Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America, by Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder Les Gofton enjoys an excellent study of how record sleeve artwork shaped consumerist values Les Gofton 11月 2日
Watching Closely: A Guide to Ethnographic Observation, by Christena Nippert-Eng Novice sociological researchers will find encouragement and help in a programme of exercises whose insights are informed by a group of gorillas, Les Gofton says Les Gofton 2月 18日
Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture, by Gary Alan Fine Time and temperament are explored in a masterly study of an old game of thrones, says Les Gofton Les Gofton 10月 1日
Crisis at Work: Identity and the End of Career, by Jesse Potter Bankers swap cufflinks for cassocks in an era of reinvention not defined by pay, finds Leslie Gofton Les Gofton 8月 13日