Packed with provocative information about the social and political habits of twentieth-century Americans.

The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception.

"In this classic work of feminist political thought, Iris Marion Young challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice.

The World Split Open challenges us to understand how the women's movement has forever altered our lives and why the revolution is far from over.

Chronicles the rise and fall of ancient Egypt, describing geographic factors in the civilization's development; each of the dynasties; and the late empire and post-empire period. Includes a chronology.

Breathtaking in its historical and geographical scope, this book provides a sweeping examination of the construction of male and female homosexualities, stressing both the variability of the forms same-sex desire can take and the key ...

Examines the effects of rapid industrial and technological changes upon the individual, the family, and society. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

In this, his most accessible and evocative book, France’s leading philosopher of postmodernism takes to the freeways in a collection of traveler’s tales from the land of hyperreality.

Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In this, the first of two volumes, Amartya Sen brings clarity and insight to these difficult issues.

James Adair was an Englishman who lived and traded among the southeastern Indians for more than 30 years, from 1735 to 1768.