Elijah Anderson
Unsparing and important. . . . An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice)More
Elizabeth Wayland Barber
"A fascinating history of…[a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book ReviewMore
Jill Andresky Fraser
How corporate greed and mismanagement ate the American dream.More
Arne L. Kalleberg
In this provocative new study, Arne L. Kalleberg examines how the now-common expectation that a career should at once provide fulfillment, challenge, meaning, and financial success is creating a growing number of “mismatched” workers—workers who fit poorly with their employers or careers.More
John E. Schwarz, Thomas J. Volgy
College Edition
“John E. Schwarz and Thomas J. Volgy have joined forces to produce an incisive analysis of the nation’s economic problems, illustrated their book with real people, and linked their material to the political process. This is a major contribution to the most important debate taking place in America. —Thomas B. EdsallMore
Richard Sennett
A Business Week Best Book of the Year.... "A devastating and wholly necessary book."—Studs Terkel, author of WorkingMore
Theda Skocpol
An eye-opening look at how America’s social policy has been hijacked by a rhetoric of extremes.More
Rachel Louise Snyder
“A fascinating chronicle of the $55-billion-a-year global denim industry.” —David Futrelle, Los Angeles TimesMore
Max Weber, Richard Swedberg
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is Max Weber’s most important work and, since its publication in 1904, has been widely considered the most important sociological study of the twentieth century.More