Books

This study explores the science and culture of nineteenth-century British arboretums, or tree collections. The development of arboretums was fostered by a variety of factors, each of which is explored in detail: global trade and exploration, the popularity of collecting, the significance to the British economy and society, developments in Enlightenment science, changes in landscape gardening aesthetics and agricultural and horticultural improvement.Arboretums were idealized as microcosms of nature, miniature encapsulations of the globe and as living museums. This book critically examines different kinds of arboretum in order to understand the changing practical, scientific, aesthetic and pedagogical principles that underpinned their design, display and the way in which they were viewed. It is the first study of its kind and fills a gap in the literature on Victorian science and culture.

Examines the Intersection of Energy Policy and Environmental Regulation after the 1973 OAPEC Oil Embargo

A Cultural, Ethical, and Rhetorical Study of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Revisiting the Origins, Development, and Popularization of the “Conflict Thesis”

Weaponized Digital Rhetorics

A Soundtrack of the Global Cultural Landscape from Nathalie Handal’s Unique Perspective

The First History of the Destape as a Large-Scale Media Phenomenon and Transformative Force in Sexual Ideologies and Practices

The definitive biography of Russia’s first Tsar and one of its most infamous rulers.

Winner of the 2019 Drue Heinz Prize for Literature, selected by Min Jin Lee

An Intimate Expression of a Poet’s Grief

Part Pop-Thriller, Part Queer Rage, Part Mourning

Investigates the Ways World’s Fairs Expressed and Provoked Cold War Culture

Explores Public-Interest Science as a Potential Alternative to Commodification

Winner of the 2018 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry

A Revealing Insider Account of the First Years of Russian Independence