American Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Ballistic Missile Defence and US National Security Policy

   Normalisation and acceptance after the Cold War

   By Andrew Futter

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book examines the transformation in US thinking about the role of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) in national security policy since the end of the Cold War. The evolution of the BMD debate after the Cold War has been complex, complicated and punctuated. As this book shows, the debate and...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Bilingual Education and Language Policy in the Global South

   Edited by Jo Arthur Shoba, Feliciano Chimbutane

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism

   This volume considers a range of ways in which bilingual programs can make a contribution to aspects of human and economic development in the global South. The authors examine the consequences of different policies, programs, and pedagogies for learners and local communities through recent...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Residential Segregation Patterns of Latinos in the United States, 1990–2000

   By Michael E Martin

   Series: Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues

   Historically, residential segregation of Latinos has generally been seen as a result of immigration and the process of self-segregation into ethnic enclaves. The only theoretical exception to ethnic enclave Latino segregation has been the structural inequality related to Latinos that have a high...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. The State and Indigenous Movements

   By Keri E. Iyall Smith

   Series: Indigenous Peoples and Politics

   Using the comparative historical method, this book looks at the experience of indigenous peoples, specifically the Native Hawaiians, showing how a nation can express culture and citizenship while seeking ways to attain greater sovereignty over territory, culture, and politics....

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. The State, Removal and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Mexico, 1620-2000

   By Claudia Haake

   Series: Indigenous Peoples and Politics

   This book investigates the forced migration of the Delawares in the United States and the Yaquis in Mexico, focusing primarily on the impact removal from tribal lands had on the (ethnic) identity of these two indigenous societies. It analyzes Native responses to colonial and state policies to...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. The US Economy and Neoliberalism

   Alternative Strategies and Policies

   Edited by Nikolaos Karagiannis, Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, Swapan Sen

   Series: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics

   In recent times, policy makers, scientists, academics and commentators have become increasingly nervous about the US economic downturn. Discussions have centred around the range and magnitude of the country’s socio-economic problems, its vexing production decline and its unsatisfactory...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
7. Television and Postfeminist Housekeeping

   No Time for Mother

   By Elizabeth Nathanson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Television Studies

   In this book, Nathanson examines how contemporary American television and associated digital media depict women’s everyday lives as homemakers, career women, and mothers. Her focus on American popular culture from the 1990s through the present reveals two extremes: narratives about women who cannot...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
8. Criminal Insurgencies in Mexico and the Americas

   The Gangs and Cartels Wage War

   Edited by Robert Bunker

   In recent years, the south-western border of the United States has come under increasing pressure from the activities of Mexican narco-insurgents. These insurgents have developed rapidly from beginnings as nebulous gangs into networked cartels that have exposed the porosity of the border. These...

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Post-Racial Society is Here

   Recognition, Critics and the Nation-State

   By Wilbur C. Rich

   Series: Routledge Series on Identity Politics

   In a provocative and controversial analysis, Wilbur C. Rich’s The Post-Racial Society is Here conclusively demonstrates that nation is in midst of a post-racial society. Yet many Americans are skeptical of this fundamental social transformation. The failure of recognition is related to the remnants...

   Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
10. Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture

    By Ethan Thompson

    Series: Routledge Advances in Television Studies

    In this original study, Thompson explores the complicated relationships between Americans and television during the 1950s, as seen and effected through popular humor. Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture documents how Americans grew accustomed to understanding politics, current...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge