An Essay in the History of the Radical Sensibility in America, Hardcover - L. S. Halprin

How do you use the word "radical?" Committed to the progressive? The cooperative? The communal? The equalitarian? In so far as social, political, a...

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One animal left India in 1515, caged in the hold of a Portuguese ship, and sailed around Africa to Lisbon--the first of its species to see Europe f...

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Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Grant FarredNumber of pages: 208Collection: Thinking TheoryPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 140...

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The book An Essay on the Principle of Population was first published anonymously in 1798, but the author was soon identified as Thomas Robert Malth...

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"Genuine and raw...a heartfelt work of despair, triumph, and redemption." --Boston Globe The critically acclaimed Heart of the Game--subtitled "Lif...

DescriptionAt the crux of America's history stand two astounding events: the immediate and complete destruction of the most powerful system of slav...

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DescriptionFrom the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution fro...

DescriptionThrough the story of Tamara, an abused Native American girl, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan tells the story of the many children livi...

This famous book by preacher and theologian Ethan Smith puts forth the notion that the Native American tribes are descended from the Ten Lost Tribe...

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Contributor(s): Author: Alasdair MacIntyreAlasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argue...

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Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative - Alasdair MacIntyre

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