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A classic account of late nineteenth-century Paris and a study of Baudelaire's life and workWalter Benjamin, one of the foremost cultural commentat...

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain’s Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goo...

The classic graphic biography of Che Guevara—the most iconic revolutionary of the twentieth centuryThis dramatic and extensively researched book br...

For the first time, Ciro Bustos, Che’s right-hand man in the struggle for Argentina, tells his story. As a young man inspired by the example of Cub...

The Case for Chechnya sharply criticizes the role of Western nations in their struggle, and lays bare the weakness—and shamefulness—of the argument...

A global future in the history of a single villageAfter a decade away from her ancestral family village, during which she became a writer and liter...

A concise account of how revolutions made modern China and helped shape the modern worldChina’s emergence as a twenty-first-century global economic...

An examination of the shifts in politics and revolution in China over the last century What must China do to become truly democratic and equitable?...

An examination of the shifts in politics and revolution in China over the last century What must China do to become truly democratic and equitable?...

For over twenty-five years Noam Chomsky’s prolific political intervention has enlightened and inspired radicals while enraging their opponents in t...

A luminous biography of one of the 20th century's most influential historiansChristopher Hill was one of the leading historians of his generation. ...

This startling study of early Christian attitudes toward sexuality begins with an account of the different stances adopted by the Church—from the E...

With the collapse of state socialism, women in Eastern and Central Europe are now faced with more than the double burden of paid and domestic labor...

Dai Jinhua is one of contemporary China’s most influential theoreticians and cultural critics. A feminist Marxist, her literary, film and TV commen...

Why are cities centers of power? A sociological analysis of urban politicsIn this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of u...

Cities are the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centers of the West, C...

In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory. She traces the development of the Western tradition from...

A majestic one-hundred-year study of segregation in Los AngelesCity of Segregation documents one hundred years of struggle against the enforced sep...

A majestic one-hundred-year study of segregation in Los AngelesCity of Segregation documents one hundred years of struggle against the enforced sep...

Hong Kong’s film industry gained global attention in the 1980s, at the time of negotiations over Great Britain’s return of the colony to China. Unc...

Understanding photography is more than a matter of assessing photographs, writes Ariella Azoulay. The photograph is merely one event in a sequence ...

"This remarkable book enhances Ariella Azoulay’s position as the most compelling theorist of photography writing today."–Jonathan Crary, author of ...

Understanding photography is more than a matter of assessing photographs, writes Ariella Azoulay. The photograph is merely one event in a sequence ...