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Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter

Scandals, Conspiracies, and Crisis in Focus

An Historical Tapestry of Controversies, Risks, Mistakes, Victories, and Defeats through Arlen Specter’s Long Career

Authentic Writing

Authentic Writing

An Examination of Authenticity Through the Lens of Scholarly Writing—and the Reverse

Queer Exposures

Queer Exposures

Sexuality and Photography in Roberto Bolaño’s Fiction and Poetry

The First Book that Considers Roberto Bolaño’s Writing in the Context of Queer Theory

Fields of Revolution

Fields of Revolution

Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935-1964

An Extensive Study that Reveals the Strength of Bottom-Up Decisions Relative to Top-Down Governmental Planning for Land Reform

Race and Transnationalism in the Americas

Race and Transnationalism in the Americas

A Wide-Ranging Volume on the Intertwined History of Race Across the Americas

Undoing Multiculturalism

Undoing Multiculturalism

Resource Extraction and Indigenous Rights in Ecuador

An In-Depth Study of the Rise and Decline of Indigenous Movements and Multicultural Political Power in Ecuador

Nature’s Diplomats

Nature’s Diplomats

Science, Internationalism, and Preservation, 1920-1960

A History of Early International Preservationist Groups and the Natures They Sought to Preserve

Explorations in the Icy North

Explorations in the Icy North

How Travel Narratives Shaped Arctic Science in the Nineteenth Century

Reconsidering the Distinction between Scientific Discovery and Travel Writing in International Arctic Explorations

Far Beyond the Moon

Far Beyond the Moon

A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age

An Engaging History of the Less Glamorous but Equally Essential Aspects of Space Travel: Sanitation, Food Supply, and Waste Disposal

Echo’s Chambers

Echo’s Chambers

Architecture and the Idea of Acoustic Space

Explores How European Architecture since the Enlightenment Has Laid the Groundwork for Contemporary Ideas about Sound and Space

Transnational Chicanx Perspectives on Ana Castillo

Transnational Chicanx Perspectives on Ana Castillo

Essays that Demonstrate the Theoretical Capacity of Castillo’s Work and the Connections We Can Make through Literature to Larger Cultural, Political, and Global Concerns

Creativity from the Periphery

Creativity from the Periphery

Trading Zones of Scientific Exchange in Colonial India

Presents A New Way of Looking at Peripheral Scientists and Demonstrates Their Creativity and Impact on the Larger Scientific Community

Victorian Science and Imagery

Victorian Science and Imagery

Representation and Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture

An Argument for Art and Science as Practices and Knowledges that Emerge from Shared Epistemologies Rather than Compartmentalized Disciplines

China and the Cholera Pandemic

China and the Cholera Pandemic

Restructuring Society under Mao

An Analysis of the Origins of China’s Public Health Emergency Response and Its Far-Reaching Impact in the Following Decades

Festive Ukrainian Cooking

Festive Ukrainian Cooking

A Definitive Account of Traditional Ukrainian Culture through the Lens of Family Rituals, Food, and Drink

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