dgershenowitz.bsky.social
Executive editor of all things history @uncpress.bsky.social, living in Brooklyn. uncpress.org/debbie-gershenowitz
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Where did you buy the rice cakes? I can’t find them anywhere near me.
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This is the result of a 2-day process that began for the same reason.
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I'm not good enough at math to do that.
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Notes on the conclusion coming today!
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@juliagaffield.bsky.social portrait mode was the right call!
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Curses!
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Very late to the party on this but pls add @uncpress.bsky.social @catehodorowicz.bsky.social and me.
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I've not followed this too closely but Camb has been highlighted as having very fair treatment regarding authors with its AI policy. I'd get your questions in order and ask your editor. [or whoever became your editor when I left]
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I think it should be on our website - if not I’ll get it to you, @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social
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And last but definitely not least, COLD WAR ASIA, ed by Hajimu Masuda is our debut title for the InterConnections series, & we couldn't be more excited about it. Using oral histories & other sources, contributors uncover the Cold War & its legacies far, far off the grid.
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THE WORK OF EMPIRE, by Justin Jackson. How the US colonized the Philippines & Cuba after the Spanish-American War. Before it appointed Governors-Generals, the US enlisted its military to build its infrastructure, who relied on or forced native laborers to do the work.
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BLACK MOVEMENT, ed by Jeff O.G. Ogbar. The first & most comprehensive study of African American urban migration since 1970, w a star-studded list of contributors. This will be required reading for history & so many other courses. Ask for a desk copy to see for yourself!
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NO RACE, NO COUNTRY, by Deborah Mutnick. I rarely venture beyond history, but when a literary scholar puts one of my favorite authors into new historical context, how can I resist? Mutnick examines many understudied facets of Wright, including his Black internationalism.
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EXCEPTIONALISM IN CRISIS, by @alysbeverton.bsky.social. For many Americans in the 19thc, Mexico was regarded as the unstable, uncivilized, revolution-prone nation to the South - an example of what the US would never be. The Civil War made them revisit these assumptions. uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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SEARCHING FOR MEMORY, by Jake Blanc. The author's many hours of interviews with Brazilian journalist Aluízio Ferreira Palmar shows us that it's not only possible to survive a dictatorship, but it can make us fight harder for justice. May we all be inspired by him. uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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THE AGE OF THE BORDERLANDS, by Drew Isenberg. The latest title in the New Borderlands History series sponsored by @catehodorowicz.bsky.social & now edited by Ben Johnson & Andy Graybill. Drew's new history of Manifest Destiny will be an instant classic.
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UNCEASING MILITANT, 2ND EDITION, by @alisonparker. For all who learned about this remarkable woman in the first edition, now you can teach your students about Mary Church Terrell with this paperback that includes a new preface by the author. uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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THE BREACH, by Alan McPherson. When I signed this book, I espoused its relevance b/c I naively believed the rule of law would bring the president-elect to trial, as it did with Oliver North during the Iran-Contra scandal. It's absolutely chilling to read today. uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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THE MEMOIRS OF ROBERT AND MABEL WILLIAMS, ed. by Akinyele Umoja, Gloria House, & the late, great, John Bracey. Like Lunsford Lane, these fearless freedom fighters were from NC but travelled the world to amplify a Black liberation that remains utterly relevant today.
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BECOMING LUNSFORD LANE by Craig Friend, who's spent nearly a decade on this masterpiece. Born & enslaved in NC, he manumitted himself & his family, shared podiums with the major abolitionists of the day, & was a 19th-century Zelig who finally has his own biography.
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I also co-edit a new book series @uncpress.bsky.social called InterConnections: The Global 20th Century with the fabulous team of @juliairwin.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social and @dgershenowitz.bsky.social uncpress.org/series/inter...