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Books on the History of Race Relations
As a leading contributor to the global understanding of human affairs, we hope our books will help inform the public consciousness and promote tolerance for a brighter future. To that end, we echo the AUP’s statement on Equity and Anti-Racism and are committed to amplifying diverse and marginalized voices in publishing.
New Releases
Movement, Expression, and the Human Figure in Gothic Sculpture
The Conflicted History of an Emotion
Selected Writings
Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law
Echoes of a Revolution
The Emergence of Mountaineering in the Nineteenth Century
The Photographer of Enchantment
Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020
A Seasonal History of Plants and People
Summer Reading
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Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
The Making of the Legend
Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: Volume One, 1915-1933
Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
A Memoir
Catalogs
From the Blog
Racial Health Disparities in America by Michelle A. Gourdine
June 29, 2020
In 2012, Trayvon Martin, a seventeen-year-old boy dressed in a hoodie, carrying a bag of Skittles and iced tea while walking through a neighborhood where he “didn’t belong,” was approached and eventually shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a resident on “neighborhood watch.”
Like so many African American parents, I was at once mad, and afraid. Almost immediately, protective instincts kicked in, and my husband and I had “The Talk” with our children, starting with our then fifteen-year-old son.
Imagine a mother and father, having to teach their son—their wide-eyed, PlayStation-playing, manga-cartoon-reading, food-inhaling, too-shy-to-let-his-mom-kiss-him-in-public son—how NOT to be killed by someone who doesn’t know him, yet assumes the worst about him.
Read moreInteraction and Language Learning by Stacey Katz Bourns, Cheryl Krueger, and Nicole Mills
June 26, 2020
What does it mean to be able to communicate? In general, many researchers would say that competent communicators know what to say, how to say it, and when to say it. In his discussion of language acquisition and classroom practice, VanPatten (2017, 3–6) highlights key terms to help instructors better understand the substance of communication: meaning, expression, interpretation, context, negotiation, and purpose. The following paragraphs provide paraphrased descriptions of each.
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