Sociology
The Promise of Poststructuralist Sociology
A postmodern critique of sociology’s presuppositions.
Now Playing
Locates the origins of the mass audience and the emergence of everyday moviegoing in the culture of cities.
Give and Go
A pickup basketball player looks at the pickup game as a distinctive culture using both personal experience and cultural studies theory.
Food, Farming, and Faith
Using scripture and science, a Christian agricultural scientist presents an ethic of farming that promotes good food and a healthy environment.
What If Medicine Disappeared?
Argues convincingly, if counterintuitively, that modern medicine has little impact on longevity or mortality.
Philosophy and the City
The definitive source book on philosophy and the city.
The Structure and Agency of Women's Education
Offers research on educational policies, programs, and practices for adolescent girls and young women, from both comparative and international perspectives.
Beer, Babes, and Balls
Looks at contemporary sports talk radio and its relations to both traditional and newer forms of masculinity.
The Sociology of Spatial Inequality
A sociological look at the role of space in inequality.
Late to Class
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.
Racial Competition and Class Solidarity
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.
Globalization and the Environment
Examines how globalization and the environment are connected issues.
Two in a Bed
A fascinating look at the social experience of sharing a bed with another person.
Time and Society
This is the first general theory of time-consciousness and social experience ever developed.
Confession and Bookkeeping
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.
National Identity and Global Sports Events
Explains why cities dig deep in their pockets to host the Olympics and countries breed teams for success on the world soccer stage.
Israeli Backpackers
Examines the backpacking trip usually taken by Israeli youth following military service.
Subsidizing Capitalism
Examines the economic activities of self-employed brickmakers and the unpaid family members and others who assist them in Mexico.
Hospital Transports
Details the reactions of men and women serving aboard a hospital transport ship during the American Civil War.
Electoral Politics Is Not Enough
Examines how and why government leaders understand and respond to African Americans and Latinos in northeastern cities with strong political traditions.
Globalization, Cultural Identities, and Media Representations
Explores the role of media in the construction of cultural identities.
Negotiating the Holistic Turn
Examines the growing popularity of alternative medicine as a personal health care option.
United We Stand?
Argues that leaders sometimes promote international conflicts to keep their own military politically divided.
Desegregating the City
Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.
The Meanings of Marital Equality
An ethnographic study of marital equality.