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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 Studies New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in History New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Military History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New 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 Studies New Books in Anthropology New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Sociology New 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 Studies New Books in Architecture New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics New Books in Politics & Society New 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 Studies New Books in American Studies New Books in Latino Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Political Science New Books in Politics New Books in Politics & Society New 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

New Books in American Studies New Books in Caribbean 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 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