The 85 projects described in this online gallery offer a small sample of university presses' innovative work, in celebration of the 10th annual University Press Week. Read UP and Keep UP!
2. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
GASOLINE DREAMS:
WAKING UP FROM
PETROCULTURE
Simon Orpana
ISBN: 9780823297726
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
A graphic novel that confronts our habits, narratives, and
fantasies head-on to help break our petroleum
dependency. Gasoline Dreams explores and challenges
the ways fossil fuels have shaped our identities, our
relationships, and our ability to imagine a sustainable,
equitable future.
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3. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
A&A EPORTAL
Patricia J. Fidler, Executive Director
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The pandemic profoundly dramatized the need for
alternative research access. With 250 eBooks and 17
publishers, the A&AePortal embodies #KeepUP by
offering an innovative digital research tool for important
scholarship in the history of art, architecture,
photography, and design.
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4. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE GREATER CHACO
LANDSCAPE: ANCESTORS,
SCHOLARSHIP, AND
ADVOCACY
Edited by Ruth M. Van Dyke and Carrie C. Heitman
ISBN: 978-1-64642-169-5
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF COLORADO
I M A G E H E R E
Innovative and timely, with an online version incorporating
video chapters presented by Acoma, Diné, Zuni, and Hopi
cultural experts filmed on location, this creative
collaboration with Native voices is a case study for
archaeologists and others working on heritage
management.
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5. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
BLACK OR RIGHT:
ANTI/RACIST CAMPUS
RHETORICS
Louis M. Maraj
ISBN: 978-1-64642-146-6
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
In centering Black experiences, Black theory, and
diasporic Blackness, Black or Right mobilizes generative
approaches to destabilizing institutional whiteness, as
opposed to reparative attempts to “fix racism,” which
often paradoxically center whiteness.
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6. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
RETHINKING AMERICA'S
PAST
Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow
ISBN: 9780820360348
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Rethinking America's Past: Howard Zinn's A
People's History of the United States in the
Classroom and Beyond refutes Trump's charges,
showing that rather than indoctrinating students, Zinn's
book has been used by teachers to have students debate
and rethink conventional versions of American history
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7. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
NGĀ KETE MĀTAURANGA:
MĀORI SCHOLARS AT THE
RESEARCH INTERFACE
Edited by Jacinta Ruru and Linda Waimarie Nikora
ISBN: 9781988592558
OTAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Māori academics share their personal journeys, revealing
what being Māori has meant for them in their work. Their
perspectives provide insight into how mātauranga (Māori
knowledge) is positively influencing the Western-
dominated disciplines of knowledge in the research
sector.
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8. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
OFF THE WALLS: INSPIRED
RE-CREATIONS OF ICONIC
ARTWORKS
Preface by Sarah Waldorf and Annelisa Stephan
ISBN: 9781606066843
GETTY PUBLICATIONS
I M A G E H E R E
What began as a light activity to pass the time turned into
a shelter-in-place phenomenon. Millions saw the
challenge and hundreds of thousands took part. This
book celebrates these imaginative re-creations.
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9. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE COASTAL ATLAS OF
IRELAND
Edited by Robert Devoy, Val Cummins, Barry Brunt, Darius Bartlett, and
Sarah Kandrot
ISBN: 9781782054511
CORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The Coastal Atlas of Ireland is a celebration of Ireland's
coastal and marine spaces. The complex of physical and
human themes developed in this atlas has international
relevance for coastal communities worldwide, and
especially those located in mid-latitudes.
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10. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE ART OF BEING
DANGEROUS: EXPLORING
WOMEN AND DANGER
THROUGH CREATIVE
EXPRESSION
Edited by Jo Shaw and Ben Fletcher-Watson
ISBN: 9789462702721
LEUVEN UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The idea that women are dangerous runs throughout
history. Behind this label lies a significant set of questions
about the conflicts, identities, and power relations with
which women live today. In this book today's female
artists explore what it means to be a dangerous woman.
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11. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE POLITICS OF
PERSECUTION: MIDDLE
EASTERN CHRISTIANS IN
AN AGE OF EMPIRE
Mitri Raheb
ISBN: 9781481314404
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The Politics of Persecution provides an insider's account
of Middle Eastern Christians' modern history. In it, Mitri
Raheb contends that Western interests have leveraged
the concept of "persecution" to advance its own
geopolitical agendas.
