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University of Chicago Press General Education in the Social Sciences
Book SynopsisHigher education's most vibrant and contentious issuescommon and specialized learning in the curriculum, conceptions of general and liberal education, the design of common core sequences, the merits of classic texts and contemporary research, Western and non-Western course materials, the place of undergraduate teaching in scholarly careershave for decades been debated by the faculty of the College of the University of Chicago. At the College, they have become embodied in educational programs of sufficient historical depth to reveal patterns of intellectual and pedagogical continuity amidst changing social and institutional circumstances. Social Science 2 holds the place of honor among these educational projects. For more than half a century, Soc 2 has been one of the most influential courses in American undergraduate education. This unique, year-long course, the oldest and most distinguished of its kind at any American university, has served as an ongoing experiment in how the social sciences can be taught and learned in the general education context. In this collection John MacAloon has gathered essays by fourteen eminent social scientistssuch as David Riesman, Michael Schudson, and F. Champion Wardwho as either teachers or students were profoundly shaped by Soc 2. Their multifarious and selective memoriesfull of dissonances and harmonies of recollection, judgment, and voicecreate a compelling biography of a course and a college that have survived tumultous change through sustained and committed argument. This book will be of great interest to anyone interested not only in the theory but the practice of higher education.
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The University of Chicago Press Trustees of Culture Power Wealth and Status on
Book SynopsisWhy do wealthy people choose to serve on the boards of fine arts institutions? How do they exercise their influence as trustees, and how does this affect the way arts institutions operate? This study, based on trustee interviews, addresses these, and other issues.Trade Review"With shrewd insights into the tensions between the social elites who serve as trustees and the professionals who administer these major cultural institutions, Ostrower has useful observations about the many challenges now facing the cultural sector: motivating donors, reconciling the conflicts between fund-raising and governance duties, recruiting more diverse boards, building new audiences, and sustaining artistic innovation and excellence." - James Allen Smith, former board president, Center for Arts and Culture
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The University of Chicago Press After a California Earthquake Attitude and
Book SynopsisShortly before the Loma Prieta earthquake devastated areas of Northern California in 1989, Risa Palm and her associates had surveyed 2,500 homeowners in the area about their perception of risk from earthquakes. After the quake they surveyed the homeowners again and found that their perception of risk had increased but that most respondents were fatalistic and continued to ignore self-protective measures; those who personally experienced damage were more likely to buy insurance. A rare opportunity to analyze behavior change directly before and after a natural disaster, this survey has implications for policy makers, insurance officials, and those concerned with risk management.
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The University of Chicago Press Sect Ideologies Social Status
Book SynopsisIn this penetrating study of urban religion, Gary Schwartz examines the nature of the relationship between religious belief and the social order. He shows how a person's experience in the social hierarchy shapes his response to competing religious ideologies and, in turn, how commitment to a particular sect ideology colors his attitude toward mundane affairs. The author studied and compared a Pentecostal group and a Seventh-day Adventist group in preparation for this work. The question which stimulated the investigation can be stated as a paradox. In the Adventist case, why should persons who firmly believe that God is soon to destroy the world work so diligently and against formidable odds to improve their own secular fortunes? In the Pentecostal case, why should persons who believe that God is available for direct aid in every human contingency not use this power for their own advancement? In theorizing about the relationship between an individual's position in the socioeconomic syst
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University of Chicago Press Durkheims Philosophy of Science and the Sociolo
Book SynopsisThis text demonstrates the link between philosophy of science and scientific practice. Durkheim's sociology is examined as more than a collection of general observations about society, since the constructed theory of the meanings and causes of social life is incorporated.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments I: Creating a Niche 1: Interpreting Durkheim 2: Durkheim on the Division of Intellectual Labor II: The Explanation Goals and Methods of Inquiry of Durkheim's Research Program 3: Social Facts and Collective Representations 4: Durkheim's Concept of Sociological Explanation 5: Durkheim on Method III: An Analysis of Durkheim's Major Empirical Works 6: The Division of Labor in Society 7: Suicide 8: The Elementary' Forms of the Religious Life IV: An Evaluation of Durkheim's Sociological Research Program 9: Conclusion Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Durkheims Philosophy of Science and the Sociology
Book SynopsisThis text demonstrates the link between philosophy of science and scientific practice. Durkheim's sociology is examined as more than a collection of general observations about society, since the constructed theory of the meanings and causes of social life is incorporated.
