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사회 정의 도서 요약

A Different Mirror

저자: Ronald Takaki • 1993

The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.

4.18

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🌍 Multicultural History 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Race In America 🧳 Immigrant Experiences 🏹 Settler Colonialism 🔨 Labor History

A Different Mirror

The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.

저자: Ronald Takaki 1993 508 페이지

4.18

5,000+ 개의 평점

🌍 Multicultural History 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Race In America 🧳 Immigrant Experiences 🏹 Settler Colonialism 🔨 Labor History

Unequal Democracy

저자: Larry M. Bartels • 2008

Three voter biases and a system blind to the poor built America's income gap.

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💰 Political Economy 📊 Income Inequality 🗳️ Voter Behavior 💵 Wealth And Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics

Unequal Democracy

Three voter biases and a system blind to the poor built America's income gap.

저자: Larry M. Bartels 2008 344 페이지

3.89

457 개의 평점

💰 Political Economy 📊 Income Inequality 🗳️ Voter Behavior 💵 Wealth And Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics

One Nation, Uninsured

저자: Jill Quadagno • 2005

Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.

3.61

123

🏥 Health Care Policy 📜 Public Health History 🏛️ Interest-Group Politics 🩺 Health Reform ⚖️ Racial Health Disparities

One Nation, Uninsured

Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.

저자: Jill Quadagno 2005 274 페이지

3.61

123 개의 평점

🏥 Health Care Policy 📜 Public Health History 🏛️ Interest-Group Politics 🩺 Health Reform ⚖️ Racial Health Disparities

How to Make a Killing

저자: Tom Mueller • 2023

America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.

3.92

461

🏥 For-Profit Healthcare 📰 Corporate Exposé ⚖️ Healthcare Disparities 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚕️ Medical Ethics

How to Make a Killing

America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.

저자: Tom Mueller 2023 288 페이지

3.92

461 개의 평점

🏥 For-Profit Healthcare 📰 Corporate Exposé ⚖️ Healthcare Disparities 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚕️ Medical Ethics

Klan-destine Relationships

저자: Daryl Davis • 1997

Alone and unarmed, a Black pianist walks into a KKK motel room. The handshake changes everything.

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168

🤝 Race Relations 👻 White Supremacy 🔍 Immersion Journalism 🌉 Bridging Divides 🌱 Transformative Encounters

Klan-destine Relationships

Alone and unarmed, a Black pianist walks into a KKK motel room. The handshake changes everything.

저자: Daryl Davis 1997 315 페이지

4.20

168 개의 평점

🤝 Race Relations 👻 White Supremacy 🔍 Immersion Journalism 🌉 Bridging Divides 🌱 Transformative Encounters

The Ground Breaking

저자: Scott Ellsworth • 2021

Tulsa destroyed Black Wall Street in 1921, then spent a century burying the crime.

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🏚️ Tulsa Race Massacre 🤫 Suppressed History 🦴 Forensic Anthropology ⚖️ Reparations 🎙️ Oral History

The Ground Breaking

Tulsa destroyed Black Wall Street in 1921, then spent a century burying the crime.

저자: Scott Ellsworth 2021 323 페이지

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1,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Tulsa Race Massacre 🤫 Suppressed History 🦴 Forensic Anthropology ⚖️ Reparations 🎙️ Oral History

Slavery and the Founders

저자: Paul Finkelman • 1995

The Constitution was built to protect slavery. The founders' ideals were the alibi, not the plan.

3.85

📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Slavery And The Law 🏛️ Founding Era Slavery 🧠 Racial Ideology 🔍 Revisionist History

Slavery and the Founders

The Constitution was built to protect slavery. The founders' ideals were the alibi, not the plan.

저자: Paul Finkelman 1995 272 페이지

3.85

54 개의 평점

📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Slavery And The Law 🏛️ Founding Era Slavery 🧠 Racial Ideology 🔍 Revisionist History

Jane Austen's Bookshelf

저자: Rebecca Romney • 2025

The canon buried Jane Austen's favorite women writers. A rare book dealer digs them back up.

