down the divisions we so easily erect between us and them, the keepers and the kept—and shows how, ultimately, we as individuals and as a society have failed these young people. LC 2009027664, ISBN 9780807000649 (c.) AASL: G/HS/P PLA: O 372.677 Life Lessons through Storytelling: Children’s Exploration of Ethics 168 pp., 6” x 9”, bibliographical references and index, $19.95 paper, CIP included November 2010 Indiana University Press Using Aesop’s fables and Kenyan and Navajo storytelling traditions as models for classroom use, Eder demonstrates the value of a cross-cultural approach to teaching through storytelling, while providing deep insights into the social psychology of learning. LC 2010008462, ISBN 9780253222442 (p.) AASL: S/P PLA: O 378.012 Why Choose the Liberal Arts? 208 pp., 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, works cited, $20.00 paper, CIP included August 2010 University of Notre Dame Press “A wise and inspiring meditation on the value of an education in the liberal arts, one that is informed by long experience, enriched by mature reflection, and not neglectful of commonsense practicalities. It beckons as a kindly light amid the encircling gloom of so much contemporary commentary on American higher education.”—Francis Oakley, President Emeritus, Williams College LC 2010028741, ISBN 9780268040321 (p.) AASL: G/HS/P PLA: G 379.260 The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future 408 pp., 6 1/8” x 9”, index, $54.00 cloth, $21.95 paper, CIP included January 2010 Teachers College Press In this eagerly anticipated new book, Linda Darling-Hammond—renowned researcher, policy advisor, and educational leader—contends that improving America’s performance in the global economy is closely tied to closing the minority-majority achievement gap at home. LC 2009043075, ISBN 9780807749630 (c.), ISBN 9780807749623 (p.) AASL: G/P PLA: O
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384.540 Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty: The CIA Years and Beyond 270 pp., 6” x 9”, $55.00 cloth, CIP included December 2010 The Woodrow Wilson Center Press Examines the first twenty years of the organization, policies, and impact of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, arguably one of the most important and successful policy instruments of the United States during the Cold War....Based on extensive archival research both in the U.S. and in Germany, Poland, and Hungary, as well as on interviews and the author’s own experiences. It uses CIA materials, in part declassified at the request of the author, extensively.... “This is the first book to base the RFE/RL story on the most complete source material which will surely be considered by interested scholars an important contribution in the field.”—Dr. Csaba Bekes, Cold War History Research Center, Budapest LC 2010031873, ISBN 9780804773560 (c.) PLA: S 385.097 A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862 326 pp., 6” x 9”, 20 illustrations, $34.95 cloth, CIP included October 2010 University Press of Kansas Informed especially by rich research in the nation’s newspaper archives, Miner now traces the growth of railroads from their origins in the 1820s to the onset of the Civil War. “Combing a vast treasure trove of antebellum newspapers, Miner conveys the full drama of this prolonged encounter between a people and a machine. His lively account offers unprecedented insight into the exhilaration and the anxiety that accompanied this transforming innovation.”—Steven W. Usselman, author of Regulating Railroad Innovation. “An imaginatively researched, delightfully written, and sensibly argued study that offers comprehensive insights into the Railway Age’s formative years.”—H. Roger Grant, author of The Railroads: The Life Story of a Technology LC 2010026138, ISBN 9780700617555 (c.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G 388.347 One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility 344 pp., 6” x 9”, $69.50 cloth, $24.95 paper, CIP included April 2010 Temple University Press One Less Car uses the bicycle to map out the cultural and political trajectories between mobility, technology, urban space and everyday life. It is an interdisciplinary text that focuses primarily on the way activists and bike enthusiasts have built a grassroots movement/subculture around the bicycle and simultaneously politicized bicycling as a response to modern car culture. The book articulates a highly readable narrative that connects bicycling to radical politics, public demonstrations, alternative media production, and the development of community programs throughout the world. LC 2009048506, ISBN 9781592136124 (c.), ISBN 9781592136131 (p.) PLA: S
393.22 After We Die: The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver 224 pp., 6” x 9”, 2 figures, 10 tables, index, $29.95 cloth, CIP included October 2010 Georgetown University Press What will become of our earthly remains? What happens to our bodies during and after the various forms of cadaver disposal available? Who controls the fate of human remains? What legal and moral constraints apply? Legal scholar Norman Cantor provides a graphic, informative, and entertaining exploration of these questions. After We Die chronicles not only a corpse’s physical state but also its legal and moral status, including what rights, if any, the corpse possesses. LC 2010012452, ISBN 9781589016958 (c.) AASL: S/P PLA: S 394.1 Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens 304 pp., 6” x 9”, 33 b&w photos, $24.95 cloth, CIP included June 2010 University of California Press “What’s so lovely to me about this book is hearing the actual voices of the people and the unpredictable way their conversations about food capture life issues and truths that extend far beyond the kitchen. More than ever it seems critical to be finding and celebrating what we have in common.”—Nikki Silva, co-author of Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes, and More from NPR’s The Kitchen Sisters. “A delightful window on the immigrant kitchen capturing the voices, traditions and—yes!—recipes of a couple dozen different food cultures.”—Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. “(Immigrants) voices come alive, allowing them to share their heritage.”—Boston Globe LC 2009043911, ISBN 9780520262577 (c.) AASL: G, S/HS/P PLA: O 394.120 Culinary Ephemera: An Illustrated History 320 pp., 8” x 8”, 354 color illustrations, $39.95 cloth, CIP included October 2010 University of California Press “An unsurpassed chronicle of a portion of American culinary history....What makes this book special is Weaver’s careful, engaging contextualization of each piece, giving the reader a comprehensive understanding of how the ephemera fit into everyday life....Highly recommended. This book has extremely broad appeal.”—Library Journal. “The 352 color plates, accompanied by informed, diverting text [tell] us much about who we’ve been as well as what we’ve eaten.”—Wall Street Journal. “It’s impossible to stop turning the pages of this dazzling book. Few works in any genre have captured so precisely and memorably the interplay of food, design, technology, business and popular culture.”—Laura Shapiro, author of Perfection Salad LC 2010009707, ISBN 9780520259775 (c.) AASL: S/P PLA: O |