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Mapping Lesbian History: Q&A with Cameron Blevins and Annelise Heinz

Historians Cameron Blevins and Annelise Heinz use digital mapping technology to uncover a hidden geography of lesbian life in the 1970s and 1980s, tracing patterns of connection among lesbian women in urban areas, small towns, and rural America.
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Native peoples and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Q&A with Jennifer Bess

Borders mark off the place where one nation ends and another begins. But what happens when you belong to a people that has lived on both sides of the border, since long before the border even existed?
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From the UC Press Journals Archives: Remembrances of the Vietnam War

The pages of UC Press’s journals have examined the War from a myriad of angles, from all sides of the conflict–its global economic and political impact, the role of student activism, memory in small-town America, and more.
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How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop: Radio, Rap, and Race

by Amy Coddington (Author)
Jul 2024
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