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An epic account of how middle-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the 1970s, this wide-ranging cultural and political history rewrites the 1970s as the crucial, piv

Ten years ago, amateur photographer and school bus driver Cynthia Stewart dropped off eleven rolls of film at a drugstore near her home in Ohio. The rolls contained photographs of her eight-year-old

Edited by and with textual discussion by Buhle (Brown U.), this volume describes the contribution of Jews to the American comic art form. From a 1911 depiction of Jewish textile workers "between Phara

Now in paperback, The Skin That We Speak takes the discussion of language in the classroom beyond the highly charged war of idioms and presents today’s teachers with a thoughtful exploration of the va

In this reprint from 1979, the late journalist Cowan presents articles he wrote that were first published in The Village Voice in the 1970s (revised and extended for the book). The articles delve into

A cautionary volume of essays by leading scholars and activists examines the pervasive consequences of economic inequality in America, drawing on current research to explore such issues as the causes

An original look at urban aging by the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize winner.In a book that Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, called "provocative and insightful .combining revealing deta

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

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

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

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

An economist and a law professor debunk the use of cost-benefit analysis in deciding whether human life and the environment are worth protecting. EPA estimates of the value of one human life: in 2000

In a major new work including over forty never-before-published interviews, the Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian talks to masters of stage and screen. Few of Studs Terkel's millions of readers a

China Pop is a highly original and lively look at the ways that contemporary China is changing. Jianying Zha, hailed by The Nation as "incisive, witty and eloquent all at once," examines a wide range

During the late 1950s, President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles provoked a civil war in Indonesia, aimed at transforming the character of its government to fit their own prescrip

An unforgettable, beautifully rendered illustration of the threat of rising sea levels around the world Spurred by manmade climate change, sea levels have been rising at an increasing rate over the pa

In the tradition of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, a groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environment and global health--from the James Beard Award-winning journalist

One of AFAR magazine’s ?8 New Books You Need to Read Before Flying to France”?It’s the authors’ friendly accessibility that makes these stories so memorable.”?Christine Muhlke, The New York Times Book

A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without the help of GMOs, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called for major investments in industrial agriculture, including genetically modified seed technologies. Reporting from Africa, Mexico, India, and the United States, Timothy A. Wise’s Eating Tomorrow discovers how in country after country, agribusiness and its well-heeled philanthropic promoters have actually exacerbated food crises.Most of the world, Wise reveals, is fed by hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, people with few resources and simple tools but a keen understanding of what and how to grow. These same farmers—who already grow more than 70 percent of the food eaten in developing

How a tiny Pacific archipelago is producing more players—from Troy Polamalu to Marcus Mariota—for the NFL than anywhere else in the world, by an award-winning sports historianFootball is a

A French cheesemonger and an American academic and ex-pat join forces to serve up a sumptuous history of France and its food, in the delicious tradition of Anthony Bourdain, Peter Mayle, and Pamela Dr

“Alexis Clark illuminates a whole corner of unknown World War II history.”—Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci “[A]n irresistible human story.

One of the Most Popular Attractions in Philadelphia's world-famous Mutter Museum is the Chevalier Jackson Foreign Body Collection: a beguiling set of drawers filled with thousands of items that had b

Sullivan spent ten years unearthing the little-known early decades of the NAACP’s activism, telling startling stories of personal bravery, legal brilliance, and political maneuvering by the lik

As the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) celebrates it 100th anniversary, Sullivan (history, U. of South Carolina) reconstructs its history and contribution to the Ame

A republication of an anthology of first-person histories about the experiences of slavery is complemented by re-mastered compact discs in MP3 format containing its researchers' extensive original liv

A new edition of the prizewinning educator's thoughts on the politics of children's literature, including a new essay written for this volume.In "provocative and entertaining essays [that] will appea