Christopher Lasch
"[A] passionate, compelling, and disturbing argument that the ills of democracy in the United States today arise from the default of its elites." —John Gray, New York Times Book Review (front-page review)More
Christopher Lasch
In the American political vocabulary, "family" and "family values" no longer simply evoke pictures of harmonious scenes; they also push our buttons (left and right) about what is wrong with society.More
Helen Caldicott
"As a physician, I contend that nuclear technology threatens life on our planet with extinction. If present trends continue, the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink will soon be contaminated with enough radioactive pollutants to pose a potential health hazard far greater than any plague humanity has ever experienced."--Helen CaldicottMore
Walter LaFeber
Second Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume / 1750 to the Present
In this leading text, Walter LaFeber offers a comprehensive history of American foreign relations from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. His narrative account features several major themes: the connections between U.S. foreign policy and domestic politics; the impact of American economic development on foreign policy interests; popular culture, particularly film, as a filter for public opinion on American commitments abroad; the roles of public opinion, leadership, and bureaucracy in the formation of policy.More
Pamela Constable, Arturo Valenzuela
"This will stand as the definitive work on Chile under Pinochet for many years to come."—Library JournalMore
Walter LaFeber
Second Edition
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are five
small countries, and yet no other part of the world is more important to
the US.More
Laurence H. Tribe
"An important work on a monumental subject." —Anna Quindlen, New York Times Book ReviewMore
Alan Durning
An account of the detrimental effects of consumption and consumer behaviour on the world's natural environment.More
Mary D. Edsall, Thomas Byrne Edsall
Three volatile issues—race, rights, and taxes—drive American politics today.More
Mark Fried, Eduardo Galeano
The title of We Say No is drawn from a speech delivered by Eduardo Galeano in support of democracy in Chile in 1988.More
Niccolò Machiavelli, Robert M. Adams
Second Edition
Robert M. Adams’s superb translation of Machiavelli’s best-known work is again the basis for this Norton Critical Edition.More
Christopher Lasch
"A major and challenging work. . . . Provocative, and certain to be controversial. . . . Will add important new dimension to the continuing debate on the decline of liberalism." —William Julius Wilson, New York Times Book ReviewMore
Jim Sleeper
"In this study of race relations in N.Y.C., Sleeper, an editorial writer for New York Newsday, harshly criticizes both black leaders and their liberal supporters for pointing a finger at America's racist society rather than setting concrete goals to overcome inequality." —Kirkus ReviewsMore
Herman Belz, Winfred Harbison, Alfred H. Kelly
Seventh Edition / Volume(s): 1
In this new edition of the standard text in the field of American constitutional history, Herman Belz has brought the most up-to-date scholarship to bear on discussions from the adoption of the Constitution through the retirement of Justice Brennan and the confirmation of David Scouter to the U.S. Supreme Court.More
Peter Schuck
Is it possible for the United States to sell innovative, competitive products, services, and technologies in the domestic and world markets of the 1990s without sacrificing consumer safety?More