Rutgers University Press

  • American Cinema of the 1920s

    During the 1920s, sound revolutionized the motion picture industry and cinema continued as one of the most significant and popular forms of mass entertainment in the world. Film studios were…

    $31.95
  • American Cinema of the 1920s

    During the 1920s, sound revolutionized the motion picture industry and cinema continued as one of the most significant and popular forms of mass entertainment in the world. Film studios were…

    $120.00
  • American Melancholy

    As American Melancholy reveals, if you read about depression anywhere today—medical journal, popular magazine, National Institute of Mental Health pamphlet, or pharmaceutical company drug promotional literature–you will find three main…

    $125.00
  • An American in the Making

    At the turn of the twentieth century, M. E. Ravage set off in steerage for America, one of almost two million Jews who, like millions of others from eastern and…

    $31.95
  • Children and Childhood in World Religions

    While children figure prominently in religious traditions, few books have directly explored the complex relationships between children and religion. This is the first book to examine the theme of children…

    $120.00
  • City of Industry

    Founded in 1957, the Southern California suburb prophetically named City of Industry today represents, in the words of Victor Valle, “The gritty crossroads of the global trade revolution that is…

    $120.00
  • Comedy: American Style

    Comedy: American Style, Jessie Redmon Fauset’s fourth and final novel, recounts the tragic tale of a family’s destructionùthe story of a mother who denies her clan its heritage. Originally published…

    $34.95
  • Cosmopolitan Publics

    Early twentieth-century China paired the local community to the worldùa place and time when English dominated urban-centered higher and secondary education and Chinese-edited English-language magazines surfaced as a new form…

    $47.95
  • Cultivating Health

    At the dawn of the Progressive Era, when America was experiencing an industrial boom, many working families often ate contaminated food, lived in decaying urban tenements, and had little access…

    $53.95
  • Dangerous Exits

    Decade after decade, violence against women has gained more attention from scholars, policy makers, and the general public. Social scientists in particular have contributed significant empirical and theoretical understandings to…

    $31.95
  • Day of the Dead in the USA

    Honoring relatives by tending graves, building altars, and cooking festive meals has been an honored tradition among Latin Americans for centuries. The tribute, “el Dia de los Muertos,” has enjoyed…

    $70.00
  • Day of the Dead in the USA

    Honoring relatives by tending graves, building altars, and cooking festive meals has been an honored tradition among Latin Americans for centuries. The tribute, “el Dia de los Muertos,” has enjoyed…

    $31.95