The Social Life of Water
Book
Everywhere in the world communities and nations organize themselves in relation to water. We divert...
Jazz and Cocktails: Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir
Book
Film noir showcased hard-boiled men and dangerous femmes fatales, rain-slicked city streets, pools...
Klezmer: Music, History, and Memory
Book
Klezmer: Music, History, and Memory is the first comprehensive study of the musical structure and...
Low End Theory: Bass, Bodies and the Materiality of Sonic Experience
Book
Low End Theory probes the much-mythologized field of bass and low-frequency sound. It begins in...
A World of Gardens
Book
A Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English...
Shi'ism: A Religion of Protest
Book
For a Western world anxious to understand Islam and, in particular, Shi'ism, this book arrives with...
The English Coast: A History
Book
This is a study of how the coastline of Britain has changed and interacted with mankind over the...
The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority
Book
Conventionally, US immigration history has been understood through the lens of restriction and those...
When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World
Book
China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing, it will not become...