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Cecelia Cancellaro Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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senior editor (us & latin american history) at cambridge university press, (former) founder at word creative literary services, opinions my own

21 books
Book Cover for: Journey to Indo-América, Geneviève Dorais

Journey to Indo-América

Geneviève Dorais
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

Congrats to Geneviève Dorais, whose book Journey to Indo-America was awarded the 2021 best book award of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (@CALACS_ACELAC) 🎉🎉@cambUP_History https://t.co/Rzb5l1arNJ

Hardcover, 2021

$106.00$81.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: The Hughes Court: Volume 11: From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941, Mark V. Tushnet

The Hughes Court: Volume 11: From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941

Mark V. Tushnet
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

Publishing in April, the latest addition to the Holmes Devise History of the US Supreme Court, is @Mark_Tushnet 's masterful account of the Hughes Court. Available digitally and in print. Tell your librarians! @cambUP_History https://t.co/GJ5lUxYniZ

Hardcover, 2022

$289.00$264.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: A Black Women's History of the United States, Daina Ramey Berry

A Black Women's History of the United States

Daina Ramey Berry
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

A Black Women's History of the United States by @DainaRameyBerry and @KaliGrossPhD (a dream team if there ever was one) was officially launched last week at #OAH19. Scheduled for publication in early 2020 by @BeaconPressBks and @gpatnaik1 this book is going to be a classic. https://t.co/x8tSVvEhg4

Paperback, 2021

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Black Resettlement and the American Civil War, Sebastian N. Page

Black Resettlement and the American Civil War

Sebastian N. Page
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

We are thrilled to announce that Sebastian Page's Black Resettlement and the American Civil War received the Tom Watson Brown Book Award from the The Society of Civil War Historians (@SoCWHistorians) and the Watson-Brown Foundation!! @cambUP_History https://t.co/NVi4JqnZpA

Paperback, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dear John: Love and Loyalty in Wartime America, Susan L. Carruthers

Dear John: Love and Loyalty in Wartime America

Susan L. Carruthers
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

Another nice notice (in @coffeeordie1754) for Susan Carruthers' fascinating look at Dear John Letters. @cambUP_History https://t.co/XhrRnSWpki

Hardcover, 2022

$31.99$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bonds of Empire, Lee B. Wilson

Bonds of Empire

Lee B. Wilson
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

Congratulations to @LeeBWilson, whose book, Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantation America, 1660–1783, was a finalist for this year's George C. Rogers Jr. Book Award from the South Carolina Historical Society. @cambUP_History

Paperback, 2024

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Running from Bondage, Karen Cook Bell

Running from Bondage

Karen Cook Bell
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

Big congrats to @kbphd08 on her Honorable Mention for the Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize for Running From Bondage! 🎉🎉 @cambUP_History @ABWHTruth https://t.co/JtYhaKsGGY

Paperback, 2023

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Female Husbands: A Trans History, Jen Manion

Female Husbands: A Trans History

Jen Manion
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

My fantastic author @activisthistory is on @CuriouswithJVN talking about their brilliant book Female Husbands. I could not be more excited. LOVE JVN & this podcast. @CambridgeUP @cambUP_History https://t.co/Q0qEQjH0vE

Paperback, 2021

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: An Unplanned Life: A Memoir, Franklin A. Thomas

An Unplanned Life: A Memoir

Franklin A. Thomas
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

Big 2022 highlight was the publication of An Unplanned Life by Franklin Thomas. I worked w/Frank on the book for several years & it's SO rewarding to see this extraordinary story being recognized. Here's the latest in @washingtonpost @thenewpress https://t.co/MEwVaS2ecF

Hardcover, 2022

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Freedom's Captives, Yesenia Barragan

Freedom's Captives

Yesenia Barragan
Cecelia CancellaroCecelia Cancellaro

#AHA23 Awards ceremony—4 outstanding @cambUP_History books pick up prizes. From my own list, here is superstar @Y__Barragan receiving the Wesley Logan prize for her incredible book Freedom’s Captives. 🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/yffpHOYb9R

Paperback, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book