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Revolution & Social Change
A focused shelf of free JJ University books connected to Revolution & Social Change.
The American Revolution was rewritten into mythology, erasing the uncomfortable truths about who was left out of freedom.
How the American Revolution was sanitized, mythologized, and repackaged into the patriotic gospel we're taught instead of what actually happened.
The rise and brutal assassination of Julius Caesar, told through power, seduction, betrayal, and the final collapse of the Roman Republic.
A critical history of communism's rise and fall, from Marx's manifesto through Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and the bloody proxy wars that turned ideology into survival.
The story of Cuba's communist revolution, the CIA's failed attempts to destroy it, and how a small island survived decades of American hostility and Soviet collapse.
How the American Revolution was transformed from messy reality into patriotic myth through deliberate storytelling and selective memory.
Benjamin Franklin bottled lightning, charmed France, and helped birth a nation—all while refusing to wear a powdered wig.
The remarkable life of Mohandas Gandhi, who used nonviolent resistance to lead India's independence movement and inspired civil rights struggles worldwide.
A sweeping chronological history of how humans have organized power—from tribal chiefs to divine kings to guillotines and democracy.
The French Revolution explodes from bread riots to guillotines as ordinary people storm Versailles and tear down a thousand-year monarchy.
The messy, contradictory life of Thomas Jefferson—from writing the Declaration of Independence to the brutal election of 1800 that would define American democracy.
The architect of the Bolshevik Revolution who transformed Russia through ideas sharp enough to topple an empire.
The monk who nailed 95 theses to a church door and accidentally shattered Christianity forever—then had to wrestle control back from the chaos he'd unleashed.
The fiery life of Malcolm X, from street hustler to prison convert to the revolutionary voice who refused to apologize for calling America exactly what he saw.
A critical examination of Mao Zedong's rise to power and the catastrophic human cost of his revolutionary experiments, from the Long March to the Cultural Revolution.
Marx's critique of capitalism translated for the gig economy generation—why you feel like you're losing a game rigged before you logged on.
Napoleon Bonaparte's meteoric rise from Corsican outsider to self-crowned emperor who rewrote Europe's laws, borders, and very conception of power.
How the American Revolution was sanitized into myth, erasing the messy truths about who was left out of freedom.
How the American Revolution was rewritten into a myth that obscured the compromises, contradictions, and unfinished business of 1776.
A sweeping journey through philosophy's greatest moments, from ancient wisdom to Enlightenment explosions and existential spirals.
How a filthy, charismatic mystic manipulated the Russian royal family and helped trigger the collapse of an empire.
A sweeping chronicle of revolutions from ancient Egypt to Latin America, exploring how power changed hands and the world was remade.
How the American Revolution was sanitized, mythologized, and repackaged into a national gospel that erased the messy truths of what actually happened.
How the American Revolution was rewritten into mythology, erasing the uncomfortable truths about who was left out of freedom.
How the American Revolution was rewritten into mythology, erasing the messy truths for a convenient national gospel.
The sharp-tongued philosopher who weaponized satire against Europe's most powerful institutions and became the godfather of intellectual rebellion.