PENGUIN GROUP (USA) Sociology Books for Courses 2012 / 2013 Table of Contents CULTURE AND SOCIETY: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY .............................3 SOCIAL THEORY ....................................34 ANTHROPOLOGY ....................................6 Charles Darwin ..................................35 Linguistics ............................................8 Karl Marx .........................................37 RELIGION ................................................9 AMERICAN CULTURE & POLITICS .............38 SEX & GENDER ......................................10 THE DEMOCRACY Women’s Studies ................................10 MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE ......................39 Queer Studies ....................................12 WAR & ITS CONSEQUENCES .................40 THE FAMILY ............................................12 THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLES .................42 Marriage ...........................................13 REFERENCE ..........................................44 MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY ........................14 INDEX .................................................45 INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY .......................17 COLLEGE FACULTY Organizations & Occupations ..............18 INFORMATION SERVICE .......................48 ENVIRONMENT & URBAN STUDIES .........19 SCHOOL & PERSONAL COPIES POP CULTURE .........................................21 ORDER FORM ......................................49 Music................................................21 EXAMINATION COPY ORDER FORM .....50 Film ..................................................22 Sports ...............................................22 PENGUIN SPEAKERS BUREAU ...............51 SOCIAL PROBLEMS: RACE RELATIONS ...................................23 POVERTY ...............................................25 EDUCATION ..........................................26 CRIME, LAW, & DEVIANCE ......................28 HEALTH ..................................................29 Food Studies ......................................30 ALCOHOL & DRUGS ...............................33 Here is a round-up of Penguin Group (USA)’s great selection of Sociology titles. Click on the 13-digit ISBN to get more information on each title. • Examination and personal copy forms are available at the back of the catalog. • For personal service, adoption assistance, and complimentary exam copies, sign up for our College Faculty Information Service at http://www.penguin.com/facinfo For related titles, please see our Psychology, Women’s Studies, Religion, and Political Science catalogs, available for download at us.penguingroup.com/subjectcatalogs SOCIOLOGY 2012 • PENGUIN GROUP (USA) SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY • 3 Brené Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W. Norman Doidge, M.D. SOCIAL f DARING GREATLY THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF How the Courage to Stories of Personal Triumph PSYCHOLOGY Be Vulnerable Transforms from the Frontiers of Brain Science the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead “A remarkable and hopeful portrait of the Based on twelve years of research, Brown endless adaptability of the human brain.”— Daniel Akst argues that vulnerability is not weakness and Oliver Sacks, author of The Mind’s Eye. TEMPTATION offers a powerful new vision that encourages us Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-311310-2 • $17.00 Finding Self-Control in an Age of Excess to embrace our imperfections. “An important Investigates the issues that bedevil affluent book—a timely warning about the danger of Émile Durkheim societies including overeating, overspending, pursuing certainty and control above all. ON SUICIDE procrastination, and wayward sexual attrac- Brené Brown offers all of us a valuable guide Translated by Robin Buss tion and proves that choosing self control is to the real reward of vulnerability: Greater Introduction by Richard Sennett the best way to be happier healthier, and ulti- courage.”—Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive. Notes by Alexander Riley mately more fully human. Gotham • 256 pp. • 978-1-592-40733-0 • $25.00 Durkheim was the first to suggest that suicide Available September 2012 Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-312080-3 • $16.00 might be as much a response to society as an act of individual despair. When he looked at Albert-László Barabási Todd G. Buchholz social, religious, or racial groups that had high BURSTS f RUSH incidences of suicide, he discovered that abnor- The Hidden Patterns Behind Why You Need and Love the Rat Race mally high or low levels of social integration Everything We Do, from Your A former White House director of economic increase the likelihood of suicide. E-mail to Bloody Crusades policy makes the argument that we don’t really Penguin Classics • 480 pp. • 978-0-14-044967-9 • $17.00 “Brings a physicist’s penetrating eye to a sweep- want to relax—we want to compete. Weaving ing range of human activities…show[ing] how in everything from neuroeconomics to evolu- Jonathan Engel a pattern of bursts appears in what has long tionary biology, Buchholz shows that the race AMERICAN THERAPY seemed a random mess. These bursts are both to compete has not only made us taller and The Rise of mathematically predictable and beautiful.”