Geography

Lifeblood Oil, Freedom, and the Forces of Capital Matthew T. Huber 2013 Fall

Using oil to retell twentieth-century American political history

Degraded Work The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market Marc Doussard 2013 Fall

Why service-sector jobs have gotten worse—and what can be done to improve pay and working conditions for low-wage workers

Take Back the Economy An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron and Stephen Healy 2013 Spring

An accessible guide to demystifying the economy and creating a more just and sustainable world

Hot Spotter’s Report Military Fables of Toxic Waste Shiloh R. Krupar 2013 Spring

How biopolitical militarism in the U.S. obscures the domestic remains of war

Landscapes of Fear Yi-Fu Tuan 2013 Spring

A landmark study of fear from one of our most eminent thinkers

Families Apart Migrant Mothers and the Conflicts of Labor and Love Geraldine Pratt 2012 Spring

How temporary migration programs haunt the lives of families long after they have reunited

Everyday Environmentalism Creating an Urban Political Ecology Alex Loftus 2012 Spring

A bold rethinking of urban political ecology

Mobile Urbanism Cities and Policymaking in the Global Age Eugene McCann and Kevin Ward, Editors 2011 Spring

How knowledge and power flow between places and impact cities worldwide

The Contours of America’s Cold War Matthew Farish 2010 Fall

How new ideas of space contributed to a broad mobilization of American power

Political Matter Technoscience, Democracy, and Public Life Bruce Braun and Sarah J. Whatmore, Editors 2010 Fall

An engaging collection that explores the politics of material objects

A Jumble of Needs Women’s Activism and Neoliberalism in the Colonias of the Southwest Rebecca Dolhinow 2010 Spring

Why is it so difficult for NGOs to successfully bring about social transformation?

Seeking Asylum Human Smuggling and Bureaucracy at the Border Alison Mountz 2010 Spring

How human smuggling illuminates the complexities of immigration policies and laws

Seeking Spatial Justice Edward W. Soja 2010 Spring

An innovative new way of understanding and changing the unjust geographies in which we live

The Road to Botany Bay An Exploration of Landscape and History Paul Carter 2010 Spring

Critiques the founding myth of Australia

Terror and Territory The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty Stuart Elden 2009 Fall

A timely analysis of the contemporary state of territory

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