David K. Seitz is associate professor of Cultural Geography at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. He is the author of A Different ‘Trek’: Radical Geographies of ‘Deep Space Nine’ (Nebraska, 2023), and A House of Prayer for All People: … Continue reading From the Desk of David K. Seitz: On the Political Uses of ‘Star Trek’
Save 40% on everything you order from our new Native American and Indigenous Studies Catalog! Enter 6NS23 in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “Add Promotion Code.” To place your order by phone, please call Longleaf Services at 1-800-848-6224 and … Continue reading Native American and Indigenous Studies Catalog Sale
Mike Bezemek is the author and photographer of three books that combine stories with trip guides, including Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route: Exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers and Discovering the Outlaw Trail: Routes, Hideouts, and Stories from the Wild West. His newest … Continue reading Excerpt: Space Age Adventures
Rob Goldman is the author of three baseball books, Once They Were Angels, Nolan Ryan: The Making of a Pitcher, and the novel Hauling Time. His book The Sisterhood: The 99ers and the Rise of U.S. Women’s Soccer was published in November … Continue reading From the Desk of Rob Goldman: “Are You with Me?”
LaShandra Sullivan is an associate professor of anthropology at Reed College. Her new book Unsettling Agribusiness: Indigenous Protests and Land Conflict in Brazil was published in June. In the last half century Brazil’s rural economy has developed profitable soy and sugarcane … Continue reading Excerpt: Unsettling Agribusiness
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 Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains (Bison Books, June 2022) by C. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Under Prairie Skies
To help spread the word about new UNP books, our publicity team launched the UNP Influencer Partnership earlier this year. As part of the partnership, influencers can request and receive galleys (physical or e-book) or finished books of their choice. … Continue reading UNP Influencer Partnership: Fall/Winter 2023 titles now available
Reviews Oracle of Lost Causes Review in Publisher’s Weekly: “In this detailed yet disjointed account, historian Hulbert (Martial Culture, Silver Screen) profiles John Newman Edwards (1839–1889), a Missouri Confederate and editorial writer who rose to ‘B-list celebrity’ as he navigated … Continue reading News & Reviews
John R. Wunder, renowned historian, author, and professor passed away on June 25, 2023 at the age of 78. The Western History Association writes that John Wunder was a “generalist in the best sense of the word,” publishing on a … Continue reading Remembering John R. Wunder
Erik Hansson is a human geographer. He wrote The Begging Question (Nebraska, 2023) during his postdoctoral fellowship at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has also been stationed at Uppsala University, University of Gothenburg, and Mid Sweden University. The Begging … Continue reading From the Desk of Erik Hansson: The Symptom of Sweden’s Racial Crises
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