Brenden W. Rensink is Associate Director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies and Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University. He is author of the award-winning book Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North … Continue reading From the Desk of Brenden W. Rensink: Engaging the Present with the Past
The following is an excerpt from Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories: Language, Archaeology, and Ethnography by David V. Kaufman, available now. From the introduction The Mississippi Valley is the heartland of early North American civilizations. The region is … Continue reading Excerpt: Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories
Books Better Times: Short Stories Sara Batkie Review from the New York Times Book Review: “Batkie’s stories shrewdly commingle the hopeless and the hopeful.” The Spanish Craze: America’s Fascination with the Hispanic World, 1779–1939 Richard L. Kagan Review from Kirkus: “Interesting … Continue reading News and Reviews
This week UNP will be at two conferences in the same city, all at once! Atlanta, Georgia is the host city for the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) annual conference. It’s theme is “Just Imagine. Imagining Justice: Feminist visions of freedom, dream … Continue reading 2018 ASA and NWSA Preview
Jack Gilden is a past winner of the Simon Rockower journalism award. His work has appeared in Orioles Magazine, the Baltimore Sun and Evening Sun, and the Baltimore Jewish Times. He also … Continue reading From the Desk of Jack Gilden: Sports in Context
Scott Ferguson is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of South Florida. He is a research scholar at the Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. His new book is in the Provocations series. … Continue reading From the Desk of Scott Ferguson: The Standpoint of Redemption
Western History Association meeting (St. Paul, MN), Oct. 20-23 UNP conference attendees: Matt Bokovoy, Native Studies and Borderlands History Editor; Bridget Barry, History, Geography, and Environmental Studies Editor “The Western History Association meeting in St. Paul focused on public history … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Fall Exhibit Roundup
The following is an excerpt from Romance with Voluptuousness: Caribbean Women and Thick Bodies in the United States (Nebraska, 2016) by Kamille Gentles-Peart. From Chapter 1: The “Thick Black Woman”: Racialized Body Politics and the Marginalization of Black Women Reflections of a Mahgah Jamaican … Continue reading Excerpt: Romance with Voluptuousness
An excerpt from Capitalist Family Values: Gender, Work, and Corporate Culture at Boeing by Polly Reed Myers (September 2015). The war was a turning point for the Boeing “family” in that it required the company to do more with less and to refashion … Continue reading Excerpt: Capitalist Family Values
The University of Nebraska Press is committed to expanding our publishing program deep into American Studies. As part of that effort, we are attending and exhibiting at the 2014 American Studies Association conference this week, announcing new series, and highlighting … Continue reading 2014 American Studies Association annual meeting
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