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SPRING 2021 TITLES

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Death Washes Ashore: the cover shows a picture of a lone canoe on a foggy lake, a forest at the water's edge. The title text is written in transparent white font at the top half of the page. Design by Sara DeHaan.
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Death Washes Ashore
Patricia Skalka
Spring 2021

  

Settlers Valley: Cover showing a man wearing a red plaid shirt and a wide brimmed hat standing before a dirt road, a red barn along the horizon. Design by Bruce Gore Gore Studio, Inc.
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Settlers Valley
Jerry Apps
Spring 2021

The Restaurant Inspector: Cover depicting legs adorning red skinny jeans and blue converse emerging from a dumpster, jutting out as the person seemingly rumages through the dumpster. The background is a plain blue expanse. Photograph by Isaiah & Taylor Photography. Design by Jeremy John Parker.
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The Restaurant Inspector
Alex Pickett
Spring 2021

  

Sex with Strangers: A blue tinted photography of interlacing feet. The title text is a subdued white, contrasting with the darker shades of the image. Photograph by Nico Segall. Design by Jeremy John Parker.
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Sex with Strangers
Michael Lowenthal
Spring 2021

The Blondes of Wisconsin: Cover showing the side of an old brick building with blue and yellow letters painted on it. Photo by Diane Merchant. Design by Eric C. Wilder.
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The Blondes of Wisconsin
Anthony Bukoski
Spring 2021

  

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Add This to the List of Things That You Are
Chris Fink
Spring 2021

Alien Miss: Cover showing a black and white painting of a woman with dark hair stretching down to the floor who is holding a bow. The background of the image is blue, with a white moon cut out of it behind the woman. The title text is written in white capital letters. Painting is by Mai Ta. Design by Jordan Wannemacher.
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Alien Miss
Carlina Duan
Spring 2021

  

Condition of the Wounded: Cover showing an illutration by Adrian Jones of FineArtAmerica.com. The image depicts simple, colorful depictions of houses contained in fenced yards, the fences all connected, creating the impression of a maze. The title text is proclaimed in striking, white font, partially hidden behind some of the houses in the image. Design by Debbie Berne Design.
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Conditions of the Wounded
Anna Leigh Knowles
Spring 2021

Blood Aria: A painting by Samuel Nelson. The painting is mostly white and blue-gray, with an abstract red blotch near the bottom, looking very much like a bleeding cut. Design by Kristyn Kalnes.
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Blood Aria
Christopher Nelson
Spring 2021

  

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Quertext
An Anthology of Queer Voices from German-Speaking Europe
Edited by Gary Schmidt and Merrill Cole
Spring 2021

Men I've Never Been: Cover of pixilated man's head with the face cut out superimposed on an orange background. The title text is written in a white oval within the man's face. Design by Debbie Berne Design.
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Men I've Never Been
Michael Sadowski
Spring 2021

 

Understanding and Teaching the Civil Rights Movement: Cover of a black and white photo of a woman giving a speach at a protest for civil rights.
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Understanding and Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
Edited by Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Spring 2021

Loving Before Loving: Cover showing an old, faded photograph of Joan Steinau Lester and her former husband, Julius Lester as young adults. The title text is proclaimed in bold red, blue, and black font. Design by Ann Weinstock.
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Loving before Loving
A Marriage in Black and White
Joan Steinau Lester
Spring 2021

 

The Film Music of John Williams: a black cover revealing a grayscale photograph of John Williams conducting. The title text is proclaimed in capitalized blue text with a thin line separating it from the red subtitle text. Photograph by Walter H. Scott. Design by Jennifer Conn.
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The Film Music of John Williams
Reviving Hollywood's Classical Style
Emilio Audissino
Spring 2021

Frank Lloyd Wright's Forgotten House: Cover showing a photograph of the Elizabeth Murphy House, a one level, beige sided, brown trimmed house. The grass in front of the house and the sky behind it appear have been digitally illustrated. Design by Bruce Gore Gore Studio, Inc.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Forgotten House
How an Omission Transformed the Architect's Legacy
Nicholas D. Hayes
Spring 2021

  

Respectability and Violence: cover displaying an illustration of soldiers running past women holding red flowers. Design by the Jordan Wannemacher.
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Respectability and Violence
Military Values, Masculine Honor, and Italy’s Road to Mass Death
Lorenzo Benadusi
Spring 2021

Best Weapon for Peace: A black and white photograph of Maria Montessori, a middle aged woman wearing a pearl necklace, looking intensely into the camera. Design by Nancy Zucker Design.
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The Best Weapon for Peace
Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights
Erica Moretti
Spring 2021

  

The Crisis of German Ideology: Illustration of a geometric mosaic consisting of various red, orange, brown, black, and white pieces. In the center, a large black rectangle contains the title and author text. Design by Jennifer Conn.
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The Crisis of German Ideology
Intellectual Origins of the Third Reich
George L. Mosse
Spring 2021

Last Train to Auschwitz: cover displaying a blue tinted photograph of two trains. The title text is proclaimed in light blue capitalized font in the center of the page. Design by Jeremy John Parker.
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Last Train to Auschwitz
The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability
Sarah Federman
Spring 2021

