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Allan G. Johnson

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Social Sciences

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Allan G. Johnson is a novelist, nonfiction writer, sociologist, teacher, and public speaker who has spent much of his life trying to understand the human condition, especially as shaped by issues of gender, race, and social class. His nonfiction books have been translated into several languages, and his first novel, The First Thing and the Last, was recognized in 2010 by Publishers Weekly as a notable debut work of fiction and named a “Great Read” by O Magazine.

He was born in Washington, DC, in 1946 and at the age of six went with his family to live for two years in Oslo, Norway, where his father worked in the U.S. embassy. Returning from Norway, his family settled in Massachusetts where he did the rest of his growing up. He wrote his first...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 422 ratings · 84 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Privilege, Power, and Difference 3.98 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy 4.37 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The First Thing and the Last 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Forest and the Trees 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Nothing Left to Lose 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Human Arrangements: An Introduction to Sociology 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Student Study Guide to Accompany Human Arrangements 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Political Institutions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Social Statistics Without Tears 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977	My rating:

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