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12. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
STREET GANGS:
SURVIVANCE NARRATIVES
Amber, Bev, Chantel, Jazmyne, Faith, Jorgina, and Robert Henry
ISBN: 9781772125498
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E Six Indigenous women who were involved in the street
lifestyle share their stories using photovoice, a process
where participants are understood to be the experts of
their own experiences. They show us the meaning of
survivance, a process of resistance, resurgence, and
growth.
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13. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE MAN-NOT: RACE, CLASS,
GENRE, AND THE DILEMMAS
OF BLACK MANHOOD
Tommy J. Curry
ISBN: 978-1-4399-1486-1
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The Man-Not is representative of Temple University
Press’s identity as a press committed to scholarship that
addresses issues of social justice and work that shines a
light on marginalized and underserved communities.
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14. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
BLACK SNAKE: STANDING
ROCK, THE DAKOTA
ACCESS PIPELINE, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys
ISBN: 9781496222664
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
An incredible blend of a few of the University of Nebraska
Press's key subject areas—Native Studies, Environment,
Great Plains—this book tells the story of the controversial
Dakota Access Pipeline through the activism of four
women from Standing Rock and Fort Berthold
Reservations.
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15. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
JOURNALISM AND JIM
CROW: WHITE SUPREMACY
AND THE BLACK STRUGGLE
FOR A NEW AMERICA
Edited by Kathy Roberts Forde and Sid Bedingfield
ISBN: 978-0-252-08615-1
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
A pioneering work that reveals the little known history of
the role of the press in building—and opposing—Jim
Crow. Original and revelatory, it opens up new ways of
thinking about the complicated relationship between
journalism and power in American democracy.
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16. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
A HISTORY OF ARAB
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar
ISBN: 9789774168918
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
This first-ever book-length history of Arab graphic design
traces the people and events that were integral to the
shaping of graphic design in the Arab world, looking at 80
key designers from Morocco to Iraq, covering the period
from pre-1900 to the end of the twentieth century.
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17. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE GREAT DERANGEMENT:
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE
UNTHINKABLE
Amitav Ghosh
ISBN: 9780226526812
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The Great Derangement is a call to action for writers and
artists to confront one of the most urgent dangers of our
time in climate change. Since it was published, it has
continued to spark conversations on how the climate
crisis is also a crisis of imagination.
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18. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED
MILITARY STUDIES
MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Scholarly publishing and the government/military blend
without sacrificing the effectiveness of either world in the
Journal of Advanced Military Studies, making Marine
Corps University Press a force to keep up with.
Learn more >
Angela Anderson, director, and Jason Gosnell, managing editor
https://doi.org/10.21140/mcuj.20211201
19. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE WEST TEXAS POWER
PLANT THAT SAVED THE
WORLD
Andy Bowman
ISBN: 9781682830932
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World takes
the Barilla solar plant in Pecos County as a test case for
the state of renewable energy in the US in the twenty-first
century, outlining what author Andy Bowman suggests is
a more sustainable future for American capitalism.
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20. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
CORONAVIRUS POLITICS:
THE COMPARATIVE
POLITICS AND POLICY OF
COVID-19
Edited by Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Elize Massard da Fonseca,
André Peralta-Santos
https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11927713
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
When we face a crisis, soundbites just won't do.
Coronavirus Politics goes behind the headlines and
provides thoughtful international analysis to get
humankind out ahead of the next healthcare crisis.
Learning from the past to get out ahead. It's what
university presses do.
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21. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE RESISTANCE NETWORK:
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
AND HUMANITARIANISM IN
OTTOMAN SYRIA, 1915-1918
Khatchig Mouradian
ISBN: 9781611863949
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The Resistance Network is a compelling history of an
underground network in Ottoman Syria that helped save
thousands during the Armenian Genocide. One of
BookAuthority's "10 Best New Syria History Books to
Read in 2021,” it is the first book in the press’s Armenian
History, Society, and Culture series.
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22. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
GRAPHIC MUNDI
Kendra Boileau, publisher
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
A new imprint from Penn State University Press, Graphic
Mundi publishes graphic novels for adults and young
adults. Its creators represent a broad range of
experiences, and its books address important topics such
as health and human rights, politics, race, science, and
the environment.
