This book argues that the deepest purpose of the twentieth-century's prominent great books promoters was to support an intellectually robust, consensus-oriented democratic culture. Using previously un
This book shows how contagionism evolved in eighteenth century Britain and describes the consequences of this evolution. By the late eighteenth century, the British medical profession was divided betw
Using oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, Kim Lacy Rogers explores the civil rights movement in several Mississippi communities in the context of the region's history
The circular economy may be about to drive the biggest transformation in business since the Industrial Revolution 250 years ago—$4.5 trillion in additional economic output by 2030—through a radical de
Global Politics in the Information Age, available in paperback for the first time, presents a provocative and wide-ranging introduction to the notion that information technologies are creating new for
