Cultural Studies
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
Paperback
“Everybody who has ever read a book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerful object of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”—Erik Spiekermann, typographer
White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Hardback
An explosive work with far-ranging historical implications, White Poverty promises to be one of the most influential books of the 2024 US election cycle
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
Paperback
Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation and their own independence
Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
Paperback
A leading expert’s exploration of the past, present and future of public monuments in America
Extreme North: A Cultural History
Paperback
An entertaining and informative voyage through cultural fantasies of the North, from sea monsters and a mountain-sized magnet to racist mythmaking