Anthropology
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation
How Mexican and Latinx hackers apply concepts from coding to their lived experiences
How mindfulness came to be regarded as a psychological support, an ethical practice and a component of public policy
A mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary life
How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds
A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worlds
One of the world’s preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other cultures
A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other species
Finalist for the National Book Award
An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartland
Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008
An arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture
An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times
A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to Uber
A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life
An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shame
A richly illustrated journey through the evolution of Africa’s extraordinary natural world across deep time
A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance
A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empire
How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about it
An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today