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Anthropology & Sociology

Animals Like Us

by Mark Rowlands
A manifesto for the moral rights of animals.
Legalize This!

by Douglas Husak
Exploding the myths that sustain the criminalization of recreational drugs.
A Plague on Your Houses

by Deborah Wallace and Rodrick Wallace
A frightening study of the way misguided and malevolent social policy can spark a chain reaction of enormous and unforeseen urban collapse.
The Business of Books

by André Schiffrin
“A riveting chronicle of the rise and fall of the American reader.”—Village Voice
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Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City

by Mike Davis
Is the capital of Latin America a small island at the mouth of the Hudson River?
Canaries on the Rim

by Chip Ward
A quest to understand the secret history of ecocide in Utah.
(Per)Versions of Love and Hate

by Renata Salecl
A unique and timely intervention in contemporary debates on tolerance.
In the Shadow of the State

by Nicola Miller
A vivid exploration of Spanish American intellectual life.

Female Sexualization

by Frigga Haug
Enlightening perspectives on femininity and sexualization.
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The Ideology of Power and the Power of Ideology

by Göran Therborn
“Systematic and penetrating.”—Politics and Society
Island Stories

by Raphael Samuel
“The sheer scope and erudition of these pages is stunning.”—Terry Eagleton, Guardian
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman

by Michele Wallace
“Courageous, outspoken, clear-eyed.”—Publishers Weekly
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The Debate on Classes

by Erik Olin Wright
Leading thinkers' critiques of Classes, as well as Wright’s subsequent responses and reformulations.
Mechanic Accents

by Michael Denning
“One of the most illuminating, theoretically informed accounts of popular fiction.”—Terry Eagleton
DiY Culture

Edited by George McKay
“The most uplifting and empowering book you’ll read in a long time.”—Irvine Welsh
Classes

by Erik Olin Wright
“A major breakthrough in the conceptualization of class relations.”—American Journal of Sociology