Sociology

Silent Cells The Secret Drugging of Captive America Anthony Ryan Hatch 2019 Spring

A critical investigation into the use of psychotropic drugs to pacify and control inmates and other captives in the vast U.S. prison, military, and welfare systems

Fighting for NOW Diversity and Discord in the National Organization for Women Kelsy Kretschmer 2019 Spring

An unparalleled exploration of NOW’s trajectory, from its founding to the present—and its future

Men in Place Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America Miriam J. Abelson 2019 Spring

Daring new theories of masculinity, built from a large and geographically diverse interview study of transgender men

Gringolandia Lifestyle Migration under Late Capitalism Matthew Hayes 2018 Fall

A telling look at today’s “reverse” migration of white, middle-class expats from north to south, through the lens of one South American city

Food Justice Now! Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle Joshua Sbicca 2018 Fall

A rallying cry to link the food justice movement to broader social justice debates

Globalized Authoritarianism Megaprojects, Slums, and Class Relations in Urban Morocco Koenraad Bogaert 2018 Spring

A rich investigation into Morocco’s urban politics

Subprime Health Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine Nadine Ehlers and Leslie R. Hinkson, Editors 2017 Fall

Moving beyond discussions of racial genomics, an interdisciplinary exploration of race-based medicine

Marxist Thought and the City Henri Lefebvre 2016 Fall

For the first time in English, Lefebvre’s essential work on how Marx and Engels conceptualized the development of the city

Urban Policy in the Time of Obama James DeFilippis, Editor 2016 Fall

How presidential policies have served—or failed to serve—America’s cities

Testing Fate Tay-Sachs Disease and the Right to Be Responsible Shelley Z. Reuter 2016 Fall

An unprecedented look at the racialized history of a “Jewish” disease

The Servant Class City Urban Revitalization versus the Working Poor in San Diego David J. Karjanen 2016 Fall

Exposes a dark side of the sunny city that has enticed workers and tourists for decades

Blood Sugar Racial Pharmacology and Food Justice in Black America Anthony Ryan Hatch 2016 Spring

How contemporary biomedicine has shaped race and racism as America’s health disparities increase

Program Earth Environmental Sensing Technology and the Making of a Computational Planet Jennifer Gabrys 2016 Spring

How sensors are changing our environmental relationships

Made to Hear Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf Children Laura Mauldin 2016 Spring

The social consequences of the medicalization of deafness, as seen in the experiences of parents and professionals working with cochlear implants

Freegans Diving into the Wealth of Food Waste in America Alex V. Barnard 2016 Spring

Freegans, who try to live on what we throw away, reveal the limits of capitalism but also the limits of consumer activism in changing it

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