New Books in Education
Freeden Blume Oeur, “Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools” (U Minnesota Press, 2018)
Freeden Blume Oeur
Black Boys Apart
Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools
University of Minnesota Press, 2018

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network September 13, 2018 Sarah Patterson

How do schools empower but also potentially emasculate young black men? In his new book, Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools (University of Minnesota Press, 2018), Freeden Blume Oeur uses observational and interview methods to better understand the lived experiences of young black men in two... Read More
J. Lester, C. Lochmiller, and R. Gabriel, “Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Jessica Lester, Chad Lochmiller, and Rachael Gabriel, eds.
Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation

Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in EducationNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network September 13, 2018 Pengfei Zhao

The study of education policy is a scholarly field that sheds light on important debates and controversies revolving around education policy and its implementation. In this episode, we will be talking with three scholars who have made substantial contributions to this field by introducing an innovative perspective to the studies... Read More
Azra Hromadžić, “Citizens of an Empty Nation: Youth and State-Making in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina” (U Pennsylvania Press, 2015)
Azra Hromadžić
Citizens of an Empty Nation
Youth and State-Making in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network September 12, 2018 Jelena Golubovic

Despite all the buzz about the reconstruction of Mostar’s beautiful Old Bridge, Mostar remains a largely divided city, with Bosniaks on one side and Croats on the other. In Citizens of an Empty Nation: Youth and State-Making in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), anthropologist Azra Hromadžić takes the... Read More
Fabio Lanza, “The End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies” (Duke UP, 2017)
Fabio Lanza
The End of Concern
Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies
Duke University Press, 2017

New Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World Affairs August 31, 2018 Carla Nappi

If you work in Asian studies as a scholarly field, you should read Fabio Lanza’s new book. The End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies (Duke University Press, 2017) takes as its central case study the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) and The Bulletin of Concerned Asian... Read More
Matthew T. Hora, “Beyond the Skills Gap: Preparing College Students for Life and Work” (Harvard Education Press, 2016)
Matthew T. Hora
Beyond the Skills Gap
Preparing College Students for Life and Work
Harvard Education Press, 2016

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network August 17, 2018 Hoover Harris

How can educators ensure that young people who attain a postsecondary credential are adequately prepared for the future? Matthew T. Hora and his co-authors, Ross Benbow and Amanda Oleson, explain that the answer is not simply that students need more specialized technical training to meet narrowly defined employment opportunities. Beyond... Read More

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