History: New Titles http://www.press.umich.edu/rss/newHistory.xml New History Books en-us ump.webmaster@umich.edu Cross Purposes: Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education | by Paula Abrams http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=192896 Do parents have the right to determine how their children should be educated? The Echoes of L'Arbre Croche | by Donald A. Johnston http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1053995 Mystery, intrigue, romance, and history in a novel set on the Great Lakes. Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina | by Amy Koritz and George J. Sanchez, editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=923684 A collection of essays that documents the ways in which educational institutions and the arts community responded to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Grassroots at the Gateway: Class Politics and Black Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, 1936-75 | by Clarence Lang http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=354425 Offers a new conceptualization of black workingclass participation in the civil rights movement. The Price of Racial Reconciliation | by Ronald W. Walters http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=135227 NEW IN PAPER! 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. Performing Conquest: Five Centuries of Theater, History, and Identity in Tlaxcala, Mexico | by Patricia A. Ybarra http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=316831 An unprecedented reading of Mexican history through the lens of performance. After the Nazi Racial State: Difference and Democracy in Germany and Europe | by Rita Chin, Heide Fehrenbach, Geoff Eley, and Atina Grossmann http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=354212 An investigation of the concept of "race" in post-Nazi Germany. Moisture of the Earth: Mary Robinson, Civil Rights and Textile Union Activist | Fran Leeper Buss, Editor http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=10549 A voice from the margins that refuses to be silenced. The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System | by Jacob Soll http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=243021 A fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledge. Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea | by Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=180934 Does the gun lobby threaten the democratic institutions safeguarding individual liberty in America? A Good Quarrel: America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court | Timothy R. Johnson and Jerry Goldman, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=243263 The country's top legal reporters comment on and analyze some of the most important oral arguments in recent court history. The Playing Fields of Eton: Equality and Excellence in Modern Meritocracy | by Mika LaVaque-Manty http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=186189 Can equality and excellence coexist in a democratic society? Work, Race, and the Emergence of Radical Right Corporatism in Imperial Germany | by Dennis Sweeney http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=327445 An examination of the relationship between labor relations and public life in the Saar river valley that traces the wider political-ideological changes of the era. Bath Massacre : America's First School Bombing | by Arnie Bernstein http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=283846 A gripping account of America's first---and largest---school mass murder. To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face : Libertarian Political Violence and the Origins of the Militia Movement | by Robert H. Churchill http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=327258 Did a long-standing and libertarian understanding of the American Revolution create the perfect climate for the militia movement in the United States? Livy's Written Rome | by Mary Jaeger http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=15056 The Roman view of history through the eyes of Livy. Ethnic Drag: Performing Race, Nation, Sexuality in West Germany | by Katrin Sieg http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=17012 An exploration of the West German attempt to repress and refashion concepts of "race" after the Holocaust. The German Patient: Crisis and Recovery in Postwar Culture | by Jennifer M. Kapczynski http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=327424 A fascinating study of disease as a trope in German debates about the Nazi past. The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece | by Jenifer Neils http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=335391 An authoritative and fully illustrated introduction to the world of ancient Greece. 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. Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches | by Eric L. McDaniel http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=322916 Examines the factors underlying the political mobilization of Black churches. Neither German nor Pole: Catholicism and National Indifference in a Central European Borderland | by James E. Bjork http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=217738 A unique study of the importance of religious identification in a multi-national region . Topographies of Class: Modern Architecture and Mass Society in Weimar Berlin | by Sabine Hake http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=332792 The first interdisciplinary exploration of the cultural architecture of Weimar Berlin. Philadelphia Freedom: Memoir of a Civil Rights Lawyer | by David Kairys http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=297518 The gripping story of the life and education of one of America's most innovative and idealistic lawyers. Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries | by Grant Brown, Jr. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=344992 An illustrated book about the visionary, risky, and influential business of transporting loaded railroad cars across Lake Michigan. Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821 | by George Selgin http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=307069 Private Enterprise and the Foundation of Modern Coinage. The Street Porter and the Philosopher: Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism | edited by Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=212207 Leading economists explore the premise that all social interactions are exchanges among inherently equal human beings. When Evil Came to Good Hart | by Mardi Link http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=318045 A new look into an old story---the cold-case file of the murders of a wealthy Detroit-area family in their northern Michigan cabin in 1968. Point Betsie: Lightkeeping and Lifesaving on Northeastern Lake Michigan | by Jonathan P. Hawley http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=349781 An illustrated history of the famed Point Betsie Lighthouse. "Jiffy": A Family Tradition, Mixing Business and Old-Fashioned Values | by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds | Chelsea Milling Company http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=360870 The story of the internationally renowned Chelsea Milling Company---a trailblazer in the packaged-food industry. Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors | by Lawrence R. Gustin http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=334291 A new edition of the classic book on the flamboyant genius who helped lead America into the automobile age. The Battle for China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution | by Mobo Gao | Pluto Press http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=343263 Shows that the Mao era was beneficial for most Chinese citizens. 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. Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past | edited by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Paul B. Jaskot http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=286865 A compelling exploration of the myriad ways in which German cities have confronted their Nazi pasts. Socialist Modern: East German Everyday Culture and Politics | edited by Katherine Pence and Paul Betts http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=217730 Explores the ways in which modernity shaped the relationship between socialist state and society in East Germany.