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| Use of Selections |
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| Contributors |
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| Unit I: The Sociological Enterprise |
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| Part One: The Sociological Perspective |
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The Sociological Imagination |
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| Part Two: Studying Social Phenomena |
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Getting It Done: Notes on Student Fritters |
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`It's Awful! It's Terrible! It's...Never Mind' |
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23 | (3) |
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| Part Three: Biology, Psychology, or Sociology? |
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26 | (19) |
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Intelligence and Giftedness |
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27 | (9) |
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Drinking During Adolescence |
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36 | (9) |
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| Unit II: Culture, Socialization, and Social Interaction |
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45 | (2) |
| Part One: Culture |
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47 | (21) |
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48 | (7) |
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Cosmetic Surgery: Beauty as Commodity |
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55 | (13) |
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| Part Two: Becoming a Social Creature |
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68 | (28) |
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As the Twig Is Bent: Children Reared in Feminist Households |
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69 | (12) |
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How Television Shapes Children's Gender Roles |
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81 | (5) |
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The Meaning of Success: The Athletic Experience and the Development of Male Identity |
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86 | (10) |
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| Part Three: Social Interaction |
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96 | (25) |
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`You Just Don't Understand': The Role of Gender in Conversational Interruptions |
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97 | (13) |
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Sexual Betrayal: Perspectives of Betrayers and the Betrayed |
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110 | (11) |
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| Unit III: Inequality |
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121 | (1) |
| Part One: The Nature of Inequality |
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122 | (20) |
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123 | (7) |
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Between the Executive Office and the Storeroom: How Much Inequality Is Acceptable? |
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130 | (5) |
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America's Shame: Women and Children in Shelter |
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135 | (7) |
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| Part Two: Racial/Ethnic Inequality |
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142 | (21) |
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143 | (3) |
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146 | (6) |
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Cowboys and Indians: Perceptions of Western Films Among American Indians and Anglos |
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152 | (11) |
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| Part Three: Gender Inequality |
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163 | (18) |
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How Unhappy Are Women Doctors? |
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164 | (8) |
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How Women Experience Battering: The Process of Victimization |
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172 | (9) |
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| Part Four: Age Inequality |
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181 | (7) |
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But This Is My Mother! The Plight of Elders in American Nursing Homes |
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182 | (6) |
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| Part Five: International Inequality |
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188 | (7) |
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Sweatshop Barbie: Exploitation of Third World Labor |
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189 | (6) |
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| Unit IV: Social Institutions |
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195 | (1) |
| Part One: The Family |
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196 | (27) |
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197 | (5) |
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The Transformation of Family Life |
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202 | (11) |
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`We Always Stood on Our Own Two Feet': Self-Reliance and the American Family |
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213 | (10) |
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| Part Two: Government and Politics |
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223 | (17) |
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Women's Movements and Nonviolence |
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224 | (7) |
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Latinos and American Politics |
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231 | (9) |
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| Part Three: The Economy |
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240 | (20) |
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241 | (4) |
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism |
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245 | (6) |
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Approaches to the Iron Cage: Reconstructing the Bars of Weber's Metaphor |
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251 | (9) |
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| Part Four: Education |
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260 | (14) |
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261 | (9) |
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At School, a Cruel Culture |
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270 | (4) |
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| Part Five: Religion |
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274 | (12) |
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A Forgotten People in Our Midst |
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275 | (11) |
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| Part Six: Health Care |
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286 | (21) |
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Unhealthy Partnership: How Managed Care Wrecks Mental Health for Kids |
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287 | (8) |
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Preserving a Vital and Valued Self in the Face of AIDS |
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295 | (12) |
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| Unit V: Social Processes |
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307 | (1) |
| Part One: Deviance |
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308 | (31) |
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309 | (5) |
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Islands in the Street: Urban Gangs as Economic Organizations |
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314 | (14) |
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Crack Cocaine Sentencing: A Racist Policy? |
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328 | (3) |
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The Razor Blade in the Apple: The Social Construction of Urban Legends |
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331 | (8) |
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| Part Two: Social Change |
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339 | (1) |
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Life in Big Red: Struggles and Accommodations in a Chicago Polyethnic Tenement |
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340 | (12) |
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Plain Living: Deciding to Move Down |
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352 | (6) |
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Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization |
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358 | (9) |
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The Impact of Mobile Communications |
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