June 23, 2020

New Book Tuesday! The Fury Archives, Critique and Praxis, Other Moons and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! New from the Modernist Latitudes series. The Fury Archives Female Citizenship, Human Rights, and the International Avant-Gardes Jill Richards In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, radical women’s movements and...

June 22, 2020

Recommended Reading: UC Press Books on Black Lives, Race, and Police Reform in the U.S.A.

A University of California Press Takeover

In the wake of current events, we encourage our community to read beyond the important scholarship we publish and consider the urgent and timely books published by our friends and colleagues. Today’s spotlight is on the University of California Press, who...

June 21, 2020

Q&A: Thomas Borstelmann on the American Struggle to Understanding Foreigners

“This is one of those books that sticks with you. Borstelmann asks a big question—about U.S. attitudes toward foreigners—and has an important argument to make. What is more, Just Like Us sparkles with telling details and unexpected connections. It is, plainly put,...

June 21, 2020

Our Parents’ Things—A Father’s Day Reflection

By David Ekerdt

“Downsizing is a must-read; chock-full of wisdom gleaned from interviews with hundreds of older adults who have gifted, donated, or sold their “stuff” before relocating to a smaller home. Ekerdt’s masterful writing poignantly reveals why parting with cherished possessions is...

June 20, 2020

Q&A: Victor McFarland on the History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance

“The extraordinary relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has influenced both countries, often for the worse. There is no better guide to the origins of this complex alliance than Victor McFarland’s new book. Anyone with an interest in...

June 20, 2020

Join Stephen Wesley on a Tour of Our SHAFR 2020 Virtual Booth

Hello there, I’m Stephen Wesley, the American history editor at Columbia University Press. Since the coronavirus pandemic has canceled most of the spring conferences—the Society for the History for American Foreign Relations annual program included—we are mounting virtual book exhibits...

June 19, 2020

Celebrate the Contributions of Black Americans to History and Culture

The New Press Takeover

Today, on Juneteenth, our friends at Columbia University Press have graciously shared their platforms to highlight books published by The New Press that speak to our present moment. Juneteenth is of course the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end...

June 19, 2020

A Juneteenth Reading List to Honor the Continued Struggle for Black Liberation

The New Press Takeover

In the wake of current events, we encourage our community to read beyond the important scholarship we publish and consider the urgent and timely books published by our friends and colleagues. Today’s spotlight is on The New Press, who are...

June 18, 2020

What is Race-Based Traumatic Stress Injury? In a Time of Racial Unrest

By Robert T. Carter and Alex L. Pieterse

A large body of research has established a causal relationship between experiences of racial discrimination and adverse effects on mental and physical health. In today’s guest post, authors Robert T. Carter and Alex L. Pieterse discuss racial trauma and their...

June 17, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses! Angrynomics, Creative Resistance, The Power of Place in Play, and more!

Our weekly list of new books by our distributed presses is now available! Agenda Publishing Angrynomics Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth In Angrynomics, Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan explore the rising tide of anger, sometimes righteous and useful, sometimes destructive and...