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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time 1445 reviews
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
An Inspiring Read
+ No wonder it unanimously gets 5 stars
+ a timely read in this global community
+ Amazing book!
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Sociology in America: A History
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
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 situation—and to celebrate the centennial of the American Sociological Association—Craig Calhoun assembled a team of leading ...
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Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice
Eda Goldstein
Free Press, 2002
Object Relations and Self Psychology are two leading schools of psychological thought discussed in social work classrooms and applied by practitioners to a variety of social work populations. Yet both groups have lacked a basic manual for teaching and reference -- until now. For them, Dr. Eda G. Goldstein's book fills a void on two fronts: Part I provides a readable, systematic, and ...
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Cities: A Magisterial Exploration of the Nature of the City from its Beginnings to Contemporary Tokyo, the ... 3 reviews
John Reader
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005
A lively, engaging, and vigorous revelation of just how cities evolved
+ Good but also lacking...
With a subject as broad and diverse in its scope, and is as potentially weighty as humanities' urban complexes, one would think a book of the same name would cover over 500 pages and be detrimental to simple leisure browsing -- not so: Cities is a lively, engaging, and vigorous revelation of just ...
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)64 reviews
Modern Library, 1993
Great read
+ The triumph of common sense
+ Read it!
+ Read it
+ It'll make a city slicker out of the most ardent farm boy
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Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War84 reviews
Joe Bageant
Three Rivers Press, 2008
A Must Read
+ Footnotes!!!
+ Prophetic Insight into the Demise of the Middle Class
+ A sobering view of America's Heartland
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From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology3 reviews
H.H.; Wr Gerth
Routledge, 2007
excellent introduction to Weber's work
+ An excellent set of essays by a major contributor to Western intellectual thought.
+ Seminal Work By Classic Social Theorist Max Weber
Gerth and Mills' reader provides an excellent introduction to Weber's life and thought. This edition includes excerpts from _Economy and Society_, the brilliant essays ``Politics as a Vocation'' and ``Science as a Vocation,'' plus a brief critical biography and material from other sources. Weber ...
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Kunstler, James Howard The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First ...
Michael Poulton
Thomson Gale, 2006
This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of Urban Research, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2006. The length of the article is 882 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation ...
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews
Jared Diamond
W. W. Norton, 2005
A profound and lasting classic
+ History; It's What's for Dinner
+ Fascinating!
+ Great subject and treatment - shakey science
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything1581 reviews
Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow, 2006
A much-appreciated gift
+ Sociology-flavored econ
+ Enlightened
I purchased this book as a gift for my fiance. He really enjoyed and appreciated it. Now it's my turn to read it!
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Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community82 reviews
Robert D. Putnam
Simon & Schuster, 2001
A Lonelier Crowd
Robert D. Putnam's BOWLING ALONE provides what is, arguably, the most robust scientific treatment in a single volume of the conversation about friendship and its benefits begun by Aristotle nearly twenty-four centuries ago, a conversation about what has now come to be called "social capital" :
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A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers1 review
Sociology Writing Group
Worth Publishers, 2007
A Guide to Writing Sociology
I thought this book was very helpful in writing a sociology paper it mapped out how they should be written .Using this book can only boost your grades in this area.
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Collapse (Penguin Press Science)399 reviews
Warms up after the first couple chapters
+ Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics
+ Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible
Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...
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Sociology in America: A History
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
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 situation—and to celebrate the centennial of the American Sociological Association—Craig Calhoun assembled a team of leading ...
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A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers1 review
Sociology Writing Group
Worth Publishers, 2007
A Guide to Writing Sociology
I thought this book was very helpful in writing a sociology paper it mapped out how they should be written .Using this book can only boost your grades in this area.
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Kunstler, James Howard The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First ...
Michael Poulton
Thomson Gale, 2006
This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of Urban Research, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2006. The length of the article is 882 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation ...
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Cities: A Magisterial Exploration of the Nature of the City from its Beginnings to Contemporary Tokyo, the ...3 reviews
John Reader
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005
A lively, engaging, and vigorous revelation of just how cities evolved
+ Good but also lacking...
With a subject as broad and diverse in its scope, and is as potentially weighty as humanities' urban complexes, one would think a book of the same name would cover over 500 pages and be detrimental to simple leisure browsing -- not so: Cities is a lively, engaging, and vigorous revelation of just ...
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)64 reviews
Modern Library, 1993
Great read
+ The triumph of common sense
+ Read it!
+ Read it
+ It'll make a city slicker out of the most ardent farm boy
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything1581 reviews
Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow, 2006
A much-appreciated gift
+ Sociology-flavored econ
+ Enlightened
I purchased this book as a gift for my fiance. He really enjoyed and appreciated it. Now it's my turn to read it!
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time1445 reviews
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
An Inspiring Read
+ No wonder it unanimously gets 5 stars
+ a timely read in this global community
+ Amazing book!
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