Colonial Surveillance Technologies of Identification and Control in Japan's Empire
Midori Ogasawara
Published 2026
288 pages
The most popular ethnic studies books of 2026
Ethnic studies books examine the histories and experiences of ethnic and racial groups. Black, Indigenous, Latino, Asian and Jewish studies are all here, covering identity, migration, culture and the fight for equal rights. You will find landmark works, new scholarship and readable introductions for anyone starting out. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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Teresa Benguela and Felipa Crioula Were Pregnant Motherhood and Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
Lorena Féres da Silva Telles
Published 2026
392 pages
Playing to the End Elder Black Men, Placemaking, and Dominoes in Denver
Steve Bialostok
Published 2026
252 pages
In Conversation with Denise Ferreira da Silva New Methodologies for Race, Ethnic, and Decolonial Studies
Julietta Hua, Rashné Limki
Published 2026
224 pages
Sails and Shadows How the Portuguese Opened the Atlantic and Launched the Slave Trade
Patricia Seed
Published 2026
264 pages
Unsettling Territory The Resurgence of the Oneida Nation in the Face of Settler Backlash
Douglas Metoxen Kiel
Published 2026
232 pages
The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora Essays on Migration, Identity, and Literary and Cultural Representations
Aleah N. Ranjitsingh
Published 2026
304 pages
Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology Past, Present, and Future
Eduardo Herrera Malatesta, Felicia J. Fricke, Maaike S. de Waal
Published 2026
290 pages
Unbordering Migration Studies in the Caribbean and Latin America
Patsy Lewis, Kristen A. Kolenz, Alexandria Miller
Published 2026
216 pages
Indian Chiefs Vs. Government Agents Politics and Law Enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, 1875-1910
Robert J. Bigart
Published 2026
252 pages
Beneath the Wage Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work
Annie McClanahan
Published 2026
368 pages
Free Up Yuhself
Published 2026
192 pages
Ongoing Return Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine
Rana Barakat
Published 2026
304 pages
Huey P. Newton
Delio Vasquez
Published 2026
224 pages
Traditional Seafaring in Oceania A New Theory of Maritime Resistance and Advocacy
Hunter H. Fine
Published 2026
224 pages
Process as Power
Minh Do
Published 2026
252 pages
Handing Over the Keys Indigenous Peoples and Carceral Injustice
Linda Mussell
Published 2026
304 pages
Israel and the Rise of the Global Domain
Mark Tilse
Published 2026
174 pages
Black Creative Healing Arts-Based Approaches to Imagining Liberation and Addressing Race-Based Trauma
Natasha Thomas, Adenike Webb
Published 2026
256 pages
Designing Dynamism Kuba Textiles from the D R Congo, the Wesley Mancini Collection
Vanessa Drake Moraga, Stephen Burks
Published 2026
96 pages
Transnational Cooperation and the Christian Women’s Community in Canton, 1847–1951
Wai-Yin Christina Wong
Published 2026
1 page
The Invention of Indigenous America The Role of Material Culture in the Production of Transatlantic Imaginaries on Brazilian Natives
Anna Bottesi
Published 2026
250 pages
The Other in Contemporary Arab Culture and Society Longing to Belong
Dalya Cohen-Mor
Published 2026
272 pages
Collecting Antiquity in Modern China Artifacts and Their Afterlives
Guangchen Chen
Published 2026
256 pages