Anthropology & Sociology
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Genes, Cells and Brains
by Hilary Rose, and Steven Rose
Dissecting the hype from the frontiers of bioethics, genomics and neuroscience
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Green Gone Wrong
Trenchant exposé of the myths of “green capitalism”.
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The Invention of the White Race
Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America. -
The Invention of the White Race
Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America.
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Barbaric Sport
Globalized sport as savage spectacle and ‘opium of the people’
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In Broad Daylight
The metamorphosis of the spectator and the arts in the age of YouTube. -
The Return of the Public
by Dan Hind
Winner 2011 Best Book of Ideas at the Bristol Festival of Ideas
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Chavs
by Owen Jones
Bestselling investigation into the myth and reality of working-class life in contemporary Britain
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The Metamorphoses of Kinship
A masterwork of the anthropology of kinship by the heir to Levi-Strauss. -
The Mental and the Material
Groundbreaking examination of the relationship between thought, economy and society. -
It Started in Wisconsin
Edited by Paul Buhle, and Mari Jo Buhle
First-hand accounts of the largest pro-labor mass mobilization in modern American history
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Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere
by Paul Mason
Incisive grassroots account of the new global revolutions by acclaimed BBC journalist and author of Meltdown
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Occupy!
Edited by Keith Gessen, Astra Taylor, et al.
The first book to explore the Occupy movement in depth, with reportage and analysis.
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School Wars
by Melissa Benn
The story of the struggle for Britain’s schools, and a passionate call for education as a public good.
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Cities Under Siege
A powerful exposé of how political violence operates through the spaces of urban life.
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Close to the Edge
"A classic of hip hop writing and a poignant tribute to urban youth."—Jeff Chang, author of <em>Can't Stop Won't Stop</em>