Social Groups

An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for workThroug...

The surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York Citys Washington Square Park Located ...

Devils Rib tells of the radical but inspiring choice some people make to live in the wildness. Mateusz Kowalik, through a very curated selection of...

How researchers understood the atomic bombs effects on the human psyche before the recognition of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.   In 1945, resear...

After all the green beer has been poured and the ubiquitous shamrocks fade away, what does it mean to be Irish American besides St. Patricks Day? W...

Religion and Sexuality in Zimbabwe highlights the complex interplay between religion and sexuality in Zimbabwe. It shows how religion both facilita...

Rights and the City takes stock of rights struggles and progress in cities by exploring the tensions that exist between different concepts of right...

Global Downtowns reconsiders one of the defining features of urban lifethe energy and exuberance that characterize downtown areaswithin a framework...

This narrative of subsistence on the Tibetan plateau describes the life-worlds of people in a region traditionally known as Kham who move with thei...

Towns are imagined, lived and experienced, as much as they are conceived and constructed. They reflect cultural and intellectual currents, prevaili...

Noting that science fiction is characterized by an investment in the proliferation of racial difference, Isiah Lavender III argues that racial alte...

This book tests a new approach to understanding ethnic mobilization and considers the interplay of global forces, national-level variation in inequ...

What is the relationship between race and space, and how do racial politics inform the organization and development of urban locales? In Race and t...

John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsiz...

In 1965, Tom of Finland began flirting with the idea of an ongoing character for his panel stories, the ultimate Toms Man. He tried out a blond nam...

A memoir from the award-winning author of My Lesbian Husband, Barrie Jean Borichs Body Geographic turns personal history into an inspired reflectio...

Representing some of the most exciting work in critical ethnic studies, the essays in this collection examine the production of racialized, gendere...

In The War on Slums in the Southwest, Robert Fairbanks provides compelling and probing case studies of economic problems and public housing plight...

In an important new application of sociological theories, Nadia Y. Flores-Yeffal offers fresh insights into the ways in which social networks funct...