Faculty Bookshelf
![Cover of Kindness Wars by Noel A. Cazenave. It reads "Kindness Wars: The History and Political Economy of Human Caring. New critical Viewpoints on Society."](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/05/Cazenave_BookCover_KindnessWars.jpg)
Kindness Wars: The History and Political Economy of Human Caring
Routledge, 2023
[Read More]![Book cover for "From Crisis to Catastrophe: Care, COVID, and Pathways to Change" by Kim Price-Glynn](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/From-Crisis-to-Catastrophe-Kim-Price-Glynn.jpeg)
From Crisis to Catastrophe: Care, COVID, and Pathways to Change
Rutgers University Press, 2023
[Read More]![Book cover for "Routledge Handbook of Indian Transnationalism" by Bandana Purkayastha](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Handbook-of-Indian-Transnationalism-Bandana-Purkayastha.jpg)
Routledge Handbook of Indian Transnationalism
Routledge, 2022
[Read More]![Book cover for "Adolescent Well-Being and ICT Use: Social and Policy Implications" by Simon Cheng](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Adolescent-Well-Being-and-ICT-Use-Simon-Cheng.jpg)
Adolescent Well-Being and ICT Use: Social and Policy Implications
Springer, 2022
[Read More]![Book cover for "Global Feminist Autoethnographies During COVID-19: Displacements and Disruptions" by Bandana Purkayastha](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Global-Feminist-Autoethnographies-During-COVID-19-Bandana-Purkayastha.jpg)
Global Feminist Autoethnographies During COVID-19: Displacements and Disruptions
Routledge, 2022
[Read More]![Book cover for "Understanding Just Sustainabilities from Within: A Case Study of a Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen in Connecticut" by Phoebe Godfrey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Understanding-Just-Sustainabilities-from-Within-Phoebe-Godfrey.jpg)
Understanding Just Sustainabilities from Within: A Case Study of a Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen in Connecticut
Routledge, 2021
[Read More]![Book cover for "Global Im-Possibilities: Exploring the Paradoxes of Just Sustainabilities" by Phoebe Godfrey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Global-Im-possibilities-Phoebe-Godfrey.jpg)
Global Im-Possibilities: Exploring the Paradoxes of Just Sustainabilities
Bloomsbury, 2021
[Read More]![Book cover for "Modern Day Mary Poppins: The Unintended Consequences of Nanny Work" by Laura Bunyan](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2020/12/Modern-Day-Mary-Poppins-Laura-Bunyan.jpg)
Modern Day Mary Poppins: The Unintended Consequences of Nanny Work
Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020
[Read More]![Book cover for "Protecting Whiteness: Whitelash and the Rejection of Racial Equality" by David Embrick](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Protecting-Whiteness-David-Embrick.jpg)
Protecting Whiteness: Whitelash and the Rejection of Racial Equality
University of Washington Press, 2020
[Read More]![Book cover for "The Problem with Feeding Cities: The Social Transformation of Infrastructure, Abundance, and Inequality in America" by Andrew Deener](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/The-Problem-With-Feeding-Cities-Andrew-Deener.jpg)
The Problem with Feeding Cities: The Social Transformation of Infrastructure, Abundance, and Inequality in America
University of Chicago Press, 2020
[Read More]![Book cover for "Racialized Media: The Design, Delivery, and Decoding of Race and Ethnicity" by Matthew Hughey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Racialized-Media-Matthew-Hughey.jpg)
Racialized Media: The Design, Delivery, and Decoding of Race and Ethnicity
NYU Press, 2020
[Read More]![Book cover for "A Pledge with Purpose: Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality" by Matthew Hughey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/A-Pledge-with-Purpose-Matthew-Hughey.jpg)
A Pledge with Purpose: Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality
