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Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches Banding Together explores this question and reveals the attributes that together explain the growth of twentieth-century American popular music. Drawing on a vast array of examples from sixty musical styles--ranging from rap and bluegrass to death metal and South Tex

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How the proliferation of young surplus males in India and China--called "bare branches" by the Chinese--poses a threat to international security.

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This book offers an incisive and original perspective on the works of Zygmunt Bauman, perhaps the greatest sociologist of the late twentieth century. It examines the limitations of his approach while recognising the importance of his legacy as a theorist who insisted on the need for moral engagement. -- .

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'Bauman, Elias and Latour on Modernity and Its Alternatives' summarizes and compares the sociological works of three contemporary authors insofar as they deal with the themes of modernity and its alternatives. These alternatives are either deemed to be possible or actually experienced, whether historically or in the present.

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Conservative pundits allege that the pervasive liberalism of America's colleges and universities has detrimental effects on undergraduates, most particularly right-leaning ones. Yet not enough attention has actually been paid to young conservatives to test these claims--until now. In Becoming Right, Amy Binder and Kate Wood carefully explore who co

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Deciding when and how to retire are among the most important decisions most people make. Can they be depended on to plan with foresight and make sound decisions According to standard economic analysis the answer is a qualified ""yes.

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This text provides an overview and concise introduction to labor relations in Europe. The text, therefore, offers an illuminating analysis of commonalities and differences within European labor relations, as well as between the United States and Europe.

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This text provides an overview and concise introduction to labor relations in Europe. The text, therefore, offers an illuminating analysis of commonalities and differences within European labor relations, as well as between the United States and Europe.

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In this thought-provoking study of work, worker, and machine in the postindustrial age, Hirschhorn points out that factories will become places of learning where the worker must be able to diagnose and solve an array of problems generated by error-prone machine systems.

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At a time when the bulwarks of the music industry are collapsing, what does it mean to be a successful musician and artist How might contemporary musicians sustain their artistic communities Based on interviews with over seventy-five popular-music professionals in Nashville, Beyond the Beat looks at artist activists--those visionaries who create

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First published in 1962, this is a book about Marx and Freud - the two intellectual giants of the 20th century. It introduces many of readers to unknown aspects of Marx and Freud, as it also serves as an introduction to the life and mind of Erich Fromm as well.

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Beyond the Enlightenment makes accessible important ideas that helped shape twentieth-century thought. These ideas still have a great deal of significance today and affect all people interested in the social world. The book is a mixture of biographical and historical ideas, written to introduce social theory to a broad audience.

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Beyond the Enlightenment makes accessible important ideas that helped shape twentieth-century thought. These ideas still have a great deal of significance today and affect all people interested in the social world. The book is a mixture of biographical and historical ideas, written to introduce social theory to a broad audience.

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Focuses on the importance of women's childbirth care choices and on the effects of such choices on their pregnancy and birth experiences.

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This microanalysis of population levels among Protestant dissenters in England during an era of evangelical revival uses advanced statistical methodologies to examine the demographic effects of religious conversion experiences.

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An excellent resource on the changing population distribution of antebellum Black Americans, this book covers census data by region and state. The book opens with a discussion of the limitations of the census data, then goes on to provide an overview of the progress of manumission, abolition, and restrictions on black migration.

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An in-depth analysis of contemporary anarchist movements, focusing upon who anarchists are, and where they may be found. -- .