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  • The Hobo

    The Sociology of the Homeless Man

    by Nels Anderson ...
    "This is an account, written with insight and sympathy, of the life of the hobo, life in "Hobohemia," a frontier that was already beginning to vanish when this study originally appeared in 1923. The author, drawing from his own experiences as a hobo, pictures life in the 'main stem' of Halsted and State Streets in Chicago. Here are the customs and class distinctions, language, songs, moral and ... Read more

    $4.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man

    by Nels Anderson ...
    "The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man" by Nels Anderson is a pioneering work that delves into the lives and experiences of homeless individuals, particularly focusing on the transient lifestyle of hobos during the early 20th century. Anderson, drawing from his own experiences and extensive field research, provides a sociological perspective on the social structures, cultures, and challenges ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chicago School Criminology Volume 2

    The Hobo: The Sociology of the Homeless Man by Nels Anderson

    by Nels Anderson ...
    This is Volume II of six in the Chicago School of Criminology series. This study was prepared for the Chicago Council of Social Agencies under the direction of the Committee on Homeless Men.The Committee on Homeless Men was organized by the Executive Committee of the Chicago Council of Social Agencies on June 16, 1922, to study the problem of the migratory casual worker. Its members included men ... Read more

    $529.06 CAD

  • Work & Leisure Ils 166

    by Nels Anderson ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    First Published in 1998. This is Volume XVII of the eighteen in the Sociology of Work and Organization series. This study on work and leisure looks at present materials that point to the fields of study of non-work obligations, family and home leisure centredness, declining worker interest in the job, passivity and the cultural level. ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD

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    The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 yearsWhat we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket. In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the ... Read more

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  • Liquid Modernity

    by Zygmunt Bauman ...
    In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-based modernity. This passage, he argues, has brought profound change to all aspects of the human condition. The new remoteness and un-reachability of global systemic structure coupled with the unstructured and under-defined, fluid state of the ... Read more

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  • Twenty-First Century Capitalism

    by Robert Heilbroner ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    A New York Times Notable Book What forms will capitalism take in the twenty-first century? To answer this question, noted economist and social philosopher Robert Heilbroner looks beyond economic theory to the social and political problems of modern economic society. In this sweeping examination of the past, present, and possible future, Heilbroner considers capitalism both as an economic system ... Read more

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  • Consuming Life

    by Zygmunt Bauman ...
    With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and the same time, the merchandise and the marketer, the goods and the travelling salespeople. They all inhabit the same social space that is ... Read more

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  • The Marriage-Go-Round

    The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today

    by Andrew J. Cherlin ...
    In a landmark book that's "intriguing [and] provocative" and presents "an original thesis [to explain] this peculiar paradox—we idealize marriage and yet we’re so bad at it” (The New York Times).Andrew J. Cherlin's three decades of study have shown him that marriage in America is a social and political battlefield in a way that it isn’t in other developed countries. Americans marry and divorce ... Read more

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    by Zygmunt Bauman ...
    'Liquid life’ is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern society cannot keep its shape for long. Liquid life is a precarious life, lived under conditions of constant uncertainty.The most acute and stubborn worries that haunt this liquid life are the fears of being caught napping, of failing to catch up with ... Read more

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  • Globalization

    The Human Consequences

    by Zygmunt Bauman ...
    Series series Themes for the 21st Century
    'Globalization' is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations. Unpacking the social roots and social consequences of globalizing processes, this book disperses some of the mist that surrounds the term.Alongside the emerging planetary dimensions of business, finance, trade and information flow, a ... Read more

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