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        Burnout Market Feminism

        Burnout Market Feminism

        Burnout Market Feminism

        Urban Chinese Businesswomen in the Internet Age

        by Ling Tang

        ISBN: 9780262051880

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 5, 2026

        Why elite Chinese women find themselves caught in a cycle of burnout.
        Vajont

        Vajont

        Vajont

        The Political Ecology of an Unnatural Disaster

        by Marco Armiero

        ISBN: 9780262053013

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 28, 2026

        The sobering political implications of a disaster—the Vajont landslide in Italy in 1963—and how it speaks directly to our present environmental crisis.
        The Inner Passage

        The Inner Passage

        The Inner Passage

        An Untold Story of Black Resistance Along a Southern Waterway

        by Virginia McGee Richards

        Introduction by Imani Perry

        Foreword by James Estrin

        ISBN: 9780262051712

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 7, 2026

        A deeply moving photographic and narrative history of a southern waterway that the enslaved were forced to build for mercantile shipping—but which they used to escape slavery.
        The Great Energy Transition

        The Great Energy Transition

        The Great Energy Transition

        America from 1876 to 1929

        by David E. Nye

        ISBN: 9780262052122

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 31, 2026

        How new forms of energy transformed every aspect of American life in a span of 50 years, from 1876 to 1929—and how it seeded our current polarization.
        Unlimited

        Unlimited

        Unlimited

        Aspirational Politics and Mobile Media Distribution

        by Rahul Mukherjee

        ISBN: 9780262552714

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 31, 2026

        How telecom companies in India have added a whole new group of mobile phone users—and the tremendous impact of this new reach.
        Healing Institutions

        Healing Institutions

        Healing Institutions

        by Francesc Tosquelles

        Edited by Joana Masó

        Translated by Robert Hurley and Mara Faye Lethem

        ISBN: 9781635902556

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: February 24, 2026

        A landmark anthology of Francesc Tosquelles's intellectual, clinical, and political writings, many available in English translation for the first time.
        Silent Monoliths

        Silent Monoliths

        Silent Monoliths

        The Coaling Tower Project

        Photographs by Jeff Brouws

        Foreword by Marcella Hackbardt

        Introduction by John P. Hankey

        ISBN: 9780262051750

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 17, 2026

        A beautifully arresting photographic record of North American coaling towers, which once fueled steam locomotives and powered the country.
        Inhuman Resources

        Inhuman Resources

        Inhuman Resources

        by Evan Calder Williams

        ISBN: 9781915609366

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: January 27, 2026

        On the forms of sabotage, insubordination, and invisible activity that evade the terrain of politics.
        Atomic Backfires

        Atomic Backfires

        Atomic Backfires

        When Nuclear Policies Fail

        Edited by Stephen Herzog, Giles David Arceneaux and Ariel F. W. Petrovics

        Foreword by Scott D. Sagan

        ISBN: 9780262051859

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 16, 2025

        A sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them.
        The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing

        The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing

        The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing

        A Technical History

        by Hui Zhang

        ISBN: 9780262051828

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 25, 2025

        A comprehensive technical history of China’s nuclear warhead development and testing, as well as a new framework for understanding China’s efforts to modernize its nuclear arsenal.
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