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Part I The Sociological Perspective |
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Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective |
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The Sociological Perspective |
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Seeing the Broader Social Context |
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The Global Context---and the Local |
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Auguste Comte and Positivism |
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Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism |
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Karl Marx and Class Conflict |
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Emile Durkheim and Social Integration |
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Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic |
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Sociology in North America |
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Sexism at the Time: Women in Early Sociology |
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Racism at the Time: W. E. B. Du Bois |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk |
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Jane Addams: Sociologist and Social Reformer |
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Talcott Parsons and C. Wright Mills: Theory versus Reform |
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The Continuing Tension: Basic, Applied, and Public Sociology |
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Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Unanticipated Public Sociology: Studying Job Discrimination |
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Putting the Theoretical Perspectives Together |
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Levels of Analysis: Macro and Micro |
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How Theory and Research Work Together |
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Doing Sociological Research |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Enjoying a Sociology Quiz-Testing Your Common Sense |
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3 Reviewing the Literature |
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4 Formulating a Hypothesis |
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5 Choosing a Research Method |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Testing Your Common Sense---Answers to the Sociology Quiz |
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Research Methods (Designs) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Loading the-Dice: How Not to Do Research |
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Participant Observation (Fieldwork) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Gang Leader for a Day: Adventures of a Rogue Sociologist |
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Gender in Sociological Research |
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Ethics in Sociological Research |
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Protecting the Subjects: The Brajuha Research |
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Misleading the Subjects: The Humphreys Research |
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Trends Shaping the Future of Sociology |
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Sociology's Tension: Research versus Reform |
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Culture and Taken-for-Granted Orientations to Life |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Culture Shock: The Arrival Of The Hmong |
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Practicing Cultural Relativism |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World Dancing With The Dead |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World You Are What You Eat? An Exploration In Cultural Relativity |
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Components of Symbolic Culture |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Miami-Continuing Controversy Over Language |
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Language and Perception: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis |
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Values, Norms, and Sanctions |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Race And Language: Searching For Self-Labels |
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Folkways, Mores, and Taboos |
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An Overview of U.S. Values |
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An Emerging Value Cluster |
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Values as Distorting Lenses |
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"Ideal" Versus "Real" Culture |
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Thinking Critically Are We Prisoners Of Our Genes? Sociobiology And Human Behavior |
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Technology in the Global Village |
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Cultural Lag and Cultural Change |
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Technology and Cultural Leveling |
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66 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Heredity or Environment? The Case of Jack and Oskar, Identical Twins |
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Institutionalized Children |
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Socialization into the Self and Mind |
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Cooley and the Looking-Glass Self |
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Piaget and the Development of Reasoning |
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Global Aspects of the Self and Reasoning |
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Learning Personality, Morality, and Emotions |
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Freud and the Development of Personality |
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Kohlberg and the Development of Morality |
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Socialization into Emotions |
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Society within Us: The Self and Emotions as Social Control |
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Socialization into Gender |
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Gender Messages in the Family |
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Gender Messages from Peers |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World When Women Become Men: The Sworn Virgins |
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Gender Messages in the Mass Media |
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Mass Media In Social Life Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: Changing Images Of Women In The Mass Media |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Immigrants' And Their Children: Caught Between Two Worlds |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Gossip And Ridicule To Enforce Adolescent Norms |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Boot Camp as a Total Institution |
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Socialization through the Life Course |
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Childhood (from birth to about age 12) |
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Adolescence (ages 13--17) |
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Transitional Adulthood (ages 18--29) |
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The Middle Years (ages 30--65) |
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The Older Years (about age 63 on) |
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Applying the Sociological Perspective to the Life Course |
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Are We Prisoners of Socialization? |
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Chapter 4 Social Structure and Social Interaction |
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Levels of Sociological Analysis |
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98 | (1) |
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Macrosociology and Microsociology |
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The Macrosociological Perspective: Social Structure |
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The Sociological Significance of Social Structure |
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100 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology College Football as Social Structure |
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Comparing Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives |
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Changes in Social Structure |
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What Holds Society Together? |
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The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States The Amish: Gemeinschaft Community in a Gesellschaft Society |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Beauty May Be Only Skin Deep, But Its Effects Go On Forever: Stereotypes in Everyday Life |
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Dramaturgy: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life |
