“An absorbing and innovative work. All the essays are of the highest quality, with a strong historical grounding and an imaginative and often surprising ability to make unexpected connections between disciplines, as well as between the nineteenth century and our own time.”—Cara Gargano, Long Island University Bringing together dance and science, two paradigms that explore … Continue reading Dance and Science in the Long Nineteenth Century
Futures of Black Power
“Showcases cutting-edge scholarship on Black Power and archives that will be critical as the historiography of Black Power only expands in the years to come.”—Robert Greene II, coeditor of Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina “A provocative, futuristic view of the study of Black Power and its key … Continue reading Futures of Black Power
Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
“This massive undertaking makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the fraternity and the kind of history-making, pathbreaking, and trailblazing figures it has both attracted and produced since its founding. These two volumes will be hailed as classics and are a must-read for anyone interested in African-American history generally and the Omega Psi Phi … Continue reading Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Black Freedom and Education in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
“Otheguy’s insightful analysis is engaging and persuasive; it represents an original and significant contribution to the scholarship on the history of education. This book offers important context for understanding how pivotal moments in education shaped Cuban history, especially amid the transition from slavery to freedom.”—Kabria Baumgartner, author of In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and … Continue reading Black Freedom and Education in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
Black Prison Intellectuals
“Stone transforms our understanding of the prisoner as intellectuals and thought leaders.”—Jodi Schorb, author of Reading Prisoners: Literature, Literacy, and the Transformation of American Punishment, 1700–1845 “Provides a bracing history of the criminalization of Black people while underscoring the strong connections between Black incarceration and the development of Black thought and knowledge.”—Robert S. Levine, author … Continue reading Black Prison Intellectuals
More Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers
“An inspiring book that brings to life a part of our national history and does so through voices everyone can relate to. The authors of these essays are ordinary people who have seized an opportunity to do extraordinary things.”—Armand Derfner, civil rights litigator “This book helps us ask what we should do now that will … Continue reading More Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers
Bound Labor in the Turpentine Belt
“Aiello’s microhistory of peonage and convict labor in south Georgia shows how integral bound Black labor was to white supremacy in this corner of the postbellum South. No one else has shown how deeply entangled the illegal system of peonage was with a state-sanctioned carceral regime of forced labor.”—Alex Lichtenstein, coauthor of Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: … Continue reading Bound Labor in the Turpentine Belt
The Wild East, Revised Edition
“Debunks the cherished myth of the Smokies as a pristine wilderness snatched from the brink of destruction to preserve the heritage of the Wild East. Instead, Brown details how the various, often contradictory approaches to managing the park since the 1930s reflect competing notions of how Americans ought to relate to nature.”—Blue Ridge Outdoors “Brown … Continue reading The Wild East, Revised Edition
Motion Picture Paradise
“Tells the unique and remarkable story of the film industry in Florida—a long saga involving pioneering filmmakers, short-sighted politicians, and con men looking to cash in.”—Susan Doll, coauthor of Florida on Film: The Essential Guide to Sunshine State Cinema and Locations “Updating our understanding of the film industry in Florida and the films it made, Morton … Continue reading Motion Picture Paradise
An Introduction to Jean Bodel
“The medieval master of genre, twelfth-century poet Jean Bodel, finally gets the attention he deserves in this essential study. Ramey’s lucid discussion of the wide range of genres Bodel defined—from chanson de geste to miracle play, pastourelle to fabliaux—is complemented by cleverly wrought translations of his multivalent work into English.”—Joan E. McRae, author of An Introduction … Continue reading An Introduction to Jean Bodel
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