American Studies: New Titles http://www.press.umich.edu/rss/newAmerican.xml New American Studies Books en-us ump.webmaster@umich.edu Devils and Rebels: The Making of Hawthorne's Damned Politics | by Larry J. Reynolds http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=163182 Was Nathaniel Hawthorne a racist? A compelling second look at a canonical American author. Stone Tower: The Political Theater of Arthur Miller | by Jeffrey D. Mason http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=309730 A revealing look at Arthur Miller's political sensibilities as evidenced in his dramatic works and other writings. Hazel Scott The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC | by Karen Chilton http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=197245 The first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor, and civil-rights advocate. American Jewish Identity Politics | edited by Deborah Dash Moore http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=273452 Explores changes among American Jews in their self-understanding during the last half of the 20th century. Mammy: A Century of Race, Gender, and Southern Memory | by Kimberly Wallace-Sanders http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=170676 A revealing exploration of the origins and meanings of the mammy figure. Counterculture Kaleidoscope: Musical and Cultural Perspectives on Late Sixties San Francisco | by Nadya Zimmerman http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=192464 A bold reconsideration of the meaning of 1960s San Francisco counterculture. Don't Deny My Name: Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition | by Lorenzo Thomas | Edited and with an Introduction by Aldon Lynn Nielsen http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=91773 Reflections on the relationships between black American intellectuals and African American musical traditions from blues to hip hop. Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. | by Cynthia Barnett http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=187043 NEW IN PAPER! Can we save our greatest natural resource before it disappears forever? Distrusting Democrats: Outcomes of Participatory Constitution Making | by Devra C. Moehler http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=203954 Does participation lead citizens of new democracies to invest or disinvest in democracy? Mark One or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America | by Kim M. Williams http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=17441 NEW IN PAPER! The little-known story of the struggle to include a multiracial category on the U.S. census, and the profound changes it wrought in the American political landscape. Racial Union: Law, Intimacy, and the White State in Alabama, 1865-1954 | by Julie Novkov http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=89977 A stunning exploration of America's attitudes on interracial marriage. Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist | by Nancy Goldstein http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=150236 A richly illustrated biography of a pioneering woman artist and the characters she created. The Price of Racial Reconciliation | by Ronald W. Walters http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=135227 Presents the conceptual difficulties involved in the project of racial reconciliation by a comparative analysis of South African Truth and Reconciliation and the demand for Reparations in the United States.