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A Short History of the U.S.Working Class
A Short History Of The
U.S.Working Class
    Noting that standard
    accounts of US history
    often pay little
    attention to the working
    class, the author
    presents a history that
    concentrates on the
    struggles and
    achievements of that
    often neglected labouring
    majority. He shows how
    important labour issues
    have been and continue to
    be in the forging of our
    nation's history.
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The New Peasantries
The New Peasantries
    Explores the position,
    role and significance of
    the peasantry in an era
    of globalization. This
    book argues that the
    peasant condition is
    characterized by a
    struggle for autonomy
    that finds expression in
    the creation and
    development of a
    self-governed resource
    base and associated forms
    of sustainable
    development.
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Intellectuals and Society
Intellectuals And Society
    A critique about (but not
    for) intellectuals that
    explores their impact on
    public opinion, policy
    and society at large. It
    studies how intellectuals
    as a class affect modern
    societies by shaping the
    climate of opinion in
    which official policies
    develop, on issues
    ranging from economics to
    law to war and peace.
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The First Farmers
The First Farmers
    Offers readers an
    understanding of the
    origins and histories of
    early agricultural
    populations in various
    parts of the world. This
    book focuses on
    agricultural origins in
    and dispersals out of the
    Middle East, central
    Africa, China, New
    Guinea, and the northern
    Andes. It examines the
    reasons for the multiple
    primary origins of
    agriculture.
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Aristocracy
Aristocracy
    Aristocracies dominated
    the social, economic,
    and institutional history
    of all European countries
    until only a few
    generations ago. William
    Doyle strips away the
    myths and beliefs which
    have always surrounded
    them, looking at how
    these very distinctive
    governing elites held
    onto power, and analyses
    when, how, and why they
    eventually lost it.
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Culture, Class, Distinction
Culture, Class, Distinction
    Drawing on the study of
    cultural capital in
    contemporary Britain,
    this book examines the
    role played by culture in
    the relationships between
    class, gender and
    ethnicity. Its findings
    promise a major
    revaluation of the legacy
    of Pierre Bourdieu's
    account of the
    relationships between
    class and culture.
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Less Than Human
Less Than Human
    Human beings have a
    tendency to regard
    members of their own kind
    as less than human. This
    title draws on a mix of
    history, psychology,
    biology, anthropology
    and philosophy to
    document the
    pervasiveness of
    dehumanization, describe
    its forms, and explain
    why we so often resort to
    it.
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Structure of Power in America
Structure Of Power In America
    Features fourteen leading
    social scientists who
    have worked closely to
    explore the power network
    connecting US corporate
    structure with other key
    sectors of the society.
    This volume examines such
    issues as interlocking
    boards, business control
    of banks, and the
    government as an agent of
    the ruling class.
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Social Problems and Inequality
Social Problems And Inequality
    Explores integrated and
    root-cause-based
    explanations of complex
    social problems. Suitable
    for classroom purposes,
    this title addresses the
    most fundamental
    principles of how humans,
    acting through social
    units, create, and
    eventually can remedy,
    social problems.
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Choosing the Right Pond
Choosing The Right Pond
    Is it better to be a big
    frog in a small pond or a
    small frog in a big pond?
    This treatise argues that
    people's concerns about
    status permeate and
    profoundly alter a broad
    range of human behaviour.
    It applies these basic
    elements in human nature
    to the study of how
    people make economic
    choices.
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The Impact of Inequality
The Impact Of Inequality
    Explores the effects that
    social and economic
    differences have on our
    health as individuals and
    as whole societies. The
    author argues that this
    takes us to the roots of
    social malaise and also
    makes suggestions about
    the changes required to
    increase life expectancy
    and the quality of life
    for us all.
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Disability and Difference in Global Contexts
Disability And Difference In
Global Contexts
    This book explores the
    possibilities and
    limitations re-theorizing
    disability using
    historical materialism in
    the interdisciplinary
    contexts of social
    theory, cultural
    studies, social and
    education policy,
    feminist ethics, and
    theories of citizenship.
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Luxury Fever
Luxury Fever
    The turn of the
    twenty-first century
    witnessed a spectacular
    rise in gross
    consumption. With the
    super-rich setting the
    pace, everyone spent
    furiously in a desperate
    attempt to keep up. This
    title presents a
    comprehensive account of
    these financial choices.
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The Persistence of Caste
The Persistence Of Caste
    While the caste system
    has been formally
    abolished under the
    Indian constitution,
    according to official
    statistics, every 18
    minutes a crime is
    committed in India on a
    member of the dalit
    caste. This book explodes
    the myth that caste is a
    feudal relic, and argues
    that it has been well
    assimilated by both
    capitalist India and
    globalising India.
