Dear Colleague,
Library of Social Science organizes book exhibits at cutting-edge conferences throughout North America. Our 2018 Book Exhibits (see photos below) contain significant titles from the world's most prominent publishers.
Below are my selections of some of the best, most exciting books that were on display.
| Please scroll down the page to read a description of each title (published by Verso Books, Stanford University Press, Polity, Worth Publishers, Demeter Press and Information Age Publishing). Then click the button for information on ordering through Amazon at special, discounted rates. |
Best regards,
Richard Koenigsberg, PhD
Director, Library of Social Science
PS: Authors and/or publishers: If there is a great book that you’d like Library of Social Science to consider promoting through our Newsletter—reaching 30,000 scholars, professionals and students around the world—please send an email to: rak@libraryofsocialscience.com. |
VERSO
The Happiness Industry
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Broke and Patriotic |
| The recent DSM-5 for the first time included shyness and grief as treatable diseases. Happiness has become the biggest idea of our age, a new religion dedicated to well-being. In this brilliant dissection of our times, William Davies shows how this philosophy has dominated the political debates that have delivered neoliberalism. |
Why are poor Americans so patriotic? They have significantly worse social benefits compared to other Western nations. In Broke and Patriotic, Francesco Duina reports his findings based on over 60 revealing interviews in which the people he met explain how they view themselves and their country. |
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A LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE BOOK SIGNING (William Julius Wilson) |
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POLITY
Culture and Cognition
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WORTH PUBLISHERS
The Wilding of America |
| How does culture shape our thinking? In what ways do our social and cultural worlds enter into our mental worlds? How do the communities we belong to influence what we notice and what we ignore? In this engaging book, Wayne H. Brekhus shows us the many ways that culture influences our thought processes. |
From the heights of society down to the saddest corners of America, we are currently experiencing an epidemic of “wilding”—acts of self-interested violence or greed that weaken the social fabric. Derber’s fully updated Sixth Edition takes the reader on a terrifying tour of this out-of-control individualism spreading across the United States. |
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DEMETER PRESS
Matricentric Feminism
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INFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING
Pathfinders in International Psychology |
| Argues that the category of mother is distinct from the category of woman, and that many of the problems mothers face are specific to women's role and identity as mothers. Consequently, mothers need a feminism of their own, one that positions mothers' concerns as the starting point for a theory and politic of empowerment. |
This book provides a global overview of pioneers in international psychology, with contributions from distinguished authors from representative nations around the world. Chapters offer biographical profiles describing the personal histories and professional contributions of leading figures in psychology from across the globe. |
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