Mariner offers an ethnography of adoption processes in the United States through the inner workings of a private adoption agency in Chicago, IL...

A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people.

Delton focuses on the conservative policy goals of the organization but also its surprisingly progressive tactics...

Buruma offers a brilliant, witty journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit...

Lordi takes on the challenge of explaining “soul,” through a book that zooms in and out between sweeping ideas about suffering and resilience in Black culture and fine-grained, close readings of individual performances by soul musicians...

Cole sheds light on the important place of college presidents in the struggle for racial parity.,,

Fieseler mesmerizingly reconstructs the 1973 fire that devastated New Orleans’ subterranean gay community...

If small is beautiful, and smaller nations tend to be happier, why shouldn't a state like California secede and put its savings from national defence into a scheme for national health?

Stamm begins with the simple but thought-provoking premise that, not too long ago, newspapers were almost exclusively physical objects made out of paper...

How do we promote peace in the streets?

Both a sweeping work of history and an insightful guide to U.S. diplomacy past and present, America in the World serves as an informative companion and practical adviser to readers seeking to understand the strategic and immediate challenges of U.S. foreign policy during an era of transformation and change...

Yoo argues that Trump has performed in a manner that the Constitution’s Framers would applaud.,,,

Hoffman explores the ways that race and racism have shaped the American musical from Show Boat to Hamilton....

Out of the carnage of World War II comes an unforgettable tale about defying the odds and finding hope in the most harrowing of circumstances...

The mainstream American news media are not really free at all, but have been pressed into service over more than a century to generate profits for a few rich owners bent on selling eyeballs and ears to advertisers...

Yet Americans are only now awakening to what is perhaps the gravest domestic threat to our liberties in a century—in the form of an extreme and fast-growing concentration of economic power. Monopolists today control almost every corner of the American economy...

Thuesen links the “numinous” religious experiences of Americans as they experienced the uniquely destructive weather phenomenon of the tornado....

For everyone interested in the enduring appeal of Louis Kahn, this book demonstrates that a close look at how Kahn put his buildings together will reveal a deeply felt philosophy.

Hill tells the story of this crime, placing it in the context of both the African American experience and the practice of white supremacy...

What roles has the game played in the lives of individuals and communities of Asian Americans in the United States?

Shister contends that Burning Man is a significant player in the avant-garde, forging new social paradigms as liberal democracy unravels. Burning Man’s contribution to this new order is postmodern, a fusion of sixties humanism with state-of-the-art Silicon Valley wizardry...

Viator describes how rap leapt across the continent from its New York roots in the mid-1980s and took hold in Los Angeles..

Born around 1820, Augusta Browne was a pianist, organist, composer, music pedagogue, entrepreneur, music critic, and writer...

Sex, drugs, religion, and love are potent combinations in la zona, a regulated prostitution zone in the city of Reynosa, across the border from Hidalgo, Texas...

The EU-US partnership has its frustrations and failings, writes Tony Gardner...