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The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex. This work discusses the role played by university administrators in making their universities dependent upon military foundation and industrial patronage.
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Exposes US efforts to fight drug trafficking and abuse. This book argues that only by situating drug issues in the context of our fundamental institutions - the family, neighborhoods, and schools - can we hope to provide viable treatment, prevention, and law enforcement.
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Focusing on blues, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, and soul music, this text explores the rich musical heritage of African Americans in California. The contributors describe individual artists, lacales, groups, musical styles and regional qualities.
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Until the late 19th century, Jews were identified in their own religious and poetic imagination as wanderers, their sacred center -... Læs mere
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Overturns the common assumption that apartheid in South Africa was enforced only through terror and coercion. Without understating the role of violent intervention, this book shows that apartheid was sustained by a great and ever-swelling bureaucracy.
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Spanning the period between Spanish colonization and the early-20th century, this study examines the histories of Spanish and American... Læs mere
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These 16 literary and historical essays cover a wide range of subjects, from Greek attitudes toward death to the mysteries of the Delphic... Læs mere
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Examining the work of Plato, Descartes, Hume and Wittgenstein, this introduction to the central topics of Western philosophical thought explores... Læs mere
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In this text, palaeontologist Niles Eldredge reviews the relation between biological and cultural evolution, showing how the agricultural revolution freed humans from dependence on local... Læs mere
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The prose writings of Charles Olson (1910-1970) have had a far-reaching impact on post-World War II American poetics. This volume presents his works published for the most part between... Læs mere
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Challenges the dominant legal history of American Indians and their tribes - a history that concedes far too much power to the laws and... Læs mere
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Radical ecology typically brings to mind media images of ecological activists standing before loggers' saws, staging anti-nuclear marches, and confronting polluters on the high seas. This book offers a balanced appraisal of radical ecology's principles, goals, and limitations.