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Preface |
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Learning Styles: An Important Part of Successful Studying |
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About the Authors |
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Part I Perspective and Method |
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Chapter 1 What Is Sociology? |
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The Sociological Viewpoint |
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The Origins of Sociology and Three Central Figures: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber |
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Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) |
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9 | (1) |
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Marx, Durkheim, and Weber Compared |
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Perspectives Within Sociology |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interaction Perspective |
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14 | (1) |
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Sociology and Social Concerns |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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The Sociological Imagination |
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17 | (2) |
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Sociology and the Twenty-First Century |
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21 | (5) |
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Chapter 2 Sociological Research Methods |
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28 | (1) |
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Methodological Requirements and Concepts |
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Nominal and Operational Definitions |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (8) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Compared |
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38 | (1) |
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Research Methods in the Twenty-First Century |
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40 | (6) |
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42 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Culture, Society, and Social Change |
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46 | (34) |
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48 | (1) |
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48 | (5) |
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49 | (1) |
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Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativity |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (5) |
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Hunting and Gathering Societies |
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Horticultural and Pastoral Societies |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation |
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58 | (2) |
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59 | (1) |
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Associational Relationships |
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59 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and This Text |
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60 | (1) |
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Theories of Change and Development |
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61 | (6) |
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Social Change and the Credit Card |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (1) |
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Functionalism and Social Evolution |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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Conflict Theory and Change: World Systems |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (6) |
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Human Agency: Individual and Collective |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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Culture, Society, and Social Change in the Twenty-First Century |
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73 | (7) |
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74 | (6) |
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80 | (28) |
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82 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Socialization |
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82 | (1) |
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Socialization and the Life Course |
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82 | (9) |
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Socialization and Stages of the Life Course |
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82 | (5) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (3) |
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Socialization and the Self |
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91 | (3) |
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Cooley: The Looking Glass Self |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (6) |
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95 | (1) |
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Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg |
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97 | (1) |
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Carol Gilligan: Morality and Gender |
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98 | (2) |
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Resocialization and Total Institutions |
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100 | (3) |
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Socialization and the Twenty-First Century |
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103 | (5) |
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104 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 Deviance and Crime |
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108 | (30) |
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110 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Deviance and Crime |
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110 | (3) |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (6) |
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Explanations of Deviance and Crime |
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119 | (6) |
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Functionalist Explanations |
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119 | (1) |
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Symbolic Interactionist Explanations |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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The Criminal Justice System |
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125 | (5) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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Punishment and Corrections |
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127 | (3) |
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Deviance and Crime in the Twenty-First Century |
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130 | (8) |
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132 | (6) |
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Chapter 6 Interaction, Groups, and Organizations |
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138 | (32) |
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140 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Interaction, Groups, and Organizations |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (9) |
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141 | (1) |
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Components of Interaction |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (6) |
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150 | (8) |
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150 | (3) |
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153 | (5) |
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158 | (4) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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Interaction, Groups, and Organizations in the Twenty-First Century |
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162 | (8) |
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165 | (5) |
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Part II Social Inequality |
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Chapter 7 Inequalities of Social Class |
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170 | (36) |
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172 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and the Inequalities of Social Class |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (3) |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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Socioeconomic Status and Class in the United States |
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175 | (9) |
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Determinants of Socioeconomic Status |
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176 | (1) |
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The Class System in the United States |
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177 | (1) |
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Description of the U.S. Classes |
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178 | (6) |
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The Myth and the Reality of Mobility in the United States |
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184 | (3) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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Ideological Support for Inequality |
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185 | (2) |
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Poverty in the Land of Riches |
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187 | (4) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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Sociological Analysis of Stratification and Class |
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191 | (6) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (2) |
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Distributive Systems Theory |
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194 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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195 | (2) |
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Social Class Inequality in the Twenty-First Century |
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197 | (9) |
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200 | (6) |
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Chapter 8 Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity |
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206 | (36) |
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208 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Racial and Ethnic Inequalities |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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Prejudice and Discrimination |
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210 | (3) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Interaction |
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213 | (5) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (1) |
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Expulsion and Annihilation |
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216 | (2) |
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Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States |
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218 | (13) |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (4) |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (3) |
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Sociological Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Inequality |
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231 | (3) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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232 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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233 | (1) |
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Racial and Ethnic Relations in the Twenty-First Century |
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234 | (8) |
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237 | (5) |
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Chapter 9 Inequalities of Gender |
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242 | (26) |
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244 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Gender Inequality |
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244 | (1) |
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Gender-Role Socialization |
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244 | (5) |
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245 | (1) |
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Agents of Gender Socialization |
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246 | (2) |
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Age and Gender-Role Socialization |
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248 | (1) |
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Patriarchy and Everyday Life |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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Social Interaction and Patriarchy |
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250 | (1) |
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Gender Inequality and Work |
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250 | (6) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (3) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (3) |
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Gender Equality and the Law |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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Resistance to Compulsory Heterosexism |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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Sociological Analysis of Gender Inequality |
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259 | (2) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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260 | (1) |
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Gender Inequality in the Twenty-First Century |
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261 | (7) |
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263 | (5) |
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Part III Social Institutions |
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268 | (30) |
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270 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and the Economy |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (4) |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (1) |
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Mixed Economies: Convergence |
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274 | (1) |
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The Corporation and the Society |
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275 | (4) |
