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Indians on the Move : Native American Mobility and Urbanization in the Twentieth Century
by Douglas K. Miller
In 1972, the Bureau of Indian Affairs terminated its twenty-year-old Voluntary Relocation Program, which encouraged the mass migration of roughly 100,000 Native American people from rural to urban areas. At the time the program ended, many groups--from government leaders to Red Power activists--had already classified it as a failure, and scholars have subsequently positioned the program as evidence of America's enduring settler-colonial project. But Douglas K. Miller here argues that a richer story should be told--one that recognizes Indigenous mobility in terms of its benefits and not merely its costs. In their collective refusal to accept marginality and destitution on reservations, Native Americans used the urban relocation program to take greater control of their socioeconomic circumstances. Indigenous migrants also used the financial, educational, and cultural resources they found in cities to feed new expressions of Indigenous sovereignty both off and on the reservation. The dynamic histories of everyday people at the heart of this book shed new light on the adaptability of mobile Native American communities. In the end, this is a story of shared experience across tribal lines, through which Indigenous people incorporated urban life into their ideas for Indigenous futures.
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The global age : Europe, 1950-2017
by Ian Kershaw
A concluding chapter in the series that includes To Hell and Back traces the latter half of the 20th century to the present and includes coverage of the impact of nuclear threat, accelerating globalization and the post-2008 financial crises. Illustrations
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| D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped... by Sarah RoseWhat it is: a gripping tribute to the women spies employed by Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII, whose contributions were crucial to the war effort in occupied France.
Is it for you? This fast-paced blend of thriller, social history, biography, and romance offers something for every reader.
Try this next: Larry Loftis' suspenseful biography Code Name: Lise centers on Odette Sansom, one of the spies profiled in D-Day Girls. |
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| Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule by Gordon Thomas and Greg LewisWhat it's about: how Germans from all walks of life resisted and undermined Hitler throughout his rise to power.
What sets it apart: This stirring rejoinder to the notion that Germans supported Hitler en masse highlights both famous and lesser-known resistance efforts.
Don't miss: the disturbing story of Kurt Gerstein, a Gestapo officer who became one of the first people to publicize the horrors of the Holocaust. |
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Stand by me : the forgotten history of gay liberation
by Jim Downs
Re-examines the history of gay life in the 1970s, arguing that gay people developed a national community within the decade that focused on political identity, oppression, and literary achievements as main issues of the gay liberation movement
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| "You're in the Wrong Bathroom!" And 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About... by Laura Erickson-Schroth and Laura A. JacobsWhat it is: a sympathetic, advice-filled rebuttal to 21 common myths concerning transgender and gender-nonconforming people, co-written by a psychiatrist and a psychotherapist.
Myths include: "Trans People Are a Danger to Others, Especially Children;" "Trans People Are 'Trapped in the Wrong Body'"
Who it's for: readers curious to learn about the evolving language and conceptualizations of gender identity. |
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| The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle by Lillian FadermanWhat it's about: This passionate history traces the evolution of the gay rights movement from the 1950s onward, touching on topics both well-trod (the Stonewall Riots) and lesser-known (the Mattachine Society).
Is it for you? Comprehensive and well-researched, this 800-page account is ideal for readers looking for a deep dive into LGBTQIA history.
Reviewers say: "readers will feel like they are experiencing these history-altering moments in real time" (Booklist). |
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| How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS by David FranceWhat it is: a moving, unputdownable chronicle of the advocacy movements that fought tirelessly for effective AIDS testing, treatment, and funding throughout the 1980s and '90s; a companion to the Academy Award-nominated documentary of the same name.
Book buzz: A 2016 New York Times Notable Book, How to Survive a Plague is also the winner of a Stonewall Book Award, a Lambda Literary Award, and the Baillie Gifford Prize. |
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| Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA by Roberta Kaplan with Lisa DickeyWhat it's about: the 2013 Supreme Court decision that brought down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and signaled a breakthrough victory for marriage equality.
Reviewers say: "deliciously gripping" (Library Journal).
Try this next: For another inspiring behind-the-scenes look at the case, check out Debbie Cenziper's Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality. |
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