BOOKS

The Young Black Leader’s Guide to a Successful Career in International Affairs: What the Giants Want You to Know
Aaron S. Williams, Taylor A. Jack, and Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

Young people of color confront a myriad of challenges that deter them from considering, pursuing, and succeeding at careers in international affairs. The authors of The Young Black    More >

Theory for Practice in Situational Crime Prevention
Martha J. Smith and Derek Cornish, editors

The theme of Volume 16 in the Crime Prevention Studies series is the development and application of theory for use in situational crime prevention. The theoretical perspectives and    More >

Thomas Sankara
Jean-Claude Kongo and Leo Zeilig

His image is unmistakable: with beret and broad grin, Thomas Sankara's picture is pasted on run-down taxis and seen on the walls of local bars throughout Africa. Known widely as the    More >

Those Magical Years: The Making of Nigerian Literature at Ibadan, 1948-1966
Robert M. Wren

This unique investigation provides the first major account of the explosion of literary talent that began in Nigeria in 1948 and ended as the civil war was intensifying in 1966. The book is    More >

Through the Valley:  Vietnam, 1967-1968
James F. Humphries

The fierce close combat in the remote areas of South Vietnam’s northern provinces in 1967-1968—the battles of Hiep Duc, March 11, Nhi Ha, and Hill 406—has been a strangely    More >

Ties That Bind, Ties That Divide: 100 Years of Hungarian Experience in the United States
Julianna Puskás, editor, translated by Zora Ludwig

In Ties That Bind, Ties That Divide, Juliana Puskás, a prominent scholar on immigration, examines the Hungarian-American experience. Often overshadowed by the stories of other    More >

To Build a Free China: A Citizen’s Journey
Xu Zhiyong, translated by Joshua Rosenzweig and Yaxue Cao, with an Introduction by Andrew Nathan

Xu Zhiyong Won the 2020 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award! The story of China's rights movement—a struggle for basic human rights and democracy that, despite harsh repression,    More >

Tools for the Field: Methodologies Handbook for Gender Analysis in Agriculture
Hilary Sims Feldstein and Janice Jiggins, editors

Ranging from agricultural production to postharvest activities, thirty-nine case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America provide a practical set of tools for anyone interested in gender    More >

Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes
Juan J. Linz

In this classic work, noted political sociologist Juan Linz provides an unparalleled study of the nature of nondemocratic regimes. Linz's seminal analysis develops the fundamental    More >

Tourists, Migrants, and Refugees: Population Movements in Third World Development
Milica Z. Bookman

As travelers increasingly seek out the exotic wildlife and idyllic sunsets of the developing world, a complex relationship involving tourism, the migration of workers, and the involuntary    More >

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