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The Arid Lands

History, Power, Knowledge

by Diana K. Davis

ISBN: 9780262034524

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 25, 2016

An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered.

Sustainability or Collapse?

An Integrated History and Future of People on Earth

Edited by Robert Costanza, Lisa J. Graumlich and Will Steffen

With Gloria Custance

ISBN: 9780262515979

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 21, 2011

Scholars from a range of disciplines develop an integrated human and environmental history over millennial, centennial, and decadal time scales and make projections for the future.

Life under Pressure

Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

by Tommy Bengtsson, Cameron Campbell and James Z. Lee

ISBN: 9780262512435

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 23, 2009

A pioneering work in comparative history and social science that compares population behavior in response to adversity in Europe and Asia.

Technology and the Dream

Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941–1999

by Clarence G. Williams

ISBN: 9780262731577

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 28, 2003

Transcripts of more than seventy-five oral history interviews in which the interviewees assess their MIT experience and reflect on the role of blacks at MIT and beyond.

Dreamworld and Catastrophe

The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West

by Susan Buck-Morss

ISBN: 9780262523318

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 22, 2002

Developing the notion of dreamworld as both a poetic description of a collective mental state and an analytical concept, Susan Buck-Morss attempts to come to terms with mass dreamworlds at the moment of their passing.

Population History and the Family

Edited by Robert I. Rotberg

ISBN: 9780262681308

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 27, 2001

For more than thirty years, interdisciplinary history has included the study of all aspects of the family, including births, marriages, and household composition. This collection looks at the many...

Politics and Political Change

Edited by Robert I. Rotberg

ISBN: 9780262681292

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 13, 2001

Politics and political change are the staples of history. This collection shows how the study of past politics can be deepened by theory and practice from political science, sociology, and economics,...

Understanding Quantitative History

by Loren Haskins and Kirk Jeffrey

ISBN: 9780262581035

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 19, 1990

The Genius of Arab Civilization, second edition

The Genius of Arab Civilization

Source of Renaissance

by John R. Hayes

ISBN: 9780262580632

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 4, 1983

This profusely illustrated book introduces the general reader to the cultural achievements and heritage of the Arabs. Its main topics are the Arab role in Islamic culture, literature, philosophy...

Codeword Barbarossa

by Barton S. Whaley

ISBN: 9780262730389

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 15, 1974

Operation BARBAROSSA—the German invasion of Russia—is one of the greatest military surprises in history and, as presented here, a case study of the decisive role of secret intelligence, code breaking and counter-espionage.

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