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AFewAcresofIce
Environment,Sovereignty,and "Grandeur"intheFrench Antarctic
JanetMartin-Nielsen
October 2023 288pp 6b&whalftones, 11colorhalftones,3maps
9781501772108£27.99/ $31.95PB
9781501772092£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Anin-depthstudyofFrance'scomplexrelationship withtheAntarctic.Martin-Nielsenrevealsthe interactionbetweenenvironmentalconcernsin polarregionsandthegeopoliticalrealitiesofthe 21stcentury.
CargoesinMotion
MaterialityandConnectivity
acrosstheIndianOcean
EditedbyBurkhardSchnepel& JuliaVerne
IndianOceanStudiesSeries
December 2023 358pp
9780821426159£29.99/ $34.95NIP
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingfromtheworkofanthropologists, geographers,andhistorians, CargoesinMotion tells thestoryofhowmaterialobjectshaveinformedand continuetoshapeprocessesofexchangeacrossthe IndianOcean.Byfollowingselectedcargoesthrough bothspaceandtime,thisbookmakesanimportant andinnovativecontributiontoIndianOceanstudies.
ConnectingContinents
ArchaeologyandHistoryinthe
IndianOceanWorld
EditedbyKrishSeetah
IndianOceanStudiesSeries
December 2023 428pp
9780821426166£32.00/ $36.95NIP
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
ConnectingContinents addresses twoimportantissues:howbesttopromote collaborativeresearchontheIndianOceanworld, andhowtoshapetheresearchagendaforaregion thathasonlyrecentlybeguntoattractserious interestfromhistoricalarchaeologists.The contributorstothisvolumetackleimportanttopics thatarecentraltounderstandingthehuman experienceintheIndianOceanbasin.
BornwithaCopper Spoon
AGlobalHistoryofCopper, 1830–1980
EditedbyRobrechtDeclercq, DuncanMoney &HansOttoFrøland
November 2023 368pp 17tables,16 charts,4b&wphotos,2maps
9780774864862£36.00/ $39.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFBRITISHCOLUMBIAPRESS
Overthepasttwocenturies,industrialsocieties havedemandedever-increasingquantitiesof copper.Fromcoppercartelsandthefuturesmarket totheconsequencesofresourcenationalism, Born withaCopperSpoon deliversaglobalperspective ononeoftheworld’smostimportantmetals.
Cash,Clothes,and Construction
RethinkingValueinBolivia's Pluri-economy
KateMaclean
DiverseEconomiesandLivableWorlds
November 2023 288pp 8b&willus.
9781517915964£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781517915957£100.00/$112.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Agroundbreakingfeministperspectiveon MovimientoalSocialismo(MAS)ruleinBoliviaand thecountry’sradicaltransformationunderEvo Morales.Basedonmorethan12yearsofempirical researchexploringtheremarkabletransformationsin Boliviasince2006,thisbookfocusesonthree sectors—finance,clothing,andconstruction.
EncounteringPalestine Un/makingSpacesofColonial Violence
EditedbyMarkGriffiths& MikkoJoronen
CulturalGeographies+Rewritingthe Earth
December 2023 294pp 15photos,index 9781496237491£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781496232588£89.00/$99.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Thecontributorsutilizediversetheoretical frameworks,suchashyperreality,settlercapitalism, intimatebiopolitics,andpoliticsofvulnerability,to helpusbetterunderstandtheculturalmakingand unmakingofcolonialandanti-colonialspacein Palestine.
FramingNature
TheCreationofanAmerican IconattheGrandCanyon
YolondaYoungs
America’sPublicLands
February 2024 408pp 78photos,35 illus.,26maps,3graphs,3appendixes, index
9781496202185£29.99/ $35.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
In FramingNature YolondaYoungstracestheidea oftheGrandCanyonasaniconandtheways peoplecametoknowitthroughpopularimagery andvisualmedia. FramingNature providesanovel interpretationofhowplaces,especiallynational parks,aretransformedintonationaland environmentalsymbols.
HowtoLosetheHounds
MaroonGeographiesanda
WorldbeyondPolicing
CelesteWinston
Errantries
November 2023 192pp 19illus.
