Books that I've listened to for my #AcademicRunPlaylist
AcademicRunPlaylist Public
Created by Ben Waber
Books that I've listened to for my #AcademicRunPlaylist
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Sweetness and power by Sidney Wilfred Mintz
3 stars
In thid book the author shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace …
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Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
5 stars
"Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, there lies a full-blown arsenal of …
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Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil, Vaclav Smil
4 stars
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization.
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Aloha betrayed by Noenoe K. Silva (American encounters/global interactions)
4 stars
In 1897, as a white oligarchy made plans to allow the United States to annex Hawai'i, native Hawaiians organized a …
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Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer
4 stars
In Feminist, Queer, Crip Alison Kafer imagines a different future for disability and disabled bodies. Challenging the ways in which …
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Academic Ableism by Jay T Dolmage
4 stars
Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by …
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Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
5 stars
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America is a 2016 non-fiction book about race in …
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Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson
5 stars
A bold new interpretation of why technology has all too often benefited elites – and how we must reshape the …
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How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
5 stars
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the …
