{"title":"Dalton Conley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDalton Conley\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate connections between society, genetics, and identity with a distinctive blend of sociological insight and scientific inquiry. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eHonky\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Social Genome\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into how social structures and biology intersect to shape individual experiences and social outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the crossroads of education, social science, and nature will find Conley’s writing both thought-provoking and accessible. His books invite reflection on the forces that influence our lives and challenge conventional understandings of race, class, and heredity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-social-genome-by-dalton-conley-9781324092636","title":"The Social Genome","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than 150 years, the question of nature versus nurture has been one of the most contentious issues in the human sciences. On the one side are \"blank-slaters,\" who believe we are mainly shaped by our environment. On the other side are \"hereditarians,\" who believe in the primacy of genes. From the start, the fight has been highly politicised and extremely bitter, given that it has implications for how we think about racial disparities, meritocracy, reproduction, and free will itself. In \u003cem\u003eThe Social Genome\u003c\/em\u003e, pioneering scientist Dalton Conley demonstrates that this longstanding debate is fundamentally misguided. The true question is not nature versus nurture, but how nature and nurture interact to make each of us who we become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Social Genome\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping account of the sociogenomics revolution, which has, in the last decade, upended many of our notions about human development. Sociogenomics brings together advances in molecular genetics and traditional social and behavioural science. The key tool is the polygenic index, which allows us to analyse DNA to measure a child's genetic potential. Today, we can estimate a child's adult height, how far they will go in school, and their weight as an adult—all from a cheek swab, finger prick, or vial of saliva. Conley and other researchers are using this new science to shed light on the ways in which genes shape our world, influencing how each person both creates and responds to the environment around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConley reveals a world where children's DNA influences the nurture they extract from their parents; the genes of our schoolmates affect our likelihood of smoking as much as our own DNA does; and spouses' genes influence each other's moods and behaviours. Looking forward, Conley envisions a future where dating, education, public health, and other institutions have been radically altered by the sociogenomic revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Conley argues, we should no longer think of nature versus nurture, but about how our genes seek the nurture they need to express themselves and how, in turn, our environments are made partly from the genes of other people. \u003cem\u003eThe Social Genome\u003c\/em\u003e presents a nuanced, powerful perspective on individual potential and social dynamics and raises critical ethical questions about how we will navigate a future where we have access to far more genetic information than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796891619564,"sku":"9781324092636","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7fe39fed36e6b248f33d916c6fa2c5ec.jpg?v=1757141563"},{"product_id":"honky-by-dalton-conley-9780520397835","title":"Honky","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis vivid memoir captures how race, class, and privilege shaped a white boy’s coming of age in 1970s New York—now with a new epilogue.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“I am not your typical middle-class white male,” begins Dalton Conley’s \u003cem\u003eHonky\u003c\/em\u003e, an intensely engaging memoir of growing up amid predominantly African American and Latino housing projects on New York’s Lower East Side. In narrating these sharply observed memories, from his little sister’s burning desire for cornrows to the shooting of a close childhood friend, Conley shows how race and class inextricably shaped his life—as well as the lives of his schoolmates and neighbours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a new afterword, Conley, now a well-established senior sociologist, provides an update on what his informants’ respective trajectories tell us about race and class in the city. He further reflects on how urban areas have (and haven’t) changed over the past few decades, including the stubborn resilience of poverty in New York. At once a gripping coming-of-age story and a brilliant case study illuminating broader inequalities in American society, \u003cem\u003eHonky\u003c\/em\u003e guides us to a deeper understanding of the cultural capital of whiteness, the social construction of race, and the intricacies of upward mobility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455591891180,"sku":"9780520397835","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81A1pHubgkL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774785457"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/dalton-conley.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}