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Pages: 55-112
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
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Atlas of the 2008 Elections. Stanley D. Brunn, Gerald R. Webster, Richard L. Morrill, Fred M. Shelley, Stephen J. Levin, and J. Clark Archer, eds. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011. xiv and 320 pp., maps, diagrams, notes, and index. $84.99 cloth (ISBN 978-0-7425-6795-5).
Ron Johnston
Pages: 55-57
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
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Political Essay of the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition. Alexander von Humboldt. Edited and with an introduction by Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette; translated by J. Bradford Anderson, Vera M. Kutzinksi, and Anja Becker; Annotations by Tobias Kraft, Anja Becker, and Giorleny D. Altamirano Rayo. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2011. xxvi and 529 pp., maps, diagrs., notes, appendices, and index. $65.00 cloth (ISBN 978-0-226-46568).
Joseph L. Scarpaci
Pages: 58-59
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
CitationforPolitical Essay of the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition. Alexander von Humboldt. Edited and with an introduction by Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette; translated by J. Bradford Anderson, Vera M. Kutzinksi, and Anja Becker; Annotations by Tobias Kraft, Anja Becker, and Giorleny D. Altamirano Rayo. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2011. xxvi and 529 pp., maps, diagrs., notes, appendices, and index. $65.00 cloth (ISBN 978-0-226-46568). | Full Text | PDF (389.6 KB)
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Queer Methods and Methodologies: Intersecting Queer Theories and Social Science Research. Kath Browne, and Catherine J. Nash, eds. London, UK: Ashgate, 2010. xiv and 301 pp., notes, and index. $119.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-7546-7843-4).; Queer Spiritual Spaces: Sexuality and Sacred Places. Kath Browne, Sally R. Munt, and Andrew K. T. Yip, eds. London: Ashgate, 2010. xvi and 302 pp., photos, tables, notes, and index. $69.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-7546-7527-3).
Jen Jack Gieseking
Pages: 60-62
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
First Page PreviewforQueer Methods and Methodologies: Intersecting Queer Theories and Social Science Research. Kath Browne, and Catherine J. Nash, eds. London, UK: Ashgate, 2010. xiv and 301 pp., notes, and index. $119.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-7546-7843-4).; Queer Spiritual Spaces: Sexuality and Sacred Places. Kath Browne, Sally R. Munt, and Andrew K. T. Yip, eds. London: Ashgate, 2010. xvi and 302 pp., photos, tables, notes, and index. $69.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-7546-7527-3). | Full Text | PDF (615.8 KB)
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The Ashgate Research Companion to Border Studies. Doris Wastl-Walter, ed. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. 705 pp., figs, maps, tables, names index, places index. $157.50 cloth (ISBN 9780754674061).
Shannon O'Lear
Pages: 63-64
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
CitationforThe Ashgate Research Companion to Border Studies. Doris Wastl-Walter, ed. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. 705 pp., figs, maps, tables, names index, places index. $157.50 cloth (ISBN 9780754674061). | Full Text | PDF (272.5 KB)
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The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life. Elijah Anderson. New York, NY: Norton, 2011. xvii and 318 pp., photos, notes, bibliography, index. $17.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-393-34051-8).
John Western
Pages: 65-67
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
First Page PreviewforThe Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life. Elijah Anderson. New York, NY: Norton, 2011. xvii and 318 pp., photos, notes, bibliography, index. $17.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-393-34051-8). | Full Text | References | PDF (338.9 KB)
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Innovation and Technological Catch-Up: The Changing Geography of Wine Production. Elisa Giuliani, Andrea Morrison, and Roberta Rabellotti, eds. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011. x and 232 pp., tables, index. $112.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-84844-994-7).
José A. Borello
Pages: 68-69
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
CitationforInnovation and Technological Catch-Up: The Changing Geography of Wine Production. Elisa Giuliani, Andrea Morrison, and Roberta Rabellotti, eds. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011. x and 232 pp., tables, index. $112.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-84844-994-7). | Full Text | PDF (319.3 KB)
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Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and its Reversal. Gerard Toal and Carl.T. Dahlman. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2011. xiii and 463 pp., maps, photos, diagrams, illus., notes, bibliog., index. $39.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-19-973036-0).
Alex Jeffrey
Pages: 70-71
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
CitationforBosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and its Reversal. Gerard Toal and Carl.T. Dahlman. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2011. xiii and 463 pp., maps, photos, diagrams, illus., notes, bibliog., index. $39.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-19-973036-0). | Full Text | References | PDF (250 KB)
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The Death and Life of Main Street: Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community. Miles Orvell. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. xiii and 286 pp., maps, photos, diagrams, illus., notes, bibliog., index. $39.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-8078-3568-5).
