Anthropology & Sociology
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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. -
Barbaric Sport
Globalized sport as savage spectacle and 'opium of the people'
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The Return of the Public
by Dan Hind
Democracy, Power and the Case for Media Reform
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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. -
Dispatches from the Dark Side
Acclaimed examination of the British government’s complicity in torture.
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The Mental and the Material
Groundbreaking examination of the relationship between thought, economy and society.
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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>
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A Book of Migrations
"A brilliant meditation on travel."—The New York Times
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A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain
A darkly humorous architectural guide to the decrepit new Britain that neoliberalism built.