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New Sociology Titles from Penguin Random House
By Spenser Stevens | March 7 2024 | General
Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
978-0-593-23905-6
An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclaimed dead in America today—and what it says about the state of our society.
$30.00 US
Mar 12, 2024
Hardcover
336 Pages
Crown
How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
978-0-593-65503-0
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
$30.00 US
Mar 26, 2024
Hardcover
400 Pages
Penguin Press
- Education > Educational Psychology > Introduction to Educational Psychology
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Adolescent Development
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Child Development
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Introduction to Family Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Adolescent Development
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Applied Social Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Social Psychology
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
- Student Success and Career Development > Career Development > Personal and Professional Development
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia
978-0-593-46706-0
From the author of Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, a probing exploration of the bizarre and dangerous conspiracies that have roiled America over the past decade and captured the minds of so many Americans.
$19.00 US
Mar 05, 2024
Paperback
304 Pages
Vintage
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 21st Century
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Cultural History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Popular Culture
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Political Parties and Interest Groups
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Ideologies
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Sociology
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Change
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Movements and Collective Behavior
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Political Sociology
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Essays
978-1-64009-635-6
The author of the award-winning memoir Red Paint returns with a razor-sharp, clear-eyed collection of essays on what it means to be a proudly queer indigenous woman in the United States today.
$27.00 US
Mar 05, 2024
Hardcover
256 Pages
Counterpoint
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
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Writing the Race
978-0-593-29978-4
A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country’s history.
$30.00 US
Mar 19, 2024
Hardcover
304 Pages
Penguin Press
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – African American
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of African-Americans
- History > U.S. History > African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
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A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to California
978-0-8070-4530-5
A young South Asian American woman’s story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming.
$28.95 US
Mar 26, 2024
Hardcover
336 Pages
Beacon Press
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- History > Topical History > History of Environmentalism
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Work and the Family
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Environmental Politics and Policy
- Sociology > Family > Sociology of Family
- Sociology > Special Topics > Sociology of Food
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A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico
978-0-553-38768-1
A searing memoir that explores the institutions that defined a Puerto Rican woman and what she unlearned to rediscover herself.
$28.00 US
Mar 19, 2024
Hardcover
272 Pages
Pantheon
Women, Work, and the Promise of Liberation
978-0-525-50921-9
An incisive exploration of women and work, showing how globalization’s promise of liberation instead set the stage for repression—from the acclaimed author of Factory Girls.
$30.00 US
Mar 12, 2024
Hardcover
368 Pages
Random House
- Anthropology > Peoples and Cultures > Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
- History > Regional History: Middle East and North Africa > Egypt
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Middle East Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Introduction to Women's Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Race, Class, and Gender
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Work
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Work
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