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by Mitchell Duneier  Publisher Comments At the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side, black and white men gather over cups of coffee and steam-table food. Mitchell Duneier, a sociologist, spent four years at the Valois writing this moving profile of the black men who... (read more)  List Price $13.00 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Matson Synopsis "This eclectic reader introduces students to sociology's diversity as a science and profession." The book includes 3 readings for each of the 15 major topic areas; A quantitative or theoretical reading, A qualitative or interpretative reading and A... (read more) List Price $40.50 Your price $26.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christine L Williams Publisher Comments Men who do "women's work" have consistently been the butt of jokes, derided for their lack of drive and masculinity. In this eye-opening study, Christine Williams provides a wholly new look at men who work in predominantly female jobs. Having conducted... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Juliet C. Rothman Publisher Comments Now more than ever, the populations social workers must be trained to work with represent the broadest spectrum of humanity - in ethnicity, culture, race, religion, worldview, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and in life experiences. This text will... (read more) List Price $67.75 Your price $43.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David E. Wilkins Publisher Comments American Indian Politics and the American Political System provides a comprehensive introduction to the history, structure, and function of tribal governments and their relationship to contemporary American politics. The second edition incorporates fresh... (read more) List Price $41.95 Your price $32.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Elinor W. Gadon Publisher Comments A richly illustrated testament to the reemergence of the Goddess in the art and in the lives of contemporary women and men. In this beautifully illustrated and far-reaching history. Elinor Gadon vividly weaves words and images to demonstrate the powerful... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Karen K. Kirst-ashman Publisher Comments Organized around the authors' coherent and cohesive Generalist Intervention Model, this introductory guide to generalist social work practice provides students with the knowledge and skills they will need to work with individuals and families and the... (read more) List Price $111.25 Your price $75.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Layne Redmond Publisher Comments In this long-awaited, lavishly illustrated book, drummer Layne Redmond presents an empowering narrative history of the sacred drum in the ancient Goddess civilization, using her extensive collection of images gathered during more than five years of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Asunci Lavrin About the Author Asunción Lavrin is a professor of history at Arizona State University at Tempe. Her 1995 book, Women, Feminism, and Social Change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890–1940, won the Arthur P. Whitaker Prize from the Middle Atlantic Council on... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Chuck Collins Publisher Comments This updated edition of the widely touted Economic Apartheid in America looks at the causes and manifestations of wealth disparities in the United States, including tax policy in light of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and recent corporate scandals... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Halberstam Publisher Comments The Children is David Halberstam's moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young people — the Children — who met in the 1960s and went on to lead the revolution. The Children is a story... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Arthur M. Okun Publisher Comments In this revised and expanded version of the Godkin Lectures presented at the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University in the early seventies, Arthur M. Okun explores the conflicts that arise when society's desire to reduce inequality impairs economic... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Andrew J. Cherlin Publisher Comments Nationally recognized for its sound scholarship and balanced approach and written by one of the leading authorities in the field, this text examines the family through two lenses: the familiar private family in which we live most of our personal lives... (read more) List Price $114.70 Your price $92.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin E Seligman Synopsis "Abnormal Psychology" explores the interactions between the psychological and biological influences on human behaviour. This 4th edition contains 1800 new references and highlights important contemporary trends in the field. This resource also includes a... (read more) List Price $144.95 Your price $96.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Dennis Saleebey Publisher Comments The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice presents an unrivaled collection of essays, explains the strengths-based philosophy, demonstrates how it works, and provides clear and practical tools for its application. This third edition includes four... (read more) List Price $55.15 Your price $38.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Francine Blau Publisher Comments A current summary and synthesis of research and data on gender issues in the labor market, this book presents readers with a single volume that thoroughly explores gender issues in the workplace and in the family. Chapter topics include women and men... (read more) List Price $130.95 Your price $86.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Okakura Kakuzo Publisher Comments In 1906 in turn-of-the century Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the famous salon of Isabella Gardner. It was authored by Okakura Kakuzo, a Japanese philosopher, art expert, and curator. Little... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Slipcase) check for new and sale copies
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by Linda Schneider Publisher Comments An effective supplement to any standard sociology text, this broad and comprehensive sociological description of five diverse contemporary societies with wide geographic distribution - Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, and the Bushmen of Namibia - is... (read more) List Price $60.25 Your price $41.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joe (ed.) Austin Publisher Comments America has long been fascinated by youth and its cultural expressions. The notion of "youth" has played a central role in processes of social reproduction and historical change throughout the twentieth century. But when we turn a critical eye to youth... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mary Pipher Publisher Comments In The Shelter of Each Other, Mary Pipher does for the American family what she did for adolescent girls and their parents in her bestselling book Reviving Ophelia: she opens our eyes wide to the desperate realities we are facing and shows us a way out... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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