NYU Press, 2020
[Read More]![Book cover for "Companion to Sexuality Studies" by Nancy Naples](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Sexuality-Studies-Nancy-Naples.jpg)
Companion to Sexuality Studies
Wiley-Blackwell, 2020
[Read More]![Book cover for "Challenging the Status Quo: Diversity, Democracy, and Equality in the 21st Century" by David Embrick](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Challenging-the-Status-Quo-David-Embrick.jpg)
Challenging the Status Quo: Diversity, Democracy, and Equality in the 21st Century
Haymarket Books, 2019
[Read More]![Book cover for "Human Trafficking: Trade in sex, labor, and organs" by Bandana Purkayastha](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Human-Trafficking-Bandana-Purkayastha-1.jpg)
Human Trafficking: Trade in sex, labor, and organs
London: Polity Press, 2018
[Read More]![Book cover for "Killing African Americans: Police and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism" by Noel Cazenave](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Killing-African-Americans-Noel-Cazenave.jpg)
Killing African Americans: Police and Vigilante Violence as a Racial Control Mechanism
Routledge, 2018
[Read More]![Book cover for "Subaltern Movements in India: Gendered Geographies of Struggle Against Neoliberal Development" by Manisha Desai](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Subaltern-Movements-in-India-Manisha-Desai.jpg)
Subaltern Movements in India: Gendered Geographies of Struggle Against Neoliberal Development
Routledge, 2018
[Read More]![Book cover for "Society, Institutions, and Individuals: An Introduction to the Sociological Imagination" by David Embrick and Bhoomi Thakore](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Society-Institutions-and-Individuals-David-Embrick.jpg)
Society, Institutions, and Individuals: An Introduction to the Sociological Imagination
Cognella Academic Publishing, 2017
[Read More]![Book cover for "Religion and Progressive Activism: New Stories About Faith and Politics" by Ruth Braunstein](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2017/06/Religion_And_Progressive_Activism_Ruth_Braunstein.jpg)
Religion and Progressive Activism: New Stories About Faith and Politics
NYU Press, 2017
[Read More]![Book cover for "Prophets and Patriots: Faith in Democracy across the Political Divide" by Ruth Braunstein](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Prophets_And_Patriots_Ruth_Braunstein-1.jpg)
Prophets and Patriots: Faith in Democracy across the Political Divide
University of California Press, 2017
[Read More]![Book cover for "The Concerned Women of Buduburam: Refugee Activists and Humanitarian Dilemmas" by Elizabeth Holzer](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Cover_Holzer_ConcernedWomen_2015.jpeg)
The Concerned Women of Buduburam: Refugee Activists and Humanitarian Dilemmas
Cornell University Press, 2015
[Read More]![Book cover for "Race and Ethnicity in Secret and Exclusive Social Orders: Blood and Shadow" by Matthew Hughey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Race-and-Ethnicity-in-Secret-and-Exclusive-Social-Orders-Matthew-Hughey.jpg)
Race and Ethnicity in Secret and Exclusive Social Orders: Blood and Shadow
Routledge, 2016
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State Looteries: Historical Continuity, Rearticulations of Racism, and American Taxation
Routledge, 2016
[Read More]![Book cover for "Emergent Possibilities for Global Sustainability: Intersections of race, class and gender" by Phoebe Godfrey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Emergent-Possibilities-for-Global-Sustainability-Phoebe-Godfrey.jpg)
Emergent Possibilities for Global Sustainability: Intersections of race, class and gender
Routledge, 2016
[Read More]![Book cover for "South Asians on the U.S. Screen: Just Like Everyone Else?" by Bhoomi Thakore](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/South-Asians-on-the-US-Screen-Bhoomi-Thakore.jpg)
South Asians on the U.S. Screen: Just Like Everyone Else?