9781478025313£21.99/ $25.95PB
9781478020509£90.00/$99.95 HB
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Exploresmarronage—thepracticeofflightfromand placemakingbeyondslavery—asaguidetopolice abolition.SheexamineshistoricallyBlackmaroon communitiesintheMarylandsuburbsofWashington, DC,thathavebeensubjectedtoviolentexcessesof policepowerfromslaveryuntilthepresentday.
Llamasbeyondthe Andes
UntoldHistoriesofCamelidsin
theModernWorld
MarciaStephenson
December 2023 448pp 23b&willus.,11
b&wphotos,1map
9781477328408£40.00/ $45.00HB
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Camelidsarevitaltotheculturesandeconomiesof theAndes.MarciaStephensonexploresthemyriad scientific,commercial,andculturalintereststhat haveattendedcamelidsglobally,makingthese animalsacriticalmeetingpointfordiversegroups fromtheNorthandSouth.
GramsciatSea
SharadChari
Forerunners:IdeasFirst
August 2023 106pp
9781517915919£8.99/ $10.00PB
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HowmightanoceanicGramsci speaktoBlackaquafuturismand otherformsofoceaniccritique?
Chariarguesthattheimprisonedmilitant’smethod isoceanicinform,andthatthisoceanicMarxism canattendtotheroilofsocioculturaldynamics,to wavesofimperialpower,aswellastothecapacity ofBlack,Drexciyan,andotherformsofoceanic critiqueto“storm”usondifferentshores.
ImagineLagos
MappingHistory,Place,and PoliticsinaNineteenth-Century AfricanCity
AdemideAdelusi-Adeluyi
NewAfricanHistories
November 2023 216pp
9780821424896£29.99/ $34.95PB
9780821424889£72.00/$80.00 HB
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thisbookaddressesthespatialhistoryof19thcenturyLagos,rebuildingitspastasaseriesof encounters:betweenmenandwomen,betweenpast andpresentandbetweenlandandlagoon.AdelusiAdeluyiarguesthattheinvention,destruction,and reinventionofspatialmarkersinLagoswascrucialto negotiationsoveridentity,power,andfreedom.
PeasantPoliticsofthe Twenty-FirstCentury
TransnationalSocialMovements andAgrarianChange
MarcEdelman
CornellSeriesonLand:NewPerspectives onTerritory,Development,and Environment
February 2024 354pp 5b&whalftones
9781501773945£32.00/ $36.95PB
9781501773440£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Edelmanexplainshowpeasantmovementsare stakingtheirclaimsfromfarmers'fieldstomassive protestsaroundtheworld,shapingheateddebates overpeasants'rightsandtheverycategoryof "peasant"withintheagrarianorganizationsandin theUN.
Qaum,Mulk,Sultanat CitizenshipandNational BelonginginPakistan AliUsmanQasmi
SouthAsiainMotion
December 2023 432pp
9781503637788£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781503637283£94.00/$105.00 HB
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Drawingonaricharchiveofdiversesources,Ali Qasmitracesthecomplexdevelopmentofideasof citizenshipandnationalbelonginginthe postcolonialMuslimstate,offeringanuancedand sweepinghistoryofthecountry'sformativeperiod.
TheBlackGeographic Praxis,Resistance,Futurity
EditedbyCamillaHawthorne &JovanScottLewis
October 2023 352pp 59illus.
9781478025153£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478020172£98.00/$109.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Whetherdiscussingeighteenthandnineteenth-centuryabolitionistprintrecordsor migrationandsurveillanceinNiger,thisvolume demonstratesthatBlackGeographiesisamodeof analyzingBlacknessthatfundamentallychallenges theveryfoundationsofthefieldofgeographyandits historicalentwinementwithcolonialism, enslavement,andimperialism.Inshort,itmarksa newstepintheevolutionofthefield.
ThePulseoftheEarth PoliticalGeologyinJava
AdamBobbette
August 2023 248pp 42illus.
9781478025054£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478020073£92.00/$102.95 HB
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Drawingonarchivalresearch, interviews,andfieldworkat Javanesevolcanoesandinscientificobservatories, BobbetteexploreshowIndonesianIslamshapedthe theoryofplatetectonics,howDutchcolonial volcanologistslearnedtoseetheearthinnewways fromJavanesespiritualtraditions,andhownew scientifictechnologiesradicallyrecastnotionsofthe humanbody,distance,andtheearth.
