Publications
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The Making of an African Working Class
(2014)
It is now 50 years since E.P. Thompson published his classic, The Making of the English Working Class. The Making of an African Working Class follows Thompson in exploring the formation of working class identity among ...
Burning Up
(2018-10-20)
Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel ...
A People's History of the Second World War
(2012-06-20)
A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought 'from below'. Until now, the vast majority of historical accounts have focussed on the conflict between the Allied and Axis ...
@' is for Activism
(2010)
How have politics and activism been transformed by digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing?
Since the emergence of new technologies, new modes of cooperation, deliberation ...
A People's History of the Russian Revolution
(2017)
The Russian Revolution was an explosion of mass democracy from below. It transformed the people who took part and inspired tens of millions across the world. Its global impact shook the capitalist system to its foundations ...
Deepening Divides
(2019)
At a glance, 'borders' and 'boundaries' may seem synonymous. But in the real (geopolitical) world, they coexist as distinct, albeit overlapping entities: the former a state's delimitation of territory; the latter the social ...
Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism
(2019)
The 'end of history' has not taken place. Ideological and economic crisis and the status quo of neoliberal capitalism since 2008 demand a renewed engagement with Marx. But if we are to effectively resist capitalism we must ...
Sans Papiers
(2014)
Undocumented migration is a huge global phenomenon, yet little is known about the reality of life for those involved. Sans Papiers combines a contemporary account of the theoretical and policy debates with an in-depth ...
The Roman Empire
(2010-06-20)
A millennium and a half after the end of the period of its unquestioned dominance, Rome remains a significant presence in western culture. This book explores what the empire meant to its subjects.
The idea of Rome has ...
Paul Robeson
(2016-01-01)
A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages. These could be the crowning achievements of a life well-lived, yet for ...
Nomads, Empires, States
(2007-10-20)
This book breaks new ground in the way we think about international relations theory.
Kees van der Pijl argues that by making the "nation-state" the focus of international relations, the discipline has become Euro-centric ...
The Politics of Permaculture
(2021)
Permaculture is an environmental movement that makes us reevaluate what it means to be sustainable. Through innovative agriculture and settlement design, the movement creates new communities that are harmonious with nature. ...
Border Watch
(2012)
Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or 'illegal' immigrants? In this bold intervention, ...
People Without History
(2011)
The West has become obsessed with Muslims, constantly classifying them as either 'moderate' or 'extreme'. Reacting against this dehumanising tendency, Jeremy Seabrook and Imran Ahmed Siddiqui show us the daily life of poor ...
Borderline Justice
(2012)
Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the British legal system. Frances Webber, a long-standing legal practitioner, reveals how ...
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
(2010)
For over ten years, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America has been an essential text for students studying the region. This second edition adds new material and brings the analysis up to date.
Race and ethnic identities are ...
Idiotism
(2012)
Idiotism examines society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new ‘common sense’.
Using the Greek word idios, meaning 'private', Neal Curtis calls this privatisation of the world ...
The Corporation That Changed the World
(2012)
The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But the Company’s takeover of much of India was ...
When Protest Becomes Crime
(2019)
How does protest become criminalised? Applying an anthropological perspective to political and legal conflicts, Carolijn Terwindt urges us to critically question the underlying interests and logic of prosecuting protesters. ...
The Cost of Free Shipping
(2021)
Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in history, and one of the few people to profit from a global pandemic. Its dominance has reshaped the global ...
Understanding Al Qaeda
(2011)
This book controversially argues that Al Qaeda has clear aims, and that the only way to defeat it is to engage with its arguments in a serious way. Since the publication of the first edition in 2006, Mohamedou has brought ...
The War Correspondent - Second Edition
(2016)
The War Correspondent looks at the role of the war reporter today: the attractions and the risks of the job; the challenge of objectivity and impartiality in the war zone; the danger that journalistic independence is being ...
Lost Worlds
(2009)
Think of Latin America and what do you see? Escape? Adventure? Chaos? Oblivion? Lost Worlds explores how these stereotypes came into being and what they tells us about ourselves.
Examining a range of texts, from Southey's ...
Working the Phones
(2016-11-20)
*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2017*
Over a million people in the UK work in call centres, and the phrase has become synonymous with low-paid and high stress work, dictatorial ...
Global Cities At Work
(2009)
This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from ...
The European Radical Left
(2021)
Is today’s left really new? How has the European radical left evolved? Giorgos Charalambous answers these questions by looking at three moments of rapid political change - the late 1960s to late 1970s; the turn of the ...
Using Gramsci
(2016-11-01)
This is a new approach to one of the greatest political theorists, Antonio Gramsci. Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks are one of the most popular Marxist texts available and continue to inspire readers across the world. Here, ...
Arms and the People
(2012)
This collection examines the relationship between mass movements and the military. Some argue that it is impossible to achieve and protect a revolution without the support of the army, but how can the support of the army ...
Work, Sex and Power
(2015-02-20)
This is the history of the world, from the origins of the Cosmos to the present day, seen through three major narratives: work, sex and power - the forces that have done more than any other to shape the world as we see it ...
The Profit Doctrine
(2016)
The economics profession has a lot to answer for. After the late 1970s, the ideas of influential economists have justified policies that have made the world more prone to economic crisis, remarkably less equal, more polluted ...
Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey
(2017-03-20)
An academic insider's account of the Islamist social movement Kurdish Hizbullah.
How America Became Capitalist
(2019-02-20)
In an age of political and economic uncertainty, from the Great Recession to the election of Donald Trump, it is essential to understand the ways capitalism and imperialism are central to the American way of life.
The ...
Tweets and the Streets
(2012-10-20)
Tweets and the Streets analyses the culture of the new protest movements of the 21st century. From the Arab Spring to the 'indignados' protests in Spain and the Occupy movement, Paolo Gerbaudo examines the relationship ...
The War Correspondent - Second Edition (Edition 2)
(2016)
The War Correspondent looks at the role of the war reporter today: the attractions and the risks of the job; the challenge of objectivity and impartiality in the war zone; the danger that journalistic independence is being ...
After Queer Theory
(2013-11-20)
After Queer Theory makes the provocative claim that queer theory has run its course, made obsolete by the elaboration of its own logic within capitalism. James Penney argues that far from signalling the end of anti-homophobic ...
Small is Necessary
(2018-01-20)
Does small mean less? Not necessarily. In an era of housing crises, environmental unsustainability and social fragmentation, the need for more sociable, affordable and sustainable housing is vital. The answer? Shared living ...
Bad News for Refugees
(2013-08-20)
Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric and in media coverage.
Through ...
How the West Came to Rule
(2015-06-20)
Mainstream historical accounts of the development of capitalism describe a process which is fundamentally European - a system that was born in the mills and factories of England or under the guillotines of the French ...
The Message is Murder
(2017-11-20)
The Message is Murder analyses the violence bound up in the everyday functions of digital media. At its core is the concept of 'computational capital' - the idea that capitalism itself is a computer, turning qualities into ...
The Birth of Capitalism
(2011-08-20)
In the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued non-Western capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re-examines the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and elsewhere.
Focusing ...