SOCIOLOGY. NEW TITLES for PENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP

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1 SOCIOLOGY NEW TITLES for 2016 PENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP

2 ELI SANDERS While the City Slept A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man s Descent into Madness In this riveting account of a murder in Seattle, Sanders offers a portrait in microcosm of the state of mental health care in this country, as well as an inspiring story of love and forgiveness. Carefully documenting one man s unheeded slide toward violence, Sanders shows what can happen when a disturbed member of society falls through the cracks. VIKING HARDCOVER 226 PAGES $28.00 ADAM COHEN Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck Overturning myths and reappraising heroic figures, Cohen tells the story of a great injustice: the Supreme Court s 1927 Buck v. Bell decision to champion eugenic sterilization. A powerfully written account of how the United States Supreme Court collaborated in the involuntary sterilization of thousands of poor and powerless women.a shocking story beautifully told. John Fabian Witt, author of The Accidental Republic PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 416 PAGES $28.00 COLIN WOODARD American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good The author of American Nations examines the history of a key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free society. Tracing these two strands in American politics through four centuries, Woodard explores how different regions have navigated the struggle between individualism and collectivism. He also offers pragmatic suggestions to achieve balance and break political deadlock. VIKING HARDCOVER 320 PAGES $29.00 MARTHA ELLIOTT The Man in the Monster: An Intimate Portrait of a Serial Killer A rare close-up of the mind behind a serial killer...[elliott s] meticulous...reporting pries open the story behind the [killer s] series of repulsive crimes...[a] college graduate with girlfriends and, at the same time, an obsessive, demented man stalking young women, the killer reveals himself to the reporter as the complex story of childhood traumas and mental illness unfold...a highly readable contribution both to the debate about capital punishment and the criminal justice system. Joan Konner, Columbia University PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 336 PAGES $27.95 DAN-EL PADILLA PERALTA Undocumented A Dominican Boy s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League The Columbia University classics scholar chronicles his life as an undocumented immigrant who went on to graduate at the top of his Princeton class. From homeless shelter to Princeton, Oxford, and Stanford, through the grace not only of his own hard work but his mother s discipline and care, [Peralta] documents the America we should still aspire to be. Anne-Marie Slaughter, New America Foundation PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 320 PAGES $27.95

3 SUSAN SOUTHARD Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War An unflinching account of nuclear war, Nagasaki takes readers from the day of the bombing to the city today, relating the experiences of five survivors. Southard, who spent years researching the challenges of post-atomic life, weaves eyewitness accounts together with analysis of the censorship and denial that colored much of the reporting of the bombing. Magnificent and necessary...a powerful way to engage with the moral conundrums surrounding our country s use of atomic weapons. Los Angeles Times VIKING HARDCOVER 416 PAGES $28.95 JOHN FREEMAN, editor Tales of Two Cities The Best and Worst of Times in Today s New York In a city where the top 1 percent earns over a half-million dollars per year while 25,000 children are homeless, discourse about our wealth gap has never been more needed. This anthology is the literary world s response, with 30 contemporary writers, including Zadie Smith, Junot Díaz, and Lydia Davis, examining life in an economically divided New York. PENGUIN PAPERBACK 288 PAGES $16.00 PHIL ZUCKERMAN Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions Over the last 25 years, no religion has become the fastest growing religion in the United States. Revealing the beliefs that empower secular culture, sociology professor Zuckerman shows how moral engagement can prosper outside traditional faith. [Zuckerman is] the leading American sociologist of secularism.[his] work has become essential reading for...understand[ing] religion and the nonreligious in this country. Greg M. Epstein, humanist chaplain, Harvard University PENGUIN PAPERBACK 288 PAGES $17.00 THOMAS MALTHUS An Essay on the Principle of Population And Other Writings EDITED WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MAYHEW Malthus s provocative work on social economy and population control continues to shape contemporary social theory, economics, and environmental studies. This updated edition features a new introduction by Mayhew, professor of historical geography and intellectual history and author of Malthus: The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet. PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 352 PAGES $18.00 JEFFREY D. SACHS The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time 10TH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION; FOREWORD BY BONO In this 10th-anniversary edition, Sachs presents a new preface assessing the progress of the past decade, the work that remains, and how we can help. He looks ahead to 2030, the United Nations target for ending extreme poverty, and addresses the debate about the role and efficacy of foreign assistance in promoting economic growth. PENGUIN PAPERBACK 448 PAGES $18.00

