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1	Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community more books like this by Robert D Putnam add to wishlist Based on a 25-year research project, this book documents a significant downward spike in the ways that Americans gather in social groups--and recommends new ways that people can come together for the common good. see all copies from $3.28! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes more books like this by William Bridges, Ph.D. add to wishlist For something that we have been experiencing all our lives, most of us handle change very badly. We switch careers and marriages more often than ever before, we move from one city to another, meet different people every day, yet, each change brings with it new fears and further confusion. How can we better handle these difficult, painful ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed more books like this by Jared Diamond add to wishlist In this fascinating book, Diamond seeks to understand the fates of past societies that collapsed for ecological reasons, combining the most important policy debate of this generation with the romance and mystery of lost worlds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Social Problems: A Down-To-Earth Approach more books like this by James M Henslin add to wishlist This theoretically balanced text provides the latest research findings and a consistent structure to help students analyze major social problems facing the United States. Henslin presents boths sides of an argument with a neutral voice and has a "down-to-earth" writing style. When students complete this text, not only do they gain a sociological ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $49.95! \| SVS
5	The End of History and the Last Man more books like this by Professor Francis Fukuyama add to wishlist The thesis of this book is that now that communism has collapsed the world over there is no alternative to free market capitalism and liberal democracy. There will be dictators and brutal regimes, but nobody will try to defend them. "The end of history" is therefore the end of ideological war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.43! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender more books like this by Margaret L Andersen add to wishlist Thinking About Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender 7th edition, provides a comprehensive review of feminist scholarship in the social sciences, showing how gender operates in every aspect of society, and how the experiences of both men and women are created through social institutions. The seventh edition introduces new discussions ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure more books like this by Daniel Quinn add to wishlist Quinn propounds a simple anthropology, which, building on the premises of his earlier books, ISHMAEL and MY ISHMAEL, transcends the failings of civilization through the tribal society. see all copies from $3.14! new only from $7.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Way of Being more books like this by Carl R Rogers, Houghton Mifflin Company College Division add to wishlist "A Way of Being" is a personal and philosophical coda to his classic "On Becoming a Person." It traces his professional and personal development and ends with his ideas on what the future holds. see all copies from $3.95! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society more books like this by Peter M Senge, C Otto Scharmer, Betty Sue Flowers add to wishlist "Presence" chronicles the year-long meeting between MIT scientists and scholars in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and explains how the group determined why profound collective change occurs. see all copies from $11.74! new only from $14.49! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support more books like this by Roberta M Berns add to wishlist Adapting Urie Brofenbrenner's ecological systems approach to human development, this text describes and analyzes how a child's interaction with family, school, peer groups, media and community influences developmental outcome. The book's features include broad coverage of contexts in which children develop; a student-friendly writing style; and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.45! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Europe and the People Without History more books like this by Eric R Wolf add to wishlist The intention of this work is to show that European expansion not only transformed the historical trajectory of non-European societies but also reconstituted the historical accounts of these societies before European intervention. It asserts that anthropology must pay more attention to history. see all copies from $6.95! new only from $27.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Sociology for the Twenty-First Century more books like this by Tim Curry, Robert Jiobu, Kent Schwirian add to wishlist For freshman-level courses in Introductory Sociology. With a strong critical thinking focus, this text encourages students to think about tomorrow and the next century from a sociological viewpoint. This text introduces students to sociology using an eclectic approach that is tied together by systematically highlighting two aspects of social ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction more books like this by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein, Immanuel Wallerstein add to wishlist In World-Systems Analysis, Immanuel Wallerstein provides a concise, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary approach to understanding the history and development of the modern world that he pioneered thirty years ago. Since Wallerstein first developed world-systems analysis, it has become a widely utilized methodology ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $14.44! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World more books like this by Bruce M Knauft, Knauft Bruce add to wishlist What is it like for a native people of the rainforest to confront features of a modern world? In 1980-82, the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea held elaborate ritual dances and spirit seances, practiced alternative sexual customs, and endured a very high rate of violence. By 1998, however, most Gebusi had been willingly transformed by Christian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.29! \| SVS
15 view cover	Revolutionary Wealth more books like this by Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler add to wishlist Bursting with practical ideas about when, where, and how America and the world are changing, "Revolutionary Wealth" provides a clear, coherent framework that gives readers powerful tools for thinking about--and preparing for--what the Tofflers call the most massive, most creative, fastest expansion of the money economy in human history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East more books like this by Neil Macfarquhar add to wishlist A "New York Times" correspondent's affectionate, irreverent portrait of the Middle East he's known since childhood--an unexplored place hidden behind the usual headlines see all copies from $2.06! new only from $2.73! \| SVS
17 view cover	Mapping the Social Landscape: Readings in Sociology more books like this by Susan J Ferguson add to wishlist Drawing from a wide selection of classic and contemporary works, the 60 selections in this best-selling reader represent a plurality of voices and views within sociology. In addition to classic works by authors such as Karl Marx, Max Weber, C. Wright Mills, David Rosenhan, Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, this anthology presents a wide range of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.48! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes more books like this by Mark Penn, E Kinney Zalesne add to wishlist The advisor to Senator Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, and President Bill Clinton proves that small is big by identifying 75 hidden-in-plain-sight trends, revealing that the nation is no longer a melting pot but a collection of communities with individual tastes and lifestyles.Twelve see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Ordeal of Change more books like this by Eric Hoffer add to wishlist Eric Hoffer--one of America's most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer--lived for years as a Depression Era migratory worker. Self-taught, his appetite for knowledge--history, science, mankind--formed the basis of his insight to human nature. Nowhere is this more evident than in Hoffer's seminal work, The Ordeal of Change, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.48! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear more books like this by Paul Rogat Loeb (Editor) add to wishlist In The Impossible Will Take a Little While, a phrase borrowed from Billie Holliday, the editor of Soul of a Citizen brings together fifty stories and essays that range across nations, eras, wars, and political movements. Danusha Goska, an Indiana activist with a paralyzing physical disability, writes about overcoming political immobilization, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda more books like this by Catherine Clairie, Catherine Claire Larson add to wishlist Can a country known for its radical brutality become a country known for an even more radical forgiveness? More than a decade after the 1994 genocide, the Rwandan government has released tens of thousands of murderers back into the communities they ravaged. Survivors and perpetrators have had to learn to live again as neighbors. Inspired by the ... see all copies from $7.73! new only from $7.73! \| SVS
22 view cover	Future Shock more books like this by Alvin Toffler add to wishlist Examines the effects of rapid industrial and technological changes upon the individual, the family, and society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics more books like this by Sidney Tarrow, Peter Lange (Editor), Robert H Bates (Editor) add to wishlist Unlike political or economic institutions, social movements have an elusive power, but one that is no less real. From the French and American revolutions through the democratic and workers' movements of the nineteenth century to the totalitarian movements of today, movements exercise a fleeting but powerful influence on politics and society. This ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
24 view cover	Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age more books like this by Maggie Jackson, Bill McKibben (Foreword by) add to wishlist We have vast oceans of information at our disposal, yet increasingly we seek knowledge with brief glimpses at the Yahoo headlines while juggling other tasks. We are networked as never before, but we tend to communicate even with our most intimate friends and family via instant messaging, email, and fleeting face-to-face moments that are ... see all copies from $6.61! new only from $6.68! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Third Wave more books like this by Alvin Toffler add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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