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The Sociology of Elite Distinction
The Sociology Of Elite
Distinction
    This major contribution
    to the study of
    consumption is the
    definitive book on elite
    distinction. Exploring
    how elite groups express
    and display their sense
    of authority through
    material and aesthetic
    attributes, the book
    argues that differences
    between societies, and
    across historical
    periods, challenge
    current understandings of
    elite distinction.
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An Accidental Utopia?
An Accidental Utopia?
    Investigates an
    egalitarian past at a
    time when New Zealand
    ranks fourth in the
    developed world for
    social inequality. This
    title analysizes urban
    social structure,
    focusing on three major
    forms of mobility -
    marital, working life
    and intergenerational.
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The Sociology of the Professions
The Sociology Of The
Professions
    This discussion provides
    a conceptual and applied
    introduction to the
    sociology of the
    professions, addressing
    their strengths and
    weaknesses. It is
    illustrated with
    comparative examples of
    professions in the UK,
    United States and Europe,
    relating their
    development to their
    cultural context.
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Social Stratification
Social Stratification
    Research into social
    stratification and social
    divisions has always been
    a central component of
    sociological study. This
    title brings together a
    range of thematically
    organised case-studies
    comprising empirical and
    methodological analyses
    addressing the challenges
    of studying trends and
    processes in social
    stratification.
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Majesty in Canada
Majesty In Canada
    Presented at that
    conference held by the
    Centre of Canadian
    Studies of the University
    of Edinburgh on the theme
    'Majesty in Canada', on
    the occasion of the
    fiftieth anniversary of
    Queen Elizabeth's
    accession to the throne.
    These essays reflect the
    the recognitions of the
    roles that monarchs and
    their representatives
    have played in Canada.
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Class
Class
    The concept of class has
    come under increasing
    scrutiny, as a means of
    explaining both the
    present and the past. Can
    class viably explain the
    present? How did concepts
    of class develop? This
    book contains writings,
    which provide a balanced
    survey of thought on
    class, starting from
    Marx and Weber onwards.
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Class
Class
    Offering an introduction
    to the analysis of social
    class, this book
    highlights the enduring
    importance of social
    class in Western
    capitalist society,
    characterized by
    relations of
    exploitation, against a
    background of the failure
    of Soviet and East
    European state socialism.
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Acculturation
Acculturation
    Acculturation is the
    exchange of cultural
    features that results
    when groups of
    individuals having
    different cultures come
    into continuous first
    hand contact; the
    original cultural
    patterns of either or
    both groups may be
    altered, but the groups
    remain distinct. This
    book gathers the research
    in the study of
    acculturation from across
    the globe.
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The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
The Origin Of The Distinction
Of Ranks
    Building on David Hume,
    Adam Smith, and their
    respective natural
    histories of man, the
    author developed an
    account of the nature of
    authority in society by
    analysing changes in
    subsistence,
    agriculture, arts, and
    manufacture. He provides
    a historical analysis of
    the ways in which
    progressive economic
    change transforms the
    nature of authority.
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The Wind from the East
The Wind From The East
    During the 1960s, a
    who's who of French
    thinkers, writers, and
    artists, spurred by
    China's Cultural
    Revolution, were seized
    with a fascination for
    Maoism. Combining an
    expose of left-wing
    political folly and
    cross-cultural
    misunderstanding with a
    spirited defense of the
    1960s, this title tells
    the colorful story of
    this legendary period in
    France.
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Class in Contemporary Britain
Class In Contemporary Britain
    Substantially re-written
    and updated, this new
    edition continues to
    highlight the importance
    of class to sociological
    study. Examining key
    theory and fascinating
    research, it now
    explores social mobility,
    class transformations
    and the importance of
    culture to class
    formation. This is
    invaluable reading for
    those studying class in
    modern Britain.
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Generation Deluxe
Generation Deluxe
    The super-rich spend
    unprecedented millions on
    personal luxuries. Cars,
    homes, boats, planes...
    They fork out $100
    million for starter
    castles, $500, 000 for a
    customised Mercedes, and
    $1.2 million for a watch.
    This title explores the
    spending patterns of the
    wealthy.
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Slumming
Slumming
    Paints a portrait of the
    practitioners of slumming
    and their world: who they
    were, why they went,
    what they claimed to have
    found, how it changed
    them, and how slumming,
    in turn, shaped both
    Victorian and
    twentieth-century
    understandings of poverty
    and social welfare,
    gender relations, and
    sexuality.
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Happiness Around the World
Happiness Around The World
    The book reviews the
    theory and concepts of
    happiness, explaining
    how these concepts
    underpin a line of
    research that is both an
    attempt to understand the
    determinants of happiness
    and a tool for
    understanding the effects
    of a host of phenomena on
    human well being.
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The New Rich in China
The New Rich In China
    Including sections on
    class, status and power,
    agency and structure and
    lifestyle, this book
    investigates the
    political,
    socio-economic and
    cultural characteristics
    of the rich in China,
    the similarities and
    differences to similar
    phenomenon elsewhere and
    the consequences of the
    rich for China itself.
