Showing posts with label Sociology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sociology. Show all posts
Monday, May 9, 2022

Anthony Giddens, The Nation-State and Violence

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At Amazon Anthony Giddens, The Nation-State and Violence .
Monday, July 19, 2021

Alice Goffman's TED Talk (VIDEO)

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Last night I was rummaging through my stacks and stacks of books --- the overflow of books I own, of which I have no shelf space --- looking...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Alice Goffman's Hiring at Pomona College an 'Egregious' Case of 'Anti-Blackness'

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"No more whites should be hired." See Legal Insurrection, " Pomona College Students: Hiring White Prof an ‘Egregious’ Offen...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Edmund Wilson, Apologies to the Iroquois

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*BUMPED.* I picked up a used copy. And the book's available at Amazon, Edmund Wilson, Apologies to the Iroquois: With a Study of th...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Eduardo Kohn, How Forests Think

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Put this one on the gift lists for your tree-hugging, vision-quest enviro-leftist family members. From Eduardo Kohn, How Forests Think: To...
Sunday, December 18, 2016

William Julius Wilson, When Work Disappears [BUMPED]

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Professor Wilson's work is increasingly in vogue. Lots of folks are citing it, from J.D. Vance to Katherine S. Newman and Hella Winston....
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

William Julius Wilson, The Bridge Over the Racial Divide

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This book is certainly timely, although it came out 20 years ago. But reading it again, it's uncanny how it speaks to our current troubl...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

In the Mail: Matthew Desmond, Evicted

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Crown Publishers sent me a copy of Matthew Desmond's fantastic new book, Evicted . I've read the first couple of chapters and it&#...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Older Americans Find Community at McDonald's

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Older Korean-Americans in New York, especially. Here's the initial story from last week, at NYT, " Fighting a McDonald’s in Queen...