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Suzy K Lee
Temporary Measures

Temporary Measuresexplores the connection between labor migration and economic development by comparing the experiences of South Korea and the Philippines with contract labor migration. Suzy K. Lee traces…

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Edward Alden, Laurie Trautman
When the World Closed Its Doors

In When the World Closed Its Doors, Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman tell the story of how nearly every country in the world shut its borders to respond to an external threat during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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Vivek Chibber
The Class Matrix

Does class determine economic options, or is class in our heads-a matter of interpreting symbols and meanings? Cultural theorists have made the second claim, sidelining materialism. Now, amid deepening in…

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Luc Boltanski, Arnaud Esquerre
The Making of Public Space

This new book by Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre is a highly original analysis of the two key processes that shape the contemporary public sphere. On the one hand, there are the processes of news provis…

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Sara C Bronin
Key to the City

Zoning codes have become the most significant regulatory power of local government, determining how citizens experience their cities. Yet zoning remains invisible. In Key to the City , legal scholar and a…

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Jennifer Carlson
Merchants of the Right

An eye-opening portrait of the gun sellers who navigated the social turmoil leading up to the January 6 Capitol attackGun sellers sell more than just guns. They also sell politics. Merchants of the Right …

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Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Christian Bjørnskov
Social Trust in the Nordic World

Study after study has shown that Scandinavia is the most trusting region in the world. Danes in particular trust other people and organizations--including strangers, businesses, governments, law enforceme…

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Tracy Rosenthal, Leonardo Vilchis
Abolish Rent

Abolish Rent takes aim at one of the foremost engines of inequality and injustice. Rent drives millions into debt, despair, and onto the streets. The social cost of rent is too damn high. Written for anyo…

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Richard D Kahlenberg
Class Matters

"Richard Kahlenberg has been on a lifelong journey to expand social and economic opportunity and provide a much wider group of people the opportunity to have a place at the table. In this highly pers…

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Jonathan Balcombe
Fish Sense (Picador Shorts)

A quirky, intimate, and eye-opening look into the ways of thinking like a fish. An extract from the much-loved modern classic on the subject of fish consciousness, What a Fish Knows. Do fishes think? Do t…

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We Are Civic Media

Through the experiences of grassroots practitioners working across a range of mediums and disciplines, this book offers accessible insights for those interested in understanding, respecting, and practicin…

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Tracy Rosenthal, Leonardo Vilchis
Abolish Rent

Abolish Rent takes aim at one of the foremost engines of inequality and injustice. Rent drives millions into debt, despair, and onto the streets. The social cost of rent is too damn high. Written for anyo…

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National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee On National Statistics,
Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency

The 8th Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency supports the essential role of relevant, credible, trusted, independent, and innovative government statistics. Since 1992, this…

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Sara C Bronin
Key to the City

Zoning codes dictate how and where we can build housing, factories, restaurants, and parks. They limit how tall buildings can be and where trees can be planted. They have become the most significant regul…

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Marion Nestle
The Fish Counter (Picador Shorts)

America's leading nutritionist teaches you how to navigate the fish counter. A standalone extract from the newly revised edition of her groundbreaking What to Eat (which is being reissued as What to Eat N…

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John Mcphee
They're in the River (Picador Shorts)

A master chronicler of American life introduces us to the iconic and most curious American shad. A pithy, humorous, and illuminating standalone extract from John McPhee's twenty-sixth book, The Founding F…

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Evelyn D Ravuri
Displacing the Ordinary City

For decades, gentrification research has predominantly focused on large cities. Arguing that gentrification has occurred throughout the urban hierarchy, Ravuri fills this gap in the literature by analyzin…

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Maria Foscarinis
And Housing for All

"A groundbreaking legal advocate argues that only by recognizing housing as a fundamental human right can we hope to solve America's homelessness crisis. In And Housing for All, founder of the Nation…

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Brodie Ramin
Written in Blood

Written in Blood, by physician and author Brodie Ramin, draws on lessons from past disasters to argue that proactive, preventative strategies can reduce risks and help avert crises - in our personal lives…

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Jason M Barr
Cities in the Sky

"Fascinating." ---Daily Mail"Informative." ---Publishers WeeklyFrom one of the world's top experts on the history of skyscrapers---a fascinating account of the ever-growing quest for s…

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