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The University of Chicago Press Culture Wars
Book SynopsisThis lively and controversial work critiques the conservative efforts in the 1970s and 1980s to undo the educational reforms of the 1960s, to reestablish control over the curriculum, and to change the nature of the debate and the goals of education. An outstanding work of educational theory and history.--John Coatsworth, University of Chicago
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The University of Chicago Press When Formality Works
Book SynopsisIn this exploration of the concept of formality, or governing by abstraction, Arthur Stinchcombe breathes life into an idea that scholars have all but ignored.
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The University of Chicago Press The Art of Surrender Decomposing Sovereignty at
Book SynopsisExplores the ritual concessions as acts of warfare, performances of submission, demonstrations of power, and representations of shifting, unstable worlds. The author considers the limits of sovereignty at conflict's end, showing how the ways we concede loss can be as important as the ways we claim victory.
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MIT Press Ltd Knowledge Justice Disrupting Library and
Book SynopsisBlack, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color--reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory.In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of Library and Information Science and Studies (LIS) in the United States. They propel CRT to center stage in LIS, to push the profession to understand and reckon with how white supremacy affects practices, services, curriculum, spaces, and policies.
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MIT Press Ltd Whos Laughing Now Feminist Tactics in Social
Book SynopsisExploring feminist social media tactics that use humor as a form of resistance to misogyny, the affective dynamics of shame, shaming, and shamelessness.Online sexism, hate, and harassment aim to silence women through shaming and fear. In Who's Laughing Now? Jenny Sundén and Susanna Paasonen examine a somewhat counterintuitive form of resistance: humor. Sundén and Paasonen argue that feminist social media tactics that use humor, laughter, and a sense of the absurd to answer name-calling, offensive language, and unsolicited dick pics can rewire the affective circuits of sexual shame and acts of shaming.Using laughter as both a theme and a methodological tool, Sundén and Paasonen explore examples of the subversive deployment of humor that range from @assholesonline to the Tumblr “Congrats, you have an all-male panel!” They consider the distribution and redistribution of shame, discuss Hannah Gadsby's Nanette, and describe tact
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MIT Press Ltd The Monopoly of Man Insubordinations Italian
Book SynopsisA key text by a leading figure in Italian socialist feminism that remains relevant today, addressing the exploitation of women in the workplace and at home.Anna Kuliscioff (ca. 1854-1925) was a prominent figure in the revolutionary politics of her era, advocating for socialism and feminism. One of the founding members of the Italian Socialist Party, she actively contributed to the late-nineteenth-century flourishing of the Socialist International and the emergence of Italian socialism. For the last decades of her life, Kuliscioff's public militancy revolved around the woman question. She viewed feminism through the lens of class struggle, addressing the double exploitation of women--in the workplace and at home. Kuliscioff fought a twofold battle: as a socialist, she unmasked the sexism of her colleagues; as a feminist, she criticized liberal-bourgeois feminism. In this key text, she makes her case for a socialist feminism. Originating as a lec
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University of Washington Press The Sikh Diaspora
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University of Washington Press Singing Story Healing Drum
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Random House Canada Walking Home
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Guests of the Sheik
Book SynopsisA delightful account of one woman's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. A most enjoyable book abouut [Muslim women]—simple, dignified, human, colorful, sad and humble as the life they lead. —Muhsin Mahdi, Jewett Professor of Arabic Literature, Harvard Unversity.A wonderful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study that offers a unique insight into a part of the Midddle Eastern life seldom seen by the West.
