BLACKWELL
A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies (Jan., $124.95), edited by David Goldberg, provides an overview of contemporary debates and issues, surveying the status of race and ethnic studies and identifying new directions.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION PRESS
Sticking Together: The Israeli Experiment in Pluralism (Jan., $22.95) by Robert E. Litan and Yaakov Kop. An Israeli and an American examine the challenges confronting Israel within its own borders.
FREE PRESS
The City in Mind: Mediations on the Urban Condition (Jan., $25) by James Howard Kunstler reflects on urban life in the Western world. Advertising. Author publicity. Author tour.
W.H. FREEMAN
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language (Oct., $24.95) by John McWhorter draws on linguistic theory, geography, history and pop culture to explain how thousands of languages have evolved from a single, original source.
GALLAUDET UNIV. PRESS
Cochlear Implants in Children: Ethics and Choices (Dec., $49.95), edited by John B. Christiansen and Irene W. Leigh, examines the technology's history and reports on a survey of parents of children with cochlear implants.
HARPERCOLLINS
The Decline of Marriage (Feb., $26) by James Q. Wilson tackles the collapse of traditional family life and structure. 40,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
HARPER/RAYO
The Other Face of America: Latin American Immigration and How It Is Changing America (Jan., $25) by Jorge Ramos examines the Latin American immigrant experience in the U.S. 28,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
PANTHEON
The Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland (Oct., $27.50) by Gretel Ehrlich offers an evocative portrait of one of the world's least-known places. Ad/promo. 10-city author tour.
TEMPLE UNIV. PRESS
Across the Red Line: Stories from the Surgical Life (Dec., $22.50) by Richard C. Karl eloquently describes what it means to be an academic surgeon.
UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America (Oct., $27.50) by Gary Alan Fine and Patricia A. Turner explores how rumors and "urban myths" reflect societal racial misunderstanding and mistrust.
UNIV. OF HAWAII PRESS
Under Construction: The Gendering of Modernity, Class, and Consumption in the Republic of Korea (Oct.; $50, paper $22.95), edited by Laurel Kendall, provides a portrait of contemporary South Korea.
UNIV. OF MICHIGAN PRESS
How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics (Oct., $52.50) by David M. Levy describes how economics became known as the dismal science.
UNIV. OF NOTRE DAME PRESS
Surviving in a Material World: The Lived Experience of People in Poverty (Sept., $22.95) by Ronald Paul Hill provides a shocking look at the material lives of America's poor.
VANDERBILT UNIV. PRESS
A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana (Dec.; $49.95, paper $24.95) by Carl L. Bankston III and Stephen J. Caldas. Failed desegregation efforts in Louisiana are presented as a case study to show the same unsuccessful pattern across the U.S.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
"Doing School": How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Oct., $24.95) by Denise Pope offers a troubling view of today's high school students.
Fall 2001 Hardcovers: Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2001
A version of this article appeared in the 08/13/2001 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline:
