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Wai-yee Li traces notions of the pleasures and dangers of things in the literature and thought of late imperial China. She considers core oppositions—people and things, elegance and vulgarity, real and fake, lost and found—to tease out the ambiguities of material culture.
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Kevin Munger marshals novel data and survey evidence to argue that generational conflict will define the politics of the... Læs mere
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Mind Thief is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer’s that demystifies efforts to understand the disease. Beginning with the discovery of “presenile dementia” in the early twentieth century, Han Yu examines over a century of research and controversy.
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Thomas Doherty offers a lively and comprehensive cultural history of the media coverage of the abduction of the child of Charles and Anne Lindbergh and its aftermath. He traces how newspapers, radio, and newsreels reported on what was dubbed the “crime of the century.”
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The computational neuroscientist Daniel Graham offers an innovative paradigm for understanding the brain. He argues that the brain is not like a single computer—it is a communication system, like the internet.
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In Fantastic Fossils, Donald R. Prothero offers an accessible, entertaining, and richly illustrated guide to the paleontologist’s journey. He details the best places to look for fossils, the art of how to find them, and how to classify the major types.
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What Really Counts is an essential, firsthand story of the promise and challenges of accounting for social, economic, and... Læs mere
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Donald R. Prothero explores the most fascinating breakthroughs in piecing together the evidence for evolution. In... Læs mere
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Yuhang Li examines how lay Buddhist women in late imperial China forged a connection with the subject of their devotion,... Læs mere
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Judith Friedlander reconstructs the history of the New School in the context of ongoing debates over academic... Læs mere
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Shari?a Scripts is a work of historical anthropology focused on Yemen in the early twentieth century. Brinkley Messick uses the writings of the Yemeni past to... Læs mere
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Kimberly B. Stratton presents an innovative approach to understanding ancient depictions and accusations of magic as forms of... Læs mere