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by James Haley Publisher Comments Fulfills some or all of the high school national curriculum standards for social studies, English, science, and health.... (read more) List Price $28.70 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by P Li Chase Lansdale Publisher Comments Escape from Poverty addresses the recent increase of child poverty within the USA and suggests specific modes of change.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael H Tonry Publisher Comments The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972. In that time, punishment policies have toughened, compassion for prisoners has diminished, and prisons have gotten worse-a stark contrast to the origins of the prison 200 years... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $29.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Joseph Adna Hill Publisher Comments When this study was undertaken, women comprised some 20 percent of the American labor force. Yet only one previous effort had been made to determine the social characteristics and occupations of the female work force. In terms of its comprehensive detail,... (read more) List Price $92.95 Your price $50.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by James M Henslin Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and indexes.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $5.13 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Nicholas Gane Publisher Comments The basic concept of society has come under attack - political acts, critical theory, new media and even history itself have undermined what we think of as the social. The Future of Social Theory brings together new interviews with the world's leading... (read more) List Price $105.00 Your price $80.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Norman Solomon Publisher Comments The authors of "Through the Media Looking Glass" and the award-winning "Adventures in Medialand" are back with more news analysis and political commentary.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Peter Mclaren Publisher Comments This collection, by one of the leading figures of critical education theory and cultural critique, provokes a radical rethinking of questions of cultural and racial identity, social transformation, and democracy. The book's central theme is the... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $25.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by James T Schleifer Publisher Comments The Liberty Fund second edition of James T. Schleifer's celebrated study of Tocqueville includes a new preface by the author and an epilogue, "The Problem of the Two Democracies." For the first time, the evolution of a number of Tocqueville's central... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Frans Schryer Publisher Comments This book describes how Dutch immigrants became commercial farmers in the Canadian province of Ontario. It addresses the broader question of why the Dutch have an international reputation as successful farmers, and the critical implications of such... (read more) List Price $99.00 Your price $49.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Nathaniel Popkin Publisher Comments <div>During the last quarter of the 20th century, many American cities were in a state of decline. The automobile paved the way for suburban sprawl and white flight, leaving cities with crumbling infrastructures and high crime rates. A... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $11.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Pablo De Greiff Publisher Comments Society's drug problem will persist, and debates over how to solve it will continue, getting nowhere, until we define our terms. This book is an effort to do just that -- to parse the legal, moral, and philosophical underpinnings for any discussion of... (read more) List Price $59.50 Your price $12.38 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Neil Thompson Publisher Comments Provides an overview of the key issues involved in promoting workplace learning. This text covers developments in traditional practice learning, and various aspects of workplace learning, such as coaching and mentoring, and the development of a learning... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $24.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Richard Stengel Publisher Comments From the primates to the ancient world all the way to Hollywood, "You're Too Kind" presents a primer on flattery--where it originated, its development through the ages, and its myriad uses in contemporary culture.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Wolfgang Stroebe Publisher Comments This annual series reflects the dynamism of social psychology in Europe and the attention now being paid to European ideas and research. Although open to authors of all nations, it furthers the international exchange of ideas by including substantial... (read more) List Price $150.00 Your price $23.05 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Angela Nissel Publisher Comments "People always say I?m going to look back on these days and laugh why put it off?" When Angela Nisell found herself struggling financially while in college, instead of sulking, she decided to entertain herself by creating an online journal... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Joseph Epstein Publisher Comments The author sketches a witty and incisive anatomy of the modern friendship: its duties and requirements, the various kinds of friendships, the differences between male and female friendships, the complications marriage creates, and even what happens when... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by D Stanley Eitzen Publisher Comments "Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from Other Societies," fourth edition, examines how other advanced industrial societies have dealt with social problems with relative success and looks at how these strategies may be applicable to the United States.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $21.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jody Heymann Publisher Comments Taking on the American belief that creating a better life for your children is simply a matter of working hard, Jody Heymann argues that poor parents don't have a fair chance. Because our nation fails to provide essential supports, it is impossible for... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael J Cassity Review An ambitious attempt to discern, a posteriori and existentially, a dynamic for racism. Cassity provides a provocative essay followed by a guided tour of carefully selected contemporaneous documents. ... Recommended for graduate libraries and those... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price $6.60 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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