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Stand and Prosper
Private Black Colleges and Their Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Stand and Prosper is the first authoritative history in decades of black colleges and universities in America. It tells the story of educational institutions that offered, and continue to offer, African Americans a unique opportunity to transcend the legacy of slavery while also bearing its burden....
by The National Advisory Commission on Civil The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
The Kerner Report is a powerful window into the roots of racism and inequality in the United States. Hailed by Martin Luther King Jr. as a "physician's warning of approaching death, with a prescription for life," this historic study was produced by a presidential commission established by...
Agents of Apocalypse
Epidemic Disease in the Colonial Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 1995
As waves of epidemic disease swept the Philippines in the late nineteenth century, some colonial physicians began to fear that the indigenous population would be wiped out. Many Filipinos interpreted the contagions as a harbinger of the Biblical Apocalypse. Though the direct forebodings went unfulfilled,...
The Genome Factor
What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture wars are over. In the past decade, a small but intrepid group of economists, political scientists, and sociologists have harnessed the genomics revolution to paint a more complete picture of human social...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
Regulation by public and private organizations can be hijacked by special interests or small groups of powerful firms, and nowhere is this easier than at the global level. In whose interest is the global economy being regulated? Under what conditions can global regulation be made to serve broader...
The Leaderless Economy
Why the World Economic System Fell Apart and How to Fix It
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
The Leaderless Economy reveals why international financial cooperation is the only solution to today's global economic crisis. In this timely and important book, Peter Temin and David Vines argue that our current predicament is a catastrophe rivaled only by the Great Depression. Taking an in-depth...
by David Marquand
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2011
Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are menaced by financial crises. And the euro...
Securing Prosperity
The American Labor Market: How It Has Changed and What to Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
We live in an age of economic paradox. The dynamism of America's economy is astounding--the country's industries are the most productive in the world and spin off new products and ideas at a bewildering pace. Yet Americans feel deeply uneasy about their economic future. The reason, Paul Osterman explains,...
Post-Soviet Social
Neoliberalism, Social Modernity, Biopolitics
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
The Soviet Union created a unique form of urban modernity, developing institutions of social provisioning for hundreds of millions of people in small and medium-sized industrial cities spread across a vast territory. After the collapse of socialism these institutions were profoundly shaken--casualties,...
Global Political Economy
Understanding the International Economic Order
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
This book is the eagerly awaited successor to Robert Gilpin's 1987 The Political Economy of International Relations, the classic statement of the field of international political economy that continues to command the attention of students, researchers, and policymakers. The world economy and political...
Straight Talk on Trade
Ideas for a Sane World Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today’s global economy
Not so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is back with a vengeance, propelled...
When States Fail
Causes and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. The threat of terrorism has only heightened the problem posed by failed states. When States Fail is the first book to examine how and...
Taming the Beloved Beast
How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Technological innovation is deeply woven into the fabric of American culture, and is no less a basic feature of American health care. Medical technology saves lives and relieves suffering, and is enormously popular with the public, profitable for doctors, and a source of great wealth for industry....
One Economics, Many Recipes
Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2008
In One Economics, Many Recipes, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right. While economic globalization can be a boon for countries that are trying to dig out of poverty, success usually requires following policies that are tailored to local...