SustainableEnergy TransitionsinCanada
EditedbyMarkWinfield, StephenHill&JamesGaede
November 2023 360pp 25charts/ diagrams,18tables,4textboxes
9780774869454£45.00/ $50.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFBRITISHCOLUMBIA PRESS
Bringstogetherexpertsfromacrossthecountryto sharetheirperspectivesonhowenergysystemscan respondtoclimatechange,enhancesocialjustice, respectlocalculturesandtraditions–andstillmake financialsense.Runningthroughoutthis comprehensivediscussionisacommonthread:the importanceofpayingattentiontowider sustainabilitygoalsanddistributionaljusticeinthe processofdecarbonizingtheCanadianeconomy.
TheHistoryofa Periphery
SpanishColonialCartography fromColombia'sPacificLowlands
JulietB.Wiersema
January 2024 256pp one8-pagecolor insert,66b&willus.
9781477327746£54.00/ $60.00HB
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Inthislavishlyillustratedandmeticulously researchedvolume,Wiersemauncoverslittle-known manuscriptcartographyandmakesvisiblean unexaminedcorneroftheSpanishempire.Inconcert withthousandsofarchivaldocumentsfrom Colombia,Spain,andtheUnitedStates,shereveals howa"periphery"wasimaginedandprojected, largelyforpoliticaloreconomicreasons.
Environment
CapturingGlaciers
AHistoryofRepeatphotoyand GlobalWarming
DaniInkpenForewordand serieseditedbyPaulS.Sutter
WeyerhaeuserEnvironmentalBooks
December 2023 248pp 26b&willus.,2maps
9780295752020£25.99/ $30.00PB
9780295752013£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
In CapturingGlaciers, DaniInkpenhistoricizestheuse ofrepeatglacierphotos,examiningwhattheyshow, whattheyobscure,andhowtheyinfluencepublic understandingofnatureandclimatechange.
Charged AHistoryofBatteriesand LessonsforaCleanEnergy Future
JamesMortonTurner
Forewordandserieseditedby PaulS.Sutter
WeyerhaeuserEnvironmentalBooks
May 2023 256pp 12b&willus.
9780295752181£21.99/ $24.95NIP
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Turnerunpacksthehistoryofbatteriestoexplore whysolving"thebatteryproblem"iscriticaltoa cleanenergytransition.Hedrawsonthepastfor cruciallessonsthatwillhelpusbuildajustand cleanenergyfuture,fromthegroundup.
ImmeasurableWeather
MeteorologicalDataandSettler
Colonialismfrom1820to
HurricaneSandy
SaraJ.Grossman
Elements
August 2023 256pp 21illus.
9781478025023£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478020059£92.00/$102.95 HB
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Exploreshowenvironmentaldatacollectionhasbeen centraltothelargerprojectofsettlercolonialismin theUnitedStates.Shedrawsonanextensivearchive ofhistoricalandmeteorologicaldataspanningtwo centuriestoshowhowAmericanscientific institutionsusedinformationabouttheweatherto establishandreinforcethefoundationsofawhite patriarchalsettlersociety.
OntheGround
TerrestrialTheopoeticsand PlanetaryPolitics
O'neilVanHorn
December 2023 224pp
9781531505561£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781531505554£94.00/$105.00 HB
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OntheGround exploreshowone mightaccountforthemanyparadoxicaltensions posedbytheAnthropocene.Usingthephilosophical andtheologicalideaof“ground,”Hornoffersa symbolforconceivingtheeffectsofclimatechange ascollectiveandyetlocated.Insodoing,heoffers criticalinterventionsontheorizationsofhopeand politicalactionamidthecrisesofclimatechange.
EmpiricalEcocriticism
EnvironmentalNarrativesfor SocialChange
EditedbyMatthewSchneiderMayerson,AlexaWeikvon Mossner,W.P.Malecki &FrankHakemulder
August 2023 408pp 27b&willus.and7 tables
9781517915353£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781517915346£108.00/$120.00 HB
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EmpiricalEcocriticism combinesanenvironmental humanitiesperspectivewithempiricalmethods derivedfromthesocialsciencestostudythe influenceofenvironmentalstoriesonouraffects, attitudes,andactions.
LiquidAsset
HowBusinessandGovernment CanPartnertoSolvethe FreshwaterCrisis
BartonH.ThompsonJr.
