"Nick Caverly has written a book for these mean times. Demolishing Detroit provides a history of the theory and practice of development by destruction. But, even more than that, it suggests and substantiates a notion of the ways that racism has been built so insistently into the material fabric of our everyday lives that it frames and determines the results of even the best-intentioned efforts of address it."

—Walter Johnson, author of The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

"In this incisive and timely book, Dalia Dassa Kaye tells the story of over four decades of America's effort to contend with Iran's regional role and nuclear ambitions. A much-needed resource on an urgent topic and a must-read for policymakers and academics."

—Vali Nasr, author of Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History

"Rowen beautifully illustrates constructions of deservingness and the nexus of intersecting social policies. This book is useful for policymakers and stakeholders who are involved with or are considering engagement with VTCs, as well as for those who are interested in or work with veterans, or veterans themselves. An engaging and accessible book that covers new conceptual ground."

—Corey Schdaimah, co-author of The Compassionate Court?: Support, Surveillance, and Survival in Prostitution Diversion Programs

"Both a moving testament to the endless hardships and monumental sacrifices that parents will endure for their children and a scathing indictment of the cruelty of American immigration enforcement policies. With sensitivity and a nuanced ethnographic perspective, Oliveira gives us deep insight into the human costs of the growing anti-immigration new world order that seeks to demonize and punish those literally running for their lives. In a global moment where empathy is going extinct, we need the stories in Now We Are Here more than ever."

—Jason De León, University of California, Los Angeles

"A courageous and timely challenge to all Americans to speak the truth in the face of growing climate shocks. A must-read."

—David Orr, Arizona State University

Selected as a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist, BBC History Magazine, and Marginal Revolution

"A beautifully written and engaging manuscript that fills a conspicuous void in the academic literature on rural America and specifically immigration and demographic change in the rural United States. This book marks an important contribution to the sociological literature on race and on rurality."

—Leah Schmalzbauer, Amherst College

"This is a work of considerable conceptual originality based on a great deal of rich empirical research, and it will be lauded for opening up new ways of doing transnational histories. The geographical argument that sees communities link across the upland rivers in this macro-region is quite innovative in the realm of Asian studies. As such, the book is a powerful, important achievement."

—Prasenjit Duara, Duke University