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Ordinary Voices Complicate Dominant Narratives of Postsocialist Transition: A Q & A with Editors Jill Massino and Markus Wien

Q: Could you give a brief description of your book? The book examines East Europeans’ complex experiences of postsocialist transformation, a period of new freedoms and opportunities but also new challenges…

Systemic Racism, Environmental Injustice, Governmental Failure, and Community Empowerment: A Q & A with Author Carolyn Boiarsky

Purdue University Press spoke with author Carolyn Boiarsky about her new book Lead Babies and Poisoned Housing: Environmental Injustice, Systemic Racism, and Governmental Failure. Q: Could you give a brief description…

New Book Focuses on Multifaceted Changes and Experiences Following Collapse of State Socialism

Purdue University Press will be publishing Everyday Postsocialism in Eastern Europe: History Doesn’t Travel in One Direction in September 2024. The collapse of state socialism ushered in dramatic political and…