The Man Who Invented Basketball
Rob Rains with Hellen Carpenter
The first definitive biography of basketball’s inventor
216 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 figure, 10 halftones
Rethinking Generation, Community, and Diversity
Edited by Michael Omi, Dana Y. Nakano, and Jeffrey T. Yamashita
A groundbreaking study of ethnic identity and community in the everyday lives of Japanese American millennials
316 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 tables, 6 figures
edited by Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill
Japanese and Western scholars examine Japan's urban development
360 pages
| 6 x 9
| 41 tables, 21 figs.
Taeko Shibahara
How collaborations with their American counterparts enabled middle-class, urban Japanese women to promote modernity and gender equality.
222 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 halftones
African American Women and Religion
Bettye Collier-Thomas
Now in paperback, an extraordinary history of African American women, and their struggle for gender and racial equality in the church and society
736 pages
| 6.25 x 9.125
Lessons from Hannah Arendt and Other Pariahs
Jonathan Graubart
A compelling diagnosis of the long-reigning pathologies and practices of Zionism and a prescription for reforming Jewish self-determination
220 pages
| 6 x 9
Responses to Otto Weininger
Edited by Barbara Hyams, and Nancy A. Harrowitz
International scholars examine the legacy of a turn-of-the-century self-hating Austrian Jew
352 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 halftones
Baseball and Beyond
Frank Dolson
A biography of the Hall of Famer who pitched no-hitters against the sluggers of both leagues, took on sportswriters and baseball leaders, and started a second career as a politician
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 22 halftones
Explaining Women's Inroads into Male Occupations
Barbara F. Reskin and Patricia A. Roos
A controversial interpretation of women's dramatic inroads into several male occupations
388 pages
| 6 x 9
Edited by Paul Ong and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
A new agenda for revitalizing minority neighborhoods
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 38 tables, 4 figures, 13 halftones, 5 maps
Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families
Roberta Rehner Iversen and Annie Laurie Armstrong
"Job opportunity" is a myth for 25% of U.S. wage earners
296 pages
| 6 x 9
| 16 tables, 1 figure, 2 halftones, 1 map
The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture
Katrina Hazzard-Gordon
The first analysis of the development of the jook and other dance arenas in African-American culture
248 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 14 halftones
From First Encounters to Fulfilling Retirements
Edited by Rosalyn Benjamin Darling and Peter J. Stein
Twenty-two eminent retired sociologists reflect on their lives and their career choices
250 pages
| 6 x 9
| 22 halftones
A Proposal for a Juvenile Justice System
Michael A. Corriero
An innovative judge proposes a better way to discipline young lawbreakers
232 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25