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Mass Media In Social Life "Nothing Tastes as Good as Thin Feels": Body Images and the Mass Media |
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Ethnomethodology: Uncovering Background Assumptions |
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The Social Construction of Reality |
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The Need for Both Macrosociology and Microsociology |
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122 | (3) |
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Chapter 5 Social Groups and Formal Organizations |
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The Characteristics of Bureaucracies |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Do Your Social Networks Perpetuate Social Inequality? |
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Goal Displacement and the Perpetuation of Bureaucracies |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology The McDonaldization Of Society |
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Dysfunctions of Bureaucracies |
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Working for the Corporation |
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Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes in the "Hidden" Corporate Culture |
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Diversity in the Workplace |
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Thinking Critically Managing Diversity In The Workplace |
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143 | (1) |
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Technology and the Control of Workers: Toward a Maximum-Security Society |
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Sociology And The New Technology Cyberloafers And Cybersleuths: Surfing At Work |
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Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy |
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Effects of Group Size on Attitudes and Behavior |
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The Power of Peer Pressure: The Asch Experiment |
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The Power of Authority: The Milgram Experiment |
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Global Consequences of Group Dynamics: Groupthink |
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Part II Social Groups and Social Control |
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Chapter 6 Deviance and Social Control |
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158 | (2) |
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How Norms Make Social Life Possible |
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159 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective |
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160 | (2) |
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Competing Explanations of Deviance: Sociobiology, Psychology, and Sociology |
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161 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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162 | (3) |
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Differential Association Theory |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Shaming: Making a Comeback? |
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165 | (2) |
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Thinking Critically The Saints and the Roughnecks: Labeling in Everyday Life |
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167 | (1) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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168 | (1) |
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Can Deviance Really Be Functional for Society? |
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168 | (1) |
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Strain Theory: How Mainstream Values Produce Deviance |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Running Naked with Pumpkins on Their Heads or Naked on a Bike: Deviance or Freedom of Self-Expression? |
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Illegitimate Opportunity Structures: Social Class and Crime |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Islands in the Street: Urban Gangs in the United States |
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172 | (2) |
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Class, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System |
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The Criminal Justice System as an Instrument of Oppression |
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175 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World "Dogging" In England |
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176 | (3) |
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Thinking Critically "Three Strikes And You're Out!" Unintended Consequences Of Well-Intended Laws |
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179 | (3) |
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The Decline in Violent Crime |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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The Death Penalty and Bias |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology The Killer Next Door: Serial Murderers In Our Midst |
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182 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically Vigilantes: When The State Breaks Down |
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183 | (1) |
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The Trouble with Official Statistics |
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184 | (3) |
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The Medicalization of Deviance: Mental Illness |
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184 | (2) |
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The Need for a More Humane Approach |
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Part III Social Inequality |
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Chapter 7 Global Stratification |
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189 | (31) |
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Systems of Social Stratification |
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190 | (6) |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (2) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World Rape: Blaming The Victim And Protecting The Caste System |
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Global Stratification and the Status of Females |
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What Determines Social Class? |
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198 | (2) |
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Karl Marx: The Means of Production |
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198 | (1) |
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Max Weber: Property, Power, and Prestige |
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Why Is Social Stratification Universal? |
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200 | (2) |
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The Functionalist View: Motivating Qualified People |
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200 | (1) |
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The Conflict Perspective: Class Conflict and Scarce Resources |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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How Do Elites Maintain Stratification? |
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202 | (2) |
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Soft Control Versus Force |
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203 | (1) |
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Comparative Social Stratification |
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204 | (2) |
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Social Stratification in Great Britain |
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204 | (1) |
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Social Stratification in the Former Soviet Union |
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205 | (1) |
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Global Stratification: Three Worlds |
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206 | (1) |
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The Most Industrialized Nations |
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206 | (1) |
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The Industrializing Nations |
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207 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically Open Season: Children as Prey |
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The Least Industrialized Nations |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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How Did the World's Nations Become Stratified? |
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210 | (4) |
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211 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically When Globalization Comes Home: Maquiladoras South of the Border |
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214 | (2) |
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215 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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Maintaining Global Stratification |
