Sociology
Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future
Revised and Updated
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With a mixed-race president, a Latino population that is now the largest minority, and steadily growing Asian and Pacific Islander populations, race is both the most dynamic facet of American identity and the defining point of American disunity.
Life Without Lawyers: Restoring Responsibility in America
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How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common Sense.
More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
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A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma.
Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
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“A landmark book in the science of emotions and its implications for ethics and human universals.”—Library Journal, starred review
Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet
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“It has the power to wrench familiar aspects of history into new and surprising shapes.”—Laura Miller, Salon