Dalton Conley: 4 books
Parentology
Everything You Wanted to Know about the Science of Raising Children but Were Too Exhausted to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
An award-winning scientist offers his unorthodox approach to childrearing: “Parentology is brilliant, jaw-droppingly funny, and full of wisdom…bound to change your thinking about parenting and its conventions” (Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother).
If you’re like many...
The Pecking Order
A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
The family is our haven, the place where we all start off on equal footing — or so we like to think. But if that’s the case, why do so many siblings often diverge widely in social status, wealth, and education? In this groundbreaking and meticulously researched book, acclaimed sociologist Dalton...
Elsewhere, U.S.A.
How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms, and Economic Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Over the past three decades, our daily lives have changed slowly but dramatically. Boundaries between leisure and work, public space and private space, and home and office have blurred and become permeable. In Elsewhere, U.S.A., acclaimed sociologist Dalton Conley connects our day-to-day experiences...
The Genome Factor
What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture wars are over. In the past decade, a small but intrepid group of economists, political scientists, and sociologists have harnessed the genomics revolution to paint a more complete picture of human social...