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  • Women and the Family

    Two Decades of Change

    by Beth Hess, Marvin B Sussman ...
    Despite the pervasive changes that have taken place in women’s lives in the past twenty-five years--increased participation in the labor force, the attainment of higher levels of education, and higher salaries--comparable changes in the division of family labor and in the roles of men have lagged considerably. In this timely book, the editors and other experts in feminism and family studies ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Aging in Society

    Selected Reviews of Recent Research

    Edited by Matilda White Riley, Beth B. Hess, Kathleen Bond ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1983, Aging in Society consists of a selection of papers that were prepared by various authors as background papers for the 1981 White House Conference on Aging. The papers provided an overview of knowledge on various aspects of aging in the United States at the time. Topics covered include aging and the family, economic aspects of an aging population, recent trends in the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Growing Old in America

    New Perspectives on Old Age

    Edited by Beth Hess ...
    Modern industrial societies are characterized by long-term declines in fertility and steady increases in life expectancy. Together, these trends result in an aging population. The United States is no exception; since 1969 the median age has risen from 29.4 to a projected 36.4 in the year 2000. This fourth edition of the standard reader on the sociology of aging has been completely revised, with 90 ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Controversy and Coalition

    The New Feminist Movement Across Four Decades of Change

    by Myra Marx Ferree, Beth Hess ...
    Controversy and Coalition is a comprehensive and engaging overview of the American women's movement from the 1960s to the 1990s. This third edition is the only short and highly readable book on the important developments of the recent women's movement. This edition includes a new introduction by the authors that covers the rise of global feminism. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Field Rhetoric

    Ethnography, Ecology, and Engagement in the Places of Persuasion

    by Phaedra Carmen Pezzullo, Gerard A. Hauser, John M. Ackerman, Heather Brook Adams, Ralph Cintron, Rick Cruse, Lauren Cutlip, Jane Disney, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke0, Danielle Endres3, Emma Fox4, Jeffrey T. Grabill5, Carl G. Herndl6, Aaron Hess7, Sarah Beth Hopton8, Kendall Leon9, Laura Lindenfeld0, Erin Daina McClellan1, Bridie McGreavy2, Michael K. Middleton3, Chris Petersen4, Stacey Pigg5, Elena Yu Polush6, Samantha Senda-Cook7, Mack Shelley8 ...
    Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
    A survey of the innovative scholarship emerging at the intersections of rhetoric, and fieldworkA variety of research areas within rhetorical studies—including everyday and public rhetorics, space and place-based work, material and ecological approaches, environmental communication, technical communication, and critical and participatory action research, among others—have increasingly called for ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • The Bell Curve

    Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

    by Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray ...
    The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Social Movements 2e

    by Suzanne Staggenborg ...
    Now in a second edition, Social Movements offers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the field's historical background and major theories. Key issues are explored in the context of specific social movements and counter movements active within Canada and around the world, showing how these movements originate, mobilize participants, and bring about social change. Chapters on the women's, ... Read more

    $21.79 USD

  • Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count

    Why Schools and Cultures Count

    by Richard E. Nisbett ...
    “[Nisbett] weighs in forcefully and articulately . . . [using] a thoroughly appealing style to engage . . . throughout.”—Publishers WeeklyWho are smarter, Asians or Westerners? Are there genetic explanations for group differences in test scores? From the damning research of The Bell Curve to the more recent controversy surrounding geneticist James Watson’s statements, one factor has been ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Ending Denial

    Understanding Aboriginal Issues

    by Wayne Warry ...
    There is an unconscious racism at work in Canada—an ignorance of Aboriginal peoples and culture that breeds indifference to, and ambivalence about, Aboriginal poverty and ill health. Warry examines conservative arguments and mainstream views that promote assimilation and integration as the solution to Aboriginal marginalization. He argues that we must acknowledge our denial of colonialism in order ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • In the Know

    Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence

    by Russell T. Warne ...
    Emotional intelligence is an important trait for success at work. IQ tests are biased against minorities. Every child is gifted. Preschool makes children smarter. Western understandings of intelligence are inappropriate for other cultures. These are some of the statements about intelligence that are common in the media and in popular culture. But none of them are true. In the Know is a tour of the ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Third Way

    The Renewal of Social Democracy

    by Anthony Giddens ...
    The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months - not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and Latin America. But what is the third way? Supporters of the notion haven't been able to agree, and critics deny the possibility altogether. Anthony Giddens shows that developing a third way is not only a possibility but a necessity in modern ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Handbook of Father Involvement

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Second Edition

    Edited by Natasha J. Cabrera, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda ...
    This second edition reviews the new research findings and theoretical advances on fathers, families, child development, programs, and policies that have occurred in the past decade. Contributors from a range of disciplines and countries showcase contemporary findings within a new common chapter structure. All of the chapters are either extensively revised or entirely new. Biological, evolutionary, ... Read more

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