Bestsellers in Social Sciences
-- Library Journal, 1/28/2009 12:42:00 PM
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Bestsellers in Social Sciences
May 2008 to date as identified by YBP Library Services
1) Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives
Palfrey, John
Basic Books
2008. ISBN 0465005152 [9780465005154]. $25.95
2) Media in the Digital Age
Pavlik, John V.
Columbia University Press
2008. ISBN 0231142080 [9780231142083]. $74.50
3) Credit and Blame
Tilly, Charles
Princeton University Press
2008. ISBN 0691135789 [9780691135786]. $24.95
4) Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity
Cross, Gary S.
Columbia University Press
2008. ISBN 023114430x [9780231144308]. $29.50
5) Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men
Kimmel, Michael
HarperCollins
2008. ISBN 0060831340 [9780060831349]. $25.95
6) When Is Discrimination Wrong?
Hellman, Deborah
Harvard University Press
2008. ISBN 0674027973 [9780674027978]. $39.95
7) McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
Glenny, Misha
Alfred A. Knopf
2008. ISBN 1400044111 [9781400044115]. $27.95
8) Child Poverty and Inequality: Securing a Better Future for America's Children
Lindsey, Duncan
Oxford University Press
2009. ISBN 0195305442 [9780195305449]. $29.95
9) Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
Fisman, Raymond
Princeton University Press
2008. ISBN 0691134545 [9780691134543]. $24.95
10) Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or Don’t Trust Anyone under 30)
Bauerlein, Mark
Jeremy P. Tarcher
2008. ISBN 1585426393 [9781585426393]. $24.95
11) Wannabes, Goths, and Christians: The Boundaries of Sex, Style, and Status
Wilkins, Amy C.
University of Chicago Press
2008. ISBN 0226898423 [9780226898421]. $55.00
12) Same Sex, Different Politics: Success and Failure in the Struggles over Gay Rights
Mucciaroni, Gary
University of Chicago Press
2008. ISBN 0226544087 [9780226544083]. $60.00
13) World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture
Hagedorn, John
University of Minnesota Press
2008. ISBN 0816650667 [9780816650668]. $24.95
14) Race, Class, and the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment in American History
Allen, Howard W.
State University of New York Press
2008. ISBN 0791474372 [9780791474372]. $65.00
15) Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World
Pentland, Alex
MIT Press
2008. ISBN 0262162563 [9780262162562]. $22.95
16) Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America
Bauer, S. Wise
Princeton University Press
2008. ISBN 0691138109 [9780691138107]. $26.95
17) Violent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse
Mills, Linda G.
Basic Books
2008. ISBN 0465045774 [9780465045778]. $26.95
18) After the War on Crime: Race, Democracy, and a New Reconstruction
Frampton, Mary Louise
New York University
2008. ISBN 0814727603 [9780814727607]. $70.00
19) Problem of Punishment
Boonin, David
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521883164 [9780521883160]. $85.00
20) Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics
Herzog, Dagmar
Basic Books
2008. ISBN 0465002145 [9780465002146]. $26.95
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