Harvey, David (distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Graduate Center, City University of New York)

Writing for a wide audience, Harvey here tells the political-economic story of where neoliberalization came from and how it proliferated on the world

There is no better guide to basic economics than Paul Krugman. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just

The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with

The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocrati

This is a fascinating new overview of European-American relations during the long twentieth century. Ranging from economics, culture and consumption t

Human language allows us to plan, communicate, and create new ideas, without limit. Yet we have only finite experiences, and our languages have finite

In Figuring Racism in Medieval Christianity, M. Lindsay Kaplan expands the study of the history of racism through an analysis of the Christian concept

Democracy identifies the general processes causing democratization and de-democratization at a national level across the world over the last few hundr

Interdisciplinary perspectives on the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and make music.

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International Law presents a student-focused approach to the subject; clearly written with non-native English-speaking students in mind, a range of le

This Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines

In his Bellum Catilinae, C. Sallustius Crispus or Sallust (86-35/34 B.C.E.) recounts the dramatic events of the year 63 B.C.E. when a disgruntled and

From one of the world's leading experts on the subject, a fully updated introduction to the sustainability movement from the 1600s to today The wor

Ranging across both standard philosophical territory and the landscape of cutting-edge cognitive science, Mindware: An Introduction to the Philosophy

How women increasingly became economic agents in early modern Europe is the focus of this stimulating book, which highlights how female agency was cru

A Business Week Best Book of the Year.... "A devastating and wholly necessary book."-Studs Terkel, author of Working

An engaging primer of the history of the sustainability movement from the 1600s to the present day, illuminating how sustainability evolved from a rel

Lucian of Samosata's True History is a fantastical tale of voyage and imagination. No editor, translator, or reader knows quite how to describe it or

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