Books published by University of Minnesota Press

The further adventures of a boy discovering the challenges and the humor of a log drive in Minnesota's north woods in 1899

Exploring the idea that plants can think, feel, and communicate as a way of reconfiguring our relationship with the natural world

The unusual gravity-defying first act of improvisational theater's founding father; the fun of storytelling with the wry insights and observations of growing up in show business

Film studies meets philosophy as never before

The first architectural history of post-1967 Jerusalem, revealing the ways architectural modernism and Zionism have intertwined to imagine and reshape the city

A fascinating and unprecedented look at how illumination and darkness shape our experiences across history and space

Ranging from the earliest days of the cinema to the present, this volume begins with a review of the history of class in social and political thought, going on to chronicle its disappearance from film and cultural studies.

The writing or reading or buying or selling or judging of a written work is always at the same the act of making a place - or making places. This text develops a geography of this process, a theory of the nature of space and places in written work.

Addressing issues of the global integration of surveillance, social control, new information technologies, privacy violation and protection, and workplace surveillance, this work examines the ramifications of these concerns for society today.

Leaving their depleted fields for better prospects, Senegalese immigrants have made their way to Italy in significant numbers. What this migration means, in the context of both the migratory traditions and conditions of Africa, and the history and future of the European nation-state, is the subject of this timely study. Illustrated.

The essays in this book focus on contested memories in relation to time and space. These ethnographic studies explore fundamental questions about the nature of memory, the limits of politics, and the complex links between them.

Additions to this third edition include a comparison of freshwater basin wetlands with swamps, tidal marsh, and other wetlands; expanded information on wetland evaluation, mitigation, and restoration; and a new glossary of current wetland terminology.