4 KATHERINE ZOEPF Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of the Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World Renowned reporter Zoepf illuminates the modern Middle East through the stories of Arab women who are questioning authority, changing societies, and leading revolutions. Chronicles the internal pressures and counter-pressures influencing the Arab world toward a form of social change that is by no means inevitable...[zoepf] understand[s] these women s lives on their own terms without losing her footing either in their world or in ours. The New York Times Book Review PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 272 PAGES $28.00 CARYL RIVERS and ROSALIND C. BARNETT The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female Ascendance Is Hurting Women, Men and Our Economy Two experts on gender issues and female psychology argue that subtle biases continue to marginalize women, the most insidious of which is the myth that women are advancing ahead of men, when, in fact, their strides have not translated into money or influence. Myth-shattering, disturbing, persuasive, and hopeful all at once. The authors argue that discrimination isn t gone, it s gone underground, and they show what to do about it to ensure that women s talent isn t lost. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School PERIGEE PAPERBACK 304 PAGES $17.95 AZIZ ANSARI and ERIC KLINENBERG Modern Romance After conducting a massive global research project that involved hundreds of interviews, focus groups, and help from the world s leading social scientists including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry Turkle, and Robb Willer comedian Aziz Ansari and NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg present a funny in-depth exploration of our modern romantic world. PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 288 PAGES $28.95 LARISSA MacFARQUHAR Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help Should we admire [altruistic] people and celebrate their generosity?...or are we right in wondering if their need to give so much and so often is really just the product of a lot of messed-up psychology? MacFarquhar, a longtime writer for The New Yorker, tackles these questions with great intelligence and empathy. The New York Times Book Review PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 336 PAGES $27.95 LINDA TIRADO Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America As the gap between the haves and the have-nots in America grows wider, the voices of the working poor are rarely heard. In Hand to Mouth, Tirado speaks from experience about what it s like to work, eat, shop, raise kids, and keep a roof overhead without enough money. She also answers frequently asked questions about those who live on or near minimum wage, opening up a much-needed dialogue about our nation s working poor. BERKLEY PAPERBACK 240 PAGES $16.00

5 KEN ROBINSON with LOU ARONICA Creative Schools The Grassroots Revolution That s Transforming Education The author of The Element highlights the disconnect in our educational system: while standardized testing businesses make huge profits, America s schools struggle. Robinson points the way forward, proposing a personalized approach that draws on technological resources to engage students and prepare them for 21st-century challenges. [A] compelling statement of why creativity matters...what it looks like in action, [and] what kinds of...systems are needed to support it. Andy Hargreaves, Boston College PENGUIN PAPERBACK 320 PAGES $17.00 KEVIN CAREY The End of College Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere The renowned education researcher explains how two trends the rising cost of tuition and the information technology revolution will radically alter the college experience. Elegantly blends policy analysis, reportage, [and] memoir into a hard-charging indictment.[carey has] a gift for finding fascinating characters and explaining complex ideas clearly. The New York Times Book Review RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK 288 PAGES $16.00 SHERRY TURKLE Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age Drawing on five years of research, media scholar Turkle investigates how a flight from face-to-face conversation in the digital age undermines relationships and productivity. Turkle is a singular voice in the discourse about technology...[her] argument derives its power from the breadth of her research and the acuity of her psychological insight. Jonathan Franzen, The New York Times Book Review PENGUIN PRESS HARDCOVER 352 PAGES $27.95 DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity Although digital technology was supposed to usher in an age of distributed prosperity, it has fueled industrial capitalism. Instead of responding to lopsided returns by throwing rocks at employee buses, Rushkoff argues, we should do something productive: optimize every aspect of the economy to create prosperity for businesses and people alike. PORTFOLIO HARDCOVER 288 PAGES $28.00 JON RONSON So You ve Been Publicly Shamed The author of The Psychopath Test delivers an incisive critique of modern-day shaming as a form of social control and as a war on human nature and its flaws. A work of original, inspired journalism, it considers the complex dynamics between those who shame and those who are shamed, both of whom can become the focus of social media s grotesque, disproportionate judgments. The Financial Times RIVERHEAD PAPERBACK 336 PAGES $16.00

6 CLASSROOM FAVORITES SOCIOLOGY RANA DASGUPTA Capital The Eruption of Delhi PENGUIN PAPERBACK 480 PP $18.00 JOSHUA GREENE Moral Tribes Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them PENGUIN PAPERBACK 432 PP $18.00 LEIGH GALLAGHER The End of the Suburbs Where the American Dream Is Moving PORTFOLIO PAPERBACK 272 PP $16.00 TANNER COLBY Some of My Best Friends Are Black The Strange Story of Integration in America PENGUIN PAPERBACK 320 PP $16.00 MAX WEBER The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism And Other Writings TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PETER BAEHR AND GORDON C. WELLS PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 464 PP $18.00 COLIN WOODARD American Nations A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America PENGUIN PAPERBACK 384 PP $17.00 ERIC KLINENBERG Going Solo The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone PENGUIN PAPERBACK 288 PP $16.00 HAZEL ROSE MARKUS and ALANA CONNER Clash! 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are PLUME PAPERBACK 320 PP $17.00 T. R. REID The Healing of America A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care PENGUIN PAPERBACK 304 PP $17.00 ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE Democracy in America And Two Essays on America INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ISAAC KRAMNICK TRANSLATED BY GERALD BEVAN PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 992 PP $14.00 ALEX PENTLAND Social Physics How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter PENGUIN PAPERBACK 320 PP $27.95 SUDHIR VENKATESH Floating City A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York s Underground Economy PENGUIN PAPERBACK 304 PP $17.00 SUDHIR VENKATESH Gang Leader for a Day A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets PENGUIN PAPERBACK 320 PP $17.00 CHRYSTIA FREELAND Plutocrats The Rise of the New Global Super- Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else PENGUIN PAPERBACK 352 PP $17.00 ÉMILE DURKHEIM On Suicide EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD SENNETT TRANSLATED BY ROBIN BUSS NOTES BY ALEXANDER RILEY PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK 480 PP $18.00

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