Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves

“An exemplary transnational history distinguished by its simultaneous treatment of multiple and diverse sociological actors in their complex sociopolitical engagements, working-class alliances, and pan-African solidarities. Combining a variety of archival and bibliographic sources, Sullivan skillfully uses an agro-industrial epicenter in northeastern Cuba as the springboard for important regional, hemispheric, and Atlantic connections.”—Jorge L. Giovannetti-Torres, author … Continue reading Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves

The Environment in Brazilian Culture

“A timely contribution to the environmental humanities field as well as a wonderful overview of Brazilian cultural production.”—Carolina Sá Carvalho, author of Traces of the Unseen: Photography, Violence, and Modernization in Early Twentieth-Century Latin America “Makes an important contribution to our understanding of how the environment and environmental crises are represented in Brazilian culture. The book’s breadth … Continue reading The Environment in Brazilian Culture

Chambers v. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution

“A solid addition to the historical literature on twentieth century criminal jurisprudence, and, just as significantly, an engaging and accessible read. Brust privileges the story, lets his research speak for itself, and brings renewed and deserved attention to this landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision.”—Rob Riser, author of Defying Disfranchisement: Black Voting Rights Activism in the Jim … Continue reading Chambers v. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution

Sex and Love in Porfirian Mexico City

“Matthews reconstructs a vibrant world of working-class Mexicans as they built their personal sexual relationships and negotiated state power. Their stories are rich and reveal intimate motivations, offering a window into the formation of Mexico City’s unique working-class culture at the dawn of the twentieth century.”—James A. Garza, author of The Imagined Underworld: Sex, Crime, and … Continue reading Sex and Love in Porfirian Mexico City

Cemetery Protections in Urban Environments

“Provides a critical analysis of burial spaces and the role archaeologists play in documenting and preserving burial sites. Seidemann addresses difficult topics related to the burial of the dead, including commodification of bodies, and differential treatment based on inequality and ideology. The book is an important resource for any archaeologist or bioarchaeologist working on cemetery … Continue reading Cemetery Protections in Urban Environments

Intertidal Shipwrecks

“A very important and timely volume as intertidal sites are increasingly under pressure. As all the authors emphasize, developing reasonable policies for addressing these sites is critical to being able to learn from them. This volume will be cited for years to come.”—Sara Rich, coeditor of Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology: Flat Ontologies, Oceanic Thinking, and … Continue reading Intertidal Shipwrecks

Archaeology, Heritage, and Reactionary Populism

“Grapples with the questions of whether and how the interests, values, objectives, practices, and knowledge produced through community-based archaeology align and misalign with individuals and social groups who embrace populist values.”—Siobhan Hart, author of Colonialism, Community, and Heritage in Native New England“Brings together some of the most exciting archaeologists currently working to build a decolonized, just … Continue reading Archaeology, Heritage, and Reactionary Populism

The Mann Phase

“This book fills a long-standing lacuna in archaeological research on the Middle Woodland period. Strezewski provides archaeologists with the first real glimpse of the Mann site, and his view of the site within the Hopewellian world underscores its potential to illuminate the complexity of interactions across the Eastern Woodlands.”—Alice P. Wright, coeditor of Early and Middle … Continue reading The Mann Phase