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Memory, Edited

Memory, Edited

Memory, Edited

Taking Liberties with History

by Abby Smith Rumsey

ISBN: 9780262048477

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 22, 2023

Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Hunting

Hunting

Hunting

A Cultural History

by Jan E. Dizard and Mary Zeiss Stange

ISBN: 9780262543293

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 4, 2022

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

Long Days, Short Years

Long Days, Short Years

A Cultural History of Modern Parenting

by Andrew Bomback

ISBN: 9780262047159

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 9, 2022

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

Human Frontiers

Human Frontiers

The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

by Michael Bhaskar

ISBN: 9780262545105

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 2, 2022

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

Passport to Peckham

Passport to Peckham

Culture and Creativity in a London Village

by Robert Hewison

ISBN: 9781913380069

Publisher: Goldsmiths Press

Pub Date: April 5, 2022

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

Making & Doing

Making & Doing

Activating STS through Knowledge Expression and Travel

Edited by Gary Lee Downey and Teun Zuiderent-Jerak

ISBN: 9780262539975

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 17, 2021

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

Cannabis

Cannabis

Global Histories

Edited by Lucas Richert and James H. Mills

ISBN: 9780262045209

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 3, 2021

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

Slab City

Slab City

Dispatches from the Last Free Place

by Charlie Hailey and Donovan Wylie

ISBN: 9780262038355

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 16, 2018

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

The Environmental Humanities

The Environmental Humanities

A Critical Introduction

by Robert S. Emmett and David E. Nye

ISBN: 9780262534208

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 6, 2017

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

America's Assembly Line

America's Assembly Line

by David E. Nye

ISBN: 9780262527590

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 30, 2015

From the Model T to today's "lean manufacturing": the assembly line as crucial, yet controversial, agent of social and economic transformation.
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