Jeffrey Sommers: 2 books
Race, Reality, and Realpolitik
U.S.–Haiti Relations in the Lead Up to the 1915 Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The year 2015 marked the centennial of the 1915 United States occupation of Haiti and Haiti’s resistance to that signal event in its history. This study surveys the issues of economics, race, and realpolitik embedded in the political economy of U.S. interactions with Haiti that resulted in occupation....
After Capitalism
Horizons of Finance, Culture, and Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
From Thomas Piketty to David Harvey, scholars are increasingly questioning whether we are entering into a post-capitalist era. If so, does this new epoch signal the failure of capitalism and emergence of alternative systems? Or does it mark the ultimate triumph of capitalism as it evolves into an...