Allison D. Smith

Stacia Watkins

Trixie G. Smith

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

California

Social Studies

Writing Critically about Popular Culture

Why bring pop culture into the composition classroom? Because it's something you know and can get passionate about. THE POP CULTURE ZONE: WRITING CRITICALLY ABOUT POPULAR CULTURE focuses on your relationship with pop culture--such as film, television, popular books, and advertisements--and how that relationship can help you become a more critical reader and writer. The authors of this book use pop culture as the bridge between your life and the critical reading, thinking, and writing that are part of freshman composition to help you learn the rules of formal writing as well as more familiar forms of persuasion. You'll learn to summarize your views effectively, listen to viewpoints that are different from your own, compare and contrast, and present ideas in a way that creates a continuing conversation of ideas.

The Pop Culture Zone

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Terry. Eagleton

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture's value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on the challenge. In this keenly analytical and acerbically funny book, he explores how culture and our conceptualizations of it have evolved over the last two centuries--from rarified sphere to humble practices, and from a bulwark against industrialism's encroaches to present-day capitalism's most profitable export. Ranging over art and literature as well as philosophy and anthropology, and major but somewhat "unfashionable" thinkers like Johann Gottfried Herder and Edmund Burke as well as T. S. Eliot, Matthew Arnold, Raymond Williams, and Oscar Wilde, Eagleton provides a cogent overview of culture set firmly in its historical and theoretical contexts, illuminating its collusion with colonialism, nationalism, the decline of religion, and the rise of and rule over the "uncultured" masses. Eagleton also examines culture today, lambasting the commodification and co-option of a force that, properly understood, is a vital means for us to cultivate and enrich our social lives, and can even provide the impetus to transform civil society.

Culture

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George E. Dickinson

Michael R. Leming

Using a social-psychological approach, this edition remains solidly grounded in theory and research, but places greater emphasis on the individual and coping with death and dying. These two well-known authors and researchers integrate stimulating personal accounts throughout the text, and apply concepts to specific examples that deal with cross cultural perspectives and the practical matters of death and dying.

Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement

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Thomas J. Sullivan

Huge Paperback (6 to 8 lbs)

NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MySocLab® does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MySocLab search for 0134126955 / 9780134126951 Introduction to Social Problems plus MySocLab for Social Problems- Access Card Package, 10/e Package consists of: 0205896464 / 9780205896462 Introduction to Social Problems, 10/e 0134106911 / 9780134106915 MySocLab for Social Problems Access Card MySocLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor. For courses in Social Problems Researching, Analyzing, and Understanding U.S. Social Issues Introduction to Social Problems explores the many social issues that continue to plague the United States. Discussing and analyzing the extent and nature of various problems and their potential solutions, the book stands as a guidepost for people with an interest in "helping" professions -- sociologists, educators, social workers, etc. Through a sociological lens, students are able to gauge recurrent social issues and examine the benefits and possibilities of solutions. The Tenth Edition teaches students to apply research and knowledge to solve some of our nation's most crippling problems. Also available with MySocLab MySocLab for Social Problems courses extends learning online, engaging students and improving results. Media resources with assignments bring concepts to life, and offer students opportunities to practice applying what they've learned. And the Writing Space helps educators develop and assess concept mastery and critical thinking through writing, quickly and easily. Please note: this version of MySocLab does not include an eText. Introduction to Social Problems, Tenth Edition is also available via REVEL (tm), an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn.

Introduction to Social Problems

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John R. Hall

I bought this online several years ago for a seminar. The publisher sent it to me and it had this bizarre section of the introduction that was ripped out of it. It’s a very strange looking rip and it definitely removes about eight or nine pages from the introduction. I doubt anybody would assign anything in the introduction, so it is virtually brand new. ￼

The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With sixty-five essays written by scholars from around the world, the book draws diverse approaches to cultural sociology into a dialogue that charts new pathways for research on culture in a global era. Contributing scholars address vital concerns that relate to classic questions as well as emergent issues in the study of culture. Topics include cultural and social theory, politics and the state, social stratification, community, aesthetics, lifestyle, and identity. In addition, the authors explore developments central to the constitution and reproduction of culture, such as power, technology, and the organization of work. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in diverse subfields within Sociology, as well as Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, and Postcolonial Theory.

Handbook of Cultural Sociology

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Charles Stangor

2nd Edition

This textbook reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm. It uniquely blends social psychological research on intra-group behavior with research on inter-group behavior to give a more rounded perspective on the dynamics of social groups. In addition, topics that are not unique to either of these two approaches, and yet which are important aspects of group relations, such as culture, are also covered in depth. As such, this thoroughly revised 2nd Edition provides the most wide-ranging and contemporary resource for courses on group dynamics and behavior.

Social Groups in Action and Interaction

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Robert M. Emerson

Rachel I. Fretz

Linda L. Shaw

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

In Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often assumed to be intuitive and impossible to teach. Using actual unfinished notes as examples, the authors illustrate options for composing, reviewing, and working fieldnotes into finished texts. They discuss different organizational and descriptive strategies and show how transforming direct observations into vivid descriptions results not simply from good memory but from learning to envision scenes as written. A good ethnographer, they demonstrate, must learn to remember dialogue and movement like an actor, to see colors and shapes like a painter, and to sense moods and rhythms like a poet. This new edition reflects the extensive feedback the authors have received from students and instructors since the first edition was published in 1995. As a result, they have updated the race, class, and gender section, created new sections on coding programs and revising first drafts, and provided new examples of working notes. An essential tool for budding social scientists, the second edition of Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes will be invaluable for a new generation of researchers entering the field.

