Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt
In an era of corporate downsizing and threats of a "jobless future," this book is a wake-up call to recover the vision of life beyond necessity that allows workers time to invest in family, community, and a democratic future
288 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 tables
Edward Shorter
An account of mental retardation through the eyes of the Kennedy Family
249 pages
| 6 x 9
| 14 halftones
Music and Community in Twentieth-Century Jewish Philadelphia
Hankus Netsky
The story of Philadelphia Jewish life through the music of klezmer
186 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table, 50 line drawings
Bacon, Dewey, and the Revolutionary Transformation of Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century
Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, John Puckett, Matthew Hartley, Rita A. Hodges, Francis E. Johnston, and Joann Weeks
Argues for and proposes concrete means to radically transform research universities to function as democratic, civic, and community-engaged institutions
210 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure
Toward a Social Logic of the Derivative
Randy Martin
What derivatives and excess, economic and otherwise, tell us about the state of global capital and culture
280 pages
| 6 x 9
Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz
Tracing the history and development of visual traditions in the Kongo religions of Africa and Cuba (where it is known as Palo Monte)
240 pages
| 7 x 10
| 10 tables, 66 figures, 63 halftones