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Ekaterina Svetlova, “Financial Models and Society: Villains or Scapegoats” (Elgar, 2018)
Ekaterina Svetlova
Financial Models and Society
Villains or Scapegoats
Elgar, 2018

New Books in EconomicsNew Books in FinanceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 16, 2019 Daniel Peris

The machines have taken over…. For many operating in investment management, it can certainly seem that way: factor investing, algorithmic investing, dynamic hedging instruments, risk management derivatives driven by changes in market prices, etc. dominate much of the investment narrative. And now and again these supposedly superior investment approaches get... Read More
Anthony Ryan Hatch, “Silent Cells: The Secret Drugging of Captive America” (U Minnesota Press, 2019)
Anthony Ryan Hatch
Silent Cells
The Secret Drugging of Captive America
University of Minnesota Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 12, 2019 Lucas Richert

Over the past forty years, U.S. prisons and jails have used various psychotropic drugs. In this interview, Anthony Ryan Hatch discusses the need to think deeply about mass incarceration, pharmaceuticals, and psychiatry. He talks about the role of pharmacies and drug experiments in prison settings, and he underlines the ways... Read More
Lina del Castillo, “Crafting a Republic for the World: Scientific, Geographic and Historiographic Inventions of Colombia” (U Nebraska Press, 2018)
Lina del Castillo
Crafting a Republic for the World
Scientific, Geographic and Historiographic Inventions of Colombia
University of Nebraska Press, 2018

New Books in GeographyNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 9, 2019 Lisette Varón Carvajal

Lina del Castillo’s book explores scientific, geographic, and historiographic inventions in nineteenth-century Colombia. In this fascinating book, well-known figures of Colombia’s history (such as Francisco José de Caldas, and José María Samper) are cast under new light, while unexplored institutions such as the Instituto Caldas and the Colegio Militar are... Read More
Diana Pasulka, “American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Diana Pasulka
American Cosmic
UFOs, Religion, Technology
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SecularismNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network July 8, 2019 Carrie Lynn Evans

More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. In American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology (Oxford University Press, 2019), professor Diana Pasulka examines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving... Read More
Robin Scheffler, “A Contagious Cause: The American Hunt for Cancer Viruses and the Rise of Molecular Medicine” (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Robin Scheffler
A Contagious Cause
The American Hunt for Cancer Viruses and the Rise of Molecular Medicine
University of Chicago Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 4, 2019 Dorian Deshauer

Could cancer be a contagious disease? Although this possibility might seem surprising to many of us, it has a long history. In fact, efforts to develop a cancer vaccine drew more money than the Human Genome Project. In his first book, MIT historian of science Robin Wolfe Scheffler takes readers... Read More
Greta LaFleur, “The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018)
Greta LaFleur
The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network July 4, 2019 Patricia Martins Marcos

In The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018), Greta LaFleur invites readers to consider a different body. The book effectively historicizes categories that are often take for granted (sex, race, vice, habit), and shows us not only their temporal contingency, but also invites the... Read More
Anna Rose Alexander, “City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
Anna Rose Alexander
City on Fire
Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016

New Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society July 3, 2019 Julian Dodson

Dr. Anna Rose Alexander’s City on Fire: Technology, Social Change, and the Hazards of Progress in Mexico City, 1860-1910 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016) looks at fire as an active agent of change in the urban environment (a catalyst for change). She examines the approaches to dealing with the ever-present... Read More