Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, this book captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. It examines an arra

Emphasizing the role of kinship, labor, and networks in the African American community, the author retraces six generations of black struggles since the end of

A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterp

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Identity and Struggle at the Margins of the Nation-State brings together new research on the social history of Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbea