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	The Ecocriticism Reader Landmarks in Literary Ecology Edited by Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm	Recommended for courses in ecocriticism, literary studies, and environmental studies Used in courses at University of Wyoming, University of Montana, University of North Carolina, Arizona State University, Bennington College, Northern Arizona University, University of New Orleans, Furman University, Boston University, University of Texas, Brandeis University, Brown University, University of Calgary, University of Victoria, University of Arkansas, and Northern Illinois University Additional information Contributors: Paula Gunn Allen, Michael Branch, Alison Byerly, SueEllen Campbell, Cynthia Deitering, Neil Evernden, Harold Fromm, William Howarth, Annette Kolodny, Ursula K. Le Guin, Glen A. Love, Thomas J. Lyon, Christopher Manes, David Mazel, Michael J. McDowell, Joseph W. Meeker, Vera K. Norwood, Dana Phillips, William Rueckert, Scott Russell Sanders, Don Scheese, Leslie Marmon Silko, Scott Slovic, Frederick Turner, Lynn White Jr.
	Southern Manhood Perspectives on Masculinity in the Old South Edited by Craig Thompson Friend and Lorri Glover	Recommended for courses in gender & masculinity studies and southern history Used in courses at Rice University, Georgia State University, Florida International University, Bates College, Valdosta State University, and George Mason University Additional information Contributors: Edward E. Baptist, L. Diane Barnes, Craig Thompson Friend, Lorri Glover, Jennifer R. Green, Harry S. Laver, John Mayfield, Greg O'Brien, Heather Andrea Williams Also see companion volume: Southern Masculinity: Perspectives on Manhood in the South since Reconstruction
	Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture John Storey Second Edition	Recommended for courses in cultural studies, popular culture, and media studies Used in courses at Kenyon College, University of California Davis, Temple University, Indiana University, University of Maryland, Vassar College, University of Arizona, Boston College University, University of North Carolina, and University of Southern California Additional information Also by John Storey: Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction and Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader
	The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory Edited by Renee C. Romano and Leigh Raiford	Recommended for courses in civil rights movement, American history, memory studies, and race relations Used in courses at Emory University, Brown University, Washington State University, California State University Fullerton, University of Kansas, Duke University, Albion College, Western Michigan University, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, and University of Illinois Additional information Contributors: Derek H. Alderman, Owen J. Dwyer, R. A. R. Edwards, Steve Estes, Jennifer Fuller, Glenn Eskew, Tim Libretti, David John Marley, Edward P. Morgan, Kathryn L. Nasstrom, Leigh Raiford, Renee Romano, Sarah Vowell
	Black Masculinity and the U.S. South From Uncle Tom to Gangsta Riché Richardson	Recommended for courses in gender & masculinity studies, popular culture, southern studies, African American studies, and media studies Used in courses at University of Missouri, St. Lawrence University, University of Illinois Chicago, Cornell University, Spelman College, University of Mississippi, Emory University, University of California Davis, and Florida A&M University
	New Studies in the History of American Slavery Edited by Edward E. Baptist and Stephanie M. H. Camp	Recommended for courses in history of slavery, Atlantic history, and African American studies Used in courses at University of California Santa Barbara, Catholic University, George Mason University, Cornell University, University of Memphis, University of California Irvine, Troy University, Lewis and Clark College, and Hampshire College
	Slavery in America A Reader and Guide Edited by Kenneth Morgan	Recommended for courses in history of slavery, Atlantic history, and African American studies Used in courses at College of Charleston, California Institute of Technology, SUNY at Fredonia, Connecticut College, Radford University, Georgia College and State Uinversity, St. Louis University, and Youngstown State University
	Short Stories of the Civil Rights Movement An Anthology Edited by Margaret Earley Whitt	Recommended for courses in civil rights, race relations, and American literature Used in courses at Pepperdine University, University of Chicago, University of Denver, Southwestern Illinois College, Washington State University, and University of Missouri Additional information Contributors: James Baldwin, Lerone Bennett Jr., Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown, Rosellen Brown, R.V. Cassill, Val Coleman, Henry Dumas, Junius Edwards, Anthony Grooms, Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Lee Martin, Diane Oliver, ZZ Packer, Natalie L.M. Petesch, Mike Thelwell, James W. Thompson, John Updike, Alice Walker, Eudora Welty, Joan Williams
	The Ringing Ear Black Poets Lean South Edited by Nikky Finney	Recommended for courses in African American literature, poetry, and creative writing Used in courses at University of North Carolina, Old Dominion University, Clark Atlanta University, James Madison University, Art Institute of Chicago, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Chicago State University Additional information Some poets included: Camille T. Dungy, Cornelius Eady, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nikki Giovanni, Forrest Hamer, Sean Hill, Yusef Komunyakaa, Harryette Mullen, Sonia Sanchez, Natasha Trethewey, Frank X Walker, Kevin Young
	The Transcendentalists Barbara L. Packer	Recommended for courses in nineteenth century American literature and philosophy Used in courses at University of Puget Sound, Oregon State University, University of California Davis, Le Moyne College, University of South Carolina, and Carleton College Additional information "It is curious that in a field long distinguished for its historical scholarship, no satisfactory comprehensive history of the Transcendentalist movement has appeared since 1876. Packer's The Transcendentalists answers that need effectively in an engagingly written study grounded in fresh readings of primary sources and a synthetic command of the best recent scholarship."—David M. Robinson, American Literary Scholarship
	Other Souths Diversity and Difference in the U.S. South, Reconstruction to Present Edited by Pippa Holloway	Recommended for courses in southern history, southern women's history, and minority studies Used in courses at Marshall University, Emory University, University of Mississippi, and Valdosta State University Additional information Contributors: Stacy Braukman, Jennifer E. Brooks, Susan Cahn, Scott H. Dewey, Andrew Doyle, Sarah Gualtieri, Lu Ann Jones, Jeanette Keith, Kevin M. Kruse, Alex Macaulay, Danielle L. McGuire, Raymond A. Mohl
	Uneven Development Nature, Capital, and the Production of Space Neil Smith With a new afterword Foreword by David Harvey Third Edition	Recommended for courses in critical geography, urban studies, and environmental politics Used in courses at Washington State University, Virginia Tech, and University of Arizona, Clark University, University of Toronto