November 2023 320pp
9781503632417£25.99/ $30.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thompsonprovidesarichly detailedanalysistofosterbothimprovedpublic policyandresponsiblebusinessbehavior.Asthebook demonstrates,thestoryofprivatebusinessesand wateroffersawindowintotheseriouschallenges facingfreshwatertoday,andtheirpotentialsolutions.
PetrochemicalPlanet
MultiscalarBattlesofIndustrial Transformation
AliceMah
September 2023 240pp 7illus.
9781478025122£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478020141£92.00/$102.95 HB
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Drawingonresearchfromhighlevelindustrymeetings,petrochemicalplanttours, andpollutedcommunitiesintheUnitedStates, China,Europe,AliceMahexaminesthechanging natureofthepetrochemicalindustryasitfacesthe existentialthreatsofclimatechangeand environmentalactivism.Mahoffersimportant insightsintothepossibilitiesforresistanceandfor developingalternativestotherelianceonfossilfuels.
ReckoningwithHarm
TheToxicRelationsofOilin
Amazonia
AmeliaM.Fiske
October 2023 280pp 20b&wphotos,4 b&willus.,2maps
9781477327784£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781477327777£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Covering50yearsofsettlercolonizationand industrialtransformationoftheEcuadorian Amazon,Fiskeinterrogatestherelationsofharm. Shemovesbetweenforest-courtroomsandoily wastepits,farmsandtoxictours,toexploreboth thewaysinwhichharmfromoilisentangledwith dailylifeandthetensionssurroundingeffortsto verifyandredressitinpractice.
RevenantEcologies
DefyingtheViolenceof ExtinctionandConservation
AudraMitchell
February 2024 392pp 5b&willus.
9781517906818£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781517906801£108.00/$120.00 HB
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CritiquingtheWesterndiscourse ofglobalextinctionandbiodiversitythroughthelens ofdiverseIndigenousphilosophiesandother marginalizedknowledgesystems, RevenantEcologies promotesnewwaysofarticulatingtheethical enormityofglobalextinction.Highlightingthedeep violencethatunderpinsideasof“extinction,” “conservation,”and“biodiversity,”Mitchellfuses politicalecology,globalethics,andviolencestudies toofferconcrete,practicalalternatives.
SpiritWhalesandSloth Tales
FossilsofWashingtonState
ElizabethA.Nesbitt&DavidB.
Williams
October 2023 224pp 88colorillus.,4
maps
9780295752327£21.99/ $24.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Afascinating,richlyillustratedtourthroughmore thanahalfbillionyearsofnaturalhistory.The spectacularpaleontologyofWashingtonisbroughtto lifewithdetailsofthefossils'discoveryand extraction,theirplaceingeologicaltime,andthe insightstheyprovideintocontemporaryissueslike climatechangeandspeciesextinction.
ResidualGovernance
HowSouthAfricaForetells
PlanetaryFutures
GabrielleHecht
November 2023 288pp 87illus., including85incolor
9781478024941£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020288£94.00/$104.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
In ResidualGovernance,GabrielleHechtdivesinto thewastesofgoldanduraniummininginSouth Africatoexplorehowcommunities,experts,and artistsfightforinfrastructuralandenvironmental justice.
ScienceInterrupted
RethinkingResearchPractice withBureaucracy,Agroforestry, andEthnography
TimothyG.McLellan
Expertise:CulturesandTechnologiesof Knowledge
January 2024 180pp
9781501773334£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781501773327£112.00/$125.00 HB
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ExamineshowscientistsinChinapursue environmentalsustainabilitywithintheconstraintsof domesticandinternationalbureaucracies.McLellan offersatheoreticalframeworkforanalyzingthe formalproceduralworkofChinesebureaucracy— workthatisoverlookedwhenChinascholarsrestrict theirgazetotheinformalandinterpersonalchannels throughwhichbureaucracyisoftennavigated.
TheCactusHunters
DesireandExtinctionintheIllicit
SucculentTrade
JaredD.Margulies
November 2023 392pp 50b&willus. 9781517913991£21.99/ $24.95PB
9781517913984£90.00/$100.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Anexplorationoftheexplosive illegaltradeinsucculentsandthepassionthatdrives it.Cactiandsucculentsarephenomenallypopular worldwideamongplantenthusiasts,despitebeing amongtheworld’smostthreatenedspecies.Aheady blendofinternationalintrigue,socialtheory, botanicallore,andecologicalstudy,thisbookoffers complexinsightintospeciesextinction,conservation, andmore-than-humancare.
