Sociology

Migrants for Export How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World Robyn Magalit Rodriguez 2010 Spring

How the Philippines transformed itself into the world’s leading labor brokerage state

Those Who Work, Those Who Don't Poverty, Morality, and Family in Rural America Jennifer Sherman 2009 Fall

Following the stories of economic collapse in a Northern California town and what they tell us about rural America

Little Saigons Staying Vietnamese in America Karin Aguilar–San Juan 2009 Fall

Explores how Vietnamese refugees and immigrants retain their identities in the United States

Socialism and Modernity Peter Beilharz 2009 Fall

Argues that both socialism and capitalism are fundamental to modernity

The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan Right-Wing Movements and National Politics Rory McVeigh 2009 Spring

Rediscovering the Ku Klux Klan as a national movement in the 1920s

A World of Gangs Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture John M. Hagedorn 2009 Fall

From L.A. to Lagos, Port-au-Prince to Paris—a provocative analysis of the global proliferation of street gangs

Dialectical Materialism Henri Lefebvre 2009 Spring

The first U.S. edition of an important French Marxist text

How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism Tina Fetner 2008 Fall

An unexpected analysis of the battle between opposing activist movements

Haunting the Korean Diaspora Shame, Secrecy, and the Forgotten War Grace M. Cho 2008 Fall

An engrossing encounter with lingering ghosts of the Korean War

Identity Work in Social Movements Jo Reger, Daniel J. Myers and Rachel L. Einwohner, Editors 2008 Fall

Examines how sameness and difference are negotiated within social movements

Jim Crow Nostalgia Reconstructing Race in Bronzeville Michelle R. Boyd 2008 Spring

An incisive analysis of racial identity in urban politics

The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer Changing Cultures of Disease and Activism Maren Klawiter 2008 Spring

A richly textured analysis of the body politics of breast cancer activism

Mothers without Citizenship Asian Immigrant Families and the Consequences of Welfare Reform Lynn Fujiwara 2008 Spring

An enlightening perspective on welfare policy and its impact on immigrant families

Waves of Protest Popular Struggle in El Salvador, 1925–2005 Paul D. Almeida 2008 Spring

A groundbreaking study of protest movements in El Salvador

Ghostly Matters Haunting and the Sociological Imagination Avery F. Gordon 2008 Spring

A new edition of this widely influential and innovative work of social theory—with a new introduction and foreword

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