Biosociology of Dominance and Deference

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This short, engaging volume develops new and sociologically sophisticated concepts to bring the fields of biology and sociology together. It is about the social biology of face-to-face dominance interactions and explores the evolution of behavior through connections among biology, language, culture, and socialization. Meant to be a self-contained explorationsociologists would require no prior knowledge of biology biologists would require no prior knowledge of sociologythis book is a fun, informative supplement for courses throughout sociology and the social sciences.

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Allan Mazur is a sociologist and an engineer, and has been professor of public affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University since 1979.