Lexington Books, 2016
[Read More]![Book cover for "The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies" by Nancy Naples](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Encyclopedia-of-Gender-and-Sexualities-Studies2-Nancy-Naples.jpg)
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Wiley-Blackwell, 2016
[Read More]![Book cover for "Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media" by Bhoomi K. Thakore](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Race-and-Contention-in-Twenty-First-Century-US-Media-Bhoomi-Thakore-1.jpg)
Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media
Routledge, 2016
[Read More]![Book cover for "Systemic Crises of Global Climate Change: Intersections of race, class and gender" by Phoebe Godfrey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Systemic-Crises-of-Global-Climate-Change-Phoebe-Godfrey.jpg)
Systemic Crises of Global Climate Change: Intersections of race, class and gender
Routledge, 2016
[Read More]![Book cover for "Conceptualizing Racism: Breaking the Chains of Racially Accommodative Language" by Noel Cazenave](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Conceptualizing-Racism-Noel-Cazenave.jpg)
Conceptualizing Racism: Breaking the Chains of Racially Accommodative Language
Rowman and Littlefield, 2016
[Read More]![Book cover for "International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity" by David Embrick](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/The-International-Handbook-of-the-Demography-of-Race-and-Ethnicity-David-Embrick.jpg)
International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity
Springer, 2015
[Read More]![Book cover for "The Human Rights Enterprise: Political Sociology, State Power, and Social Movements" by Bandana Purkayastha](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/The-Human-Rights-Enterprise-Bandana-Purkayastha.jpg)
The Human Rights Enterprise: Political Sociology, State Power, and Social Movements
Polity, 2014
[Read More]![Book cover for "Border Politics: Social Movements, Collective Identities, and Globalization" by Nancy Naples](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Border-Politics-Nancy-Naples.jpg)
Border Politics: Social Movements, Collective Identities, and Globalization
NYU Press, 2014
[Read More]![Book cover for "The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama" by Matthew Hughey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/The-Wrongs-of-the-Right-Matthew-Hughey.jpg)
The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama
NYU Press, 2014
[Read More]![Book cover for "The White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption" by Matthew Hughey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/The-White-Savior-Film-Matthew-Hughey.jpg)
The White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption
Temple University Press, 2014
[Read More]![Book cover for "Human Trafficking Amidst Interlocking Systems of Exploitation: A Focus on Pakistan" by Bandana Purkayastha](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Human-Trafficking-Amidst-Interlocking-Oppressions-Bandana-Purkayastha.jpg)
Human Trafficking Amidst Interlocking Systems of Exploitation: A Focus on Pakistan
Frontpage Publications, 2014
[Read More]![Book cover for "Voices of Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya: A Human Rights Perspective" by Bandana Purkayastha](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Voices-of-Internally-Displaced-Persons-in-Kenya-Bandana-Purkayastha.jpg)
Voices of Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya: A Human Rights Perspective
Frontpage Publications, 2014
[Read More]![Book cover for "Still Canadian? Identity, Difference, Ethnicity and Race in the Experience of Canadian Migrants to the United States" by Bandana Purkayatha](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Still-Canadian-Bandana-Purkayastha.jpg)
Still Canadian? Identity, Difference, Ethnicity and Race in the Experience of Canadian Migrants to the United States
Frontpage Publications, 2014
[Read More]![Book cover for "The Marrying Kind?: Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement" by Mary Bernstein](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/The_Marrying_Kind_Mary_Bernstein.jpg)
The Marrying Kind?: Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013
[Read More]![Cover of the book "As the Leaves Turn Gold: Asian Americans and Experiences of Aging" by Bandana Purkayastha](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/04/As-The-Leaves-Turn-Gold-Bandana-Purkayastha.jpg)
As the Leaves Turn Gold: Asian Americans and Experiences of Aging
Rowman & Littlefield, 2012
[Read More]![The cover of "Human Rights: Voices of Young Activists", edited by Bandana Purkayastha.](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/04/Human-Rights-Bandana-Purkayastha.jpg)
Human Rights: Voices of World’s Young Activists
Frontpage, 2012
[Read More]![Book cover for "12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today" by Matthew Hughey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/Twelve-Angry-Men-Matthew-Hughey.jpg)
12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today
The New Press, 2012
[Read More]![Book cover for "White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race" by Matthew Hughey](https://sociology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3493/2023/03/White-Bound-Matthew-Hughey.png)
White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race
Stanford University Press, 2012
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