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In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote "Illness as Metaphor," a classic work described by "Newsweek" as "one of the most liberating books of its time."... Divided into two parts, this book examines the train of social theory from the 19th century, through to the organization of modernity', in...
An unrivalled overview of social theory and its development from 1945 to the present day. Acknowledged as one of the classic texts on social policy, Richard M. Titmuss's study of blood donating raises profound economic, political,...
Susan Breslow Sardone is the Web's leading authority on romantic travel. She has been the About.com Guide to Honeymoons and Romantic... This third edition will publish on the 30th anniversary of its original publication. Stanley Cohen's study of Mods and Rockers in the 1960's...
Ball shows how much can be understood of human behavior when we cease to predict and analyze the behavior of individuals and instead look to... Renowned scientists Christakis and Fowler present compelling evidence for the profound influence people have on one another's tastes,...
Professor Goody's research in West Africa resulted in finding an alternative way of thinking about 'traditional' societies. A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises examining mass movements--from Christianity in its...
Argues that the greater danger in our culture is the tendency to fear achievements representing a more constructive side of humanity. This... Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? In a wide-ranging and original study, James C. Scott...
Based on exhaustive research and interviews with driving experts and traffic officials around the globe, "Traffic" gets under the hood of... The purpose of this outstanding new book is to explain how individuals develop through their relationships with others. Alan Fogel...
"The ethnographic studies in this volume are outstanding, and together offer a brilliant mix of materials for throwing light on the... Guide to how to do music sociology that argues for a reassessment of Adorno's work.
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