Social Structure Research

Facing Eviction and Housing Insecurity includes the voices of over fifty men, women, and children who have experienced or witnessed housing injustice. The stories follow the lives of adults and child …

The rich and the poor in the UK are subject to radically different legislative approaches. While the behaviours of the poor are relentlessly scrutinised, those of the rich are ignored or enabled. In …

In this moving and insightful work, Deepak Singh chronicles his downward mobility as an immigrant to a small town in Virginia. Armed with an MBA from India, Singh can get only a minimum-wage job in a …

This book ‘A Handbook of Valuable Activities For Seniors’ is useful tool for Senior and Adult participants to enrich their lives through a variety of recreational and social activities in an Adult Da …

‘You’ve been cheated, ‘ Earl Shorris tells a classroom of poor people in New York City. ‘Rich people learn the humanities; you didn’t. . . . It is generally accepted in America that the liberal arts …

G.K. Chesterton delivers insightful commentary on modern behavior and social practices influenced by big business, gender roles, government and other notable figures throughout his lifetime. The book …

The botched robbery didn’t do it. Neither did the three gunshots. It wasn’t until he was administered last rites that David Borkowski realized he was about to die, at age fifteen. A Shot Story: From …

Many activists worry about the same few problems in their groups: low turnout, inactive members, conflicting views on racism, overtalking, and offensive violations of group norms. But in searching fo …

Winner of the 2011 Merle Curti award, an epic account that recasts the 1970s as the key turning point in modern U.S. history, from the renowned historian A wide-ranging cultural and political history …

Extensively expanded and revised, with a new foreword by Thomas Frank In the United States, happiness and wealth are often regarded as synonymous. Consumerism, greed, and the insatiable desire for mo …