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Titles by Discipline - Social Science
Click Here to Print This ListA piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live — "excellent and timely." (The New Yorker) Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and… Read More
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780316628211
USD: $29 / CAD: $37
On Sale: October 27th 2020
Little, Brown and Company
A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyoncé.The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways -- glossing over misogyny while omitting the seeds… Read More
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781568589350
USD: $26 / CAD: $33
On Sale: April 14th 2020
PublicAffairs
An award-winning sociologist reveals the unexpected link between overwork and inequality.Most Americans work too long and too hard, while others lack consistency in their hours and schedules. Work hours declined for a century through hard-fought labor-movement victories, but they've increased significantly since the seventies. Worked Over traces the varied reasons… Read More
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781541618343
USD: $28 / CAD: $35
On Sale: September 8th 2020
Basic Books
Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode and through an uncertain future.The events of the past decade have forced us to reckon with who we are and who we want to be. We have been invested in a set… Read More
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781568588735
USD: $26 / CAD: $33
On Sale: September 15th 2020
PublicAffairs
A physician's "remarkable" account of how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences (Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- even for the white voters they promise to help.In election after election, conservative white Americans have embraced politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But as physician Jonathan M. Metzl shows in… Read More
Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781541644977
USD: $17.99 / CAD: $22.99
On Sale: May 12th 2020
Basic Books
The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism -- now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum,… Read More
Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780465060689
USD: $18.99 / CAD: $23.99
On Sale: September 5th 2017
Basic Books
Lacing cultural criticism, Victorian literature, and storytelling together, "TOO MUCH spills over: with intellect, with sparkling prose, and with the brainy arguments of Vorona Cote, who posits that women are all, in some way or another, still susceptible to being called too much." (Esmé Weijun Wang)A weeping woman is a… Read More
Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781538729700
USD: $19.99 / CAD: $24.99
On Sale: February 25th 2020
Grand Central Publishing
We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly… Read More
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781455566389
USD: $22
On Sale: May 24th 2016
Grand Central Publishing
In this analysis of social history, examine the complex lineage of America's oppression of Black companionship.According to the 2010 US census, more than seventy percent of Black women in America are unmarried. Black Women, Black Love reveals how four centuries of laws, policies, and customs have created that crisis.Dianne Stewart… Read More
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781580058186
USD: $30 / CAD: $38
On Sale: October 6th 2020
Basic Books
One of NPR's Best Books of 2020One of the Most Fascinating Books WIRED Read in 2020A brilliant mathematician examines the complexity of gender and society and forges a path out of inequality. Why are men in charge? After years in the male-dominated field of mathematics and in the female-dominated field of… Read More
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781541646506
USD: $28 / CAD: $35
On Sale: August 25th 2020
Basic Books