Part I THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
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C. Wright Mills
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THE PROMISE
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‑classic piece on the sociological imagination
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Donna Gaines
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TEENAGE WASTELAND: Suburbia's Dead‑End Kids
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‑applying the sociological imagination to teen
suicide
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3.
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Mary Romero
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INTERSECTION OF BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY:
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My Intellectual Journey
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‑applying the sociological imagination to domestic
service
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SOCIAL RESEARCH
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4.
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Michael Schwalbe
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FINDING OUT HOW THE SOCIAL WORLD WORKS
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‑a summary of what it means to be sociologically
mindful
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5.
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Craig Haney, W. Curtis Banks, and Philip G. Zimbardo
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INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS IN A SIMULATED PRISON
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‑classic piece on the research design of Zimbardo's
famous experiment
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6.
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Elaine Bell Kaplan
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NOT OUR KIND OF GIRL
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‑participant observation research among African
American teen mothers
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Part II CULTURE
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Anne M. Velliquette and Jeff B. Murray
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THE NEW TATTOO SUBCULTURE
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‑the tattoo subculture and meanings of body adornment
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8.
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Elijah Anderson
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THE CODE OF THE STREETS
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‑an exploration of street culture
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9.
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Eugenia Kaw
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"OPENING" FACES: The Politics of Cosmetic Surgery
and Asian American Women
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‑the influence of gender and racial stereotypes
on the beauty culture
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10.
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Haunani‑Kay Trask
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LOVELY HULA HANDS: Corporate Tourism and the Prostitution
of Hawaiian Culture
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‑an examination of cultural exploitation
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Part III SOCIALIZATION
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Judith Lorber
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"NIGHT TO HIS DAY": The Social Construction of
Gender
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‑the socialization of gender identity
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12.
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Michael Messner
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BOYHOOD, ORGANIZED SPORTS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITIES
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‑the social construction of masculinity
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13.
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Robert Granfield
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MAKING IT BY FAKING IT: Working‑Class Students in
an Elite Academic Environment
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‑working‑class identity and law school socialization
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14.
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Gwynne Dyer
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ANYBODY'S SON WILL DO
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‑resocialization into the total institution of
the military
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Part IV GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
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Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler
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PEER POWER: Clique Dynamics among School Children
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‑a study of the structure and interactional dynamics
among school children's groups
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Martín Sánchez Jankowski
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GANG BUSINESS: Making Ends Meet
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‑a functional analysis of a primary group
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Kathleen M. Blee
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BECOMING A RACIST: Women in Contemporary Ku Klux Klan and
Neo‑Nazi Groups
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‑an illustration of secondary group membership
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Mark Colvin
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DESCENT INTO MADNESS: The New Mexico State Prison Riot
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‑an example of social structure breaking down
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Part V DEVIANCE, CRIME, AND SOCIAL
CONTROL
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David L. Rosenhan
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ON BEING SANE IN INSANE PLACES
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‑classic piece on labeling and social deviance
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Penelope A. McLorg and Diane E. Taub
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ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA: The Development of Deviant
Identities
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‑the social construction of deviant identities
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Philippe Bourgois
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IN SEARCH OF RESPECT: Selling Crack in El Barrio
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‑an ethnographic study of drug dealing in the
inner city
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A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade
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FRATERNITIES AND COLLEGIATE RAPE CULTURE:
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Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women?
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‑the social organization of crime
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Part VI SOCIAL INEQUALITY
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SOCIAL CLASS
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Kingsley Davis, Wilbert E. Moore, and Melvin Tumin
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SOME PRINCIPLES OF STRATIFICATION
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‑classic pieces on the functions of social stratification
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G. William Domhoff
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WHO RULES AMERICA? The Corporate Community and the Upper
Class
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‑the lifestyles and social institutions of the
upper class
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Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro
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BLACK WEALTH/ WHITE WEALTH: A New Perspective on Racial
Inequality
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‑a sociology of wealth and racial inequality
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Barbara Ehrenreich
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NICKEL‑AND‑DIMED: On (Not) Getting By in America
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‑an exploration of the lives of the working poor
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GENDER
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Barbara Risman
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GENDER AS STRUCTURE
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‑a review of four theories that explain sex and
gender
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Christine L. Williams
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THE GLASS ESCALATOR: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female"
Professions
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‑an examination of sex typing and job segregation
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Yen Le Espiritu
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THE RACIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND MEN
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‑an examination of racist and sexist images in
U.S. culture
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Myra Sadker and David Sadker
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FAILING AT FAIRNESS: Hidden Lessons
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‑gender inequality in the institution of education
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RACE AND ETHNICITY
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Michael Omi and Howard Winant
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RACIAL FORMATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
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‑the social construction of race
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Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean
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BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE: Remaking Race in America
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‑how race is measured by the U.S. government
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Lillian B. Rubin
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"IS THIS A WHITE COUNTRY, OR WHAT?"
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‑working‑class families talk about race
and ethnicity
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Charlie LeDuff
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AT A SLAUGHTERHOUSE, SOME THINGS NEVER DIE
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‑an examination of the racial dynamics at one
workplace site
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Part VII SOCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
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POWER AND POLITICS
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C. Wright Mills
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THE POWER ELITE
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‑classic piece on the power elite
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Dan Clawson, Alan Neustadtl, and Mark Weller
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DOLLARS AND VOTES: How Business Campaign Contributions
Subvert Democracy
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‑an application of Mills' power elite
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Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele
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PLAYING THE POLITICAL SLOTS: American Indians and Casinos
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‑the politics of and profiteering from gambling
on reservations
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MASS MEDIA
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Martin N. Marger
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THE MASS MEDIA AS A POWER INSTITUTION
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‑an examination of power and the mass media
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Gregory Mantsios
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MEDIA MAGIC: Making Class Invisible
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‑how the mass media distorts social class
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Todd Gitlin
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MEDIA UNLIMITED: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms
Our Lives
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‑the globalization of American media
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THE ECONOMY AND WORK
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY
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‑classic piece on the relationship between the
capitalists and the workers
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William Julius Wilson
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WHEN WORK DISAPPEARS: The World of the New Urban Poor
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‑current analysis of inner‑city joblessness
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Robin Leidner
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OVER THE COUNTER: McDonald's
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‑an ethnographic study of routinization in work
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RELIGION
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Max Weber
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THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
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‑classic piece on the influence of religion on
other social institutions
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Mark Chaves
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ABIDING FAITH
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‑the current status of religion among Americans
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Kathleen S. Lowney
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BARING OUR SOULS: TV Talk Shows and the Religion of Recovery
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‑an analysis of religious revivalism and morality
on TV talk shows
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HEALTH AND MEDICINE
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Talcott Parsons
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THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF MEDICINE
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‑classic piece on the functions of health and
illness in society
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Johanna McGeary
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DEATH STALKS A CONTINENT
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‑an examination of the AIDS epidemic in Africa
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David A. Karp
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ILLNESS AND IDENTITY
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‑an interview study of people with depression
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EDUCATION
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Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes
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CIVILIZE THEM WITH A STICK
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‑education as an institution of social control
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Peter W. Cookson,
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PREPARING FOR POWER: Cultural Capital and Curricula in
America's Elite Boarding Schools
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‑an examination of elite education
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Ann Arnett Ferguson
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BAD BOYS: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity
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‑racial and gender stereotyping in American schools
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THE FAMILY
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Judith Stacey
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GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES ARE HERE
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‑changing definitions of family
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Ann Crittenden
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THE MOMMY TAX
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‑the income discrimination faced by working mothers
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Arlie Russell Hochschild
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THE TIME BIND: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes
Work
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‑how individuals combine their work and home lives
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Part VIII SOCIAL CHANGE
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George Ritzer
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THE McDONALDIZATION OF SOCIETY
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‑a contemporary theory of social change
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Conrad L. Kanagy and Donald B. Kraybill
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HOW WILL THE INTERNET CHANGE SOCIETY?
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‑an examination of the social change being caused
by computers
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Charles Derber
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THE WILDING OF AMERICA:
Iraq and the War against Terrorism |
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‑war as an extreme example of social change
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Amitai Etzioni
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COMMUNITY BUILDING: Steps toward a Good Society
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‑one sociologist's vision of needed social change
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Allan G. Johnson
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WHAT CAN WE DO? Becoming Part of the Solution
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‑social change strategies to deal with privilege
and oppression
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