  

Economic Performance in the Nordic World: an olive cover displaying the title text in black font and the author text in white font.
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Economic Performance in the Nordic World
Torben M. Andersen
Spring 2021

Happiness in the Nordic World: pink cover displaying the black title text and white author text.
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Happiness in the Nordic World
Christian Bjørnskov
Spring 2021

  

Equality in the Nordic World: blue cover displaying the black title text and white author text.
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Equality in the Nordic World
Carsten Jensen
Spring 2021

Collecting Music in the Aran Islands: Cover of an abstract painting comprised of blue, white, gray, and some yellow and some red. It evokes images of waterfalls, boats, and shells, but there are no fine details. Design by TG Design.
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Collecting Music in the Aran Islands
A Century of History and Practice
Deirdre Ní Chonghaile
Spring 2021

  

Repossessing Shanland: cover showing a picture of a tiger colored in three stripes: the top one is yellow, the middle is green, and the bottom is red. Design by Bruce Gore Gore Studio, Inc.
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Repossessing Shanland
Myanmar, Thailand, and a Nation-State Deferred
Jane M. Ferguson
Spring 2021

A Bold Profession: Cover showing a painting of a black woman wearing a white head wrap. Behind her is a field a misty hills. Painting by Melissa Tshikamba. Design by TG Design.
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A Bold Profession
African Nurses in Rural Apartheid South Africa
Leslie Anne Hadfield
Spring 2021

  

The Names of the Python: Cover depicting snakes lined up next to each other so closely that they almost blend into each other. Art by Dorothy Fitchew. Design by Distillery Marketing & Design.
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The Names of the Python
Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930
David L. Schoenbrun
Spring 2021

Health in a Fragile State: Cover showing a set of hands under a faucet.
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Health in a Fragile State
Science, Sorcery, and Spirit in the Lower Congo
John M. Janzen
Spring 2021

  

Practical Audacity: A photograph of a black statue of a person with braids and no eyes or body. The statue is in front of modern buildings. Statue by Simon Leigh. Photo by Huge L. Gonzalez. Design by Distillery Marketing & Design.
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Practical Audacity
Black Women and International Human Rights
Stanlie James
Spring 2021

After Genocide: cover showing a photograph of rows of simple wooden crosses. Photograph by Ricardo Mazalan. Design by Distillery Marketing & Design.
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After Genocide
Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda
Nicole Fox
Spring 2021

  

Slavery and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity: Cover displaying two overlapping circles. The left circle is orange, containing the white title text, and encircled in a pattern evoking imagery of ancient, Grecian pottery. The right circle displays the image of a Red-Figured cup, attributed to the Bygos Painter, encircled in the same pattern as the left circle. The top half of the cover is green. The bottom is blue. Design by Ann Weinstock.
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Slavery and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity
Edited by Deborah Kamen and C. W. Marshall
Spring 2021

Reset in Stone: Cover of a photograph of an Athenian ruin with tall white pillars taken from below, looking up towards the ruins and the sky. On the right side of the image, there is a faint blue outline of a pillar going up the side of the page.
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Reset in Stone
Memory and Reuse in Ancient Athens
Sarah A. Rous
Spring 2021

  

Citizen Countess: Cover showing a faded photograph of Sofia Panina wearing a fur hat and a green blazer.
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Citizen Countess
Sofia Panina and the Fate of Revolutionary Russia
Adele Lindenmeyr
Spring 2021

Hungarian Religion, Romanian Blood: Red cover depicting a grainy photograph of four people in traditional white and red dress. Three are facing away from the viewer, one is facing the viewer. The title text is proclaimed in orange, capitalized font at the top of the page.
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Hungarian Religion, Romanian Blood
A Minority's Struggle for National Belonging, 1920–1945
R. Chris Davis
Spring 2021

  

Lyric Complicity: the cover is split into three sectios of torn paper, the top and largest strip of paper is green, the middle piece is pink, and the bottom piece is blue. The title text is written in black font, combining the organic form of hand written text and the even lines of typed text. On the right side of the cover there are simple drawings of various people, facing the other size of the page, as well as scribbled and crossed out handwriting.
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Lyric Complicity
Poetry and Readers in the Golden Age of Russian Literature
Daria Khitrova
Spring 2021

Defending the Masses: Cover art of a black and white photograph of Gilbert Roe leaning back at a chair, reading a piece of paper, shot through a doorway. The wall behind him is lined with books. The greyscale monotone is broken by the title text and author text, which are written in white font, but with a splash of bright red behind all of the text.
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Defending the Masses
A Progressive Lawyer's Battles for Free Speech
Eric B. Easton
Spring 2021

  

Resurrecting the First Great American Play: Cover showing a white background with drawings of two men placed horizontally on the page. The man on the top is wearing a hat and raising a hand in a wave. The man on the bottom has a mohawk and is wearing green. Both men are holding gun and wearing snow shoes.
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Resurrecting the First Great American Play
Imperial Politics and Colonial Ambitions in Frontier Detroit
Sämi Ludwig
Spring 2021

         

 

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