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Sociology in America A History

Calhoun Craig

ISBN: PB: 9780226090955, University of Chicago Press, March 2007
880 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 9 maps, 6 tables

Though the word "sociology" was coined in Europe, the field of sociology grew most dramatically in America. Despite that disproportionate influence, American sociology has never been the subject of an extended historical examination. To remedy that s...

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Mathematical Models of Social Evolution A Guide for the Perplexed

McElreath Richard, Boyd Robert

ISBN: PB: 9780226558271, ISBN: HB: 9780226558264, University of Chicago Press, March 2007
432 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 55 line drawings, 99 tables, 41 boxes

Over the last several decades, mathematical models have become central to the study of social evolution, both in biology and the social sciences. But students in these disciplines often seriously lack the tools to understand them. A primer on behavio...

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Deaf Learners Developments in Curriculum and Instruction

Moores Donald F., Martin David S.

ISBN: HB: 9781563682858, Gallaudet University Press, March 2006
216 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm

This in-depth collection by 17 renowned international scholars that details a developmental framework to maximize academic success for deaf students from kindergarten through grade 12. Part One: The Context commences with an overview of the state of...

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Sectarianism and Inter-Communal Nation Building in Lebanon

Ziadeh Hanna

ISBN: HB: 9781850657941, Hurst Publishers, March 2006
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In blood we write your history, Lebanon' was a common sight on the walls of war-torn Beirut in the 1970s and '80s. With the assassination in February 2005 of Rafiq Hariri, the godfather of the 1989 Taif Agreement for National U...

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Emergence of the Deaf Community in Nicaragua "With Sign Language You Can Learn So Much"

Polich Laura

ISBN: HB: 9781563683244, Gallaudet University Press, October 2005
228 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, photos

The sudden discovery of Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) enthralled scholars worldwide who hoped to witness the evolution of a new language. But controversy erupted regarding the validity of NSL as a genuinely spontaneous language created by young chil...

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Logic of Social Research

Stinchcombe Arthur L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226774923, ISBN: HB: 9780226774916, University of Chicago Press, July 2005
344 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

Arthur L. Stinchcombe has earned a reputation as a leading practitioner of methodology in sociology and related disciplines. Throughout his distinguished career he has championed the idea that to be an effective sociologist, one must use many methods...

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Suicide in Palestine Narratives of Despair

Dabbagh Nadia

ISBN: PB: 9781850657903, Hurst Publishers, March 2005
274 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This book is a pioneering anthropological study of suicide in the contemporary Arab world. It discusses the effects of life under the Israeli occupation on the mental health of young Palestinians, using selected case studies of...

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Pilgrims of Love The Anthropology of a Global Sufi Cult

Werbner Pnina

ISBN: PB: 9781850656517, Hurst Publishers, January 2004
360 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "In Pilgrims of Love", Pnina Werbner traces the development of a Sufi Naqshbandi order founded by a living saint, Zindapir, whose cult originated in Pakistan and has extended globally to Britain, Europe, the Middle East, and So...

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Language and the Law in Deaf Communities

Lucas Ceil

ISBN: HB: 9781563681431, Gallaudet University Press, September 2003
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Three attorneys and three linguistics scholars contribute five essays focusing on the intersection of language and law in deaf communities. Coverage includes the language problems of minorities in legal settings, the interrogation of deaf people, int...

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At Home Among Strangers Exploring the Deaf Community in the United States

Schein Jerome D.

ISBN: PB: 9781563681417, Gallaudet University Press, March 2003
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"At Home Among Strangers" presents an engrossing portrait of the Deaf community as a complex, nationwide social network that offers unique kinship to deaf people across the country. Schein depicts in striking detail the history and culture of the Dea...

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