Browse by Subject: History

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The Gideon Case: Inside the Supreme Court's Historic Right to Counsel Decision

This book offers an unparalleled history of the pivotal legal battle that established the right to a public defender and reshaped the American justice system, written by the lawyer who argued and lost the case before the Supreme Court.

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Un-Americanism: A History of the Battle to Control an Idea

This book offers a long history of the term “un-American,” from Jefferson’s vision of the early Republic to the present, tracing what the term has meant to whom through close looks at the most prominent contests for control of its definition and deployment.

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A Town without Pity: AIDS, Race, and Resistance in Florida’s Deep South

This book recounts two stories of small-town injustice that rose to national prominence at the end of the Reagan era and forced a reckoning with the staying power of social division and prejudice.

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State of War: A History of World War II in Florida

This book explores how World War II transformed Florida into a major hub of military industry and an important training base for ground, naval, and air forces, detailing the war’s lasting impacts on the state.

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Mission, with a New Preface: An American Congressman's Voyage to Space

Mission is 14th NASA administrator and US Senator Bill Nelson’s account of his journey on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986, featuring Nelson’s early perspectives on the US space program and offering a window into a fascinating time in space history.  

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Oshun, Lemonade, and Intertextuality: Afro-Atlantic Religion in Black Cultural Production

Analyzing works of film and literature by writers and artists from Beyoncé to Ntozake Shange, this book explores how Afro-Atlantic religion intersects with themes of resilience in Black femininity and womanhood.

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From Rights to Economics: The Ongoing Struggle for Black Equality in the U.S. South

Rich with the voices of Black and white southern workers, this broad collection of essays shows how African Americans have continued fighting for economic parity in the decades since the civil rights legislation of the 1960s.

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Chambers v. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution

This book explores the history and enduring legacy of Chambers v. Florida, a landmark ruling that banned confessions obtained through mental or physical coercion in criminal trials and contributed to what is now known as the “criminal procedure revolution.”

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Black Citizens and American Democracy: Fighting for the Soul of a Nation

This collection examines the important work of Black men and women to shape, expand, and preserve a multiracial American democracy from the mid-twentieth century to the present.

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Southern Methodist Women and Social Justice: Interracial Activism in the Long Twentieth Century

This book tells the stories of nine southern Methodist women, who, inspired by their faith, advocated for progressive reform by fighting for racial equality, challenging white male supremacy, and addressing class oppression.