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🏛️ Literary Canon ✊ Feminist Recovery 📖 Rare Book Collecting 🖋️ Austen Studies 🎓 Bluestockings

Jane Austen's Bookshelf

The canon buried Jane Austen's favorite women writers. A rare book dealer digs them back up.

저자: Rebecca Romney 2025 455 페이지

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7,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Literary Canon ✊ Feminist Recovery 📖 Rare Book Collecting 🖋️ Austen Studies 🎓 Bluestockings

A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

저자: Eric Foner • 1990

After the Civil War, America built an interracial democracy, then destroyed it.

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🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🕊️ Emancipation Studies 🗳️ Black Political Agency 🤝 Interracial Democracy ⚖️ Constitutional Change

A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

After the Civil War, America built an interracial democracy, then destroyed it.

저자: Eric Foner 1990 297 페이지

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2,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 🕊️ Emancipation Studies 🗳️ Black Political Agency 🤝 Interracial Democracy ⚖️ Constitutional Change

The Bloody Shirt

저자: Stephen Budiansky • 2008

Emancipation was overthrown by a targeted campaign of terror. The nation was too tired to stop it.

3.85

354

📜 Reconstruction Era 🎯 Racial Terrorism 🗳️ Voter Suppression 🏛️ Civil War Memory ⚪ White Backlash

The Bloody Shirt

Emancipation was overthrown by a targeted campaign of terror. The nation was too tired to stop it.

저자: Stephen Budiansky 2008 336 페이지

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354 개의 평점

📜 Reconstruction Era 🎯 Racial Terrorism 🗳️ Voter Suppression 🏛️ Civil War Memory ⚪ White Backlash

Paths Out of Dixie

저자: Robert Mickey • 2015

The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.

4.36

📍 Southern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🗳️ Voting Rights 🚫 Racial Segregation 🏢 One-Party Rule

Paths Out of Dixie

The Jim Crow South was authoritarian, not democratic. It fell along three distinct paths.

저자: Robert Mickey 2015 584 페이지

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39 개의 평점

📍 Southern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🗳️ Voting Rights 🚫 Racial Segregation 🏢 One-Party Rule

A Need to Kill

저자: Mark Pettit • 1990

A paperboy's abduction in Nebraska sparks a hunt for a serial child killer hiding as a scoutmaster.

3.88

339

🧒 Serial Child Murders 🔍 Criminal Profiling 😈 Hidden Predator 🌾 Small Town Terror ⚖️ Death Penalty Debate

A Need to Kill

A paperboy's abduction in Nebraska sparks a hunt for a serial child killer hiding as a scoutmaster.

저자: Mark Pettit 1990 265 페이지

3.88

339 개의 평점

🧒 Serial Child Murders 🔍 Criminal Profiling 😈 Hidden Predator 🌾 Small Town Terror ⚖️ Death Penalty Debate

Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It

저자: Mark Coeckelbergh • 2024

AI dismantles democracy not by malice but by logic. The philosophical fightback begins here.

3.26

🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Technology Ethics 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🤖 Ai Governance ⚡ Power And Technology

Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It

AI dismantles democracy not by malice but by logic. The philosophical fightback begins here.

저자: Mark Coeckelbergh 2024 144 페이지

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54 개의 평점

🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Technology Ethics 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🤖 Ai Governance ⚡ Power And Technology

Syzyfowe prace

저자: Stefan Żeromski • 1898

A Polish boy's school wants to erase his nation. The books they ban become his lifeline.

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🏴 Cultural Resistance 🏫 Boarding School Life 📚 Forbidden Books 🌍 Political Awakening 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Syzyfowe prace

A Polish boy's school wants to erase his nation. The books they ban become his lifeline.

저자: Stefan Żeromski 1898 238 페이지

2.38

8,000+ 개의 평점

🏴 Cultural Resistance 🏫 Boarding School Life 📚 Forbidden Books 🌍 Political Awakening 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Why the New Deal Matters

저자: Eric Rauchway • 2021

Democracies fell to fascism. America tried something different: paychecks and public works.

3.98

235

🏛️ New Deal 📜 Progressive Reform 🗳️ Democratic Resilience 🏗️ Public Works ⚖️ Racial Inequality

Why the New Deal Matters

Democracies fell to fascism. America tried something different: paychecks and public works.

