Makes a case for not prejudging people smugglers in history or the testimony they left behind in state police records, using the example of Eastern and Central Europe in the interwar period. Background Knowledge: Interrogating Perceptions of Smugglers with Joseph Roth Oct 30, 2019 Allison Schmidt
W. F. Whyte's 'Street Corner Society' became a popular text for sociology students, but specialists in Italian American studies never warmed to it. Donna Gabaccio explains why with "a hidden history of gender and ethnic dynamics" in the academy. ‘The Book That Would Not Die’ Nov 13, 2020 Donna R. Gabaccia
Presents the image of America conveyed in literature available in the public libraries in southern Baden, esp. Lahr in late 19th c. Between Fiction and Non-Fiction: ‘America’-related Literature in the Public Libraries of Southern Baden Jan 9, 2023 Martin Bemmann
A roundup of current events, CfPs, conference reports, and new publications, exhibits, projects, and book reviews relevant to Migrant Knowledge. #MigKnow Notes 18 Jul 28, 2023