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition

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David J. Francis

Stephen Hester

Language, Society and Interaction

This book offers a new and rigorous approach to observational sociology that is grounded in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Throughout the authors encourage the reader to explore the social world at first hand, beginning with the immediate family context and then moving out into the public realm and organizational life. Examples of observational analysis are given with reference to topic areas such as family life, education, medicine, crime and deviance, and the reader is shown how to conduct their own inquiries, using methods and materials that are readily and ordinarily available. Drawing on both original material and published studies, Francis and Hester demonstrate how observational sociology can be carried out with an attention to detail typically overlooked by more traditional ethonographic approaches.

An Invitation to Ethnomethodology

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Kerry Ferris

Jill Stein

The most relevant textbook for today's students.

The Real World

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Students love The Real World because it was written for them. In every chapter, Ferris and Stein use examples from everyday life and pop culture to get students thinking sociologically and to show the relevance of sociology to their relationships, jobs, and the future of society. Innovative Data Workshops in every chapter and online give students a chance to apply theoretical concepts to their own lives and actually do sociology. With low-cost formats and a robust support package, The Real World sets both students and instructors up for success.

Mary Ann Lamanna

Agnes Riedmann

Susan D. Stewart

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Making Choices in a Diverse Society

This best-selling text on marriages, families, and relationships combines a rigorous scholarly and applied approach with a theme especially relevant to today's dynamic global environment: making choices in a diverse society. The authors use an engaging narrative to create a highly readable text that offers insightful perspectives on the diversity of our modern society, including different ethnic traditions and family forms. The balanced presentation discusses a variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., family ecology, structure-functional, interaction-constructionist, family systems, biosocial), emphasizing both social structure and the importance of individual agency, choice, and decision-making. Students are encouraged to question assumptions and reconcile conflicting ideas and values as they make informed choices in their own lives. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Marriages, Families, and Relationships

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Anthony Giddens

Mitchell Duneier

Richard P. Appelbaum

Deborah Carr

Essentials of Sociology, Eighth Edition, features thoroughly revised coverage of the local and global impacts of increasing inequality, showing students how inequality impacts their own lives, communities around the globe, and even the planet itself. A new focus on applying sociological thinking to life in college and beyond is supported by new data, pedagogy, and assessment designed to help students understand how sociology is relevant to their lives now and in the future.

Essentials of Sociology

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Johnny Saldaña

Systematically introducing readers to over 30 coding techniques, this new edition is now supported by a brand new website with links to videos, example of approaches in action and downloadable transcripts with which to practice, making this book indispensable for all those doing qualitative research.

The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers

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Marc Lappe

Britt Bailey

Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food

Takes a close & chilling look at what the biotech industry means for your health.

Against the Grain

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Jace Allen

Patrice M. Buzzanell

Guillaume de Syon

Suzy D'Enbeau

Athena du Pré

Itir Erhart

Hande Eslen-Ziya

Amanda Gallagher

Dustin Bradley Goltz

Paul Haridakis

Salvador Jiménez Murguía

Emily S. Kinsky

Ryan M. Lescure

Mei-Chen Lin

Nathan Miczo

Cynthia J. Miller

Carlos D. Morrison

Caryn E. Neumann

Ayoleke David Okeowo

Barbara Cook Overton

Loretta L. Pecchioni

Anna Thompson Hajdik

Jacqueline Allen Trimble

Kathleen M. Turner

A. Bowdoin Van Riper

Gust A. Yep

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Growing Old in Popular Culture

With multi-disciplinary and accessible essays that span the expanding spectrum of aging and related stereotypes as our population gets older, this book offers a broad range of readers new ways to understand, perceive, and think about aging.

Aging Heroes

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Kevin Danaher

Roger Burbach

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Battle Against the World Trade Organization

In October 2000, Common Courage Press will publish Globalize This! The Battle Against the World Trade Organization and Corporate Rule, a collection of essays that analyze demonstrations and deliberations in Seattle and beyond. In stark contrast to the media's partial and distorted portrayal of the WTO, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), editors Kevin Danaher and Roger Burbach have compiled articles that reveal how these institutions enforce policies that are destructive of human rights and the environment. In Globalize This!, some of the WTO opposition movement's brightest activists show how these institutions -- by pushing for increased globalization -- threaten diversity, labor rights, the environment, and democracy itself. For instance: -- Paul Hawken -- author of The Ecology of Commerce -- artfully weaves together the street protests and policy debates in his memoir-commentary on Seattle; -- Susan George of the Transnational Institute shows why, although Seattle was a defining moment for the grassroots democracy movement, it must be built on immediately because the elites who want increased global trade will lose no time in regrouping; -- Betita Martinez explores how to improve the diversity of the movement to organize people of all cultures against undemocratic globalization; -- The Environmental Research Foundation focuses on how trade policies have affected the world's environment and our health; -- Walden Bello takes on the fundamentally undemocratic process of th WTO; and -- William Greider, writer for the Nation and Rolling Stone, shows us how to take an offensive stance in battling the WTO. This book demonstrates why the WTO, World Bank IMF must be stopped. With its rich information about how to become part of the opposition movement, Globalize This! also shows us how to stop them.

Globalize This!

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David Gancher

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Essays Toward a Sustainable Society

The Green Reader

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Travis Bradberry

Jean Greaves

Patrick M. Lencioni

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Presents a step-by-step guide for increasing emotional intelligence through four core principles: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationsip management.

Emotional Intelligence 2. 0

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Philip J. Cook

Kristin A. Goss

What Everyone Needs to Know®

"The authors explore the origins of the American gun culture and the makeup of both the gun rights and gun control movements. Written in question-and-answer format, the book will help readers make sense of the ideologically driven statistics and slogans that characterize our national conversation on firearms."--Publisher's description.

The Gun Debate

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