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Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Teresa M Mares
Will Work for Food

Examining the essential role--and exploitation--of frontline workers across the food chain.Consumers are demanding a healthier and more sustainable food system. Yet labor is rarely part of the discussion.…

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Katie J Wells, Kafui Attoh, Declan Cullen
Disrupting D.C.

A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to UberThe first city to fight back against Uber, Washington, D.C., was also the first city where such resistance was def…

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Dan Saladino
From the Sea (Picador Shorts)

"A captivating tour through some of our most cherished marine food traditions, and the danger of extinction that they increasingly face in today's world"--

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Christina G Villegas
Poverty in America

"Timely and authoritative, this resource provides an accessible introduction to the issues, controversies, and debates surrounding poverty in America"--

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Elspeth Hay
Feed Us with Trees

What if the future of food grew on trees---and had been with us all along?From acorns to chestnuts, hazelnuts, and beyond, discover the ancient staple crops that could nourish people andheal the planet.Wh…

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Lorece V Edwards
Redlining Childhood

"This work discusses the cost youths pay for trying to survive in under resourced communities"--

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James Dale
The Future of Bananas

The banana is the most eaten fruit in the world -- but its future is under threat. World expert Professor James Dale contemplates how we'll save the humble banana in this fascinating addition to the FUTUR…

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Tanzil Shafique
City of Desire

In this major open access contribution to Global South urban studies, Tanzil Shafique offers a new way of knowing and engaging with the most common urban environment in the Global South - informal settlem…

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Omar G Encarnación
Framing Equality

The book explains why the struggle over gay marriage differed among democratic countries, especially in the severity of the conservative backlash and the legacy for LGBTQ equality.

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Unbordering Migration Studies in the Caribbean and Latin America

Unbordering Migration Studies in the Caribbean and Latin America brings together scholars and artists across regions, generations, disciplines, and modes of expression to decenter the US-Mexico border as …

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Unbordering Migration Studies in the Caribbean and Latin America

Unbordering Migration Studies in the Caribbean and Latin America brings together scholars and artists across regions, generations, disciplines, and modes of expression to decenter the US-Mexico border as …

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Catherine Coleman Flowers
Holy Ground

Described by Bryan Stevenson as "the center of the quest for environmental justice in America," Catherine Coleman Flowers has dedicated her life to fighting for the most vulnerable communities--…

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AI and Assembly

"Artificial intelligence has moved from the lab into everyday life, and is now seemingly everywhere. Arguably, there are as many foci of concern about AI as there are implementations of it. AI and As…

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Dan Collyns
Blood Gold

A shocking exposé of the dirty trade of gold and how it is pushing the world's biggest rainforest to the brink of collapse.

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Benoit Daviron
Biomass, Capitalism, and Hegemony

"In this open access magnum opus, published here in English for the first time, world-renowned critical development scholar Benoit Daviron blends Braudelian history and a food systems approach to sho…

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Adam Nicolson
The Living Will Say Hello (Picador Shorts)

"An intimate, quirky, and soulful portrait of the many lives that swirl and teem in that microcosm of the universe, the ocean rock pool"--

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Amber Husain
Tell Me How You Eat

An intimate and expansive exploration of how and why we eat, and the relationship between food and empowerment, through the historic feasts and fasts of radicals and tyrants.Inspired by writer Amber Husai…

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Mitch Pearlstein
Second Chance Hiring

The USA prison system holds over a million people each year, but they are routinely barred from securing jobs upon their release. Addressing both policy and socio-cultural realities, Second Chance Hiring …

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Holly M Karibo
Rehab on the Range

The first study of the Fort Worth Narcotic Farm, an institution that played a critical role in fusing the War on Drugs, mass incarceration, and public health in the American West.

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Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta J Ross
Abortion and Reproductive Justice

"Required reading for anyone dedicated to bodily autonomy and sovereignty now and into the future."--Ms. MagazineA bold call to action and guide for building an inclusive and intersectional repr…

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