Tracks the medical emergence and treatment of vulvar pain conditions in order to understand why so many US women are misinformed about their sexual bodies.

Looks at southern Chinese martial arts traditions and how they have become important to local identity and narratives of resistance.

A comprehensive history of the first three decades of underwater exploration in antebellum America.

Chronicles the expanding global effort to confront public health challenges.

Detailed examination of the territorial and governance dimensions of contemporary welfare reforms in the United States and Europe.

Demonstrates how the success of universities depends on the working conditions of the younger academic generation.

Comparative analysis of gender equality reforms enacted in ten post-communist states who became members of the European Union.

A sweeping study of political murder in Latin America.

Illuminates how local board systems operate and the motivations and experiences of their members.

Explores how individuals and groups adapt to the challenges of globalization.

Examines the lives of recent Russian-Jewish immigrants in Germany.

Argues that expectations for mothering include a new core principle of "body work. "

The story of the Erie Canal’s completion and its place in the larger narrative of American modernity and progress.

Expanded and revised edition of the first book devoted solely to black fraternity hazing.

Tells the fascinating story of the Progressive Education movement of the 1930s and 1940s.

Analyzes the author’s transformation from academic to figure competitor.

The inside story of how a three-year old filly captured the hearts of racing fans and cemented her bid to be named Horse of the Year.

Inspiring oral history of the impact of cultural and educational exchange between South Africa and the United States during apartheid.

Philosophers consider race and racism from the perspective of lived, bodily experience.

Explores activist scholarship in relation to feminism and social movements in the Americas.

An ethnography of young, single women struggling to live independently in South Korea.

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

A pioneering approach to social theory that rectifies overreliance on Western historical experience of development and modernization.

Explores the challenges faculty fathers face in navigating the demands of work and family.

Examines the contemporary discourse on happiness through the lens of governmentality theory.