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When the Hills Are Gone: Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community When the Hills Are Gone Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community Thomas W. Pearson 2017 Fall
An overlooked part of fracking’s environmental impact becomes a window into the activists and industrial interests fighting for the future of energy production—and the fate of rural communities
The Construction of Equality: Syriac Immigration and the Swedish City The Construction of Equality Syriac Immigration and the Swedish City Jennifer Mack 2017 Fall
A compelling case study that traces the transformation of a Swedish city by an active and engaged immigrant community
Care of the Species: Races of Corn and the Science of Plant Biodiversity Care of the Species Races of Corn and the Science of Plant Biodiversity John Hartigan Jr. 2017 Fall
Darwin meets Foucault in this engrossing ethnography of plants, race, and biodiversity
Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Heather Anne Swanson, Elaine Gan and Nils Bubandt, Editors 2017 Spring
Can humans and other species continue to inhabit the earth together?
Compound Solutions: Pharmaceutical Alternatives for Global Health Compound Solutions Pharmaceutical Alternatives for Global Health Susan Craddock 2017 Spring
An unprecedented look at the possibilities and limitations of humanitarian drug development
The Nature of the Path: Reading a West African Road The Nature of the Path Reading a West African Road Marcus Filippello 2017 Spring
Sometimes a road is more than just a road
Downed by Friendly Fire: Black Girls, White Girls, and Suburban Schooling Downed by Friendly Fire Black Girls, White Girls, and Suburban Schooling Signithia Fordham 2016 Fall
Rehabilitating the meaning of gender-specific violence
Life, Emergent: The Social in the Afterlives of Violence Life, Emergent The Social in the Afterlives of Violence Yasmeen Arif 2016 Fall
Understanding biopolitics anew, through life and not death, in the aftermath of mass violence
The Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life The Slumbering Masses Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer 2016 Fall
An eye-opening look at why a “good night’s sleep” might be anything but
Last Project Standing: Civics and Sympathy in Post-Welfare Chicago Last Project Standing Civics and Sympathy in Post-Welfare Chicago Catherine Fennell 2015 Fall
How the aftermath of public housing became an education in the rights and duties of belonging to the city
Tongzhi Living: Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China Tongzhi Living Men Attracted to Men in Postsocialist China Tiantian Zheng 2015 Fall
A revealing study of men attracted to men trying to create community in a modern Chinese city
Bamako Sounds: The Afropolitan Ethics of Malian Music Bamako Sounds The Afropolitan Ethics of Malian Music Ryan Thomas Skinner 2015 Spring
A rich ethnography of contemporary urban life in Mali and its world-renowned yet little understood popular music culture
Landscape of Discontent: Urban Sustainability in Immigrant Paris Landscape of Discontent Urban Sustainability in Immigrant Paris Andrew Newman 2015 Spring
Understanding the interplay of urban green politics and neighborhood activism
HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone HIV Exceptionalism Development through Disease in Sierra Leone Adia Benton 2015 Spring
Have HIV/AIDS-focused development programs ignored wider health crises in Africa?
Transnational LGBT Activism: Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide Transnational LGBT Activism Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide Ryan R. Thoreson 2014 Fall
A firsthand account of the work of transnational LGBT human rights activists