저자: Eric Rauchway 2021 232 페이지

3.98

235 개의 평점

🏛️ New Deal 📜 Progressive Reform 🗳️ Democratic Resilience 🏗️ Public Works ⚖️ Racial Inequality

The Acquisitive Society

저자: R.H. Tawney • 1920

When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.

4.09

110

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Critique Of Capitalism ✝️ Christian Socialism 📜 Moral Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice

The Acquisitive Society

When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.

저자: R.H. Tawney 1920 192 페이지

4.09

110 개의 평점

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Critique Of Capitalism ✝️ Christian Socialism 📜 Moral Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice

Black Power

저자: Stokely Carmichael • 1967

Racism isn't prejudice. It's a colonial system, and the only cure is politics by the colonized.

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🖤 Black Radicalism 🌍 Anti-Colonial Thought ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Electoral Politics ⛓️ Systemic Racism

Black Power

Racism isn't prejudice. It's a colonial system, and the only cure is politics by the colonized.

저자: Stokely Carmichael 1967 256 페이지

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2,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Black Radicalism 🌍 Anti-Colonial Thought ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Electoral Politics ⛓️ Systemic Racism

Earth Democracy

저자: Vandana Shiva • 2005

The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.

3.97

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🍽️ Food Politics 🌍 Anti-Globalization ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🏞️ The Commons 🏢 Corporate Power

Earth Democracy

The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.

저자: Vandana Shiva 2005 205 페이지

3.97

500+ 개의 평점

🍽️ Food Politics 🌍 Anti-Globalization ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🏞️ The Commons 🏢 Corporate Power

The Privatization of Everything

저자: Donald Cohen • 2021

The $2,315 COVID test wasn't a glitch. It was privatization, and it has remade American life.

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🏛️ Privatization Critique 📊 Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power ⚠️ Market Failure 💸 Austerity Politics

The Privatization of Everything

The $2,315 COVID test wasn't a glitch. It was privatization, and it has remade American life.

저자: Donald Cohen 2021 320 페이지

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500+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Privatization Critique 📊 Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power ⚠️ Market Failure 💸 Austerity Politics

Don't Talk About Politics

저자: Sarah Stein Lubrano • 2025

Arguments rarely change political minds. New experiences, real friendships, and public benches do.

4.10

372

🧠 Political Psychology 🏛️ Public Sphere 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Social Infrastructure ⚡ Political Polarization

Don't Talk About Politics

Arguments rarely change political minds. New experiences, real friendships, and public benches do.

저자: Sarah Stein Lubrano 2025 288 페이지

4.10

372 개의 평점

🧠 Political Psychology 🏛️ Public Sphere 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Social Infrastructure ⚡ Political Polarization

Different, Not Less

저자: Chloé Hayden • 2022

An autistic guide to sensory overload, finding your people, and building a life that fits.

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🧩 Autism In Women 📖 Autistic Memoir 🔍 Late Diagnosis 🧠 Sensory Processing 🎭 Masking

Different, Not Less

An autistic guide to sensory overload, finding your people, and building a life that fits.

저자: Chloé Hayden 2022 283 페이지

4.26

5,000+ 개의 평점

🧩 Autism In Women 📖 Autistic Memoir 🔍 Late Diagnosis 🧠 Sensory Processing 🎭 Masking

Progressivism

저자: Walter Nugent • 2009

The landmark Progressive Era reforms owed less to urban crusaders than to angry farmers.

3.48

125

🏛️ Progressive Era 💰 Gilded Age 🗳️ Political Reform 🌾 Populism ⛪ Social Gospel

Progressivism

The landmark Progressive Era reforms owed less to urban crusaders than to angry farmers.

저자: Walter Nugent 2009 160 페이지

3.48

125 개의 평점

🏛️ Progressive Era 💰 Gilded Age 🗳️ Political Reform 🌾 Populism ⛪ Social Gospel

Wards of the State

저자: Claudia Rowe • 2025

America spends $31.4 billion a year on foster care. Half the children leave with criminal records.

