Introduction
Are you looking for a book to read? In this guide you will find a selection of new books that were added to the Pardee Library collection over the past few months, both in print and as eBooks.
The print books can be found on the 3rd floor of Pardee Library on the Book Display shelves, near the front entrance and in the Periodicals area. You are welcome to browse the print books and borrow whichever books you like, by checking them out at the Services Desk. Books currently on display can also be borrowed. Click on the book titles or jacket images for more details about each book and to see if they are currently available to borrow.
If you want to look up a book by subject or title, use the advanced search feature of BU Libraries Search to find books or eBooks on the topic of your choice. Enter your search terms into the search box and select "Books/eBooks" as the material type.
LGBTQ Pride Month
June is Pride Month!
Join us at Pardee in celebrating the past and present accomplishments of queer and transgender leaders in the workforce with a selection of books from our collection. From the ups and downs of running a gay bar to the remarkable story of a lesbian coal mine mogul in the 1830s, we've been here and queer forever and we are here to stay.
Looking to connect with other LGBTQ students, staff, or faculty at BU? Learn more about Cohort Q, Questrom's LGBTQ student organization.
Happy Pride!
Featured Reading: Pride Month
Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution
Location: Online
In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife. Drawing on over one hundred riveting interviews with everyone from bar owners to party producers, revelers to rabble-rousers, Long Live Queer Nightlife showcases a spectacular, if seldom-seen, vision of a queer world shimmering with self-empowerment, inventiveness, and joy.
Female Fortune: The Anne Lister Diaries, 1833-1836
Location: Online
The remarkable and recently rediscovered diaries of Anne Lister, a lesbian businesswoman in 19th century England. She was an impressive scholar, fearless traveler, coal mine developer, political activist, and more. In these diaries, Lister honestly recounts her accomplishments and love affairs, especially with the neighboring heiress Ann Walker.
Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America
Location: Online
Workplaces have traditionally been viewed as "straight spaces" in which queer people passed. As a result, historians have directed limited attention to the experiences of queer people on the job. Queer Career rectifies this, offering an expansive historical look at sexual minorities in the modern American workforce. Margot Canaday shows how LGBT history helps us understand the recent history of capitalism and labor and rewrites our understanding of the queer past.
Juneteenth
June 19 is Juneteenth, commemorating the day enslaved people in Texas gained their freedom more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day and commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education, achievement, and celebration.
Celebrate Juneteenth by exploring the history and accomplishments of African Americans in business and industry. See these and other titles on display at Pardee Library.
For more information about Juneteenth, check out the links listed below:
Featured Reading: Juneteenth
Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank
Location: Pardee Display Table E185.8 .H55 2024
After the Civil War, thousands of emancipated people deposited millions of dollars in the Freedman's Bank, which promised to be a launch point for self-determination and economic freedom. Its collapse shaped inequality in this country for over a century. Justene Hill Edwards unearths a major turning point in American history in this comprehensive account of the bank and its depositors.
What We Build with Power: The Fight for Economic Justice in Tech
Location: Online
Activist and organizer David Delmar Sentíes argues that tech is in a position to move beyond empty platitudes and toward an organized workforce that values the economic well-being of Black and Latinx communities. Delmar Sentíes uses his firsthand experience as the founder of Resilient Coders—a free and stipended nonprofit coding bootcamp that trains people of color from low income communities for careers as software engineers—to highlight how we must identify and dismantle the systemic barriers in tech.
Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street: One Hundred Years in the Neighborhood that Refused to be Erased
Location: Online
The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the most brutal acts of racist violence in U.S. history, a ruthless attempt to smother a spark of Black independence. But that was never the whole story of Greenwood. Journalist Victor Luckerson weaves an epic tale of how this neighborhood became a national symbol of success and solidarity.
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