This list of books, organized by theme or by region, is direct from the mouths and minds of Professors Shibusawa and Vazira to you. None of the books appear on the spring 2014 syllabus (currently found here). Except where noted, the links take you to the publisher’s website.

Capitalism

• Aviva Chomsky’s Linked Labor Histories
• El Figsón’s How to Succeed at Globalization (link goes to Publisher’s Weekly review of book)
• Rius’ Marx for Beginners (link goes to a pdf version of book)
• Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery

The Haitian Revolution

• Susan Buck-Morss’ Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History
• Laurent Dubois’ Avengers of the New World
• C.L.R. James’ The Black Jacobins

Hunger

• Nick Cullather’s The Hungry World
• James Vernon’s Hunger: A Modern History

Miscellaneous

• Michael H. Hunt’s Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy
• Timothy Mitchell’s Carbon Democracy
• Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States (link goes to free! online version of book)