Bringing together E. P. Thompson's writings and lectures delivered over a number of years, Making History covers the key debates in history and cultural theory that occupied Thompson throughout his c
For the better part of fifty years, the powerful German army of World War II has been seen as an organization of consummate skill and honor, one that had little in common with the criminal policies a
A centuries-old story with remarkable contemporary resonance, Blood and Faith is celebrated journalist Matthew Carr’s riveting and ?richly detailed” (Choice) chronicle of what was, by 1614, the larges
Although acceptance of difference is on the rise in America, it’s the rare gay or lesbian person who has not been demeaned because of his or her sexual orientation, and this experience usually
A political, cultural, and psychological history of America's gun culture addresses key issues in the modern debate on gun ownership and control, profiling today's conservative ideology that places gu
A timely exploration of one of the big geopolitical questions of our time."'Empire' for a time became a quaintly antiquated word, banished from the political spectrum with the collapse of European co
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
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
Israeli citizens disavow their government's current policies. The Other Israel is an urgent and passionate intervention by Israeli citizens challenging the continued occupation of Palestinian territo
In the first half of this wide-ranging work, Chomsky takes up Russell's lifelong search for the empirical principles of human understanding, in a philosophical overview referencing Hume, Leibniz, Wit
Israeli citizens speak out for peace and reconciliation. The Other Israel is an urgent and passionate intervention by Israeli citizens challenging the continued occupation of Palestinian territory and
In the years before the Battle of Lexington and Concord, local people took control over their own destinies, overturning British authority and declaring themselves free from colonial oppression, with
Now back in print, the groundbreaking history of the rise and fall of labor movements in New York's Chinatown, updated with a new introduction. Focusing primarily on New York City's Chinatown in the 1
A groundbreaking and controversial two-volume reader on the connections between social structure and public health. In recent years, a whole new field of inquiry on the connections between society an
Now in paperback, an "insightful" (San Francisco Bay Guardian) look at tourism and nostalgia from the bestselling author and art critic. In Lucy R. Lippard's On the Beaten Track, essays on cultural c
Pig Tales tells the story of a young woman who lands a position at Perfumes Plus, a beauty boutique/"massage" parlor. She enjoys extraordinary success until she slowly metamorphoses into. . . a pig.
A "gripping expose" (Publishers Weekly) of the conditions faced by Chinese illegal aliens in the United States. Hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as "a must-read," Forbidden Workers tells for the f
A no-holds-barred, red-hot discussion of race in America today from some of the leading names in the field, including the bestselling author of Just MercyThis blisteringly candid discussion of the Ame
Media track record: Lifton’s books have received major review attention and he has been interviewed by the likes of Bill Moyers, Terry Gross and Amy Goodman. Platform: This book began as an op-ed essa
The Drone Memos is a groundbreaking volume that collects and explains the legal documents underlying the Obama administration’s hugely controversial program of remote-control assassination.Jameel Jaff
Offshore reveals how the vast network of unregulated financial centersfrom Luxemburg to the Cayman islands to the tiny Pacific haven of Nauru amount to a nether realm of drug and arms tra
Building on the field of critical race theory, which took a theoretical approach to questions of race and the law,Critical Race Realism offers a practical look at the way racial bias plays out at ever
From surf music to the ice cream cone--a lively and eye-opening look at the little known influence of Arab and Islamic culture on America, by the San Francisco Chronicle journalist.
This anthology, put together by Parks (a student at Cornell Law School), Jones (criminology, U. of South Florida), Cardi (law, U. of Kentucky), and Delgado (law, U. of Pittsburgh), proposes to inaugur
Argues that the nation's powerful communications companies, assisted by hired political operatives and pro-business policy makers, are using their political and economic clout to gain control over the
With the corporate discovery of punk rock and other DIY (do it yourself) cultural scenes, Moore (a former editor of Punk Planet magazine) worries that corporate marketers will co-opt the integrity of
A provocative critique of media studies by the author of the award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy is a historical analysis that evaluates the communication revolution currently influencing twenty-
Presents the experiences of Begg, a British citizen of Pakistani descent, focusing on his life from 2002, when he was taken by the CIA from his home in Islamabad, through his subsequent two-year impri
The celebrated media advocate's clarion call for new media to serve the public instead of corporate interestsand what's involved in this high-stakes struggle.With the explosive growth of the Internet
