When we hear “civil rights,” we tend to think of the 1950s and 1960s activism that put an end to Jim Crow segregation laws. In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook takes us to New Orleans and Charlesto
A technicolor history of the first civil rights movement and its collapse into black and white.Brutal slavery existed all over the New World, but only America followed emancipation with a twisted syst
Sociologist Brook studies revolution from the perspective of comparative history, choosing Czechoslovakia and China both for their intrinsic interest and for the remarkable similarities and difference
A pioneering exploration of four cities that reflect a blend of Eastern and Western cultures traces the historical threads connecting the regions of St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai and Dubai while of
On May 27, 1703, Tsar Peter the Great founded a new capital on a barren Baltic marsh. Modeled on Amsterdam, he believed it would erase Russian backwardness and usher in a modernized, Westernized futur
A provocative polemic on modern-day American society and economics argues that risiing education, housing, and health-care costs are forcing thousands of America's best and brightest young Americans t
Back Pain: The Facts is aimed at people who want to help themselves. Affecting nearly everyong at some time in their lives, 40% of people will have experienced some form of back pain within the last y