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Random House USA Inc Invitation to Sociology A Humanistic Oerspective
Book SynopsisThis lucid and lively book, punctuated with witty, incisive examples, is addressed both to the layman who wants to know what sociology is all about and to students and sociologists who are concerned about the larger implications and dimensions of their discipline. Professor Berger places sociology in the humanist tradition and recognizes it as a peculiarly modern, peculiarly timely form of critical thought. Without underestimating the importance of scientific procedures in sociology, he points out its essential affinity with history and philosophy, and he shows how sociology in this sense can contribute to a fuller awareness of the human world.Unlike puppets, he notes, we have the possibility of stopping in our movements, looking up and perceiving the machinery by which we have been moved. In this act lies the first step towards freedom. Professor Berger discusses this consciousness in detail, in relation to one's own biography, to the operations of social institutions, and to
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Hearts of Men
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Ten Speed Press Unladylike
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology
Book SynopsisThe two-volume Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology represents the definitive and most up-to-date reference source for theoretical criminology. Expertly-authored entries from international contributors familiarize readers with leading theories, concepts, and key figures in the field.Trade Review“The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminologyis a good addition to community college and university collections that support the study of criminology, sociology and psychology.” (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2015) “Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers.” (Choice, 1 December 2014) Table of ContentsAbout the Editors vii Notes on Contributors ix Lexicon xxxv Preface xxxix Volume I Theoretical Criminology A–K 1 Volume II Theoretical Criminology L–Z 487 Index 957
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption
Book SynopsisWith entries detailing key concepts, persons, and approaches, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies provides definitive coverage of a field that has grown dramatically in scope and popularity around the world over the last two decades.Trade Review"The content of the encyclopaedia is well balanced and covers issues from a variety of angles. Whilst the majority of the contributors are based in the USA, contributors are also included from Europe, Australia, India, Thailand, Egypt and Japan, giving the encyclopaedia a considered, international viewpoint." (Reference Reviews 2016)Table of ContentsEditors vi Contributors vii Lexicon xv Timeline xxi Introduction xxv Acknowledgments xxvii Consumption and Consumer Studies A–Z 1 Index 579
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Strategic Communication Theory and Practice
Book SynopsisA guide to strategic communication that can be applied across a range of subfields at all three levelsgrand strategic, strategic, and tactical communication Communication is a core function of every human organization so when you work with communication you are working with the very core of the organization. Written for students, academics, and professionals,Strategic Communication Theory and Practice: The Cocreational Modelargues for a single unified field of strategic communication based in the three large core subfields of public relations, marketing communication, and health communication, as well as strategic communicators working in many other subfields such as political communication, issues management, crisis communication, risk communication, environmental and science communication, social movements, counter terrorism communication, public diplomacy, public safety and disaster management, and others.Strategic Communication Theory and Practiceis bTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables xv Foreword xvii Overview of the Book xix Part I: Elements xix Part II: Strategies xx Part III: New Challenges xx Part I Elements 1 1 Strategic Communication Concepts 3 Summary 3 Strategic Communication Is Big and Getting Bigger 3 Employment in SC 4 SC on the Internet 4 Organization and Goal of This Book 5 Communication as Constitutive 6 Role of information 6 General Definition and Role of SC 7 Tree metaphor of strategic communication as a gestalt 8 Grand Strategy, Strategy and Tactics 9 History 9 Analoguing 11 Specifically measurable outputs 12 Level of analysis 12 Grand Strategy 13 Strategy 13 Tactics 