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Sociology

1. Call and Response: Key Debates in African American Studies

   Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Jennifer Burton

   Class-tested by Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his groundbreaking course, Call and Response is an innovative core reader for African American Studies.More

2. Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us

   Claude M. Steele, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

   Acclaimed social psychologist Claude Steele offers an insider’s look at his groundbreaking findings on stereotypes and identity.More

3. More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City

   William Julius Wilson

   A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma.More

4. Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century

   Hazel Rose Markus, Paula M. L. Moya

   A collection of new essays, written by a team of interdisciplinary authors, that gives a comprehensive introduction to race and ethnicity.
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5. Everyday Sociology Reader

   Karen Sternheimer

   A lively mix of traditional readings, blog posts, and activities to help students connect sociology to their own lives.
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6. Mix It Up: Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society

   David Grazian

   A “non-textbook” introduction to the social significance of popular culture and mass media.More

7. State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability

   The Worldwatch Institute

   The premier environmental nonprofit shows the ways to transform our consumer culture into a culture centered on sustainability.More

8. Families As They Really Are

   Barbara J. Risman

   A fresh collection of original essays by leading scholars that focuses on how families operate in everyday life: what they are, how they work, and why they matter.
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9. The Social Construction of Sexuality

   Steven Seidman

   Second Edition

   An affordable primer to sexuality from a sociological perspective.
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10. A Primer on Social Movements

    David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule

    A brief, affordable introduction to collective behavior and social movements.
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11. How the Other Half Lives

    Jacob Riis, Hasia R. Diner

    How the Other Half Lives occupies a premier place on a small list of American books—along with Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Jungle, Silent Spring, The Feminine Mystique, and Unsafe at Any Speed—that changed public opinion, influenced public policy, and left an indelible mark on history.More

12. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    Mary Wollstonecraft, Deidre Shauna Lynch

    Third Edition

    Arguably the most original book of the eighteenth century, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a pioneering feminist work.More

13. Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People

    Jon Jeter

    A powerful, accessible, and eye-opening analysis of the global economy.More

14. The Post-American World

    Fareed Zakaria

    “Zakaria . . . may have more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in the West.” —Boston Sunday GlobeMore

15. Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade

    Rachel Louise Snyder

    “A fascinating chronicle of the $55-billion-a-year global denim industry.” —David Futrelle, Los Angeles TimesMore