Duke University Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond Capture
Abdoumaliq SimoneDuke University PressMarch 7th at 4:30 GMT AbdouMaliq Simone @XazaarAdjame, author of "The Surrounds," gives a hybrid talk about his book at @ucl. Responses from Dr. @Tatiana_Thieme & Dr. Fabien Cante will follow his talk. https://t.co/c2M8ZlLBO8 https://t.co/tZMzmwLOEb
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fragments of Truth: Residential Schools and the Challenge of Reconciliation in Canada
Naomi AngelDuke University PressAmong the great new books we have coming out in October is "Fragments of Truth," written by Naomi Angel and edited by Dylan Robinson & Jamie Berthe. #PostcolonialStudies #IndigenousStudies https://t.co/zG2YKdoEu3 https://t.co/mLEyWvnoSC
Paperback, 2022
$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Radical Play: Revolutionizing Children's Toys in 1960s and 1970s America
Rob GoldbergDuke University PressThe introduction to Rob Goldberg's "Radical Play," which recovers a little-known history of American children’s culture in the 1960s and 1970s, is available for free on our website. https://t.co/5yreoH5MF1 https://t.co/djuzmZ4G2e
Paperback, 2023
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Waste Works: Vital Politics in Urban Ghana
Brenda ChalfinDuke University PressCheck out our new books in May, including "Insignificant Things" by Matthew Francis Rarey and "Waste Works" by Brenda Chalfin. https://t.co/E2lBeWpKxh https://t.co/VfsTx665Lw
Paperback, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics
Salar MameniDuke University PressIn TERRACENE Salar Mameni historicizes the popularization of the scientific notion of the Anthropocene alongside the emergence of the global war on terror. Read the intro free now! #History #AsianStudies https://t.co/52lEYDvfx7 https://t.co/xHpX83cvWw
Paperback, 2023
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Pivot: One Pandemic, One University
Robert J. BliwiseDuke University PressNext week, don't miss an in-person discussion between Robert Bliwise, author of "The Pivot," and Duke faculty members Tom Ferraro, Kristin Goss, & Omid Safi on teaching during the pandemic. Nov. 7, 5pm EST at Perkins Library 217, Duke Univ., Durham, NC. https://t.co/9Hlj4yydui https://t.co/fBI71ZVcty
Paperback, 2022
$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things
Jane BennettDuke University PressDid you read the great @NewYorker profile of @JohnsHopkins professor Jane Bennett and want to learn more about her scholarship? You can save 50% on her books "Vibrant Matter" & "Influx and Efflux" this week with coupon code JBEN50. https://t.co/rwfHufebX6 https://t.co/c5EjJbypZc
Paperback, 2010
$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Newborn Socialist Things: Materiality in Maoist China
Laurence CoderreDuke University PressCongrats to La Marr Jurelle Bruce @Afromanticist, whose book "How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind" won the @MLAnews Prize for a First Book & to Laurence Coderre, whose "Newborn Socialist Things" received honorable mention. https://t.co/4tMcI0PfKz https://t.co/0PookzAugP https://t.co/HQ78syonA9
Paperback, 2021
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Capitalist Humanitarianism
Lucia HulsetherDuke University PressThis Monday, check out an in-person conversation between Lucia Hulsether @lhulseth, author of "Capitalist Humanitarianism," and @Adam_Tinkle at Skidmore College. March 6, 5:30pm EST at the Payne Preservation Room, Tang Museum, 815 N Broadway #1632, Saratoga Springs. https://t.co/jDov9YL0Vc
Paperback, 2023
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends, and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affairs
Suzanne GordonDuke University PressRead an interview with @suzannecgordon & Steve Early, co-authors of "Our Veterans." https://t.co/uUk1izhbjS
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book