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Cooking for civil rights

“Few chefs of African descent work at the pinnacle of our national haute cuisine today, yet their contributions to American kitchens and dining rooms have been definitive.” So argues Rafia Zafar, professor of English and of African-American studies, both in Arts & Sciences, in her new book “Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning.”

Browse titles from Washington University’s faculty and alumni. Thoughtful. Diverse. Well researched. These books might just make it to your shelf, nightstand or coffee table.

What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew

(and What It Means to Americans)

Edited by Nancy Berg (with Naomi B. Sokoloff)

Lina Bo Bardi, Drawings

By Zeuler R. M. de A. Lima

In her new book, “Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving,” sociologist Caitlyn Collins argues that big changes in U.S. policies and cultural attitudes are necessary to bring work-life balance to America’s working mothers and their families.

Making Motherhood Work

How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving

By Caitlyn Collins

Designing Successful Systems

Stories of Change: Volume 1

By Victoria May

Recipes for Respect

African American Meals and Meaning

By Rafia Zafar

Diva Nation

Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History

Edited by Rebecca Copeland (with Laura Miller)

Taking Possession

The Politics of Memory in a St. Louis Town House

By Heidi Aronson Kolk

Physical Activity and Public Health Practice

Edited by Amy Eyler

Transforming the Elite

Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools

By Michelle Purdy

From a Trickle to a Torrent - book jacket

From a Trickle to a Torrent

Education, Migration, and Social Change in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal

By Geoff Childs and Namgyal Choedup

Between Hope and Fear

A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity

By Michael Kinch

Facing Segregation

Housing Policy Solutions for a Stronger Society

Edited by Molly Metzger and Hank Webber