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🏛️ Foster Care System 🧠 Developmental Trauma ⚖️ Institutional Harm 👨‍⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration

Wards of the State

America spends $31.4 billion a year on foster care. Half the children leave with criminal records.

저자: Claudia Rowe 2025 256 페이지

4.38

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Foster Care System 🧠 Developmental Trauma ⚖️ Institutional Harm 👨‍⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration

Breaking the Zero-Sum Game

저자: Aldo Boitano de Moras • 2017

Winners need losers: the default leadership script. What happens when inclusive models rewrite it.

4.00

🫂 Inclusive Leadership 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Shared Leadership 📖 Critical Theory

Breaking the Zero-Sum Game

Winners need losers: the default leadership script. What happens when inclusive models rewrite it.

저자: Aldo Boitano de Moras 2017 528 페이지

4.00

2 개의 평점

🫂 Inclusive Leadership 🧩 Systems Thinking 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Shared Leadership 📖 Critical Theory

The Fall of the House of Labor

저자: David Montgomery • 1987

Worker knowledge ran the factory floor. Management's fifty-year fight to seize it.

3.93

147

📚 Labor History 🛠️ Craft Unionism ⚙️ Scientific Management 🏭 Working Class Culture 💰 Gilded Age

The Fall of the House of Labor

Worker knowledge ran the factory floor. Management's fifty-year fight to seize it.

저자: David Montgomery 1987 508 페이지

3.93

147 개의 평점

📚 Labor History 🛠️ Craft Unionism ⚙️ Scientific Management 🏭 Working Class Culture 💰 Gilded Age

American Exceptionalism and American Innocence

저자: Roberto Sirvent • 2019

American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.

4.08

287

🏛️ American Empire 🪓 Settler Colonialism 📜 National Myths ⚪ White Supremacy 📢 Propaganda Studies

American Exceptionalism and American Innocence

American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.

저자: Roberto Sirvent 2019 256 페이지

4.08

287 개의 평점

🏛️ American Empire 🪓 Settler Colonialism 📜 National Myths ⚪ White Supremacy 📢 Propaganda Studies

The Populist Explosion

저자: John B. Judis • 2016

Populism is a language, not an ideology. The Great Recession taught the West to speak it.

3.74

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🔥 Populist Politics 💰 Neoliberalism Critique 🇺🇸 American Populism 🔄 Political Realignment 🇪🇺 European Union Crisis

The Populist Explosion

Populism is a language, not an ideology. The Great Recession taught the West to speak it.

저자: John B. Judis 2016 182 페이지

3.74

1,000+ 개의 평점

🔥 Populist Politics 💰 Neoliberalism Critique 🇺🇸 American Populism 🔄 Political Realignment 🇪🇺 European Union Crisis

Social Theory and Social Structure

저자: Robert K. Merton • 1949

Why false beliefs become real, rules outlast their purpose, and satisfaction is always relative.

4.23

124

🧪 Empirical Sociology 🦋 Unintended Consequences 🔄 Social Feedback Loops ⚠️ Social Deviance 🪞 Social Comparison

Social Theory and Social Structure

Why false beliefs become real, rules outlast their purpose, and satisfaction is always relative.

저자: Robert K. Merton 1949 702 페이지

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124 개의 평점

🧪 Empirical Sociology 🦋 Unintended Consequences 🔄 Social Feedback Loops ⚠️ Social Deviance 🪞 Social Comparison

Beyond Outrage

저자: Robert B. Reich • 2012

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

4.06

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🏚️ Economic Inequality 💰 Money In Politics 🏢 Corporate Power 📈 Progressive Economics 🏛️ Political Economy

Beyond Outrage

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

저자: Robert B. Reich 2012 72 페이지

4.06

2,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Economic Inequality 💰 Money In Politics 🏢 Corporate Power 📈 Progressive Economics 🏛️ Political Economy

A Nation Under Our Feet

저자: Steven Hahn • 2003

Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.

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🗳️ Reconstruction Era 🌾 Southern History 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🧠 Black Political Thought 🛡️ Resistance And Survival

A Nation Under Our Feet

Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.

