Catalogue Fall Winter 2012

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1 Catalogue Fall Winter 2012 An Alternative Point of View

2 Currently Available Montreal at the Crossroads Super Highways, the Turcot and the Environment Pierre Gauthier, Jochen Jaeger and Jason Prince, editors Urban studies In cities across North America, car-era infrastructures such as elevated highways are crumbling. Transportation engineers and political leaders are facing decisions that will affect cities for generations to come. Montreal at the Crossroads uses the city s Turcot Interchange as a case study for the social, economic and environmental issues involved in urban planning worldwide. It brings together the voices of planners, architects and urban environmental workers to broaden the reach of the discussions. As such, it will appeal to students and researchers especially. Pierre Gauthier and Jochen Jaeger are professors at Concordia University in Montreal. Jason Prince holds a Masters in Urban Planning and is a member of the Ordre des urbanistes du Québec. 192 pages, 6 x 9, 13 colour illustrations, index Paperback ISBN: $14.99 Hardcover ISBN: $34.99 ebook ISBN: $14.99 This book is also available as an ebook. Please visit our website for details about purchasing our digital content:

3 Available July 2011 Militarism and Anti-Militarism Karl Liebknecht Political science Liebknecht argues that militarism is the product of a capitalist society focused on profit. In this anti-militarist classic, Liebknecht examines the ways in which militarism is promoted and maintained, reviews harsh punishment for civilians and soldiers alike, and surveys both the tactics and philosophy of anti-militarists. Out of print for an English audience for decades, Black Rose Books is proudly reissuing this title, with a fresh introduction by celebrated pacifist Dimitrios Roussopoulos. Karl Liebknecht ( ), a Reichstag member, was imprisoned during World War I for his anti-militarist beliefs. He co-founded the German Communist Party (KPD) in A year later, Liebknecht headed an unsuccessful revolt in Berlin, which culminated in his death at the hands of the German Right Wing. 192 pages, 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: $19.99 Hardcover ISBN: $39.99 A welcome reprinting of Liebknecht s classic work of anti-militarism.

4 Available August 2011 Rebetika Music from the Margins - The Agony of the Greeks Giannis Chorbajoglou Music / Cultural studies The Rebetes are the Greek refugees expelled from Asia Minor in the 1920s. Their music, rebetika, has been compared to American blues, Portuguese fado and Spanish flamenco. This book traces the struggle of the Rebetes through the evolution of their music. Built around innovative musical forms, the Rebetes songs evoke hardship and suffering, fruitless dreams, current and lost loves, and their underlying tough will to survive. Rebetika keeps the tradition of the original Rebetes alive for new generations of singers and players. Giannis Chorbajoglou is a well-known folklorist and musicologist living in London, England. A master of the bouzouki, he tours Europe and the United States regularly. 138 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 15 b&w illustrations Paperback ISBN: $19.99 Hardcover ISBN: $39.99 Readers will hear the struggle-born tones of this bouzouki-based blues.

5 Available September 2011 Community of Rights - Rights of Community Daniel Fischlin, Martha Nandorfy Cultural studies / Politics Community of Rights enters into a dialogue with global communities about the meaning of being human and having rights. Because of the important contribution it makes to the discussion about global human rights, this book will be on the shelves of advocates everywhere. -The book is a major contribution to a new discourse on the notion of rights in relation to community. [Roger Clark, former Secretary General of Amnesty International] -This important book on the recovery of community rights shows how we lost our collective freedoms and how we can reclaim them. [Vandana Shiva, author] Daniel Fischlin and Martha Nandorfy are co-authors of The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights and the groundbreaking Eduardo Galeano: Through the Looking Glass. They are both professors at the University of Guelph. 360 pages, 6 x 9, bibliography Paperback ISBN: $19.99 Hardcover ISBN: $39.99 Daniel Fischlin Martha Nandorfy Examines community and human rights in a realistic way, by talking with those most affected.

6 Available December 2011 Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas Volume 3: The New Anarchism ( ) Robert Graham, editor Anarchist studies The New Anarchism deals with the exciting developments in anarchist theory since the reemergence of social movements in the 1960s and 1970s. An extraodinary accomplishment, this volume vastly surpasses all previous anthologies of anarchist writings in both theoretical and geographical scope. Selections from many countries and contexts are included, some translated into English for the first time. In his afterword, Robert Graham surveys the many different currents in anarchist thought documented in all three volumes of his definitive anthology, discussing the continuity and changes in anarchist ideas as they evolved and the importance of these ideas for the future. Robert Graham has been writing on the history of anarchist ideas and developments in contemporary anarchist theory for over twenty years. 530 pages, 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: $28.99 Hardcover ISBN: $48.99 A complete look at emerging currents in anarchist thought and practice.

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