Essential Reads from Combined Academic Publishers Fall/Winter 2021-22 A Vulnerable System
"Beyond the Law"
As threats to the security of informa�on pervade the fabric of everyday life, A Vulnerable System describes how, even as the demand for informa�on security increases, the needs of society are not being met. The result is that the confiden�ality of our personal data, the integrity of our elec�ons, and the stability of foreign rela�ons between countries are increasingly at risk.
In nineteenth-century England, sodomy was punishable by death. The last execu�ons for this private, consensual act were in 1835, but the law was not successfully changed un�l 1861. This groundbreaking book recounts the untold story of the poli�cal process through which the law was almost ended in 1841.
The History of Information Security in the Computer Age Andrew J. Stewart
As hacking and viruses become a bigger threat to us and society more widely, and we face bigger risks to the confiden�ality of our personal data, working out how we got to this point and, more importantly, how we get out of it is essen�al as we move forward in this technological age.
The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain Charles Upchurch
“Beyond the Law” shows us an LGBT history of Britain that most people don’t know and the even more behind-the-scenes work done to save loved ones from a law that was grossly unfair. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: Sexuality Studies | October 2021 326pp | 9781439920343 £32.00 PB
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS September 2021 312pp | 9781501758942 £26.99 HB
Complaint!
Embattled
Sara Ahmed
How Ancient Greek Myths Empower Us to Resist Tyranny Emily Katz Anhalt
Drawing on oral and wri�en tes�monies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working condi�ons at universi�es, Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power.
As tyrannical passions plague twenty-first-century poli�cs, ancient Greek epics and tragedies provide a vital an�dote. Classicist Emily Katz Anhalt retells tales from key ancient Greek texts and interprets the important messages they hold, showing how their lessons can help us to eradicate tyranny in all its toxic forms.
A book for anyone facing a mountain of injus�ce. Complaint! offers a systema�c analysis of the methods used to stop complaints and a powerful and poe�c medita�on on what complaints can be used to do. Powerful and relevant for right now, as we a�empt to understand and break down unjust ins�tu�onal structures.
Incredibly engaging from the start, this is a great example of how stories from the past can help empower us against very real threats, and the many toxic forms of tyranny, in our modern world.
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
September 2021 27 illustra�ons 376pp | 9781478017714 £22.99 PB
September 2021 320pp | 9781503628564 £22.99 HB
For a New Geography
Gasoline Dreams
Originally published in 1978 in Portuguese and appearing now for the first �me in English, For a New Geography is a milestone and key work in the history of cri�cal geography. It marked the emergence of its author, Milton Santos (1926– 2001), as a major interpreter of geographical thought, a prominent Afro-Brazilian public intellectual, and one of the foremost global theorists of space.
A graphic novel that confronts our habits, narra�ves, and fantasies head-on to help break our petroleum dependency. Makes important historical, cultural, and poli�cal analyses of global warming and petrol dependency to a wide audience.
Milton Santos Translated by Archie Davies
This could not be more relevant, arriving at a �me of renewed interest in an�-colonialism. Making a case for a new geography linked to global social jus�ce, this book is a milestone in the history of cri�cal geography and Milton Santos (1926– 2001) was one of twen�eth-century geography’s most crea�ve conceptual thinkers. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS November 2021 272pp | 9781517909086 £20.99 PB
Waking Up from Petroculture Simon Orpana Foreword by Imre Szeman Afterword by Mark Simpson
When trying to look into sustainable living, it can become quite overwhelming. Gasoline Dreams focuses on our dependency to petroleum and looks at how we can move away from this fuel source. A prac�cal, applicable, climate conscious graphic novel, what’s not to love? FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS September 2021 180 b&w illustra�ons 208pp | 9780823297726 £11.99 PB
Mutiny on the Rising Sun
Our Grateful Dead
On the night of June 1, 1743, the schooner Rising Sun’s rou�ne smuggling opera�on erupted into violence. Startling and cap�va�ng, Mu�ny on the Rising Sun shows how illegal trade created demand for exo�c products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were integral to the development of American capitalism.
A common remedy a�er suffering the loss of a loved one is to progress through the “stages of grief,” with “acceptance” as the final stage in the process. But is it necessary to leave death behind, to stop dwelling on the dead, to get over the pain? Despret argues that, in prac�ce, people in all cultures con�nue to enjoy a lively, inven�ve, posi�ve rela�onship with their dead.
A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate Jared Ross Hardesty
A page-turning account of a mu�ny off the South American coast in 1743 which reveals a history of smuggling in the Atlan�c world. A must-read for anyone interested in how smuggling underscored empires and bolstered slavery. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS October 2021 33 b&w illustra�ons 288pp | 9781479812486 £18.99 HB
Stories of Those Left Behind Vinciane Despret Translated by Stephen Muecke
Losing a loved one is a painful inevitability for all of us, from which it can feel difficult to move on. Our Grateful Dead highlights the importance of connec�on in our lives, even a�er someone passes, but more importantly, that this is okay. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS Series: Posthumani�es | October 2021 196pp | 9781517911416 £17.99 PB
Profit over Privacy
Teaching Black History to White People
How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet Matthew Crain The contemporary internet’s de facto business model is one of surveillance. Browser cookies follow us around the web, Amazon targets us with eerily prescient ads, Facebook and Google read our messages and analyze our pa�erns, and apps record our every move. Crain gives internet surveillance a much-needed origin story by chronicling the development of its most important historical catalyst: web adver�sing. Our data is used for far more than we understand. This book provides an outline of just how large this unseen infrastructure is but how we can help to change the internet for the be�er for future genera�ons.
Leonard N. Moore
Leonard Moore has been teaching Black history for twenty-five years, mostly to white people. Drawing on decades of experience in the classroom and on college campuses throughout the South, as well as on his own personal history, Moore illustrates how an understanding of Black history is necessary for everyone. Exactly what it says on the �n. An incredible read from an experienced teacher and author, proving that we’re not always taught the whole truth in schools and that learning about this will definitely help the world become a be�er place. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS October 2021 184pp | 9781477324851 £14.99 PB
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS October 2021 216pp | 9781517905057 £18.99 PB
The Decarbonization Imperative
When the Iron Bird Flies
Transforming the Global Economy by 2050 Michael Lenox & Rebecca Duff
China's Secret War in Tibet Jianglin Li Foreword by Dalai Lama
Responding to the existen�al threat of climate change, Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff propose a radical reconfigura�on of the industries contribu�ng the most, and most harmfully, to this planetary crisis.
From 1956 to 1962, devasta�ng military conflicts took place in China's southwestern and northwestern regions. The CCP referred to the campaign as "suppressing the Tibetan rebellion" and official record at the �me scarcely men�oned it. Now Jianglin Li shares the untold story.
An insigh�ul response to the existen�al threat of climate change, outlining the radical changes we require from the industries contribu�ng the most to the climate crisis. Especially as we’ve followed the updates from COP26, we recommend this book for those interested to learn if 'clean tech' can help meet the target of decarboniza�on by 2050.
The first history to reveal the truth about the six-year war between China and Tibet which led to the destruc�on of so much of Tibetan culture and the exile of the 14th Dalai Lama. Essen�al reading for understanding Tibet today.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
October 2021 288pp | 9781503614789 £20.99 HB
January 2022 560pp | 9781503615090 £26.99 HB
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