Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of na
Tangiers, the late 1950s. Two teenagers, Mamed and Ali, strike up an intense friendship that will last a lifetime. But lurking just beneath the surface is a deep, unspoken jealousy in danger of destr
Leading American scholars and activists explore the question our leaders have been working overtime to ignore. "The middle class and working poor are told that what's happening to them is the consequ
The renowned activist's impassioned look at gangs and youth violence in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.A gripping and honest account of the culture of gangs, Street Wars is essential reading for
"Fresh, nuanced and insightful .[A] thoughtful, readable contribution to the immigration debates. Houston ChronicleSpanning four continents and several years in the lives of seven immigrant families,
Inspired by a photograph of the playwright Bertolt Brecht and an unknown young woman, Jacques-Pierre Amette constructs a tale of ambition and betrayal, set during the final years of the greatest play
Voices from Israel and the Occupied Territories, as well as around the world, 3xplore the intersection of architecture and politics Called a "security fence" by the Israeli government and the "aparth
"A startling contrast to the other literature on the Civil War." Howard ZinnMoving beyond presidents and generals, A People's History of the Civil War tells a new and powerful story of America's most
James Marcus, hired as the fifty-fifth employee by Amazon.com in 1996, looks back a decade later at the ecstatic rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable comeback of the consummate symbol of late 1990s' A
In 1987, a small Argentine publishing house published a document that had recently been found in a government archive in Buenos Aires. The document was called "Mi mensaje," or "My Message," and appea
Journalist Heather Rogers guides us through the grisly, oddly fascinating underworld of trash. Excavating the history of rubbish handling from the 1800s - an era of garbage-grazing urban hogs and dum
Revised following the 2004 presidential election, a graphic portrait of the growing gap between the rich and everyone else in America. In 1968, African Americans earned 55 cents for every dollar of w
A season with the infamous fans of the football team everyone loves to hate."[B]eyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and whackos ever assembled in such numbers under a s
An antidote to the "Hanoi Jane" myth, the first account of the celebrated actress's antiwar activism.Jane Fonda is important because she is a celebrity, and unimportant because she is a celebrity. She
The internationally acclaimed story of the corporate takeover of our most basic resource and the inevitable global water crisis.In this "chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging global cr
The acclaimed book of practical advice from students to their teachers.Since its initial publication in hardcover in 2003, Fires in the Bathroom has been through multiple printings and received the a
An astonishing 30 million Americans - one in every four workers - are employed in jobs that pay poverty wages and provide minimal or no benefits. For them, America's basic promise - that if you work
What really goes on behind the wall that surrounds the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis? What are all those midshipmen, future officers in the U.S. Naval and Marine Corps and leaders of our society, t
A brilliant expose of the contradiction between the American myth of self-reliance and the reality of an interdependent society. With the controversy over gay marriages grabbing national headlines, t
The first major history of the most popular women's team sport in the United States. Over the past decade, women's basketball has exploded onto the national sports scene. WNBA and NCAA television rat
A timely and much needed corrective to the current infatuation with cost-benefit analysis and the derelict logic used to defend it. As clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, heal
A call to arms against the increasingly hostile climate of public education, hailed by Bill Ayers as "a wise and measured handbook for the struggle ahead." In Stupidity and Tears, renowned educator a
How innovative judges and attorneys are transforming American courts. Public confidence in American criminal courts is at an all-time low. Victims, communities, and even offenders view courts as unab
Operation Condor was the name given to a joint military alliance of six Latin American countries, led by General Augusto Pinochet's Chile, which organized kidnappings, torture, and political assassin
A brilliant cultural history detailing the fascinating relationship between movies and American society in the 1960s. In what the New York Times's A.O. Scott called a "suave, scholarly tour de force,
An anti-tourist guide that debunks San Diego's sunshine myth for locals and visitors alike. For fourteen million tourists each year, San Diego is the fun place in the sun that never breaks your heart
An eye-opening, twenty-first century guide to the myths and realities of the international economy. This fully updated and expanded second edition of The Field Guide to the Global Economy presents th
A literary portrait of immigrant America including contributions from celebrated authors,young writers, and undocumented workers. This outstanding collection captures the diverse voices
Eric Hobsbawm has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest living historians. Called "a lyrical, pungent, and provocative memoir" by Publishers Weekly, Interesting Times offers a personal tour th
Working as a correspondent for the New York Press, The Nation, and Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi has close-up access to the Democratic primary for the 2004 presidential election: a seat on John Kerry's
Leading experts reflect on the changing nature of work and family life. While many aspects of work have changed dramatically over the last few decades, society has struggled to adapt, to the detriment
Linda Wallander is bored. Just graduated from the police academy, she is waiting to start work at the Ystad police station and move into her own apartment. In the meantime, she is staying with her fa
In a book that grew out of teach-ins participated in by editors Gardner (history, Rutgers U.) and Young (history, New York U.) in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, American historians explore issues
This selection of articles and excerpts presents an overview of the thought of the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal, who received the Nobel Prize in 1974. Each of the excerpts begins with a short intro
Judging from media reports, North Korea is the country Americans love to hate. A charter member of Bush's "Axis of Evil" whose leader, Kim Jong Il, is routinely described as "insane" and "diabolical"
Originally published in 1964 and hailed by critics including Cynthia Ozick and Elie Wiesel, Other People's Houses is Lore Segal's internationally acclaimed semi-autobiographical first novel. Nine mon
In the tradition of Kapuscinski and Didion, an apocalyptic, firsthand view of the war in Iraq. "Ah, the freedom. Look, we have the gas-line freedom, the looting freedom, the killing freedom, the rape
The comic, poignant, one-of-a-kind book that "reads like an enthralling novel" (Studs Terkel). When it first appeared in hardcover, Which Side Are You On? received widespread critical accolades, and
James Marcus was hired as a senior editor at Amazon.com in 1996, giving him a ringside seat for the company's explosive rise and dismal wallet-busting swoon. Now - as the e-commerce giant makes an as
