Jennifer Morton, "Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility" (Princeton UP. 2021)

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Emely Rumble, "Bibliotherapy in The Bronx" (Row House, 2025)

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Amanda Anderson and Simon During, "Humanities Theory" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Humanities Theory (Oxford UP, 2026) pioneers a new topic: the theory of the humanities. It is an urgent topic right now because the humanities face a suite of forceful new challenges and are in a period of significant change. For these reasons, it has become important to analyse ...  Show more

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