
"This brilliant biography of Xi Zhongxun, revolutionary politician and father of China's current leader, reveals the human dramas and intrigue behind the curtain in Chinese politics. Joseph Torigian is a prodigious researcher whose interviews with the Dalai Lama and others are worth the price of the book. A vividly written page-turner and a major scholarly accomplishment."
—Susan Shirk, University of California, San Diego

"It's rare for a book to capture a Silicon Valley strategy as cleanly as Freemium does. If you want to build a product that sells itself, Dave Boyce clearly lays out the journey."
—Neil Hoyne, Chief Strategist, Google

"A beautifully written antidote to help us examine and overcome the many real and imagined walls in America that only seem to foster anger, ignorance, and the misunderstandings that prevent us from seeing our shared humanity. Pandian writes about a country in turmoil with grace and kindness using insight that can only come from a keen ethnographic eye."
—Jason De León, author of Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling, winner of the National Book Award

"Impasse is far-reaching, compelling, and daringly pessimistic. It confronts what we don't know about the future with unusual honesty and clarity."
—Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction

"The Four Talent Giants is a wonderful book, full of new ideas and, especially, comparative empirical research. Gi-Wook Shin's ambitious treatment of the topic of human capital, or 'talent,' in the context of a globalized economy is very important and reading it will be a rewarding exercise for scholars, politicians, corporate leaders, and many others."
—Nirvikar Singh, University of California, Santa Cruz

"Latin America and the Caribbean have seen the fastest rise in immigration, globally, over the last 15 years. On the Move is essential for grasping the complex interactions of the Caribbean, South America, Central America, and Mexico—previously distinct migration systems—and how these shape their migration policies."
—Diego Acosta, University of Bristol

"Since its initial publication, The Latino Threat has occupied a unique place in the literature on immigration. There is nothing else like it. In this well written, tightly organized, and well researched third edition, Chavez powerfully highlights the ongoing impact of the 'Latino Threat' narrative, particularly on Latinos themselves. In light of the current political landscape, where immigration continues to be a hot button issue, this is a highly original and important contribution to debates over citizenship and national belonging."
—Jonathan Xavier Inda, University of Illinois Chicago

"This book is a brilliant and breathtaking study of protests in South Korea since the 2000s. Based on inspiring ethnographic research in South Korea, Chun and Han investigate how precarious workers in diverse sectors resist their social death through iconic extralegal actions. Against Abandonment is a rare study that puts theory and history in productive dialectics. Written by two leading figures in Korean studies, the book is a model of fruitful collaboration that melds sociological and interdisciplinary studies of protest, gender, and affect. It is a rich, comprehensive account of South Korean protests—their unknown histories, contexts, and unexpected twists and turns."
—Hyun Ok Park, author of The Capitalist Unconscious: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea

"This book is destined to become an authority on blackness and gender. Engendering Blackness rigorously inhabits the interstice between Afro-pessimism and gender theory, unlike any text preceding it. It will make an indelible mark on contemporary thought."
—Calvin Warren, Emory University

"In the collective memory, the Poyais scandal epitomizes the gullibility of investors and reckless imagination of loan pushers. In Damian Clavel's wonderful book, a new cast emerges with Central America's 'Middle Ground' as their playground, featuring native people, a Miskito ruler, Belize loggers, and the subtle geopolitics of the Isthmus."
—Marc Flandreau, University of Pennsylvania

"The essays in Proctor and Schiebinger's spectacular new collection make the concept of agnotology, the creation of ignorance, relevant to the most basic political and scientific battles of the day—from the controversies over the Israeli destruction of Gaza through climate science and food production. This should be read by all social scientists interested in our modern world."
—David Rosner, Columbia University

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