History/Philosophy Books
Contributing Articles in History/Philosophy Books
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Through Women's Eyes: An American History
In Through Women's Eyes: An American History With Documents, Ellen Carol DuBois and Lynn Dumenil blend primary sources with women's history to create a unique textbook.
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Melbourne – A City Lost and Found
In this fascinating history of the family demolishing firm, Whelan the Wreckers, Melbourne writer Robyn Annear re-imagines a lost city and brings it back to life.
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The Cosmic Race by José Vasconcelos
In The Cosmic Race ("La Raza Cósmica" in Spanish), José Vasconcelos argues that racial diversity and interbreeding will produce one superior race. Is it code for purity?
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions changed how historians and scientists view scientific progress, not as a linear march but as bold paradigm shifts.
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Gordon S. Wood's Empire of Liberty
Wood provides an excellent overview of the early American republic, emphasizing the egalitarian forces unleashed by the Revolution that influenced society.
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The Other America
Michael Harrington's book, The Other America: Poverty in the United States, provides a sobering analysis of poverty in the United States in the 1960s.
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New Books Honor African Americans
Dr. and Mrs. King exchange words of love amid hate, rioting and violence. The NAACP advances the cause of equality while Jim Crow Laws are alive and doing damage today.
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