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Mothering While Black: Boundaries and Burdens of Middle-Class ParenthoodMothering While Black examines the complex lives of the African American middle class--in particular, black mothers and the strategies they use to raise their children to maintain class status while simultaneously defining and protecting their children's "authentically black" identities. Sociologist Dawn Marie Dow shows...
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Christians Under Covers: Evangelicals and Sexual Pleasure on the InternetChristians under Covers shifts how scholars and popular media talk about religious conservatives and sex. Moving away from debates over homosexuality, premarital sex, and other perceived sexual sins, Kelsy Burke examines Christian sexuality websites to show how some evangelical Christians use digital media to...
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American Jihad: Islam After Malcolm XAmerican Jihad is the only popular book available about the religious experience of Muslims, both black and white, in America. With over one billion faithful worldwide, and over six rnillion in the United States alone, Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion. In fact, the...
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Health Care Social Work: A Global PerspectiveHealth Care Social Work aims to directly empower health care social workers around the world by providing valuable new information about the breadth and depth of the profession's health care contributions, legislative and policy influences upon practice, and implications for future practice and growth...
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Honour, Family and Patronage: A Study of Institutions and Moral Values in a Greek Mountain CommunityAuthor: John K. CampbellPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 11/15/1973Pages: 416Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 8.55h x 5.59w x 1.02dISBN: 9780195197563This title is not returnable
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Insect MythologyAuthor: Gene KritskyPublisher: iUniversePublished: 12/13/2000Pages: 156Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.47dISBN: 9780595150175This title is not returnable
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The Descent of ManWhat does it mean to be male in the 21st Century? Award-winning artist Grayson Perry explores what masculinity is: from sex to power, from fashion to career prospects, and what it could become--with illustrations throughout. In this witty and necessary new book, artist Grayson...
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The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom UpThe Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a...
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Survey MethodologyPraise for the First Edition "The book makes a valuable contribution by synthesizing current research and identifying areas for future investigation for each aspect of the survey process." --Journal of the American Statistical Association "Overall, the high quality of the text material is matched...
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Deviant BehaviorNOTE: This ISBN is for a Pearson Books a la Carte edition: a convenient, three-hole-punched, loose-leaf text. In addition to the flexibility offered by this format, Books a la Carte editions offer students great value, as they cost significantly less than a bound textbook....
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The Moral Basis of a Backward SocietyLooking at how nepotism and family-centric societies sacrifice the public good, Edward C. Banfield uses a study of the people of southern Italy to argue how self-interested families can lead to poverty. Analyzing families in southern Italy in 1955, Moral Basis of a Backward...
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Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern DemocracyFirst published in German in 1911, this book introduces the concept of iron law oligarchy. Considered a classic text of social sciences, Political Parties analyzes the power structures of organizations such as political parties and trade unions. Robert Michels argues that all organizations, even...
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Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our LivesCelebrated scientists Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler explain the amazing power of social networks and our profound influence on one another's lives. Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your...
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Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 YearsA wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at global changes that may occur over the next fifty years--whether sudden and cataclysmic world-changing events or gradually unfolding trends.Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially...
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Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic AdventuresA collection of transformational, awe-provoking psychedelic experiences. In Tripping, Charles Hayes has gathered fifty narratives about unforgettable psychedelic experiences from an international array of subjects representing all walks of life--respectable Baby Boomers, aging hippies, young ravers, and accomplished writers such as John Perry Barlow,...
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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced: A Memoir"I'm a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no." Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when...
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Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It"When I testify in court, I am often asked: 'What is the damage of long-term solitary confinement?' . . . Many prisoners emerge from prison after years in solitary with very serious psychiatric symptoms even though outwardly they may appear emotionally stable. The damage...
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Species of Spaces and Other Pieces"One of the most significant literary personalities in the world."--Italo Calvino Georges Perec, author of the highly acclaimed Life: A User's Manual, was only forty-six when he died in 1982. Despite a tragic childhood, during which his mother was deported to Auschwitz, Perec produced...
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States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America"Lusty . . . strenuous comedy . . . Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist." New York TimesAuthor: Edmund WhitePublisher: University of Wisconsin PressPublished: 09/18/2014Pages: 364Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80dISBN: 9780299302641About the AuthorEdmund White is the author of...
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Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America"A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular c"Author: James Davison HunterPublisher: Basic BooksPublished: 10/14/1992Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 8.08h x 5.30w x 1.08dISBN: 9780465015344About...
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