A while back, someone described academic press edited volumes as where good scholarship goes to die.

I get that.

But I just read Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences, an edited collection from Univ Nebraska (2006) (HT Trevor Reed) & it was terrific!

My public library copy was well-thumbed, with evidence of previous readers.

Reminding me that a good edited collection can be accessible and (re)define a field.

https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803294639/