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Spiritomb

Political History

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#2
Equality under the Constitution: Reclaiming the Fourteenth Amendment
Equality under the Constitution: Reclaiming the Fourteenth Amendment
  • Judith A. Baer
00 reads
#3
Separating Church and State: A History
Separating Church and State: A History
  • Steven K. Green
00 reads
#4
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
  • Joel Bakan
4.257 reads
#5
The Half Has Never Been Told
The Half Has Never Been Told
  • Edward E. Baptist
48 reads
#6
Going Stealth: Transgender Politics and U.S. Surveillance Practices
Going Stealth: Transgender Politics and U.S. Surveillance Practices
  • Toby Beauchamp
01 read
#7
The World the Plague Made
The World the Plague Made
  • James Belich
01 read
#8
Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq
Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq
  • Scott A. Bonn
00 reads
#9
Blessed
Blessed
  • Kate Bowler
43 reads
#10
Unbearable Life: A Genealogy of Political Erasure
Unbearable Life: A Genealogy of Political Erasure
  • Arthur T. Bradley
00 reads
#11
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
  • Jung Chang
4.3279 reads
#12
Supreme Inequality
Supreme Inequality
  • Adam Cohen
02 reads
#13
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Let the Record Show

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
  • Sarah Schulman
00 reads
#14
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Public Vows

Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation
  • Nancy F. Cott
00 reads
#15
Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion: Essays 1964-2002
Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion: Essays 1964-2002
  • Martin Duberman
00 reads
#16
Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul
Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul
  • Jamie Ducharme
3.754 reads
#17
Ten popes who shook the world
Ten popes who shook the world
  • Eamon Duffy
00 reads
#18
Backlash
Backlash
  • Susan Faludi
4.25 reads
#19
Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
  • Susan Faludi
42 reads
#20
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We See It All

We See It All: Liberty and Justice in an Age of Perpetual Surveillance
  • Jon Fasman
3.52 reads
#21
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Roe V. Wade

Roe V. Wade
  • Marian Faux
00 reads
#22
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Battles for Freedom

Battles for Freedom: The Use and Abuse of American History
  • Eric Foner
00 reads
#23
The Second Founding
The Second Founding
  • Eric Foner
39 reads
#24
Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South
Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South
  • T. Thomas Fortune
00 reads
#25
The History of Policing America: From Militias and Military to the Law Enforcement of Today
The History of Policing America: From Militias and Military to the Law Enforcement of Today
  • Laurence Armand French
00 reads
#26
The Nazis, Capitalism and the Working Class
The Nazis, Capitalism and the Working Class
  • Donny Gluckstein
00 reads
#27
Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
  • Agnieszka Graff
  • Elżbieta Korolczuk
00 reads
#28
No Place to Hide
No Place to Hide
  • Glenn Greenwald
4.1659 reads
#29
A Specter Haunting Europe
A Specter Haunting Europe
  • Paul Hanebrink
00 reads
#30
The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States
The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States
  • Brian Hochman
00 reads
#31
Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
Anti-intellectualism in American Life.
  • Richard Hofstadter
4.2910 reads
#32
Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip
  • Annie Jacobsen
4.2329 reads
#33
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American Prophets

American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country
  • Jack Jenkins
01 read
#34
Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement
Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement
  • Amada Armenta
00 reads
#35
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Piracy

Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates
  • Adrian Johns
00 reads
#36
The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Two Men Who Battled to Save Victorian London
The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Two Men Who Battled to Save Victorian London
  • Steven Johnson
3.9386 reads
#37
When Affirmative Action Was White
When Affirmative Action Was White
  • Ira Katznelson
44 reads
#38
Democracy Betrayed: The Rise of the Surveillance Security State
Democracy Betrayed: The Rise of the Surveillance Security State
  • William W. Keller
00 reads
#39
White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
  • Kevin M. Kruse
43 reads
#40
One Nation Under God
One Nation Under God
  • Kevin Kruse
4.148 reads
#41
The people's pension
The people's pension
  • Eric Laursen
00 reads
#42
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Providence Lost

Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic
  • Paul Lay
31 read
#43
America for Americans
America for Americans
  • Erika Lee
42 reads
#44
Cover 1

Not a Scientist

Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
  • Dave Levitan
01 read
#45
How Democracies Die
How Democracies Die
  • Steven Levitsky
  • Daniel Ziblatt
4.1362 reads
#46
Cover 0

Against Meritocracy

Against Meritocracy: Culture, power and myths of mobility
  • Jo Littler
00 reads
#47
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The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader

The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The "Great Truth" about the "Lost Cause"
  • James W. Loewen
00 reads
#48
Lies across America
Lies across America
  • James W. Loewen
44 reads
#49
Liberalism: A Counter-History
Liberalism: A Counter-History
  • Domenico Losurdo
4.752 reads
#50
Non-Violence: A History Beyond the Myth
Non-Violence: A History Beyond the Myth
  • Domenico Losurdo
  • Gregory Elliott (Translator)
01 read
#51
Cover 0

Democracy in Chains

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
  • Nancy MacLean
4.53 reads
#52
The Lies of the Land
The Lies of the Land
  • Adam Macqueen
00 reads
#53
Troll Nation: How the Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set on Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself
Troll Nation: How the Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set on Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself
  • Amanda Marcotte
00 reads
#54
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement
    4.66 reads
    #55
    Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
    Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
    • Jacob Mchangama
    51 read
    #56
    Cover 2

