A funny, tragic, garlicky chronicle of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in Central New York.

Examines how colonial and postcolonial violence is understood and conceptualized through Indigenous storytelling.

Food and history combine in this exploration of the Dutch influence on American holiday traditions. Includes more than one hundred easy-to-make holiday recipes.

Examines the origins, efficacy, legacy, and consequences of envisioning both Native and non-Native “worlds.”

Essays by eleven prominent scholars provide the latest insights into the seventeenth-century history of the Hudson Valley and its environs.

Examines the progress of and obstacles faced by African Americans in twenty-first-century America.

Offers a critical history of the role of pain, suffering, and compassion in democratic culture.

Explores the curating of “difficult knowledge” through the exhibition of lynching photographs in contemporary museums.

Tells the social history of the Iroquois people of Ohio during the buildup to removal.

A transformative look at a popular instrument and a hidden chapter of American history.

Traces the route, history, and geography of US 20, America’s longest road.

A 1960s Bronx tomboy learns how to survive her brutal but humorous Italian family and all the rest that life throws her. The harder you hit the pavement, the higher you fly.

Tracks the influence of Italian cinema on American film from the postwar period to the present.

Demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in midcentury America.

Contemporary African philosophy in indigenous African languages and English translation.

An interdisciplinary exploration of indigenous bodies.

Documents the rich history of Italian American working women in Connecticut, including the crucial role they played in union organizing.

Argues that homophobia will not be eradicated in the United States until religion is ended.

Food-based reflections on Italian food, American culture, and globalization.

Stories of small-town life on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Considers the legacy of Thomas Merton and his relevance for contemporary times.

Explores how indigenous nationhood has emerged and been maintained in the face of aggressive efforts to assimilate Native peoples.

Explores how American Indian businesses and organizations are taking on images that were designed to oppress them.

Traces the historical dimensions of Native North American drama using a critical perspective.

A tribute to the Italian American family and its trying bonds of love.