George Herbert Mead and Human Conduct
In this posthumous volume, renowned sociologist Herbert Blumer analyzes George Herbert MeadOs position in the study of human conduct. Engaged with MeadOs work for over half a century, Blumer explored MeadOs ideas for developing the theoretical and...
Symbolic Interactionism
This is a collection of articles dealing with the point of view of symbolic interactionism and with the topic of methodology in the discipline of sociology. It is written by the leading figure in the school of symbolic interactionism, and presents...
Industrialization as an Agent of Social Change
Herbert Blumer wrote continuously and voluminously, and consequently left a vast array of unpublished work at the time of his death in 1987. This posthumously published volume testifies further to his perceptive analysis of large-scale social orga...
Diabetes Cookbook For Canadians For Dummies
Diabetes Cookbook For Canadians For Dummies
Deciding What's News
For ten years, Herbert J. Gans spent considerable time in four major television and magazine newsrooms, observing and talking to the journalists who choose the national news stories that inform America about itself. Writing during the golden age o...
Concise History of the Christian World Mission - A Panoramic View of Missions from Pentecost to the Present
This volume comprises an excellent introductory survey of Christian missions from A.D. 30 to the twentieth century.
Behind the Scenes in Social Research
Behind the Scenes in Social Research discusses the informal, adaptive, and real-life process of doing social science research. It complements the material in standard methods texts that describe the basics-how to choose topics and ways of obtainin...
Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Democratic Transformation
Boris Yeltsin is one of modern history's most dynamic and underappreciated figures. In this vivid, analytical masterwork, Herbert J. Ellison establishes Yeltsin as the principal leader and defender of Russia's democratic revolution - the very embo...
Motor Boats - Construction And Operation - An Illustrated Manual For Motor Boat, Launch And Yacht Owners, Operator's Of Marine Gasolene Engines, And
This vintage book is an illustrated manual for motor boat, launch and yacht owners; operators of marine gasoline engines, and amateur boat-builders. It is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction, installation and operation of maritime motors, and contains instructions for the design and construction of motor boats. Contents include: 'The Modern Motor Boat', 'Marine Gasoline Engines', 'Carburation and Carbureters', 'Ignition', 'Lubrication and Cooling Systems', 'Reversing Gear and Propeller Wheels', 'Exhaust Devices', 'Installation of Motor-boat Engines', 'Multicylinder Engines', 'Choice of a Boat Model', 'Practical Boatbuilding', 'Steel Boats and Launchers', etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on building boats.
Popular Culture and High Culture
Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the ...
Levittowners
In 1955, Levitt and Sons purchased most of Willingboro Township, New Jersey and built 11,000 homes. This, their third Levittown, became the site of one of urban sociology's most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans's The Levittowners. The pro...
Sociology and Social Policy
Sociology and Social Policy
Urban Villagers, Rev & Exp Ed
Hebert Gans' study of Italian Americans in Boston's West In is one of the classics of contemporary sociology. Providing a first-hand account of life in an inner city of contemporary sociology, Urban Villagers is a systematic and sensitive analysis...