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by Patricia A Adler Publisher Comments This text is the industry standard for publishing the most recent and relevant articles in the field of deviance, by demonstrating to students how the concepts and theories of deviance can be applied to the world around them. The authors include both... (read more) List Price $73.95 Your price $39.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Kathleen De Mccook Publisher Comments Award-winning librarian, educator, author, and activist, Kathleen de la Pena McCook challenges librarians everywhere to get involved in civic planning and community development early by demanding a place at the table.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Sonia M Livingstone Publisher Comments We can no longer imagine leisure, or the home, without media and communication technologies, and for the most part, would we not want to. Yet as worldwide the television screen in the family home is set to become the site of a multimedia culture... (read more) List Price $92.00 Your price $40.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Cynthia Sumner Publisher Comments Offering indispensable advice on planning stress-free, simple family trips, this guide is tailored specifically to moms. Tips on packing, organizing, and entertainment are included to make trips relaxing and enjoyable for everyone in the family.... (read more) List Price $3.97 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jeffrey M Clair Publisher Comments Clair (sociology and medicine, U. of Alabama) and Allman (medicine, U. of Alabama) present 15 contributions which attempt to underline the assumption that the aging individual and society can be enhanced by an understanding of the correlates of basic... (read more) Your price $10.58 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Donald A C0bana Publisher Comments A courageous tale of a prison warden's moral awakening to the death penalty.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Peter Woolfson Publisher Comments Most studies of geriatric patients have focused on nursing homes. In fact, most people are placed in these institutions only after being evaluated by medical and social service staff. This ethnography details the day-to-day experiences of a geriatric and... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Eugene Victo Walter Publisher Comments This is a philosophical and historical interpretation of the experience and meaning of place. Searching for a way of knowing and living in the world that does not fragment experience or exploit the environment, E.V. Walter explores the way people in... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Cynthia Daniels Publisher Comments Do children need fathers? Do mothers need husbands? Should we celebrate or grieve the loss (or transformation) of fatherhood? This collection brings together the voices of nine highly diverse scholars to reflect on the culturally and politically charged... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by John Clippinger Publisher Comments Great leaps forward in scientific understanding have, throughout history, engendered similar leaps forward in how we understand ourselves. Now, the new hybrid disciplines of evolutionary biology and social physics are making the next leap possible—... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $13.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Al Gore Publisher Comments An inspiring array of world-class photographs revealing the changing face of the American familyThe American family has undergone dramatic changes in the last two generations, as interfaith and interracial marriage, new gender and age configurations, and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $6.18 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by David R Roediger Publisher Comments David Roediger's widely acclaimed book provides an original study of the formative years of working-class racism in the United States. In a lengthy new introduction, Rocdiger surveys recent scholarship on whiteness, and discusses the changing face of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Timothy E Donohue Publisher Comments Part One February to July 1990Part Two July to September 1990Part Three December 1990 to February 1991Part Four June 1991Part Five January 1992 to December... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Geert Hofstede Publisher Comments Geert Hofstede writes very clearly and engagingly. His interest in people is deep and genuine, and he enjoys the variety of their habits and motivations. His sympathy is usually with the underdogs in any situation, rather than those in authority, but he... (read more) List Price $46.95 Your price $ (Used - ) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Lisa J Mcintyre Publisher Comments "I suspect that beginning students assigned to read sociology feel much like the theatergoer who stumbles into a foreign film without subtitles. [So] I tried to keep the needs of the introductory student in mind. I tried to bridge the gap between the... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $7.20 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by David Shenk Publisher Comments Media scholar David Shenk examines the effects of data overload on our lives, our relationships, and our culture, and offers strikingly down-to-earth insights for coping with our information infatuation. Hailed by the New York Times as "An Indispensable... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $4.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jodi Obrien Publisher Comments Thirteen newly published articles on case studies performed by sociologists demonstrating the everyday interactions that reinforce dominance and resistance in modern society.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price $17.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Douglas Besharov Publisher Comments When Drug Addicts Have Children brings together 28 program administrators, direct service providers, government officials, and scholars -- all specialists in child welfare and drug abuse -- in a collaborative effort to define new approaches to the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $5.20 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Wendy M Grossman Publisher Comments Wendy M. Grossman, a journalist who has covered the Internet since 1992 for major publications including Wired, the Daily Telegraph, and New Scientist, assesses the battles that will define its future. From the Church of Scientology raids on Net users to... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $17.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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