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1	Tally's corner a study of Negro streetcorner men more books like this by Elliot Liebow This is a reponse to the culture of poverty thesis - that the poor are different and, according to conservatives, morally inferior - and alternative explanations that many African Americans are caught in a tangle of pathology owing to the absence of black men in families. Liebow's shadow theory of values - especially the values of poor, urban, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Social Things: An Introduction to the Sociological Life more books like this by Prof. Charles C Lemert The fourth edition of Social Things is as poignant and readable as ever with new material to help introduce sociology as a discipline and a way of life to a new generation of students and readers of all ages. As before, Lemert captivates his readers by helping them understand that, as he puts it, sociology is, first of all, a thing lived which ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Social Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Readings, Third Edition more books like this by Charles Lemert This first truly multicultural anthology collects important, readable texts representative of the full range of social theory as it has developed from the nineteenth century to the present. It brings texts together in unexpected and exciting ways: those of Parsons and Dorothy Smith, Merton and Lacan, Wallerstein and Frantz Fanon, James Coleman and ... see all copies from $16.50! new only from $48.50! \| SVS
4	The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including a Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters: Including a Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters more books like this by Charles Lemert (Editor), Esme Bhan (Editor), Anna J Cooper This is the first collection of Cooper's major writings, including many never before published. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
5	The Goffman Reader more books like this by Charles Lemert (Editor), Ann Branaman (Editor), Erving Goffman Erving Goffman (1922-82) is considered to be among the greatest and most inventive of American sociologists. His works first appeared at a time when traditional, formal American sociology dominated the scene. They introduced fresh, new ideas and ways of thinking about the individual in the social world.Although Goffman is more often thought of as ... see all copies from $32.46! new only from $43.85! \| SVS
6	Dark Thoughts more books like this by Charles Lemert, Lemert Charles Prominent sociologist Charles Lemert compellingly argues that race is the central feature of modern culture; this was true for the twentieth century and it will be true for the twenty-first. If we want to understand how the world works, Lemert explains, we must understand the centrality of race in our lives and in the foundation of our society. We ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.71! \| first editions
7	Sociology After the Crisis more books like this by Charles Lemert Widely assigned and taught in senior capstone and social theory courses, Sociology After the Crisis offers the first systematic theory of social differences built on the sociological traditions by embracing to Durkheim, Weber and other familiar figures. The first edition was acclaimed for its nuanced and original rereading of Durkheim in relation ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.18! \| first editions
8	Social Things more books like this by Charles Lemert, Jean Bethke Elshtain (Editor), David Blankenhorn (Editor) This work challenges readers with the idea that sociology is one of the fundamental skills whereby all people cope with the demands and capture the joys of daily life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
9	The New Individualism: The Emotional Costs of Globalisation more books like this by Professor Anthony Elliott, Charles Lemert Corporate networking, compulsive consumerism, plastic surgery, therapeutic tribulations, instant identity makeovers and reality TV: welcome to life in our increasingly individualized world. In this dazzling book, Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert explore the culture of the 'new individualism' generated by global capitalism, and develop a major ... see all copies from $35.16! new only from $35.16!
10	Social Things: An Introduction to the Sociological Life, Second Edition: An Introduction to the Sociological Life, Second Edition more books like this by Charles Lemert In this new, revised, and updated edition, Lemert continues the narrative that made Social Things a best seller among sociologists and a favorite among students. In an entirely new chapter, he opens the sociological imagination to new global realities - a topic much debated by sociologists today. What they and politicians call globalization is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
11 view cover	Muhammad Ali: Trickster in the Culture of Irony more books like this by Charles Lemert This absorbing book unravels the reasons for the enduring respect and reverence that Muhammad Ali commands long after the end of his athletic career. It will appeal to those teaching and studying cultural studies, social theory, sports studies, and sociology, as well as to general readers interested in Muhammad Ali. It is a probing account of ... see all copies from $12.77! new only from $12.77! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Michel Foucault: Social Theory as Transgression more books like this by Charles Lemert see all copies from $6.73! first editions
13 view cover	Thinking the Unthinkable: The Riddles of Classical Social Theories more books like this by Charles Lemert In the eloquent style for which he has become famous, Charles Lemert writes of social theory as no one else. Thinking the Unthinkable is offered as text for instruction, yet it defies the prevailing assumption that social theory is a method for clarifying the facts of social life. Lemert shows how social theory began late in the 19th century as a ... see all copies from $11.98! new only from $24.20! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Social Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Readings more books like this by Prof. Charles C Lemert, Editor * (Editor) This multicultural anthology represents the range of social theory as it has developed from the 19th century to the present day, and as it will take shape in the 21st century. The book reconstructs the actual dialogue of contemporary social thought and juxtaposes social theorists in unexpected ways. Comprehensive introductory essays identify the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00!
