History

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  An Act of State

  by William F. Pepper
  The definitive account of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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  Adam Smith in Beijing

  by Giovanni Arrighi
  Acclaimed exploration of China’s emergence as the most dynamic center of current economic expansion.

  2 posts

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  African and Caribbean Politics

  by Manning Marable
  Studying Ghana, Guyana and Grenada to discover the problems affecting democracy in the African diaspora.
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  Afrocentrism

  by Stephen Howe
  “Precise and courageous ... A landmark.”—Brian Appleyard, Sunday Times

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  Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations

  by Max Weber
  In his neglected masterpiece, Weber brings sociology to bear on civilizations as diverse as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome

  1 post

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  Albion's Fatal Tree

  by Douglas Hay, Peter Linebaugh, et al.
  Renowned social historians examine the gangs of criminals who tore apart English society.

  2 posts

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  America's Kingdom

  by Robert Vitalis
  A groundbreaking account of Aramco as a microcosm of the colonial order.
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  The American Crucible

  by Robin Blackburn
  How slavery shaped the market economy and abolitionists gave us our ideals

  8 posts

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  Antagonistics

  by Gopal Balakrishnan
  A striking intervention from one of the most original young radical thinkers of today.
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  Antichrist in Seventeenth-Century England

  by Christopher Hill
  “Arguably [Hill’s] most flawless achievement.”—Times Literary Supplement
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  Auschwitz Report

  by Leonardo De Benedetti and Primo Levi
  The first published work by one of the central figures in twentieth century literature.
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  The Battlefield

  by Hugh Roberts
  Combating the tendency to reduce Algeria's tragedy to a clash of stereotypes, Roberts offers a radical corrective to Western misconceptions.

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  The Beach Beneath the Street

  by McKenzie Wark
  A fresh history of the Situationist International by the author of A Hacker Manifesto.

  17 posts

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  The Beginning of the End

  by Tom Nairn and Angelo Quattrocchi
  Two superbly written accounts of the events of May 1968.
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  Being Arab

  by Samir Kassir
  A passionate meditation on contemporary Arab identity.

  1 post

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  Beyond Chutzpah

  by Norman G. Finkelstein
  A meticulously researched exposé of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel–Palestine conflict. 

  1 post