— smarter, it’s what lights up our brains, releases Psychotherapy in the United States Nicholas A. Christakis, M.D., Ph.D. dopamine, and ignites our passion. Starting with Freud, this history moves Dutton • 320 pp. • 978-0-452-29718-0 • $16.00 Plume • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-29795-1 • $16.00 See also: Linked, page 17 through group therapy, psychosurgery, Gestalt, rebirthing, and primal scream therapy, and concludes with psychopharmacology, cogni- Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney tive-behavioral therapy, and highly targeted f WILLPOWER short-term therapies. “[Engel’s] conflicting Rediscovering the view of Freudianism [is] well worth absorb- Greatest Human Strength ing.”—The New York Times Book Review. Learn not only how to build willpower but Gotham • 368 pp. • 978-1-59240-491-9 • $18.00 also how to conserve it for crucial moments by setting the right goals. “An immensely reward- Joshua Foer ing book, filled with ingenious research, wise f MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN advice, and insightful reflections.”—The New The Art and Science York Times Book Review. “A fascinating account of Remembering Everything of the exciting new science of self-control.”— Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University. The author’s journey from chronically forget- Penguin Press • 304 pp. • 978-1-59420-307-7 • $27.95 ful science journalist to United States Memory Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-312223-4 • $16.00 Champion frames an exploration of the vast, Paperback available September 2012 hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. “Smart and funny...like the work of John Coates Dr. Oliver Sacks, it’s informed by a humanism Philip Delves Broughton f THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF f that enables its author to place the mysteries of THE ART OF THE SALE Risk Taking, Gut Feelings, the brain within a larger philosophical and Learning from the and the Biology of Boom and Bust cultural context.”—The New York Times. Masters About the Business of Life Reveals how risk taking transforms our body Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-312053-7 • $16.00 “[Broughton is] like an anthropologist exam- chemistry, driving us to extremes of euphoria ining a fascinating tribe within a tribe.”— and risky behavior or stress and depression. Sigmund Freud Howard Anderson, MIT Entrepreneurship “By integrating his knowledge of neurosci- Center. “A thought-provoking guide on the THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LOVE ence with his experience as a Wall Street Translated by Shaun Whiteside world of salesmanship from philosophy to trader, Coates pulls the curtain on the physio- practical case studies.”—Lucy T. Heckman, St. Introduction by Jeri Johnson logical mechanisms that prepare some indi- Penguin Classics • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-243746-9 • $16.00 John’s University Library. viduals to thrive and others to be devastated • For a full list of Sigmund Freud titles, please visit Penguin Press • 320 pp. • 978-1-59420-332-9 • $27.95 by confronting risk.”—Steven W. Porges, U. of www.penguingroup.com Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-312276-0 • $16.00 Illinois at Chicago. Paperback available March 2013 Penguin Press • 368 pp. • 978-1-59420-338-1 • $27.95 Sigmund Freud and Joseph Breuer STUDIES IN HYSTERIA Translated by Nicola Luckhurst Introduction by Rachel Bowlby Penguin Classics • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-243749-0 • $16.00 f denotes new or forthcoming title SOCIOLOGY 2012 • PENGUIN GROUP (USA) 4 • SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Winifred Gallagher Carl Jung Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. f NEW THE UNDISCOVERED SELF f THE WILLPOWER INSTINCT Understanding Our “A passionate plea for individual integrity.”— How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, Need for Novelty and Change The New York Times Book Review. and What You Can Do to Get More of It The behavioral science writer takes us to the NAL • 128 pp. • 978-0-451-21860-5 • $12.95 After years of watching her students struggling cutting-edge laboratories and ancient archeo- Signet • 128 pp. • 978-0-451-21732-5 • $7.99 with their choices, the health psychologist real- logical sites where scientists explore our unique ized that much of what people believe about affinity for novelty and change. “There’s Richard Layard willpower is actually sabotaging their success. nowhere better to turn for perspective than HAPPINESS In response, McGonigal created a course called to...Gallagher’s fascinating new explorating of Lessons from a New Science “The Science of Willpower” for Stanford Uni- human neophilia.”—Ian Tattersall, curator “A thoughtful and thought-provoking