Selected Publications

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Submitted
Patterson, O.  Submitted.  Bringing Culture Back In: New approaches to the Problems of Black Youth. , Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press

Forthcoming

2011
Patterson, O.  2011.  Trafficking, Gender & Slavery: Past and Present, 26-28 August. The Legal Parameters of Slavery: Historical to the Contemporary. , Harvard Law School: The Hourston Institutetrafficking_gender_slavery_12_20_11_cambria__autosaved_.pdf

Revised version.

Patterson, O.  2011.  The Post-Black Condition, 09/22/2011. The New York Times. The Post-Black Condition [full text]

A book review of "Who's Afraid of Post Blackness? What it Means to be Black Now." by Touré.

Patterson, O.  2011.  The Culture of Sports. Journal of Historical Sociology. 24(4):549-563.The Culture of Sports [full text]

(in conversation with Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young)

Patterson, O.  2011.  Freedom and 9/11. Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Summer 2011(21)Freedom and 9/11 [full text]
2010
Patterson, O.  2010.  The Mechanisms of Cultural Reproduction: Explaining the Puzzle of Persistence. Handbook of Cultural Sociology. (John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff, Ming-Cheng Lo, Eds.).:139-151., New York: RoutledgeThe Mechanism of Cultural Reproduction: Explaining the Puzzle of Persistence [full text]
2009
Patterson, O.  2009.  Equality. Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Winter 2009(11)Equality [full text]
2008
Patterson, O.  2008.  Black Americans. Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation. (Peter H. Schuck, James Q. Wilson, Eds.).:375-410., New York: Public AffairsBlack Americans [full text]
Patterson, O.  2008.  Freedom, Slavery, and the Modern Construction of Rights. The Cultural Values of Europe. (Hans Joas, Klaus Wiegandt, Eds.).:115-151., Liverpool: Liverpool University PressFreedom, Slavery, and the Modern Construction of Rights [full text]
2007
Patterson, O.  2007.  About Public Sociology. Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-First Century. (Dan Clawson, Ed.).: University of California PressAbout Public Sociology [full text]
2006
Patterson, O.  2006.  The Ancient and Medieval Origins of Modern Freedom. The Problem of Evil. (John Stouffer, Steven Mintz, Eds.).:31-66.: University of Massachusetts PressThe Ancient and Medieval Origins of Modern Freedom [full text]
2005
Patterson, O, Kaufman J.  2005.  Cross-National Cultural Diffusion: The Global Spread of Cricket. American Sociological Review. 70(1):82-110.Cross-National Cultural Diffusion: The Global Spread of Cricket [full text]Website
2004
Patterson, O.  2004.  Culture and Continuity: Causal Structures in Socio-Cultural Persistence. Matters of Culture: Cultural Sociology in Practice. (John Mohr, Roger Friedland, Eds.).: Cambridge University PressCulture and Continuity: Causal Structures in Socio-Cultural Persistence [full text]
Patterson, O.  2004.  Four Modes of Ethnosomatic Stratification: Blacks in Europe and the Americas. Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy Comparing the US and UK. (Glenn Loury, Tariq Modood, Steven Teles, Eds.)., Cambridge: Cambridge University PressFour Modes of Ethnosomatic Stratification: Blacks in Europe and the Americas [full text]
2003
Patterson, O.  2003.  Helotic Slavery and Freedom. Helots and Their Masters in Laconia and Messenia. (Nino Luraghi, Susan Alcock, Eds.).:Chap.11., Cambridge: Harvard University PressEleven: Reflections on Helotic Slavery and Freedom [full text]
2002
Patterson, O.  2002.  Beyond Compassion: Selfish Reasons for Being Unselfish. Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 131(1):26-38.Beyond Compassion: Selfish Reasons for Being Unselfish [full text]Website
2001
Patterson, O.  2001.  Taking Culture Seriously: A Framework and an Afro-American Illustration. Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress. (Lawrence E. Harrison, Samuel P. Huntington, Eds.).:202-218., New York: Basic BooksTaking Culture Seriously: A Framework and an Afro-American Illustration [full text]
1998
Patterson, O.  1998.  Rituals of Blood: Consequences of Slavery in Two American Centuries. , Washington DC: Civitas/Counterpoint
1997
Patterson, O.  1997.  The Ordeal of Integration: Progress and Resentment in America's Racial Crisis. , Washington DC: Civitas/Counterpoint
1994
Patterson, O.  1994.  Ecumenical America: Global Culture and the American Cosmos. World Policy Journal. 11(2):103-117.Ecumenical America: Global Culture and the American Cosmos [full text]Website
1991
Patterson, O.  1991.  Freedom in the Making of Western Culture. , New York: Basic Books
1982
Patterson, O.  1982.  Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study. , Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press