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  • The Social Transformation of American Medicine

    The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

    by Paul Starr ...
    “A monumental achievement” (New York Times) and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of the American health care system.Considered the definitive history of the American health care system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • American Contradiction

    Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now

    by Paul Starr ...
    How did Americans come to elect Barack Obama—and then Donald Trump? Those choices capture what Paul Starr calls the American contradiction.The whole truth about America, Starr argues in this new history of the United States since the 1950s, has never been contained in one consistent set of values or interests. The nation was born in the contradiction between freedom and slavery. Today it is beset ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Remedy and Reaction

    The Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform, Revised Edition

    by Paul Starr ...
    In no other country has health care served as such a volatile flashpoint of ideological conflict. America has endured a century of rancorous debate on health insurance, and despite the passage of legislation in 2010, the battle is not yet over. This book is a history of how and why the United States became so stubbornly different in health care, presented by an expert with unsurpassed knowledge of ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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    American Contradiction

    Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now

    by Paul Starr ...
    Narrated by Paul Starr, Mark Bramhall ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 4 min

    How did Americans come to elect Barack Obama—and then Donald Trump? Those choices capture what Paul Starr calls the American contradiction.The whole truth about America, Starr argues in this new history of the United States since the 1950s, has never been contained in one consistent set of values or interests. Our nation was born in the contradiction between freedom and slavery. Today it is beset ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights

    The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It

    by Craig Aaron, Eric Alterman, C. Edwin Baker, Yochai Benkler, Michael J. Copps, Michael Schudson, Thomas Frank, Todd Gitlin, Chris Hedges, Janine Jackson, Pamela Newkirk, John Nichols, Clay Shirkey, David Simon, Paul Starr, Leonard Downie ...
    Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: "Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book." — Library JournalThe sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications. Yet, until now, we have lacked a ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Entrenchment

    Wealth, Power, and the Constitution of Democratic Societies

    by Paul Starr ...
    An investigation into the foundations of democratic societies and the ongoing struggle over the power of concentrated wealthMuch of our politics today, Paul Starr writes, is a struggle over entrenchment—efforts to bring about change in ways that opponents will find difficult to undo. That is why the stakes of contemporary politics are so high. In this wide-ranging book, Starr examines how changes ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Defining the Age

    Daniel Bell, His Time and Ours

    by Paul Starr, Julian E. Zelizer, Jenny Andersson, David A. Bell, Steven Brint, Stefan Eich, Michael Kazin, Jan-Werner Muller, Margaret O'Mara, Fred Turner ...
    The sociologist Daniel Bell was an uncommonly acute observer of the structural forces transforming the United States and other advanced societies in the twentieth century. The titles of Bell’s major books—The End of Ideology (1960), The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976)—became hotly debated frameworks for understanding the era when they ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Defining the Age

    Daniel Bell, His Time and Ours

    by Paul Starr, Julian E. Zelizer, Jenny Andersson, David A. Bell, Steven Brint, Stefan Eich, Michael Kazin, Jan-Werner Muller, Margaret O'Mara, Fred Turner ...
    The sociologist Daniel Bell was an uncommonly acute observer of the structural forces transforming the United States and other advanced societies in the twentieth century. The titles of Bell’s major books—The End of Ideology (1960), The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976)—became hotly debated frameworks for understanding the era when they ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Irregular at Magic High School, Vol. 17 (light novel)

    Master Clans Council Arc, Part I

    by Tsutomu Sato, Kana Ishida ...
    Translated by Paul Starr ...
    Series Book 17 - The Irregular at Magic High School
    With the New Year comes a wave of changes. Though few are surprised that Miyuki has formally been recognized as the next head of the Yotsuba family, no one could have anticipated her engagement to Tatsuya would be finalized at the same time. As Honoka and the others try to digest the information, the Ichijou family immediately objects to the union, proposing that Miyuki marry their scion, Masaki ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Remedy and Reaction

    by Paul Starr ...

    $27.99 CAD

  • How to Love a Loser, Vol. 1

    by Iwaba, Michelle Ai ...
    Translated by Paul Starr ...
    Series Book 1 - How to Love a Loser
    You’re an interesting one, aren’t you, Shinba? You have no job, talent, or money. You’re forgetful, your room’s filthy, and you only talk about games no one’s heard of. No matter where you go or what you do, you’re a complete embarrassment. Could being with such a loser ever make anyone happy? …Heh-heh. Don’t be so sad. I’m simply having a bit of fun. All I did was look at your pitiful face, but I ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Spice and Wolf, Vol. 1 (light novel)

    by Isuna Hasekura ...
    Translated by Paul Starr ...
    Series Book 1 - Spice and Wolf
    The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine-that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. Taking the form of a fetching girl with wolf ears and a tail, Holo has ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD