Rap and hip hop, the music and culture rooted in African American urban life, bloomed in the late 1970s on the streets and in the playgrounds of New York City. This critical collection serves as a historical guide to rap and hip hop from its beginnings to the evolution of its many forms and frequen[...]

During World War Two Britain had to look to the land to provide the produce it had previously shipped in from abroad, meaning huge changes on both the agricultural and domestic scenes. Accompanying an 8-part BBC series and written by the three presenters who spend a year living on a reconstructed fa[...]

Vi var några som förlorade respekten för det omöjliga. Målet var att lyckas nå självförverkligandet på egen hand. Anställning som sysselsättning betraktades, med ett subtilt förakt, möjligtvis som ett eventuellt skyddsnät, men absolut som ett andrahandsalternativ. Vi var skolade med st[...]