TheNature-StudyIdea
AndRelatedWritings
LibertyHydeBaileyEditedby JohnLinstromForewordby DavidW.Orr
TheLibertyHydeBaileyLibrary
January 2024 378pp 31b&whalftones
9781501773952£27.99/ $31.95PB
9781501772610£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Baileyarticulatedtheessenceofasocial movement,ledbyordinarypublic-schoolteachers, thatliftededucationoutoftheclassroomand placeditintofirsthandcontactwiththenatural world.ThisdefinitiveeditioneditedbyJohn Linstromreintroduces TheNature-StudyIdea asan environmentalclassicforourtime.
ToxicLake
EnvironmentalDestructionand theEpicFighttoSaveOnondaga
Lake
ThomasShevory
December 2023 320pp 5b&willus.
9781479815685£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781479815678£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
NativeAmericanshavelongregardedOnondagaLake asoneofthemostsacredspacesinthecontinent.In themid-twentiethcentury,however,itacquireda whollydifferentreputationas“themostpollutedlake inAmerica.” ToxicLake isanenvironmentalhistoryof thiscomplexecologicalsystem.
Unsustainable Measurement,Reporting,and theLimitsofCorporate Sustainability
MatthewArcher
February 2024 264pp
9781479822010£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781479822003£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Unsustainable contendswiththeworldofbigbanks andmultinationalcorporations,wheresustainability beginsandendswithmeasuringandreporting. Archershowshowthisdepoliticizingtendencyto framesustainabilityasatechnicalissueenhancesand obscurescorporatepowerwhiledoinglittle,if anything,toaddresstherootcausesoftheclimate crisisandissuesofsocialinequality.
TheRiviera,Exposed
AnEcohistoryofPostwar
TourismandNorthAfricanLabor
StephenL.HarpForewordby EricG.E.Zuelow
HistoriesandCulturesofTourism
December 2023 306pp 20b&w halftones,4maps
9781501773549£25.99/ $29.95NIP
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Harpuncoversthebehind-the-scenesimpactof tourismfollowingWWII,bothontheenvironment andonthepeoplelivingandworkingontheRiviera, particularlyNorthAfricanlaborers.Harpunearthsa grittyhistory,oneofhumanlaborandecological degradationthatformsthetruefoundationofthe glamorousRivieraoftouristmythology.
TreebyTree
SavingNorthAmerica'sEastern Forests
ScottJ.Meiners
September 2023 246pp 9b&wline drawings,5maps
9781501771262£21.99/ $24.95PB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Meinersinvestigatesthecritical biologicalthreatsendangeringtreespeciesnativeto theforestsofeasternNorthAmerica,providinga neededfocusonthisplight.Meinerssuggeststhatif wearetosaveourforests,thefirststepisto recognizethethreatsinfrontofus.
BreakingtheGender Code
WomenandUrbanPublicSpace intheTwentieth-CenturyUnited States
GeorginaHickey
December 2023 272pp 13b&wphotos
9781477328224£40.00/ $45.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Investigateschallengestothecodeofurbangender segregationinthe20thcentury,focusingon organizedadvocacytomakethepublicspacesof Americancitiesaccessibletowomen.
BuildingaSocial Contract
ModernWorkers'Housesin
Early-TwentiethCenturyDetroit
MichaelMcCulloch
UrbanLife,LandscapeandPolicy
September 2023 240pp
9781439923924£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781439923917£99.00/$110.50 HB
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Chroniclestheeffortsofemployers,government agencies,andthebuildingindustrywho,alongwith workersthemselves,producedanunprecedented boominhousingconstructionthatpeakedinthe mid-1920s.McCullochtraceswageearners’agency innegotiatinganewimplicitsocialcontract.
ChicagolandDream Houses
HowaMid-CenturyArchitecture
CompetitionReimaginedthe AmericanHome
SiobhanMoroney
January 2024 312pp 75black&white photos
9780252087622£21.99/ $24.95PB
9780252045516£112.00/$125.00 HB
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“ChicagolandDreamHouses isanengagingaddition tothegrowingbodyofscholarshipconcerning Chicago’stwentieth-centuryresidentiallandscape characterizedbyadiversegroupofarchitectsand builders.”--MichelangeloSabatino,coauthorof ModernintheMiddle:ChicagoHouses1929–1975
ElectrifyingMexico Technologyandthe
TransformationofaModernCity
DianaMontaño
September 2023 392pp
9781477328255£29.99/ $34.95NIP
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Explorestheroleofelectricityin Mexico’seconomicandpolitical evolution,asthecoal-deficientcountrypioneered large-scalehydroelectricityandsoughttofacethe worldasascientificallyenlightened“empireof peace.”
