Sociology
Our social world shapes everything from how we think and behave to how we build our communities and technologies. These thought-provoking works examine human nature, cultural shifts, and the hidden patterns that drive our increasingly complex society.
Sociology Book Summaries
A Slap in the Face
Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
Reveille for Radicals
Politics
Philosophy
History
World on Fire
How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
Politics
Economics
History
An Inconvenient Minority
The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy
Politics
Education
History
American Crucible
Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
History
American History
Race
The New Class War
Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite
Politics
Economics
Sociology
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
History
Politics
Sociology
Bring the War Home
The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
History
Politics
Race
Carpe Diem
Seizing the Day in a Distracted World
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Conspiracy
Why the Rational Believe the Irrational
Psychology
Science
Politics
Furious Minds
The Making of the MAGA New Right
Politics
History
Philosophy
Dying of Whiteness
How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
Politics
Race
Social Justice
The Division of Labor in Society
Sociology
Philosophy
Economics
Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
Psychology
Science
History
Day of Empire
How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall
History
Politics
Economics
White Identity Politics
Politics
Race
Political Science
The Consequences of Modernity
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
The Secret Life of Pronouns
What Our Words Say About Us
Psychology
Language
Linguistics
Giants
The Global Power Elite
Politics
Economics
History
Habits of the Heart
Individualism and Commitment in American Life
Sociology
Politics
Philosophy
Listen
On Music, Sound and Us – The Perfect Nonfiction Gift for Musicians and Curious Minds
Music
21st Century
Sociology
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Whiteness of a Different Color
European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race
History
Race
Sociology
More Than Words
How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World
Psychology
Science
Communication
Race and Manifest Destiny
Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism
History
Race
American History
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Sociology
The Macho Paradox
Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help
Feminism
Gender
Sociology
Fragmented Democracy
Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics
Politics
Race
Health Care
The Great Experiment
Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
Politics
History
Philosophy
When Race Trumps Merit
How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives
Politics
Race
Sociology
American Exceptionalism
A Double-Edged Sword
Politics
Sociology
American History
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
Politics
Political Science
History
The Fall of Public Man
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Fault Lines
Fractured Families and How to Mend Them
Psychology
Self Help
Family
Social Darwinism in American Thought
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Vanishing American Adult
Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
Politics
Parenting
Education
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States
Economics
Politics
Business
The Capital Order
How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
Economics
Politics
History
White Backlash
Immigration, Race, and American Politics
Immigration
Race
Politics
A Brief History of Equality
Economics
History
Politics
Why Cities Lose
The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
Politics
History
Political Science
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
History
Politics
Economics
The Logic of Collective Action
Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
Economics
Politics
Political Science
Born to Rebel
Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives
Psychology
Science
Parenting
Aesthetics of Excess
The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment
Race
Latinx
Theory
The Flag and the Cross
White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
Politics
Religion
History
The Politics of Resentment
Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Getting a Job
A Study of Contacts and Careers
Sociology
Economics
The Authoritarian Personality
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
