Bold Ideas, Essential Reading since 1936.
Rutgers University Press is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge for a wide range of readers. The Press reflects and extends the University’s core mission of research, instruction, and service. They enhance the work of their authors through exceptional publications that shape critical issues, spark debate, and enrich teaching. Core subjects include: film and media studies, sociology, anthropology, education, history, health, history of medicine, human rights, urban studies, criminal justice, Jewish studies, American studies, women's, gender, and sexuality studies, LGBTQ, Latino/a, Asian and African studies, as well as books about New York, New Jersey, and the region.
Rutgers also distributes books published by Bucknell University Press.
Enduring Polygamy
Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African Metropolis
Enduring Polygamy explores sweeping social changes in urban Africa through the lens of plural marriage. The book offers insights into gender dynamics and the cultural, economic, and political factors affecting how, when, and why people marry. The bookoffers an open-minded but unflinching perspective on a contested but resilient form of marriage.
Dying Green
A Journey through End-of-Life Medicine in Search of Sustainable Health Care
Caribes 2.0
New Media, Globalization, and the Afterlives of Disaster
Cancer Entangled
Anticipation, Acceleration, and the Danish State
Cancer Entangled
Anticipation, Acceleration, and the Danish State
Hero Me Not
The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero
Dying Green
A Journey through End-of-Life Medicine in Search of Sustainable Healthcare
When Are You Coming Home?
How Young Children Cope When Parents Go to Jail
Unequal Choices
How Social Class Shapes Where High-Achieving Students Apply to College
