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Up Against the Sprawl: Public Policy and the Making of Southern California 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
The New Politics of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice The New Politics of Race Globalism, Difference, Justice Howard Winant 2004 Fall
Classic essays on race from a powerful voice in the field
The Ethnological Imagination: A Cross-Cultural Critique of Modernity The Ethnological Imagination A Cross-Cultural Critique of Modernity Fuyuki Kurasawa 2004 Fall
A significant intervention in contemporary debates about cross-cultural understanding
The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934 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
Legacies of Lynching: Racial Violence and Memory 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
Theories of the New Class: Intellectuals and Power 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
Knowledge Power and Discipline: German Studies and National Identity 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
The Politics of Selfhood: Bodies and Identities in Global Capitalism 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
Social Origins of Religion Social Origins of Religion Roger Bastide 2003 Spring
A classic work that provides an essential framework for the study of the sacred
Solidarity and Contention: Networks of Polish Opposition Solidarity and Contention Networks of Polish Opposition Maryjane Osa 2003 Spring
Offers an innovative model for understanding how social movements occur in repressive societies
At the Beach At the Beach Jean-Didier Urbain 2003 Spring
An engaging look at why we vacation at the shore
Built to Win: The Female Athlete as Cultural Icon 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
The Origins of Postcommunist Elites: From Prague Spring to the Breakup of Czechoslovakia 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
Urban Encounters Urban Encounters Helen Liggett 2003 Spring
In words and photographs, reimagining the city as lived space
Union Women: Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America 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.