Sociology
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole
Paperback
"Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book." —Jackson Lears
The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
Paperback
A Business Week Best Book of the Year.... "A devastating and wholly necessary book."—Studs Terkel, author of Working
Death's Door: Modern Dying and the Ways We Grieve
Paperback
"The most comprehensive multidisciplinary contemplation of mortality we are likely to get."--Thomas Lynch, New York Times Book Review
Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home
eBook
A sweeping history of humanity’s most fundamental creation—the home—and its effects on the land, cities and people themselves
The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young
Hardback
A penetrating, personal look at contemporary India—the world’s largest democracy—at a moment of transition.