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216 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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Multinational Corporations |
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216 | (1) |
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Technology and Global Domination |
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217 | (1) |
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Strains in the Global System |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (2) |
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Chapter 8 Social Class in the United States |
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220 | (32) |
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221 | (4) |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology How the Super-Rich Live |
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225 | (3) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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Sociological Models of Social Class |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology The Big Win: Life after the Lottery |
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229 | (4) |
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230 | (3) |
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Consequences of Social Class |
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233 | (3) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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Crime and Criminal Justice |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (2) |
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Three Types of Social Mobility |
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236 | (2) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Researching "The American Dream": Social Mobility Today |
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238 | (1) |
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Women in Studies of Social Mobility |
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239 | (1) |
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The Pain of Social Mobility |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Social Class And The Upward Social Mobility Of African Americans |
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240 | (2) |
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240 | (2) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Some Facts about Poverty: What Do You Know? |
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242 | (3) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically The Nation's Shame: Children In Poverty |
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245 | (1) |
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The Dynamics of Poverty versus the Culture of Poverty |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically The Welfare Debate: The Deserving And The Undeserving Poor |
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246 | (2) |
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247 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Poverty: A Personal Journey |
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248 | (1) |
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Where Is Horatio Alger? The Social Functions of a Myth |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Race and Ethnicity |
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252 | (38) |
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Laying the Sociological Foundation |
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253 | (2) |
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253 | (2) |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Tiger Woods: Mapping the Changing Ethnic Terrain |
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255 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Can a Plane Ride Change Your Race? |
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256 | (4) |
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256 | (1) |
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Minority Groups and Dominant Groups |
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257 | (1) |
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Ethnic Work: Constructing Our Racial-Ethnic Identity |
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258 | (2) |
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Prejudice and Discrimination |
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260 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Living In The Dorm: Contact Theory |
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261 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology The Racist Mind |
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262 | (2) |
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Individual and Institutional Discrimination |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (3) |
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Psychological Perspectives |
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264 | (1) |
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Sociological Perspectives |
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265 | (2) |
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Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology The Man In The Zoo |
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268 | (3) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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Multiculturalism (Pluralism) |
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270 | (1) |
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Racial-Ethnic Relations in the United States |
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271 | (2) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack: Exploring Cultural Privilege |
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273 | (2) |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States The Illegal Travel Guide |
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275 | (9) |
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277 | (3) |
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280 | (2) |
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282 | (2) |
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Looking Toward the Future |
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284 | (2) |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Glimpsing The Future: The Shifting U.S. Racial-Ethnic Mix |
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286 | (1) |
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Toward a True Multicultural Society |
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287 | (1) |
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287 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 Gender and Age |
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290 | (41) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (4) |
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Gender Differences in Behavior: Biology or Culture? |
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292 | (1) |
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Opening the Door to Biology |
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292 | (3) |
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Thinking Critically Making The Social Explicit: Emerging Masculinities And Femininities |
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295 | (2) |
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Gender Inequality in Global Perspective |
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297 | (4) |
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How Did Females Become a Minority Group? |
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297 | (3) |
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Global Violence against Women |
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300 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World Female Circumcision |
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301 | (1) |
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Gender Inequality in the United States |
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302 | (3) |
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Fighting Back: The Rise of Feminism |
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302 | (2) |
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Gender Inequality in Health Care |
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304 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Cold-Hearted Surgeons and Their Women Victims |
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305 | (2) |
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Gender Inequality in Education |
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305 | (2) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Affirmative Action for Men? |
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307 | (1) |
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Gender Inequality in the Workplace |
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308 | (4) |
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308 | (3) |
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Is the Glass Ceiling Cracking? |
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311 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Applying Sociology: How to Get a Higher Salary |
