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Mascot Nation

The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports

Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black

Voices of Drought

The Politics of Music and Environment in Northeastern Brazil

Michael B. Silvers

Women Have Always Worked

A Concise History

Alice Kessler-Harris

Big Sister

Feminism, Conservatism, and Conspiracy in the Heartland

Erin M. Kempker

When the Light Is Fire

Maasai Schoolgirls in Contemporary Kenya

Heather D. Switzer

Remembering Lattimer

Labor, Migration, and Race in Pennsylvania Anthracite Country

Paul A. Shackel

Disruption in Detroit

Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom

Daniel J. Clark

Women's Political Activism in Palestine

Peacebuilding, Resistance, and Survival

Sophie Richter-Devroe

Dixie Dewdrop

The Uncle Dave Macon Story

Michael D. Doubler

Assassins against the Old Order

Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siècle Europe

Nunzio Pernicone and Fraser M. Ottanelli

Syrian and Lebanese Patrícios in São Paulo

From the Levant to Brazil

Oswaldo Truzzi

Banjo Roots and Branches

Edited by Robert B. Winans

Walter Camp and the Creation of American Football

Roger R. Tamte

Women and Ideas in Engineering

Twelve Stories from Illinois

Laura D. Hahn and Angela S. Wolters

New Media Futures

The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts

Edited by Donna J. Cox, Ellen Sandor, and Janine Fron

Aesthetics and Technology in Building

The Twenty-First-Century Edition

Pier Luigi Nervi

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NFL Reading List

Football season is well underway and we’re here to add a dose of football and NFL themed reads to your TBR. Featuring reads that will educate you on the origins of modern football, the creation of the NFL and sports … Continue reading →

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“Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore, Part 4

This is the fourth installment of our blog series exploring the articles in the special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore(vol. 131, no. 522). The special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore … Continue reading →

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Remembering the 1968 Olympic Protest

During the 1968 Olympics at Mexico City, two American 200-meter sprinters, Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed arguably the most overtly political statement in the history of the Modern Olympic Games. After Smith and Carlos received their Gold and Bronze … Continue reading →

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