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Edward Duffield (1730–1803) was a colonial Philadelphia clockmaker, whose elegant brass, mahogany, a
What is the role of India in the Second Cold War (SCW) in South Asia? How do local histories, intern
In Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire (Verso, 2024), Adam Greenfield presents a
For all of his importance as a medieval ruler, there are surprisingly few biographies in English of
The Holocaust and New World Slavery: Volume 2 (Cambridge UP, 2019) second volume of the first, in-de
America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial d
It’s 2006, and S. L. Wisenberg is teaching writing at one of Chicago’s great universities and living
Max Weber once remarked that bureaucracy’s power comes from its massing of expert and factual knowle
In cities across the world, a new urban condition is spreading rapidly: an ever-increasing push towa
Emrah Yildiz's new book Zainab’s Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders (Universi
After twenty-six years of unprecedented revolutionary upheavals and endless fighting, the victorious
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Meryl Alper, Associate Professor of Communication
Ginkgo Village: Trauma and Transformation in Rural China (Anu Press, 2023) provides an original and
For a woman who published only four novels during her lifetime, with two others appearing shortly af
Does Marx have a coherent ethical vision? How does that square with his sometimes-scathing dismissal
Swallowing a World: Globalization and the Maximalist Novel (U Nebraska Press, 2024) offers a new the
What can sound technologies tell us about our relationship to media as a whole? This is one of the c
News reports warn of rising sea levels spurred by climate change. Waters inch ever higher, disruptin
Electrifying Indonesia: Technology and Social Justice in National Development (U Wisconsin Press, 20
Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Rural China (MIT Press, 2021) by Dr. Anna Lora-Wainwrigh
