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Essays that focus on the authors' observations of race relations in Brazil from the first decade of the century through the 1980s

Logical reasons for being an atheist

An analysis of the debate surrounding the future of "waged work" and the growth of an informal economy

Challenging the notion that there is a single, global process of economic restructuring to which cities must submit

Tracing the course of Black Power Movements from the 18th century to the present

A history of a systematic anti-Japanese movement in Hawaii from the time migrant workers were brought to the sugar cane fields until the end of World War II

The first study comparing the long-term effectiveness of voluntary desegregation plans with magnet programs to mandatory reassignment plans

The change in popular consolation literature over two centuries

Ethnic enclaves as an alternative means of incorporation into the larger society

The judicial history and implications of Lynch v. Donnelly

A philosophical discussion of Artificial Intelligence

Mason explores the changing politics of place in New Jersey's Pine Barrens

An American physician and photographer narrates his visual journey through the refugee camps of Eastern Sudan

How transport modes can be combined to produce affordable and environmentally sound solutions

A philosophical case study of Kiefer's work

Tracing a career that lasted from 1912 into the 1950s, Havig describes the "verbal slapstick" style that was Fred Allen's hallmark and legacy to American comedy

Challenging the idea that MTV presents only negative and sexist images of women

A ground-breaking work in ecofeminism, biotechnology, and social ethics

An analysis of the debate surrounding the future of "waged work" and the growth of an informal economy

A powerful indictment of U.S. intervention in Central America

Insightful explorations of moral limits to human interactions

The first analysis of the development of the jook and other dance arenas in African-American culture

A critical survey of a number of philosophical approaches to law and judicial decision-making

An analysis of American politics from the vantage point of the Latino political condition

Defining and changing perceptions of ethnic identity

A thought-provoking study of how photographers created images of the Depression that shaped the public's view

Critically investigating crucial moral issues generated by academic life

Criticizes the common belief that we are entitled to exploit animals for our benefit because they are not as rational as people

An investigation of Abbagnano's attempt to raise possibility to a level of prime importance and his understanding of existence

Despite the Gulf War and other regional wars, militarism is in decisive retreat

A political theory that encourage workers to become politically active to gain participatory rights and a means to strengthen the democratic process as a whole

Discusses the reasons why and the degree to which privacy should be protected

A much-needed survey of the spectacular growth of interest in social history in the West

An examination of the presence and persistence of urban poverty and the dilemmas of local reform

Presents the diversity that has always been the hallmark of Black psychology, exploding the myth that self-hatred is the dominant theme in Black identity

Challenging current interpretations of Jamaican events and politics

A critical examination of historical and contemporary sociological treatments of relationships between society and nature

Showing that increased politicization of the Justice Department makes the work of the nation's lawyer an integral component of executive policy-making

Examining how labor unions and corporations negotiate and cooperate on job design and computerization and technological change in the workplace

African American philosophers discuss "underclass"

The passionate career of one of the Old Left's most influential spokesmen

Contradictions in philosophy and practice in a residential drug abuse treatment facility

"...the nearest thing we have in the twentieth century to a global folk music."

The eploration of family care for disabled elderly people

A comparison of the expansion of workers' control after 1970 with the situation in the 1960s

Examining legal and philosophical problems for a new social contract that is fair to workers

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