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An Exclusive Look at “Self-Realization Nation”

An excerpt from John Kapusta's new book, "Self-Realization Nation."
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New from Pacific Historical Review: Black Schools in the West, Stopover Migration, and Labor Relations in Vietnam

Preview the new Summer 2026 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."
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Whether or Not "Sinners" Wins the Oscar, Ryan Coogler’s Genre-Bending Film Signals a New Era for Original Cinema

A Q&A with "Film Quarterly" contributor Anthony Michael D’Agostino
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition

by Mark Twain (Author), Harriet E. Smith (Editor), and 6 more
Jun 2026

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition

by Mark Twain (Author), Benjamin Griffin (Editor), and 6 more
Jun 2026

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition

by Mark Twain (Author), Harriet E. Smith (Editor), and 7 more
Jun 2026

The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State

by Emmaia Gelman (Author)
Jun 2026

Open Access Titles

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Reading Black Reconstruction Today

by Yousuf Al-Bulushi (Editor), Geo Maher (Editor), and 1 more
Aug 2026
Open Access

Gender Bound: Prisons, Trans Lives, and the Abolitionist Horizon

by Joss T. Greene (Author)
Jun 2026
Open Access

Making Our Beasts: Paleontology in the United States

by Elana Shever (Author)
Dec 2025
Open Access

The Violence of Love: Race, Family, and Adoption in the United States

by Kit W. Myers (Author)
Jan 2025
Open Access

A Burdensome Experiment: Race, Labor, and Schools in New Orleans after Katrina

by Christien Philmarc Tompkins (Author)
Oct 2024
Open Access

Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge

by Charlotte Biltekoff (Author)
Aug 2024
Open Access

How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop: Radio, Rap, and Race

by Amy Coddington (Author)
Jul 2024
Open Access

Queering Urbanism: Insurgent Spaces in the Fight for Justice

by Stathis G. Yeros (Author)
Apr 2024
Open Access