The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dalton Conley
By (author) Jason Fletcher
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenrePopular science
Genetics (non-medical)
ISBN/Barcode 9780691183169
ClassificationsDewey:576.5
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 33 b/w illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 13 November 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

How genomics is revolutionizing the social sciences 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 soc

Author Biography

Dalton Conley is the Henry Putnam University Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. Jason Fletcher is Professor of Public Affairs, Sociology, Agricultural and Applied Economics, and Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Reviews

"Co-Winner of the 2018 Best Book Award, Evolution, Biology, and Society Section, American Sociological Association" "Winner of the 2018 Otis Dudley Duncan Award, Section on Population of the American Sociological Association"