Sociology

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  1. Book ImageUncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future

    Angela Glover Blackwell, Stewart Kwoh, Manuel Pastor

    Revised and Updated Edition

    With a mixed-race president, a Latino population that is now the largest minority, and steadily growing Asian and Native American populations, race is both the most dynamic facet of American identity and the defining point of American disunity.More

  2. Book ImageWhistling 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. Book ImageMore 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. Book ImageDoing 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. Book ImageLife Without Lawyers: Restoring Responsibility in America

    Philip K. Howard

    How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common Sense.More

  6. Book ImageEveryday 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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  7. Book ImageMix 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

  8. Book ImageState 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

  9. Book ImageThe Real World: An Introduction to Sociology

    Kerry Ferris, Jill Stein

    Second Edition

    The most relevant textbook for today’s students, The Real World succeeds in classrooms because it focuses on the perspective that students care about most—their own.More

  10. Book ImageFamilies as They Really Are

    Barbara 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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  11. Book ImageThe Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights

    Irene Khan

    A powerful argument by the secretary general of Amnesty International that poverty is not just an economic problem but a global human-rights violation.More

  12. Book ImageThe Social Construction of Sexuality

    Steven Seidman

    Second Edition

    An affordable primer to sexuality from a sociological perspective.
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  13. Book ImageEveryday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

    Laurence Gonzales

    “Well-written and fascinating . . . this is the kind of book you want everyone to read.”—Cleveland Plain DealerMore

  14. Book ImageReinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet

    Ian F. McNeely, Lisa Wolverton

    “It has the power to wrench familiar aspects of history into new and surprising shapes.”—Laura Miller, Salon
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  15. Book ImageA Primer on Social Movements

    David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule

    A brief, affordable introduction to collective behavior and social movements.
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