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Brave and long overdue. . . . A thoughtful and historically grounded critique of US traditions in curriculum and teaching which brings seriousness and sympathy to a debate that often lacks both qualities. This is thinking for a new world and a new century".--Jay Featherstone, Professor of Education, Michigan State University.

An urgent case for an international body that will foster a more stable, viable global financial system.

This "glorious and frightening read" (MT Magazine) examines capitalism's place as the universal social and economic order of our time. Now truly global, twenty-first century capitalism -- aided by extraordinary advances in technology and communication and by unfettered global financial markets -- has a speed, inevitability, and force that it has not had before. In Global Capitalism, now available in paperback, leading political and economic an...

A penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the history of migration and refugees from a leading expert in the field.

Goldstein argues that Americans need to face up to what the war on terrorism costs the average American, both in taxes and in changes to our way of life.

An award-winning collection of over fifty gay and lesbian coming-of-age stories. A free teaching guide is available.

A look at new international laws designed to control the environment.

Acknowledged as one of the classic texts on social policy, Richard M. Titmuss's study of blood donating raises profound economic, political, and philosophical questions. This updated edition contains the original text along with a series of essays by editors and experts in the field, applying Titmuss's theories to contemporary problems such as AIDS and the privatization of health care. 388 pp.

Written by the award-winning duo who produced the groundbreaking college textbook Who Built America?, this book is an innovative examination of the ways that "ordinary" people--men and women, white and black, Northern and Southern--experienced and helped shape the events during the time of the Civil War and Reconstruction. The vital role of African Americans is especially highlighted. Illustrations & photos throughout.

Available for the first time in an inexpensive paperback edition--letters, personal testimonies, transcripts, and records depicting the drama of Emancipation in the midst of the nation's bloodiest conflict. Drawn from the award-winning Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation.

Selected spiritual writings by men and women whose experience and doctrine have helped shape Christianity. Ample introductions give biographical sketches plus historical background.

A gripping expose" (Publishers Weekly) of the conditions faced by Chinese illegal aliens in the United States.

This sequel to the bestselling MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT focuses on sixteen key First Amendment cases illustrating the most controversial debates over issues of free speech, freedom of the press, and the right to assemble. Includes actual oral arguments made before the Supreme Court by well-known attorneys, along with transcripts placing speakers and cases in context.

The scripts of award-winning film director Ingmar Bergman have been among the most important documents in film history. Though his vision in such films as Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal has shaped our thinking about the cinema, none of his most recent films have been shown in U.S. theaters. This book brings to English readers for the first time some of the finest creations of Bergman's mature years.In these three scenarios of extraordi...

Like a Garcia Marquez novel that has suddenly, horrifyingly, come to real life" (New York Newsday), Fear in Chile is an extraordinary collection of first-person accounts of life under dictatorship. In the 1980s, shortly after Chile emerged from one of the century's most notorious reigns of terror, Chilean journalist Patricia Politzer interviewed figures including a revolutionary activist, a military leader loyal to General Augusto Pinochet, a ...

A leading feminist scholar's breakthrough study of gender bias in the social sciences.

Developed by Martha Minow for use in her own course on family law at Harvard Law School, this book brings together writings from sociology, history, psychology, economics, and fiction, as well as law, to address the gap between existing legislation on familial issues (including marriage, parenthood, and divorce) and family lives as they are really lived today.

A conservative political thinker in the 1980s, Gray concludes that the conservative agenda is no longer viable. In his examination of the ripple effects of the economic turmoil in Russia and Asia on our collective future, Gray provides a passionate polemic against the utopia of the free market.

An examination of the economic and environmental consequences of the overthrow of communism.

The first book in The New Press Back-to-Basics Series explains the importance of equality in an age of growing inequality.