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Politics & Society

Culture & Civ­i­liza­tion

151 books

The Age of Napoleon
The Age of Napoleon Will Durant
Baptists and the Bible
Baptists and the Bible L. Russ Bush
Fantasyland
Fantasyland Kurt Andersen
The Library Book
The Library Book Susan Orlean
The City in History
The City in History Lewis Mumford
The Discoverers
The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin
The Guarded Gate
The Guarded Gate Daniel Okrent
Can We Trust the Gospels?
Can We Trust the Gospels? Peter J. Williams
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer
The History of the Peloponnesian War
The History of the Pelo­pon­nesian War Thucydides
Merchant Princes
Merchant Princes Leon A. Harris
The Information
The Information James Gleick
Alexander and the East
Alexander and the East A. B. Bosworth
The WEIRDest People in the World
The WEIRDest People in the World Joseph Henrich
Bass Culture
Bass Culture Lloyd Bradley
Borrow
Borrow Louis Hyman
Bankers and Pashas
Bankers and Pashas David S. Landes
Fragments
Fragments Heraclitus
Before the Industrial Revolution
Before the Industrial Revolution Carlo M. Cipolla
Capital Ideas
Capital Ideas Peter L. Bernstein
Black Athena
Black Athena Martin Bernal
Hons and Rebels
Hons and Rebels Jessica Mitford
From Jesus to Christianity
From Jesus to Chris­tian­i­ty L. Michael White
Blood and Thunder
Blood and Thunder Hampton Sides
History of Western Philosophy
History of Western Philosophy Bertrand Russell
Bosnia
Bosnia Noel Malcolm
Changes in the Land
Changes in the Land William Cronon
I Judge No One
I Judge No One David Lloyd Dusenbury
City of Fortune
City of Fortune Roger Crowley
El Desarrollo Estabilizador
El Desarrollo Es­ta­bi­lizador Antonio Ortiz Mena
Federal Taxation in America
Federal Taxation in America W. Elliot Brownlee
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
Jesus and the Eye­wit­ness­es Richard Bauckham
Collapse of the Bronze Age
Collapse of the Bronze Age Manuel Robbins
Conquerors
Conquerors Roger Crowley
Cover of 'Adios motherfucker'
Adios, Moth­er­fuck­er Michael Ruffino
Mortal Republic
Mortal Republic Edward J. Watts
Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women Ricky Jay
The Democratization of American Christianity
The De­moc­ra­ti­za­tion of American Chris­tian­i­ty Nathan O. Hatch
Heaven on Earth
Heaven on Earth Joshua Muravchik
The Discovery of the Unconscious
The Discovery of the Unconscious Henri F. Ellenberger
How Democracies Die
How Democracies Die Steven Levitsky
Weeds
Weeds Richard Mabey
Life in the English Country House
Life in the English Country House Mark Girouard
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters Daniel Hannan
Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America
Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America Lars Schoultz
The Forge and the Crucible
The Forge and the Crucible Mircea Eliade
The Discovery of the Mind
The Discovery of the Mind Bruno Snell
Memory of the World
Memory of the World UNESCO
The Dream of Reason
The Dream of Reason Anthony Gottlieb
Microcosm
Microcosm Norman Davies
Mint Condition
Mint Condition Dave Jamieson
Moorish Spain
Moorish Spain Richard Fletcher
Emergence of a Free Press
Emergence of a Free Press Leonard W. Levy
Secrets of Strength
Secrets of Strength Earle Liederman
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me James W. Loewen
Horizontal Vertigo
Horizontal Vertigo Juan Villoro
Erdogan's Empire
Erdogan's Empire Soner Cagaptay
Magnificent Rebels
Magnificent Rebels Andrea Wulf
Imperialism at Bay
Imperialism at Bay William Roger Louis
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz Michela Wrong
Difficult Women
Difficult Women Helen Lewis
Intellectuals in the Middle Ages
In­tel­lec­tu­als in the Middle Ages Jacques Le Goff
John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire
John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire William Earl Weeks
Rome and the Eastern Churches
Rome and the Eastern Churches Fr. Aidan Nichols O.P.
Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes
Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes George Catlin
Lawrence in Arabia
Lawrence in Arabia Scott Anderson
Hard-Boiled Hollywood
Hard-Boiled Hollywood Jon Lewis
Confronting the Third World
Confronting the Third World Gabriel Kolko
History of the Conquest of Mexico
History of the Conquest of Mexico William H. Prescott
Fermat's Enigma
Fermat's Enigma Simon Singh
Ordeal of Civility
Ordeal of Civility John Murray Cuddihy
One True God
One True God Rodney Stark
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Arthur Herman
The Bet
The Bet Paul Sabin
From Counterculture to Cyberculture
