Globalization

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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Globalization and its Discontents
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: A New World Order
The Lexus and the Olive Tree
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Making Globalization Work
The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
The Post-American World
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Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Gulag: A History
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
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Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,092 books — 1,240 voters
This Changes Everything by Naomi KleinWork, Health, and Environment by Charles LevensteinTWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsThe Pendulum has Swung too far by Karl WigginsAt the Point of Production by Charles Levenstein
Work, Health and Environment
97 books — 40 voters

Foreigner in My Own Backyard by Travis CaseyThird Culture Kids by David C. PollockThe Other Side of the Fence by Sheila CroucherMissionary Kid by Margaret H. Essebaggers Dop...Americans Abroad by University of Connecticut
American Diaspora Reading List
44 books — 17 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
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Wilfred Thesiger
Yet I wondered fancifully if he had seen more clearly than they did, had sensed the threat which my presence implied – the approaching disintegration of his society and the destruction of ‘his beliefs. Here especially it seemed that the evil that comes with sudden change would far outweigh the good. While I was with the Arabs I wished only to live as they lived and, now that I have left them, I would gladly think that nothing in their lives was altered by my coming. Regretfully, however, I reali ...more
wilfred thesiger, Arabian Sands

Madeleine K. Albright
Today, democracy is being weakened by lies that come in waves and pound our senses the way a beach is assaulted by the surf. Leaders who play by the rules are having trouble staying ahead of a relentless news cycle and must devote too much effort trying to disprove stories that seem to come out of nowhere and have been invented solely to do them in. All this has consequences. Small "d" democrats riding to power on the promise of change often begin to lose popularity the day they take office. Gl ...more
Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

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