Columbia University Press: 2355 books
Animals and Society
An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Considering that much of human society is structured through its interaction with non-human animals, and since human society relies heavily on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, human–animal studies has become a rapidly expanding field of research, featuring a number of distinct positions,...
Socialism of Fools
Capitalism and Modern Anti-Semitism
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
In Socialism of Fools, Michele Battini focuses on the critical moment during the Enlightenment in which anti-Jewish stereotypes morphed into a sophisticated, modern social anti-Semitism. He recovers the potent anti-Jewish, anticapitalist propaganda that cemented the idea of a Jewish conspiracy in...
Gastropolis
Food and New York City
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Whether you're digging into a slice of cherry cheesecake, burning your tongue on a piece of fiery Jamaican jerk chicken, or slurping the broth from a juicy soup dumpling, eating in New York City is a culinary adventure unlike any other in the world.
An irresistible sampling of the city's rich...
Sacred Knowledge
Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers, William A. Richards argues that, if used responsibly...
Exhaustion
A History
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Today our fatigue feels chronic; our anxieties, amplified. Proliferating technologies command our attention. Many people complain of burnout, and economic instability and the threat of ecological catastrophe fill us with dread. We look to the past, imagining life to have once been simpler and slower,...
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives
From Stalinism to the New Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
In this wide-ranging and acclaimed book, Stephen F. Cohen challenges conventional wisdom about the course of Soviet and post-Soviet history. Reexamining leaders from Nikolai Bukharin, Stalin's preeminent opponent, and Nikita Khrushchev to Mikhail Gorbachev and his rival Yegor Ligachev, Cohen shows...
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
Across the West, hard-right leaders are surging to power on platforms of ethno-economic nationalism, Christianity, and traditional family values. Is this phenomenon the end of neoliberalism or its monstrous offspring?
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism casts the hard-right turn as animated by socioeconomically...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, this resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies, along with several new contributions. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional...
The Collapse of Western Civilization
A View from the Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and—finally—the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093, when the disintegration of the West...
Autism's False Prophets
Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused...
Building the New American Economy
Smart, Fair, and Sustainable
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
In this passionate and powerful book—part manifesto, part plan of action—the renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical strategy to move America, seemingly more divided than ever, toward a new consensus: sustainable development. Sustainable development is a holistic approach that emphasizes...
In Their Voices
Black Americans on Transracial Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
While many proponents of transracial adoption claim that American society is increasingly becoming "color-blind," a growing body of research reveals that for transracial adoptees of all backgrounds, racial identity does matter. Rhonda M. Roorda elaborates significantly on that finding, specifically...
Confronting Injustice and Oppression
Concepts and Strategies for Social Workers
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
More urgent than ever, David G. Gil's guiding text gives social workers the knowledge and confidence they need to change unjust realities. Clarifying the meaning, sources, and dynamics of injustice, exploitation, and oppression and certifying the place of the social worker in combating these conditions,...
Religion and Sports
An Introduction and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Like religion, playing and watching sports is a deeply meaningful, celebratory ritual enjoyed by millions across the world. The first scholarly work designed for use in both religion and sports courses, this collection develops and then applies a theoretically grounded approach to studying sports...