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Epidemics, Quarantine, and Japanese American Incarceration: A Q&A with Jonathan van Harmelen

Inspired by the COVID pandemic and his ongoing research on Japanese American history, historian Jonathan van Harmelen investigates the medical history of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II.
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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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How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop: Radio, Rap, and Race

by Amy Coddington (Author)
Jul 2024
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