Tag: Threatening Property

June 5, 2020

We Stand in Solidarity with All Those Peacefully Protesting Injustice

Columbia University Press strongly condemns the unjust killing of George Floyd and the deaths of many who went before him. We protest the systemic racism that plagues our country, and we must dedicate ourselves to eradicating it. We stand in...

February 24, 2020

Becoming Stuck: Residential Segregation and Upward Mobility in American Cities

By Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant

February 7, 2020

Book Excerpts! A Haven and a Hell, Banking on Freedomand Threatening Property

This week, we have explored Black life in the context of property and finance through the scholarship of Lance Freeman, Shennette Garrett-Scott, and Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant. Today, we invite your to grab a warm drink and settle into a cozy...

February 6, 2020

Book Talk: Black Life and White Supremacy in Property, Finance, and the City

 We are continuing our feature of Lance Freeman, Shennette Garrett-Scott and Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant today with this book talk moderated by Ansley T. Erickson, co-editor of Educating Harlem: A Century of Schooling and Resistance in a Black Community. Watch their...

February 5, 2020

Q&A: A Conversation About the History of U.S. Property Restriction and Finance After the Civil War

Take a walk today and look around. Observe the people strolling through the parks and neighborhoods. Chances are, they vary in background and cultural heritage, but this was not always the case. To kick off Black History Month, Noni Carter...

March 26, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Rewriting Indie Cinema, Residual Futures, Threatening Property, and More!

Our list of new books is now available! Rewriting Indie Cinema Improvisation, Psychodrama, and the Screenplay J. J. Murphy What Is Japanese Cinema? A History Yomota Inuhiko. Translated by Philip Kaffen. Residual Futures The Urban Ecologies of Literary and Visual...