Search Results: Sociology from House of Our Own Books

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Russell Sage Foundation, 1987. This volume, part of a series prepared for the National Committee for Research on the 1980 Census, uses census data, with its uniquely detailed information on small geographic areas, to bring into focus the concept of neighborhood; it examines nearly 6000 census tracts (approximating neighborhoods) in 21 representative metropolitan areas; the author finds patterns and traces them over time, showing, for example, how racial segregation has declined modestly while socioeconomic segregation remains constant, and how population diffusion gradually affects neighborhood composition; includes over 90 tables and figures, two methodological appendices, and bibliography (tear in dust jacket fold repaired, otherwise a near-perfect copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. This book, by the foremost theorist of the social construction of gender, argues for a degendering movement that dismantles the consideration of gender as a social status, with a focus on the family, work, and politics; inscribed by the author on the half title page (cover has slight corner crease; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Seattle, WA, U.S.A.: University of Washington Press, 1985. This is a study of the inner world of Chinese children who became political activists in the People's Republic, where the Communist Party's political teachings shaped their social attitudes and psychology; it describes in detail the personality development of four subjects, comparing and contrasting them at each stage of their childhood and adolescence (orange covers with gold lettering on spine, pages very slightly tanned; yellow pictorial dust jacket with black lettering is slightly sunned on spine; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1992. This book attempts to show the relevance of Durkheim's sociology to the debate on modernity and postmodernism by examining how Durikheim's ideas can be applied to current social issues; it argues that there are parallels between the social context of the 1890s and the 1990s, that both share a common rhetoric of rebellion against Enlightenment liberalism and a concern with ideals of justice and equality; but it concludes that despite the apparent similarity postmodernism is actually an extension of the modernity that the previous fin de siecle rebelled against in its search for the irrational bases of social order in the notion of human compassion; therefore the coming fin de siecle will be a contradictory effort to replicate the genuine rebellion of the previous century (pages slightly tanned, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Trade Paperback. Near Fine.

University Park, PA, U.S.A.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. This book defines, clarifies, and proposes solutions to controversies in the field of sociology through commentary on the writings of influential social theorists (white cover with black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore). Trade Paperback. As New.

Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 2009. This is the first book to systematically compare the profession of economics in the United States, Britain, and France, and to explain why it,differs among these countries; based on interviews with economists, institutional analysis, and scholarly evidence, the author traces the history of economics in each country, showing how each political, cultural, and institutional context gave rise to distinct professional and institutional configurations (gray pictorial cover, very slight corner crease; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore). Trade Paperback. Near Fine.

London, England, U.K.: Sage Publications, 2013. This is a signed copy of a study of events management which situates global events in questions of power and social control; inscribed, signed, and dated by the author on the title page (black covers with white lettering, very slight shelf wear on back; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Inscribed By Author. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1991. Published in 1991, this book is identical to the 2016 reprint; it provides an overview and critique of recent work on the global context of urban growth, world cities, and the theory it has generated; it examines the transformation of London from imperial capital in the 19th and early 20th century to a center of global control today, and how this has changed not only the economic and social structure of the city but also its physical, spatial, and architectural form (blue & white pictorial cover with black lettering and aerial photo of London on the front and back, a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment). Trade Paperback. Fine.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Rand McNally & Company, 1971. This book is a collection of original theoretical essays on various topics related to socialization, the process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, skills, and disposition that enable them to participate effectively in social interaction; following an introduction by the editor, the twenty-nine essays are divided into four sections: Theoretical Approaches to the Socialization Process, Content of Socialization, Stages of Socialization, Special Contexts of Socialization;1182 pages (tan textured cloth with gold lettering on front and spine; a bright, clean, tight copy; this is a very large, heavy volume that can only be shipped by domestic media mail without additonal shipping cost). First Edition. Fine/None.

Stanford, CA, U.S.A.: Hoover Institution Press, 1979. This is a signed copy of an ethnography of the British colonial service that examines the district officers in Ghana during the period between the world wars, their individual backgrounds, their collective value system, and their behavior patterns; this is the author's own copy of her first book, signed on the front end paper (dark green cloth with gold lettering on front & spine; very slight edge wear; otherwise a bright,, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Oxford, England, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1976. This book is a Marxist analysis of the social position, behavior, and ideology of artisans in 19th century Edinburgh; it attempts to answer questions about the nature of class domination and the social forces that might have challenged that domination (black cloth with gold lettering; orange dust jacket with white lettering has very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1969. Two volumes in one: Volume I: The Origins of Black Americans (378 pages); Volume II: The Black Community in Modern America (508 pages); includes essays by leading scholars in history, political science, and sociology (brown cloth with gold lettering; previous owner's name and date stamp on first page; glossy gray dust jacket with black lettering, slight edgewear; otherwise a fine, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 1970. This book applies a Marxist conceptual framework to the study of industrial relations,; it examines Marxist theories of class consciousness, collective bargaining, and revolutionary politics in terms of sociological data from Britain, Russia, the United States, China, and Yugoslavia (price-clipped dust jacket with slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London, England, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1974. This is a study of the Durham mining villages in the period 1870 to 1926 which examines the effects of Methodism on the political life of the villages during an important phase of trade union and political history (pictorial cover with photo of a Methodist choir in front of the chapel is slighlyt sunned along edges; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore). Trade Paperback. Near Fine.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1986. This book attempts to clarify the relations between knowledge and power by grounding them in the institutions of professionalism in the United States; it provides an analysis of the crucial dimensions of professional power: expertise, credentialism, and autonomy (black covers with silver lettering on spine; white pictorial dust jacket with red & blue lettering has a few small repaired edge tears; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1983. A collection of essays by prominent British sociologists which attempt to integrate theoretical debate and empirical investigation on the issues of class and the division of labor; some essays focus directly on the division of labor and its relation to class domination, others are concerned with the labor process in capitalist production; another group of essays examines the structure of class relationships in industrial enterprise, looking particularly at class boundaries and the deliniation of class groupings; issues of class consciousness, such as the compliance of workers to managerial authority, and problems of industrial democracy and conlict are examined; contributors include, in addition to the editors, Tom Marshall, Ali Rattansi, Graeme Salaman, Ely Chinoy, David Lockwood, Richard Brown, Sheila Allen, Richard Scase, John Goldthorpe, Terry Johnson, Geoffrey Ingham, John Scott, Paul Hirst, and Tom Bottomore; foreword by T.H. Marshall;… Read More