Autor: Lori Peek

As the nation tried to absorb the shock of the 9/11 attacks, Muslim Americans were caught up in an unprecedented wave of backlash violence. Public discussion revealed that widespread misunderstanding …

This handbook defines the contours of environmental sociology and invites readers to push boundaries in their exploration of this important subdiscipline. It offers a comprehensive overview of the ev …

Winner, Betty and Alfred Mc Clung Lee Book Award, Association for Humanist Sociology, 2016Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award of the Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological Associat …

More than fifteen years later, Hurricane Katrina maintains a strong grip on the American imagination. The reason is not simply that Katrina was an event of enormous scale, although it certainly was b …