Democracy
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An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America
$32.50 Add to cartThis is a story about a dangerous idea–one which ignited revolutions in America, France, and Haiti; burst across Europe in the revolutions of 1848; and returned to inflame a new generation of intelle
- Author: Stewart, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1324003626
- Language: English
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We’ve Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible
$18.99 Read more“Uplifting. . . . O’Rourke gets an A-plus on both the moral frisson of the long fight and the rightness of the cause. . . . The happy warrior from Texas is inspiring.” –The Washington Post
Activist a- Author: O’Rourke, Beto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250852463
- Language: English
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Patriarcha: The Complete Political Works – Imperium Press
$20.95 Add to cartRobert Filmer is the greatest proponent of the divine right of kings the English-speaking world has ever produced. Writing in defence of the Stuart kings against an increasingly strident parliament, h
- Author: Filmer, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: September 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1922602167
- Language: English
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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
$24.95 Add to cartWhy our belief in government by the people is unrealistic–and what we can do about it
Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic po- Series: Princeton Studies in Political Behavior #4
- Author: Achen, Christopher H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: August 29 2017
- ISBN10: 0691178240
- Language: English
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Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
$19.95 Add to cartA new edition of a celebrated contemporary work on race and racism
Praised by a wide variety of people from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Zadie Smith, Racecraft “ought to be positioned,” as Bookforum put it, “a- Author: Fields, Barbara J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 183976564X
- Language: English
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A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
$24.99 Add to cartFrom an award-winning historian, a “vivid” (Wall Street Journal) account of the revolution that created the modern world
The French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas
- Author: Popkin, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1541620178
- Language: English
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Democracy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed — the demos — have a say in gov- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Zack, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0192845063
- Language: English
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We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy
$18.95 Add to cartFrom the former faith adviser to President Obama comes an inspirational guide for those who seek to promote positive social change and build a more diverse and just democracy
The goal of social change- Author: Patel, Eboo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0807008230
- Language: English
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Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People–And the Fight to Resist It
$30.00 Read moreA riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democracy and entrench their power—and the movement to stop them.
The mob that stormed the Capitol on Janu- Author: Berman, Ari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 037460021X
- Language: English
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It Could Happen Here: Why America Is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable-And How We Can Stop It
$19.99 Add to cart“Refreshingly candid . . . Get off Instagram and read this book.” –Sacha Baron Cohen
From the dynamic head of ADL, an impassioned argument about the terrifying path that America finds itself on today
- Author: Greenblatt, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0063269139
- Language: English
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The American Revolution: A History
$21.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact… [more below]- Series: Modern Library Chronicles
- Author: Wood, Gordon S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 19 2003
- ISBN10: 0812970411
- Language: English
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A People’s History of the United States
$27.99 Add to cartTHE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“A wonderful, splendid book–a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for
- Series: Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions
- Author: Zinn, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: June 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0061965596
- Language: English
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Democracy in America and Two Essays on America
$16.00 Add to cartA contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist
In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil serv- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Tocqueville, Alexis de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: July 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0140447601
- Language: English
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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
$44.00 Add to cartFrom the former secretary of state and bestselling author — a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.
“This heartfelt- Author: Rice, Condoleezza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1455540188
- Language: English
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Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan
$20.00 Read moreA brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before it’s too late–from the former U… [more below]
- Author: Holder, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0593445767
- Language: English
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Democracy in a Hotter Time: Climate Change and Democratic Transformation
$24.95 Read moreThe first major book to deal with the dual crises of democracy and climate change as one interrelated threat to the human future and to identify a path forward.
Democracy in a Hotter Time calls for re- Author: Orr, David W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048590
- Language: English
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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
$21.00 Add to cartIn a front-page review in the Washington Post Book World, John Judis wrote: “Political analysts have been poring over exit polls and precinct-level votes to gauge the meaning of last November’s electi… [more below]
- Author: Lasch, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 21 2011
- ISBN10: 0393313719
- Language: English
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School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education
$28.95 Read moreAn investigative study of the far-right’s attack on education and an on-the-ground look at the parent activist battle, on either side of the debate, to control the future of public schools
For well ov- Author: Pappano, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0807012661
- Language: English
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Democracy in America: Abridged Edition
$19.99 Add to cartThe abridged edition of the enduring masterwork–a classic portrait of America’s culture and people.
Originally penned in the mid-nineteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in Ame
- Series: P.S.
- Author: de Tocqueville, Alexis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0060008733
- Language: English
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What Does the Constitution Say?: A Kid’s Guide to How Our Democracy Works
$19.99 Add to cartIf you’ve never read the Constitution, let this guidebook help you! Featuring fun facts, cool illustrations, and even hilarious jokes, What Does the Constitution Say? will help you understand how our
- Author: Sheehan, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0762498471
- Language: English
