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This year’s Latin American Studies Association Congress was held in Vancouver, Canada from May 24 to 27. Our virtual booth is open through June 30, 2023 and offers great deals on our Latin American and Caribbean studies books. Use code LASA23 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. on orders over $75. Click Here to View all Titles … Continue reading Our 2023 LASA Virtual Booth and Book Sale
“A series of dynamic essays that investigate and problematise the impact of technology and digital culture on Latinx America. . . . While ambitious in scope, the volume offers a diversity of perspectives and case studies that highlight the unique affordances and consequences of the digital divide throughout parts of the United States and Latin … Continue reading Digital Humanities in Latin America
“A robust, compelling engagement with ideas about and the existence of Blackness in modern Mexico and its vexed relationship to contemporary Mexican citizenship.”—Herman L. Bennett, author of Colonial Blackness: A History of Afro-Mexico Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delves into the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural group within a nation that … Continue reading Blackness in Mexico
“In this volume, particularly in the discussion of foodways, the archaeology is clearly visible, and the unique contributions that archaeology makes come to the fore. I would recommend this study to anyone seeking to understand what long-term, synthetic archaeology can do, and how to write about it.”—Martha A. Zierden, coauthor of Charleston: An Archaeology of … Continue reading Below Baltimore
“With a series of well-researched and rich ethnographic case studies, this volume offers a wholesale reappraisal of how scholars might view heritage and democracy. It suggests how cultural heritage might be seen as more than an ‘authorizing’ or ‘valorizing’ discourse and instead as a form of praxis intimately linked to democratic theory.”—Brian I. Daniels, director … Continue reading Heritage and Democracy: Crisis, Critique, and Collaboration
This year’s Florida Historical Society Public History Forum was held in Lakeland from May 18 to 20. Our virtual booth is open through June 30, 2023 and offers great deals on our Florida history titles. Use code FHS23 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. on orders over $75. Click Here to View all Titles in Our Virtual … Continue reading Our 2023 FHS Virtual Booth and Book Sale
“This first comprehensive scholarly history of Spanish-language television reimagines the birth of US television as not solely English speaking, geographically centered in New York, nor dominated by the big three English-language networks. . . . A good resource for scholars working in media studies, communication, marketing, and popular culture.”—Hispania “A comprehensive, detailed, and well-written history of … Continue reading New Paperback Release: Univision, Telemundo, and the Rise of Spanish-Language Television in the United States
Instructors: Request an exam copy here. “The perfect companion for undergraduate students taking a forensic anthropology class, providing engaging, hands-on exercises that walk students through sophisticated topics and methods. This manual also provides something that others do not: a user-friendly way to understand what constitutes data and how data is analyzed using statistics.”—Debra L. Martin, … Continue reading Forensic Anthropology: An Introductory Lab Manual
The University Press of Florida (UPF) has unveiled a new Little Free Library, installed this week at the Repurpose Project in Gainesville. The Little Free Library organization, celebrating Little Free Library Week May 14‒20, was founded to help build community, inspire readers, and expand book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led book-exchange … Continue reading University Press of Florida Unveils Little Free Library at the Repurpose Project
This year’s International Congress on Medieval Studies was held in Kalamazoo, MI from May 11 to 13. Our virtual booth is open through June 30, 2023 and offers great deals on our medieval studies titles. Use code ICMS23 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. on orders over $75. Click Here to View all Titles in Our Virtual … Continue reading Our 2023 ICMS Virtual Booth and Book Sale
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