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Author: Fatema el-Tayeb Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar This book has an unusual title and one that is not easy to comprehend. Who are “European others”? Did the author mean to say “other Europeans”? Another word from the book’s subtitle – “queering” – is not to be found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, or in any known or recognized dictionary. Most of us know that a “queer” is derogatory term for a gay man or a homosexual. But the word queering, used as a verb I suppose, was not to be found anywhere in a...

Author: James R. Shortridge Publisher: University Press of Kansas Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Kansas City, founded in 1838, has an area of 319 square miles (including water)  with about 463,000 people (2011 U.S. Census Bureau estimate), the 37th most populous city in the United States. Located at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, it is the largest city in the state of Missouri, and 23rd largest in land area among U.S. cities. The city is well known for its music styles of jazz and blues, as well as its tasty barbecues. It is noteworthy to know...

Author: R. Todd Laugen Publisher: University Press of Colorado Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This book takes a look at the collective fight of a number of groups known as Progressives against political corruption and corporate supremacy over labor in the state of Colorado during the early twentieth century. Colorado is the eighth largest state of the Union in area, with over 104,000 square miles. Its 2012 estimated population per the United States Census Bureau was about 5.2 million, which was 22nd largest among all states. Colorado has a median household income of nearly $57,000. It is called the...