Learn more >
23. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
FORCE AND FREEDOM:
BLACK ABOLITIONISTS
AND THE POLITICS OF
VIOLENCE
Kellie Carter Jackson
ISBN: 9780812251159 (cloth) / 9780812224702 (paper)
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The first historical analysis focused on the tactical use of
violence among antebellum black activists, Force and
Freedom directly ties this history to current events. Its
author Kellie Carter Jackson was in high media demand
during the protests following George Floyd’s murder in
May 2020.
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24. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
A REVOLUTION IN THREE
ACTS
David Hajdu and John Carey
ISBN: 9780231191821
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
This work of graphic nonfiction explores how three
vaudeville stars—Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian
Eltinge—defied the standards of their time to change how
their audiences thought about what it meant to be
American, to be Black, to be a woman or a man.
Learn more >
25. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
FERRIS AND FERRIS
BOOKS
Edited by Elaine Maiser and Brandon Proia
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The three books published in the Ferris and Ferris Books
imprint during Spring 2021 embody this year's #KeepUP
theme. Books on the deep history of the South through
the modern day, they also relate on multiple levels
concerning race, religion, and foodways to the history of
the US as a whole.
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26. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
MEMORIAL RIDE
Stephen Graham Jones, author, and Maria Wolf, artist
ISBN: 9780826363237
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
I M A G E H E R E Memorial Ride is the first title in the Red Planet Books
series, a partnership between the University of New
Mexico Press and Red Planet Books and Comics to co-
publish graphic novels and graphic nonfiction by Native
American writers and illustrators.
Learn more >
27. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE GLOBAL SMARTPHONE:
BEYOND A YOUTH
TECHNOLOGY
Daniel Miller, Laila Abed Rabho, Patrick Awondo, Maya de Vries, Marília
Duque, Pauline Garvey, Laura Haapio-Kirk, Charlotte Hawkins, Alfonso
Otaegui, Shireen Walton, and Xinyuan Wang
ISBN: 9781787359611 (Open access), 9781787359628
(paperback), 9781787359635 (hardback)
UCL PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Eleven anthropologists each spent 16 months living in
communities in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America,
studying smartphone adoption and use among older
people. Their research here reveals how smartphones
are technology for everyone.
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28. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE CONSTITUTION OF
KNOWLEDGE: A DEFENSE
OF TRUTH
Jonathan Rauch
ISBN: 9780815738862
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Reality and truth face many challenges. In The
Constitution of Knowledge, Jonathan Rauch takes on
disinformation, conspiracy theories, and cancel culture.
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29. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
GULLAH SPIRIT
Jonathan Green
ISBN: 978-1-64336-213-7
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
"To understand the spirit of the Gullah, you must contend
with the work of Jonathan Green."—Tonya Matthews,
CEO, International African American Museum
Jonathan Green's vibrant art captures and preserves the
daily rituals and Gullah traditions of the South Carolina
Lowcountry.
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30. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
CLASSIC KEYS:
KEYBOARD SOUNDS THAT
LAUNCHED ROCK MUSIC
Alan S. Lenhoff and David E. Robertson
ISBN: 9781574417760
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Classic Keys is the comprehensive guide to the genesis,
history, and enduring influence of electronic keyboards in
the world of rock and pop music, boasting expert insight
and more than 400 full-color images and photographs.
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31. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
FERAL ATLAS: THE
MORE-THAN-HUMAN
ANTHROPOCENE
Curated and edited by Anna L. Tsing, Jennifer Deger, Alder Keleman
Saxena, and Feifei Zhou
ISBN: 9781503615045
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Convening over one hundred researchers, Feral Atlas
offers an original and playful approach to studying the
Anthropocene. Focused on the world's feral reactions to
human intervention, this wholly digital publishing initiative
is just one example of how Stanford University Press has
been keeping UP!
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32. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
RADICAL EMPATHY:
FINDING A PATH TO
BRIDGING RACIAL DIVIDES
Terri Givens
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5724-7
BRISTOL UNIVERSITY PRESS/POLICY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Beautifully written, thoughtfully researched, and weaving
in the author's personal experiences as a Black woman,
academic, and leader, this book is a timely lesson on the
history and politics of racism in the US for anyone looking
to create positive change.