BuildingAntebellum NewOrleans
FreePeopleofColorandTheir Influence TaraDudley
LateralExchanges:Architecture,Urban Development,andTransnational Practices
February 2024 336pp
9781477328552£29.99/ $34.95NIP
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Recreatesthematerialculture,businessandsocial history,andpoliticsofthebuiltenvironmentfor freepeopleofcolorandaddsnew,revelatory informationtothecanononNewOrleans architecture.
ChildrenoftheSoil
ThePowerofBuiltForminUrban Madagascar
TashaRijke-Epstein
October 2023 368pp 73illus.
9781478025290£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478020486£98.00/$109.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
TashaRijke-Epsteinoffersan urbanhistoryoftheportcityofMahajanga, Madagascar,before,during,andaftercolonization. Drawingonarchivalandethnographicevidence,she weavestogetherthelivesandafterlivesofbuilt spacestoshowhowcityresidentsnegotiated imperialencroachment,colonialrule,andglobal racialcapitalismovertwocenturies.
ForaLiberatoryPolitics ofHome
MicheleLancione
November 2023 312pp 7illus.
9781478025306£24.99/ $28.95PB
9781478020523£97.00/$107.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Questionsaccepted
understandingsofhomeand homelessnesstoofferaradicalproposition: homelessnesscannotbesolvedwithoutdismantling currentunderstandingsofhome.Inadvancinganew approachtoworkwiththepoliticsofinhabitation, Lancioneprovidesacritiqueofcurrentpracticesand offersatransformativevisionforarenewed, liberatorypoliticsofhome.
GlobalQueens AnUrbanMosaic JosephHeathcott
October 2023 208pp 284colorillus.
9781531504519£29.99/ $34.95HB
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Remadebydecadesofimmigration,Queens,NY, hasemergedasanemblematicspaceofsocial mixingandencountersacrossmultiplelinesof difference.Withitsexpansivesubdivisions,tangled highways,andcenterlessform,itisalsoNewYork's mostenigmaticborough.Throughovertwo hundredcontemporaryphotos,Heathcottcaptures oneofthemostdiverseplacesintheUnitedStates.
HorrorinArchitecture
TheReanimatedEdition
JoshuaComaroff&OngKerShing
February 2024 264pp 142b&willus.
9781517914844£21.99/ $24.95PB
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HorrorinArchitecture presents anunflinchinglookathowhorror genretropesmanifestinthebuiltenvironment. Spanningtherealmsofart,design,literature,and film,thisnewlyrevisedandexpandededition compilesexamplesfromallareasofpopularculture toformavisualanthologyofthearchitectural uncanny.
MasterPlansand Encroachments
TheArchitectureofInformalityin Islamabad
FaizaMoatasim
TheCityintheTwenty-FirstCentury
December 2023 248pp 65b&willus.
9781512825206£67.00/ $75.00HB
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Examinesinformalityinthehigh-modernistcityof Islamabadasastrategicconformitytoofficial schemesandregulationsratherthanasadeviation fromthem.Thebookhighlightshowlow-,middle-, andupper-incomepeoplestrategicallyuse architecturaltechniquestosupporttheirinformal claimstospace.
Hackingthe Underground Disability,Infrastructure,and London'sPublicTransport System RaquelVelho
FeministTechnosciences
November 2023 200pp 2b&willus.
9780295751948£25.99/ $30.00PB
9780295751931£94.00/$105.00 HB
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TheextensiveinfrastructureofLondon'spublic transportationsystemrequiresconstant improvisationfromuserswhomovethroughthe systemdifferentlythannondisabledpeopledo.
IntheLandofthe Patriarchs DesignandContestationinWest BankSettlements NoamShoked
LateralExchanges:Architecture,Urban Development,andTransnational Practices
November 2023 400pp
9781477328545£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781477327845£94.00/$105.00 HB
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Shokedshowshowsettlementshavebeenshaped notonlybythedecisionsofmilitarygenerals,highprofilepoliticians,andprominentarchitectsbutalso byawiderangeofactors,includingrealestate developers,environmentalconsultants,amateur archeologists.
