Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster Chester Hartman There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first critical scholarly book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down in record as one of the wor… OL15178580W
Constructing Paris in the age of revolution Constructing Paris in the age of revolution Allan Potofsky "Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which… OL15500860W
Cultural hegemony in the United States Cultural hegemony in the United States Lee Artz,Bren A. Murphy "Popular usage equates hegemony with dominance - a meaning far from Antonio Gramsei's original concept where hegemony appears as a contested culture that meets the minimum needs of the majority while… OL20544849W
The study of African American problems The study of African American problems Elijah Anderson,Tukufu Zuberi Since 1889, The American Academy of Political and Social Science has served as a forum for the free exchange of ideas among the well informed and intellectually curious. In this era of specialization… OL20911425W
Re-creating Ourselves Re-creating Ourselves Molara Ogundipe-Leslie A riveting selection of feminist writings in which Ogundipe-Leslie has critically and creatively pondered issues of gender, politics, and social transformation for at least three decades. OL3955675W
Critical memory Critical memory Houston A. Baker "From the lone outcry of Richard Wright's Black Boy to the chorusing voices of Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, Critical Memory looks across the past half century to assess the current challenges… OL4315226W
Caliban and the Witch Caliban and the Witch Laia Bragulat,Inés Moreno López,Edurne Lazkano Ibarbia,Aitor Arruti Rezabal,Silvia Federici De la emancipación de la servidumbre a las herejías subversivas, un hilo rojo recorre la historia de la transición del feudalismo al capitalismo. Todavía hoy expurgado de la gran mayoría de los manua… OL5450225W