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The Powers That Punish - Charles BrightIn a pathbreaking study of a major state prison, Michigan's Jackson State Penitentiary during the middle years of this century, Charles Bright addresses seve...... |
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Utopia/dystopiaThe concepts of utopia and dystopia have received much historical attention. Utopias have traditionally signified the ideal future: large-scale social, polit...... |
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Changing The Little Things - J. L. ManningThis is the story of a fictional author who has a really different idea for a new book. Now, this author is pretty well off, but he has an idea... |
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From The Psychoanalysis Mind Of An Intelligent Black Man From The Project - John Edward FarmerDo you ever wonder why the world is the way it is? What we can do to understand the problems and ease the anger everyone feels? How can we stop... |
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Great Jobs For Anthropology Majors - Blythe CamensonGREAT JOBS SERIES ANSWERS THE QUESTION "WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN . .Every college major gives students valuable skills and training, perfect for a wide ...... |
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Link Analysis: An Information Science Approach - Mike ThelwallThe web is central to many human activities and infringes on many others: at home, and at work, including education and research. Links between web sites can...... |
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Transnationalism - Steven VertovecWhile placing the notion of transnationalism within the broader study of globalization, this book particularly addresses the emergence and impacts of migrant...... |
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Images Of The StreetStreets are the terrain of social encounters and political protest, sites of domination and resistance, places of pleasure and anxiety. The essays in "Images...... |
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Theories Of Race And Racism - Les BackAn important and innovative collection that brings together the work of scholars who have helped to shape the study of race and racism as a historical and co...... |
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Thinking SpaceThinking Space looks at a range of social theorists and asks what role space plays in their work, what difference (if any) it makes to their concepts, and wh...... |
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Utopian Bodies And The Politics Of Transgression - Lucy SargissonThis book argues that there is a radical and transformative potential in the utopian body'. Lucy Sargisson looks at three different types of body to explore ...... |
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Who's Your City? - Richard FloridaFrom the bestselling author of "The Rise of the Creative Class" comes a brilliant new book on the surprising importance of place. "Who's Your City?" offers t...... |
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Law StoriesWar stories is the phrase used by academic lawyers to disparage the ways practicing lawyers talk about their experiences. Gary Bellow and Martha Minow in Law...... |
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People Studying People: The Human Element In Fieldwork - , Michael O. JonesThe authors of this book demonstrate that fieldwork is first and foremost a human pursuit. They draw upon published and unpublished accounts of fieldworkers'...... |
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Principles Of Group Solidarity - Michael HechterSocial scientists have long recognized that solidarity is essential for such phenomena as social order, class, and ethnic consciousness, and the provision of...... |
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Meaning And Moral Order - Robert WuthnowMeaning and Moral Order goes beyond classical, neoclassical, and poststructural theories of culture in its attempt to move away from problems of meaning to a...... |
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Information And Organizations - Arthur L. StinchcombeAn ambitious new work by a well-respected sociologist, Information and Organizations provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations. Stinchcomb...... |
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Pious Passion: The Emergence Of Modern Fundamentalism In The United States And Iran - Martin RiesebrodtMartin Riesebrodt's unconventional study provides an extraordinary look at religious fundamentalism. Comparing two seemingly disparate movements-in early twe...... |
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Gendered Transitions - Pierrette Hondagneu-soteloThe momentous influx of Mexican undocumented workers into the United States over the last decades has spurred new ways of thinking about immigration. Pierret...... |
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Social Paralysis And Social Change - Neil J. SmelserNeil Smelser's Social Paralysis and Social Change is one of the most comprehensive histories of mass education ever written. It tells the story of how workin...... |