Sociology Book Summaries

Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract for a Better Society
by Minouche Shafik 2021 256 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Tell Summary
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
by Matthew Hertenstein 2013 288 pages
3.20
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
In Search of Deeper Learning Summary
In Search of Deeper Learning
The Quest to Remake the American High School
by Jal Mehta 2019 464 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Municipal Dreams Summary
Municipal Dreams
The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
by John Boughton 2018 336 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Architecture
Chief Culture Officer Summary
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
by Grant McCracken 2009 272 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
Mine! Summary
Mine!
How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
by Michael A. Heller 2021 336 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Law
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Summary
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
by Beverly Daniel Tatum 1997 464 pages
4.33
26k+ ratings
Race
Education
Social Justice
Republic of Lies Summary
Republic of Lies
American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power
by Anna Merlan 2019 288 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Dirt on Clean Summary
The Dirt on Clean
An Unsanitized History
by Katherine Ashenburg 2007 368 pages
3.72
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Microhistory
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Population 10 Billion Summary
Population 10 Billion
by Danny Dorling 2013 448 pages
3.42
100+ ratings
Geography
Science
Politics
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
by John Hope Bryant 2014 176 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
A Bigger Prize Summary
A Bigger Prize
When No One Wins Unless Everyone Wins
by Margaret Heffernan 2014 449 pages
3.82
100+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Self Help
Human Frontiers Summary
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
by Michael Bhaskar 2021 432 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Technology
Science
Sociology
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023 352 pages
4.49
100+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most
How College Makes or Breaks Us
by Paul Tough 2019 400 pages
4.40
2k+ ratings
Education
Sociology
College
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 243 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Minds Make Societies Summary
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
by Pascal Boyer 2018 359 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
We Are All Weird Summary
We Are All Weird
The Myth of Mass and The End of Compliance
by Seth Godin 2011 1 pages
3.55
4k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Sociology
The Age of American Unreason Summary
The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby 2008 384 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures
An International History
by Thomas Sowell 1998 516 pages
4.43
500+ ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Billy No-Mates Summary
Billy No-Mates
How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem
by Max Dickins 2022 336 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Gender
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold J. Toynbee 1947 640 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
The Drucker Lectures Summary
The Drucker Lectures
Essential Lessons on Management, Society and Economy
by Peter F. Drucker 2010 287 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Mask Off Summary
Mask Off
Masculinity Redefined
by J.J. Bola 2019 127 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Gender
The Race between Education and Technology Summary
The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin 2008 496 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Economics
Education
History
The Human Swarm Summary
The Human Swarm
How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
by Mark W. Moffett 2019 468 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Science
History
Sociology
Passwords Summary
Passwords
by Jean Baudrillard 2000 120 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
How Woke Won Summary
How Woke Won
The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason
by Joanna Williams 2022 270 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
America Summary
America
The Farewell Tour
by Chris Hedges 2018 400 pages
4.23
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Science
Tocqueville Summary
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform
Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
by Astra Taylor 2012 288 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
The Guy's Guide to Feminism Summary
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
by Michael Kaufman 2011 208 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender and Sexuality
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class
by Ellis Cose 1993 192 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Race
Sociology
Politics
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019 497 pages
4.46
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Think! Summary
Think!
Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
by Michael R. LeGault 2006 355 pages
3.10
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Sociology
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism Summary
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
A Warning to the Global Middle Class
by Joel Kotkin 2020 266 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Cities Summary
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
by Monica L. Smith 2019 304 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
History
Archaeology
Cities
In Praise of Prejudice Summary
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
by Theodore Dalrymple 2007 129 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
What's Mine Is Yours Summary
What's Mine Is Yours
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
by Rachel Botsman 2010
3.97
1k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Sociology
Butterfly Economics Summary
Butterfly Economics
A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior
by Paul Ormerod 1998 217 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Business
Equal Is Unfair Summary
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
by Don Watkins 2016 258 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Static Summary
Static
Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back
by Amy Goodman 2006 338 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
Sociology
To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
To Save Everything, Click Here
The Folly of Technological Solutionism
by Evgeny Morozov 2013 415 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Politics
Hate Inc. Summary
Hate Inc.
Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
by Matt Taibbi 2019 380 pages
4.10
5k+ ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
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