Required reading : sociology's most influential books - Clawson, Dan. (Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1998)
On Edward Said, Orientalism - Empire and Knowledge: More Troubles, New Opportunities for Sociology / Steven Seidman -- On Nancy Chodorow, The Reproduction of Mothering - The Gendering of Social Theory: Sociology and Its Discontents / Barbara Laslett -- On Boston's Women's Health Book Collective, Our Bodies, Ourselves - Feminist Subversions / Linda Gordon and Barrie Thorne -- Sociological Politics and Contemporary Sociology's Ten Most Influential Books / Gerald Marwell -- Taking the List as It Stands: What Does It Say about Sociology Today? / Rachel A. Rosenfeld -- Who's In? Who's Out? / Charles Lemert.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Sociology -- Book reviews; Sociology literature; Best books