Social science

Patton's Panthers: The African-American 761st Tank Battalion In World War II

by Charles W. Sasser

On the battlefields of World War II, the men of the African-American 761st Tank Battalion under General Patton broke through enemy lines with the same courage with which they broke down the racist limitations...

The Secret Life of Cowboys

by Tom Groneberg

"One of the stories I tell myself when I am trying to fall asleep is that I have tried. I've tagged along after myself in the pages of my own modern Western, and every few years is another chapter to the story....

Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up: 12 Winning Secrets from the War Room

by James Carville & Paul Begala

The political strategists who directed the

Clinton campaign's War Room

reveal the lessons and secrets from

their hard-fought battles -- and how to

use these highly effective

strategies for success in everyday...

The People's Money: How Voters Will Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Federal Debt

by Scott Rasmussen

GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE

For more than half a century, Americans have elected candidates who promise to reduce spending. Yet spending has steadily increased. For just as long, politicians have blamed voters,...

America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible

by Stephan Thernstrom & Abigail Thernstrom

In a book destined to become a classic, Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom present important new information about the positive changes that have been achieved and the measurable improvement in the lives of the...

Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War

by Judith Miller, William Broad & Stephen Engelberg

In the wake of the anthrax letters following the attacks on the World Trade Center, Americans have begun to grapple with two difficult truths: that there is no terrorist threat more horrifying -- and less understood...

We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics

by Alan Huffman & Michael Rejebian

In politics, finding the dirt is a multimillion-dollar business.

It’s called opposition research—“oppo” to insiders. Few Americans are aware of its existence, yet oppo has become an integral part of the...

Where Did the Jobs Go--and How Do We Get Them Back?: Your Guided Tour to America's Employment Crisis

by Scott Bittle & Jean Johnson

Find out how the numbers on the jobs situation really add up, once you subtract the spin, the hype, and the political posturing.

For most Americans, having a decent job is a matter of basic survival. Politicians...

Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body-

by Riane Eisler

Riane Eisler shows us how history has consistently promoted the link between sex and violence—and how we can sever this link and move to a politics of partnership rather than domination in all our relations....

The Politics of Religion in Indonesia

by Michel Picard & Rémy Madinier

Indonesia is a remarkable case study for religious politics. While not being a theocratic country, it is not secular either, with the Indonesian state officially defining what constitutes religion, and every...

China, Oil and Global Politics

by Philip Andrews-Speed & Roland Dannreuther

China's rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China's growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic...

New Perspectives on the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia

by Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin & Kenneth R. Hall

Using a unique "old-new" treatment, this book presents new perspectives on several important topics in Southeast Asian history and historiography. Based on original, primary research, it reinterprets and revises...

Network Journalism

by Ansgard Heinrich

Drawing on current theoretical debates in journalism studies, and grounded in empirical research, Heinrich here analyzes the interplay between journalistic practice and processes of globalization and digitalization....

Child Pornography

by Alisdair A. Gillespie

Child Pornography: Law and Policy draws on interdisciplinary work in order to critically address the law relating to child pornography. Child pornography is recognized as a specific form of child abuse and...

The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage: Lessons in Resilience from the Bow and Arrow

by Joseph M. III Marshall

In Lakota tradition, the bow and arrow were more than tools for hunting or battle. The bow's resilience and flexibility, the arrow's grace and power, the archer's focus and patience-in these, we find the essential...

New Perspectives on Safavid Iran

by Colin P. Mitchell

Dedicated to the renowned Safavid historian Roger Savory, this book brings together a collection of studies on the Safavid state of Iran (1501-1722) from the perspectives of political, social, literary, and...

Horror Noire

by Robin R Means Coleman

From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. In Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films...

Racial Spectacles

by Jonathan Markovitz

Racial Spectacles: Explorations in Media, Race, and Justice examines the crucial role the media has played in circulating and shaping national dialogues about race through representations of crime and racialized...

China's Higher Education Reform and Internationalisation

by Janette Ryan

Despite radical and fundamental reform of the Chinese higher education system, very little is known about this outside China. The past decade has seen radical reform of all levels of China's education system...

The Israel-Palestine Conflict

by Elizabeth Matthews

The conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians is considered intractable by many, and is frequently characterised by the violence between the two sides. In attempts at peace, the starting point for negotiations...