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The Age of Mammals

The Age of Mammals

International Paleontology in the Long Nineteenth Century
By Chris Manias

Shows the Cultural Resonance of Mammal Paleontology from an International Perspective

Reading the Walls of Bogotá

Reading the Walls of Bogotá

Graffiti, Street Art, and the Urban Imaginary of Violence
By Alba Griffin

A Nuanced Study of the Complex Social Imaginary and Hegemony of Violence in Colombia

Writing and Desire

Writing and Desire

Queer Ways of Composing
By Jonathan Alexander

Explores Writing as a Practice of Desire through an LGBTQ+ Lens

Now We Are in Power

Now We Are in Power

The Politics of Passive Revolution in Twenty-First-Century Bolivia
By Angus McNelly

Follows the Rise and Fall of Evo Morales and the Political and Economic Transformations of Bolivia

Mexican Icarus

Mexican Icarus

Aviation and the Modernization of Mexican Identity, 1928-1960
By Peter B. Soland

An Interdisciplinary History of Aviation and Aviation Symbolism in Postrevolutionary Mexico

Building Power to Shape Labor Policy

Building Power to Shape Labor Policy

Unions, Employer Associations, and Reform in Neoliberal Chile
By Pablo Perez Ahumada

How Competing Interests Mobilize and Shape Labor Laws and Reform

The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela

The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela

Revolution, Crime, and Policing During Chavismo
Edited By David Smilde, Verónica Zubillaga, Rebecca Hanson

An Innovative Approach to Studying the Relationship between Politics, Crime, and Violence

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 12

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 12

The Correspondence, March 1871-May 1872
Edited By Anne DeWitt, Kathleen Sheppard

Letters Showing Tyndall as an Established Man of Science

Representing the Barrios

Representing the Barrios

Culture, Politics, and Urban Poverty in Twentieth-Century Caracas
By Rebecca Jarman

Charts the Rise of the Barrios in the Venezuelan Imagination

Capitalist Outsiders

Capitalist Outsiders

Oil's Legacies in Mexico and Venezuela
By Leslie C. Gates

How Capitalist Outsiders Willing to Accommodate the Dominant Economic Elite Often Defeat Anticapitalist Outsiders

Vortex, The

Vortex, The

An Environmental History of the Modern World
By Frank Uekötter

Dissects a Global Environmental Legacy That Will Shape Policies in the New Millennium

Compound Remedies

Compound Remedies

Galenic Pharmacy from the Ancient Mediterranean to New Spain
By Paula S. DeVos

A Unique History of the Galenic Pharmaceutical Tradition in New Spain

Iron Artisans

Iron Artisans

Welsh Immigrants and the American Age of Steel
By Ronald L. Lewis

How Skilled Welsh Workers and Managers Helped Build the American Steel Industry

Donora Death Fog

Donora Death Fog

Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town
By Andy McPhee

The Complete Story of the Worst Air Pollution Disaster in US History

The Many Voices of Modern Physics

The Many Voices of Modern Physics

Written Communication Practices of Key Discoveries
By Joseph E. Harmon, Alan G. Gross

A Tribute to the Communicative Practices of Physicists in the Twentieth Century

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