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  • Thomas Andrews
    Thomas Andrews has a knack for framing American history unconventionally. In his award-winning book “Killing for Coal,” Andrews traced the central role of coal in Colorado’s economic growth, environmental change and social conflict. Now he’s turning
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    Part 1 of the Bunnyhead ChroniclesBy Stephen Graham Jones, professor of EnglishTrapdoor BooksThere are borders, and then there are borders. Between right and wrong. Between Texas and Mexico. The first is a joke to Dodd Raines, the second a payday.
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    A Legal and Political History (1774-1950)By Mithi Mukherjee, associate professor of historyOxford University PressThis pioneering research offers a sweeping new interpretation of the complex and seemingly contradictory nature of Indian democracy and
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    Jesuit Science in Spanish South America, 1570-1810By Andres I. Prieto, assistant professor of Spanish and PortugueseVanderbuilt University Press“Missionary Scientists” explores the scientific activities of Jesuit missionaries in colonial Spanish
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    Introduction and ApplicationsBy Lise Menn, professor emerita of linquisticsPlural Publishing Inc.For students in speech-language pathology, language education, psychology, linguistics, and for working language professionals, this text provides
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    Sweden, Japan, and the United StatesBy Sven Steinmo, professor of political scienceCambridge University Press“The Evolution of Modern States” is a significant contribution to the literatures on political economy, globalization, historical
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    From the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip Hop Feminist MovementBy Reiland Rabaka, associate professor of ethnic studiesLexington Books“Hip Hop’s Inheritance” arguably offers the first book-length treatment of what hip hop culture has, literally, “
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    Tibet, the CIA, and Memories of a Forgotten WarBy Carole McGranahan, associate professor of anthropologyDuke University PressIn the 1950s, thousands of ordinary Tibetans rose up to defend their country and religion against Chinese troops. Their
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    Gender, Genocide and Collective MemoryBy Janet Jacobs, professor of sociology and women and gender studiesI.B. TaurusHow do collective memories of histories of violence and trauma in war and genocide come to be created? Janet Jacobs offers new
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    Citizen-Scholars and Civic EngagementEdited by John Ackerman, CU associate professor of communication, and David Coogan, associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityThe University of South Carolina Press“The Public Work of
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