Johnson applies his popular and engaging style to The English House, investigating the past of the thousands of old structures we see across the UK. Focusing on historical and social aspects of the houses and the people who lived in them, this book brings to life how our homes changed over the centuries to reflect our priorities.
Johnson applies his popular and engaging style to The English House, investigating the past of the thousands of old structures we see across the UK. F...
Militarism has traditionally been regarded as a phenomenon of the political right. As this book demonstrates, however, various groups on the political left in Britain during the years before the Great War were able to accommodate, and even assimilate, militaristic ideas, sentiments, and policies to a remarkable degree.
Militarism has traditionally been regarded as a phenomenon of the political right. As this book demonstrates, however, various groups on the political...
Marx's influence is evident in a range of often incompatible and contradictory political movements and intellectual approaches. With a number of those movements now discredited by the experience of really existing socialism', and the academic left gravitating towards approaches which eschew authoritarian', essentialist' and ethnocentric' elements of orthodox Marxism, the relevance of Marx has been called into question.
Featuring chapters by Norman Geras, Joseph Femia, Alan Johnson, Paul Bowman, Ronaldo Munck, Lawrence Wilde, Mark Cowling, Chengyi Peng, Terrell Carver, Oliver Harrison...
Marx's influence is evident in a range of often incompatible and contradictory political movements and intellectual approaches. With a number of th...
This edited volume sheds light on why, even though he lost the 2020 election, more than 74 million people-nearly half of the American population-voted for Donald Trump. In his four years, President Trump was a divisive figure. Authored by scholars and activists from an array of disciplinary areas and backgrounds, this book addresses why certain groups of voters found Trump appealing, how the Trump campaign utilized fear and conspiracy theories to woo voters, lessons Democrats should learn from the 2020 election, and the role activism had in the election and in the continuation or amelioration...
This edited volume sheds light on why, even though he lost the 2020 election, more than 74 million people-nearly half of the American population-voted...
Over the last sixty years, administrators on college campuses nationwide have responded to black campus activists by making racial inclusion and inequality compatible. This bold argument is at the center of Matthew Johnson's powerful and controversial book. Focusing on the University of Michigan, often a key talking point in national debates about racial justice thanks to the contentious Gratz v. Bollinger 2003 Supreme Court case, Johnson argues that UM leaders incorporated black student dissent selectively into the institution's policies, practices, and values. This strategy was used to...
Over the last sixty years, administrators on college campuses nationwide have responded to black campus activists by making racial inclusion and inequ...
