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  • Bringing the War Homeby Jeremy Varon

    University of California Press 2004; US$ 27.95

    In this first comprehensive comparison of left-wing violence in the United States and West Germany, Jeremy Varon focuses on America's Weather Underground and Germany's Red Army Faction to consider how and why young, middle-class radicals in prosperous democratic societies turned to armed struggle in efforts to overthrow their states. Based on a wealth of primary material, ranging from interviews to FBI reports, this book reconstructs the motivation and ideology of violent organizations active during the 1960s and 1970s. Varon conveys the intense passions of the era--the heat of moral purpose, the depth of Utopian longing, the sense of danger and despair, and the exhilaration over temporary triumphs. Varon's compelling interpretation of the... more...

  • The Boomer Century 1946-2046by Richard Croker; Ken Dychtwald

    Grand Central Publishing 2009; US$ 12.99

    The Baby Boom generation has always been known as a demographic anomaly and these 77 million Americans have dominated our society for the past 60 years, setting trends and revolutionizing entire industries. They didn't just date, they transformed sex roles and practices. They didn't just go to the doctor, they reinvented healthcare. And now retirement and aging will never be the same as the oldest boomers move into their 60s with no thoughts of traditional retirement or old-age homes! Featuring insightful interviews and essays from Baby Boomers like Dr. Andrew Weill, Erica Jong, Eve Ensler, Rob Reiner, Oliver Stone, Lester Thurow, and Tony Snow, THE BOOMER CENTURY is an entertaining, historical and cultural look at a truly amazing generation. more...

  • The Next American Revolutionby Grace Lee Boggs; Scott Kurashige; Danny Glover

    University of California Press 2011; US$ 24.95

    A world dominated by America and driven by cheap oil, easy credit, and conspicuous consumption is unraveling before our eyes. In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis?political, economical, and environmental?and shows how to create the radical social change we need to confront new realities. A vibrant, inspirational force, Boggs has participated in all of the twentieth century?s major social movements?for civil rights, women?s rights, workers? rights, and more. She draws from seven decades of activist experience, and a rigorous commitment to critical thinking, to redefine ?revolution? for our times. From her home in Detroit, she... more...

  • Social cohesion and counter-terrorismby Charles Husband; Yunis Alam

    The Policy Press 2011; US$ 36.95

    This book offers a unique research-based contribution to the debate around community cohesion and counter-terrorism policies in Britain. It is an essential read for academics, policy makers and practitioners concerned with the management of ethnic diversity. more...

  • The Betrayal of Africaby Gerald Caplan

    Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 10.00

    In the wealthy West, it's assumed that Africa is the problem and we are the solution. This timely book argues the opposite. Though couched in benevolent terms, Western policies in fact have for decades helped fuel the continent's devastating decline. Every year, far more of Africa's riches flow out to the rich world than we plough into Africa. In this systematic process of exploitation, explains author Gerald Caplan, first-world leaders work in happy harmony with African despots to wreak havoc on their nations and peoples. The Betrayal of Africa explains its historical background, the contemporary situation, and how a conflation of elements — China's bold new presence in Africa, an active and angry civil society demanding... more...

  • Between Good and Ghettoby Nikki Jones

    Rutgers University Press 2009; US$ 22.95

    Between Good and Ghetto reflects the social world of inner city African American girls and how they manage threats of personal violence. Drawing on personal encounters, traditions of urban ethnography, Black feminist thought, gender studies, and feminist criminology, Nikki Jones provides a richly descriptive and compassionate account, revealing multiple strategies used to navigate interpersonal and gender-specific violence and how gendered dilemmas of their adolescence are reconciled. more...

  • Measuring Progress: Is Life Getting Better?by R Eckersley

    CSIRO Publishing 1998; US$ 13.95

    A wide-ranging exploration of national progress spanning social, economic and environmental perspectives. more...

  • Industrialisation and Societyby Eric Hopkins

    Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95

    An essential introduction to the effects of industrialisation on British society, from Queen Victoria's reign to the birth of the Welfare State in the 1940s. It includes sections on the Victorian inheritance and the two world wars. more...

  • World System Historyby Robert. A Denemark; Jonathan Friedman; Barry K. Gills; George Modelski

    Routledge 2000; US$ 59.95

    A vital overview of perspective on the history of the world system for all graduates and researchers in a variety of fields such as international political economy, world history and sociology. more...

  • Society and Culture in the Slave Southby J. William Harris

    Routledge 1992; US$ 42.95

    Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic field. more...