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33. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
BOOKS FOR A BETTER
WORLD
Georgetown University Press Staff
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5724-7
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
At the beginning of the pandemic the Georgetown
University Press staff established this online event series,
co-sponsored by Georgetown College and the
Georgetown University Library, in order to connect with
readers in new and creative ways.
Learn more >
34. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
HOW TO MAKE A SLAVE
AND OTHER ESSAYS
Jerald Walker
ISBN: 978-0-8142-5599-5
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E The essays of this 2020 National Book Award finalist
balance on the knife's edge between fury and farce,
blending personal revelation and cultural critique into a
bracing, deeply funny, and timely look at what it is to
grow, parent, write, and exist as a Black American male.
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35. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
TEACHING BLACK HISTORY
TO WHITE PEOPLE
Leonard N. Moore
ISBN: 978-1-4773-2485-1
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
This book outlines how to teach and engage with Black
history on college campuses and beyond. Drawing on
decades of experience on campuses in the South, as well
as on his own personal history, Moore illustrates how an
understanding of Black history is necessary for everyone.
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36. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
BICYCLING THROUGH
PARADISE: HISTORICAL
TOURS AROUND CINCINNATI
Kathleen Smythe and Chris Hanlin
ISBN: 9781947602755
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Bicycling through Paradise can be read as a stand-alone
collection of essays or used as an interactive bicycle tour
guide through the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. Each chapter
details one of nineteen historic tours and features a QR
code that links to an open-access companion community
page.
Learn more >
37. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
AMERICANS AND THE
HOLOCAUST: A READER
Edited by Daniel Greene and Edward Phillips
ISBN: 9781978821682
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Published in association with the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, this book reveals how Americans
debated their responsibility to respond to Nazism and
draws on groundbreaking research conducted for the
museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition.
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38. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
POP: AN ILLUSTRATED
NOVEL
Robert Gipe
ISBN: 978-0-8214-2439-1
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E #KeepUP with contemporary Appalachia! Pop concludes
Robert Gipe's award-winning, stereotype-busting trilogy
about a Kentucky family reckoning with the environment,
opioids, sexual assault, racism, transphobia, and
Trumpism. Heartfelt, hilarious, cinematic, timely, and
unforgettable.
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39. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
AMPLIFY PODCAST
NETWORK
Hannah McGregor and Siobhan McMenemy, co-directors
WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Growing numbers of scholars have turned to podcasting
as an accessible and popular medium to share their
research more broadly with academic and non-academic
audiences. The Amplify Podcast Network is dedicated to
reimagining the sound of scholarship.
Learn more >
40. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
MODERNISM/MODERNITY
PRINT PLUS
Edited by Christopher Bush and Anne Fernald
Print ISSN: 1071-6068 / Online ISSN: 1080-6601
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Print Plus is the open-access, interactive, digital
publication platform of Modernism/modernity, the print
journal of the Modernist Studies Association. Peer-
reviewed contributions are enhanced by multimedia
possibilities, more timely publication, and open access.
Learn more >
41. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THIS BRAIN HAD A MOUTH:
LUCY GWIN AND THE VOICE
OF DISABILITY NATION
James M. Odato
ISBN: 9781625346193
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
A genuine page-turner, this engaging biography tells the
story of author, activist, and feminist Lucy Gwin, who
founded one of the most influential disability rights
publications, "Mouth" magazine, and fought tirelessly
against the rehabilitation industry.
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42. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
A FIRE BELL IN THE PAST:
THE MISSOURI CRISIS AT
200, VOLUME I: WESTERN
SLAVERY, NATIONAL
IMPASSE
Edited by Jeffrey L. Pasley and John Craig Hammond
ISBN: 9780826222312
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
"These fresh perspectives on the Missouri Crisis breathe
new life into this much-written-about subject, and could
not be more timely given our current-day grappling with
the question of race and citizenship."—Annette Gordon-
Reed, Harvard University, author of On Juneteenth
Learn more >
43. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
CONTEMPORARY ASIAN
AMERICAN ACTIVISM:
BUILDING MOVEMENTS
FOR LIBERATION
Edited by Diane C. Fujino and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez
ISBN: 9780295749808
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Contemporary Asian American Activism demonstrates the
power of transformative change through unruly
resistance, defiant love, and radical care.
