The Social Landscape of Pets in Disasters
Sarah E. DeYoung and Ashley K. Farmer
Lessons from recent disasters on accounting for the safety of animals and humans alike
224 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 10 halftones
Muslim Americans after 9/11
Lori Peek
How Muslim-American identity has been shaped by 9/11 and its after effects
230 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 3 figures
Mass Culture in America's Decade of Disaster
Timothy Recuber
Examines the media’s coverage of four American disasters, arguing that media attention directs our concern for the suffering of others toward efforts to soothe our own emotional turmoil
228 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 5 tables
Toward a Social Logic of the Derivative
Randy Martin
What derivatives and excess, economic and otherwise, tell us about the state of global capital and culture
280 pages
| 6 x 9