Argues that the United States refuses to address global warming because of the reliance of the American economy on urban sprawl.

Explores how Cuban Americans negotiate bicultural identities through cultural production.

Provides insights into university partnerships with urban schools.

Materially grounded analysis of contemporary film, literature, and music in Hong Kong that resists the superficial stereotypes of the “global city. ”

A look at the voluntary sector in Japan, which has emerged strongly only in recent years.

Explores how the entry of migrant workers into Israel raises questions beyond just those of the labor market.

Contributors engage the communication issues associated with violence in families, including interspousal violence and violent parents and children.

A demographic portrait of gay and lesbian couples who live together in committed relationships.

Shows how Ozick’s characters attempt to mediate a complex Jewish identity, one that bridges the differences between traditional Judaism and secular American culture.

Examines the influence of Aristotle and Kant on the nineteenth-century social theory of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.

Personal accounts celebrating the place of exercise in women’s lives—and as the site of women’s community.

A powerful account of the hazards, challenges, and dangers faced by America's first-responders.

Provides multiple and accessible perspectives on trauma both as a condition and as a cultural phenomenon.

First collection of essays on cinematic motherhood.

Looks at town-gown relationships with a focus on African Americans.

Asks how and why standardized tests have become the ubiquitous standard by which educational achievement and intelligence are measured.

Introduces the concept of obliviousness to the consideration of family systems—what do families choose to ignore and why and how they do so.

A sweeping history of this natural wonder, from its geological beginnings to the present.

Demonstrates the many devastating and interrelated threats that punitive policies like “zero tolerance” pose to youth, schooling, and democracy.

Argues that the responsibility for eradicating racial hatred has been redirected away from the state and toward the hated, leaving the causes of hate unaddressed.

Examines the relationship of civic discourse to built environments through a case study of the Cabrini Green urban revitalization project in Chicago.

Looks at how contemporary Jewish neighborhoods interact with both local and transnational influences.

Groundbreaking empirical study of voting by resident aliens in established democracies.

Looks at the experience of being an exotic dancer in different kinds of strip clubs.

Presents the perspectives of contemporary college students on their lives and educations.