    The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism

    The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism: Neoliberalism, Post-Modern Culture, and Reactionary Politics
    • Matthew McManus
    00 reads
    #57
    The First Conspiracy
    The First Conspiracy
    • Brad Meltzer
    • Josh Mensch
    3.6416 reads
    #58
    Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense
    Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense
    • Jonathan D. Moreno
    00 reads
    #59
    Cover 4

    War Against the Panthers

    War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression in America
    • Huey P. Newton
    00 reads
    #60
    Before Roe
    Before Roe
    • Rosemary Nossiff
    00 reads
    #61
    The Guarded Gate
    The Guarded Gate
    • Daniel Okrent
    41 read
    #62
    Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
    Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
      4.3350 reads
      #63
      Merchants of Doubt
      Merchants of Doubt
      • Naomi Oreskes
      • Erik M. Conway
      4.0627 reads
      #64
      Empires of the Word
      Empires of the Word
      • Nicholas Ostler
      3.17 reads
      #65
      Blackshirts and Reds
      Blackshirts and Reds
      • Michael Parenti
      4.244 reads
      #66
      Cover 6

      The Economics of Discontent

      The Economics of Discontent: From Failing Elites to The Rise of Populism
      • Jean-Michel Paul
      02 reads
      #67
      The City-State of Boston
      The City-State of Boston
      • Mark Peterson
      41 read
      #68
      Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform
      Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform
      • David Pettinicchio
      00 reads
      #69
      Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
      Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
      • Kevin Phillips
      22 reads
      #70
      Capital in the Twenty-First Century
      Capital in the Twenty-First Century
      • Thomas Piketty
      • Arthur Goldhammer (Translator)
      4.1184 reads
      #71
      A Brief History of Equality
      A Brief History of Equality
      • Thomas Piketty
      • Steven Rendall
      4.3612 reads
      #72
      Pro
      Pro
      • Katha Pollitt
      43 reads
      #73
      A Problem from Hell
      A Problem from Hell
      • Samantha Power
      3.5514 reads
      #74
      Dirty Work
      Dirty Work
      • Eyal Press
      35 reads
      #75
      Weaponizing Anthropology
      Weaponizing Anthropology
      • David H. Price
      01 read
      #76
      Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politics
      Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politics
      • Ari Rabin-Havt
      00 reads
      #77
      The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders
      The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders
      • Ari Rabin-Havt
      42 reads
      #78
      The death and life of the great American school system
      The death and life of the great American school system
      • Diane Ravitch
      3.253 reads
      #79
      Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire
      Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire
      • Margaret Regan
      00 reads
      #80
      Cover 8

      The System

      The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
      • Robert B. Reich
      00 reads
      #81
      How the South Won the Civil War
      How the South Won the Civil War
      • Heather Cox Richardson
      3.410 reads
      #82
      Cover 1

      Cutting School

      Cutting School
      • Noliwe Rooks
      01 read
      #83
      Democracy Betrayed: How Superdelegates, Redistricting, Party Insiders, and the Electoral College Rigged the 2016 Election
      Democracy Betrayed: How Superdelegates, Redistricting, Party Insiders, and the Electoral College Rigged the 2016 Election
      • Steven Rosenfeld
      00 reads
      #84
      The Color of Law
      The Color of Law
      • Richard Rothstein
      4.39110 reads
      #85
      The Triumph of Injustice : How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
      The Triumph of Injustice : How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
      • Emmanuel Saez
      • Gabriel Zucman
      48 reads
      #86
      When General Grant expelled the Jews
      When General Grant expelled the Jews
      • Jonathan D. Sarna
      01 read
      #87
      Unworthy Republic
      Unworthy Republic
      • Claudio Saunt
      4.333 reads
      #88
      Cover 1

      Command and Control

      Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
      • Eric Schlosser
      4.1311 reads
      #89
      The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business
      The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business
      • Nelson D. Schwartz
      3.837 reads
      #90
      A Partisan Church: American Catholicism and the Rise of Neoconservative Catholics
      A Partisan Church: American Catholicism and the Rise of Neoconservative Catholics
      • Todd Scribner
      00 reads
      #91
      The Democrats: A Critical History
      The Democrats: A Critical History
      • Lance Selfa
      00 reads
      #92
      Intersex Matters: Biomedical Embodiment, Gender Regulation, and Transnational Activism
      Intersex Matters: Biomedical Embodiment, Gender Regulation, and Transnational Activism
      • David A. Rubin
      00 reads
      #93
      Books under Fire: A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children's Books
      Books under Fire: A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children's Books
      • Pat R. Scales
      00 reads
      #94
      The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public
      The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public
      • Susan Schweik
      00 reads
      #95
      And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
      And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
      • Randy Shilts
      4.3335 reads
      #96
      Walking in Circles: The Black Struggle for School Reform
      Walking in Circles: The Black Struggle for School Reform
      • Barbara A. Sizemore
      00 reads
      #97
      Cover 6

      Preventable

      Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response
      • Andy Slavitt
      21 read
      #98
      On Tyranny
      On Tyranny
      • Timothy Snyder
      4.17189 reads
      #99
      The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
      The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
      • Timothy Snyder
      4.4125 reads
      #100
      Normal Life
      Normal Life
      • Dean Spade
      41 read
      #101
      Cover 0

      Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an

      Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders
      • Denise A. Spellberg
      00 reads