You'll find most sociology books on the First Floor of Library West.
To access these online books from off-campus, you must first log into the Virtual Private Network (VPN): http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufproxy.html
The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan. Published in 1963, this book is a pitch-perfect description of "the problem that has no name": the insidious beliefs and institutions that undermined women's confidence in their intellectual capabilities and kept them in the home. Call Number: HQ1426.F844 2013, Library West
Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict. Here, in her study of three sharply contrasting cultures, Benedict puts forward her famous thesis that a people's culture is an integrated whole, a "personality writ large." Call Number: GN506 .B46 1989, Library West
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir. A feminist exploration of the psychological, sexual and social roles of women and their historical and contemporary situation in Western culture at the middle of the twentieth century. Call Number: HQ1208 .B352 2010, Library West
States and Social Revolutions by Theda Skocpol. An exploration of the origins of social revolutions by comparing three major cases: the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, and the Chinese Revolution. Call Number: HM283 .S56, Library West and ONLINE
The Land of Too Much: American Abundance and the Paradox of Poverty by 
Capitalizing on Crisis: The Political Origins of the Rise of Finance by 
Impossible Engineering: Technology and Territoriality on the Canal du Midi by 
Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research by 
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