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Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania
How cat mania exploded in the early twentieth century, transforming cats from pests into beloved pets.In 1900, Britain and America were in the grip of a cat craze. An animal that …
Climate Justice and the University
A radical exploration of how higher education can advance transformative climate justice.Amid the worsening climate crisis and intensifying inequities, higher education can play a …
Honey Bee Social Evolution
What the honey bee can teach us about evolution—and ourselves.How did the honey bee evolve into the complex colonial species that exists today—and what does its evolution have to …
Anxiety Culture
A collection of timely essays on the rising wave of anxiety in culture.The twenty-first century is characterized by uncertainty: from catastrophic climate change to the …
187 Things You Should Know About the War of 1812
Long overshadowed by the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 remains a largely forgotten conflict. Its origins as part of the larger Napoleonic wars layered …
The Other Population Crisis
The programs in Italy, Japan, and Singapore, which have failed so far, have not devoted sufficient resources consistently enough to make a difference and do not support gender …
Protestant Modernist Pamphlets
A critical edition of ten rare pamphlets on science and religion published from 1922–1931 by the University of Chicago Divinity School.In the years surrounding the Scopes trial in …
Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health
Essential essays on the environmental impacts of factory farms on public health.The rapid—and relatively recent—concentration of food animal production into factory farms makes …
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
The trusted guide to understanding and coping with rheumatoid arthritis—now completely updated and revised.Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which inflammation plays …
Asymptomatic
The riveting account of how asymptomatic transmission drove COVID-19's global spread and catalyzed interventions to control it.Why was COVID-19 so difficult to contain and so …
Failing Our Future
An indictment of the grading system in American schools and colleges—and a blueprint for how we can change it.One of the most urgent and long-standing issues in the US education …
Spanning the Gilded Age
The fascinating history of the St. Louis Bridge, the first steel structure in the world.In Spanning the Gilded Age, John K. Brown tells the daring, improbable story of the …