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The Corporation and the Concentration of Power |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (2) |
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Unemployment and Job Loss Anxiety |
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279 | (4) |
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279 | (2) |
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281 | (2) |
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Sociological Analysis of the Economic Order |
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283 | (5) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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283 | (3) |
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286 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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286 | (2) |
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The Economy in the Twenty-First Century |
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288 | (10) |
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292 | (6) |
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Chapter 11 The Political Order |
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298 | (32) |
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300 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and the Political Order |
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300 | (1) |
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Power and the Political Order |
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300 | (3) |
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301 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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The State and the Exercise of Power |
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303 | (8) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (3) |
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310 | (1) |
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Political Processes in the United States |
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311 | (4) |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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Power-Elite and Pluralist Models |
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315 | (3) |
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315 | (2) |
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317 | (1) |
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Sociological Analysis of the Political Order |
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318 | (3) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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319 | (2) |
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The Political Order in the Twenty-First Century |
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321 | (9) |
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324 | (6) |
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Chapter 12 Marriage and the Family |
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330 | (32) |
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332 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Marriage and the Family |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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333 | (7) |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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Dimensions of Marriage and Family |
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338 | (2) |
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Alternative Family Forms in the United States |
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340 | (4) |
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341 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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Racial and Ethnic Variations in Family Forms |
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344 | (3) |
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The African American Family |
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344 | (1) |
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The Mexican American Family |
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345 | (2) |
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347 | (3) |
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347 | (1) |
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Explaining Marital Dissolution |
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347 | (2) |
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349 | (1) |
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Sociological Analysis of Marriage and Family |
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350 | (4) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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352 | (2) |
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Marriage and Family in the Twenty-First Century |
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354 | (8) |
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356 | (6) |
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362 | (30) |
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364 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Education |
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364 | (1) |
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Cross Cultural Comparisons: The United States and Japan |
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364 | (8) |
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Education in the United States |
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365 | (4) |
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369 | (3) |
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372 | (4) |
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Education and the Racial-Ethnic Segregation |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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Education, Testing, and Inequality |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (2) |
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376 | (1) |
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Changing the Educational System |
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376 | (4) |
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377 | (1) |
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377 | (1) |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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378 | (2) |
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Sociological Analysis of Education |
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380 | (5) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (2) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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383 | (2) |
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Education in the Twenty-First Century |
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385 | (7) |
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387 | (5) |
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392 | (26) |
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394 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Religion |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (4) |
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Characteristics of Religion |
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395 | (2) |
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397 | (2) |
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399 | (4) |
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399 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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400 | (1) |
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401 | (2) |
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Sociological Aspects of Religion |
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403 | (3) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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403 | (1) |
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404 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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405 | (1) |
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Secularism and Civil Religion |
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406 | (3) |
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406 | (3) |
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Religion in the Twenty-First Century |
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409 | (9) |
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413 | (5) |
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Chapter 15 Medicine and Health Care |
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418 | (28) |
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420 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Medicine and Health Care |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (5) |
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The Historical Development of Medicine in the United States |
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421 | (1) |
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The Social Organization of Medicine |
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422 | (1) |
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Health Care Organizations |
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423 | (3) |
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Sociological Issues in Medicine and Health Care |
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426 | (7) |
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Inequality in Health and Health Care |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (3) |
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The Medicalization of Society |
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432 | (1) |
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Sociological Analysis of Medicine and Health Care |
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433 | (6) |
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The Functionalist Perspective |
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433 | (3) |
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436 | (1) |
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The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective |
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437 | (2) |
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Medicine and Health Care in the Twenty-First Century |
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439 | (7) |
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441 | (5) |
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Part IV Working for Change |
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Chapter 16 Population, Ecology, and Urbanization |
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446 | (32) |
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448 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Population, Ecology, and Urbanization |
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448 | (1) |
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448 | (9) |
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450 | (2) |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (2) |
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The Demographic Transition and the Growth of Population |
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455 | (2) |
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Population Growth and the Environment |
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457 | (5) |
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457 | (1) |
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The Contemporary Debate over Malthus's Predictions |
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457 | (2) |
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459 | (1) |
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Attitudes about the Environment |
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460 | (2) |
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462 | (9) |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (5) |
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Urbanism: The Urban Way of Life |
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469 | (2) |
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Population, Ecology, and Urbanization in the Twenty-First Century |
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471 | (7) |
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473 | (5) |
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Chapter 17 Collective Social Action |
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478 | (31) |
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480 | (1) |
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The Great Social Transformation and Collective Social Action |
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480 | (1) |
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481 | (6) |
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482 | (1) |
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Riots, Panics, and Rumors |
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483 | (2) |
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Social Theory and Crowd Behavior |
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485 | (2) |
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487 | (4) |
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Types of Social Movements |
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487 | (1) |
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Social Theory and Social Movements |
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488 | (3) |
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Social Movements in the United States |
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491 | (7) |
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The Civil Rights Movement |
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492 | (1) |
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493 | (1) |
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The Environmental Movement |
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494 | (4) |
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Relations among Social Movements |
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498 | (1) |
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Collective Social Action and Working for Change |
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498 | (3) |
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499 | (1) |
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499 | (1) |
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500 | (1) |
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500 | (1) |
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Collective Social Action in the Twenty-First Century |
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501 | (8) |
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503 | (6) |
Study Guide Answers |
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509 | (4) |
Glossary |
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513 | (7) |
References |
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520 | (26) |
Photo Credits |
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546 | (1) |
Name Index |
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547 | (8) |
Subject Index |
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