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Carl Suddler, “Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York” (NYU Press, 2019)
Carl Suddler
Presumed Criminal
Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York
NYU Press, 2019

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network May 28, 2020 Adam McNeil

A stark disparity exists between black and white youth experiences in the justice system today. Black youths are perceived to be older and less innocent than their white peers. When it comes to incarceration, race trumps class, and even as black youths articulate their own experiences with carceral authorities, many... Read More
Simon Bowmaker, “When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers” (MIT Press, 2019)
Simon Bowmaker
When the President Calls
Conversations with Economic Policymakers
MIT Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in EconomicsNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network May 28, 2020 Andrea Bernardi

I spoke with Dr Simon Bowmaker, Professor of Economics at New York University, Stern School of Business. He has recently published When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers (MIT Press, 2019). His book is a very original and timely contribution on the relationship between US presidents and their economic advisers.... Read More
Govind Gopakumar, “Installing Automobility: Emerging Politics of Mobility and Streets in Indian Cities” (MIT Press, 2020)
Govind Gopakumar
Installing Automobility
Emerging Politics of Mobility and Streets in Indian Cities
MIT Press, 2020

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books in South Asian StudiesNew Books Network May 27, 2020 Sneha Annavarapu

Automobiles and their associated infrastructures, deeply embedded in Western cities, have become a rapidly growing presence in the mega-cities of the Global South. Streets, once crowded with pedestrians, pushcarts, vendors, and bicyclists, are now choked with motor vehicles, many of them private automobiles. In Installing Automobility: Emerging Politics of Mobility... Read More
Paul M. Renfro, “Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Paul M. Renfro
Stranger Danger
Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State
Oxford University Press, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network April 30, 2020 Stephen Pimpare

Beginning with Etan Patz’s disappearance in Manhattan in 1979, a spate of high-profile cases of missing and murdered children stoked anxieties about the threats of child kidnapping and exploitation. Publicized through an emerging twenty-four-hour news cycle, these cases supplied evidence of what some commentators dubbed “a national epidemic” of child... Read More
Howard Friedman, “Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life” (U California Press, 2020)
Howard Friedman
Ultimate Price
The Value We Place on Life
University of California Press, 2020

New Books in EconomicsNew Books in FinanceNew Books in LawNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network April 30, 2020 Howard Friedman

Howard Friedman‘s new book Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life (University of California Press, 2020) should be required reading for anyone sitting down to watch the evening news. The Covid-19 crisis is, unfortunately, a new broad-based instance in the valuation of human life. And I do mean value:... Read More
Patrick M. Condon, “Five Rules for Tomorrow’s Cities” (Island Press, 2020)
Patrick M. Condon
Five Rules for Tomorrow's Cities
Design in an Age of Urban Migration, Demographic Change, and a Disappearing Middle Class
Island Press, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network April 29, 2020 Tricia Keffer

How we design our cities over the next four decades will be critical for our planet. If we continue to spill excessive greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, we will run out of time to keep our global temperature from increasing. Since approximately 80% of greenhouse gases come from cities, it... Read More
Lloyd B. Minor, “Discovering Precision Health” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
Lloyd B. Minor
Discovering Precision Health
Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being
Wiley-Blackwell, 2020

New Books in MedicineNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network April 22, 2020 Collin Miller and Dr. Keith Mankin

Today’s guest is scientist, surgeon, and dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Lloyd B. Minor. Previously he served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at The Johns Hopkins University. With more than 140 published articles and chapters, Dr. Minor is an expert in balance... Read More
Kristian Ly Serena, “Age-Inclusive Public Space” (Hatje Cantz, 2019)
Kristian Ly Serena
Age-Inclusive Public Space

Hatje Cantz, 2020

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network April 10, 2020 Marshall Poe

Public spaces tend to over-represent facilities and spatial design for the young and the middle-aged, whereas elderly citizens are all too often neglected by contemporary urban design practice. Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena‘s edited volume Age-Inclusive Public Space (Hatje Cantz, 2020) establishes a dialogue between architects and academic contributors... Read More

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