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Although many Americans think of Jackie Robinson when...
Although many Americans think of Jackie Robinson when considering the story of segregation in baseball, a long history of tragedies and triumphs precede Robinson’s momentous debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
After decades of abuse transforms the world into a toxic...
After decades of abuse transforms the world into a toxic wasteland, people flee into the safety of a global network of domed cities. Within these safe, orderly spaces, the only animals allowed are machines in the new world’s mechanized zoos, called disneys.
The Mojave Desert has a rich natural history. Despite being...
The Mojave Desert has a rich natural history. Despite being sandwiched between the larger Great Basin and Sonoran Deserts, it has enough mountains, valleys, canyons, and playas for any eager explorer.
Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation...
Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States’ belief in itself as an exceptional nation–democratic, individualistic, forward-looking. Today, though, America hasa new symbol: the border wall.
Tied to their ancestral and adopted homelands in ways...
Tied to their ancestral and adopted homelands in ways unimaginable in generations past, these memorable characters span both worlds but belong to none, illustrating the conflict between self and society, tradition and change.
Everything in Its Place is a celebration of Sacks’s myriad...
Everything in Its Place is a celebration of Sacks’s myriad interests, told with his characteristic compassion and erudition, and in his luminous prose.
At the Nazi concentration camp Dachau, three barracks out of...
At the Nazi concentration camp Dachau, three barracks out of thirty were occupied by clergy from 1938 to 1945. The overwhelming majority of the 2,720 men imprisoned in these barracks were Catholics–2,579 priests, monks, and seminarians from all over Europe.
Given the prevalence of misogyny, and its deep rootedness in...
Given the prevalence of misogyny, and its deep rootedness in religion, it is argued that the social contract needs to be rewritten in order to have a just, gender- and race-equitable society.
What many failed to recognize is the longer history and varied...
What many failed to recognize is the longer history and varied pattern of such policies in the Global South over preceding decades - policies which had largely proven to fail.
Gottlieb’s reckless experiments on...
Gottlieb’s reckless experiments on “expendable” human subjects destroyed many lives, yet he considered himself deeply spiritual. He lived in a remote cabin without running water, meditated, and rose before dawn to milk his goats.
Confronted with pandemics, bioterrorism, and emerging infectious...
Confronted with pandemics, bioterrorism, and emerging infectious diseases, governments are transforming their security policies to include the proactive development, acquisition, stockpiling, and mass distribution of new pharmaceutical defenses.
Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time,...
Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time, while showing how African-Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a ‘New Negro’ to force the nation to recognise their humanity and unique contributions to the United States.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews from across...
Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews from across Colombia—including former child guerrillas, former hostages of the guerrilla organization, mothers of child soldiers, and humanitarian aid workers— this volume explores the experiences of children involved with the Colombian guerrilla group the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc).
Given the myriad differences that divide one individual from...
Given the myriad differences that divide one individual from another, why do we recognize anyone as somehow sharing a common fate with us? For that matter, how do we live in harmony with groups who may not share the sense of a common fate?
The key to achieving mass flourishing is culture - not genes,...
The key to achieving mass flourishing is culture - not genes, geography, institutions, or policies. In this thought-provoking book, David C. Rose argues that societal success depends on overcoming the challenge posed by rational self-interest undermining the common good.
Inspectors general are important players in the federal...
Inspectors general are important players in the federal government, and their work often draws considerable public attention when one of them uncovers serious misdeeds or mismanagement that make the headlines.
The individual country case study chapters are preceded by...
The individual country case study chapters are preceded by chapters that frame the discussion by considering the theoretical implications of the Pink Tide experience relating to globalization, the state, and neo-extractivism.
They offer readers a greater understanding of the arguments not...
They offer readers a greater understanding of the arguments not only of lawmakers, activists, and scientists leading efforts to fight, mitigate, and adapt to climate change but also of those skeptical of climate change
How could the same person be classified by the US census as...
How could the same person be classified by the US census as black in 1900, mulatto in 1910, and white in 1920? The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding–particularly its social construction of race–is closely tied to the continuous polling on the composition of its population.