저자: Steven Hahn 2003 624 페이지

4.11

500+ 개의 평점

🗳️ Reconstruction Era 🌾 Southern History 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🧠 Black Political Thought 🛡️ Resistance And Survival

Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz

저자: David Grayson • 2014

Playbook for corporate changemakers: recruit sponsors, build teams, scale pilot to global operation.

3.5

🏢 Intrapreneurship 🌱 Corporate Sustainability 💡 Social Innovation ✊ Employee Activism 🧭 Purpose-Driven Work

Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz

Playbook for corporate changemakers: recruit sponsors, build teams, scale pilot to global operation.

저자: David Grayson 2014 254 페이지

3.5

4 개의 평점

🏢 Intrapreneurship 🌱 Corporate Sustainability 💡 Social Innovation ✊ Employee Activism 🧭 Purpose-Driven Work

C. Wright Mills and the Power Elite

저자: G. William Domhoff • 1968

A united elite of generals, CEOs, and politicians controls America. Pluralism is a comforting myth.

4.53

🔌 Power Structures 👑 Elite Theory 🏢 Corporate Power 👥 Mass Society 📺 Media Manipulation

C. Wright Mills and the Power Elite

A united elite of generals, CEOs, and politicians controls America. Pluralism is a comforting myth.

저자: G. William Domhoff 1968 288 페이지

4.53

17 개의 평점

🔌 Power Structures 👑 Elite Theory 🏢 Corporate Power 👥 Mass Society 📺 Media Manipulation

Slave Nation

저자: Alfred W. Blumrosen • 2005

The American Revolution was not about taxes. It began when a British judge ruled slavery illegal.

4.02

113

📜 American Revolution ⛵ Colonial America ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism ⚖️ Legal History Of Slavery 🏛️ Constitutional Origins

Slave Nation

The American Revolution was not about taxes. It began when a British judge ruled slavery illegal.

저자: Alfred W. Blumrosen 2005 304 페이지

4.02

113 개의 평점

📜 American Revolution ⛵ Colonial America ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism ⚖️ Legal History Of Slavery 🏛️ Constitutional Origins

Bad Faith

저자: Randall Balmer • 2021

The Religious Right was born not from Roe but from a fight to defend segregated Christian schools.

4.25

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📖 American Evangelicalism ⚖️ Abortion Politics 🚫 Racial Segregation 🏛️ Movement Conservatism 🔍 Historical Revisionism

Bad Faith

The Religious Right was born not from Roe but from a fight to defend segregated Christian schools.

저자: Randall Balmer 2021 144 페이지

4.25

500+ 개의 평점

📖 American Evangelicalism ⚖️ Abortion Politics 🚫 Racial Segregation 🏛️ Movement Conservatism 🔍 Historical Revisionism

Adversarial Legalism

저자: Robert A. Kagan • 2003

The United States chose lawsuits over bureaucracy. Here is what that decision costs.

3.72

⚖️ Comparative Law 🏛️ Law And Society 🇺🇸 American Legal System 👨‍⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Litigation Culture

Adversarial Legalism

The United States chose lawsuits over bureaucracy. Here is what that decision costs.

저자: Robert A. Kagan 2003 352 페이지

3.72

72 개의 평점

⚖️ Comparative Law 🏛️ Law And Society 🇺🇸 American Legal System 👨‍⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Litigation Culture

Fault Lines in the Constitution

저자: Cynthia Levinson • 2017

Four times the Senate clout for small-state voters: the 1787 compromise still in charge.

4.00

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⚖️ Constitutional Law 🗳️ Voting Rights 📊 Unequal Representation 🔒 Legislative Gridlock 🔧 Constitutional Reform

Fault Lines in the Constitution

Four times the Senate clout for small-state voters: the 1787 compromise still in charge.

저자: Cynthia Levinson 2017 240 페이지

4.00

500+ 개의 평점

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🗳️ Voting Rights 📊 Unequal Representation 🔒 Legislative Gridlock 🔧 Constitutional Reform

Progress and Poverty

저자: Henry George • 1879

Machines and wealth multiply, yet wages fall and poverty deepens. The root is under every city.

