A racial demographic transition has come to rural northern New England. White population losses sit alongside racial and ethnic minority population gains in nearly all of the small towns of the Upper Valley region spanning New Hampshire and Vermont. Homesick considers these trends in a part of the country widely considered to be progressive, ......
The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge
The true story of a vigilante group of Holocaust survivors who conspired to kill six million Germans Nakam (Hebrew for "vengeance") tells the story of "the Avengers" (Nokmim), a group of young Holocaust survivors led by poet and resistance fighter Abba Kovner, who undertook a mission of revenge against Germany following the crimes of the ......
Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands
The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods-fuel, tobacco, sugar, and tea-as well as more illicit goods, and the province supports the financial, technical, and labor capacities that sustain these smuggling ......
Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands
The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods-fuel, tobacco, sugar, and tea-as well as more illicit goods, and the province supports the financial, technical, and labor capacities that sustain these smuggling ......
In this masterful new work, film critic and philosopher Eyal Peretz forges a new connection between the concept of "America" and the medium of film. Through exemplary close readings of six fundamental American films-John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Steven Spielberg's West ......
In this masterful new work, film critic and philosopher Eyal Peretz forges a new connection between the concept of "America" and the medium of film. Through exemplary close readings of six fundamental American films-John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Steven Spielberg's West ......
Rebuilding a Bipartisan Environmental Movement and Cultivating Authentic Hope
At the end of the Reagan administration, American public opinion polls showed there were no discernible differences based on political party in response to the question, "Do you consider yourself an environmentalist?" However, in the early 1990s, a partisan gulf between conservatives and liberals emerged around environmental issues. Today, half as ......
Family Migration, Children's Education, and Dreams for a Better Life
Every day families make one of the most difficult decisions in their lives: leave their homes in search of a safer and better future for their children. Now We Are Here is the story of how the ideal of a good American education underwrites the migratory decisions, trajectories, and experiences of migrant families. Through innovative and in-depth ......
Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs, and US Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898-1972
How do nationalist beliefs shape and influence American foreign policy? What are the contemporary implications of America's long-standing engagement in the Asia Pacific? This book unearths the varied processes underpinning the relationship between nationalism and the formulation of foreign policy, highlighting the central function of leaders' ......
