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Ali Michael, “Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education” (Teachers College Press, 2015)
Ali Michael
Raising Race Questions
Whiteness and Inquiry in Education
Teachers College Press, 2015

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in Asian American StudiesNew Books in EducationNew Books in Latino StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 13, 2019 Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I talked with Ali Michael on her award-winning book, Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education (Teachers College Press, 2015). According to a 2014 report by the National Center for Education Statistics, white teachers comprise over 85% of the K-12 teaching force in the United States, whereas... Read More
Harry Franqui-Rivera, “Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952” (U Nebraska Press, 2018)
Harry Franqui-Rivera
Soldiers of the Nation
Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952
University of Nebraska Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Caribbean StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latino StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network January 10, 2019 Bob Wintermute

As the island of Puerto Rico transitioned from Spanish to U.S. imperial rule, the military and political mobilization of popular sectors of its society played important roles in the evolution of its national identities and subsequent political choices. While scholars of American imperialism have examined the political, economic, and cultural... Read More
Sara Komarnisky, “Mexicans in Alaska: An Ethnography of Mobility, Place, and Transnational Life” (U Nebraska Press, 2018)
Sara Komarnisky
Mexicans in Alaska
An Ethnography of Mobility, Place, and Transnational Life
University of Nebraska Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Latino StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network December 6, 2018 Carrie Lane

“There are Mexicans in Alaska?” This was the response Sara Komarnisky heard repeatedly when describing her research on three generations of transnational migrants who divide their time between Anchorage, Alaska and Acuitzio del Canje, Michoacán, Mexico. In her multi-sited ethnography, Mexicans in Alaska: An Ethnography of Mobility, Place, and Transnational... Read More
Ronald Rael, “Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary” (U California Press, 2017)
Ronald Rael
Borderwall as Architecture
A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary
University of California Press, 2017

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in ArchitectureNew Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Latino StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network November 16, 2018 David-James Gonzales

With the passage of the Secure Fence Act in 2006, the U.S. Congress authorized funding for what has become the largest domestic construction project in twenty-first century America. The result? Approximately 700 miles of fencing, barricades, and walls comprised of newly built and repurposed materials, strategically placed along the 1,954-mile... Read More
Bernard Fraga, “The Turnout Gap: Race, Ethnicity, and Political Inequality in a Diversifying America” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Bernard Fraga
The Turnout Gap
Race, Ethnicity, and Political Inequality in a Diversifying America
Cambridge University Press, 2018

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in Latino StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network November 12, 2018 Heath Brown

Following a historic election, we return again to the question of turnout. Who turned out in large numbers to shift power in the House back to the Democrats? What we know about the past is that there are substantial gaps in turnout between different groups. White Americans have turned out... Read More
Lisandro Perez, “Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York” (NYU Press, 2018)
Lisandro Perez
Sugar, Cigars and Revolution
The Making of Cuban New York
NYU Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Caribbean StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Latino StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network November 1, 2018 Beth Harpaz

A new book reveals an incredible slice of Cuban-American history that’s been all but forgotten until now. Lisandro Perez‘s Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York (NYU Press, 2018) tells the story of a vibrant Cuban émigré community in 19th-century New York that ranged from wealthy sugar plantation owners investing... Read More