CLA Books & Albums

Starting in 2004, members of governmental and non-governmental organizations, science institutes and private companies throughout India began brainstorming and experimenting with small-scale treatment systems that could produce usable water from wastewater. Through detailed case studies, “Microbial Machines” describes how residents, workers and scientists interact with technology, science and engineering during the processes of treatment and reuse. Using a human-machine-microbe framework, the cases explore people’s sensory perceptions of water and their on-site solutions to water scarcity.

In “Bringing Home the White House,” Melissa Estes Blair introduces us to five fascinating yet largely unheralded women who were at the heart of campaigns to elect and reelect some of our most beloved presidents. By examining the roles of these political strategists in affecting the outcome of presidential elections, Blair sheds light on their historical importance and the relevance of their individual influence.

“Nécessaires détours / Necessary Detours” is a bilingual (French/English) collection of poems. Michigan Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate Beverly Matherne said of the collection: “What a pleasure to discover this urgently written and deeply moving book about the nature of poetry and love; the word, like the kiss, a humble offering, a balm so precious it might dissolve into ether before reaching its recipient, the yearning soul.”

Buchanan’s book explores the lives of people at Common Field during the period of Cahokia’s abandonment and the spread of violence and warfare throughout the Southeast (ca. AD 1200-1300), as evidenced through archaeological, historical and ethnographic data. The overall picture is of a people who engaged in risk-averse practices that minimized their exposure outside of the palisade, engaged in novel and hybrid ceramic practices, and attempted to seek intercession from otherworldly realms through public ceremonies.

This volume focuses on a longing projected toward the past (mal d’Afrique) alongside a longing toward the future (afro-optimism) and the different manifestations, shifting meanings and potential points of contact of these two stances. The volume introduces new perspectives into discussions of Somalia in Italian Studies. This is an intersectional work of Italian Studies scholarship, whose contributors help reimagine the field and its relationship to Somalia with their diverse backgrounds, unique insights and global breadth.

To become a successful healthcare manager, students need to understand management theories and methods and know how to apply them to real-world problems. “Management of Healthcare Organizations: An Introduction” teaches this in an engaging way. The authors provide aspiring managers with theoretical background, practical methods and hands-on exercises to prepare for careers in healthcare management, emphasizing the multifaceted nature of management problems and the need to combine a variety of approaches to solve them.

How did the Nutrition Facts label come to appear on millions of everyday American household food products? By tracing policy debates at the FDA, Frohlich describes the emergence of our present information age in food and diet markets. “From Label to Table” explores evolving popular ideas about food, diet and responsibility for health that have influenced what goes on the Nutrition Facts label—and who gets to decide that.

Are you living the life of your dreams? “Make It Happen” urges readers to reconnect with their deeply rooted goals and desires, which are often neglected due to “bad timing” or feelings of self-doubt. What have you been putting off? While life’s responsibilities make it tempting to cast dreams aside, the actionable steps and reflective exercises in this book provide tools that empower readers to move beyond thinking to create more fulfilling lives.

This innovative study reveals how hands-on practices to treat the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed Western medicine. It both teases out surgeons’ ideas about the body embedded in their technical instructions and examines artifacts of mechanical hands that amputees commissioned locksmiths and other artisans to create. From amputations to iron arms, surgical and artisanal interventions forged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the body.

This album features flute and piano music composed by women, spanning from historical figures to contemporary talents. Their compositions reflect real and imagined experiences, evoking images of nature’s beauty, birdsong, forests, spring mornings and nighttime dreams. These pieces, with or without lyrics, convey the poetic depth of their emotions. Through their music, these often-overlooked female composers share their stories, connecting past generations with their own journeys and the future.

This handbook explores two guiding questions – how can university-community partnerships in planning education work, and how can they be transformative? The edited volume examines these questions from a number of perspectives, including from academics, practitioners and students from across the globe and through an array of case studies. Authors explore theoretical issues, including topics relating to pedagogy, planning theory and curriculum, along with practical topics relating to best practices, logistics, institutional support and outcome measures.

This text emphasizes the increasing importance of technology in daily life and the urgent need for empirical studies. These studies explore how technology shapes social interactions across education, culture, healthcare, media, politics and science. The book includes 14 empirical chapters that use various research methods and is aimed at social science researchers interested in the interplay between technology, social interaction and institutions, providing valuable insights.

Communication about vaccination has become a public battleground. The global adoption of social media has increased the visibility and influence of groups that were previously considered fringe. With the goal of understanding the online spread of vaccination-related misinformation and ways of effectively countering it, this book explores its reception, resistance and reproduction by a range of stakeholders around the globe.

How Americans talk, deliberate and fight about guns is vital to how guns are marketed, used and regulated. The authors attempt to understand rhetoric’s relationship to guns by analyzing rhetoric about guns and the ways guns function as rhetoric related to specific instances—in media coverage, political speech, marketing and advertising. Original chapters elucidate how rhetoric is used to maintain and challenge the deadly status quo of gun violence in the U.S.

“Listening, Community Engagement, and Peacebuilding” explores the role of listening in community engagement and peacebuilding efforts, bridging academic research in communication and practical applications for individual and social change. Topics addressed in this edited volume include conflict resolution, restorative justice, environmental justice, migrants and refugees, and trauma-informed peacebuilding.