Books published by The University of Michigan Press

Buss has compiled the stories of 10 lower-income women, told in their own words

Investigates the literary afterlives of Rome's first conflict with Carthage. The book combines innovative theoretical approaches with advances in the philological and editorial analysis of Latin literature to reassess the various 'texts' of the First Punic War, including those composed by Vergil, Propertius, Horace, and Silius Italicus.

Focuses on the queer embodiments that both reveal and animate the gaps between South Africa's self-image and its lived realities. The book argues that performance has become a key location where contradictions inherent to South Africa's post-apartheid identity are negotiated.

Explores the factors that shape the Millennial generation's unique political identity, how this identity conditions political choices, and how this cohort's diversity informs political attitudes and beliefs. This book explores politics from a generational perspective, first, and then combines this with other group identities.

Tells the story of one of the most toxic places in the United States, and of an epic legal battle waged to clean up the site and hold those responsible accountable. The legal fight over the Stringfellow acid puts has helped shape environmental law, toxic torts, appellate procedure, takings law, and insurance coverage.