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44. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT THE
ULURU STATEMENT FROM
THE HEART
Megan Davis and George Williams
ISBN: 9781742237404
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
In 2017 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
called for a First Nations Voice to the Australian
Parliament, protected in the Constitution, and a process
of agreement-making and truth-telling. Megan Davis and
George Williams ask how these vital reforms can be
achieved.
Learn more >
45. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
TOXIC TRUTHS:
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
AND CITIZEN SCIENCE IN A
POST-TRUTH AGE
Edited by Thom Davies and Alice Mah
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526137005
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Combining the work of distinguished environmental
justice writers with cutting-edge research from emerging
scholars and community activists, this open access
edition makes the case for the importance of science,
knowledge, and data that are produced by and for
ordinary people living with environmental risks and
hazards.
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46. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
DECODING THE DIGITAL
CHURCH: EVANGELICAL
STORYTELLING AND THE
ELECTION OF DONALD J. TRUMP
Stephanie A. Martin
ISBN: 978-0-8173-2084-3
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Martin pays serious, scholarly attention to a seeming
contradiction: while the large majority of white
conservative evangelicals voted for Donald J. Trump in
2016, many of their pastors were deeply concerned about
the candidate.
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47. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
TESTIMONY: FOUND
POEMS FROM THE
SPECIAL COURT FOR
SIERRA LEONE
Shanee Stepakoff
ISBN: 978-1-68448-310-5
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
"These poems stand as monument to remembrance and
commemoration, a stay against oblivion for the people of
Sierra Leone whose lives were marked by the civil conflict
of 1991-2002. A significant contribution to the literature of
that country and of conflict."—Aminatta Forna
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48. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE SECRET LIVES OF
CHURCH LADIES
Deesha Philyaw
ISBN: 9781949199734
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, Story Prize, and LA
Book Prize, and a National Book Award finalist, Deesha
Philyaw's The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is "tender,
fierce, proudly black and beautiful."—Kirkus Reviews
"There is no better publishing story this year."—John
Warner, Chicago Tribune
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49. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
FIRESIDE INDUSTRIES
Ashley Runyon, director, and Patrick O'Dowd, acquisitions editor
ISBN: 978-1-68448-310-5
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY
I M A G E H E R E
The Fireside Industries imprint strives to publish creative
work by authors with unique perspectives, diverse
backgrounds, and compelling voices who are telling the
complex stories of Appalachia and rural America. It pays
homage to the past while also keeping our eyes on the
future.
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50. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
ENERGY IN THE AMERICAS:
CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON
ENERGY AND HISTORY
Edited by Amelia M. Kiddle
ISBN: 978-1-55238-939-3
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Drawing on a unique hemispheric perspective this book
brings the diverse energy histories of North and South
America into dialogue with one another in an essential
step toward understanding the history and evolution of
energy in society—and to facing its changing future.
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51. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE POLITICS OF BLACK JOY:
ZORA NEALE HURSTON AND
NEO-ABOLITIONISM
Lindsey Stewart
ISBNs: 9780810144132 (paper), 9780810144118 (hardcover)
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The politics of joy offers insights that are crucial for
forming needed new paths in our current moment. For
those interested in examining conceptions of Black
political agency at the intersection of geography, gender,
class, and Black spirituality, this book is essential reading.
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52. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
MAKING SPACE FOR
WOMEN: STORIES FROM
TRAILBLAZING WOMEN OF
NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER
Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal
ISBN: 9781623499938
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Award-winning NASA Johnson Space Center historian
Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal presents interviews with NASA
women that discuss not only their experiences of being
"the first" in a predominantly white, male, technical
agency, but also how the role of working women has
evolved over time.
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53. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
CRITICAL RACE STUDIES
IN EDUCATION
Derrick R. Brooms, series editor, and
Rebecca Colesworthy, acquiring editor
SUNY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
This series addresses the role of race and racism in
education head-on, joining the groundswell of scholars,
activists, and journalists who insist on investigating
impacts at all levels, from far-reaching institutional norms
to individual stories.
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54. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
TRANS BODIES, TRANS
SELVES: A RESOURCE BY
AND FOR TRANSGENDER
COMMUNITIES
Edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth
ISBN: 9780190092726
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
In 2014 Trans Bodies, Trans Selves was a revolutionary
resource: a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for
transgender people, written by over 100 trans and
genderqueer authors. Oxford University Press was proud
to be a leader with the original volume and will publish a
2nd edition in 2022.
