SOCIOLOGY
in Egypt Mona Oraby 21st May, pb, eb, £28, 9780691232812 Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practice.
Father Time Sarah Hrdy 14th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780691238777 Broad account of male nurturing explains how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies.
Privileging Place Meaghan Stiman 18th June, pb, eb, £25, 9780691239965 How second homeowners strategically leverage their privilege across multiple spaces.
Chinese Espresso Grazia Ting Deng 14th May, pb, eb, £22, 9780691245799 Why and how local coffee bars in Italy, those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces, have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the great recession of 2008.
A Politics of Melancholia: From Plato to Arendt George Edmondson, Klaus Mladek 12th March, pb, eb, £30, 9780691251301 Why melancholia is a vital form of social critique and a catalyst for political renewal.
Long Live Queer Nightlife Amin Ghaziani 19th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780691253855 It’s closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe but it’s definitely not the last dance.
All the News That’s Fit to Click Caitlin Petre 27th February, pb, eb, £18.99, 9780691254937 From the New York Times to Gawker, a behind-the- scenes look at how performance analytics are transforming journalism today and how they might remake other professions tomorrow.
The Interloper Michel Anteby 4th June, pb, eb, £20, 9780691255378 Practical and theoretical guide for field researchers struggling with access.
The Paradox of Islamic Finance
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Ryan Calder 14th May, pb, eb, £28, 9780691258300 How the booming Islamic finance industry became an ultramodern hybrid of religion and markets.
Sage
Queering the Asian Diaspora Hongwei Bao 29th May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781529619683 Situated at the intersec- tions of queer studies, diaspora studies and Asian studies, this book articulates a cultural poli- tics that is anti-racist, decolonial, anti-national- ist, feminist and queer.
Scribe
It’s Not Fair Eloise Rickman 13th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781911617174 From bestselling author of Extraordinary Parenting a rousing call-to-arms that combines eye-opening societal analysis with practical parenting advice to show that children’s rights are the next frontier for social justice.
Ordinary People: An Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy Clara Törnvall, Alice E Olsson (tr) 11th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781915590879 From the author of The Autists an enlightening and funny guide about neurotypical people from the perspective of a neurodiverse person. Written after the author’s own diagnosis with autism.
Seven Dials
Please Don’t Take Mummy Away Maggie Hartley 29th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781399620888 Sad, true story from Sunday Times bestseller and Britain’s best-known foster carer. For fans of Cathy Glass and Toni Maguire.
Springer
Baboon Perspectives on Early Human Ancestors Glenn E King 28th April, hb, eb, £64.99, 9783031367687 Brings together the most recent information on the behaviour and ecology of baboons and early hominins.
Where is Science Leading Us? Lars Jaeger, Michel
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction UCL Press
Am I Less British? Dous Simsek 1st February, hb, £45 9781787351790 pb, £25, 9781787351783 digital, £1.19, 9781787351806 Part of a series that explores the roles that complexity, ambivalence and immeasurability play in social and cultural phenomena.
Springer Nature
Precarious Futures: Crime, Technology and the Web Christopher Hamerton, Craig Webber 16th May, hb, eb, £79.99, 9783030868604 The evolving and emerg- ing relationship between crime and technology in an increasingly complex and interconnected world along with its implica- tions for new perceptions of crime and deviance.
Stanford University Press
Seductive Spirit Nathanael Homewood 12th March, pb, £25.99, 9781503638068 Homewood argues for a distinction between colonial demonisation and decolonial demons, charting another path to understanding being, the body, and sexualities.
Syracuse University Press
Quest for Love in Central Morocco Laura Menin 15th April, pb, £29.95, 9780815638308 The creative ways young women navigate desire and morality in Morocco.
Temple University Press
Taking Stock of Homicide Karen F Parker, Richard Stansfield, Ashley M Mancik 9th February, pb, £40, 9781439921418 Critical look at murder reviews major areas of research including topics largely unexplored such as qualitative and historical accounts.
Dacorogna 12th March, pb, eb, £29.99, 9783031471377 Charts the evolution of the sciences and technologies that have shaped our modern age like nothing else in the last 60 years.
