Now in its second edition, The Routledge Atlas of African American History traces the epic journey of African Americans’ four hundred years in North America.With more than 75 full-color maps, charts, and illustrations, this volume illuminates the myriad of contributions from Black Americans to the nation’s political, economic, cultural, and social history. Jonathan Earle begins the sweeping story with the African roots of Black America and moves through important developme...

The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments arose at a moment’s notice. As a result, the young nation’s political structure and culture often struggled to keep up. When war began, Congress was not even in session. By the time it met, the government had mobilized over 100,000 soldiers, battles had been fought, casualties had been taken...

美國社會心理學大師海德特改革道德倫理觀經典著作心智一分為二，如同騎在大象上的騎象人，騎象人的工作就是服侍大象。正義之心如同舌頭，有六種味覺受體。人類是百分之九十的黑猩猩加上百分之十的蜜蜂。道德凝聚人心，卻也令人目盲。為什麼（自己以外的）每個人都好像是偽君子？人人在談到心中視為神聖的目標時，都盲目得無法視物。◆人類的道德、正義感從何而來？◆道德的多樣化為何這麼容易就讓一群好人分裂成幾群互有敵意、又不想相互瞭解的群體？◆自由派和保守派心理特點與道德觀有何不同？為何右翼政治人物具有先天優勢，能烹調出選民喜愛的菜餚？◆身處由政治與宗教所引起的...

道德之刃凝聚人心亦使人目盲每個人在談到心中視為神聖的目標時，都是目盲得無法視物。為什麼（自己以外的）每個人都好像是偽君子？人類的本質不僅是講道德，同時也愛說教、愛批評、愛論斷，著迷於正義，最後必然會變得自以為是——我是對的，你是錯的——造成二元對立的分裂局面。政治與宗教就是兩大角力場，人們相互打鬥，彷彿世界的命運有賴於我們這方贏得每一場戰役。社會心理學家強納森．海德特運用了二十五年來在道德心理學領域的開創研究，證明道德判斷並非源於理性，而是源於直覺。我們的心智一分為二，理性的騎象人就是要服侍情緒的大象，騎象人為大象直覺噁心或神聖的事物編造出各種論據理由，從而做出道德判斷。什麼才是合乎正義？以牙還牙、以眼還眼？還是己所不欲、勿施於人？道德的基本原則如同舌頭有六種味覺受體：關懷、公平、忠誠、權威、聖潔與自由，組合成世上林林總總的道德母體。道德母體相近的人走在一起形成團體，我們先天既是自私的黑猩猩，但同時也是「人人為我，我為人人」的蜜蜂，為保...

'A landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself' The New York TimesWhy can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different things to different people? Why is it so hard to see things from another viewpoint? Why do we come to blows over politics and religion?Jonathan Haidt reveals that we often find it hard to get along because o...

'Excellent, their advice is sound... liberal parents, in particular, should read it' Financial TimesThe New York Times BestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wi...

'Read this book. Saving Planet Earth starts right here, right now' Stella McCartneyFrom the bestselling author of Eating Animals, a brilliantly fresh and accessible take on climate change - and what we can do about it'Climate change is the greatest crisis humankind has ever faced.It is that straightforward, that fraught.Where were you when you made your decision?'It is all too easy to feel paralysed and hopele...

**'A wake-up call ... fascinating' Scott Galloway, author of The Four'Please read this' Jaron Lanier, author of Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media**From the author of Move Fast and Break Things comes a withering takedown of four billionaires (from Andreessen to Zuckerberg) who are selling us fantasies while the world burns.At a time when multiple crises are compounding to create epic inequality, four billionaires...

James McPherson calls the election of 1860 "undeniably the most important—and pivotal—in all of American history." The nation was not merely divided over the issue of slavery; the opposing camps were at each other's throats. The moment John Brown and his men attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in the fall of 1859 the compromises that had stitched the country together for decades unraveled. The presidential election was therefore about more than who the next president would be. It...

‘Trippy, incisive, riotously funny’ ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN‘[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ' HALLE BUTLER'A stunner’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH‘Luminous … as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance writers’ room’ WASHINGTON POSTA work place novel. A love story. A dream you can’t wake from…Jonathan Abernathy is a loser. Unemployed and behind on his stude...

**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Disturbing and darkly funny, McGhee’s surrealist debut is sure to keep readers up at night." —PeopleNow in paperback, an Electric Literature and Chicago Review of Books best book of the year, the debut Xochitl Gonzalez called "wildly imaginative, tender and piercing critique of the squeeze of capitalism."**Jonathan Abernathy is a self-proclaimed loser—he’s behind on his debts, has no ...

The New York Times–bestselling author offers an accessible, immediate, life-changing study of climate change and a call to action to combat the dilemma.Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguis...