A postmodern critique of sociology’s presuppositions.

Locates the origins of the mass audience and the emergence of everyday moviegoing in the culture of cities.

A pickup basketball player looks at the pickup game as a distinctive culture using both personal experience and cultural studies theory.

Using scripture and science, a Christian agricultural scientist presents an ethic of farming that promotes good food and a healthy environment.

Argues convincingly, if counterintuitively, that modern medicine has little impact on longevity or mortality.

The definitive source book on philosophy and the city.

Offers research on educational policies, programs, and practices for adolescent girls and young women, from both comparative and international perspectives.

Looks at contemporary sports talk radio and its relations to both traditional and newer forms of masculinity.

A sociological look at the role of space in inequality.

Looks at the educational experiences of poor, working class, and middle class students against the backdrop of complicated class stratification in a shifting global economy.

Looks at union organizing and strikes that were either strengthened by interracial cooperation or defeated by racial competition during the period between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.

Examines how globalization and the environment are connected issues.

A fascinating look at the social experience of sharing a bed with another person.

This is the first general theory of time-consciousness and social experience ever developed.

A fascinating exploration of the connection between profit making and morality, this book illustrates how modern accounting had its roots in the sacrament of confession.

Explains why cities dig deep in their pockets to host the Olympics and countries breed teams for success on the world soccer stage.

Examines the backpacking trip usually taken by Israeli youth following military service.

Examines the economic activities of self-employed brickmakers and the unpaid family members and others who assist them in Mexico.

Details the reactions of men and women serving aboard a hospital transport ship during the American Civil War.

Examines how and why government leaders understand and respond to African Americans and Latinos in northeastern cities with strong political traditions.

Explores the role of media in the construction of cultural identities.

Examines the growing popularity of alternative medicine as a personal health care option.

Argues that leaders sometimes promote international conflicts to keep their own military politically divided.

Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.

An ethnographic study of marital equality.