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| About the Editors |
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The Sociological Imagination |
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``The Sociological Imagination'' |
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1 | (5) |
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``Invitation to Sociology'' |
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6 | (4) |
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10 | (4) |
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``Women and the Birth of Sociology'' |
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14 | (5) |
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Patricia Madoo Lengermann |
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``Body Ritual among the Nacirema'' |
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19 | (4) |
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``The Case for Value-Free Sociology'' |
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23 | (2) |
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``The Importance of Social Research'' |
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25 | (3) |
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``Arab Women in the Field'' |
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28 | (7) |
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``Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture'' |
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35 | (5) |
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``Manifest and Latent Functions'' |
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40 | (2) |
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``Cultural Obsessions with Thinness: African American, Latina, and White Women'' |
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42 | (9) |
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51 | (4) |
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``Manifesto of the Communist Party'' |
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55 | (8) |
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``Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft'' |
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63 | (3) |
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``Unmarried with Children'' |
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66 | (6) |
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``The Amish: A Small Society'' |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (8) |
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``Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities'' |
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83 | (12) |
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``Socialization and the Power of Advertising'' |
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95 | (6) |
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``Parents' Socialization of Children in Global Perspective'' |
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101 | (5) |
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Social Interaction in Everyday Life |
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``The Dyad and the Triad'' |
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106 | (2) |
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``The Presentation of Self'' |
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108 | (6) |
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114 | (4) |
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``You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation'' |
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118 | (6) |
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``The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language around the World'' |
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124 | (6) |
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130 | (4) |
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``The Characteristics of Bureaucracy'' |
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134 | (4) |
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``McJobs: McDonaldization and the Workplace'' |
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138 | (5) |
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``'Even If I Don't Know What I'm Doing, I Can Make It Look Like I Do': Becoming a Doctor in Canada'' |
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143 | (11) |
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``The Functions of Crime'' |
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154 | (3) |
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``On Being Sane in Insane Places'' |
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157 | (13) |
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``The Code of the Streets'' |
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170 | (10) |
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``Prostitution: A Worldwide Business of Sexual Exploitation'' |
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180 | (14) |
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``Understanding Sexual Orientation'' |
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194 | (3) |
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``Sex in America: How Many Partners Do We Have?'' |
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197 | (7) |
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``Homosexual Behavior in Cross-Cultural Perspective'' |
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204 | (11) |
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``Some Principles of Stratification'' |
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215 | (8) |
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``Who Has How Much and Why'' |
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223 | (6) |
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``The Uses of Global Poverty: How Economic Inequality Benefits the West'' |
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229 | (8) |
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``Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies'' |
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237 | (6) |
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``'Night to His Day': The Social Construction of Gender'' |
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243 | (6) |
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``How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works'' |
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249 | (6) |
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``Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cultural View'' |
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255 | (6) |
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``The Souls of Black Folk'' |
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261 | (5) |
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``Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression'' |
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266 | (8) |
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``How Did Jews Become White Folks?'' |
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274 | (10) |
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``Out of Harmony: Health Problems and Young Native American Men'' |
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284 | (9) |
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``The Tragedy of Old Age in America'' |
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293 | (6) |
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``How the Grandparent Role Is Changing'' |
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299 | (9) |
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308 | (4) |
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312 | (4) |
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316 | (10) |
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``Getting a Job in Harlem: Experiences of African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican Youth'' |
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326 | (9) |
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Politics, Government, and the Military |
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335 | (7) |
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``Who's Running America?'' |
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342 | (7) |
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``The Roots of Terrorism'' from The 9/11 Commission Report |
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349 | (7) |
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`` `His' and `Her' Marriage'' |
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356 | (6) |
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362 | (6) |
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``Mate Selection and Marriage around the World'' |
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368 | (7) |
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``The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'' |
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375 | (6) |
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``How Student Life Is Different at Religious Colleges'' |
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381 | (6) |
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387 | (7) |
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``Education and Inequality'' |
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394 | (7) |
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``Savage Inequalities: Children in U.S. Schools'' |
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401 | (6) |
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``Japanese Mothers as the Best Teachers'' |
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407 | (9) |
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``The Social Structure of Medicine'' |
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416 | (4) |
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``The Slaughterhouse: The Most Dangerous Job'' |
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420 | (5) |
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``Female Genital Mutilation'' |
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425 | (8) |
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Population and Urbanization |
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``The Metropolis and Mental Life'' |
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433 | (7) |
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``Urbanism as a Way of Life'' |
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440 | (6) |
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``Urban Sprawl: The Formation of Edge Cities'' |
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446 | (5) |
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``Let's Reduce Global Population!'' |
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451 | (5) |
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``Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe'' |
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456 | (4) |
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``Rich Planet, Poor Planet: Global Environment and Poverty in 2001'' |
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460 | (12) |
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``Supporting Indigenous Peoples'' |
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472 | (8) |
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Collective Behavior and Social Movements |
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``On the Origins of Social Movements'' |
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480 | (13) |
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``The Animal Rights Movement as a Moral Crusade'' |
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493 | (7) |
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``Abortion Movements in Poland, Great Britain, and the United States'' |
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500 | (10) |
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Social Change and Modernity |
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``Anomy and Modern Life'' |
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510 | (5) |
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``The Disenchantment of Modern Life'' |
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515 | (2) |
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``The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty'' |
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517 | (5) |
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``The Price of Modernization: The Case of Brazil's Kaiapo Indians'' |
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522 | (7) |
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