Regional Studies
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Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women
$26.95 Add to cartE. Patrick Johnson’s Honeypot opens with the fictional trickster character Miss B. barging into the home of Dr. EPJ, informing him that he has been chosen to collect and share the stories of her peopl… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, E. Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1478006536
- Language: English
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Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans
$34.95 Add to cartFrom 1897 to 1917 the red-light district of Storyville, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted a diverse cast of characters who reflected the cultural milieu and complex social structure o
- Author: Landau, Emily Epstein
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 21, 2018
- ISBN10: 0807169269
- Language: English
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Bourbon Street: A History
$49.95 Add to cartNew Orleans is a city of many storied streets, but only one conjures up as much unbridled passion as it does fervent hatred, simultaneously polarizing the public while drawing millions of visitors a y
- Author: Campanella, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 05 2014
- ISBN10: 0807155055
- Language: English
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Silicon City: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley
$16.95 Read moreSan Francisco is changing at warp speed. Famously home to artists and activists, and known as the birthplace of the Beats, the Black Panthers, and the LGBTQ movement, the Bay Area has been reshaped by
- Author: McClelland, Cary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 0393357430
- Language: English
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We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything
$28.99 Read moreBlack Chicago culture is American culture.
During the Great Migration, more than a half million Black Americans moved from the South to Chicago, and with them, they brought the blues, amplifying what- Author: Nettles, Arionne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1641608307
- Language: English
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What We Bury at Night: Disposable Humanity
$14.95 Add to cartThe fate of Micronesia is the fate of Sustainable Humanity. Micronesia is last domino in the quest to globalize the Earth into a singular monoculture. It is the region least affected by the increasi… [more below]
- Author: Aguon, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: February 15 2008
- ISBN10: 4902837676
- Language: English
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My Two Italies: A Personal and Cultural History
$18.00 Add to cartA charming, informative personal history that blends the anecdotal, historical, and downright unusual
The child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature, Joseph Luzzi s- Author: Luzzi, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0374535396
- Language: English
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Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite
$20.00 Add to cartA haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea’s ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il’s reign
Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lin- Author: Kim, Suki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0307720667
- Language: English
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Maine Lingo: A Wicked-Good Guide to Yankee Vernacular
$16.95 Add to cartMaine Lingo was first compiled in 1975, when TV, radio, and other leveling media had begun to seriously erode regional speech distinctions, and this dictionary will furnish anyone interested in Maine … [more below]
- Author: Gould, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: November 23 2015
- ISBN10: 1608935663
- Language: English
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Washington’s History, Revised Edition: The People, Land, and Events of the Far Northwest
$14.99 Add to cartNow with a new design and updated content, including three brand-new chapters plus a new preface and a postscript from the author.
An anything-but-dry history textbook in a take-it-with-you package,
- Author: Ritter, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 151326169X
- Language: English
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French, Cajun, Creole, Houma: A Primer on Francophone Louisiana
$29.95 Add to cartIn recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen French-speaking immigrant groups have been identifi
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: September 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0807176966
- Language: English
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Making Long Island: A History of Growth and the American Dream
$24.99 Read moreDiscover the history of the development of Long Island and its intimate relationship with New York City.
Beginning in the Roaring Twenties, Wall Street money looked eastward to Nassau and Suffolk cou
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Samuel, Lawrence R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154970
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Memphis
$21.99 Add to cartDiscover the little known and unknown rich heritage of Memphis, TN.
Step inside the fascinating annals of the Bluff City’s history and discover the Memphis that only few know. G. Wayne Dowdy, longtime
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Dowdy, G. Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 19 2010
- ISBN10: 1596298758
- Language: English
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3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan
$29.95 Add to cartOn March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in
- Author: Samuels, Richard J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: April 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0801452007
- Language: English
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The Middle East
$19.00 Add to cartRenowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years–from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 07 1997
- ISBN10: 0684832801
- Language: English
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Introduction to Japanese Culture
$15.95 Add to cartFeaturing full-color photographs and illustrations thoughout, this book presents a comprehensive guide to Japanese culture.
The richness of Japan’s history is renowned worldwide, and the cultural heri- Author: Sosnoski, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: August 05 2014
- ISBN10: 4805313137
- Language: English
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The Hard Way on Purpose: Essays and Dispatches from the Rust Belt
$20.00 Add to cartAward-winning author and journalist David Giffels explores the meaning of identity and place, hamburgers, hard work, and basketball in this collection of wry, irreverent essays reflecting on the many … [more below]
- Author: Giffels, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1451692749
- Language: English
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Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind
$19.99 Read moreWinner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Silver Medal
In Red State Christians, readers will get an honest look at the Christians who gave the presidency to the unlikeliest candidate of all time. Veteran
- Author: Denker, Angela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 319
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1506482503
- Language: English
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Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
$46.58 Add to cartA revealing look at the intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and conservation
Billionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today’s richest people are- Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology #24
- Author: Farrell, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0691176671
- Language: English
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Alaska’s History, Revised Edition: The People, Land, and Events of the North Country
$14.99 Add to cartThis newly revised edition includes up-to-date information and historical photographs on everything you need to know about the Last Frontier, all in one travel-friendly package.
Alaska’s rich and cult
- Author: Ritter, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1513262726
- Language: English
