This book analyzes what history does in contemporary culture. It argues that contemporary society is, in historical terms, already historicized, shaped by histo

In February 1864, five hundred Union prisoners of war arrived at the Confederate stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia. Andersonville, as it was later known, wo

An enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform.” —NPR.org New York Times Book Review 10 Best Book

This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twent

Drawing from interviews and oral histories, chronicles the history of Japanese American survivors of internment camps.