The incomes of most Americans today are static or declining. Tens of millions of workers are newly vulnerable to layoffs and outsourcing. Health care and retirement burdens are increasingly being shifted from employers to individuals. Two-income families find they are working longer hours for lower wages, with decreased social support. As wealth has become more concentrated, th...(展开全部)

A passionate, articulate argument detailing how the United States political system has failed to adapt to the economic challenges of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The American economy is in peril. It has fallen hostage to a casino of financial speculation, creating instability as well as inequality. Tens of millions of workers are vulnerable to layoffs and outsourcin...(展开全部)

理查德•罗斯坦（Richard Rothstein） 美国历史学家、学者，美国经济政策研究所副研究员、全美有色人种协进会法律辩护基金会瑟古德•马歇尔研究所名誉高级研究员、加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校法学院哈斯研究所高级研究员。曾于1999—2002年间担任《纽约时报》国民教育专栏作家。 罗斯坦的学术研究重点是美国住房政策和教育领域的种族隔离史，曾广泛发表以种族平等和教育为主题的演讲。已出版《我们曾走之路：美国学生成绩的假与真》《阶级与学校：以社会、经济和教育改革缩小“黑”“白”学生之成绩差距》《评分制教育：取得问责权》等多部著作，最新力作《法律的颜色：一段被遗忘的美国政府种族隔离史》于2017年入围美国国家图书奖非虚构类长名单。

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation―that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of La...(展开全部)

Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." In this fascinating book, Lienhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard writes that the history of technology is a history of us-we are the machines we create. Thus farming dr...(展开全部)

Jean Genet's first, and arguably greatest, novel was written while he was in prison. As Sartre recounts in his introduction, Genet penned this work on the brown paper which inmates were supposed to use to fold bags as a form of occupational therapy. The masterpiece he managed to produce under those difficult conditions is a lyrical portrait of the criminal underground of Paris ...(展开全部)

Jean Genet's first, and arguably greatest, novel was written while he was in prison. As Sartre recounts in his introduction, Genet penned this work on the brown paper which inmates were supposed to use to fold bags as a form of occupational therapy. The masterpiece he managed to produce under those difficult conditions is a lyrical portrait of the criminal underground of Paris ...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. “An instant American classic.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times “As we go about our daily lives, caste is th...(展开全部)

Her topics range from the neurotic need for affection, to guilt feelings and the quest for power, prestige and possession.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. “An instant American classic.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times “As we go about our daily lives, caste is th...(展开全部)