Books Archive - Page 5 of 100 - University of Pittsburgh Press

From Commodification to the Common Good

Reconstructing Science, Technology, and Society

By Hans Radder

Explores Public-Interest Science as a Potential Alternative to Commodification

Tough on Crime

The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America

By Michelle Bonner

Examines Tough on Crime Rhetoric and Policies in Latin America

Unwanted Witnesses

Journalists and Conflict in Contemporary Latin America

By Gabriela Polit Dueñas

Latin American Journalists Who Endure Grave Danger to Witness and Report Their Truth

News from Mars

Mass Media and the Forging of a New Astronomy, 1860-1910

By Joshua Nall

Explores a Transatlantic News Economy That Circulated Information and Actively Shaped New Claims about the Red Planet

Women at Work

Rhetorics of Gender and Labor

Edited By David Gold, Jessica Enoch

Addresses Women’s Rhetorical Relationship to Work

Blues Walked In, The

A Novel

By Kathleen E. George

A Fascinating Historical Novel, featuring Lena Horne, and a Vividly Imagined Portrait of Pittsburgh’s Vibrant Hill District in the 1930’s

Tenant of Fire, The

Poems

By Ryan Black

Winner of the 2018 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize

Vladimir Fedorovich Dzhunkovsky, the subject of this book, was a witness to his country’s unfolding tragedy—the decay of the tsarist autocracy, world war, revolution, the rise of a new regime, and its descent into terror. But Dzhunkovsky was not just a passive observer, he was an active participant in the troubled and turbulent events of his time, often struggling against the tide. Overtaken by the Night paints a fascinating picture of Dzhunkovsky’s incredible life that reveals much about a long and crucial period in Russian history. It is a story of Russia in revolution reminiscent of the fictional Doctor Zhivago, but even more extraordinary for being true.

Solid State Insurrection

How the Science of Substance Made American Physics Matter

By Joseph D. Martin

A new perspective to some of the most enduring questions about the role of physics in American history.

Cuban Studies 48

Edited By Alejandro de la Fuente

In this special issue, Cuban Studies 48 explores Afro-Cuban issues.

Inevitably Toxic

Historical Perspectives on Contamination, Exposure, and Expertise

Edited By Brinda Sarathy, Janet Brodie, Vivien Hamilton

The essays in this collection ask us to confront the toxic landscapes that pervade modern life using the example of exposure of people in four countries to nuclear radiation, industrial waste, pesticides and future biological warfare.