Richard Francaviglia
Pages: 72-74
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
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Enemy in the Blood: Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina. Eric D. Carter. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2012. xv and 283 pp., maps, photos, diagrams, illus., notes, bibliog., index. $38.50 cloth (ISBN 978-0-8173-1760-7); $30.80 electronic (ISBN 978-0-8173-8595-8).
Brian King
Pages: 75-77
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
First Page PreviewforEnemy in the Blood: Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina. Eric D. Carter. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2012. xv and 283 pp., maps, photos, diagrams, illus., notes, bibliog., index. $38.50 cloth (ISBN 978-0-8173-1760-7); $30.80 electronic (ISBN 978-0-8173-8595-8). | Full Text | PDF (426.2 KB)
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Irrigated Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Indo-Pacific: Biological, Social and Historical Perspectives. Matthew Spriggs, David Addison, and Peter J. Matthews, eds. Osaka, Japan: National Museum of Ethnology, 2012. xvi and 363 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills. [no price] (ISBN 978-4-901906-93-7).
Robert Kuhlken
Pages: 78-79
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
CitationforIrrigated Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Indo-Pacific: Biological, Social and Historical Perspectives. Matthew Spriggs, David Addison, and Peter J. Matthews, eds. Osaka, Japan: National Museum of Ethnology, 2012. xvi and 363 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills. [no price] (ISBN 978-4-901906-93-7). | Full Text | PDF (272.6 KB)
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The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera: An Insider's History of the Florida-Alabama Coast. Harvey H. Jackson III. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2012. 352 pp., maps, photos, endnotes, bibliog., index. $28.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-8203-3400-4); $19.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-8203-4531-4); $28.95 e-book (ISBN 978-0-8203-4378-5).
Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt
Pages: 80-81
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
CitationforThe Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera: An Insider's History of the Florida-Alabama Coast. Harvey H. Jackson III. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2012. 352 pp., maps, photos, endnotes, bibliog., index. $28.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-8203-3400-4); $19.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-8203-4531-4); $28.95 e-book (ISBN 978-0-8203-4378-5). | Full Text | PDF (396.6 KB)
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They Saved the Crops: Labor, Landscape, and the Struggle over Industrial Farming in Bracero-Era California. Don Mitchell. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2012. xii and 529 pp., maps, notes, photos, and index. $26.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-8203-4176-7).
Ronald L. Mize
Pages: 82-84
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
First Page PreviewforThey Saved the Crops: Labor, Landscape, and the Struggle over Industrial Farming in Bracero-Era California. Don Mitchell. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2012. xii and 529 pp., maps, notes, photos, and index. $26.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-8203-4176-7). | Full Text | References | PDF (355 KB)
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Ulster to America: The Scots Irish Migration Experience, 1680–1830. Warren R. Hofstra, ed. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. 2012. xxvi and 263 pp., maps, ills., notes, bibliography, index. $74.45 cloth (ISBN 9781572337541).
Barry A. Vann
Pages: 85-87
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
First Page PreviewforUlster to America: The Scots Irish Migration Experience, 1680–1830. Warren R. Hofstra, ed. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. 2012. xxvi and 263 pp., maps, ills., notes, bibliography, index. $74.45 cloth (ISBN 9781572337541). | Full Text | References | PDF (332.6 KB)
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The Case of the Green Turtle: An Uncensored History of a Conservation Icon. Alison Rieser. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. xii and 340 pp., map, photos, notes, bibliog., index. $45.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-4214-0579-7).
Nigel Smith
Pages: 88-89
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
CitationforThe Case of the Green Turtle: An Uncensored History of a Conservation Icon. Alison Rieser. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. xii and 340 pp., map, photos, notes, bibliog., index. $45.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-4214-0579-7). | Full Text | References | PDF (634.1 KB)
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Black, White, and Green: Farmers' Markets, Race, and the Green Economy. Allison Hope Alkon. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. 2012. xii and 206 pp.; photos, tables, maps, bibliog., index, appendices. $24.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-8203-4390-7); $69.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-8203-4389-1); $24.95 electronic (ISBN 978-0-8203-4475-1).
Melanie Bedore
Pages: 90-91
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
CitationforBlack, White, and Green: Farmers' Markets, Race, and the Green Economy. Allison Hope Alkon. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. 2012. xii and 206 pp.; photos, tables, maps, bibliog., index, appendices. $24.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-8203-4390-7); $69.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-8203-4389-1); $24.95 electronic (ISBN 978-0-8203-4475-1). | Full Text | PDF (328.4 KB)
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Working Evangelicalisms: Deploying Fragmented Theologies in Secular Space
Justin K. H. Tse
Pages: 92-97
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
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Filipino Diaspora: Emergent Geographies of Labor and Love
Rachel Silvey
Pages: 98-112
Published online: 27 Sep 2013
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