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55. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
BURIED TRUTHS AND THE
HYATT SKYWALKS: THE
LEGACY OF AMERICA'S
EPIC STRUCTURAL
FAILURE
Richard A. Serrano
ISBN: 9781612497150
PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Buried Truths and the Hyatt Skywalks explores America's
worst structural engineering disaster: the 1981 collapse
of two skywalks in Kansas City’s Hyatt hotel, which
killed 114 people and injured another 200. Survivors
and witnesses vividly recall that night here.
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56. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
BLANKET FORT RADIO
THEATER
Amy J. Etcheson and Pinckney Benedict, organizers
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a collection of student-
produced serialized audiobook podcasts. This project
turns previously published, beloved Southern Illinois
University Press titles into free audio versions and adds
producing credits to student resumés. Listen on NPR
One, Spotify, and Apple.
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57. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
ACADEMIC PIPELINE
PROGRAMS:
DIVERSIFYING PATHWAYS
FROM THE BACHELOR'S
TO THE PROFESSORIATE
Curtis Byrd and Rihana S. Mason
ISBN: 9781643150239
LEVER PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
This open access publication equips parents, high school
counselors, college advisors, faculty, department chairs,
and higher education administrators to identify academic
pipeline programs that fit diverse needs.
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58. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
PAIN AND SHOCK IN AMERICA:
POLITICS, ADVOCACY, AND
THE CONTROVERSIAL
TREATMENT OF PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES
Jan Nisbet
ISBN: 9781684580743
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Pain and Shock in America is the first book on the Judge
Rotenberg Center and its use of painful interventions to
control the behavior of people with disabilities. It is also
the first book in Brandeis University Press's new Law and
Society series, which adds to contemporary debates on
the legal system.
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59. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
TWINING: CRITICAL AND
CREATIVE APPROACHES TO
HYPERTEXT NARRATIVES
Anastasia Salter and Stuart Moulthrop
ISBN: 9781943208241
AMHERST COLLEGE PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Twining revives the literary potential of hypertext by
exploring Twine, a creation tool. Chapters alternate
careful, stepwise discussion of adaptable projects, offer
commentary on exemplary works, and discuss Twine's
technological and cultural background.
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60. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
SUPPORTING DIVERSE
VOICES GRANTS
Princeton University Press’s Equity & Inclusion Council, editorial
directors, science and social science acquisitions editorial teams, and
Creative Media Lab
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
In a commitment to fostering more equitable and inclusive
publishing, and in partnership with five professional
coaches—Michelle Boyd, Jane Joann Jones, Laura
Portwood-Stacer, Helen Sword, and Margy Thomas—the
Supporting Diverse Voices grants launched in 2021,
offering support to underrepresented and historically
excluded scholars preparing a book proposal.
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61. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
GRAPHIC INDIGENEITY:
COMICS IN THE AMERICAS
AND AUSTRALASIA
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama
ISBN: 9781496828026
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
I M A G E H E R E
For over thirty years, University Press of Mississippi has
been a foundational leader in the field of comics studies.
Graphic Indigeneity represents our ongoing
commitment to expanding this field of study and to telling
diverse stories across the wide landscape of comics
culture.
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62. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
POLITICS AND POPULAR
CULTURE
Linda M. Beail and Lilly J. Gore, series editors
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KANSAS
I M A G E H E R E
This new series encompasses a broad interpretation of
both politics (including but not limited to the disciplinary
borders of political science) and popular culture. It will
include books that examine popular culture—from TV
to gaming, comics, music, fashion, advertising, social
media, fandom, and film—with an eye toward the
power relationships and political themes embedded in
them.
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63. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
OPENING THE FUTURE:
A NEW MODEL FOR OPEN
ACCESS BOOKS
COPIM and Liverpool University Press
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
A collective subscription model makes library funds go
further by increasing collections and supporting open
access. In this model from Liverpool University Press,
members pay a fee to get unlimited multi-user access to
two of the press’s series; the membership revenue is
used to produce new open access monographs.
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64. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
WORDS IN SPACE AND TIME:
A HISTORICAL ATLAS OF
LANGUAGE POLITICS IN
MODERN CENTRAL EUROPE
Tomasz Kamusella
ISBN: 978-963-386-417-3
CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Kamusella's atlas, offering novel insights into the history
and mechanics of Central Europe's languages as
products of human history and a part of culture, is the
press’s first title published open access through a new
library membership initiative, the Opening the Future
program.
