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Nathan Ellstrand

@nellstra.bsky.social
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Historian of transnational politics & religion between the US & Latin America. Postdoc, SDSU. Co-founder, @histcatmex.bsky.social. Social Media Officer, @iehs.bsky.social. Social justice. Foodie. nathanellstrand.com

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New book from @ucpress.bsky.social: Traces of Intimacy: Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and the Borderlands of Race by Jedediah H. Kuhn www.ucpress.edu/books/traces...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New book from @ucpress.bsky.social : Imagined Environments: The Making of the Borderlands by Carlos Alonso Nugent www.ucpress.edu/books/imagin...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New book from @ucpress.bsky.social: The Boundless Biddy Mason: An Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom Across the American West by Kevin Waite www.ucpress.edu/books/the-bo...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jalapeño cheddar dog topper with tomatoes, onions, mayonnaise, mustard, and jalapeños.
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Old Faithful pizza (fennel pork sausage, mama lil’s goat horn peppers (medium spicy!), green onion, mozzarella, parmesan tomato sauce, and oregano).
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Beans marinated with orange, olive oil, and sherry vinegar, mixed with raw red onions, green olives, celery, mint and dill, and served with grated bottarga (fish roe) on top.
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New book from @haymarketbooks.org: Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East: Origins of a Genocide by Marwan Bishara www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2934-t...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New book from @haymarketbooks.org: Anatomy of Disintegration: What Brazil Reveals About the Global Far Right by Rodrigo Nunes www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2881-a...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New book from @haymarketbooks.org: SNCC: The New Abolitionists (Expanded Edition) by Howard Zinn Foreword by Anthony Arnove Afterword by Barbara Ransby www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2740-s...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Gateway Beer: St. Louis Craft Brewing in the Shadow of Anheuser-Busch by Joel Bittle www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Resounding Revolution: Freedom Song after 1968 by Stephen Stacks www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New edited volume from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Queer, Women of Color, and Critical Approaches to Feminist Mentorship and Pedagogy edited by Leandra H. Hernández, Stevie M. Munz, and Jessica Pauly www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New edited volume from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Whose Beloved Community?: The Intersections of Black and LGBTQ Civil Rights edited by Dwight A. McBride, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Justin A. Joyce www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New edited volume from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Tengo Sed: An Anthology of Works Celebrating Black Voices, Identities, and Personhood edited by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot and Natasha Gordon-Chipembere www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New book from @yalepress.bsky.social: Why Labor Unions Matter by Nelson Lichtenstein yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Khao mun gai (poached chicken served over chicken rice. Ginger soybean sauce and chicken bone broth on the side).
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Guava cream cheese Danish.
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Malai Garlic Chicken Noodles, an Italian-Vietnamese-Pakistani fusion dish featuring egg noodles tossed in a creamy garlic sauce, tender chicken boti, and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Forthcoming book from Dr. Zachary Matusheski: Independence Hall and the Presidency: A History vromansbookstore.com/book/9781467...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks to Jurgen Buchenau for citing my dad, Norman Ellstrand and I, in his work, The United States and Mexico: Unequal Neighbors: www.bloomsbury.com/us/united-st...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from @stanfordpress.bsky.social: Theories of Emancipation: Sociology and Socialism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Aaron Major www.sup.org/books/sociol...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from @stanfordpress.bsky.social: Politics of the Periphery: Governance and Elections in Brazil’s Urban Margins by Martijn Koster www.sup.org/books/anthro...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from @stanfordpress.bsky.social: The Moral Economy of Care: Work and Power in the American Hospital by Pablo Gastón www.sup.org/books/sociol...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
***Book of interest to fellow transnational historians*** New from @stanfordpress.bsky.social: Americans Without Borders: The Radical Activists Who Fought for US Ideals Abroad While Facing Political Persecution at Home by Julia Harte www.sup.org/books/histor...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New book from @yalepress.bsky.social: Buddhism: A Journey through History by Donald S. Lopez yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New book from @yalepress.bsky.social: Oil Wars: The Struggle for Control that has Shaped the Modern World by Guy Laron yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New book from @yalepress.bsky.social Sniff: A History of Smells by Will Tullett yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Irish-Chinese inspired Spice Bag featuring fried chicken bites, crispy fries, peppers, and onions tossed in a house-made spice dust. It's served with a shashlik dipping sauce.
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Honey walnut prawns.
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Honey walnut prawns.
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Four color soup dumplings (Shanghai, crab roe, kimchi, and vegetarian)
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Possible book of interest from @utexaspress.bsky.social : Civil Rights in Bakersfield: Segregation and Multiracial Activism in the Central Valley by Oliver Rosales utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329597/
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Torta de milanesa
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pain aux raisins
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Falafel in pita
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Som Tum Puu Pla Raa (green papaya salad with salted crab and fermented fish and hot and sour dressing).
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dragon fruit!
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cape gooseberry (also known as the goldenberry or Peruvian groundcherry). Imagine a sweet cherry tomato.
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tomorrow in Tijuana:
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What a treat to get in the mail this morning!! @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social @elprofebarba.bsky.social
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New book from my UC Santa Cruz undergraduate history mentor and advisor, Matt O'Hara: The Flying Death: Poison, Plunder, and the Quest for a Miracle Medicine in the Amazon @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
El 23 de septiembre en la CDMX:
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book from University of Arizona Press: Confronting Colonial Legacies: A History of Chicana/o Indigeneities and Transnational Activism by José Luis Serrano Nájera uapress.arizona.edu/book/confron...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Comrade Rhys: The Life and Times of Albert Rhys Williams by William Benton Whisenhunt www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Operatic Kaleidoscope: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by Kristen M. Turner www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Sports, Power, and Resistance: An Introduction to Critical Sports Studies edited by Thomas P. Oates and Travis Vogan www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Carib, Kalinago, and Garifuna Peoples: Indigeneity, Hybridization, and Mobility in the Americas edited by Paula Prescod www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Deserted: Life Without Local News in Rural America by Nick Mathews www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book forthcoming next week from @wwnorton.com: Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control by Kelly Lytle Hernández wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#NationalLinguineDay Pulpo novoandino (grilled octopus with linguini and huancaina sauce) A thread - 3/end
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