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Dark Days in the Newsroom
 
Dark Days in the Newsroom
McCarthyism Aimed at the Press

Alwood, Edward

Named 2008 Best Book of the Year: Adult Non-Fiction by the Connecticut Press Club

Death in the Dining Room and Other Tales of Victorian Culture
 
Death in the Dining Room and Other Tales of Victorian Culture
Ames, Kenneth L.

Henry-Russell Hitchcock Award, Victorian Society of America, 1993

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1994

The Smoke of the Gods
 
The The Smoke of the Gods
A Social History of Tobacco

Burns, Eric

A "Best of the Best from the University Presses" program selection at the 2007 ALA Annual Conference

The Spirits of America
 
The Spirits of America
A Social History of Alcohol

Burns, Eric

A "Best of the Best from the University Presses" program selection at the 2004 ALA Annual Conference

Conspicuous Production
 
Conspicuous Production
Automobiles and Elites in Detroit, 1899-1933

Davis, Donald Finlay

Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, the Canadian Historical Association, 1989

Organizing Asian American Labor
 
Organizing Asian American Labor
The Pacific Coast Canned-Salmon Industry, 1870-1942

Friday, Chris

Outstanding Book in History Award, Association for Asian American Studies, 1995

Arsenio Rodríguez and the Transnational Flows of Latin Popular Music
 
Arsenio Rodr�guez and the Transnational Flows of Latin Popular Music
Garcia, David F.

2007 Certificate of Merit for Best Research in Recorded Folk, Ethnic, or World Music from the Association for Recorded Sound.

Dilemmas of the American Self
 
Dilemmas of the American Self
Hewitt, John P.

Charles Horton Cooley Award of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1990

It Comes from the People
 
It Comes from the People
Community Development and Local Theology

Hinsdale, Mary Ann, Helen M. Lewis and S. Maxine Waller

Co-winner for the Transformational Politics Book Award, American Political Science Association, 1996

Another Arabesque
 
Savoring the Salt
The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara

edited by Holmes, Linda Janet and Cheryl A. Wall

Selected as “‘The Best of the Best’ from the University Presses” Books You Should Know About” for the ALA Annual Conference, 2008

Beyond Preservation
 
Beyond Preservation
Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities

Hurley, Andrew

National Council on Public History's Book Award Award, 2012

Model City Blues
 
Model City Blues
Urban Space and Organized Resistance in New Haven

Jackson, Mandi Isaacs

Urban Communication Foundation Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Publication Award, 2008

Body Language
 
Body Language
Sisters in Shape, Black Women's Fitness, and Feminist Identity Politics

Lau, Kimberly J.

Elli Köngäs-Maranda Professional Prize, American Folklore Society, 2011

Performing Asian America
 
Performing Asian America
Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage

Lee, Josephine

Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Asian American Studies Conference, 2016

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
 
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
How White People Profit from Identity Politics

Lipsitz, George

Outstanding Books Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America, 1999


 
Selma's Peacemaker
Ralph Smeltzer and Civil Rights Mediation

Longenecker, Steve L.

Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for Human Rights, 1987

Desis in the House
 
Desis in the House
Indian American Youth Culture in New York City

Maira, Sunaina Marr

Honorable Mention for the Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize from the American Studies Association, 2003

Financialization of Daily Life
 
Financialization of Daily Life
Martin, Randy

Randy Martin is the recipient of the American Sociological Association's Marxist Sociology Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015

Under New Management
 
Under New Management
Universities, Administrative Labor, and the Professional Turn

Martin, Randy

Randy Martin is the recipient of the American Sociological Association's Marxist Sociology Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015

The New Left Revisited
 
The New Left Revisited
edited by McMillian, John and Paul Buhle

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2003

Holy Leisure
 
Holy Leisure
Recreation and Religion in God’s Square Mile

Messenger, Troy

Winner of the the Outstanding New Book on New Jersey award from the New Jersey Historical Alliance, 1999

Striking Steel
 
Striking Steel
Solidarity Remembered

Metzgar, Jack

Winner of the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award, 2001

All Talk
 
All Talk
The Talkshow in Media Culture

Munson, Wayne

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1994

Cane Fires
 
Cane Fires
The Anti-Japanese Movement in Hawaii, 1865-1945

Okihiro, Gary Y.

Outstanding Book in History and Social Science Award, Association for Asian American Studies, 1992


 
The Old Christian Right
The Protestant Far Right from the Depression to the Cold War

Ribuffo, Leo

Winner of the Merle Curti Award of the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American intellectual history, 1985

Messiahs of 1933
 
Messiahs of 1933
How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity through Satire

Schechter, Joel

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2008

The World Next Door
 
The World Next Door
South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America

Srikanth, Rajini

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2005

Cultural Studies Book Award, Association for Asian American Studies, 2006

The Scrapbook in American Life
 
The Scrapbook in American Life
edited by Tucker, Susan, Katherine Ott and Patricia P. Buckler

Winner of the Allen Noble Award for best edited book, 2006

Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memory
 
Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memory
Wallace, Michael

Historic Preservation Book Prize, The Center for Historic Preservation at Mary Washington College, 1997

To Save China, To Save Ourselves
 
To Save China, To Save Ourselves
The Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York

Yu, Renqiu

Outstanding Book in History Award, Association for Asian American Studies, 1993

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 1994


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