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65. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
AEVO UTP
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
In 2020, Canada's largest academic publisher, the
University of Toronto Press, launched a new trade imprint,
Aevo UTP. Written by leading experts for intellectually
curious readers, Aevo UTP books delve into the major
issues facing today's world like climate change and
mental health.
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66. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
CUBA'S DIGITAL
REVOLUTION: CITIZEN
INNOVATION AND STATE
POLICY
Edited by Ted A. Henken and Sara Garcia Santamaria
ISBN: 9781683402022
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA
I M A G E H E R E
This timely volume shows how recent technological
developments have been reconfiguring the cultural,
economic, social, and political spheres of Cuba's
Revolutionary project in unprecedented ways. It informs
our understanding of the role of the internet in Cuba's
July protests.
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67. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS IN
SCHOOLS: A DEVELOPMENTAL
APPROACH TO RACISM,
REVISED EDITION
Tracey A. Benson and Sarah E. Fiarman
ISBN: 978-1-68253-585-1
HARVARD EDUCATION PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Unconscious Bias in Schools addresses the phenomenon
of unconscious racial bias and how it negatively affects
the work of educators and students in schools. This timely
book provides guidance to disrupt patterns of perception
that perpetuate racism and institutional injustice.
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68. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
LANDMARK CASES IN
CANADIAN LAW SERIES
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Legal decisions fundamentally shape the way Canadians
experience day-to-day life. The Landmark Cases in
Canadian Law series closely examines court decisions
that have impacted every aspect of Canadian society,
from Aboriginal title to gender equality and freedom of
expression.
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69. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
BEARING WITNESS:
THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE
AGAINST FRACKING AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
Edited by Thomas A. Kerns and Kathleen Dean Moore
ISBN: 9780870710728
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
In 2018, the Rome-based Permanent Peoples' Tribunal
ruled that fracking systematically violates substantive and
procedural human rights. Bearing Witness collects expert
commentary and maps a promising new direction in the
ongoing struggle to protect the planet from climate chaos.
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70. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
Edited by Jeanette R. Davidson
ISBN: 9781474487740
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Divided into four teachable parts this textbook includes
new areas of research and scholarship integral to the
contemporary social and political discourse about race
and showcases interviews with renowned actor and
activist Danny Glover and prizewinning scholar Manning
Marable.
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71. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
GAY, CATHOLIC, AND
AMERICAN: MY LEGAL BATTLE
FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND
INCLUSION
Greg Bourke
ISBN: 9780268201241
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
"Bourke, one of the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case
that legalized gay marriage, shares his story of activism
and devout Catholicism. . . . [His memoir] pulls back the
curtain on one of the most influential Supreme Court
cases of modern American history."—Publishers Weekly
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72. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
IN THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION:
EYEWITNESS CHRONICLES OF
MOUNT ST. HELENS
Richard Waitt
ISBN: 9780874223231
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
"One of the most valuable books ever written about a
volcanic eruption."—Scientific American
Featured on multiple TV programs and recommended
reading lists, this book's outreach extends from
deepening geologists' understanding of the event to being
the basis of a children's book.
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73. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
COLLECTIVE
Allison Belan, Collective director
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
The Scholarly Publishing Collective—led by Duke
University Press in partnership with Longleaf Services,
Michigan State University Press, Penn State University
Press, SBL Press, and University of Illinois Press—
provides publishers with services including subscription
fulfillment, best-of-class hosting, and library sales
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74. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE SOUND OF EXCLUSION:
NPR AND THE LATINX PUBLIC
Christopher Chávez
ISBN: 978-0-8165-4276-5
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E As a network that claims to represent the nation, NPR
asserts unique claims about what it means to be
American. In The Sound of Exclusion, Christopher
Chávez critically examines how NPR pushes Latinx
listeners to the periphery. This book helps us reimagine a
more diverse future.
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75. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
EDICIONES UNIANDES ONLINE
E-BOOK PLATFORM
Julian Cortes, platform coordinator
EDICIONES UNIANDES
This first university press online platform in Colombia
currently offers 660 titles, some of which are open
access. For most of 2020, the platform’s contents were
free for online reading to help the community deal with
the pandemic. Visits grew 65.94%, and by the end of
2020, the platform had 5,344 registered users around the
world.
