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| Preface | |
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| The Sociological Perspective | |
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| The Promise--classic piece on the sociological imagination | |
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| Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead-End Kids--applying the sociological imagination to teen suicide | |
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| An Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey--applying the sociological imagination to domestic service | |
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| Social Research | |
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| Finding Out How the Social World Works--a summary of what it means to be sociologically mindful | |
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| Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison--classic piece on the research design of Zimbardo's famous experiment | |
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| Sidewalk--an ethnographic study of street vendors in New York City | |
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| Culture | |
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| The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Fear the Wrong Things--one perspective of American culture | |
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| The Decline of the Date and the Rise of the College Hook Up--an investigation into the dating culture on one college campus | |
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| Instant Karma: The Commercialization of Asian Indian Culture--how culture and identity are transformed when commercialized | |
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| Lovely Hula Hands: Corporate Tourism and the Prostitution of Hawaiian Culture--an examination of cultural commodification and exploitation | |
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| Socialization | |
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| "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender--the socialization of gender identity | |
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| What It Means to Be Gendered Me: Life on the Boundaries of a Dichotomous Gender System--one woman's narrative of gender identity and performance | |
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| Making It By Faking It: Working-Class Students in an Elite Academic Environment--working class identity and law school socialization | |
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| Anybody's Son Will Do--resocialization into the total institution of the military | |
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| Groups and Social Structure | |
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| Peer Power: Clique Dynamics among School Children--a study of the structure and interactional dynamics among groups of school children | |
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| Gang Business--a functional analysis of a primary group | |
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| Shopping as Symbolic Interaction: Race, Class, and Gender in the Toy Store--a study of secondary group relationships and social interaction | |
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| Descent Into Madness: The New Mexico State Prison Riot--an example of social structure breaking down | |
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| Deviance, Crime, and Social Control | |
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| On Being Sane in Insane Places--classic piece on labeling and social deviance | |
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| Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities--the social construction of deviant identities | |
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| Down on Main Street: Drugs and the Small-Town Vortex--an ethnographic study of the social networks of illicit drug use in rural small towns | |
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| Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women?--the social organization of crime | |
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| Social Inequality | |
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| Social Class | |
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| Some Principles of Stratification --classic piece on the functions of social stratification | |
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| Who Rules America?: The Corporate Community and the Upper Class--the lifestyles and social institutions of the upper class | |
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| The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality--an examination of social class and racial differences in wealth | |
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| Nickel-and-Dimed on (Not) Getting by in America--an exploration of the lives of the working poor | |
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| Gender | |
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| Gender as Structure--a review of four theories that explain sex and gender | |
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| 'Dude, You're a Fag': Adolescent Masculinity and the Fag Discourse--an examination of masculinity and homophobia in high schools | |
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| Drinking Like a Guy: Frequent Binge Drinking Among Undergraduate Women--research on drinking and gender identity among college women | |
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| Working at Bazooms: The Intersection of Power, Gender, and Sexuality--an investigation of gender and sexuality in the workplace | |
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| Race and Ethnicity | |
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| "New Racism," Color-Blind Racism, and the Future of Whiteness in America the persistence of whiteness and racial inequality in America | |
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| At a Slaughterhouse, Some Things Never Die--an examination of the racial dynamics at one workplace site | |
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| Out of Sorts: Adoption and (Un)Desirable Children--how race and racism influence adoption decisions | |
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| The Cosmopolitan Canopy--an enthnographic account of how urban spaces can transform race relations | |
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| Social Institutions | |
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| Power and Politics | |
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| The Power Elite--classic piece on the power elite | |
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| Alan Neustadtl,and Mark Weller, Dollars and Votes: How Business Campaign Contributions Subvert Democracy--an application of Mills' power elite | |
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| One World Under Business--the financial dynamics and politics of globalization | |
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| Mass Media | |
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| Media Magic: Making Class Invisible--how the mass media distorts social class | |
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| Muslim Americans in the News before and after 9/11--the U.S. media's treatment of Muslim Americans | |
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| It's Not the Media: The Truth About Pop Culture's Influence On Children--an examination of media violence and its effects on children | |
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| The Economy and Work | |
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| The Manifesto of the Communist Party--classic piece on the relationship between the capitalists and the workers | |
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| Over the Counter: McDonald's--an ethnographic study of the routinization of work | |
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| The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work--how individuals combine their work and home lives | |
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| Religion | |
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| The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--classic piece on the influence of religion on the economy | |
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| Religion and Society: Of Gods and Demons--a sociological overview of the institution of religion | |
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| Faith at Work--how some Christians are bringing faith into the workplace | |
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| Health and Medicine | |
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| Sand Castles and Snake Pits--an examination of how deinstitutionalization increased the numbers of mentally ill among the homeless | |
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| Dying Alone: The Social Production of Urban Isolation--the health consequences of the 1995 Chicago heat wave | |
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| Illness and Identity--an interview study of people with depression | |
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| Education | |
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| Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes, Civilize Them With A Stick--education as an institution of social control | |
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| Jonathan Kozol, Still Separate, Still Unequal: America's Educational Apartheid--racial segregation in American schools | |
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| Ann Arnett Ferguson, Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity--racial and gender stereotyping in American schools | |
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| The Family | |
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| The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage--an examination of the weakening of social norms in the institution of marriage | |
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| The Mommy Tax--the income discrimination faced by working mothers | |
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| Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life--a study of social class differences in parenting and child rearing in African American and white families | |
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| Social Change | |
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| American Social Trends--an overview of social change in America | |
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| The Atrophy of Social Life--how social isolation is affecting society | |
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| What Can We Do? Becoming a Part of the Solution--social change strategies to deal with privilege and oppression | |
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