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Geography in the 21st Century

These 40 chronologically arranged entries examine the key events that have most profoundly shaped global society in the opening decades of the 21st Century.

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Elva F Orozco Mendoza
The Maternal Contract

In The Maternal Contract, Elva F. Orozco Mendoza traces the mobilization of mothers' organizations that first emerged in the 1970s as distinctive modes of collective action against state violence in the A…

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Elva F Orozco Mendoza
The Maternal Contract

In the Americas, organized state violence takes many forms--from forced disappearance and feminicide to extralegal killings, mass incarceration, and illegal detention. In response, mothers' organizations …

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Charissa N Terranova,
Organic Modernism

"This open access book studies the transdisciplinary culture of "morphogenic modernism," a strain of creative interaction across fields in twentieth-century Britain that began in the German…

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Cutter Wood
Earthly Materials

Bill Bryson's The Body meets Mary Roach's Gulp (with a dash of What's Your Poo Telling You? )in this rollicking and delightfully educational tour of our bodily emissions?from mucus to sweat to poop?reveal…

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Cutter Wood
Earthly Materials

An "UNEXPECTEDLY PROFOUND," "DEEPLY STRANGE," and "UTTERLY UNIQUE tour of the human body" (Publishers Weekly)"A must read for anyone who's ever been amazed or aghast at …

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James Welker
Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan

"Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls' Comics Artists and Fans examines three dynamic and overlapping communities of women and adolescent girls who chal…

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Marcus Hall
Our Bodies, Our Planet

In praise of parasites, a surprising exploration of the profound impact of biological freeloaders on human history and our daily lives.Parasites and parasitic relationships are fundamental to life on Eart…

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The Pacific Islands

"The exploration and settlement of the Pacific Island world is one of the most remarkable achievements of humanity. Early seafarers, skilled in navigation, discovered diverse habitats and biotas exte…

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Michael Hiltzik
Golden State

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Superb. Hiltzik makes a compelling case that California is the heartbeat of our nation."---Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Spring RevolutionFrom…

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Theodore Zeldin
Intimate History of Humanity, An

Harper Perennial

A provocative work that explores the evolution of emotions and personal relationships through diverse cultures and time. "An intellectually dazzling view of our past and future."--Time magazine

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Len Gougeon
Old England, New England, and the Civil War

The first study to document how the Civil War brought about a bitter cultural and political conflict between Great Britain and the United States, a conflict that ignited a global struggle for racial equal…

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Elizabeth Detention Center

The United States detains and deports several hundred thousand migrants every year. Many spend significant amounts of time in immigration detention as they await adjudication of their immigration cases. T…

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Elizabeth Detention Center

The United States detains and deports several hundred thousand migrants every year. Many spend significant amounts of time in immigration detention as they await adjudication of their immigration cases. T…

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Len Gougeon
Old England, New England, and the Civil War

The first study to document how the Civil War brought about a bitter cultural and political conflict between Great Britain and the United States, a conflict that ignited a global struggle for racial equal…

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Ryann Donnelly
Body High

How do we medicate ourselves, and why can't we cure the people we love? In Body High, encounters with lurid bodily sculptures from the '60s offer remedies to the author's own illness and malaise.In Body H…

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Arash Azizi
What Iranians Want

'A document of real optimism.' GuardianA window into the new Iran in the making, demanded by its activists, artists and citizensThe 2022-3 Women, Life, Freedom protests set Iran aflame. Today, the fire st…

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Robert N Spengler
Nature's Greatest Success

The 15,000-year story of how grass seduced humanity into being its unwitting labor force--and the science behind it.Domesticated crops were not human creations, and agriculture was not simply invented. As…

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Luca Barattoni
The Biopolitical Turn in World Cinema

Explores biopolitical currents in world cinema, paying particular attention to postsocialist and postrevolutionary filmmakers from Iran, Russia, China, and Romania.The Biopolitical Turn in World Cinema ex…

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David Eliot
Artificially Intelligent

The story of AI isn't finished yet. The question is: how will you be part of it? With the unprecedented adoption of artificial intelligence and its far-reaching implications, people everywhere are witness…

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