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by Max Weber Publisher Comments Max Weber's Economy and Society is the greatest sociological treatise written in this century. Published posthumously in Germany in the early 1920's, it has become a constitutive part of the modern sociological imagination. Economy and Society was the... (read more) List Price $64.25 Your price $43.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Edward T. Chambers Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-148) and index.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $13.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Mary Paik Lee Book News Annotation Lee's family, among the educated elite in Korea, immigrated in 1905 to become laborers and second-class citizens in the agricultural and mining areas of California. A long introduction describes the context in both Korea and the US. Annotation c... (read more) List Price $20.50 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Harvard Sitkoff Publisher Comments The Struggle for Black Equality is an arresting history of the civil-rights movement--from the pathbreaking Supreme Court decision of 1954, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, through the growth of strife and conflict in the 1960s to the major... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Robert A. Johnson Publisher Comments Robert A. Johnson, noted lecturer and Jungian analyst, updates his classic exploration of the meaning of being a man, and adds insight for both sexes into the feminine side of a man's personality.... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price $6.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Robert N. Bellah Publisher Comments Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sickness--a quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions--has contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Betty Carter Publisher Comments The Classics Edition of The Expanded Family Life Cycle, with a new foreword by Donald Bloch, continues to provide "a new and more comprehensive way to think about human development and the life cycle," reflecting society's shift away from the nuclear... (read more) List Price $110.65 Your price $89.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Kenneth Waltz Publisher Comments What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $23.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Linda May (edt) Grobman Book News Annotation Edited by the founder of The new social worker magazine, the 54 contributions in this collection share the experiences of social workers serving children and youth, criminals, the mentally ill, older adults, veterans, and the community. The third... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $14.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Karger And Midgley / Kindle / Brown Publisher Comments Controversial Issues in Social Policy Third Edition By: Howard Jacob Karger (University of Houston), James Midgley (University of California, Berkeley), Peter A. Kindle (University of Houston) and C. Brené Brown (University of Houston... (read more) List Price $43.50 Your price $35.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Jacob A. Riis Publisher Comments Published in 1890, Jacob Riis's remarkable study of the horrendous living conditions of the poor in New York City had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society, inspiring reforms that affected the lives of millions of people. Riis's reliance on... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by O'toole (ed.) Schiffman (ed.) Edwards (ed.) Publisher Comments "This collection provides the most insightful and influential analyses from the last two decades showing how violence against women and children is all too-well integrated into global politics and economics." Sandra Harding, editor of The Feminist... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price $22.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Yoshiko Uchida Publisher Comments Autobiographical account of the internment of the Japanese American author's family in 1942.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Sarah Deutsch Publisher Comments In the 70 years between the Civil War and World War II, the women of Boston changed the city dramatically. From anti-spitting campaigns and demands for police mothers to patrol local parks, to calls for a decent wage and living quarters, women rich and... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $30.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael Berube Publisher Comments What sorts of cultural criticism are teachers and scholars to produce, and how can that criticism be "employed" in the culture at large?In recent years, debates about the role and direction of English departments have mushroomed into a broader... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Dean H. Hepworth Publisher Comments Through proven learning experiences that are as close to real-life practice as can be obtained from a book, Direct Social Work Practice: Theory And Skills prepares social work students for effective work in the field. Many of the case examples are drawn... (read more) List Price $116.90 Your price $94.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Darcy Frey Publisher Comments It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that -- for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Phillip Joseph Deloria Publisher Comments Moving from the Boston Tea Party to the present, this provocative book explores the ways non-Indian Americans have acted out their fantasies about Indians in order to experience national, modern, and personal identities. In this complicated tug-of-war... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Walter Benn Michaels Publisher Comments A brilliant assault on our obsession with every difference except the one that really matters—the difference between rich and poor If there’s one thing Americans agree on, it’s the value of diversity. Our corporations vie for slots... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Naomi Wolf Publisher Comments Brilliantly persuasive, this is an exploration of the phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement. "A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom"... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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