Magnet Schools or Forced Busing
Christine H. Rossell
The first study comparing the long-term effectiveness of voluntary desegregation plans with magnet programs to mandatory reassignment plans
272 pages
| 10 tables
The Reification of Language and the Writing of Social History
Bryan Palmer
Arguing that the current reliance on poststructuralism obscures the origins, meanings, and consequences of historical events and processes
312 pages
| 6 x 9
Anselm Kiefer and the Postmodern World
John C. Gilmour
A philosophical case study of Kiefer's work
272 pages
| 32 duotones, 11 color illustrations
The Transformation of Leisure into Consumption
edited by Richard Butsch
Essays explore the transformation in leisure activity and its effects on class relations in American society
288 pages
| 6 x 9
Voicing the Difference
Lisa A. Lewis
Challenging the idea that MTV presents only negative and sexist images of women
300 pages
| 145 tables, 9 duotones
Ford, Capra, Coppola, and Scorsese
Lee Lourdeaux
Four major American Film directors are studied through the lens of their ethnicity
288 pages
| 22 figs.
The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture
Katrina Hazzard-Gordon
The first analysis of the development of the jook and other dance arenas in African-American culture
248 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 14 halftones
The Role of the Courts in Education Litigation
edited by Barbara Flicker
Examines the effectiveness and deficiencies of judicial intervention into the problems of racial discrimination in education
456 pages
| 6 x 9
Leadership in the Public Sector
John Forester, and Norman Krumholz
Lessons from an experiment in equity planning
271 pages
| 6 x 9
Robert Peter Sylvester
A close examination of Moore's the early essays show that Moore’s famous "naturalistic fallacy argument" has been widely misunderstood
240 pages
Women and Work in Medieval Europe
David Herlihy
Vividly demonstrates that the subordination of women within a household economy was specifically the product of the late Middle Ages
159 pages
| 13 tables, 8 figs.
Language Policy and Social Change in a Bilingual City
Marc V. Levine
An examination of the nature of the linguistic transformation of Montreal and the role of public policy in promoting it
320 pages
| 6 x 9
| 8 tables, 1 maps
A Sociological Interpretation
Michael S. Kimmel
A survey of classical perspectives on revolution with criteria for a structural theory of revolution
294 pages
| 6 x 9
Michael P. Hodges
Unifies Wittgenstein's early philosophy in terms of the notion of transcendence
172 pages
A Philosophical Inquiry
Edmund F. Byrne
Examining legal and philosophical problems for a new social contract that is fair to workers
360 pages
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