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New Sociology Titles from Penguin Random House
By Spenser Stevens | February 12 2024 | Sociology
The Threat to American Democracy
9780593729144
A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens who are also the least likely to defend the nation’s core principles.
$32.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Hardcover
320 Pages
Random House
One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
9780593319482
A renowned sociologist and bestselling author examines a year of upheaval and conflict, showing how the pandemic and the crises it spawned reveal the true character of our societies: Who we are. What we value. Whose lives matter. A deeply reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake.
$32.00 US
Feb 13, 2024
Hardcover
464 Pages
Knopf
- Anthropology > Cultural and Social Anthropology > Urban Anthropology
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 21st Century
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Cultural History
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Urban History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > Urban Studies
- Sociology > Aging and Death > Sociology of Death and Dying
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Urban Sociology
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Basic > Epidemiology
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Epidemiology
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Community Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
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A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System (Updated Edition)
9780807045282
Born into a “formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,” Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear “Dalit looking.” Although prejudice against Dalits, who compose 25% of the population, has been illegal since 1950, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting, Dutt provides an incriminating analysis of caste’s influence in India over everything from entertainment to judicial systems and how this discrimination has carried over to US institutions.
$29.95 US
Feb 06, 2024
Hardcover
264 Pages
Beacon Press
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- History > Regional History: Asia > History of India and South Asia
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > India Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Change
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On Borders and Belonging
9780593545577
A provocative, virtuosic inquiry that reveals how the valorization of migrations past is intimately linked to the exclusion and demonization of migrants today.
$28.00 US
Feb 13, 2024
Hardcover
272 Pages
Riverhead Books
- Anthropology > Cultural and Social Anthropology > Political Anthropology
- English > Comparative Literature > Immigrant and Refugee Literature
- History > Period History: Western Civilization > Greek History
- History > Period History: Western Europe (Continental) > 21st Century Europe
- History > Regional History: Western Civilization > Greek History
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Immigration History
- Political Science > Comparative Politics > Race and Politics
- Political Science > International Relations > Human Rights
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Sociology
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Introduction to Public Policy
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Immigration Law
- Geography > Human Geography
- Geography > Population
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The Myths and Truths of Women Who Commit Violence
9780593534151
A groundbreaking work by an internationally acclaimed forensic psychotherapist that looks at women who commit extreme acts of violence and cruelty and at the underlying oppression and abuse often at the heart of these crimes.
$30.00 US
Feb 06, 2024
Hardcover
272 Pages
Knopf
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Gender and Violence
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Introduction to Women's Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Psychology of Women
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Social Psychology
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How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy
9780593594315
This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s fathers did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms—and that this intentional distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy.
$28.00 US
Jan 30, 2024
Hardcover
288 Pages
Crown
- History > Topical History > History of Political Thought
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Constitutional History
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitution
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Introduction to Public Policy
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Policy Analysis
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
- Sociology > Social Problems > Violence and Abuse
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Constitutional Law
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The Origins of Inequality
9780807093337
From the author of Superior, a groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression—its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat it.
$17.95 US
Feb 27, 2024
Paperback
256 Pages
Beacon Press
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Work and the Family
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Introduction to Gender Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Psychology
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How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
9781644213636
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practical solutions that can be pursued to strengthen the public, media, and truth-based politics.
$35.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Hardcover
384 Pages
Seven Stories Press
- Communication > Mass Communication > Media and Society
- Communication > Mass Communication > Media Ethics
- Communication > Mass Communication > Media History
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Media and Politics
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Sociology
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Political Sociology
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of the Mass Media
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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