From Coun­ter­cul­ture to Cy­ber­cul­ture Fred Turner
I Didn't Do It for You
I Didn't Do It for You Michela Wrong
Metaphors of Memory
Metaphors of Memory Douwe Draaisma
Outline of Philippine Mythology
Outline of Philippine Mythology F. Landa Jocano
Defender in Chief
Defender in Chief John Yoo
European Empires
European Empires V.G. Kiernan
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen Hilary Davidson
Mephistopheles
Mephistophe­les Jeffrey Burton Russell
From Shame to Sin
From Shame to Sin Kyle Harper
Dark Archives
Dark Archives Megan Rosenbloom
City of Djinns
City of Djinns William Dalrymple
Civilisation
Civil­i­sa­tion Kenneth Clark
Dynasty
Dynasty Tom Holland
Main Currents of Marxism
Main Currents of Marxism Leszek Kolakowski
Enlightenment
En­light­en­ment Roy Porter
Life and Death of the Image
Life and Death of the Image Régis Debray
Subculture: The Meaning of Style
Subculture: The Meaning of Style Dick Hebdige
The Making of Heritage
The Making of Heritage Nathalie Heinich
Between Metropole and Colony
Between Metropole and Colony Ann Laura Stoler
The Rediscovery of America
The Rediscovery of America Ned Blackhawk
Beyond Nature and Culture
Beyond Nature and Culture Philippe Descola
Man and Death
Man and Death Edgar Morin
Race and History
Race and History Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Accursed Share
The Accursed Share Georges Bataille
The Era of Emptiness
The Era of Emptiness Gilles Lipovetsky
Totalitarianism
To­tal­i­tar­i­an­ism Hannah Arendt
The Past: Instructions for Use
The Past: In­struc­tions for Use Enzo Traverso
Tristes Tropiques
Tristes Tropiques Claude Lévi-Strauss
Caliban and the Witch
Caliban and the Witch Silvia Federici
There Never Was a West
There Never Was a West David Graeber
Liquid Life
Liquid Life Zygmunt Bauman
The Composition of Worlds
The Composition of Worlds Philippe Descola
The Art of Not Being Governed
The Art of Not Being Governed James C. Scott
The Fabulous Adventure of Humans and Animals
The Fabulous Adventure of Humans and Animals Boris Cyrulnik
The Division of Labour in Society
The Division of Labour in Society Émile Durkheim
The Fall of Public Man
The Fall of Public Man Richard Sennett
The French Archipelago
The French Archipelago Jérôme Fourquet
The French Mystery
The French Mystery Hervé Le Bras
The Savage Mind
The Savage Mind Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Spears of Twilight
The Spears of Twilight Philippe Descola
The Society of Individuals
The Society of Individuals Norbert Elias
We Have Never Been Modern
We Have Never Been Modern Bruno Latour
We Are All Cannibals
We Are All Cannibals Claude Lévi-Strauss
Living on the Streets of Paris
Living on the Streets of Paris Arlette Farge
Enrichment
Enrichment Luc Boltanski
Orientalism
Orientalism Edward Said
The French Melting Pot
The French Melting Pot Gérard Noiriel
The Inheritors
The Inheritors Pierre Bourdieu
Upheaval
Upheaval Jared Diamond
Heritage in Question
Heritage in Question Françoise Choay
The Artist's Life in the Nineteenth Century
The Artist's Life in the Nineteenth Century Anne Martin-Fugier
The Making of the National Writer
The Making of the National Writer Anne-Marie Thiesse
Economic Anthropology
Economic An­thro­pol­o­gy Claude Meillassoux
Provincializing Europe
Provin­cial­iz­ing Europe Dipesh Chakrabarty
Slavery in Greece and Rome
Slavery in Greece and Rome Jean Andreau
The Making of the Consumer
The Making of the Consumer Anthony Galluzzo
Alienation and Acceleration
Alienation and Ac­cel­er­a­tion Hartmut Rosa
Heart of the Banlieue
Heart of the Banlieue David Lepoutre
Losing One's Culture
Losing One's Culture David Berliner
Purity and Danger
Purity and Danger Mary Douglas
Sensing-Thinking with the Earth
Sensing-Thinking with the Earth Arturo Escobar
The End of Exoticism
The End of Exoticism Alban Bensa
The Nuer
The Nuer E. E. Evans-Pritchard
The Geopolitics of Emotion
The Geopolitics of Emotion Dominique Moïsi
The Plural Man
The Plural Man Bernard Lahire
Bali
Bali Clifford Geertz
Forbidding the Image
Forbidding the Image Arnaud Esquerre
The Gift
The Gift Marcel Mauss
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Argonauts of the Western Pacific Bronisław Malinowski
Public Figures
Public Figures Antoine Lilti
Contact and Distance
Contact and Distance Alexis Lévrier
The Creation of National Identities
The Creation of National Identities Anne-Marie Thiesse
Change in Schools
Change in Schools Antoine Prost
Anthropology of the Body and Modernity
An­thro­pol­o­gy of the Body and Modernity David Le Breton
Digital Culture
Digital Culture Dominique Cardon
Technopoly
Technopoly Neil Postman
Possession and Shamanism
Possession and Shamanism Bertrand Hell