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Hunting

A Cultural History

by Jan E. Dizard and Mary Zeiss Stange

ISBN: 9780262543293

The history of hunting, from Stone Age hunter-gatherers to today's sport hunters.

Long Days, Short Years

A Cultural History of Modern Parenting

by Andrew Bomback

ISBN: 9780262047159

How parenting became a verb, from Dr. Spock and June Cleaver to baby whispering and free-range kids.

Human Frontiers

The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

by Michael Bhaskar

ISBN: 9780262545105

Why has the flow of big, world-changing ideas slowed down? A provocative look at what happens next at the frontiers of human knowledge.

Passport to Peckham

Culture and Creativity in a London Village

by Robert Hewison

ISBN: 9781913380069

An entertaining and engaging social and cultural history of the London community of Peckham that offers lessons in urban living.

Making & Doing

Activating STS through Knowledge Expression and Travel

Edited by Gary Lee Downey and Teun Zuiderent-Jerak

ISBN: 9780262539975

How ten making & doing projects expand STS scholarship through a focus on knowledge expression and knowledge travel in addition to knowledge production.

Cannabis

Global Histories

Edited by Lucas Richert and James H. Mills

ISBN: 9780262045209

Cannabis consumption, commerce, and control in global history, from the nineteenth century to the present day.

Slab City

Dispatches from the Last Free Place

by Charlie Hailey and Donovan Wylie

ISBN: 9780262038355

An architect and a photographer explore a community of squatters, artists, snowbirds, migrants, and survivalists inhabiting a former military base in the California desert.

The Environmental Humanities

A Critical Introduction

by Robert S. Emmett and David E. Nye

ISBN: 9780262534208

A concise overview of this multidisciplinary field, presenting key concepts, central issues, and current research, along with concrete examples and case studies.