American Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Analyzing American Democracy

   Politics and Political Science

   By Jon R. Bond, Kevin B. Smith

   Analyzing American Democracy teaches students to think analytically by presenting current political science theories and research in answering the engaging, big questions facing American politics today. It serves as both an introduction to American politics and to the discipline of political...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. Issues in American Politics

   Polarized politics in the age of Obama

   Edited by John Dumbrell

   This wide ranging book provides readers with a reliable and lively guide to contemporary American political practices, processes and institutions. Essays in the proposed volume will cover phenomena such as the Tea Party upsurge in the Republican Party, Obama’s health care reforms, recent changes to...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Rewriting the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean

   Beyond Disciplinary and National Boundaries

   Edited by Robert Adams Jr.

   This volume considers the African Diaspora through the underexplored Afro-Latino experience in the Caribbean and South America. Utilizing both established and emerging approaches such as feminism and Atlantic studies, the authors explore the production of historical and contemporary identities and...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
4. 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
5. 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 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. 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
10. 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