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Moving Histories of Class and Community
Moving Histories Of Class And
Community
    A major new study of
    white working class
    Britain since 1930, that
    shows how meanings of
    poverty have changed over
    time and how individuals
    reject categorization by
    the state. This book
    challenges accepted
    wisdom on the white
    working class, providing
    new understandings of
    community, place and
    class, arguing for the
    importance of migration.
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Class Analysis and Social Transformation
Class Analysis And Social
Transformation
    Offers an account of
    debates on class which
    shows the ways in which
    contemporary societies
    are still class divided,
    as well as some areas in
    which class divisions are
    breaking down. This book
    shows that although
    people tend not to be
    openly class aware,
    there are numerous ways
    in which issues of class
    continue to surface.
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Modernism and Public Reform in Late Imperial Russia
Modernism And Public Reform In
Late Imperial Russia
    This book is a
    comprehensive
    reconstruction of the
    successful attempt by
    rural professionals in
    late imperial Russia to
    engage peasants in a
    common public sphere.
    Covers a range of
    aspects, from personal
    income and the dynamics
    of the job market to
    ideological conflicts and
    psychological
    transformation. Based on
    hundreds of individual
    life stories.
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The Public Culture of the Victorian Middle Class
The Public Culture Of The
Victorian Middle Class
    Studies the creation of a
    distinctive 'high'
    culture in the industrial
    cities of Birmingham,
    Leeds and Manchester in
    the mid-nineteenth
    century and its incipient
    decline from the 1880s.
    This book argues for the
    importance of ritualised
    modes of social behaviour
    in understanding the
    construction of authority
    in the nineteenth-century
    city.
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Social Stratification
Social Stratification
    Reflecting the changes in
    social stratification,
    this work explores the
    tools and concepts that
    scholars have used to
    understand these changes.
    It is suitable for
    courses on poverty,
    inequality or gender,
    race and class. It is
    also useful as a
    supplementary text for
    introductory sociology
    courses with an emphasis
    on issues of inequality.
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Journeys to Freedom
Journeys To Freedom
    Dalits in Gujarat face a
    society that has not
    experienced any social
    movements that challenged
    its traditional social
    arrangements in
    comparison with other
    states in India. This
    book offers 56 interviews
    with dalits of Gujarat
    from a variety of
    geographical areas, of
    varying backgrounds,
    education, gender and
    identity.
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Stratification and Differentiation
Stratification And
Differentiation
    This text explores the
    rise in inequality in
    recent years. It includes
    empirical material on all
    the key dimensions of
    inequality (including
    class, gender,
    ethnicity, age and
    disability), and
    considers theoretical
    approaches to the study
    of these dimensions of
    social stratification and
    difference.
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The Middle Class in America
The Middle Class In America
    Most Americans consider
    themselves middle class.
    This raises the question,
    what does it mean to be
    middle class? This book
    examines various
    definitions, discusses
    middle class values and
    aspirations, and
    presents hypothetical
    budgets showing how these
    aspirations might be
    achieved with different
    incomes.
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Social Vulnerability in Europe
Social Vulnerability In Europe
    This book explores the
    dimensions and
    characteristics of social
    vulnerability in Western
    Europe. It provides a
    broad empirical
    foundation for recent
    theories on the emergence
    of new social risks in
    post-industrial
    societies, revealing to
    what extent social risks
    are compromising the
    'normal' functioning of
    the European population.
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Understanding Social Divisions
Understanding Social Divisions
    The study of social
    divisions has dominated
    research within the
    social sciences since the
    19th century. This book
    outlines and evaluates
    theories and research
    from a long historical
    period looks at how
    social divisions
    influence the formation
    of identity and 'the
    other'. It discusses the
    mechanisms that are drawn
    upon to maintain social
    divisions.
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In an Age of Experts
In An Age Of Experts
    This text examines the
    rising class of
    highly-educated
    professionals in the USA
    since the 1960s. It
    argues that claims about
    the distinctive politics
    and values of this
    stratum have been
    overstated, and that
    they are much more
    closely linked to those
    of business owners and
    executives.
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The Class in Britain
The Class In Britain
    Examines British
    preoccupation with class
    and different ways the
    British have thought
    about their own society.
    From the eighteenth
    through the twentieth
    century, this book
    traces the different ways
    British society has been
    viewed, unveiling the
    different purposes each
    model has served.
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Unequal Childhoods
Unequal Childhoods
    Class does make a
    difference in the lives
    of American children.
    Drawing on observations
    of black and white
    middle-class,
    working-class, and poor
    families, this title
    explores this fact,
    offering a picture of
    childhood. It focuses on
    the frenetic families
    managing their children's
    hectic schedules of
    'leisure' activities.
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