New York University Press eBooks

Shows how police serve to assist ICE despite sanctuary laws insisting otherwise In the United States, local law enforcement agencies are legally and organizationally independent entities from federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and ICE. While local police enforce local, state and federal laws, they are not required to enforce civil immigration laws. This book examines the role of local …

A history of enslaved people and abolitionists who fought racism on college campuses and reimagined higher learning Since their inception in North America, universities have had symbiotic ties to racial slavery and settler colonialism and were incubators of racist thought. In Dissenting Forces , Michael E. Jirik offers a comprehensive study of an underrepresented history: the rise and development…

Surprising insights into the worldviews of oil and gas financiers It is no secret that the fossil fuel industry, whose products power modern America both physically and financially, inflicts immense destruction to our environment. The past, present, and future of US energy have been determined not just by engineers, but by financiers, an under-studied group of energy investors. Drawing on four ye…