14 Relationship of Grand Strategy, Strategy and Tactics 14 Generic Grand Strategies 15 Background 16 Intransigent Grand Strategy 16 Environment 16 Change 16 Publics 19 Issues 19 Research 19 Communication 19 Practitioners 19 Resistant Grand Strategy 20 Environment 20 Change 20 Publics 20 Issues 20 Research 21 Communication 21 Practitioners 21 Partnership Grand Strategy 21 Environment 21 Change 22 Publics 22 Issues 22 Research 22 Communication 22 Practitioners 22 Cocreational Grand Strategy 22 Environment 23 Change 23 Publics 23 Issues 23 Research 23 Communication 23 Practitioners 23 Change in Grand Strategies 23 2 Theory in SC and the Cocreational Metatheory 25 Summary 25 Introduction 25 Metatheory 25 What Theory Is 26 Minima for a Theory 27 Kinds of Theories 28 Formal and Informal Theory 28 Less Formal Types of Theory 28 Commonsense or everyday theory 29 Lay or naive theory 29 Thought experiments 30 Positive and negative effects of lay theories 31 More Formal Types of Theory 32 Practice‐based theories 32 Scientific theories 33 Theory and Practice 34 Experience versus Theory 34 Learning from Established Fields 35 Experience–Theory Link in SC 36 Schools of Thought, Metatheory and Paradigms in SC 37 Epistemology of SC 38 Ontology 39 Axiology 40 Cocreational Metatheory in SC 40 Background 40 Lineage 41 Positioning Cocreational Metatheory in SC 42 Sequencing schools of thought in SC by metatheory and metaphor 43 Instrumental school 44 Modern/social scientific 45 Cocreational Molecule and Model 47 Components of Cocreational Molecule 47 Circle 1: Publics starting point 48 Box 2: Strategic research and information inflow 49 Box 2A: Strategic information outflows 49 Box 2B: Experience 50 Box 3: Campaign planning 50 Box 4: Campaign implementation 50 Circle 5: Acceptance and interpretation of campaign messages 51 Circle 6: New meaning cocreation 51 Circle 7: Assessment and progress 51 Levels of Evaluation 52 Category 1 52 Category 2 52 Category 3 52 Limitations of the Cocreational View in Evaluation 53 3 Stakeholders, Publics, Customers, Markets and Audiences 55 Summary 55 Introduction 56 Labels and Subfields Are Important 56 Practitioner or professional, scholar or academic 57 Organization of the Chapter 57 Different Ways Subfields of SC Think about the Groups We Communicate With 58 Stakeholders 58 Public 58 Customer 61 Markets and Marketing Communication 62 Audiences 64 Publics versus audiences 64 Attributes of audiences 65 Segmentation and Functions of Publics 66 History of Segmentation 66 Standardized or A Priori Terms 67 Most important publics: target, critical, primary and crucial 68 Other a priori publics: active, passive, latent, secondary and potential 68 Campaign‐Specific or Customized Segmentation 68 Altruistic Campaigns and Benefited Publics 69 Process in Publics 70 Instrumental School View of Publics 71 Humanistic View of Publics 72 Humanism in communication in SC 72 Language use 72 Semiotics and publics 73 Humans make choices 74 4 Strategic Communication Ethics 75 Summary 75 Introduction 76 Cocreationality and Ethics 76 Parable of the Pig Perfumer 77 Ethics, Morality and Law 77 Ethics 77 Two challenges to current codes 78 Morality 79 Law 79 Need for an SC‐Specific Ethical Code 81 Golden age of strategic communication? 81 Ethical issues facing strategic communication 81 Current Ethical Thought in SC and Its Subfields 82 Current Formal Codes of Ethics in SC Subfields 82 Disagreements in codes of ethics 84 Agreements in codes of ethics 85 Hired Gun or Mercenary 85 Attorney in the Court of Public Opinion 85 Other Ethical Models and Ongoing Questions 86 Adapting to publics 86 Cocreational Approach to Ethics 87 Human Nature View of Ethics 88 Image in strategic communication 89 I‐images and h‐images 89 Interpretive communities in strategic communication 90 Monologic and dialogic campaigns 90 Socially Responsible Strategic Communication (SRSC) 91 Agency in socially responsible strategic communication 91 Socially necessary information 92 Social responsibility in practice 92 Cocreational Code of Ethics for Strategic Communicators 93 Grand strategic, strategic and tactical implications for ethics 93 Application of Cocreational Ethics 94 Cocreational Ethical Codes Disrupt Old Views of Ethics in SC 94 Cocreational View of Ethics Applied to Pledges 95 Sample Ethics Pledges for Communicators and Organizations 95 Application: Cocreational View of Ethics Applied to Political Discourse 97 Part II Strategies 99 5 Issues, Issues Management and Crises 101 Summary 101 Introduction and History 102 Issues management 102 Managing versus Cocreating Issues 102 Issues and Problems 103 Issues 103 Other Cocreators 104 Problems versus Issues 104 Life Cycle of an Issue 105 Up the Time Stream 105 Attrition of