15 view cover	Between Citizen and State: An Introduction to the Corporation more books like this by David A Westbrook, Charles Lemert (Foreword by) "Between Citizen and State" is an intrepid and readable introduction to, and insightful commentary on, the role of the corporation in the modern world. Corporate actors have typical motivations, opportunities, temptations - they are characters, and their interactions follow familiar plotlines. Part I, Background, introduces the characters and ... see all copies from $23.00! new only from $37.00! \| SVS
16 view cover	Durkheim's Ghosts more books like this by Charles Lemert Durkheim's Ghosts is a fascinating presentation of the tradition of social theory influenced by Emile Durkheim's thinking on the social foundations of knowledge. From Saussure and Levi-Strauss to Foucault, Bourdieu and Derrida, today's criticisms of modern politics and culture owe an important, if unacknowledged, debt to Durkheim. These engaging ... see all copies from $8.40! new only from $8.80!
17	Sociology & the Twilight of Man: Homocentrism & Discourse in Sociological Theory more books like this by Charles Lemert A critique of modern sociological theory, this brilliant new work rather than announcing the twilight of man accepts the event both as an intellectual conclu-sion and an empirical fact, and proceeds systematically to examine the alterna-tives beyond the Weber-Durkheim-Par-sons episteme. Addressing himself to the issues of pluralism in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.67!
18 view cover	Social Solutions to Poverty: Americas Struggle to Build a Just Society more books like this by Scott Myers-Lipton (Editor), Charles Lemert (Foreword by) The voices of famous and lesser known figures in America's quest to reduce poverty are collected for the first time in this comprehensive historical anthology. The book traces the most important ideas and contributions of citizens, activists, labor leaders, scholars, politicians, and governmental agencies to ensure American citizens the basics of ... see all copies from $34.36! new only from $34.36! \| SVS
19 view cover	Social Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Readings, Second Edition more books like this by Charles Lemert (Editor) This first truly multicultural anthology collects important, readable texts representative of the full range of social theory as it has developed from the nineteenth century to the present. It brings texts together in unexpected and exciting ways: those of Parsons and Dorothy Smith, Merton and Lacan, Wallerstein and Frantz Fanon, James Coleman and ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Post Modernism Is Not What You Think more books like this by Charles Lemert Highly readable and elegantly composed, Postmodernism Is Not What You Think gently demolishes the most malicious misconceptions of the subject by explaining why the postmodern is so emotionally and politically disturbing. Lemert shows that the postmodern is less a theory than a condition of social life brought about by the trouble modernity has ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $35.00!
21 view cover	Going Down for Air: A Memoir in Search of a Subject more books like this by Derek Sayer, Charles Lemert (Foreword by) What is hidden in the taste of a madeleine - or in snatches of Bob Dylan songs, operatic arias, and the remembered sting of a rattan cane? An exploration of memory, Going Down for Air artfully combines two very different yet connected texts. A Memoir is richly evocative not only of times past, but also of a very English, imperial, queerly ... see all copies from $12.75! new only from $41.46!
22 view cover	The Goffman Reader more books like this by Erving Goffman, Charles Lemert (Editor), Ann Branaman (Editor) Erving Goffman (1922-82) is considered to be among the greatest and most inventive of American sociologists. His works first appeared at a time when traditional, formal American sociology dominated the scene. They introduced fresh, new ideas and ways of thinking about the individual in the social world.Although Goffman is more often thought of as ... see all copies from $91.97! new only from $123.75! \| SVS
23 view cover	Postmodernism Is Not What You Think: Why Globalization Threatens Modernity more books like this by Charles Lemert Highly readable, the second edition of "Postmodernism Is Not What You Think" responds to the widespread claim that postmodernism is over. It explains the historical connections between the postmodern and globalization. Those who wish to kill the term postmodernism still must face the facts that the former nationalistic world-system has collapsed ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $32.10! \| SVS
24 view cover	Deadly Worlds: The Emotional Costs of Globalization more books like this by Prof. Charles C Lemert, Professor Anthony Elliott "Deadly Worlds" offers an original analysis of one of the unsolved questions of the current age - What are the emotional costs and possibilities of globalization? Lemert and Elliott challenge the dominant interpretations of the late modern world by delving below the surface of cultural and economic theories to explore theories of the new ... see all copies from $9.03! new only from $9.03!
25 view cover	The History of Commercial Partnerships in the Middle Ages: The First Complete English Edition of Weber's Prelude to the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and Economy and Society more books like this by Lutz Kaelber (Introduction by), Max Weber, Charles Lemert (Foreword by) Weber himself characterized his first book - translated here in its first, complete English edition - as a study in the "formation of commercial law". Weber's argument centres on the legal characteristics of mediaeval enterprises as an historical precursor to modern forms of commercial enterprises. Weber emphasizes dimensions of mediaeval law and ... see all copies from $33.30! new only from $33.30!

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