Urban Displacement and Trade in a Senegalese Market Gunvor Jónsson 1st March, hb, £45, 9781800086326 pb, £30, 9781800086319 digital, £0.99, 9781800086333 The author spent a year with women market trad- ers whose lives were upended when the Dakar railway closed down. This is their story.
Unbound
Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism and Agender Identity Michael Paramo 8th February, pb, £9.99, 9781800182851 Blending memoir with online articles and discussions, this ground- breaking investigation gives voice to the real experiences behind asexual, aromantic and agender identities.
University of Alberta Press
Contemporary Vulnerabilities Claire Carter (ed), Chelsea Temple Jones (ed), Caitlin Janzen (ed) 9th April, pb, eb, £33.99, 9781772127386 Interdisciplinary collection gathers critical stories, reflections and analyses about vulnerable moments in research committed to social change.
University of California Press
The Random Factor Mark Robert Rank 23rd April, hb, eb, £24, 9780520390966 Traverses luck and chance from macro to micro, from events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis to our personal encounters and relationships.
University of Chicago Press
Whoosh Goes the Market Daniel Scott Souleles 25th June, pb, eb, £22, 9780226833798 Examines experiences of team-at-large trading firm. Reveals what it is like to make and lose money on contemporary capital markets, now mostly working with automated, glitch-prone, computer systems.
University of Hawai’i Press
Alternative Politics in Contemporary Japan David H Slater (ed),
Patricia G Steinhoff (ed), Shinji Kojima, Robin O’Day et al 31st May, hb, £70, 9780824897437 Will appeal to social scientists interested in activism and Japan specialists in various disciplines, as well as undergraduates in a wide range of courses.
University of Pennsylvania Press
Discipline Problem Tadashi Dozono 7th May, pb, £25.99, 9781512825251 Reveals how students of colour seek out alternative avenues for understand- ing their world and imag- ines a pedagogy that champions the curiosity, intellect and knowledge of marginalised learners.
University of Pittsburgh Press
The Descent of Artificial Intelligence Kevin Donnelly 21st May, hb, £35, 9780822947967 Donnelly explores how the popularised image of AI as a technological monolith has been shaped by forgotten and discredited theories about people and human nature.
Foucault in Brazil Marcelo Hoffman 6th February, hb, £40.50, 9780822948063 Analysis of the philoso- pher’s overlooked visits to Brazil between 1965 and 1976 and his public censure of the Brazilian dictator- ship that resulted in state antagonism and surveillance.
Social Mediations: Writing for Public Spheres in a Digital Age Donna LeCourt 18th June, hb, £40.50, 9780822948179 Rhetoric and composition scholar examines what it means to write for the “public” in an era of erod- ing public-private distinc- tions and increasingly digitised spaces.
The Art of Freedom Nico Slate 18th June, hb, £35, 9780822948209 Vibrant and intimate picture of socialist, femi- nist and antiracist activist Kamaladevi Chattopad- hyay’s subversive life and her leading role in the creation of modern India.
The Making of Dissidents Victoria Harms
18th June, hb, £44, 9780822948254 Unprecedented study demonstrates how West- ern dissidents of commu- nist rule in Hungary shaped public perceptions and institutionalised their advocacy long before the peaceful revolutions of 1989.
University Press of Kentucky
Strengthening South Korea-Japan Relations Jangsup Choi, Dennis Patterson 9th April, pb, £32, 9780813199221 Combining decades of research with current public opinion data, Patterson and Choi address the historical roots and potential conse- quences of South Korea’s weak alliance with Japan.
Verso
Engaging Erik Olin Wright Michael Burawoy (ed), Gay Seidman (ed) 4th June, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781804294727 Emancipatory social science in action.
Magical Urbanism Mike Davis 25th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781804294734 Is the capital of Latin America a small island at the mouth of the Hudson River?
Black Meme Legacy Russell 7th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781839762802 History of Black imagery that rewrites the history of visual culture and technology now.
The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work Jason Read 20th February, pb, £16.99, 9781839767623 Why do people fight for their exploitation as if it were liberation? How Marx and Spinoza can explain our attachment to work and what we can do about it.
WW Norton
The Undertow Jeff Sharlet 12th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781324074519 One of America’s finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart.
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