Social History
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Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
$29.95 Add to cartA sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics
Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global hist- Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World
- Author: Harper, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0691230595
- Language: English
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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
$19.95 Add to cartFrom our earliest ancestors to babies born today, fabric is a necessary part of our everyday lives, but it’s also an opportunity for creativity, symbolism, culture and connection. Traveling across the… [more below]
- Author: Finlay, Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1639363904
- Language: English
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Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America
$20.00 Add to cartSaidiya Hartman has been praised as “one of our most brilliant contemporary thinkers” (Claudia Rankine, New York Times Book Review) and “a lodestar for a generation of students and, increasingly, for
- Author: Hartman, Saidiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1324021586
- Language: English
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It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
$35.00 Add to cartShortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize
The story of art collective Gran Fury–which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made propaganda–offers lessons in love a- Author: Lowery, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1645036588
- Language: English
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The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society
$17.99 Add to cartWhat makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world a
- Author: Janega, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1324074469
- Language: English
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Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny
$20.00 Add to cartA crucial guide to life before–and after–Tinder, IVF, and robots.
What will happen to our notions of marriage and parenthood as reproductive technologies increasingly allow for newfangled ways of cre- Author: Spar, Debora L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 17, 2021
- ISBN10: 1250798736
- Language: English
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A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
$32.95 Read moreA blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society.
Playing on the phrase “a theory of everything” from physics, Michael Muthukrishna’s ambitious, ori- Author: Muthukrishna, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 026204837X
- Language: English
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Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It
$29.99 Read moreNEXT BIG IDEA CLUB’s November 2023 Must Read Books – LIBRARY JOURNAL EDITOR PICK – “This vital and accessible study is a must-read for anyone concerned with workplace equality.”–Publishers Weekly (St
- Author: Wingfield, Adia Harvey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 006307981X
- Language: English
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Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States
$27.00 Read moreAn expansive and accessible account of anarchism as a theory of practice.
Means and Ends is a new overview of the revolutionary strategy of anarchism in Europe and the United States between 1868 and 1
- Author: Baker, Zoe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1849354987
- Language: English
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Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World: A History
$19.99 Read moreA WASHINGTON STATE BOOK AWARD FINALIST
New York Times bestselling author William Alexander provides “an entertaining, broad-ranging history of the tomato” (Mark Pendergrast) in this fascinating and er- Author: Alexander, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1538753332
- Language: English
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Beneath Blue Mesa: The Gunnison River Valley Before the Reservoir
$18.74 Add to cartIn the late 1950s, the United States Bureau of Reclamation was authorized to construct the Curecanti Project, consisting of three dams on the Gunnison River. The largest, Blue Mesa Reservoir, was crea
- Author: Primus, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 9798986476100
- Language: English
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The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption
$27.99 Read moreParis Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects.
April recommended r- Author: Kelleher, Katy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 198217935X
- Language: English
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The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society
$30.00 Read moreWhat makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world a
- Author: Janega, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0393867811
- Language: English
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You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
$29.95 Read moreAn illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage, from the Colonial era through the #MeToo age
Perfect for fans of Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Traister- Author: Zug, Marcia A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1586423746
- Language: English
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The Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera
$35.00 Add to cart*A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice*
Chronicling two-hundred years of glamour, intrigue, and hedonism, this rich and vivid history of the French Riviera features a vast cast of characters, f- Author: Miles, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364951
- Language: English
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Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
$32.99 Read moreA vibrant cultural history investigating pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama
Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of
- Author: Schama, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1328974839
- Language: English
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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
$30.00 Add to cartA “thought-provoking and timely” (The Times) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and… [more below]
- Author: Gibson, Marion
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 1668002426
- Language: English
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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
$36.00 Read moreNamed One of the Year’s Best Books by VULTURE – THE NEW REPUBLIC – DAZED – WIRED – BLOOMBERG – ESQUIRE – SALON – THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB
The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is- Author: Harris, Malcolm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: February 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 031659203X
- Language: English
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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
$32.50 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON’S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT’S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS
- Author: Harriot, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0358439167
- Language: English
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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
$19.99 Read moreLonglisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards
“A smart and accessible cultural history.”-Los Angeles Times A portrait–by turns celebratory, skeptical, and surprisingly moving–of one of America- Author: Lange, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1639732055
- Language: English
