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 "Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind"
Contemporary Planning in New York City
Scott Larson
"In ‘Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind’ is a critical book because the Bloomberg administration's slick public relations have given him support and consensus across the political spectrum for his hugely unfair and unsustainable growth strategy. Larson unravels Bloomberg's skillful manipulation of the myths surrounding Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs."
—Tom Angotti, author of New York for Sale: Community Planning Confronts Global Real Estate and The New Century of the Metropolis: Urban Enclaves and Orientalism
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 Disability and Passing
Blurring the Lines of Identity
edited by Jeffrey A. Brune and Daniel J. Wilson
"Disability and Passing, cuts to the heart of disability identity, revealing as never before the centrality of passing to how disabled people think about themselves. Brune and Wilson’s collection demands a spot on everyone's bookshelf."
—Tobin Siebers, University of Michigan
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 Young Men, Time, and Boredom in the Republic of Georgia
Martin Demant Frederiksen
"Riveting. Young Men, Time, and Boredom in the Republic of Georgia develops stimulating ideas about temporal disjunctures and marginalization and adds significantly to the literature on post-Soviet states while providing an important study of youth. Frederiksen’s interweaving of ethnographic narrative with ethnological analysis and interpretation is elegant and vivid, and his fresh approach provides new understanding."
—Deborah Durham, Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at Sweet Briar College
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 Justifiable Conduct
Self-Vindication in Memoir
Erich Goode
"Erich Goode's Justifiable Conduct is a deeply considered and wildly fascinating look into the craft of memoir. This book should be required reading for those who read, write, love, or loathe memoir. This important contribution to a genre that has become a heated topic of debate, in both literary circles and popular culture, is a must read."
—Emily Rapp, Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design; member of the MFA faculty at the University of California, Riverside; and writer
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 Celebrating Debutantes and Quinceañeras
Coming of Age in American Ethnic Communities
Evelyn Ibatan Rodriguez
"Rodriguez presents a nuanced reading of the coming-of-age celebration in both Mexican and Filipino communities in her analysis of the two vis-à-vis larger issues of representation and situated identities. Her careful and insightful writing about issues that seem to lie beneath the surface of many of these celebrations includes extensive quotes from fieldwork that add depth and meaning to the analysis and discussion of the sexuality and complex social and economic networks inherent in these rituals."
—Norma Elia Cantú, Professor of Latina/o Studies and English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and author of Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera
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 Illegal Migrations and the Huckleberry Finn Problem
John S.W. Park
"A brilliant and refreshing new look at the immigration debate! Park's weaving of the history of laws governing illegal status challenges any notions of 'today's immigrants' trying to jump ahead of the line or unwilling to act like previous immigrants seeking to be U.S. citizens. Starting off with the question, 'would you tell?' and building the narrative around Twain's novel, Park's accessible and beautifully written book brings the immigration debate to a personal level. Illegal Migrations and the Huckleberry Finn Problem allows a discussion of immigration that ties together our past and our contemporary debates about civil and human rights."
—Mary Romero, Professor of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University, and author of The Maid's Daughter: Living Inside and Outside the American Dream
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 Local Protest, Global Movements
Capital, Community, and State in San Francisco
Karl Beitel
"Local Protest, Global Movements is a well-written analysis of recent developments in the nation's most interesting city, offered from a progressive perspective and enhanced by case studies. This book focuses attention on the larger historical/political/global context, state-civil society relations, the role of protest and urban social justice movements, and citizen participation—providing lessons for cities well beyond San Francisco."
—Chester Hartman, Director of Research, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, and author (with Sarah Carnochan) of City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco
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