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312 | (1) |
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Sexual Harassment---and Worse |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (2) |
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313 | (2) |
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The Changing Face of Politics |
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315 | (1) |
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Glimpsing the Future---with Hope |
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316 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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Aging in Global Perspective |
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316 | (5) |
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Extremes of Attitudes and Practices |
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317 | (1) |
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Industrialization and the Graying of the Globe |
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317 | (2) |
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319 | (2) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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321 | (2) |
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Shifting Meanings of Growing Old |
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321 | (1) |
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The Influence of the Mass Media |
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322 | (1) |
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Mass Media In Social Life The Cultural Lens: Shaping Our Perceptions of the Elderly |
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323 | (1) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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323 | (2) |
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324 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (3) |
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Fighting for Resources: Social Security Legislation |
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326 | (1) |
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Intergenerational Competition and Conflict |
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326 | (2) |
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Looking Toward the Future |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (2) |
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Part IV Social Institutions |
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Chapter 11 Politics and the Economy |
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331 | (35) |
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Politics: Establishing Leadership |
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332 | (1) |
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Power, Authority, and Violence |
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332 | (4) |
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Authority and Legitimate Violence |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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The Transfer of Authority |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (2) |
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Monarchies: The Rise of the State |
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336 | (1) |
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Democracies: Citizenship as a Revolutionary Idea |
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337 | (1) |
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Dictatorships and Oligarchies: The Seizure of Power |
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338 | (1) |
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The U.S. Political System |
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338 | (5) |
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Political Parties and Elections |
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338 | (2) |
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340 | (2) |
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Lobbyists and Special-Interest Groups |
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342 | (1) |
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Who Rules the United States? |
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343 | (2) |
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The Functionalist Perspective: Pluralism |
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343 | (1) |
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The Conflict Perspective: The Power Elite |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (1) |
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War and Terrorism: Implementing Political Objectives |
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345 | (2) |
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345 | (1) |
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346 | (1) |
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346 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Who Are the Suicide Terrorists? Testing Your Stereotypes |
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347 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically Targeted Killings |
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348 | (1) |
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The Economy: Work in the Global Village |
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348 | (1) |
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The Transformation of Economic Systems |
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349 | (2) |
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Preindustrial Societies: The Birth of Inequality |
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349 | (1) |
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Industrial Societies: The Birth of the Machine |
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349 | (1) |
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Postindustrial Societies: The Birth of the Information Age |
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350 | (1) |
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Biotech Societies: The Merger of Biology and Economics |
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350 | (1) |
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Implications for Your Life |
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350 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World The Child Workers |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (4) |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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Ideologies of Capitalism and Socialism |
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354 | (1) |
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Criticisms of Capitalism and Socialism |
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354 | (1) |
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The Convergence of Capitalism and Socialism |
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355 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World The New Competitor: The Chinese Capitalists |
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356 | (1) |
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The Globalization of Capitalism |
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356 | (6) |
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A New Global Structure and Its Effects on Workers |
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357 | (1) |
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357 | (3) |
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The New Economic System and the Old Divisions of Wealth |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (1) |
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362 | (2) |
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362 | (1) |
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Strains in the Global System |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (2) |
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Chapter 12 Marriage and Family |
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366 | (36) |
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Marriage and Family in Global Perspective |
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367 | (3) |
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367 | (1) |
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368 | (1) |
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368 | (2) |
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Sociology And The New Technology Online Dating: Risks And Rewards |
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370 | (1) |
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Marriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective |
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371 | (3) |
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The Functionalist Perspective: Functions and Dysfunctions |
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371 | (1) |
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The Conflict Perspective: Struggles between Husbands and Wives |
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372 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Gender, Housework, and Child Care |
