Hachette Academic – Titles by Discipline – Social Science
Social Science
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ANTHEM AWARD WINNER • NAMED A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AI is on the brink of dominating our lives, threating our privacy and human future—if we don’t take action now. In The Algorithm, Emmy‑award winning Wall Street Journal and… Read More
Grand Central Publishing -
How small-town America’s surprising success reshapes our understanding of the nation’s urban-rural divide, offering “the most balanced and broadest-ranging look at the topic” (Tyler Cowen, George Mason University). The Next Big Idea Club 2023 Must Read Book We are frequently… Read More
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Amazon’s Best Nonfiction Book of the Month for March 2024 Discover the complete social history of the housewife archetype, from colonial America to the 20th century, and re-examine common myths about the “modern woman.” The notion of “housewife” evokes… Read More
Grand Central Publishing -
An authoritative guide to global migration that corrects decades of misunderstanding and misguided policy, “defying orthodoxy on all sides of the debate” (Yascha Mounk, author of The Identity Trap). As debates on immigration have reached fever pitch, so has political and… Read More
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An eye-opening guide to how America feeds itself and an essential companion book to the new documentary America’s food system is broken, harming family farmers, workers, the environment, and our health. But it doesn’t have to be this way.… Read More
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A renowned feminist thinker argues we need to get in the way of happiness, our own and other people’s, to build a more just world Do you refuse to laugh at offensive jokes? Have you ever been accused of ruining… Read More
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From a trans rights activist and athlete, an urgent guide that changes the conversation about gender identity. Anti-transgender legislation is being introduced in state governments around the United States in record-breaking numbers. Trans people are under attack in sports, healthcare,… Read More
Grand Central Publishing -
From a veteran broadcaster and historian comes a richly reported portrait of the newest Americans, immigrants from all over the globe who are living all across the country, filled with their own voices. We are a nation of immigrants, never… Read More
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An “essential and engaging ” (Richard Florida) exploration of social decline in America: its true causes and the practical steps each of us can take to combat it, starting with the places we call home. The neighborhoods we live in… Read More
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A bold argument that “equality” is a racist, patriarchal ideal that perpetuates women’s systemic oppression and limits the possibilities of feminism—with a plan to transform the movement For more than a century, women have fought for equality. Yet, time and… Read More
PublicAffairs -
This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century. The Women’s House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in… Read More
PublicAffairs