James F. Brooks

About The Author

Ethnohistorian James F. Brooks served as the president and chief executive officer at the School for Advanced Research and is currently a professor of anthropology and history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His many publications include Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands.

Books by James F. Brooks

Linking the Histories of Slavery

North America and Its Borderlands

This volume has brought together scholars from anthropology, history, psychology, and ethnic studies to share their original research into the lesser-known stories of slavery in North America and reveal surprising parallels among slave cultures across the continent.
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