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Alyshia Gálvez, “Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico” (U. California Press, 2018)

Alyshia Gálvez
Eating NAFTA
Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico
University of California Press, 2018

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The North American Free Trade Agreement—or NAFTA, as we Americans call it—is very much in the news of late, primarily because President Trump has decided to make good on what he famously called “the single worst trade deal” that the United States has ever approved. Trump’s assessment, like so many... Read More

David García, “Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins” (Duke UP, 2017)

David García
Listening for Africa
Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins
Duke University Press, 2017

New Books in African American Studies New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Music New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network September 5, 2018 Kristin Turner

In Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins (Duke University Press, 2017), David García reminds us that how culture is understood and interpreted not only reflects the political and social discourses of the day, but also shapes those discussions. Drawing on figures as diverse as... Read More

Teishan A. Latner, “Cuban Revolution in America: Havana and the Making of a United States Left, 1968–1992” (UNC Press, 2018)

Teishan A. Latner
Cuban Revolution in America
Havana and the Making of a United States Left, 1968–1992
University of North Carolina Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in History New Books in Intellectual History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network September 4, 2018 Matthew Johnson

Cuba’s grassroots revolution prevailed on America’s doorstep in 1959, fueling intense interest within the multiracial American Left even as it provoked a backlash from the U.S. political establishment. In this groundbreaking book, Cuban Revolution in America: Havana and the Making of a United States Left, 1968–1992 (University of North Carolina Press,... Read More

Peter James Hudson, “Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean” (U Chicago Press, 2017)

Peter James Hudson
Bankers and Empire
How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean
University of Chicago Press, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in Economics New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network August 28, 2018 Zeb Larson

Histories of banking and finance aren’t particularly well-known for being riveting, adventurous reads: they tend to be technical at the expense of being strongly narrative-driven. Peter James Hudson’s Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean (University of Chicago Press, 2017) defies this stereotype. An examination of private lending in... Read More

Ana Raquel Minian, “Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration” (Harvard UP, 2018)

Ana Raquel Minian
Undocumented Lives
The Untold Story of Mexican Migration
Harvard University Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books Network August 22, 2018 Lori A. Flores

In the 1970s, the Mexican government acted to alleviate rural unemployment by supporting the migration of able-bodied men. Millions crossed into the United States to find work that would help them survive as well as sustain their families in Mexico. They took low-level positions that few Americans wanted and sent... Read More