Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews
May 1996, Volume 25, Number 3
Ten Most Influential books for the Past 25 Years
| Author | Short title | Reviewer |
| Theda Skocpol | States | Jeff Goodwin |
| Harry Braverman | Labor | Michael Burawoy |
| Clifford Geertz | Interpretation | Ann Swidler |
| Pierre Bourdieu | Outline | Craig Calhoun |
| Nancy Chodorow | Mothering | Barbara Laslett |
| William J. Wilson | Declining | Aldon Morris |
| Edward Said | Orientalism | Steven Seidman |
| Michel Foucault | Discipline | Jonathan Simon |
| Immanuel Wallertein | World System | Harriet Friedmann |
| Women's Health Collective | Our Bodies | Linda Gordon and Barrie Thorne |