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The Long Year
Some years—1789, 1929, 1989—change the world suddenly. Or do they? In 2020, a pandemic converged with an economic collapse, inequalities exploded, and institutions weakened. Yet …
Cars and Jails
Racism is like a Cadillac, they bring out a new model every year. Malcolm X (a former auto worker)Written in a lively, accessible fashion and drawing extensively on interviews with …
Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana
In the rush to development in Botswana, and Africa more generally, changes in work, diet, and medical care have resulted in escalating experiences of chronic illness, debilitating …
Three Shots at Prevention
In 2007, Texas governor Rick Perry issued an executive order requiring that all females entering sixth grade be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), igniting national …
Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana
In the rush to development in Botswana, and Africa more generally, changes in work, diet, and medical care have resulted in escalating experiences of chronic illness, debilitating …
Improvising Medicine
In Improvising Medicine, Julie Livingston tells the story of Botswana's only dedicated cancer ward, located in its capital city of Gaborone. This affecting ethnography follows …
Cars and Jails
“Racism is like a Cadillac, they bring out a new model every year.”— Malcolm X (a former auto worker) Written in a lively, accessible fashion and drawing extensively on interviews …
Death Retold
In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight--she had received a heart-lung …
Self-Devouring Growth
Under capitalism, economic growth is seen as the key to collective well-being. In Self-Devouring Growth Julie Livingston upends this notion, showing that while consumption-driven …
The Dance of Teaching Childbirth Education: Essentials and Insights
"I found Julie's book to be a tremendous resource for teaching birth education. She weaves creative and practical teaching ideas with theory on how to most substantially impact …
Self-Devouring Growth
Under capitalism, economic growth is seen as the key to collective well-being. In Self-Devouring Growth Julie Livingston upends this notion, showing that while consumption-driven …