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Ballast
Quenton Baker, Quenton Baker,A poetic sequence using the 1841 slave revolt aboard the brig Creole as a lens through which to view the vitality of Black lives and the afterlife of slavery. In 1841, the only successful, large-scale revolt of American-born enslaved people erupted on the ship Creole. 135 people escaped chattel s...
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The first all-star game
Randall Sullivan,Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan tells the story of baseball in America, from its rough-and-tumble origins through the first decades of the twentieth century and into the pivotal summer of 1933—when national crisis and a sport’s fight for survival converged in baseball’s first All-Star Game1...
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The selected works of eugene v. debs, vol. i
Tim Davenport, David Walters,An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements, and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs.
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Seeds 2
Ann Leonard, Martha Chen,When the population of Port Sudan leaped from 50,00 in 1956 to half a million in the 1980s, a small-scale enterprise program was initiated to aid the poorest residents in saving and expanding the small businesses that supported them and their families. The analyses of this and six other projects,...
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Rights and wrongs
Susan Cary Nicholas, Alice M. Price, Rachel Rubin,This valuable guide to women and the law offers a concise view of US law as it has affected women's constitutional rights, their position in marriage, their opportunities in employment, and their control over their bodies. This new edition outlines advances and setbacks in the legal status of wom...
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Here down on dark earth
Larry Racioppo, Clifford Thompson, Jan Ramirez,Discover New York’s poignant memorials through powerful photographs capturing everything from fleeting tributes to enduring monumentsThe photographs in Here Down on Dark Earth document the many ways New Yorkers express their intertwined feelings of loss and remembrance. The famous and the unknown...
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America as overlord
Hal Draper, Samuel Farber,An incisive collection of essays on post-WWII US imperialism, from a giant of the American socialist movement.
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No one is illegal (updated edition)
Justin Akers Chacón, Mike Davis,No One Is Illegal convincingly debunks the leading ideas behind the often-violent right-wing backlash against immigrants.
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Radicals in the barrio
Justin Akers Chacón,A ground-breaking history of the radical political movements that developed within the Mexican and Chicano working-class in the United States.
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Black foremothers
Dorothy Sterling, Margaret Walker, Barbara Christian,Powerful stories from women who shaped African American culture and history in the years between 1826 and 1959.
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In the shadows of the american century
Alfred W. McCoy,Explores the distinctive instruments of American ascent to global domination and hegemony--including covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance.
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The american art-union
Kimberly A. Orcutt,The first comprehensive treatment in seventy years of the American Art-Union’s remarkable rise and fallFor over a decade, the New York–based American Art-Union shaped art creation, display, and patronage nationwide. Boasting as many as 19,000 members from almost every state, its meteoric rise and...
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A question of choice
Sarah Weddington,A memoir filled with “valuable, passionate insights” from the lawyer who argued the landmark Roe v. Wade case to the Supreme Court (Kirkus Reviews).More than 40 years ago, the highest court in the land handed down a decision that would forever alter the lives of women throughout the United States...
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On new terrain
Kim Moody,An insightful and timely analysis of how global economic restructuring will impact workers' struggles in the US.
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I still believe anita hill
Amy Richards, Cynthia Greenberg,The nation's most notable feminists, organizers, and scholars reflect on sexual harassment twenty years after the Clarence Thomas hearings.
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Dream the size of freedom
R. Joseph Parrott,A look at how anti-colonial movements in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau reshaped US activist engagement with the Global South from the 1960s through the 1970sDream the Size of Freedom explores how anti-colonial movements in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau reshaped US activist engagem...
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Give me liberty
A signature souvenir volume celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and exploring its impact and legacy in Virginia.This highly illustrated publication marks the origins of a revolutionary new nation, focusing on the years 1775 and 1776, the events that preceded and followed,...
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Fuego subterráneo
Sharon Smith,Accessible, radical history of the U.S. labor movement examines the history of workers' resistance, in Spanish for the first time.
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Becoming the twin cities
Drew M. Ross,Whether motivated by visionary ideals or commercial gain or political ambition, many have tried to unite Minneapolis and St. Paul into one city, and all have failed. This book explains why. Why haven’t Minneapolis and St. Paul merged into one city? In Becoming the Twin Cities, award-winning writ...
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Berkeley
Hal Draper, Mario Savio,Brimming with lessons still relevant for today's activists, Berkeley: The Student Revolt is a classic of on-the-ground historical reportage.
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Taxes are a woman's issue
Mimi Abramovitz, Sandra Morgen,A reader-friendly yet authoritative analysis of how U.S. tax policy affects - and often disadvantages - women.
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Rethinking camelot
Noam Chomsky,Explores JFK’s role in US invasion of Vietnam and a reflects on the political culture that encouraged the Cold War.
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American anarchism
Steve J. Shone,A convincing argument that the legacy of American Anarchism, far from being an antiquated relic, remains relevant to the present.
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At the vanguard
Tulani Salahu-Din, Dorothy Berry, Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Jelani M. Favors, Jeanelle K. Hope, Marion McGee and moreThe first volume in a major new series offering a compelling glimpse into the transformative and revolutionary world of HBCUs, that reveals the complex stories that their collections tell us.This book, featuring objects from the museums and archives at five HBCUs—Jackson State, Tuskegee, Florida ...
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Peculiar satisfaction
Melissa Adler,How Thomas Jefferson’s vision for knowledge shapes what we know and how we access it—and why that matters more than ever As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Peculiar Satisfaction examines how the ideals and contradictions of the nation’s found...