MonsoonMarketplace Capitalism,Media,and ModernityinManilaand Singapore
ElmoGonzaga
November 2023 272pp 14b&willus.
9781531505288£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781531505271£112.00/$125.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
MonsoonMarketplace uncoverstheentangled vernacularculturesofcapitalistmodernity,mass consumption,andmediaspectatorshipin understudiedpostcolonialManilaandSingapore acrossthreecrucialhistoricalmoments.Insteadof treatingcapitalism,media,andmodernityas overarchingsystemsorprocesses,thebookexamines howtheirconfigurationsandexperiencesare contingent,variable,pluralistic,andarchipelagic.
PoliticsintheCrevices
UrbanDesignandtheMaking ofPropertyMarketsinCairoand Istanbul
SarahEl-Kazaz
November 2023 272pp 24illus.
9781478025276£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020493£94.00/$104.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
In PoliticsintheCrevices,SarahEl-Kazaztakes readersintotheworldofurbanplanninganddesign practicesinIstanbulandCairo.Inthistransnational ethnographyofneighborhoodsundergoing contestedrapidtransformations,sherevealshow thebattleforhousinghasshiftedawayfrom traditionalpoliticalarenasontoprivatecrevicesof thecity.
ShareholderCities LandTransformationsAlong UrbanCorridorsinIndia
SaiBalakrishnan
TheCityintheTwenty-FirstCentury
August 2023 240pp 29b&willus.
9781512825503£25.99/ $29.95NIP
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
ShiftingthefocusofthestudyofIndia's contemporaryurbanizationawayfrommegacitiesto thesein-betweencorridorregions,Balakrishnan explorestheproductionofunevenurban development. ShareholderCities highlightsthe possibilitiesforademocraticpoliticsofinclusionin whichagrarian-urbanencounterscancreate opportunitiesforpreviouslyexcludedgroupstostake newclaimsforthemselvesinthecorridorregions.
TheCityafterProperty
AbandonmentandRepairin
PostindustrialDetroit
SaraSafransky
August 2023 328pp 29illus.
9781478020783£24.99/ $28.95PB
9781478020028£97.00/$107.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingoncriticalgeographical theoryandcommunity-basedethnography,Safransky exploreshowDetroit’srecentclassificationofover one-thirdofthecity’slandasvacantorabandoned representsconflictingandcomplexunderstandingsof property,foregroundinghowthemakingof—and challengesto—modernpropertyregimeshave shapedurbanpolicyandpolitics.
PostindustrialDIY
RecoveringAmericanRustBelt Icons
DanielCampo
Polis:FordhamSeriesinUrbanStudies
November 2023 384pp 102b&wand colorillus.
9781531504687£21.99/ $24.95PB
9781531504670£81.00/$90.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Chroniclesgrassrootseffortstorecover,rebuild,and enjoyarchitecturallyiconicbuteconomically obsoleteplacesintheAmericanRustBelt.Aslocal electedleadersdideverythingtheycouldtodestroy whatwasleftofsuchplaces,citizenssawbeauty andutilityintheseindustrialruinsandfelt compelledtoact. PostindustrialDIY tellstheir stories.
TenementNation
Working-ClassCosmopolitanism inEdinburgh
ChristaBallardTooley
FramingtheGlobal
August 2023 276pp 16b&willus.
9780253066008£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780253065995£67.00/$75.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresthebattleforaneighborhoodcalledthe CanongateinEdinburgh'sOldTown.Tooley's insightfulstudyoftheworking-classCanongate communityastheynegotiategentrificationplans offersacomplexviewofclassandnation. Tenement Nation exploresthesenegotiationsbetween socioeconomicclassesandevennationalitiestoshow whatTooleycallsa"working-classcosmopolitanism" inpursuitofsocial,economic,andpoliticalinclusion.
TheCityAroused
QueerPlacesandUrban
RedevelopmentinPostwarSan Francisco
DamonScott
January 2024 336pp 36b&wphotos
9781477328347£40.00/ $45.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
AhistoryofSanFranciscothat studieschangeinthepostwarurbanlandscapein relationtothecity'squeerculture.
