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Britain's Population: Demographic Issues in Contemporary Society
by Stephen Jackson
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Exploring demographic characteristics of British society, this text shows that many of the contemporary features of the population relate to changes in the past--particularly the ups and downs in attitudes to marriage and family formation.... ( read more)
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The Vulnerable Child: What Really Hurts America's Children and What We Can Do about It
by Richard Weissbourd
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This revealing investigation shows the devastating impact of contemporary cultural trends on children. "Important. . . .Valuable. . . . Weissbourd forcefully contests our disturbing inclination to localize the problems of children among the poor, notably... ( read more)
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Using Technology in Human Services Educa
by Goutham M Menon
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Eleven articles by social workers address various issues concerning
the use of information technology in their field. Among the topics
are the use of a site advisory committee for distance education, a
report on a tele-learning community, an... ( read more)
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Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir
by James Salant
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With his nickname, Dirty Jersey, tattooed on the inside of his left forearm, James Salant wanted everyone to know he was a tough guy. At the age of eighteen, after one too many run-ins with the cops for drug possession, he left his upper-middle-class... ( read more)
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Terror in the Mind of God
by Mark Juergensmeyer
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Beneath the histories of religious traditions — from biblical wars to crusading ventures and great acts of martyrdom — violence has lurked as a shadowy presence. Images of death have never been far from the heart of religion's power to stir the... ( read more)
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The Future of Us All: Race and Neighborhood Politics in New York City (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
by Roger Sanjek
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Before the next century is out, Americans of African, Asian, and Latin American ancestry will outnumber those of European origin. In the Elmhurst-Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City, the transition occurred during the 197Os, and the area's two... ( read more)
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Global Mind Change: The Promise of the 21st Century
by Willis Harman
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An estimated 44 million people are classified as "cultural creatives"--progressives interested in ecology, globalism, and spirituality. In this intriguing guide, the author of "The New Business of Business" presents a clear case showing how the power of... ( read more)
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Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology: Tradition & Formalization
by Thomas J Fararo
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Describing the field of sociology as a comprehensive research tradition, this book analyzes the field's various sub-traditions, and demonstrates that many of these traditions not only intersect, but share conceptual components. In close analyses of its... ( read more)
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The Ice Palace That Melted Away: How Good Design Enhances Our Lives
by Bill Stumpf
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A playful look at how effective design can restore civility, community, and joy to modern society.
In Bill Stumpf's incisive book, he argues that good design is not about fashion, but about quality of life. The ice palace of the title refers to an... ( read more)
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Interwoven Lives PR (Research Monographs in Adolescence)
by Thomas L Whitman
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Despite a growing body of scholarship on the phenomenon of adolescent parenting, minimal attention has been given to investigating systematic changes in adolescent mothers' and their children's psychological functioning over time. This book reports on a... ( read more)
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William Motherwell's Cultural Politics: 1797-1835
by Mary Ellen Brown
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William Motherwell (1797-1835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in 1827. His views on authenticity, editorial practice, the nature of... ( read more)
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A Man's Grasp Should Exceed His Reach: A Biography of Sociologist Austin Larimore Porterfield
by Leonard D Cain
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In A Man's Grasp Should Exceed His Reach, author Leonard Cain delivers a biographical study of Austin Porterfield, a noted sociologist from a small university. This erudite work traces the life of Porterfield from his meager upbringing in an impoverished... ( read more)
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Gentleman of Leisure: A Year in the Life of a Pimp
by Susan Hall
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Every city-dweller has seen them, ever city-dweller could list the telltale signs: the fur, the gold, the hats, the cars. They are the original macks, the original players. They are Big City pimps--the heroes of gangsta rap. Bob Adelman and Susan Hall... ( read more)
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Information Age #3: End of Millennium
by Manuel Castells
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The final volume in Manuel Castells' trilogy is devoted to processes of global social change induced by interaction between networks and identity.... ( read more)
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Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from 1820s to 1920s
by John Burnett
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"Useful Toil" engages freshly and directly with the "ordinary" people of the 19th century. John Burnett has assembled 27 telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people--wheelwrights and stone-masons, miners and munition workers... ( read more)
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Sex and Real Estate: Why We Love Houses
by Marjorie Garber
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index.... ( read more)
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The History of Commercial Partnerships in the Middle Ages (Legacies of Social Thought)
by Max Weber
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This early book was a prelude to the multi-causal and multi-dimensional approach that scholars see reflected in Weber's later writings.... ( read more)
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #18: Analyzing Panel Data
by Gregory B Markus
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An introduction to a variety of techniques that may be used in the analysis of data from a panel study -- information obtained from a large number of entities at two or more points in time. The focus of this volume is on analysis rather than problems of... ( read more)
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The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape
by Joel Kotkin
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In the blink of an eye, vast economic forces have created new types of communities and reinvented old ones. In The New Geography, acclaimed forecaster Joel Kotkin decodes the changes, and provides the first clear road map for where Americans will live... ( read more)
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Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage
by Kathryn Edin
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The authors provide a wholly new framework for understanding why poor women have lower rates of marriage and have children outside of wedlock.... ( read more)
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