July 28, 2020

Announcing Our 2020-2021 Business and Economics Catalog

Letter from the editor: Columbia University Press is pleased to present our 2020-2021 new and upcoming titles from the Columbia Business School Publishing imprint, our economics program and our distributed lines. Columbia Business School Publishing focuses on value investing, finance,...

July 27, 2020

Webinar! SupChina’s Kaiser Kuo in Conversation with Brian Dott

 Chinese cuisine without chile peppers seems unimaginable. Entranced by the fiery taste, diners worldwide have fallen for Chinese cooking. In China, chiles are everywhere, from dried peppers hanging from eaves to Mao’s boast that revolution would be impossible without...

July 24, 2020

Book Excerpt! Universality and Identity Politics (introduction)

“Against the many theories conflating universality with positive content and violent oppression, Universality and Identity Politics illustrates how movements beyond the particular are indispensable for solidarity. Ceaseless catastrophes now rain down; McGowan boldly underwrites new political imaginings of equality and freedom.” ~Anna...

July 24, 2020

Book Excerpt! Design With Nature Now

“This exceptional book presents the enduring wisdom of Ian McHarg to a new generation. His insights, freshly interpreted in the pages of landscape designs and drawings, give me hope for the future of our planet.” ~Bruce Babbitt, Former U.S. Secretary...

July 23, 2020

Where Is the Universal?

By Todd McGowan

“Passionately yet patiently argued, Universality and Identity Politics looks back at earlier debates surrounding the universal and mounts fresh defenses of it. More than timely, this book writes to the moment.” ~Joan Copjec, author of Imagine There’s No Woman: Ethics...

July 22, 2020

Design with Nature Now and the Pandemic

By Frederick Steiner

“Like Ian McHarg’s classic Design with Nature, this beautiful and fulsome reprise of his earlier work inspires us with its sheer virtuosity. Yes, it looks back at the pioneering work of McHarg but, much more, it elucidates contemporary challenges with...

July 22, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses! Everyday Violence in the Lives of Youth, More Powerful Together, Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left, and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Fernwood Publishing Everyday Violence in the Lives of Youth Speaking Out and Pushing Back Edited by Helene Berman, Catherine Richardson, Kate Elliott, and Eugenia Canas Working with Indigenous, queer, immigrant and...

July 21, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Force of Words, The Diary of 1636, U.S. Strategy in the Asian Century and More!

From the Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare series. Force of Words The Logic of Terrorist Threats Joseph M. Brown Force of Words is a groundbreaking examination of the roles threats play in terrorist strategies. Joseph M. Brown shows how...

July 17, 2020

Book Excerpt! On the Prowl: In Search of Big Cat Origins (preface)

“[An] erudite study of big cats.” ~Nature On the Prowl is a fully illustrated and approachable guide to the evolution of the big cats and what it portends for their conservation today. Mark Hallett and John M. Harris trace the...

July 16, 2020

Q&A: Mark Hallett and John M. Harris on On the Prowl: In Search of Big Cat Origins

“On the Prowl brings together biological and paleontological research related to the origins and history of the big cats, with an original emphasis on Asiatic data, paying homage to their majesty, dignity, and beauty. Mark Hallett’s artwork has succeeded brilliantly...

July 15, 2020

7 Easy Steps to Reducing Plastic Waste

By Rebecca Prince-Ruiz and Joanna Atherfold Finn

“Plastic Free shows how one person can ripple out and cause good around the globe. Never has there been a more important time to share hope and action, and combine them for our Mother Earth.” ~Melissa Joan Hart, actress In...

July 15, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses! Ideology Over Economics, Political Participation in the Digital Age, Right-Wing Populism and Gender, and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Fernwood Publishing Ideology Over Economics P3s in an Age of Austerity John Loxley In Ideology Over Economics, economist John Loxley examines the expansion of P3s following the 2008 global financial crisis,...