4.30

500+

🏛️ Political Economy 📚 Classical Economics ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🌍 Land Reform 🏞️ Commons And Enclosure

Progress and Poverty

Machines and wealth multiply, yet wages fall and poverty deepens. The root is under every city.

저자: Henry George 1879 599 페이지

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🏛️ Political Economy 📚 Classical Economics ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🌍 Land Reform 🏞️ Commons And Enclosure

The Market Revolution in America

저자: John Lauritz Larson • 2009

From the Erie Canal to the cotton fields, free markets built America and then tore it apart.

3.60

🏦 American Economic History 📜 Antebellum America 🗳️ Capitalism And Democracy ⚖️ Political Economy 🔨 Labor History

The Market Revolution in America

From the Erie Canal to the cotton fields, free markets built America and then tore it apart.

저자: John Lauritz Larson 2009 224 페이지

3.60

88 개의 평점

🏦 American Economic History 📜 Antebellum America 🗳️ Capitalism And Democracy ⚖️ Political Economy 🔨 Labor History

Regulating the Poor

저자: Frances Fox Piven • 1971

Welfare has one rhythm: expand during riots, contract during calm, always to enforce cheap labor.

4.24

321

🏛️ Welfare State 🔧 Work And Welfare 🎛️ Social Control 💰 Political Economy ✊ Social Movements

Regulating the Poor

Welfare has one rhythm: expand during riots, contract during calm, always to enforce cheap labor.

저자: Frances Fox Piven 1971 544 페이지

4.24

321 개의 평점

🏛️ Welfare State 🔧 Work And Welfare 🎛️ Social Control 💰 Political Economy ✊ Social Movements

The Black Imagination

저자: Sandra Jackson • 2010

Science fiction erased Black futures. This collection recovers them from 1887 to Wakanda and beyond.

4.33

🚀 Afrofuturism 📚 Black Speculative Fiction 🧬 Race In Science Fiction 🌐 Black Diaspora 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

The Black Imagination

Science fiction erased Black futures. This collection recovers them from 1887 to Wakanda and beyond.

저자: Sandra Jackson 2010 237 페이지

4.33

12 개의 평점

🚀 Afrofuturism 📚 Black Speculative Fiction 🧬 Race In Science Fiction 🌐 Black Diaspora 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

The Quiet Before

저자: Gal Beckerman • 2022

Why the movements that changed the world began with letters and zines, not viral posts.

3.79

485

🏴 Social Movements 📰 Media History 📢 Political Communication 🧱 Movement Building 👁️ Attention Economy

The Quiet Before

Why the movements that changed the world began with letters and zines, not viral posts.

저자: Gal Beckerman 2022 352 페이지

3.79

485 개의 평점

🏴 Social Movements 📰 Media History 📢 Political Communication 🧱 Movement Building 👁️ Attention Economy

Untypical

저자: Pete Wharmby • 2024

Small talk, hot-desking, bright lights: the hidden toll of a world not designed for autistic brains.

4.25

2,000+

🧠 Autistic Experience 🎭 Autistic Masking 🌈 Neurodiversity Advocacy 🔊 Sensory Processing 🔍 Late Diagnosis Autism

Untypical

Small talk, hot-desking, bright lights: the hidden toll of a world not designed for autistic brains.

저자: Pete Wharmby 2024 256 페이지

4.25

2,000+ 개의 평점

🧠 Autistic Experience 🎭 Autistic Masking 🌈 Neurodiversity Advocacy 🔊 Sensory Processing 🔍 Late Diagnosis Autism

Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena

저자: Georg Büchner • 1879

A romantic comedy of mistaken royals paired with a tragedy of poverty, jealousy, and murder.

3.27

3,000+

😏 Romantic Satire 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🏃 Runaway Royals 🤡 Absurdist Humor 😢 Social Tragedy

Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena

A romantic comedy of mistaken royals paired with a tragedy of poverty, jealousy, and murder.

