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Volume 44 - Issue 2 - May 2010

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Daniel Geary, Radical Ambition: C. Wright Mills, the Left, and American Social Thought (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, £20.95). Pp. 296. isbn978 520 25836 5.
AXEL R. SCHÄFER
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Joseph G. Schloss, Foundation: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, $19.95/£11.99). Pp. ix+176. isbn978 0 19 533406 7.
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Graham Lock and David Murray (eds.), The Hearing Eye: Jazz and Blues Influences in African American Visual Art (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, $24.95). Pp. xv+366. isbn978 0 19 534051 8.
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Rebecca de Schweinitz, If We Could Change the World: Young People and America's Long Struggle for Racial Equality (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009, $35.00). Pp. 368. isbn978 0 8078 3275 6.
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Chad Heap, Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885–1940 (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2009, £24.00/$35.00). Pp. 420. isbn978 0 226 32243 8.
STEPHEN ROBINSON
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David Paul Haney, The Americanization of Social Science: Intellectuals and Public Responsibility in the Postwar United States (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008, £27.99). Pp. 296. isbn978 1 5921 3713 8.
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Claire Greslé-Favier, “Raising Sexually Pure Kids”: Sexual Abstinence, Conservative Christians and American Politics (Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi Press, 2009, $93.00). Pp. vii+276. isbn978 90 420 2678 0.
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Juan J. Alonso, Badmen, Bandits, and Folk Heroes: The Ambivalence of Mexican American Identity in Literature and Film (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2009, $49.95). Pp. 208. isbn978 0 8165 2868 4.
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Brian Neve, Elia Kazan: The Cinema of an American Outsider (London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2009, $42.00). Pp. xi+252. isbn978 84511 560 9.
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Marc J. Selverstone, Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945–1950 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009, £36.95/$49.95). Pp. 318. isbn978 0 674 03179 1.
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Ryan André Brasseaux, Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, $35.00). Pp. 283. isbn978 0 19 534306 9.
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Michael Awkward, Burying Don Imus: Anatomy of a Scapegoat (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009, $24.95). Pp. 232. isbn978 0 8166 674 3.
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Susan Eva O'Donovan, Becoming Free in the Cotton South (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007, $35.00). Pp. 364. isbn0 674 02483 4.
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Woden Teachout, Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism (New York: Basic Books, 2009, £15.99). Pp. 272. isbn0 4650 0209 9.
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Axel Nissen, Manly Love: Romantic Friendship in American Fiction (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009, $45.00). Pp. x+240. isbn978 0 226 58666 3.
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Herbert Berg, Elijah Muhammad and Islam (New York: New York University Press, 2009, $39.00). Pp. 190. isbn978 0 8147 9113 4.
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Emily J. Orlando, Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2007, $29.95). Pp. xiii+250. isbn0 8173 5552 9.
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Dohra Ahmad, Landscapes of Hope: Anti-colonial Utopianism in American Literature (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, $65.00). Pp. 250. isbn978 0 19 533276 6.
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William Hogeland, Inventing American History (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009, £9.95). Pp. 216. isbn978 0 262 01288 1.
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Simona Tobia, Advertising America: The United States Information Service in Italy (1945–1956) (Milan: LED, 2008, €33.00). Pp. 323. isbn978 88 7916 400 9.
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Daniel Geary, Radical Ambition: C. Wright Mills, the Left, and American Social Thought (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, £20.95). Pp. 296. isbn978 520 25836 5.

Joseph G. Schloss, Foundation: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, $19.95/£11.99). Pp. ix+176. isbn978 0 19 533406 7.

Graham Lock and David Murray (eds.), The Hearing Eye: Jazz and Blues Influences in African American Visual Art (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, $24.95). Pp. xv+366. isbn978 0 19 534051 8.

Rebecca de Schweinitz, If We Could Change the World: Young People and America's Long Struggle for Racial Equality (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009, $35.00). Pp. 368. isbn978 0 8078 3275 6.

Chad Heap, Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885–1940 (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2009, £24.00/$35.00). Pp. 420. isbn978 0 226 32243 8.

David Paul Haney, The Americanization of Social Science: Intellectuals and Public Responsibility in the Postwar United States (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008, £27.99). Pp. 296. isbn978 1 5921 3713 8.

Claire Greslé-Favier, “Raising Sexually Pure Kids”: Sexual Abstinence, Conservative Christians and American Politics (Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi Press, 2009, $93.00). Pp. vii+276. isbn978 90 420 2678 0.

Juan J. Alonso, Badmen, Bandits, and Folk Heroes: The Ambivalence of Mexican American Identity in Literature and Film (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2009, $49.95). Pp. 208. isbn978 0 8165 2868 4.

Brian Neve, Elia Kazan: The Cinema of an American Outsider (London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2009, $42.00). Pp. xi+252. isbn978 84511 560 9.

Marc J. Selverstone, Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945–1950 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009, £36.95/$49.95). Pp. 318. isbn978 0 674 03179 1.

Ryan André Brasseaux, Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, $35.00). Pp. 283. isbn978 0 19 534306 9.

Michael Awkward, Burying Don Imus: Anatomy of a Scapegoat (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009, $24.95). Pp. 232. isbn978 0 8166 674 3.

Susan Eva O'Donovan, Becoming Free in the Cotton South (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007, $35.00). Pp. 364. isbn0 674 02483 4.

Woden Teachout, Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism (New York: Basic Books, 2009, £15.99). Pp. 272. isbn0 4650 0209 9.

Axel Nissen, Manly Love: Romantic Friendship in American Fiction (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009, $45.00). Pp. x+240. isbn978 0 226 58666 3.

Herbert Berg, Elijah Muhammad and Islam (New York: New York University Press, 2009, $39.00). Pp. 190. isbn978 0 8147 9113 4.

Emily J. Orlando, Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2007, $29.95). Pp. xiii+250. isbn0 8173 5552 9.

Dohra Ahmad, Landscapes of Hope: Anti-colonial Utopianism in American Literature (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, $65.00). Pp. 250. isbn978 0 19 533276 6.

William Hogeland, Inventing American History (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009, £9.95). Pp. 216. isbn978 0 262 01288 1.

Simona Tobia, Advertising America: The United States Information Service in Italy (1945–1956) (Milan: LED, 2008, €33.00). Pp. 323. isbn978 88 7916 400 9.

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