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    The New Jim Crow

    Michelle Alexander · 2010 · Politics & Society

    How mass incarceration recreates racial caste in America; a powerful, much-cited argument.

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    Between the World and Me

    Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015 · Politics & Society

    A letter to a son about being Black in America; urgent, lyrical and unflinching.

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    De bello judaico

    Flavius Josephus · 1481 · Politics & Society

    The Jewish War is a work of Jewish history written by Josephus, a first-century Roman-Jewish historian. It has been described by the biblical historian Steve Mason as "perhaps the most influential non

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    Speeches

    Cicero · 1499 · Politics & Society

    "As the Roman Republic lurched to its close, amid corruption, ruthless power struggles and gross inequality, Cicero produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches ever written. Whether he is

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    The Origins of Totalitarianism

    Hannah Arendt · 1951 · Politics & Society

    How totalitarian movements rise; a demanding but essential work of political thought.

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    Caste

    Isabel Wilkerson · 2020 · Politics & Society

    American racism reframed as a caste system, compared with India and Nazi Germany; ambitious and resonant.

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    Evicted

    Matthew Desmond · 2016 · Politics & Society

    Poverty and the housing crisis told through eight families; immersive, humane reporting.

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    The Shock Doctrine

    Naomi Klein · 2007 · Politics & Society

    How crises are used to push through unpopular economic policy; a fierce, influential polemic.

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    A Century Of Dishonor

    Helen Hunt Jackson · 1881 · Politics & Society

    Originally published over 100 years ago, A Century of Dishonor is Helen Jackson’s eye- opening sketch of the U.S. government’s often shameful mishandling of what was called the “Indian problem”. Using

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    American Government

    James Q. Wilson · 1980 · Politics & Society

    This classic text, known for its authoritative scholarship, clarity, and comprehensive coverage, explores the foundations of our national political system and shows how the fundamental features of our

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