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Against the Commons A Radical History of Urban Planning Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago 2022 Fall

An alternative history of capitalist urbanization through the lens of the commons

Webbed Connectivities The Imperial Sociology of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Vrushali Patil 2022 Fall

Constructing a new approach for centering empire in productions of racialized, gendered, and sexualized difference

Fearing the Immigrant Racialization and Urban Policy in Toronto Parastou Saberi 2022 Fall

A fascinating deep dive into one city’s urban policy—and the anxiety over immigrants that informs it

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

On the Rural Economy, Sociology, Geography Henri Lefebvre Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, Editors 2022 Spring

A collection of previously untranslated writings by Henri Lefebvre on rural sociology, situating his research in relation to wider Marxist work

The End of the Village Planning the Urbanization of Rural China Nick R. Smith 2021 Spring

How China’s expansive new era of urbanization threatens to undermine the foundations of rural life

The Migrant’s Paradox Street Livelihoods and Marginal Citizenship in Britain Suzanne M. Hall 2021 Spring

Connects global migration with urban marginalization, exploring how “race” maps onto place across the globe, state, and street

Sweetness in the Blood Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes James Doucet-Battle 2021 Spring

A bold new indictment of the racialization of science

Design, Control, Predict Logistical Governance in the Smart City Aaron Shapiro 2020 Fall

An in-depth look at life in the “smart” city

Acid Revival The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Quest for Medical Legitimacy Danielle Giffort 2020 Fall

A vivid analysis of the history and revival of clinical psychedelic science

Chasing World-Class Urbanism Global Policy versus Everyday Survival in Buenos Aires Jacob Lederman 2020 Fall

Questions increasingly dominant urban planning orthodoxies and whether they truly serve everyday city dwellers

Grocery Activism The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota Craig B. Upright 2020 Spring

A key period in the history of food cooperatives that continues to influence how we purchase organic food today

Deadly Biocultures The Ethics of Life-Making Nadine Ehlers and Shiloh R. Krupar 2019 Fall

A trenchant analysis of the dark side of regulatory life-making today

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

Fighting for NOW Diversity and Discord in the National Organization for Women Kelsy Kretschmer 2019 Spring

An unparalleled exploration of NOW’s trajectory, from its founding to the present—and its future

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