Alan Wolfe

  • 7

    Catalog books

  • 7

    Works

  • 1983 to 2019

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Alan Wolfe has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 7 catalog-linked books across 1983 to 2019, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Politics of Petulance and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1983 to 2019; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Beresford Book Serv and Penguin USA.

Best Place To Start

Politics of Petulance

University of Chicago Press • 2019 • standard commitment

It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Beresford Book Serv and Penguin USA

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1983 to 2019; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Beresford Book Serv and Penguin USA.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Politics of Petulance

    University of Chicago Press • 2019 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2019 • 224 pages.

  2. The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith

    Simon & Schuster • 2003 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2003 • 304 pages.

  3. One Nation, After All : What Americans Really Think About God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, The Right, The Left and Each Other

    Penguin USA • 1999 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1999 • 368 pages.

  4. The Human Difference: Animals, Computers, and the Necessity of Social Science

    Univ of California Pr on Demand • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1994 • 243 pages.

  5. Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation

    Univ of California Pr • 1991 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1991 • 388 pages.

  6. Biology-The Foundations

    Wadsworth Publishing Company • 1998 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1998 • 460 pages.

  7. Why the New Left Died

    Beresford Book Serv • 1983 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1983.

How The Picks Compare

  • Politics of Petulance is the easier short commitment, while The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith asks for more reading time up front.
  • The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith gives you an earlier look at this author’s shelf, while Politics of Petulance leans later in the catalog.
  • One Nation, After All : What Americans Really Think About God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, The Right, The Left and Each Other is also useful if you want a different publishing lane from Politics of Petulance.

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