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Un-American

W.E.B. Du Bois and the Century of World Revolution

Bill V. Mullen

A political biography that presents W.E.B. Du Bois as a life-long global revolutionary, not simply an African American reformer

258 pages | 6 x 9 | 4 halftones

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Unbought and Unbossed

Transgressive Black Women, Sexuality, and Representation

Trimiko Melancon

How do fictional representations of transgressive black women in the post-civil rights era expand our understanding of race and black womanhood?

256 pages | 5.5 x 8.5 | 5 halftones

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The Uncertainties of Knowledge

Immanuel Wallerstein

The dilemmas faced by the social sciences from a world-renowned historian

224 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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Unchopping a Tree

Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Political Violence

Ernesto Verdeja

A significant new examination of the possibilities of reconciliation after wars and genocide

240 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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The Underclass Question

Edited by Bill Lawson

African American philosophers discuss "underclass"

232 pages | 6 x 9

Underground Woman

My Four Years as a New York City Subway Conductor

Marian Swerdlow

The strange world of the New York subways by one of the first women to work as a conductor

272 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 figure, 1 map

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Undermining Intersectionality

The Perils of Powerblind Feminism

Barbara Tomlinson

A sustained critique of the ways in which scholars have engaged with and deployed intersectionality

284 pages | 6 x 9

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Under New Management

Universities, Administrative Labor, and the Professional Turn

Randy Martin

A balanced review of the changing nature of the corporate university

272 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 table

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Understanding Crime and Place

A Methods Handbook

Edited by Elizabeth R. Groff and Cory P. Haberman

A hands-on introduction to the fundamental techniques and methods used for understanding geography of crime

442 pages | 7 x 10 | 35 color photos, 27 tables, 51 figures Supplemental pdf available for download.

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Understanding Dogs

Living and Working with Canine Companions

Clinton R. Sanders

What your dog really means to you—and what you mean to your dog

224 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 halftones

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Understanding Enterprise Liability

Rethinking Tort Reform for the Twenty-First Century

Virginia E. Nolan and Edmund Ursin

Historical insights and a fresh perspective on the politics and possibilities for sensible tort reform

272 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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Understanding Mainland Puerto Rican Poverty

Susan S. Baker

A new understanding of the impoverishment of Puerto Ricans living on the mainland

256 pages | 6 x 9 | 30 tables, 4 figs.

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Understanding Muslim Political Life in America

Contested Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Brian R. Calfano and Nazita Lajevardi

A cogent study of Muslim identity and citizenship—as well as ethnic and gender dynamics—within American politics

248 pages | 6 x 9 | 25 tables, 18 figures

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Under the Knife

Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of the Natural Fake

Samantha Kwan and Jennifer Graves

How the pursuit of a “naturally” beautiful body plays out in cosmetic surgery

212 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 4 tables

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The Undevelopment of Capitalism

Sectors and Markets in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany

Rebecca Jean Emigh

How the economic advances of one city can slow the economic growth of a region.

288 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 tables, 3 figures, 1 map

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