C U L T U R A L S T U D I E S – Object Lessons
Object Lessons Sewer
Jessica Leigh Hester, Freelance writer, USA Jessica Leigh Hester leads readers through the system humans have created to deal with our own waste, and argues that sewers can be seen as a mirror to the world above at a time when our behaviors are drastically reshaping the environment for the worse. What can underground pipes tell us about human eating habits and the spread or containment of disease, such as COVID-19? Why are sewers spitting out plastic and trash into waterways around the world? How are clogs getting gnarlier and more numerous? Sifting through the muck offers a fresh way to approach questions about urbanization, public health, infrastructure, ecology, sustainability, and consumerism—and what we value. Without understanding sewers, any attempt to steward the future is incomplete. UK September 2022 • US September 2022 • 160 pages PB 9781501379505 • £9.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781501379512 • £10.18 / $13.45 ePdf 9781501379529 • £10.18 / $13.45 Series: Object Lessons • Bloomsbury Academic
Skateboard
Jonathan Russell Clark, Freelance Writer, USA How did the skateboard go from a fad like the hula-hoop to an Olympic sport? Writer and skateboarder Jonathan Russell Clark's Skateboard answers this question by going straight to the sources: the skaters and company owners and manufacturers who made such an unlikely rise to worldwide juggernaut possible. As the stuntwood (as it’s often referred to) has never had, like other sports and subjects, dedicated historians, the real history of skating exists in a hodgepodge. From California beaches to Tokyo 2020, the skateboard has outlasted its critics to form a global community of innovation, persistence, and camaraderie. UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 160 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781501367489 • £9.99 / $14.95 ePub 9781501367496 • £10.18 / $13.45 ePdf 9781501367502 • £10.18 / $13.45 Series: Object Lessons • Bloomsbury Academic
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