Frank and Lucy Sunderland lived in Letchworth, in Hertfordshire. In 1916, as a conscientious objector, Frank was separated from Lucy and their three children. This collection of their letters is a fascinating document of social history.
The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man - a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first white people to demand the emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world.
"Judith Butler is the most creative and courageous social theorist writing today." - Cornel West "Judith Butler is quite simply one of the most probing, challenging, and influential thinkers of our time." - J. M. Bernstein
Stephen Lawrence was a bright, athletic, young man with high hopes for the future. He lived in south-east London with his parents, younger brother and younger sister. On 22 April 1993, he was brutally murdered while he was waiting for the bus.
"If you want to get beyond gestures and slogans and to the truth, this is the book to get you there" Russell Brand "Kehinde Andrews is a crucial voice walking in a proud tradition of Black radical criticism and action" Akala "An uncompromisi
The massacre at Amritsar on 13th April 1919 spurred one survivor to vow revenge. Twenty-one years later Udham Singh was arrested for the murder of Michael O'Dwyer, the instigator of the killings. Anita Anand traces Singh's extraordinary journey.
Arrested in 1962 as South Africa’s apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that ...
The essays in this collection boldly confront the quest for security arising from the social, economic, environmental, and political crises and transformations of our century.