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July 28, 2022
Pawned States
State Building in the Era of International Finance
Didac Queralt
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How foreign lending weakens emerging nations In the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major …
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Critical Theory
July 27, 2022
The Global Bourgeoisie
The Rise of the Middle Classes in the Age of Empire
Jürgen Osterhammel, David Motadel, and Christof Dejung
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Morteza Hajizadeh
While the nineteenth century has been described as the golden age of the European bourgeoisie, the emergence of the middle class and bourgeois culture was by no means exclusive to …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
July 1, 2022
The Secret Body
How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live
Daniel M. Davis
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Mark Klobas
Imagine knowing years in advance whether you are likely to get cancer or having a personalized understanding of your individual genes, organs, and cells. Imagine being able to monitor your …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
June 24, 2022
Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws
And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities
Adrienne Mayor
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Mark Klobas
Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights--glimmering, long-buried nuggets of truth--embedded in myth, legends …
Public Policy
June 22, 2022
Yes to the City
Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing
Max Holleran
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Stephen Pimpare
The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. A growing number of influential activists …
Sociology
June 21, 2022
Rough Draft of History
A Century of US Social Movements in the News
Edwin Amenta and Neal Caren
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Caleb Zakarin
Rough Draft of History: A Century of US Social Movements in the News (Princeton UP, 2022) offers a new view of U.S. social movement history across the twentieth century by …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel
June 20, 2022
Professor of Apocalypse
The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes
Jerry Z. Muller
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Renee Garfinkel
Genius or Charlatan? This is the story of Jacob Taubes, the controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life Scion of a distinguished …
Chinese Studies
June 16, 2022
The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales
Juwen Zhang
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Miranda Melcher
The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales (Princeton University Press, 2022) by Dr. Juwen Zhang brings together forty-two magical Chinese tales, most appearing for the first time in …
Science
June 10, 2022
Spark
The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life
Timothy J. Jorgensen
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Galina Limorenko
When we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices--or perhaps we envision the lightning-streaked clouds of a stormy …
Environmental Studies
June 10, 2022
When the Sahara Was Green
How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
Martin Williams
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Galina Limorenko
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, fed …
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June 1, 2022
Until We Have Won Our Liberty
South Africa After Apartheid
Evan Lieberman
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Mark Klobas
At a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa After Apartheid (Princeton UP, 2022) shines new light on the …
South Asian Studies
May 23, 2022
Vernacular English
Reading the Anglophone in Postcolonial India
Akshya Saxena
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Saronik Bosu
Against a groundswell of critiques of global English, Vernacular English: Reading the Anglophone in Postcolonial India (Princeton UP, 2022) argues that literary studies are yet to confront the true political import …
Science
May 19, 2022
The Joy of Science
Jim Al-Khalili
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Morteza Hajizadeh
Today’s world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy. The Joy of Science (Princeton UP, 2022) …
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May 17, 2022
When Animals Dream
The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness
David M. Peña-Guzmán
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Mark Klobas
Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness (Princeton UP, 2022) …
General History
May 4, 2022
Maria Theresa
The Habsburg Empress in Her Time
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
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Charles Coutinho
Maria Theresa (1717–1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, a far-flung realm composed of …
General History
May 3, 2022
The Presidency of Donald J. Trump
A First Historical Assessment
Julian E. Zelizer
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Caleb Zakarin
The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment (Princeton University Press, 2022) presents a first draft of history by offering needed perspective on one of the nation's most divisive …
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May 2, 2022
The Wordhord
Daily Life in Old English
Hana Videen
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Mark Klobas
Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension …
Intellectual History
April 21, 2022
Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals
Pamela Hieronymi
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August Baker
An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson's influential "Freedom and Resentment" P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his 1962 paper …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
April 15, 2022
A Vertical Art
On Poetry
Simon Armitage
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Mark Klobas
In A Vertical Art: On Poetry (Princeton UP, 2022), acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements …
Anthropology
April 13, 2022
How to Do Things with Emotions
The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures
Owen Flanagan
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August Baker
How to Do Things with Emotions: The Morality of Anger and Shame across Cultures (Princeton UP, 2021) is an expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can …
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