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by Robert E Lang  Publisher Comments A glance at a list of America's fastest growing cities reveals quite a surprise: most are really overgrown suburbs. Places such as North Las Vegas, NV; Plano, TX; Gilbert, AZ; and Chula Vista, CA have swelled to big-city size with few people really... (read more)  List Price $26.95 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Barry Shain Publisher Comments Sharpening the debate over the values that formed America's founding political philosophy, Barry Alan Shain challenges us to reconsider what early Americans meant when they used such basic political concepts as the public good, liberty, and slavery. We... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jake Halpern Publisher Comments A prismatic portrait of our national obsession with celebrity, in the tradition of Fast Food Nation and Blink. For several years, Jake Halpern has reported on Hollywood for NPR's "All Things Considered." In his new book, he explores the fascinating... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by C A Bowers Publisher Comments Do computers foster cultural diversity? Ecological sustainability? In our age of high-tech euphoria we seem content to leave tough questions like these to the experts. That dangerous inclination is at the heart of this important examination of the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Papworth Publisher Comments The author has found the true villain of the 20th century, and it is a concept--bigness. The answer to such disparate questions as why do we experience global wars, mass dictatorships, economic tornadoes, a population explosion and a mounting resource... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alexander B Callow Review "Still one of the most complete and varied readers on urban history."--Kurt Leichtle, University of Wisconsin, River Falls "The best reader available in Urban History of the U.S. It has a broad base incorporating pertinent studies in disciplines other... (read more) List Price $43.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Terry L Leap Book News Annotation Primarily addressing business students, but integrating perspectives from sociology, psychology, public policy, and business, Leap (management, Clemson U.) presents an introduction to the economics of white-collar crime. He describes an integrative... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Deena Mandell Synopsis In recent years, several developments have stimulated new ways of thinking about the social worker's "self" or "selves?" in all aspects of practice. The focus on practice with diverse populations and the emphasis of ?anti-oppressive? practice have... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price $24.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Timothy Leary Publisher Comments In this brief, lively book of reminiscences, the man Allen Ginsberg called "a hero of American consciousness" describes his transformation from bohemian professor to avatar of the new age. In his typically wry, provocative style, Timothy Leary gives... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Mann Synopsis This critique of the new American imperialism analyses the action in Afghanistan, the war against terrorism and the warnings to "rogue states". It shows that American foreign policy exaggerates American power and fails to understand that the US has much... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Gurpreet Mahajan Publisher Comments Cultural pluralism has been a distinctive feature of many societies for a very long time. While pluralism indicates the presence of differences, and tries to ensure legal equality for all the communities, multiculturalism goes beyond that. By pointing... (read more) List Price $44.00 Your price $27.63 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Nan Roman Publisher Comments Now children can keep their favorite animals, bugs, and other creatures as pets -- and hold dinosaurs or the sun and moon in their hands! These irresistible little board books are small enough to fit in a tiny fist or the pocket of a backpack. Printed on... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Yvonna S Lincoln Synopsis The transition from viewing organizations as bureaucracies toward seeing them in metaphoric terms is a contemporary break with past organizational theory. But to investigate the similarities between real organizations and the metaphors describing their... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price $22.13 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James Garbarino Publisher Comments Childhood is ideally a time of safety, marked by freedom from the economic, sexual, and political demands that later become part of adult life. For many children, however, particularly those who live in our inner cities, childhood is increasingly a time... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Patric Diggins Publisher Comments Max Weber is a fresh look at the life and work of one of the greatest social and political thinkers of the modern era, and the first book to focus on Weber from an American perspective.Ever since World War II, Max Weber has been regarded as a monument to... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Leslie Lytle Publisher Comments Execution's Doorstep tells the true stories of five lives trapped in a living nightmare: sentenced to die for a crime they didn't commit. Since capital punishment was reinstated in the mid-1970s, over 120 individuals have been proven wholly innocent of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $20.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Gregory Acs and Pamela Loprest Book News Annotation Acs and Loprest, both affiliated with The Urban Institute, review research on the fate of welfare recipients who left the welfare rolls ("leavers") following the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $2.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Hannigan Publisher Comments Following a wave of de-industrialization and cutbacks in public spending, American downtowns are reinventing themselves in the image of Disneyland and Las Vegas. "Fantasy City" looks at the changing face of the city and what it means for its citizens and... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price $13.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Frank Publisher Comments Full of captivating profiles and expert insights into the lives and lifestyles of the nouveau riche, "Richistan" looks behind the glitz to find the real story behind new money and its impact on the richest nation in the world.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by S N Eisenstadt Publisher Comments 'The analysis, of several types of interpersonal relations of central concern to social scientists, draws on a wide range of examples from diverse societies.'... (read more) List Price $52.00 Your price $40.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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