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76. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE VALUE OF HAWAI'I 3:
HULIHIA, THE TURNING
Edited by Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Craig Howes, Jonathan Kay
Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, and Aiko Yamashiro
Center for Biographical Research, series sponsor
ISBN: 9780824889180
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The Value of Hawaii 3 offers visions from community
leaders, cultural practitioners, artists, educators, and
activists who share exciting paths forward, on topics
ranging from agriculture to technology. Launched as open
access, this volume’s essays and poems create starting
points for discussion.
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77. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
AUDIOBOOK PARTNERSHIP
Syracuse University Press acquisitions department and Jim O'Connor,
organizer
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Syracuse University Press has partnered with the
University Libraries' Sound Beat: Access Audio to
produces audiobooks. Inclusion, accessibility and student
experience are at the forefront of this partnership and
Access Audio's mission.
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78. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
WRITING ARCHITECTURAL
HISTORY: EVIDENCE AND
NARRATIVE IN THE TWENTY-
FIRST CENTURY
The Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative
ISBN: 9780822946847
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
Over the past two decades, scholarship in architectural
history has transformed significantly. Writing Architectural
History draws attention to the role of subjectivity, internal
tensions in historical practice, and the politics underlying
every architectural story.
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79. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
DIRECT TO OPEN
Amy Brand, director and publisher, and Emily Farrell, library partnership
and sales lead
ISBN: 9780822946847
MIT PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
With Direct to Open, libraries can now move from
purchasing scholarly books once for a single collection to
funding them once, open access, for the world.
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80. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE 1921 TULSA RACE
MASSACRE: A
PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Karlos K. Hill
ISBN: 9780806168562
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
This richly illustrated volume, featuring more than 175
photographs, along with oral testimonies, shines a new
spotlight on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre from the
vantage point of its victims and survivors and offers a
perspective largely missing from other accounts.
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81. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
AFFORDABLE LEARNING
GEORGIA-UNG PRESS OPEN
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Jeffrey Gallant and Bonnie J. Robinson, organizers; Christy Talley-Smith,
eCore organizer; and Corey Parson, project editor
ISBN: 9780822946847
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The University of North Georgia Press is the leading
university press in Georgia for open educational
resources (OER), having published 16 open textbooks;
nine more books currently in production will complete the
University System of Georgia's first zerotextbook-cost
degree major. The press’s OER save students
$5,000,000 per year.
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82. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
THE CARIBBEAN BIOGRAPHY
AUDIOBOOK SERIES
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The Caribbean Biography Audiobook Series features the
architects of Caribbean culture. It introduces readers and
listeners, including the visually impaired, to those
individuals who have made sterling contributions to the
region.
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83. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
DIGITAL LOEB
CLASSICAL LIBRARY
Jeffrey Henderson, series editor
ISBN: 9780674425088
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E The mission of Loeb Classical Library, founded by James
Loeb in 1911, has always been to make classical Greek
and Latin literature accessible to the broadest range of
readers. The digital Loeb Classical Library extends this
mission into the twenty-first century.
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84. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
CRITICAL RACE THEORY,
3RD EDITION
Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
ISBN: 9781479802760
NYU PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
First published in 2001, one of the most acclaimed critical
race theory titles is currently on its third edition. It covers
emerging topics and events and also addresses the rise
of a fierce wave of criticism from the right, which insists
America has little use for racial analysis and study.
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85. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
ELUSIVE ARCHIVES:
MATERIAL CULTURE IN
FORMATION
Edited by Martin Brückner and Sandy Isenstadt
ISBN: 9781644532249
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS
I M A G E H E R E
The essays that comprise Elusive Archives raise a
common question: how do we study material culture
when the objects of study are transient, evanescent,
dispersed, or subjective? Such things resist the
taxonomic protocols that institutions, such as museums
and archives, rely on to channel their acquisitions into
meaningful collections.
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86. U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S W E E K 2 0 2 1 K E E P U P
INDUSTRY UNBOUND
Ari Ezra Waldman
ISBN: 9781108492423
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
I M A G E H E R E Waldman provides an unprecedented account of how
tech companies undermine privacy law from the inside.
Industry Unbound connects seemingly separate issues—
discourse, law, and design—to reveal their strategies to
perform symbolic acts of protecting privacy while
extracting our data.
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