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| 101. |  | Title: The frontiers of Catholicism: the politics of ideology in a liberal world Author: Burns, Gene 1958- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Sociology | Religion | Social Theory | Gender Studies | Christianity | Politics Publisher's Description: Gene Burns examines the origins of contemporary diversity and conflict in the Catholic Church, illuminating as well the processes of ideological change. Similar Items |
| 102. |  | Title: Gender and U.S. immigration: contemporary trends Author: Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Sociology | American Studies | Asian American Studies | Chicano Studies | Latino Studies | Gender Studies | Latin American Studies | Immigration | Latin American Studies Publisher's Description: Resurgent immigration is one of the most powerful forces disrupting and realigning everyday life in the United States and elsewhere, and gender is one of the fundamental social categories anchoring and shaping immigration patterns. Yet the intersection of gender and immigration has received little a . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 103. |  | Title: Gender differences at work: women and men in nontraditional occupations Author: Williams, Christine L 1959- Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Sociology | Gender Studies | Labor Studies Publisher's Description: Nurses and marines epitomize accepted definitions of femininity and masculinity. Using ethnographic research and provocative in-depth interviews, Christine Williams argues that our popular stereotypes of individuals in nontraditional occupations - male nurses and female marines for example - are ent . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 104. |  | Title: Gender trials: emotional lives in contemporary law firms Author: Pierce, Jennifer L 1958- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Gender Studies | Law | Sociology | Social Problems | Women's Studies Publisher's Description: This engaging ethnography examines the gendered nature of today's large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, Jennifer Pierce discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 105. |  | Title: Gendered transitions: Mexican experiences of immigration Author: Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Sociology | Latin American Studies | Gender Studies | Chicano Studies | Women's Studies Publisher's Description: The momentous influx of Mexican undocumented workers into the United States over the last decades has spurred new ways of thinking about immigration. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo's incisive book enlarges our understanding of these recently arrived Americans and uncovers the myriad ways that women and . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 106. |  | Title: A generation divided: the new left, the new right, and the 1960s Author: Klatch, Rebecca E Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Sociology | American Studies | Politics Publisher's Description: The 1960s was not just an era of civil rights, anti-war protest, women's liberation, hippies, marijuana, and rock festivals. The untold story of the 1960s is in fact about the New Right. For young conservatives the decade was about Barry Goldwater, Ayn Rand, an important war in the fight against com . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 107. |  | Title: Genetic nature/culture: anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide Author: Goodman, Alan H Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Anthropology | Biology | Sociology Publisher's Description: The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious - or more fraught with paradox - than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 108. |  | Title: Gimme some truth: the John Lennon FBI files Author: Wiener, Jon Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: American Studies | Politics | Sociology | Social Problems | Music | Social Theory | Cultural Anthropology | Law Publisher's Description: When FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover reported to the Nixon White House in 1972 about the Bureau's surveillance of John Lennon, he began by explaining that Lennon was a "former member of the Beatles singing group." When a copy of this letter arrived in response to Jon Wiener's 1981 Freedom of Informatio . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 109. |  | Title: Globalization: culture and education in the new millennium Author: Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M 1956- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Global Studies | Politics | Media Studies | Postcolonial Studies | Sociology | Environmental Studies | Education | Global Studies Publisher's Description: Globalization defines our era. While it has created a great deal of debate in economic, policy, and grassroots circles, many aspects of the phenomenon remain virtual terra incognita. Education is at the heart of this continent of the unknown. This pathbreaking book examines how globalization and lar . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 110. |  | Title: Going for gold: men, mines, and migration Author: Moodie, T. Dunbar Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Sociology | African Studies | Social Theory | Men and Masculinity Publisher's Description: This book tells the story of the lives of migrant black African men who work on the South African gold mines, told from their own point of view and, as much as possible, in their own words. Dunbar Moodie examines the operation of local power structures and resistances, changes in production techniqu . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 111. |  | Title: Good with their hands: boxers, bluesmen, and other characters from the Rust Belt Author: Rotella, Carlo 1964- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | American Studies | Sociology | Literature | Labor Studies | Urban Studies | Ethnic Studies | Gender Studies Publisher's Description: This eloquent, streetwise book is a paean to America's Rust Belt and a compelling exploration of four milieus caught up in a great transformation of city life. With loving attention to detail and a fine sense of historical context, Carlo Rotella explores women's boxing in Erie, Pennsylvania; Buddy G . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 112. |  | Title: The Gorbachev phenomenon: a historical interpretation Author: Lewin, Moshe 1921- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | European History | Sociology | Politics | Russian and Eastern European Studies Publisher's Description: The "Gorbachev phenomenon" is seen as the product of complex developments during the last seventy years - developments that changed the Soviet Union from a primarily agrarian society into an urban, industrial one. Here, for the first time, a noted authority on Soviet society identifies the crucial h . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 113. |  | Title: The Gothic enterprise: a guide to understanding the Medieval cathedral Author: Scott, Robert A 1935- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Medieval Studies | Architecture | European Studies | Christianity | European History | Architectural History | Sociology | Sociology Publisher's Description: The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical i . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 114. |  | Title: The grit beneath the glitter: tales from the real Las Vegas Author: Rothman, Hal 1958- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: American Studies | Sociology | Politics | California and the West | Urban Studies | Geography | Environmental Studies | Californian and Western History Publisher's Description: The Grit Beneath the Glitter is the first real look at the new Las Vegas from the inside. In it, long-time residents as well as professionals reflect on the transformation of one of the fastest-growing and most famous cities on earth, yet one about which relatively little is known. They offer a live . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 115. |  | Title: Growing old in silence Author: Becker, Gaylene Published: University of California Press, 1983 Subjects: Sociology | Sociology Similar Items |
| 116. |  | Title: Gypsy law: Romani legal traditions and culture Author: Weyrauch, Walter O. (Walter Otto) 1919- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Law | Cultural Anthropology | Ethnic Studies | Sociology | European Studies | Political Theory Publisher's Description: Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world, their distinct culture still intact in spite of the intense persecution they have endured. This authoritative collection brings together leading Gypsy and non . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 117. |  | Title: Hanging out in the virtual pub: masculinities and relationships online  Author: Kendall, Lori 1958- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Sociology | Gender Studies | American Studies | Technology and Society | Anthropology | Electronic Media | Media Studies | Men and Masculinity Publisher's Description: Lori Kendall is one of the first to explore the brave new world of social relations as they have evolved on the Internet. In this highly readable ethnography, she examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is a first-rate analysis of the . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 118. |  | Title: Hesiod's Works and days Author: Hesiod Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Economics and Business | Classics | Sociology | Ancient History Publisher's Description: This new, annotated translation of Hesiod's Works and Days is a collaboration between David W. Tandy, a classicist, and Walter Neale, an economist and economic historian. Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose Works and Days discusses agricultural practices and society in general. Classicists and an . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 119. |  | Title: Hey, waitress!: the USA from the other side of the tray Author: Owings, Alison Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Sociology | Anthropology | United States History | Sociology | Labor Studies | American Studies | Women's Studies Publisher's Description: Most of us have sat across the tray from a waitress, but how many of us know what really is going on from her side? Hey, Waitress! aims to tell us. Containing lively, personal portraits of waitresses from many different walks of life, this book is the first of its kind to show the intimate, illumina . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 120. |  | Title: Hidden heritage: the legacy of the Crypto-Jews Author: Jacobs, Janet Liebman Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Religion | Latin American Studies | Cultural Anthropology | Jewish Studies | Sociology | Judaism Publisher's Description: This study of contemporary crypto-Jews - descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition - traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines h . . . [more] Similar Items |