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Race & Ethnicity

The Invention of the Jewish People

by Shlomo Sand

Bestselling new analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian.

37 posts
Suffering as Identity

by Esther Benbassa
An analysis of the discourse of victimhood in Judaism.
4 posts
If I Am Not For Myself

by Mike Marqusee
A deeply felt memoir exploring Jewish identity and history.
5 posts
Islams and Modernities

by Aziz Al-Azmeh
Challenges ahistorical and erroneous conceptions of Islam and the West.
11 posts

Pure Society

by André Pichot

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

by Toussaint L'Ouverture

Haiti’s ousted premier on the leader of the world’s first black republic.

5 posts
Secular Devotion

by Timothy Brennan
Illuminating exploration of Afro-Latin music’s challenge to Western cultural imperialism.
3 posts
A Time to Speak Out

Edited by Anne Karpf, Brian Klug, et al.
Jewish voices challenge the terms of the Israel/Palestine debate.
4 posts

Lockdown America

by Christian Parenti

Updated edition of the classic examination of the link between crime and politics.

12 posts
Youth, Identity, Power

by Carlos Munoz
A unique exploration of the origins and development of Chicano radicalism in America.
3 posts
The Wages of Whiteness

by David R. Roediger

An original study of the formative years of working-class racism in the United States.

21 posts
From the Lower East Side to Hollywood

by Paul Buhle
A lively, extensively illustrated history of the widespread influence of Jews on American popular culture through the twentieth century.
1 post

Rumba on the River

by Gary Stewart
Rumba on the River presents a snapshot of an era when the currents of tradition and modernization collided along the banks of the Congo.
3 posts
Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City

by Mike Davis
Is the capital of Latin America a small island at the mouth of the Hudson River?
14 posts
A Fierce Hatred of Injustice

by Winston James and Claude McKay

The first detailed consideration of McKay's formative years, the themes and politics of his early poetry, and his pioneering use of Jamaican creole.

1 post
Between Cultures

by Alexander García Düttmann
A wide-ranging exploration of recognition as it relates to multiculturalism.
1 post

Mexican Postcards

by Carlos Monsiváis
A wide-ranging, vivacious portrait of contemporary Mexican life and culture.
1 post
Anything But Mexican

by Rodolfo F. Acuña

“Will stand amongst the classics in Chicano Studies.”—Teresa Cordova, University of New Mexico

9 posts
Twice the Work of Free Labor

by Alex Lichtenstein

“Powerful, painstakingly researched, gracefully written.”—Robin D.G. Kelley

5 posts
White Guys

by Fred Pfeil
“Cultural studies you can actually use.”—Spin
1 post

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