UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “I’m currently reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky … Continue reading February Staff Reading List
Matthew S. Henry is an assistant instructional professor in the Honors College and an affiliate in the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming. His book Hydronarratives: Water, Environmental Justice, and a Just Transition was published in January. The … Continue reading Excerpt: Hydronarratives
ICYMI John Dechant – Little Poison Book Trailer Jody Keisner essay in River Teeth Awards 2023 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal Finalists Baseball Rebels: The Players, People and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America by Peter … Continue reading News & Reviews
William A. White III is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California–Berkeley. His new book, Segregation Made Them Neighbors: An Archeology of Racialization in Boise, Idaho (Nebraska, 2023), was published this month. Segregation Made Them Neighbors investigates the relationship … Continue reading Excerpt: Segregation Made Them Neighbors
It is with sadness that we share the news that Tadeusz Lewandowski, author and professor, passed away on January 3, 2023. Born in New York City and brought up in Upstate New York, Lewandowski moved to Europe in his mid-twenties. He … Continue reading Remembering Tadeusz Lewandowski
Sergei Kan is a professor of anthropology at Dartmouth College. He is the author or editor of several books, including New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations (Nebraska, 2006), Sharing Our Knowledge: The Tlingit and Their Coastal Neighbors (Nebraska, 2015), and Lev Shternberg: … Continue reading Excerpt: A Maverick Boasian
UNP is excited to announce the launch of our podcast! Much like our Behind the Book blog, the podcast seeks to provide content that will bring people together in search of conversation, thought-provoking ideas, and deeper behind-the-scene insights into the … Continue reading UNP announces Behind the Book Podcast
ICYMI Cooperman Woman Pissing Book Trailer Reviews A Civil Society Review in H-France Reviews: “In this rich and detailed history of French women in freemasonry Allen has shown how, over two centuries, “gendered sociability finally made space for masonic equality” … Continue reading News & Reviews
Yael Mabat is a research fellow at the Sverdlin Institute for Latin American Studies and a lecturer of history at Ben-Gurion University. She is the author of Sacrifice and Regeneration: Seventh-day Adventism and Religious Transformation in the Andes (Nebraska, 2022) which … Continue reading From the Desk of Yael Mabat: On Creating Sacrifice and Regeneration
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta—and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports (Nebraska, 2022) by Clayton Trutor. About … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Loserville
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