Sociology Book Summaries

المراقبة السائلة Summary
المراقبة السائلة
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012 160 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
Demystifying Islam Summary
Demystifying Islam
Tackling the Tough Questions
by Harris Zafar 2014 218 pages
3.83
10+ ratings
Religion
Islam
Sociology
The Perfect Swarm Summary
The Perfect Swarm
The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2009 288 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
by Leon Festinger 1957 239 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Who Speaks for Islam? Summary
Who Speaks for Islam?
What a Billion Muslims Really Think
by Dalia Mogahed 2008 204 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Islam
Religion
Politics
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by Diane Vaughan 1996 592 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
History
Science
Space
Triumphs of Experience Summary
Triumphs of Experience
The Men of the Harvard Grant Study
by George E. Vaillant 2012 457 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Superman is an Arab Summary
Superman is an Arab
by Joumana Haddad 2012 160 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Feminism
Lebanon
Essays
The Information Diet Summary
The Information Diet
A Case for Conscious Consumption
by Clay A. Johnson 2011 150 pages
3.50
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Technology
Self Help
The Golem Summary
The Golem
What You Should Know about Science
by Harry Collins 1992 212 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
History
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup
How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
by Claire Provost 2023 296 pages
4.36
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Text Me When You Get Home Summary
Text Me When You Get Home
The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
by Kayleen Schaefer 2018 7 pages
3.46
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Book Club
Friendship
Liberty Summary
Liberty
Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
by Isaiah Berlin 1969 416 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Twilight of the Elites Summary
Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
by Christopher L. Hayes 2012 304 pages
4.00
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Book of Learning and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Learning and Forgetting
by Frank Smith 1998 144 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Sociology
Nation of Rebels Summary
Nation of Rebels
Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
by Joseph Heath 2004 368 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Criminology For Dummies Summary
Criminology For Dummies
by Steven Briggs 2009 384 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Reference
Crime
Science
mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge Summary
mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge
A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
by Will Pearson 2004 345 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
Reference
Trivia
Humor
تئوری انتخاب Summary
تئوری انتخاب
در آمدی بر روان شناسی امید
by William Glasser 592 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Quiet Damage Summary
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
by Jesselyn Cook 2024 250 pages
4.46
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Private Government Summary
Private Government
How Employers Rule Our Lives
by Elizabeth S. Anderson 2017 196 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Penguin and the Leviathan Summary
The Penguin and the Leviathan
How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
by Yochai Benkler 2011 272 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
by Rob Brotherton 2015 304 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
History
National Identity Summary
National Identity
by Anthony D. Smith 1991 240 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Almost Nearly Perfect People Summary
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
by Michael Booth 2014 416 pages
3.86
11k+ ratings
Travel
History
Politics
I'm Right and You're an Idiot Summary
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Politics
Canada
Sociology
Prius Or Pickup? Summary
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
by Marc Hetherington 2018 288 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Sex Matters Summary
Sex Matters
How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense
by Mona Charen 2018 320 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Politics
The Red Web Summary
The Red Web
The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
by Andrei Soldatov 2015 384 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Politics
Russia
History
New Power Summary
New Power
How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You
by Jeremy Heimans 2018 310 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Business
Politics
Leadership
How Ideas Spread Summary
How Ideas Spread
by Jonah Berger 2014 6 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Liars and Outliers Summary
Liars and Outliers
Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
by Bruce Schneier 2012 348 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Science
The Unschooled Mind Summary
The Unschooled Mind
How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach
by Howard Gardner 1991 320 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Parenting
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 344 pages
3.11
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Economics
The Great Divide Summary
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015 466 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Science
The Color of Money Summary
The Color of Money
Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2017 371 pages
4.47
2k+ ratings
History
Race
Economics
The Happiness Effect Summary
The Happiness Effect
How Social Media is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost
by Donna Freitas 2017 368 pages
3.33
100+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Social Media
A Pelican Introduction Summary
A Pelican Introduction
Social Class in the 21st Century
by Mike Savage 2015 462 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
The Anarchist in the Library Summary
The Anarchist in the Library
How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Library Science
Technology
Politics
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future Summary
Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
by Johan Norberg 2016 304 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Fist Stick Knife Gun Summary
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
by Geoffrey Canada 1995 179 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Graphic Novels
Education
The Age of Dignity Summary
The Age of Dignity
Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America
by Ai-jen Poo 2015 176 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Economics
Social Work
Sociology
A Colony in a Nation Summary
A Colony in a Nation
by Chris Hayes 2017 256 pages
4.18
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Race
The Other Side of Prospect Summary
The Other Side of Prospect
A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022 464 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
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