Sociology
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
Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade
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“A fascinating chronicle of the $55-billion-a-year global denim industry.” —David Futrelle, Los Angeles Times
Inventing Human Rights: A History
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“A tour de force.”—Gordon S. Wood, New York Times Book Review
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole
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"Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book." —Jackson Lears
Death's Door: Modern Dying and the Ways We Grieve
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"The most comprehensive multidisciplinary contemplation of mortality we are likely to get."--Thomas Lynch, New York Times Book Review