Books published by University of Minnesota Press

The evolution and meaning of our love affair with Apple and its devices

Animal tracks always tell a story. You just have to recognize the signs. As you follow the marks an animal left behind, you get to know it: where it goes, what it likes to eat, when it runs, and why. There are secrets to be learned in those signs in the snow, mysteries to be explored in the mud along the river’s edge.Tracks in the Wild introduces young naturalists to the tracks of bears, wolves, moose, otters, and other wild animals—thirteen in all. Betsy Bowen’s signature woodcut prints accompany poetic passages about each animal, along with life-size representations of their footprints. As it reveals some of the wonders of the natural world, it will also inspire awe and respect for all the wild, elusive creatures that inhabit Minnesota’s northwoods.Winner of a 1994 Minnesota Book Award, Tracks in the Wild is perfect reading for a family to share before and after a trek through their own woods.

Originally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

Originally published by Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007.

Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar havetraveled side by side. From the first reported sightings of blues musicians tothe onset of the Great Depression, this is the most comprehensive and completeaccount ever written of the early stars of blues guitar-an essential chapter inthe history of American music.

Elusive Jannah is a remarkable portrait of thevery different experiences of Somali migrants in the UAE, South Africa, and theUnited States. Cawo M. Abdi clearly reveals the importance of immigrationpolicies in the migrant experience.

All Thoughts AreEqual is both an introductionto the work of French philosopher Francois Laruelle and an exercise in nonhumanthinking. John O Maoilearca examines how philosophy might appear when viewedwith non-philosophical and nonhuman eyes.

How is it that self-identified environmental progressives in America can oppose liberalizing immigration policies? Environmentalism is generally assumed to be a commitment of the political left and restrictionism a commitment of the right. As John Hultgren shows, the reality is significantly more complicated. American environmentalists have support

Kurt Schock is associate professor of sociology and global affairs at Rutgers University.Contributors: Sean Chabot, Eastern Washington U; Véronique Dudouet, Berghof Foundation, Germany; Dustin Ells Howes, Louisiana State U; Brian Martin, U of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U; Julie M. Norman, Queen's U, Belfast; Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat U, Thailand; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat U, Thailand; Stellan Vinthagen, U West and U of¿Göteborg, Sweden

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Virginia, 2013).