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Weimar in Exile

by Jean-Michel Palmier

A magisterial history of the artists and writers who left Weimar when the Nazis came to power

5 posts
The Art of Cloning

by Pang Laikwan

Cultural production under Mao, and how artists and thinkers found autonomy in a culture of conformity

5 posts
Ten Myths About Israel

by Ilan Pappe

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The myths—and reality—behind the state of Israel.

17 posts
Radical Hamilton

by Christian Parenti

A dramatic re-evaluation of the founding of the United States and the history of capitalism

1 post

A Civil War

by Claudio Pavone
“Among the few indisputable masterpieces of contemporary history.” —Financial Times
14 posts
An Act of State

by William F. Pepper

The definitive account of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination

7 posts
Enigmas

by Mario Perniola
What do we fear most? Repetition or difference? The return of a barbarism that is remote and prehistoric or the advent of a barbarism that is technological as post-human?
Savage Mules

by Dennis Perrin

Renowned satirist with a mordant dissection of the Democrat’s record on war.

None of Us Were Like This Before

by Joshua E. S. Phillips
The legacy of torture in the “War on Terror,” told through the story of one tank battalion
10 posts
Pure Society

by André Pichot

As genetic manipulation comes to dominate medical science, a timely and trenchant history of eugenics.
The Returns of Zionism

by Gabriel Piterberg

Leading Israeli scholar with a major re-evaluation of Zionism.

9 posts
A History of Vodka

by William Pokhlebkin

“Very learned, very informative.”—Victor Kiernan

2 posts

The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain

by Ron Ramdin

A classic history of the role of Black working-class struggles throughout the twentieth century

16 posts
Proletarian Nights

by Jacques Rancière
A classic text by Rancière on the intellectual thought of French workers in the 19th century.
22 posts
Of Myths and Movements

by Haripriya Rangan

Rangan appraises the grassroots social resistance within its cultural context to scrutinize the myths surrounding indigenous “tree huggers.”
The Amistad Rebellion

by Marcus Rediker
"So gripping that I’m wary of providing spoilers." – Eric Foner, Nation
6 posts

The Fearless Benjamin Lay

by Marcus Rediker

The extraordinary story of one of slavery’s earliest and most redoubtable opponents

5 posts
Outlaws of the Atlantic

by Marcus Rediker
Gripping maritime history from below with pirates and escaped slaves
7 posts
Villains of All Nations

by Marcus Rediker
Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations...
3 posts
The Leveller Revolution

by John Rees

The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution

14 posts

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