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“Nuanced and illuminating

... Gin Lum sheds light on
a troubling yet overlooked
aspect of U.S. religious his-
tory and issues a powerful
call for change.”

—Publishers Weekly

“[This] new analysis of

yellow fever in antebellum

New Orleans highlights

striking parallels with the

ongoing pandemic.”

—Smithsonian

“An indisputable master-

piece... a comprehensive,

fascinating and persuasive

narrative of the past 200

years of psychiatry in

America.”

—Wall Street Journal

“An invaluable historical

example of the creation of a

scientifi c conception of race

that is unlikely to disappear

anytime soon.”

—Washington Post

“An astute and evenhanded

study of how both faiths

view themselves and each

other.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Argue[s] that,

given the vast

distances and the

dangers involved

in space travel,

it is robots, not

humans, that

will lead us to

the stars.”

—New Scientist

“An opportunity for

readers to see Piketty

bring his larger

argument about the

origins of inequality

and his program for

fi ghting it into

high relief.”

—New York Times

“What comes across most

powerfully... is Cavell’s

attentive listening, through-

out his long and distinguished

career, for what one might

call the hum of humanity.”

—Christopher Benfey,

New York Review of Books

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