{"title":"New Academia Publishing\/ The Spring","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780986021695","title":"Sustaining the League of Women Voters in America","description":"Throughout American history, our civic associations have been promoted as distinctive private-public bridges that enable democracy in the United States through citizen training, education and responsible advocacy. But Americans have increasingly withdrawn from such civic activity, and most associations that remain lack public accountability, local presence and active membership. In the absence of other engagement vehicles, a fundamental requirement for viable American democratic culture is lacking. To consider whether democracy and associations can still be positively linked, Cashin considers lessons drawn from the League of Women Voters. Worldwide, few associations have shown the durability, success or democratic impact of the League over its long history. Yet its numbers and span are gradually declining. Forecasting the League's uncertain future in contemporary America, Cashin suggests it may be time to give such civic associations a public boost. \n\n\"Deftly combining contemporary political theory with empirical analysis, Cashin's work reminds us that good models of democratic association, such as the League of Women Voters, can reconnect our practices and our principles.\"  \n- Emily Howden Hoechst, Adjunct Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University\n\n\"Cashin makes excellent use of both theory and practice to argue persuasively that civic associations are necessary if democracy is to thrive.\" \n- Thomas M. Kerch, Adjunct Professor, Department of Government and Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Georgetown University\n\n\"This book offers a welcome story and needed message. Molly Cashin reminds us nonpartisan civic activism is still possible. Numbers count, but so do values, and the League is a sterling example.\" \n- Charles Yonkers, Adjunct Professor, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Georgetown University","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295521649013,"sku":"9780986021695","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780986021695_21301d9c-59a0-4176-a4d3-6dffafaf35fe.jpg?v=1786016128"},{"product_id":"exits-and-entrances","title":"Exits and Entrances","description":"This is Vol. 2 of The Interviews, a sequel to Every Step a Struggle. While Vol. 1 recalled the performers who fought to give black artists a voice and a presence in film and on stage, this new ground-breaking book focuses on the personalities who replaced the pioneers and refused to abide by Jim Crow traditions. Presented against a detailed background of the revolutionary post-World War II era up to the mid-1970s, the individual views of Mae Mercer, Brock Peters, Jim Brown, Ivan Dixon, James Whitmore, William Marshall and Ruby Dee in heretofore unpublished conversations from the past reveal just how tumultuous and extraordinary the technological, political, and social changes were for the artists and the film industry. Using extensive documentation, hundreds of films, and fascinating private recollections, Dr. Manchel puts a human face both on popular culture and race relations.\n\n\"A worthy successor to Every Step a Struggle, Exits and Entrances \ncombines superb historical research and astute analytical insights with \nthe inimitable voices of the next generation of African-American artists. \nThis book ensures that the contributions to American cinema of these \ndetermined and courageous rebels will never be forgotten. The film studies \ncommunity owes a debt of gratitude to Manchel for this, the finest achieve-\nment of his illustrious career. Exits and Entrances should be required reading \nfor everyone interested in the politics of race in America, film studies, and \nAfrican-American studies. It belongs in every research library.\n―Denise Youngblood, University of Vermont, author of Cinematic Cold War.\n\n\"Using the method of oral history and the mature thinking of a senior scholar,\nExits and Entrances enhances our understanding of the difficult slog to \ncreate a truthful, \"round\" image of African-Americans in U.S. commercial \nfilms. This collection is a gold mine of information for future research and \nshould be in all libraries which value film research.\"\n―Peter C. Rollins, Emeritus EIC, Film \u0026amp; History: An Interdisciplinary Journal","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483425284469,"sku":"9780988637634","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780988637634.jpg?v=1786178589"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/publisher-new-academia-publishing-the-spring.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}