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Unbound
Melvin Patrick Ely, Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander, Stephen Rockenbach, Sabrina G. Watson, Evanda S. Watts-Martinez and moreA vital new volume exploring the history of Virginia’s free Black population prior to emancipation.On the eve of the Civil War, around 60,000 Black men, women, and children lived free in the state of Virginia, often alongside enslaved neighbours. This volume is a history documenting the richness ...
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Left adrift
Timothy Shenk,A rivalry that remade the political world as we know it today Politics today doesn’t look much like it did fifty years ago. Electorates that were once divided by economics—with blue-collar workers supporting leftwing parties while the wealthy trended right—are now more likely to split along cult...
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The federalist papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay,ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF ALL TIMEAlexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote this collection of eighty-five articles and essays in favor of ratifying the United States Constitution in 1787. Under the pseudonym "Publius.” they first appeared as a series of lett...
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American eagle
Preston Cook, Rolf Thompson,A bold expression of a fledgling republic’s aspirations and bravado, the American bald eagle has been designed, drawn, illustrated, stamped, engraved, painted, sculpted, carved, photographed, and etched by thousands of artists and artisans since 1782, when it first appeared as the central figure ...
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The socialist awakening
John B. Judis,Who are the young people rallying behind Bernie Sanders for president? The Socialist Awakeningbrilliantly explains how a new generation has rediscovered socialism (but not in the traditional Marxist guise) driven by their growing anxiety and uncertainty about access to education, healthcare and t...
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River of lost souls
Jonathan P. Thompson,An award–winning investigative environmental journalist digs up the real story behind the Gold King Mine disaster of 2015.
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Gorgeous war
Tim Blackmore,Gorgeous War examines ways in which modernist design ideals influenced German and American heraldry, and argues that the two visual worlds form the foundations of contemporary corporate brand programs.
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Immigration reform
Charles Kamasaki,Winner of 2020 International Latino Book Awards in the category “ Best Political/Current Affairs Book – English”2019 Finalist for INDIES Book of the YearThis book is an insider's history and memoir of the battle for The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: its evolution, passage, impact, a...
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Sagebrush empire
Jonathan P. Thompson,Award–winning journalist Jonathan P. Thompson delves into the spectacular land, rich history, and twisted politics of a remote Utah county.
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Conversations in the spirit
Lex Hixon, Sheila Hixon, Bernard Glassman, Paul Gorman,The collectors edition of Lex Hixon's interviews with prominent spiritual teachers Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Kalu Rinpoche, Swami Muktandananda, and more.
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The populist explosion
John B. Judis,From the author of THE POLITICS OF OUR TIMEWhat’s happening in global politics, and is there a thread that ties it all together? There is, and it is called populism.What is populism? And why have populist parties and candidates suddenly sprung up and even gained power in the United States and Wes...
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A student workbook for land of hope
Wilfred M. McClay, John D. McBride,A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.Workbook for students studying the Young Readers Edition of Land of Hope. Middle School, Grades 6-8The SECOND Student Workbook to accompany the two-volume Young Readers...
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Land of hope young reader's edition
Wilfred M. McClay,A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.American History for Middle School — Grades 6-8The SECOND book in a two-volume narrative for Young Readers studying Land of Hope VOLUME TWO: THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERIC...
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A teacher's guide to land of hope
Wilfred M. McClay, John D. McBride,A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.Guide for Teachers using Land of Hope: Young Readers Edition. Middle School grades 6-8The SECOND Teachers Guide to accompany the two-volume narrative Land of Hope: Youn...
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Grace of the ghosts
Jeannine Hill Fletcher,A profound new volume that reckons with the history of an American Catholic Church embedded in and drawing benefits from White supremacyFor the Church to become a truly anti-racist institution, we must first understand how today’s racial challenges are embedded in the theo-logic of American Chris...
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It took courage
Christopher P. Lehman,In 1860, Eliza Winston escaped enslavement while traveling in Minnesota, where she secured her freedom through legal appeal. Her story adds powerful testimony to African American experiences and perseverance in antebellum America. On August 22, 1860, an enslaved woman from Mississippi named Eliz...
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In praise of barbarians
Mike Davis,A bold collection of essays and polemics from the world-renowned social critic Mike Davis.
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Your money or your life
Eric Toussaint,Globalization brings growth? Think again. Debt--engineered by the IMF and World Bank--sucks countries dry.
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The american socialist movement 1897-1912
Ira Kipnis,“This is the epic story of the struggle to build a mass socialist movement in ragtime America. Kipnis was a brilliant historian, and this is his enduring gift to activists." —Mike Davis A new edition of the out-of-print classic.
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Independent politics
Howie Hawkins,Leading indpendent and Green Party activists ask: Can we break the two-party stranglehold on U.S. politics?
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Song of the stubborn one thousand
Peter Shapiro,An account of the successful strike by mainly Mexican women workers at the largest plant in Watsonville, California.
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The dispossessed
Alfredo Molano, Aviva Chomsky, Lance Selfa, Daniel Bland,The stories of ordinary Colombians displaced by war who are struggling, with dignity, to live.
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What's my name, fool?
Dave Zirin,Edgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin provides a no-holds-barred commentary on the personalities and politics of American sports.
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Subterranean fire (updated edition)
Sharon Smith,This accessible, critical history of the U.S. labor movement examines the hidden history of workers' resistance.
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