In Awkward Politics, Carrie Smith-Prei and Maria Stehle suggest that awkwardness offers a means of engaging with twenty-first century feminist activism.
Arts and Sciences
Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic
In Afro-Atlantic Flight, Michelle Commander traces how post-civil rights Black Americans visit Africa to heal the dispossession caused by the slave trade.
Racing Against Racism
An unlikely champion of civil rights outdrives and outsmarts his competition.
Poseidon’s Curse: British Naval Impressment and Atlantic Origins of the American Revolution
In Poseidon’s Curse, Christopher Magra interprets the American Revolution from the vantage point of the Atlantic Ocean.
Regeneration through Empire: French Pronatalists and Colonial Settlement in the Third Republic
In Regeneration through Empire: French Pronatalists and Colonial Settlement in the Third Republic, 1870-1940, Margaret Andersen explores the intersection between colonial lobbyists and pronatalists in France’s Third Republic.
Crafting Characters
A new biography highlights Alex Haley’s impact on American racial sensibilities.