“Astonishing--a masterpiece... that fills a tremendous gap in our understanding of poverty. Beautiful, harrowing, and deeply human... a must read for anyone who cares about social justice... I loved it.” —Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of original empirical research articles by both established and emerging scholars. It is designed to promote cross-disciplinary collaborations ...
A groundbreaking approach to thinking about race and racism today. Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer, authors of The Racial Order, have written an undergraduate textbook on race relations for the twenty-first century. Every chapter of ...
Proceeding from the bold and provocative claim that there never has been a comprehensive and systematic theory of race, Mustafa Emirbayer and Matthew Desmond set out to reformulate how we think about this most difficult of topics in American life ...
In this rugged account of a rugged profession, Matthew Desmond explores the heart and soul of the wildland firefighter. Having joined a firecrew in Northern Arizona as a young man, Desmond relates his experiences with intimate knowledge and native ...