Issues 106 Stages of an Issue 107 Pre‐Issues and Environmental Scanning 107 Stage One: Embryonic Issues 108 Stage Two: Open Issues 109 Stage Three: Mature Issues 110 Normal mature issues 110 Crises 111 Strategic versatility and strategic ambiguity 112 Surprise in crises 113 Truth in a crisis 113 Meta‐crises or secondary crises 114 Lurking Issues 115 Conclusion 115 6 Basic Theories of Strategic Communication 117 Summary 117 Introduction 117 Basic Theory in SC 117 Challenge 118 Coorientation Theory 119 Background 119 Concepts in Coorientation Theory 120 Evaluation of Coorientation 121 Theory boxes explained 121 Sense‐ Making Theory 122 Background of Sense‐Making 122 Concepts in Sense‐Making Theory 122 Caveat on misapplying theories 123 Application in SC 124 Evaluation of Sense‐Making Theory 125 Attribution Theory 126 Background of Attribution Theory 126 Concepts of Attribution Theory 126 Applications of Attribution Theory 127 Fundamental attribution error 128 Self‐serving bias 129 Evaluation of Attribution Theory 130 Trust 130 Background of Trust 130 Concepts in Trust 130 Measurement of Trust 132 Applications of Trust 132 Evaluation of Trust 133 Persuading versus Informing 133 Non‐Persuasive and Persuasive Subfields 133 Background of non‐persuasive SC 134 Academic non‐persuasive SC 135 SC as a motivated practice 135 7 Risk and Preparedness Communication 137 Summary 137 Introduction 137 The Cocreational View of Risk Communication 138 Two Components of All SC 139 Social‐Emotional Dimension of Risk 141 Cocreational Model of Risk Communication 141 Traditional Risk and Disaster Preparedness Communication 143 Emergency communication 143 Disaster communication 143 Preparedness Communication 143 Readiness communication 144 Terrorism communication 144 The Cocreational View 144 Understanding Risk Analytically and Experientially 146 Assumption of rationality 146 State Emergency Operations Plans 148 Natural Disasters and the Environmental Risks 149 Human‐Caused Disasters 149 Expert–Media Relations 150 Quasi‐Scientific Explanations 150 Costs to Publics 151 Conclusion 151 Part III New Challenges 153 8 Social Media and New Information Technology 155 Summary 155 Introduction 155 Interconnected Publics and the Cocreation of Meaning 156 Social Media–Cocreation Nexus 156 Mass Media and Social Media 157 Blessings and Curses 158 Key Attributes of New Media 159 Interactivity 159 Demassification 159 Asynchronicity 160 Up the Time Stream with Social Media 160 Success Rates of SC Campaigns 161 The Free Lunch and the Changing of the Guard 163 Shrilling of Public Discourse 165 9 International and Intercultural Strategic Communication 167 Summary 167 Cocreational View of International and Intercultural Strategic Communication 167 Intercultural and Cross‐Cultural Models 168 Ethnocentric and polycentric models 169 Ontological knowledge 169 Planning, Evaluation and Ethics in Intercultural SC Campaigns 169 Lens and Mirror 170 Matrix 170 Background of the matrix 171 Four factors of the matrix 171 Matrix and cocreationality 172 Public Diplomacy as International/Intercultural SC 173 Conclusion 174 10 Strategic Communication in Terrorism and Counterterrorism: The Missing Narrative 175 Summary 175 Introduction 175 Terrorism as Strategic Communication 176 Meaning and Strategic Communication Purpose of Terrorism 177 Terrorism’s Critical Publics 178 View of the Role of Mass Media in Terrorism 178 Effects of media coverage of terrorism 179 Terrorism’s use of pseudo‐events 179 Narrative Featured in Terrorist Strategic Communication 180 Narrative as storytelling 183 Narrative, naming and framing 183 Cyberterrorism and the New Media 184 Cocreational View of Terrorism Communication 185 Strategic content in terrorist communication 186 Counterterrorism Strategic Communication 187 Introduction 187 Narrative in Counterterror Strategic Communication 188 Law of the Instrument 189 No horse in the race 190 Overdependence on military‐legal‐expert responses 191 Mass Media Limitations in Counterterrorism 193 Conclusion 194 References and Further Reading 197 Index 223
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University of Michigan Press KutiyattamSanskrit Theater Of India
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University of Michigan Press RandaiFolk Theater Dance And Martial Arts Of West
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The University of Michigan Press Jurors Stories of Death
Book SynopsisFleury-Steiner draws on the experiences of white and black jurors in capital punishment trials to discuss the effect of race on the sentencing process in America. He shows how jurors rely on narratives that deny defendants their individuality and complexity, while reinforcing the jurors' own moral superiority.
