Open access books published in September 2024 (original) (raw)
Posted on 1st October, 2024
September has provided us with a bumper harvest of five new titles covering everything from solar energy transitions to smuggling via a fascinating account of the fight against gentrification in a London suburb.
The _Literature and Translation _series gave us the month’s first publication. Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Short Fiction is a unique compilation of 21 short stories by established and emerging Afro-Brazilian voices. This anthology emerges from a UCL-sponsored collaborative translation project, bridging Afro-Brazilian literature with a global audience to respond to the worldwide call for Afro-diasporic narratives. Download Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Short Fiction free.
Geographies of Solar Energy Transitions: Conflicts, controversies and cognate aspects focuses on how solar energy governance (both state-based regulations and more market-driven modes of governance) is evolving to address a diverse range of conflicts and challenges. Take a look at the open access version
Modern Americas gave us another absorbing volume: Contraband Cultures: Reframing smuggling across Latin America and the Caribbean. presents narratives, representations, practices and imaginaries of smuggling and extra-legal or informal circulation practices, across and between the Latin American region (including the Caribbean) and its diasporas. If you’re interested in finding out how smuggling and the informal economy and
With government ever more dependent on speculative property developments that come at the expense of diverse working-class communities, Disrupting the Speculative City: Property, power and community resistance in London tells the fascinating story of successful community resistance in Tottenham, a suburb of London, to inspire urban movements and researchers.
We ended the month with a new volume of the Grammars of World and Minority Languages series: A Grammar of Elfdalian. Elfdalian is a unique language raditionally spoken in Övdaln (Älvdalen), central Sweden; this open access book provides a full account of Late Classical Elfdalian from linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic angles.
We’ll be back again next month with a round up of the very best open access books. As always, stay safe!