New This Week: Jan13th

It’s New Books Tuesday and we have two new book hitting shelves today. Short of a Revolution takes you inside the tense diplomacy and near-misses that defined one of the most dramatic moments in modern history. Meanwhile, Jim Crow in the Asylum shines a light on the hidden intersections of race, mental health, and systemic injustice during the Jim Crow era. Continue reading to learn more about these titles.

Meet the New Releases

Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South

By Kylie M. Smith

Studies in Social Medicine Series

Untangling the relationship between race and psychiatry in the American South

“This is the best mixture of careful social history with an intellectual and theoretical approach to the history of racism and psychiatry that I have seen. The book will be a model for every historian—a must-read.”—Susan M. Reverby, author of Co-Conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman 

“In clear, sober prose, Smith merges policy, clinical science, and patient experience to analyze racism and psychiatry’s symbiotic relationship. Working against immense silences in the archive, Smith unearths the voices of Black patients and their advocates, providing vital insight into how they faced and resisted their confinements and treatments. Jim Crow in the Asylum is required reading for anyone interested in the histories of psychiatry, the South, and race.”—Jonathan Sadowsky, Case Western Reserve University

Short of a Revolution: The Fusion Insurgency and the Triumph of Jim Crow in North Carolina

By Craig Thurtell

Chronicling the rise and fall of North Carolina’s fusion movement, this book illuminates an intricate interplay between politics, economic agendas, and racism.

“With detailed new research and a fresh interpretation of the economic and racial forces in 1890s North Carolina, Short of a Revolution sheds invaluable light on the violent clashes that finally crushed the Reconstruction experiment and launched the Jim Crow South.”—Harry L. Watson, author of Building the American Republic: A Narrative History to 1877, Volume I

“This book offers an insightful exploration of political economy in the American South. Its analysis provides fresh perspectives on the intersections of race, class, and economic systems.”—Gregory Mixon, author of Show Thyself a Man: Georgia State Troops, Colored, 1865–1905