A Compilation of Obscurities is a collection of essays of philosophical relevance. Each essay is based upon a personal understanding and/or the use of reason to establish a conclusion that uncovers th
Award-winning novelist Trebor Healey depicts San Francisco in the 1980s and ’90s in poetic prose that is both ribald and poignant, and a crossing into the American West that is dreamy, mythic, and vis
Digital Labor calls on the reader to examine the shifting sites of labor markets to the Internet through the lens of their political, technological, and historical making. Internet users currently cre
Digital Labor calls on the reader to examine the shifting sites of labor markets to the Internet through the lens of their political, technological, and historical making. Internet users currently cre
Real democracy and the Internet are not mutually exclusive.Here, for the first time in one volume, are some of the most cogent thinkers and doers on the subject of the cooptation of the Internet, and
Capitalism's got a mad crush on collaboration--witness all the newbusiness models based on "collaboration studies" and expensive corporate groupware, or the billions spent on YouTube
This definitive history of ragtime music and its composers traces the genre's growth and diversification from its 19th-century origins through its heyday and modern revival. It discusses 48 major comp
How does one reconcile the tension between the community of one’s own Catholic upbringing and a sexuality and gender identity that may be in conflict with some of the tenets of the faith –
Beyond Definition confronts questions of sexuality and identity in a collection of dynamic work by established and emerging writers from the San Francisco Bay Area. Urgent and significant issues are e