Cultural Studies
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Paperback
A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
Hardback
Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation and their own independence
Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them
Paperback
The rise of mistrust is provoking a crisis for representative democracy—solutions lie in the endless creativity of social movements.
The Best Medicine: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future
Paperback
The fight against child mortality that transformed parenting, doctoring and the way we live
Extreme North: A Cultural History
Hardback
An entertaining and informative voyage through cultural fantasies of the North, from sea monsters and a mountain-sized magnet to racist mythmaking