In this classic work George Hourani deals with the history of the sea trade of the Arabs in the Indian Ocean from its obscure origins many centuries before Christ to the time of its full extension to China and East Africa in the ninth and ...

While the rise in premature deaths among American working-class whites has become a national crisis, the authors tie the problem to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and to a health-care sector that ...

Offers an analysis of the McCarthy phenomenon, tracing the machinations of anticommunism in creating a culture of fear and suspicion.

In this classic work George Hourani deals with the history of the sea trade of the Arabs in the Indian Ocean from its obscure origins many centuries before Christ to the time of its full extension to China and East Africa in the ninth and ...

A new introduction brings this book into the new century and illuminates the role that Shi'is could play in a future Iraq after Saddam Hussein. "The most authoritative account we have on the Shi'a of Iraq. . .

A history of the internet, uncovering its origins in nature and centuries-old dreams of improving the quality of human life by creating thinking machines and allowing for communication across vast distances.

In The Arab Winter, Noah Feldman argues that the Arab Spring was nevertheless not an unmitigated failure, much less an inevitable one.

A new introduction brings this book into the new century and illuminates the role that Shi'is could play in a future Iraq after Saddam Hussein. "The most authoritative account we have on the Shi'a of Iraq. . .

"In this book the philosophers Steve Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro will explain why bad thinking happens to good people.

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.