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Berkeley: A City In History - Charles WollenbergThe Railroad Age, The Depression, World War II, The Atomic Age, The Sixties-these periods shaped and were in turn shaped by Berkeley, California-a city that ...... |
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It's All For The Kids: Gender, Families, And Youth Sports - Michael A. MessnerToday, in a world quite different from the one that existed just thirty years ago, both girls and boys play soccer, baseball, softball, and other youth sport...... |
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God's Heart Has No Borders - Pierrette Hondagneu-soteloIn this timely and compelling account of the contribution to immigrant rights made by religious activists in post-1965 and post-9/11 America, Pierrette Honda...... |
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Stat-spotting - Joel BestAre four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the U...... |
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The Odyssey Experience: Physical, Social, Psychological, And Spiritual Journeys - Neil J. SmelserThis bold and innovative book traces the phenomenon of the "odyssey" experience as it shapes, informs, and defines our lives. Drawing on an astonishing range...... |
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The Extended Case Method - Michael BurawoyIn this remarkable collection of essays, Michael Burawoy develops the extended case method by connecting his own experiences among workers of the world to th...... |
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Offending Women: Power, Punishment, And The Regulation Of Desire - Lynne HaneyOffending Women is an eye-opening journey into the lived reality of prison for women in the United States today. Lynne Haney looks at incarcerated mothers, h...... |
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The Rise Of Cities In North-west Europe - Adriaan VerhulstFor more than fifty years no synthesis has been written which systematically examines the growth and development of cities in north-west Europe. Adriaan Verh...... |
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The Public Sphere - Alan MckeeWhat is happening to public debate in Western cultures? Is our public sphere disintegrating? In the face of popular tabloid newspapers, new forms of reality ...... |
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Cults, Religion, And ViolenceThis explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, ma...... |
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The Globalisation Of Charismatic Christianity - Simon ColemanThis book analyses the revival of charismatic Protestant Christianity as an example of globalisation. Simon Coleman shows that, along with many social moveme...... |
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Edward Said And The Religious Effects Of Culture - William D. HartThis book provides a distinctive account of Edward Said's critique of modern culture by highlighting the religion-secularism distinction on which it is predi...... |
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Making Social Science Matter - Bent FlyvbjergMaking Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument, methodological guideline...... |
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The Ethnographer's Eye - Anna GrimshawGrimshaw's exploration of the role of vision within modern anthropology engages with current debates about ocularcentism, investigating the relationship betw...... |
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Separation And Reunion In Modern China - Charles StaffordIn this original and readable book, Charles Stafford describes the Chinese fascination with separation and reunion. Drawing on his field studies in Taiwan an...... |
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Domain Conditions In Social Choice Theory - Wulf GaertnerWulf Gaertner provides a comprehensive account of an important and complex issue within social choice theory: how to establish a social welfare function whil...... |
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Being Human - Margaret S. ArcherHumanity and the very notion of the human subject are under threat from postmodernist thinking which has declared not only the 'Death of God' but also the 'D...... |
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The Justice Motive In Everyday LifeThis book contains new essays in honor of Melvin J. Lerner, a pioneer in the psychological study of justice. The contributors to this volume are internationa...... |
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An Atlas Of Interpersonal Situations - , John G. HolmesThe Atlas of Interpersonal Situations provides a systematic theoretical account for understanding the impact of situations on patterns of social interaction....... |
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Ethnicity, Social Mobility, And Public PolicyThis major comparative study of the social mobility of ethnic minorities in the US and UK argues that social mobility must be understood as a complex and mul...... |