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White-Collar Sweatshop
by Jill Andresky Fraser  Publisher Comments In the 1990s, before the bubble of the "miracle economy" burst, corporate America grew fat on the miseries of the American worker. Media attention has focused on dot-com disasters, massive layoffs, and explosions of corporate violence....
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Cultures@silicon Valley (02 Edition)
by J. A. English-lueck Publisher Comments “English-Lueck’s fascinating new book, Cultures@Silicon Valley, casts a laserlike anthropological eye on the mores and mannerisms of her homies. . . . English-Lueck and colleagues left the groves of academe and spent years—real quality...
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Understanding Popular Culture (89 Edition)
by John Fiske Publisher Comments What is popular culture? How does it differ from mass culture? And what does popular "text" reveal about class, race, and gender dynamics in a society? In this bestselling work, Prof. Fiske takes a new approach to studying cultural artifacts....
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Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
by Eric Schlosser 
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Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings
by Katherine S Newman Publisher Comments In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to be the spontaneous acts of disconnected teens, but this...
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Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
by Olav Velthuis Review [] provides an excellent analysis of the tension between art and commerce that characterizes the art world....
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The French Way: The Keys to the Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the French
by Ross Steele Publisher Comments If you're traveling to or doing business in France and want to avoid any unfortunate misunderstandings, "The French Way "is the most up-to-date guide to French culture. Written by renowned French culture expert Ross Steele, the book offers a uniquely...
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Londonistan:
by Melanie Phillips Publisher Comments The suicide bombings carried out in London in 2005 by British Muslims revealed an enormous fifth column of Islamist terrorists and their sympathizers. Under the noses of British intelligence, London has become the European hub for the promotion...
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My Family and Other Saints
by Kirin Narayan Publisher Comments In 1969, young Kirin Narayan’s older brother, Rahoul, announced that he was quitting school and leaving home to seek enlightenment with a guru. From boyhood, his restless creativity had continually surprised his family, but his departure shook up...
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The Idea of Progress. an Inquiry Into Its Origin and Growth
by J. B. Bury Publisher Comments "We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it ultimately prove to be no more than an idolum saeculi, the animating and...
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Karl Marx: A Biography, 4th Edition
by David Mclellan Publisher Comments Declared Britain's favourite philosopher in a recent BBC poll, Marx's ghost continues to haunt our world. All the great political revolutions of the twentieth century referred back to Marx. Reviled by some, revered by many, Marx's influence can be found...
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Charisma: The Gift of Grace, and How It Has Been Taken Away from Us
by Philip Rieff Publisher Comments From the profoundly influential social theorist Philip Rieff comes a posthumously published analysis of the deepest level of crisis in our culture. According to Rieff, the contemporary notion of charisma-the personal magnetism of political leaders or...
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Liquid Modern Fears
by Zygmunt Bauman Publisher Comments In this brilliant new account of the fears and anxieties that weigh on us today, Zygmunt Bauman one of the foremost social thinkers of our time alerts us to the scale of the task confronting us in the current century if we wish our fellow humans to...
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Central Problems in Social Theory : Action, Structure and Contradiction in Social Analysis (79 Edition)
by Anthony Giddens Publisher Comments "One of the most creative among the younger generation of critical social theorists, Giddens stands alone in his concern for the classical tradition on sociology; but he also makes brilliant use of the latest philosophical and theoretical work of several...
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The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett Publisher Comments A bestselling author draws on interviews with dismissed IBM executives bakers, a bartender turned-ad executive, and many others to call into question the terms of a new economy....
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Intro Semiotics/3e
by Paul Cobley Publisher Comments Outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism....
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New Keywords: A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society
by Tony (edt) Bennett Publisher Comments Over 25 years ago, Raymond Williams' Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society set the standard for how we understand and use the language of culture and society. Now, three luminaries in the field of cultural studies have assembled a volume that...
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Flight from Reality in the Human Sciences
by Ian Shapiro Synopsis "Ian Shapiro's work has inspired a generation of both scholars and practitioners of politics--for the simple reason that he meets the standards of the former and the needs of the latter. In this book, he helps rescue the study of politics and society...
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The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
by Francis Fukuyama Publisher Comments Francis Fukuyama is one of America's most astute and original thinkers, and his books have opened new perspectives on the changing world around us. In The End of History and the Last Man, he was the first to glimpse the emerging shape of the post-Cold...
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Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News
by Bernard Goldberg
Publisher Comments "Bias" blows the whistle on bias in the news including Bernard Goldberg's own network, CBS, and its chief guru, Dan Rather. Breaking ranks and naming names, the Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist reveals a corporate news culture in which the close...
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