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The University of Michigan Press The Possibility of Popular Justice
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The University of Michigan Press Seasons of Life
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The University of Michigan Press Altering States
Book SynopsisThe essays in this collection examine societies in the midst of rapid and momentous change. These pieces portray life after the collapse of state socialism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and examine the processes, particulars, and experiences of transition itself.
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The University of Michigan Press Blueprints for a House Divided
Book SynopsisTrade Review[Hayden's] intimate knowledge of Yugoslavia enables him to conceptualize the implication of constitutional changes on the society itself. Consequently, he portrays the events to be the result of an inherent logic in the constitutional structures, and not the result of some kind of irrational chaos. . . . Hayden's book has much substance and deserves to be read with care." —Journal of Peace Research, Volume 39: No. 3 (May 2002)
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The University of Michigan Press Exclusionary Violence
Book SynopsisA comprehensive examination of pre-Nazi violence against Jews in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Backlash Against the ADA
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The University of Michigan Press The Behavioral Origins of War
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The University of Michigan Press Institutions and Social Order
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The University of Michigan Press The Challenge of Modernity
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The University of Michigan Press Systemic Choices
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The University of Michigan Press Technological Change in Health Care
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The University of Michigan Press Ecology and the Sacred
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Random House USA Inc Foxfire Story
Book SynopsisSince 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for countless readers all around the world. In Foxfire Story, folklorist (and Foxfire director) T.J. Smith collects some of his favorite stories from the archives to illuminate the oral traditions that have been part of the culture of the mountains for centuries. Here are instances of mountain speech, proverbs and sayings, legends, folktales, anecdotes, songs, and pranks and jests, along with ghost tales and accounts of folk belief, as well as stories from half a dozen of the region’s finest storytellers. Through these examples, Smith examines the role storytelling plays in the Southern Appalachian community, identifying the rich traditions that can be found in the region and exploring how they convey a sense of place—and of identity.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Tightrope Americans Reaching for Hope
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • With stark poignancy and political dispassion Tightrope addresses the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure. This must-read book from the authors of Half the Sky “shows how we can and must do better” (Katie Couric).A deft and uniquely credible exploration of rural America, and of other left-behind pockets of our country. One of the most important books I've read on the state of our disunion.—Tara Westover, author of Educated Drawing us deep into an “other America,” the authors tell this story, in part, through the lives of some of the people with whom Kristof grew up, in rural Yamhill, Oregon. It’s an area that prospered for much of the twentieth century but has been devastated in the last few decades as blue-collar jobs disappeared. About a quarter of the children on Kristof’s old school bu
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Penguin Putnam Inc We Rise We Resist We Raise Our Voices
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Houghton Mifflin Wildlife Detectives
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Random House USA Inc The Journalist and the Murderer
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Random House USA Inc Good Wives
Book SynopsisThis enthralling work of scholarship strips away abstractions to reveal the hidden--and not always stoic--face of the goodwives of colonial America. In these pages we encounter the awesome burdens--and the considerable power--of a New England housewife''s domestic life and witness her occasional forays into the world of men. We see her borrowing from her neighbors, loving her husband, raising--and, all too often, mourning--her children, and even attaining fame as a heroine of frontier conflicts or notoriety as a murderess. Painstakingly researched, lively with scandal and homely detail, Good Wives is history at its best.
