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Politics of Surfaces
Transformations of Public Space in Post-Communist Sofia
ISBN: 9781915983343
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: October 21, 2025
A novel conceptualization of the politics of walls and other surfaces by bringing together critical cultural and media theory and post-communist studies of urban space.
Passport to Peckham
Culture and Creativity in a London Village
ISBN: 9781913380069
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: April 5, 2022
An entertaining and engaging social and cultural history of the London community of Peckham that offers lessons in urban living.
Waves and Forms
Electronic Music Devices and Computer Encodings in China
ISBN: 9780262029056
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 1, 2015
An examination of the relationship between technical objects and culture in contemporary China, drawing on concepts from science and technology studies.
Countless Connecting Threads
MIT’s History Revealed through Its Most Evocative Objects
ISBN: 9780262525459
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 7, 2013
150 objects, countless stories: discovering MIT's history, from a towering module for the first real-time digital computer to the famous Baker House Piano Drop.
Nightwork
A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT
ISBN: 9780262515849
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 11, 2011
A lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon.
Prudence and Pressure
Reproduction and Human Agency in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900
ISBN: 9780262013529
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 12, 2010
A study of human reproduction and social organization in preindustrial communities that reveals important similarities between Europe and Asia.
Politics of Surfaces
Transformations of Public Space in Post-Communist Sofia
ISBN: 9781915983343
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: October 21, 2025
A novel conceptualization of the politics of walls and other surfaces by bringing together critical cultural and media theory and post-communist studies of urban space.
Passport to Peckham
Culture and Creativity in a London Village
ISBN: 9781913380069
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: April 5, 2022
An entertaining and engaging social and cultural history of the London community of Peckham that offers lessons in urban living.
Waves and Forms
Electronic Music Devices and Computer Encodings in China
ISBN: 9780262029056
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 1, 2015
An examination of the relationship between technical objects and culture in contemporary China, drawing on concepts from science and technology studies.
Countless Connecting Threads
MIT’s History Revealed through Its Most Evocative Objects
ISBN: 9780262525459
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 7, 2013
150 objects, countless stories: discovering MIT's history, from a towering module for the first real-time digital computer to the famous Baker House Piano Drop.
Nightwork
A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT
ISBN: 9780262515849
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 11, 2011
A lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon.
Prudence and Pressure
Reproduction and Human Agency in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900
ISBN: 9780262013529
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 12, 2010
A study of human reproduction and social organization in preindustrial communities that reveals important similarities between Europe and Asia.