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372 | (2) |
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374 | (1) |
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Love and Courtship in Global Perspective |
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374 | (1) |
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374 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World East Is East and West Is West: Love and Arranged Marriage in India |
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375 | (2) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Health Benefits of Marriage: Living Longer |
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377 | (2) |
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378 | (1) |
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Sociology And The New Technology What Color Eyes? How Tall? Designer Babies on the Way |
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379 | (2) |
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379 | (2) |
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381 | (1) |
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Diversity in U.S. Families |
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381 | (5) |
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African American Families |
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382 | (1) |
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382 | (1) |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Family Structure: Single Moms and Married Moms |
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386 | (2) |
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387 | (1) |
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388 | (2) |
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The Changing Timetable of Family Life: Marriage and Childbirth |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (1) |
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The "Sandwich Generation" and Elder Care |
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390 | (1) |
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390 | (3) |
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Ways of Measuring Divorce |
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390 | (1) |
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Divorce and Intermarriage |
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391 | (1) |
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391 | (2) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology "What Are Your Chances of Getting Divorced?" |
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393 | (3) |
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395 | (1) |
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Fathers' Contact with Children after Divorce |
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395 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (2) |
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The Dark Side of Family Life: Battering, Child Abuse, Marital Rape, and Incest |
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396 | (1) |
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The Bright Side of Family Life: Successful Marriages |
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397 | (1) |
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Symbolic Interactionism and the Misuse of Statistics |
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398 | (1) |
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The Future of Marriage and Family |
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398 | (1) |
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Sociology And The New Technology "How Should We Handle Family Disagreements?" Use Your App |
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399 | (1) |
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400 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 Education and Religion |
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402 | (36) |
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Education: Transferring Knowledge and Skills |
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403 | (1) |
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Education in Global Perspective |
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403 | (2) |
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Education and Industrialization |
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404 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Community Colleges: Facing Old and New Challenges |
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405 | (3) |
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Education in the Most Industrialized Nations: Japan |
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406 | (1) |
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Education in the Industrializing Nations: Russia |
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406 | (1) |
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Education in the Least Industrialized Nations: Egypt |
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407 | (1) |
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The Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits |
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408 | (2) |
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Teaching Knowledge and Skills |
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408 | (1) |
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Cultural Transmission of Values |
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408 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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Gatekeeping (Social Placement) |
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409 | (1) |
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Replacing Family Functions |
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410 | (1) |
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The Conflict Perspective: Perpetuating Social Inequality |
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410 | (1) |
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The Hidden Curriculum: Reproducing the Social Class Structure |
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410 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Home Schooling: The Search for Quality and Values |
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411 | (2) |
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Tilting the Tests: Discrimination By IQ |
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412 | (1) |
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Stacking the Deck: Unequal Funding |
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412 | (1) |
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The Bottom Line: Family Background |
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412 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Teacher Expectations |
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413 | (2) |
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413 | (1) |
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How Do Teacher Expectations Work? |
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414 | (1) |
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Problems in U.S. Education---and Their Solutions |
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415 | (3) |
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415 | (2) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (1) |
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The Need for Educational Reform |
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418 | (1) |
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Religion: Establishing Meaning |
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418 | (1) |
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418 | (1) |
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Mass Media In Social Life School Shootings: Exploding a Myth |
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419 | (2) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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421 | (1) |
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421 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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422 | (4) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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423 | (3) |
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426 | (1) |
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426 | (1) |
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Legitimating Social Inequalities |
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426 | (1) |
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Religion and the Spirit of Capitalism |
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426 | (1) |
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Types of Religious Groups |
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427 | (2) |
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428 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity In The United States Human Heads And Animal Blood: Testing The Limits Of Tolerance |
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429 | (1) |
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430 | (1) |
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430 | (1) |
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430 | (1) |