저자: Georg Büchner 1879 86 페이지

3.27

3,000+ 개의 평점

😏 Romantic Satire 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🏃 Runaway Royals 🤡 Absurdist Humor 😢 Social Tragedy

Rough Sleepers

저자: Tracy Kidder • 2023

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

4.34

11,000+

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💊 Harm Reduction 📰 Narrative Journalism

Rough Sleepers

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

저자: Tracy Kidder 2023 320 페이지

4.34

11,000+ 개의 평점

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💊 Harm Reduction 📰 Narrative Journalism

Altruism

저자: Matthieu Ricard • 2013

Selfishness is a myth. Altruism is a trainable skill, and the evidence says it's the missing lever.

4.24

500+

🤝 Altruism Research ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 🕊️ Engaged Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Cooperation 🧘 Mind Training

Altruism

Selfishness is a myth. Altruism is a trainable skill, and the evidence says it's the missing lever.

저자: Matthieu Ricard 2013 864 페이지

4.24

500+ 개의 평점

🤝 Altruism Research ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 🕊️ Engaged Buddhism 🧬 Evolutionary Cooperation 🧘 Mind Training

The Fierce Urgency of Now

저자: Julian E. Zelizer • 2015

Ruthless legislator, landslide, movement: how the Great Society passed, and the war that killed it.

4.00

292

🏛️ Legislative History 🇺🇸 1960s America ✊🏿 Civil Rights Movement 🗳️ Voting Rights 💰 War On Poverty

The Fierce Urgency of Now

Ruthless legislator, landslide, movement: how the Great Society passed, and the war that killed it.

저자: Julian E. Zelizer 2015 384 페이지

4.00

292 개의 평점

🏛️ Legislative History 🇺🇸 1960s America ✊🏿 Civil Rights Movement 🗳️ Voting Rights 💰 War On Poverty

Dog Whistle Politics

저자: Ian F. Haney-López • 2013

The hidden racial script that convinced white voters to destroy the middle class, and who cashed in.

4.20

1,000+

🗣️ Coded Racial Appeals 🇺🇸 American Political History 🤝 Racial Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🗳️ Southern Strategy

Dog Whistle Politics

The hidden racial script that convinced white voters to destroy the middle class, and who cashed in.

저자: Ian F. Haney-López 2013 304 페이지

4.20

1,000+ 개의 평점

🗣️ Coded Racial Appeals 🇺🇸 American Political History 🤝 Racial Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🗳️ Southern Strategy

Social Determinants of Health

저자: Alan Davidson • 2014

Why some countries are healthier than others: the answer lies in politics, not medicine.

3.92

🩺 Public Health 🔬 Social Epidemiology ⚖️ Health Inequities 👶 Life-Course Health 💰 Political Economy

Social Determinants of Health

Why some countries are healthier than others: the answer lies in politics, not medicine.

저자: Alan Davidson 2014 296 페이지

3.92

26 개의 평점

🩺 Public Health 🔬 Social Epidemiology ⚖️ Health Inequities 👶 Life-Course Health 💰 Political Economy

"Mau Mau" detainee

저자: Josiah Mwangi Kariuki • 1976

They called it rehabilitation. He survived fourteen camps to tell what it really was.

3.81

🇰🇪 Kenyan History 🌍 Decolonization ✊ Colonial Resistance 🔗 Camp Narratives 🗣️ First-Person Testimony

"Mau Mau" detainee

They called it rehabilitation. He survived fourteen camps to tell what it really was.

저자: Josiah Mwangi Kariuki 1976 188 페이지

3.81

16 개의 평점

🇰🇪 Kenyan History 🌍 Decolonization ✊ Colonial Resistance 🔗 Camp Narratives 🗣️ First-Person Testimony

Breaking the Taboo

저자: Theo Clarke • 2025

An MP's third-degree tear exposed a Parliament that had no maternity leave for its own members.

4.37

🏥 Maternal Healthcare 💔 Birth Trauma 📜 Women's Health Policy 🛌 Postpartum Recovery 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Breaking the Taboo

An MP's third-degree tear exposed a Parliament that had no maternity leave for its own members.

저자: Theo Clarke 2025 356 페이지

4.37

19 개의 평점

🏥 Maternal Healthcare 💔 Birth Trauma 📜 Women's Health Policy 🛌 Postpartum Recovery 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

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