Geography

Settling the Boom The Sites and Subjects of Bakken Oil Mary E. Thomas and Bruce Braun, Editors 2022 Fall

Examines how settler colonial and sexist infrastructures and narratives order a resource boom

Pipeline Populism Grassroots Environmentalism in the Twenty-First Century Kai Bosworth 2022 Spring

How contemporary environmental struggles and resistance to pipeline development became populist struggles

Justice at Work The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities Marc Doussard and Greg Schrock 2022 Spring

A pathbreaking look at how progressive policy change for economic justice has swept U.S. cities

The Alienated Subject On the Capacity to Hurt James A. Tyner 2022 Spring

A timely and provocative discussion of alienation as an intersectional category of life under racial capitalism and white supremacy

Settler Colonial City Racism and Inequity in Postwar Minneapolis David Hugill 2021 Fall

Revealing the enduring link between settler colonization and the making of modern Minneapolis

For a New Geography Milton Santos 2021 Fall

For the first time in English, a key work of critical geography

Practicing Cooperation Mutual Aid beyond Capitalism Andrew Zitcer 2021 Fall

A powerful new understanding of cooperation as an antidote to alienation and inequality

The Radical Bookstore Counterspace for Social Movements Kimberley Kinder 2021 Spring

Examines how radical bookstores and similar spaces serve as launching pads for social movements

Nuclear Suburbs Cold War Technoscience and the Pittsburgh Renaissance Patrick Vitale 2021 Spring

From submarines to the suburbs—the remaking of Pittsburgh during the Cold War

The Probiotic Planet Using Life to Manage Life Jamie Lorimer 2020 Fall

Assesses a promising new approach to restoring the health of our bodies and our planet

Scammer’s Yard The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica Jovan Scott Lewis 2020 Fall

Tells the story of Jamaican “scammers” who use crime to gain autonomy, opportunity, and repair

The Death of Asylum Hidden Geographies of the Enforcement Archipelago Alison Mountz 2020 Spring

Investigating the global system of detention centers that imprison asylum seekers and conceal persistent human rights violations

Digitize and Punish Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age Brian Jefferson 2020 Spring

Tracing the rise of digital computing in policing and punishment and its harmful impact on criminalized communities of color

Urbanism without Guarantees The Everyday Life of a Gentrifying West Side Neighborhood Christian M. Anderson 2020 Spring

A unique more-than-capitalist take on urban dynamics

Fair Trade Rebels Coffee Production and Struggles for Autonomy in Chiapas Lindsay Naylor 2019 Fall

Reassessing interpretations of development with a new approach to fair trade

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