BESTOFTHE STACKS

Mott Street

Chin, Ava

A narrative history of the Chinese Exclusion Act through the portrayal of one family’s epic journey to lay down roots in America. Mott Street traces Chin’s quest to understand her Chinese American family’s story. She finds not only her father, but the building that provided a refuge for them all.

The Rediscovery of America

Blackhawk, Ned

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America. Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and non-Native histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American selfdetermination in the late twentieth century.

$29.00

9780525557371

04/25/2023

Penguin Press

The World

Montefiore, Simon Seabag

A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families. Montefiore chronicles the world’s great dynasties through palace intrigues, love affairs, and family lives, linking grand themes to the people at the heart of the human drama.

$35.00 Hardcover

970

9780300244052

04/25/2023

Yale University Press

$45.00 Hardcover

929.7

9780525659532

05/16/2023

Knopf

The West

Mac Sweeney, Naoíse

A prize-winning historian delivers a captivating exploration of how Western civilization is a figment of our collective imagination. To challenge this popular perception, Mac Sweeney unpacks myths, offering a bold new account of its invention and development through the lives of fourteen remarkable individuals.

$30.00 Hardcover

909.0982

9780593472170

05/23/2023

Dutton

Emmett

J. Scott

Dailey, Maceo C., Jr. / Guzmán, Will (Editor) / Jackson, David H., Jr. (Editor)

Emmett J. Scott offers fascinating detail by describing Scott’s role in promoting the Tuskegee Institute. Readers will finally be exposed to Scott’s behind-the-scenes contributions to racial uplift and will see Scott’s influential role in advancing not only the Tuskegee Institute, but also the Booker T. Washington agenda.

Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great

David, Gabrielle / Feng, Carolina Fung (Editor)

Featuring women who are visual artists, women who served their country as elected officials or working in government, and composers, songwriters, and conductors. This volume includes biographical essays of 85 women, illuminating the significant role each have played in shaping America’s greatness. Accompanied by powerful photographs.