2024 Summer Reading Recommendations from Columbia University Press
Our curated collection covers a broad spectrum of topics, reflecting the depth and breadth of Columbia University Press's offerings. From social sciences to humanities, these books provide critical insights into contemporary issues, historical perspectives, and future challenges specifically related to North and West Africa. Whether you're interested in exploring themes of social inequality, the impact of climate change, the intricacies of illegal trade, or the dynamics of postcolonial societies, our recommendations have something for everyone.
Happy reading!
Feliu, L. et al., Social Mobilization in Morocco: Lessons Learned for a Historically Informed Activism, ibidem Press, 2023
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/social-mobilization-in-morocco/9783838217123
Martin J. Murray, Many Urbanisms: Divergent Trajectories of Global City Building, Columbia University Press, 2022
https://cup.columbia.edu/search-results?keyword=many+urbanisms
Secher, A. et al., Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic, Columbia University Press, 2022
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/travels-with-trilobites/9780231200967
Simon Holdermann, Guides of the Atlas: An Ethnography of Publicness, Transnational Cooperation and Mountain Tourism in Morocco, transcript publishing, 2023
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/guides-of-the-atlas/9783837661385
Ismaiel, J. et al., Postcolonial Repercussions: On Sound Ontologies and Decolonised Listening, transcript publishing, 2022
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/postcolonial-repercussions/9783837662528
Atanasova, D. et al., Entangled Future Im/mobilities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Mobility Studies, transcript publishing, 2024
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/entangled-future-immobilities/9783837673807
Jonathan Wyrtzen, Worldmaking in the Long Great War: How Local and Colonial Struggles Shaped the Modern Middle East, Columbia University Press, 2022
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/worldmaking-in-the-long-great-war/9780231186292
Sofia Fenner, Shouting in a Cage: Political Life After Authoritarian Co-optation in North Africa, Columbia University Press, 2023
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/shouting-in-a-cage/9780231208598
Thomas Serres, The Suspended Disaster: Governing by Crisis in Bouteflika's Algeria, Columbia University Press, 2023
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-suspended-disaster/9780231212038
Max Gallien, Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins, Columbia University Press, 2024
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/smugglers-and-states/9780231212892
Gertel, J. et al., Inequality and Mobility: Eroding Capabilities and Aspirations in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia, transcript publishing, 2024
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/inequality-and-mobility/9783837667455
Jonathan Power, The Human Flow: A Novel Uncovering the Brutal Realities of West African Migrant Trafficking, ibidem Press, 2024
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-human-flow/9783838218373
