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Essential Books
for Today’s Most Critical Issues
Taking Children
A History of American Terror
Laura Briggs“Sweeping through the hemisphere and the
centuries, this book illuminates a dark thread
that runs through our history.”
—Adam Hochschild, author of Lessons from a
Dark Time and Other EssaysBandage, Sort, and Hustle
Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines
of Urban Suff ering
Josh Seim“A sharp portrait of those charged with picking
up the bodies left to writhe in America’s
gutters. This is an exciting new lens for
understanding inequality.”
—Forrest Stuart, author of Down, Out,
and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life
in Skid RowMarijuana Boom
The Rise and Fall of Colombia’s First
Drug Paradise
Lina Britto“A stunning history of transitions and
dependencies, from one drug to another:
coff ee, pot, and cocaine.”
—Greg Grandin, Professor of History, Yale
University and author of The End of the MythWWW.UCPRESS.EDU
Coerced
Work Under Threat of Punishment
Erin Hatton“Brilliant and thought-provoking. Erin Hatton
challenges us all to question why we allow some
people to be utterly exploited in ways we would
never accept for those with privilege.”
—Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning
author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison
Uprising of 1971 and Its LegacyMaps for Time Travelers
How Archaeologists Use Technology to
Bring Us Closer to the Past
Mark D. McCoy“An eye-opening and engaging look at the
science and technology of modern archaeology.”
—Ryan North, author of How to Invent
Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded
Time TravelerUltimate Price
The Value We Place on Life
Howard Steven Friedman““What is a human life worth? This gripping
book is essential reading on a topic that you’d
like to avoid but can’t.”
—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human
Societies