Books

Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization, 1550–1719 Shipwreck Modernity Ecologies of Globalization, 1550–1719 Steve Mentz 2015 Fall
The familiar story of shipwreck revealed as an allegory of ecological catastrophe
Shooting from the Hip: Photography, Masculinity, and Postwar America Shooting from the Hip Photography, Masculinity, and Postwar America Patricia Vettel-Becker 2005 Spring
Visually traces the portrayal of the American male
Shopping Our Way to Safety: How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves Shopping Our Way to Safety How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves Andrew Szasz 2009 Spring
What could be wrong with bottled water and sunscreen?
Shopping Town: Designing the City in Suburban America Shopping Town Designing the City in Suburban America Victor Gruen Anette Baldauf, Editor 2017 Spring
For the first time in English, the “father of the shopping mall” tells his life story
Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema Shot in America Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema Chon A. Noriega 2000 Spring
Redefines media history through Chicano film and television.
Showroom City: Real Estate and Resistance in the Furniture Capital of the World Showroom City Real Estate and Resistance in the Furniture Capital of the World John Joe Schlichtman 2021 Fall
A unique and engaging account of local urban decision-making within the globalizing world
Siberian Village: Land and Life in the Sakha Republic Siberian Village Land and Life in the Sakha Republic Bella Bychkova Jordan and Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov 2000 Fall
A fascinating portrait of the history and landscape of this remote settlement.
Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States Sickening Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States Anne Pollock 2021 Fall
An event-by-event look at how institutionalized racism harms the health of African Americans in the twenty-first century
Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad Side Affects On Being Trans and Feeling Bad Hil Malatino 2022 Spring
How the “bad feelings” of trans experience inform trans survival and flourishing
Signed, Malraux Signed, Malraux Jean-François Lyotard 2001 Spring
An interpretation of this mythic figure by one of the twentieth-century’s major philosophers.
Signs of Danger: Waste, Trauma, and Nuclear Threat Signs of Danger Waste, Trauma, and Nuclear Threat Peter C. van Wyck 2004 Fall
Questions the literal burying of the nuclear threat and how it relates to expectations for our future
Sigurd and His Brave Companions: A Tale of Medieval Norway Sigurd and His Brave Companions A Tale of Medieval Norway Sigrid Undset 2013 Spring
A medieval adventure for the ages, now back in print
Silent Cells: The Secret Drugging of Captive America Silent Cells The Secret Drugging of Captive America Anthony Ryan Hatch 2019 Spring
A critical investigation into the use of psychotropic drugs to pacify and control inmates and other captives in the vast U.S. prison, military, and welfare systems
Simultaneous Worlds: Global Science Fiction Cinema Simultaneous Worlds Global Science Fiction Cinema Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells, Editors 2015 Fall
Reframes science fiction cinema as a global genre
Sinclair Lewis - American Writers 27: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Sinclair Lewis - American Writers 27 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Mark Schorer 1963 Spring
Singlejack Solidarity Singlejack Solidarity Stan Weir George Lipsitz, Editor 2004 Fall
The writings of the lifelong activist and worker’s advocate collected here for the first time
Singular Images, Failed Copies: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Early Photograph Singular Images, Failed Copies William Henry Fox Talbot and the Early Photograph Vered Maimon 2015 Fall
Reassessing what early photography meant to its makers and viewers
Singularity: Politics and Poetics Singularity Politics and Poetics Samuel Weber 2021 Spring
An influential thinker on the concept of singularity and its implications on politics, theology, economics, psychoanalysis, and literature
Sinographies: Writing China Sinographies Writing China Eric Hayot, Haun Saussy and Steven G. Yao, Editors 2007 Fall
A new critical model for understanding China and its role in Western literary and political life
Sir Philip Sidney and the Poetics of Protestantism: A Study of Contexts Sir Philip Sidney and the Poetics of Protestantism A Study of Contexts Andrew D. Weiner None None