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Victor Fuchs presents a comprehensive, integrated account of recent changes in family, work, health, and education in the…

This timely and important collection of original essays analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap.…

Kern writes about sweeping changes in technology and culture between 1880 and World War I that created new modes of…

Bringing a reasonable voice to the culture wars that have sprung up around the notion of scientific truth, this book offers…

With the likely disappearance of celluloid film stock as a medium, and the emergence of new media, what will happen to…

Examining teaching, graduate training, research, and their ethical context in the research university, Donald Kennedy,…

As "intelligent design" makes headway against Darwinism in the schools and courts, this account of the roots of creationism…

In many countries, public sector institutions impose heavy burdens on economic life. As a consequence of predatory policies,…

To a culture speaking with barely masked hysteria, this book brings a voice of reason and a reminder of the decency that is…

In this unusually wide-ranging study, spanning more than a century and covering many diverse forms of expressive culture, a…

Making Markets, an ethnography of Wall Street culture, offers a comprehensive picture of how the market and its denizens…

The authors lucidly explain how we develop our abilities to read and write and offer a unified theory of literacy…

Our genome defines our possibilities and limitations as members of the species. The goal of the pioneering project outlined…

Kagan demonstrates that innovative research methods in the behavioral sciences and neurobiology, together with a renewed…

Garvey explores some of the more promising new directions in the study of children's play and summarizes the findings of…

Rosabeth Kanter offers a unique analysis of the nature and process of enduring commitment, basing her theory of commitment…

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These eight reports by white settlers held captive by Indians have gripped the imaginations of American writers through our…

Strevens proposes a novel theory of scientific explanation and understanding that overhauls and augments the familiar causal…

Eric Posner argues that social norms are sometimes desirable yet sometimes odious, and that the law is critical to enhancing…

This new edition of Patterson's widely used book carries the story of battles over poverty and social welfare through what…

How, asks James E. Strick, could spontaneous generation-the idea that living things can suddenly arise from nonliving…

Suppression and thaw have marked the course of communism in China. Goldman traces that shifting pattern over the last…

The meaning of social justice remains obscure, and existing theories have failed to capture the way people in general think…

In a new preface to this foundational book on the American jury, Abramson responds to his critics, defends his views on the…

Edited and contributed to by one of America's most respected political and economic thinkers, and containing essays by an…

This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory explaining this…

Mishler presents a powerful critique of current views on research interviewing, and offers a new approach. He sees…

Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories…

A preeminent American psychiatrist draws on his famous Study of Adult Development to give an exhilarating look at how the…

In this rich collection of Sanskrit verse, Ingalls provides English readers with a wide variety of poetry from the vast…

A collection of Freud's boyhood correspondence with his friend, Silberstein. Covering ten years, these 80 letters document…

This book offers an explosive look at violence in America-why it is so prevalent, and what and who are responsible.…

Ceci argues that traditional conceptions of intelligence ignore the role of society in shaping intelligence and…

Lawrence poses the question: Should bias crimes be punished more harshly than similar crimes not motivated by bias? He…

When feminists argued for political rights in the context of liberal democracy, they insisted that the differences between…

Revised and enlarged, this edition has updated graphs and tables and also presents new findings on cohabitation and single…

While many books describe the emotional and physical damage of eating disorders, this book describes recovery. Psychologist…

The authors develop a new biographical and conceptual approach to psychoanalysis, one that outlines Freud's contradictory…

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The noted historian and philosopher of science John Forrester raises a provocative point: no matter how you feel about…

This book establishes the conceptual context for political ecology. Latour proposes an end to the old dichotomy between…

Political theorists focus on the nature of justice, liberty, and equality while ignoring the institutions through which…

The salmagundi of prose poems, musings, criticism, and reflections that is Divagations is a treasure trove for students of…

Rozemond explicates Descartes's aim to provide a metaphysics that would accommodate mechanistic science and supplant…

The West's leading authority on the role of intellectuals in contemporary China presents a percipient account of the efforts…

Abel offers a groundbreaking study of caregiving in America across class and ethnic divides and over the course of ninety…

Grounding their analysis in a deep understanding of the country's past, leading scholars of Afghan history, politics,…