Books:
Apter. The Politics of Modernization (1965);
Balandier. Ambiguous Africa: Cultures in Collision (1966, in French 1957);
Beck. Reflexive Modernization (1994);
Beck-Gernsheim. Reinventing the Family: in Search of New Lifestyles (2002);
Bellah. Beyond Belief: Essays on Religion in a Post-Traditional World (1970);
- The Broken Covenant: American Civil Religion in Time of Trial (1975);
- Imagining Japan: The Japanese Tradition and its Modern Interpretation (2003);
Bernard. The Future of Marriage (1972);
Bronner, Simon J.Following Tradition: Folklore in the Discourse of American Culture (1998);
Bronner, Simon J. Folk Nation: Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition (2002);
Bronner, Simon J., (ed.). Creativity and Tradition in Folklore: New Directions (1992);
Crompton. Gendered Jobs and Social Change (1990);
Durkheim. Division Of Labor In Society (2014, in French 1893);
- Suicide, a Study in Sociology (2007, in French 1897);
Eisenstadt. The Political Systems of Empires (1963);
- Modernization: Protest and Change (1966);
- Tradition, Change, and Modernity (1973);
- Revolution and the Transformation of Societies: A Comparative Study of Civilizations (1978);
Giddens. Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber (1971);
- The Consequences of Modernity (1990);
Hobsbawm. The Invention of Tradition (1983);
Inglehart. The Silent Revolution: Changing Values and Political Styles Among Western Publics (1977);
- Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society (1990);
- Value Change in Global Perspective (1995);
- Modernization and Postmodernization (1997);
- Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change around the World (2003);
Kropotkin. The State: Its Historic Role (1897);
- Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902);
Lockwood. The Affluent Worker in the Class Structure (1969);
Lyotard. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1984, in French 1979);
Martineau. Eastern Life: Present and Past; 3 vol. (1848);
Moore. Social Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World (1966);
Mosca. The Ruling Class (2018, in Italian 1896, 1923);
Pakulski. Postmodernization (1992);
Park. The City: Suggestions for the Study of Human Nature in the Urban Environment (1925);
Redfield. Tepoztlán, a Mexican Village: A Study of Folk Life (1930);
- Chan Kom: A Maya Village (1934);
- The Folk Culture of Yucatan (1941);
- A Village that Chose Progress: Chan Kom Revisited (1950);
- The Primitive World and its Transformations (1953);
- The Little Community (1955);
Riesman. A Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character (1950);
Robertson. Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture (1992);
Rostow. The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non Communist Manifesto (1960);
Shils, Edward. Tradition (1981);
Smith A. Ethno-symbolism and Nationalism: A Cultural Approach (2009);
Sumner. Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals (1906);
Therborn. Between Sex and Power: Family in the World, 1900-2000 (2004);
Tocqueville. Democracy in America (2021, in French 1835, 1840);
- The Old Regime and the French Revolution (2014, in French 1856);
Tönnies. Community and Society (2021, in German 1887);
Wagner, R. The Invention of Culture (1975);
Weber Max. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: and Other Writings (2002, in German 1920);
Wilson W. Religious Sects (1970);
Wolf. Peasants (1966);
- Europe and the People Without History (1982);