Sociology

What are the successes and failures of punk and its institutions? What happened to a once-thriving punk …

A touching tribute to an oft-overlooked neighborhood institution. Amelia chronicles the sudden closure of the …

One little-known tidbit of historical trivia is briefly and vividly put on display for your pleasure and …

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"Men and women are just different!"  NOPE. Not according to science we aren't. This wickedly …

A sobering tome on the fragmentation of US society. The author traces our shift, over time, and nearly-unnoticed, into …

Feminism didn't start yesterday. This book reveals the extraordinary history of the fight for equal rights over the …

Use your power to overthrow the powers that be. Starhawk examines how we can make meaningful change in our communities …

Swept up in the nonstop news cycle of today, it's hard to step back and take the long view on history and current …

Have you ever thought about what it actually means to have freedom? New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein …

Today’s feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely …

There is a huge global economy in secondhand goods. And now that everyone in the industrialized world is downsizing and …

In Are Men Animals, Matthew Gutmann argues that predatory behavior in modern men is a result of societal and …

With her characteristically bold wit, comedian Alicia Tobin brings countless moments of vulnerability, humility, and …

If you're looking to begin or continue the fight against racism, this book is for you. Through pages of colorful …

Happiness is big business. Books, consultants, psychologists, organizations, and even governments tout happiness …

To many people who live in the United States, stability comes from a strong economy, steady employment, and a …

The Victorian era really did a number on the way our society views and treats women: we were supposed to be delicate …

This book is Penny Rimbaud's literary bullet shot into the heart of the state. He details the events …

An essential tool for media literacy. People are constantly trying to use charts, graphs, and maps to exaggerate, …

In the ever-growing social climate of activism and feminism, traditional masculinity has become the topic of …

An exploration of research, questions and dialogues, surrounding content and experience on …

An open and honest examination of the ethics of the medical industry and the impact they have in modern …

What exactly is democracy? Because it seems like each country that defines as such as a very different defintion and …

An engaging and informative account of the ever growing mass of people choosing to better our world with the power of …

Written based on 40 years of research, What's your Pronoun dives deep into the grammatical and political …

A science journalist looks into the evolutionary anthropology of one of the key defining human relationships. …