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Chet Van Duzer, “Martin Waldseemüller’s ‘Carta marina’ of 1516: Study and Transcription of the Long Legends” (Springer, 2019)
Chet Van Duzer
Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516
Study and Transcription of the Long Legends
Springer, 2019

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network December 6, 2019 Steven Seegel

Chet Van Duzer‘s new book Martin Waldseemüller’s ‘Carta marina’ of 1516: Study and Transcription of the Long Legends (Springer, 2019), presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts... Read More
Rosalind Fredericks, “Garbage Citizenship: Vital Infrastructures of Labor in Dakar, Senegal” (Duke UP, 2018)
Rosalind Fredericks
Garbage Citizenship
Vital Infrastructures of Labor in Dakar, Senegal
Duke University Press, 2018

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in AnthropologyNew Books in GeographyNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society December 4, 2019 Laura Stark

They were throwing garbage in the streets. Rosalind Fredericks makes sense of the garbage-scape of Dakar, Senegal in the wake of the 2007 trash “revolts” against the city and country’s uneven and failing garbage infrastructure—and puts into readers’ senses the smelly, sticky, full-sensory politics of waste management in the Global... Read More
Emanuela Grama, “Socialist Heritage: The Politics of Past and Place in Romania” (Indiana UP, 2019)
Emanuela Grama
Socialist Heritage
The Politics of Past and Place in Romania
Indiana University Press, 2019

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network December 2, 2019 Steven Seegel

Focusing on Romania from 1945 to 2016, Emanuela Grama‘s new book Socialist Heritage: The Politics of Past and Place in Romania (Indiana University Press, 2019) explores the socialist state’s attempt to create its own heritage, as well as the legacy of that project. Contrary to arguments that the socialist regimes... Read More
Kate O’Neill, “Waste” (Polity, 2019)
Kate O'Neill
Waste

Polity, 2019

New Books in EconomicsNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network November 26, 2019 Marshall Poe

Waste is one of the planet’s last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, artisans and multinational corporations alike are finding ways to profit from waste while diverting materials from overcrowded landfills. Yet beyond these benefits, this “new” resource still poses... Read More
R. Cervero, E. Guerra, S. Al, “Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places” (Island Press, 2017)
Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, and Stefan Al
Beyond Mobility
Planning Cities for People and Places
Island Press, 2017

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network November 15, 2019 Tricia Keffer

Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places (Island Press, 2017) by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra and Stefan Al is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places. This is as important, if not more important, than expediting movement. A stronger focus on accessibility... Read More
Penelope Plaza Azuaje, “Culture as Renewable Oil: How Territory, Bureaucratic Power and Culture Coalesce in the Venezuelan Petrostate” (Routledge, 2018)
Penelope Plaza Azuaje
Culture as Renewable Oil
How Territory, Bureaucratic Power and Culture Coalesce in the Venezuelan Petrostate
Routledge, 2018

New Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network November 15, 2019 Dave O'Brien

How do states use cultural policy? In Culture as Renewable Oil: How Territory, Bureaucratic Power and Culture Coalesce in the Venezuelan Petrostate (Routledge, 2018), Penelope Plaza Azuaje, a lecturer in architecture at the University of Reading explores the case study of Venezuela to think through the relationship between states, territory,... Read More
Margaret E. Schotte, “Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019)
Margaret E. Schotte
Sailing School
Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network November 14, 2019 Lukas Rieppel

Throughout the Age of Exploration, European maritime communities bent on colonial and commercial expansion embraced the complex mechanics of celestial navigation. They developed schools, textbooks, and instruments to teach the new mathematical techniques to sailors. As these experts debated the value of theory and practice, memory and mathematics, they created... Read More
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