Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America 1538724472, 9781538724477

Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast 9780674061323

In a brilliant, original rendition, Monsters of the Gévaudan revisits a spellbinding French tale that has captivated ima

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Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters 9781479863914

2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Jewish Literature and Linguistics Honorable Mention, 2016 Baron Book Prize presente

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Reefer madness: the history of marijuana in America 0312195230

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Gay Fathers, Their Children, and the Making of Kinship 9780823266067

Gay Fathers, Their Children and the Making of Kinship’ explores the status of fatherhood when paternity can no longer be

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Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization 9780674269781

It is tempting to believe that dehumanization is an excess of rhetoric—that no one thinks his foe is truly monstrous. Da

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The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America 9780674919907

The American West erupted in anti-Chinese violence in 1885. Following the massacre of Chinese miners in Wyoming Territor

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Gangsters: 50 Years of Madness, Drugs, and Death on the Streets of America 9780814789131

The effects of gang violence are witnessed every day on the streets, in the news, and on the movie screen. In all these

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Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters 1479889652, 9781479889655

2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Jewish Literature and Linguistics Honorable Mention, 2016 Baron Book Prize presen

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Madness in Cold War America 1138951242, 9781138951242

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Extinct Monsters to Deep Time: Conflict, Compromise, and the Making of Smithsonian's Fossil Halls 9781789201239

Extinct Monsters to Deep Time is an ethnography that documents the growing friction between the research and outreach fu

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