Rethinking Colonial Caribbean History

Winner of the 2022 James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History

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3 Ways Colonialism Shaped Modern Inequality

About Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects, winner of the 2023 Merze…

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Asian Immigration and the Myth of Suburban Stability

About Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A.,…

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How U.S. States Became Battlegrounds for National Politics

About Laboratories Against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State Politics, winner of…

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Why Public Opinion on Trade Is Not Just About Economics

About Winners and Losers: The Psychology of Foreign Trade, winner of the…

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The Limits of Data: Race, Representation, and Experimentation

About The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial Data,…

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The Politics of Black Death

About Death’s Futurity, winner of the 2024 Modern Language Association William Sanders…

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How Afro-Cuban Women Shaped Modern Cuba

About Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba, winner of…

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Policing Dissent: Counterinsurgency in Istanbul

About Police, Provocation, Politics: Counterinsurgency in Istanbul, winner of the 2023 Anthony…

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Sharia, Custom, and Power: Lawfare in Postwar Chechnya

About State-Building as Lawfare: Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya,…

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West Indian Women and the Hidden History of the Panama Canal

About The Silver Women: How Black Women’s Labor Made the Panama Canal,…

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Unveiling the Paradoxes of Emancipation in Colombia

Winner of the 2022 Wesley-Logan Prize in African Diaspora History

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Israel-Iran Conflict: Escalation, Nuclear Strategy, Global Impact

Israel and Iran's escalating rivalry, fueled by decades of ideological and geopolitical…

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Henry Christophe: Haiti’s Revolutionary King

Winner of the 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

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2024 UN Report: Counterterrorism vs. Human Rights

The 2024 UN report on counter-terrorism measures examines the growing use of…

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