Sociology
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Up Against the Sprawl Public Policy and the Making of Southern California Jennifer Wolch, Manuel Pastor Jr. and Peter Dreier, Editors 2004 Spring
- Los Angeles's experience in managing urban growth and change
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The New Politics of Race Globalism, Difference, Justice Howard Winant 2004 Fall
- Classic essays on race from a powerful voice in the field
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The Ethnological Imagination A Cross-Cultural Critique of Modernity Fuyuki Kurasawa 2004 Fall
- A significant intervention in contemporary debates about cross-cultural understanding
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The Voice of Southern Labor Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934 Vincent J. Roscigno and William F. Danaher 2004 Spring
- Vividly shows how music united striking workers
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Legacies of Lynching Racial Violence and Memory Jonathan Markovitz 2004 Spring
- Traces the changing meanings of lynching and examines the political power of lynching as metaphor
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Theories of the New Class Intellectuals and Power Lawrence Peter King and Iván Szelényi 2004 Spring
- Demonstrates the centrality of thinking about intellectual class formation to social theory
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Knowledge Power and Discipline German Studies and National Identity Pier Carlo Bontempelli 2003 Fall
- An essential critical history of German studies as an academic discipline
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The Politics of Selfhood Bodies and Identities in Global Capitalism Richard Harvey Brown, Editor 2003 Fall
- Looks at the ways social change is expressed through debates over identities and bodies
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Social Origins of Religion Roger Bastide 2003 Spring
- A classic work that provides an essential framework for the study of the sacred
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Solidarity and Contention Networks of Polish Opposition Maryjane Osa 2003 Spring
- Offers an innovative model for understanding how social movements occur in repressive societies
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At the Beach Jean-Didier Urbain 2003 Spring
- An engaging look at why we vacation at the shore
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Built to Win The Female Athlete as Cultural Icon Leslie Heywood and Shari L. Dworkin 2003 Spring
- A timely look at the rise of women in sports
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The Origins of Postcommunist Elites From Prague Spring to the Breakup of Czechoslovakia Gil Eyal 2003 Spring
- A surprising look at the causes of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia
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Urban Encounters Helen Liggett 2003 Spring
- In words and photographs, reimagining the city as lived space
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Union Women Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America Mary Margaret Fonow 2002 Fall
- How a feminist agenda took hold in a male-dominated union.