"In 2015, a group of 21 young people came together to sue the federal government for violating their constitutional rights by promoting the climate catastrophe that has already begun to deprive them of life, liberty and property without due process of law. The path breaking litigation, Juliana v United States, has had more success in the courts than many expected, but the federal government has…
"An original argument to explain the "language gap" between humans and other primates, drawing on research from evolutionary biology, paleobiology, and archaeology"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"In the contemporary Middle East, genetics research on ethnic populations is changing the way groups understand and imagine their ethnic identities and places of belonging"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Creative Hustling is the first book length study about Nairobi-based female filmmakers and their labor as artists and entrepreneurs. Based on original empirical research, Steedman explores how these women pair their cinematic ability with an equally apt business acumen, contributing to a narrative of what it takes to succeed as a filmmaker in Nairobi. This book theorizes "hustling" as a creati…
"This book shows how confusion resulting from conflicts in Ukraine have repeatedly created the urgent need for meaning in a chaotic situation. Focusing on Ukraine in the aftermath of the so-called Euromaidan revolution in late 2013 and up through the present Russian invasion, this book analyzes how meaning is made as a nation seeks to control its image at home and especially abroad"--OCLC-licen…
A guide to the pandemic economy: essential reading about the long-term implications of our current crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a firehose of information (much of it wrong) and an avalanche of opinions (many of them ill-founded). Most of us are so distracted by the everyday awfulness that we don't see the broader issues in play. In this book, economist Joshua Gans steps back from…
Includes index."Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A comprehensive, scientific guided tour of how cities work and generate change in human societies"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"This book proposes blockchain-based currencies, open algorithms, and data cooperatives as the foundation of a new economy that is decentralized, resilient, and secure"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A trade book based on the final report of MIT's Work of the Future Task Force"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.