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Anarchism (FOCI)Anarchism (FOCI) by sean sheehan
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Good work! The best introduction to Anarchism I have read. Clears up a lot of problems with number2 on my list
Two Hundred Pharaohs, Five Billion SlavesTwo Hundred Pharaohs, Five Billion Slaves by Adrian Peacock
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Some great chapters on Marxism, globalisation and class.. But ignore his general anti-environmentalism and mis-reading of anarchism.
Karl Marx and the AnarchistsKarl Marx and the Anarchists by Paul Thomas
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I came acroos this in Liverpool library. Excellent and well-researched - elaborates and clarifies the famous disagreements between these Victorian thinkers.
The Time of the Gypsies (Studies in the Ethnographic Imagination)The Time of the Gypsies (Studies in the Ethnographic Imagination) by Michael Stewart
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Great book on Romainian Gypsies and their relationship with the communist state there. Leninism wrecks lives.
One-dimensional ManOne-dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse
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One of the most important radical books from the sixties. Influenced new-left radicals in differing ways
The New Critical Idiom : IdeologyThe New Critical Idiom : Ideology by David Hawkes
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One of the best books on ideology out there. Routledge books can be expensive ... but i got this in a sale!
Mutant Message Down Under: A Woman's Journey into Dreamtime AustraliaMutant Message Down Under: A Woman's Journey into Dreamtime Australia by Marlo Morgan
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Forget Marx's ideas about progression and the 'golden age'. Strip off your clothes and dance under the sun!
Zapotec Struggles: Histories, Politics and Representations from Juchitan, Oaxaca (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry)Zapotec Struggles: Histories, Politics and Representations from Juchitan, Oaxaca (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry)
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On political organising in mexico before the Chiapas uprising.
Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War: v. 1Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War: v. 1 by Robert Alexander
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Absolutly essential (tho i have only read volume one) for those interested in the Spanish Civil War anarchists
Against the American Dream: Essays on Charles Bukowski ("Rebel Inc")Against the American Dream: Essays on Charles Bukowski ("Rebel Inc") by Russell Harrison
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Great book all about a great poet and his experiences of alienating/soul destroying work
Introducing AnthropologyIntroducing Anthropology by Merryl Wyn Davies
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Takes apart anthropology qute well... Very interesting!!
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (Papermacs)The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (Papermacs) by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
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Good .introduction to a very important period in capitalist history
Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars (Postmodern Encounters)Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars (Postmodern Encounters) by Ziauddin Sardar
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Book about important rebel scientist and his conclusions about elites, method and democracy.
Karl MarxKarl Marx by Francis Wheen
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The best book on Marx himself, warts and all. Paints an interesting picture of the radicals arounf him at the time.