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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
Born Jewish

by Marcel Liebman
Eminent Marxist intellectual reveals class struggles in Nazi-torn Belgium.
3 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?
12 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
Holding Aloft the Banner of Ethiopia

by Winston James

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
8 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

Imagining Home

Edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Sidney J. Lemelle
A fresh and creative approach to the history of Pan-Africanism and diasporic movements.
4 posts
Towards the Abolition of Whiteness

by David R. Roediger
Counting the costs of whiteness in the American past and present.
11 posts
Inside Babylon

Edited by Clive Harris and Winston James

A lively and informed reflection on the experience of black people in Britain.

6 posts
Social Division

by Alan Carling

Social divisions are systematic social inequalities which are frequently regarded as unjust, and are fateful in the lives of individuals.

Communities of Resistance

by Ambalavaner Sivanandan
A collection of incisive critiques of contemporary Marxism, of post-colonial development and of the Eurocentric assessment of imperialism.
12 posts
African and Caribbean Politics

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

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