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Populus: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome
This revealing look at life in ancient Rome offers a compelling journey through the vivid landscape of politics, domestic life, entertainment, and inequality experienced daily by …
The Supreme Court Review, 2023: Volume 2023
An annual peer-reviewed law journal covering the legal implications of decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States. Since it first appeared in 1960, the Supreme Court …
Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit
An award-winning historian tells a gripping, morally complicated story of murder, greed, race, and the true origins of prison for profit. In the early nineteenth century, as …
Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back
A compelling argument that the extractive practices of today's tech giants are the continuation of colonialism--and a crucial guide to collective resistance. Large technology …
The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots
A History of the Railroad in 100 Maps
The first international history of railroads and railroad infrastructure told through stunningly reproduced maps. Since their origins in eighteenth-century England, railroads have …
The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States
A sobering exploration of the near unchecked power of sheriffs in the United States. Across the United States, more than 3,000 sheriffs occupy a unique position in the US political …
The Writer as Migrant
As a teenager during China's Cultural Revolution, Ha Jin served as an uneducated soldier in the People's Liberation Army. Thirty years later, a resident of the United States, he …
Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps, and Maritime Travel
An engaging look at ocean routes' complicated beginnings and elusive impact. Sara Caputo's Tracks on the Ocean is a sweeping history of how we have understood routes of travel …
Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps, and Matter
The first book to combine exquisite cartographical charts of the Moon with a thorough exploration of the Moon's role in popular culture, science, and myth. President John F. …