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Random House USA Inc Bury Me Standing The Gypsies and Their Journey
Book SynopsisA masterful work of personal reportage, this volume is also a vibrant portrait of a mysterious people and an essential document of a disappearing culture. Fabled, feared, romanticized, and reviled, the Gypsies—or Roma—are among the least understood people on earth. Their culture remains largely obscure, but in Isabel Fonseca they have found an eloquent witness. In Bury Me Standing, alongside unforgettable portraits of individuals—the poet, the politician, the child prostitute—Fonseca offers sharp insights into the humor, language, wisdom, and taboos of the Roma. She traces their exodus out of India 1,000 years ago and their astonishing history of persecution: enslaved by the princes of medieval Romania; massacred by the Nazis; forcibly assimilated by the communist regimes; evicted from their settlements in Eastern Europe, and most recently, in Western Europe as well. Whether as handy scapegoats or figments of the romant
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Random House USA Inc Train Go Sorry Vintage Books Edition Inside a
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Random House USA Inc The Moral Animal Evolutionary Psychology and
Book SynopsisOne of the most provocative science books ever published—a feast of great thinking and writing about the most profound issues there are (The New York Times Book Review). Fiercely intelligent, beautifully written and engrossingly original. —The New York Times Book Review Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animaled one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office politics—as well as their implications for our moral codes and public policies. Illustrations.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The World around Us Grade Two the Story of the
Book SynopsisAn outstanding picture book on the Status of Liberty. The exceptional drawings are visually delightful. A striking book. (School Library Journal starred review)Here is a fascinating and comprehensive history of this beloved American landmark, from the first sketch to the final unveiling celebration.Since she was erected in New York Harbor in 1886, the Statue of Liberty has welcomed millions of immigrants to the New World, a beautiful symbol of hope and freedom. But the story really begins 15 years earlier, when the French sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi visited New York to plan the statue he would later present to the American people as a gift from France.This beautiful nonfiction picture book from the Maestros is perfect for sharing at home and in the elementary school classroom. Fitting for units on immigration, national parks, and American history. And perfect for sharing with any kids planning a visit to Ellis Island and/or th
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Max Webers Methodologies Interpretation and
Book SynopsisMax Weber is widely regarded as the most important and influential figure in the history of the social sciences. Among other things, he wrote extensively on the methodology of the social sciences, but his writings on methodology are complex and are the subject of many conflicting interpretations.Trade Review" Eliaeson's book on Weber is stunning for its clarity and will surely lead to a resurgence in Weber studies and a new interest in Weber's overall place in comparative and classical sociology. Overall, Eliaeson goes a long way toward promoting a re-examination of Weber's work as a whole and rediscovering how Weber's methodological innovations fit into his overall sociological and historical outlook." Ken Morrison, Wilfred Laurier University, Canada "A century ago Max Weber produced the most profound and challenging account of the fundamental problems of method in the social sciences. Sven Eliaeson's survey of the complex body of controversy, misunderstanding and interpretative dispute over Weber's approach to the relation between values, interpretation and causation in the social sciences is the best introduction to this hugely influential literature - nuanced, subtle and well formed about the myriad ways in which these issues have figured in the various intellectual traditions of Europe and the United States." Stephen Turner, University of South Florida "[The book] is written in a student-friendly manner, and will doubtless appeal to serious undergraduates exploring some of these issues for the first time. There is enough synthesis for experts to be able to gauge where Eliaeson is coming from too...The book is a good starting point for deeper investigation of these issues for those interested in the philosophy of social science, and will be welcomed by scholars interested in Weber" Duncan Kelly, Policial Studies ReviewTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. THE CONTEXTS. German Historicism and the Controversy over Method. The Post-Enlightenment Anguish of Polytheism. Neo-Kantianism and Nominalism. 2. THE SHAPING OF WEBER’S CONCEPTUAL TOOLS. Distinguishing the Natural from the Social Sciences. Enter "Values" and the Problem of Selection and Value Intrusion. Rickert: Theoretical and Practical Value-Relation. Weber: Scientific Value-Relativism. The Limits of Social Science Concept Formation. Postscript: Evaluating Rickert's Influence on Weber. 3. AN ANALYSIS OF WEBER'S SOLUTION. Objectivity, Selection, and Causal Significance. Rational Understanding. Weber's Anti-Psychologism. The Ideal-type. Conclusion. 4. THREE PARADIGMATIC CONCEPTIONS OF WEBER. Introduction: A Brief Outline of Weber's Reception. Talcott Parsons: Weber as a macro-sociologist. Alfred Schutz: Weber as a ‘Hermeneutic’. Lazarsfeld and Oberschall: Weber as an empirical social scientist. 5. BEYOND APPROPRIATION. WEBER YESTERDAY AND TODAY. The Weber-Renaissance as Living Legacy. Selective and "Creative" Presentism. Continuing Significance: Weber as Mediator. Increasing Professionalization and Cohesiveness. The Dispute about the Centre of Gravity of Weber's Work and Methodology. Does an Overarching Interpretation Matter?. Nietzsche, The Disenchantement Thesis and Methodology. Appendix: The radical solution?: A note on Gunnar Myrdal and the Diffusion of Value-Orientation/Relation. METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX. Recontextualizing Weber at the Crossroads. Approaching the Classics. Notes. Short Biographies. Glossary. References. Index.
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