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Religion in the United States |
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430 | (2) |
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Characteristics of Members |
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431 | (1) |
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Characteristics of Religious Groups |
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432 | (1) |
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432 | (2) |
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Mass Media In Social Life God On The Net: The Online Marketing Of Religion |
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434 | (1) |
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435 | (3) |
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Chapter 14 Population and Urbanization |
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438 | (35) |
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Population in Global Perspective |
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439 | (1) |
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A Planet with No Space for Enjoying Life? |
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439 | (5) |
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440 | (2) |
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442 | (1) |
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442 | (1) |
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443 | (1) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology BioFoods: What's in Your Future? |
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444 | (2) |
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446 | (7) |
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Why the Least Industrialized Nations Have So Many Children |
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446 | (1) |
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Consequences of Rapid Population Growth |
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447 | (1) |
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Population Pyramids as a Tool for Understanding |
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448 | (1) |
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The Three Demographic Variables |
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449 | (2) |
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Problems in Forecasting Population Growth |
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451 | (2) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World Killing Little Girls: An Ancient And Thriving Practice |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (1) |
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The Development of Cities |
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455 | (6) |
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The Process of Urbanization |
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455 | (3) |
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458 | (3) |
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Down-To-Earth Sociology Reclaiming Harlem: A Twist in the Invasion-Succession Cycle |
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461 | (1) |
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462 | (1) |
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462 | (2) |
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The Concentric Zone Model |
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463 | (1) |
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463 | (1) |
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The Multiple-Nuclei Model |
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464 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World Why City Slums Are Better Than The Country: Urbanization In The Least Industrialized Nations |
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465 | (3) |
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466 | (1) |
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466 | (1) |
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The Norm of Noninvolvement and the Diffusion of Responsibility |
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467 | (1) |
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Urban Problems and Social Policy |
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468 | (3) |
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468 | (1) |
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Disinvestment and Deindustrialization |
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469 | (1) |
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The Potential of Urban Revitalization |
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470 | (1) |
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471 | (2) |
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Chapter 15 Social Change and the Environment |
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473 | (28) |
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How Social Change Transforms Social Life |
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474 | (5) |
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The Four Social Revolutions |
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474 | (1) |
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From Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft |
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475 | (1) |
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The Industrial Revolution and Capitalism |
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475 | (1) |
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476 | (1) |
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Conflict, Power, and Global Politics |
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476 | (3) |
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Theories and Processes of Social Change |
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479 | (3) |
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Evolution from Lower to Higher |
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479 | (1) |
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479 | (1) |
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Conflict over Power and Resources |
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480 | (1) |
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480 | (2) |
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How Technology Is Changing Our Lives |
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482 | (5) |
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Extending Human Abilities |
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482 | (1) |
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The Sociological Significance of Technology |
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483 | (1) |
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When Old Technology Was New: The Impact of the Automobile |
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484 | (2) |
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The New Technology: The Microchip and Social Life |
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486 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically Cyberwar And Cyber Defense |
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487 | (2) |
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Cyberspace and Social Inequality |
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488 | (1) |
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Sociology And The New Technology The Coming Star Wars |
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489 | (1) |
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The Growth Machine versus the Earth |
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490 | (3) |
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Environmental Problems and Industrialization |
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491 | (2) |
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Thinking Critically The Island Nations: "Come See Us While We Are Still Here" |
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493 | (2) |
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The Environmental Movement |
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494 | (1) |
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Cultural Diversity Around The World The Rain Forests: Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge |
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495 | (1) |
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Thinking Critically Ecosabotage |
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496 | (5) |
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497 | (1) |
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Technology and the Environment: The Goal of Harmony |
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498 | (1) |
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499 | (2) |
| Epilogue: Why Major In Sociology? |
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501 | |
| Glossary |
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1 | (1) |
| References |
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1 | (1) |
| Name Index |
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1 | (1) |
| Subject Index |
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1 | (1) |
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