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Sociology : a down-to-earth approach / by Henslin, James M(CARDINAL)723186;
Includes bibliographical references and indexpt. I. The sociological perspective -- 1. The sociological perspective -- The sociological perspective -- Sociology and the other sciences -- Origins of sociology -- Values in sociological research -- Verstehen and social facts -- Sexism in early sociology -- Sociology in North America -- Theoretical perspectives in sociology -- Trends shaping the future of sociology -- Summary and review -- 2. Culture -- What is culture? -- Practicing cultural relativism -- Components of symbolic culture -- Many cultural worlds : subcultures and countercultures -- Values in U.S. society -- Cultural universals -- Technology in the global village -- Summary and review -- 3. Socialization -- What is human nature? -- Socialization into the self and mind -- Learning personality, morality, and emotions -- Socialization into gender -- Agents of socialization -- Resocialization -- Socialization through the life course -- Are we prisoners of socialization? -- Summary and review -- 4. Social structure and social interaction -- Levels of sociological analysis -- The macrosociological perspective : social structure -- Social institutions -- The microsociological perspective : social interaction in everyday life -- The need for both macrosociology and microsociology -- Summary and review -- 5. How sociologists do research -- What is a valid sociological topic? -- Common sense and the need for sociological research -- A research model -- Research methods -- Gender in sociological research -- Ethics in sociological research -- How research and theory work together -- Summary and review --pt. II. Social groups and social control -- 6. Societies to social networks -- Societies and their transformation -- Groups within society -- Group dynamics -- Summary and review -- 7. Bureaucracy and formal organizations -- The rationalization of society -- Formal organizations and bureaucracies -- Voluntary associations -- Working for the corporation -- Humanizing the corporate culture -- U.S. and Japanese corporations -- Summary and review -- 8. Deviance and social control -- What is deviance? -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Reactions to deviance -- Summary and review --pt. III. Social inequality -- 9. Global stratification -- Systems of social stratification -- What determines social class? -- Why is social stratification universal? -- How do elites maintain stratification? -- Comparative social stratification -- Global stratification : three worlds -- How did the world's nations become stratified? -- Maintaining global stratification -- A concluding note -- Summary and review -- 10. Social class in the United States -- What is social class? -- Sociological models of social class -- Consequences of social class -- Social mobility -- Poverty -- Summary and review -- 11. Sex and gender -- Issues of sex and gender -- Gender inequality in global perspective -- How females became a minority group -- Gender inequality in the United States -- Gender inequality in health care -- Gender inequality in the workplace -- Gender and violence -- The changing face of politics -- Glimpsing the future, with hope -- Summary and review -- 12. Race and ethnicity -- Laying the sociological foundation -- Theories of prejudice -- Global patterns of intergroup relations -- Race and ethnic relations in the United States -- Looking toward the future -- Summary and review -- 13. The elderly -- Aging in global perspective -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Problems of dependency -- The sociology of death and dying -- Looking toward the future -- Summary and review --pt. IV. Social institutions -- 14. The economy -- The transformation of economic systems -- The transformation of the medium of exchange -- World economic systems -- The functionalist perspective on the globalization of capitalism -- The conflict perspective on the globalization of capitalism -- Work in U.S. society -- Facing the future : implications of global capitalism -- Summary and review -- 15. Politics -- Micropolitics and macropolitics -- Power, authority, and violence -- Types of government -- The U.S. political system -- Who rules the United States? -- War and terrorism : implementing political objectives -- A new world order? -- Summary and review -- 16. The family -- Marriage and family in global perspective -- Marriage and family in theoretical perspective -- The family life cycle -- Diversity in U.S. families -- Trends in U.S. families -- Divorce and remarriage -- Two sides of family life -- The future of marriage and family -- Summary and review -- 17. Education -- The development of modern education -- Education in global perspective -- The functionalist perspective : providing social benefits -- The conflict perspective : reproducing the social class structure -- The symbolic interactionist perspective : fulfilling teacher expectations -- Problems in U.S. education, and their solutions -- Summary and review -- 18. Religion -- What is religion? -- The functionalist perspective -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Religion and the spirit of capitalism -- The world's major religions -- Types of religious groups -- Religion in the United States -- The future of religion -- Summary and review -- 19. Medicine and health -- Sociology and the study of medicine and health -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Historical patterns of health -- Issues in health care -- Threats to health -- The search for alternatives -- Summary and review --pt. V. Social change -- 20. Population and urbanization -- Population in global perspective -- A planet with no space for enjoying life? -- Population growth -- Urbanization -- Models of urban growth -- City life : alienation and community -- Urban problems and social policy -- Summary and review -- 21. Collective behavior and social movements -- Collective behavior -- Early explanations : the transformation of the individual -- The contemporary view : the rationality of the crowd -- Forms of collective behavior -- Social movements -- Types and tactics of social movements -- Why people join social movements -- On the success and failure of social movements -- Summary and review -- 22. Social change and the environment -- How social change transforms social life -- Theories and processes of social change -- How technology changes society -- The growth machine versus the earth -- Summary and review -- Appendix -- Glossary
Subjects: Sociology;
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The American South : a History. by Cooper, William J.,Jr.(William James),1940-author.(CARDINAL)170926; Terrill, Tom E.,author.(CARDINAL)138602; Childers, Christopher,author.(CARDINAL)894381;
Includes bibliographical references and index.After the war -- Economic Reconstruction, 1865-1880 -- The Redeemers and the New South, 1865-1890 -- A Different South Emerges: Rails, Mills, and Towns -- The South and the Crisis of the 1890s -- Jim Crow: Black and White South -- Southern Progressives -- Restoration and Exile, 1912-1929 -- Religion and Culture in the New South -- Map Essay : The Changing South: People and Cotton -- The Emergence of the Modern South, 1930-1945 -- The End of Jim Crow: The Civil Rights Revolution -- The Modern South -- The Sunbelt South: No Eden in Dixie."In The American South: A History, Fifth Edition, William J. Cooper, Jr. and Thomas E. Terrill demonstrate their belief that it is impossible to divorce the history of the South from the history of the United States. The authors' analysis underscores the complex interaction between the South as a distinct region and the South as an inescapable part of America. Cooper and Terrill show how the resulting tension has often propelled section and nation toward collision. In supporting their thesis, the authors draw on the tremendous amount of profoundly new scholarship in Southern history. Each volume includes a substantial bibliographical essay--completely updated for this edition--which provides the reader with a guide to literature on the history of the South. This volume contains updated chapters, and tables." --
Subjects: Textbooks.;
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The soul of place creative writing workbook : ideas & exercises for conjuring the genius loci / by Lappin, Linda,author.(CARDINAL)751048;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-235).Machine generated contents note: FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- GENIUS LOCI, OR THE SOUL OF PLACE -- PART ONE: READING THE LANDSCAPE -- PART TWO: THE SOUL OF PLACES SACRED AND PROFANE: PILGRIMS & FLANEURS -- PART THREE: SOUL OF PLACE AND THE HOUSE OF THE SELF -- PART FOUR: EATING THE SOUL OF PLACE: FOOD WRITING, SYNESTHESIA -- PART FIVE: SUBMERGED TERRITORIES: WRITING AND THE UNCONSCIOUS -- AFTERWORD."In this extraordinary creative writing textbook, novelist and poet Linda Lappin presents a unique series of exercises to help writers of all genres - poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, and literary travel writing - discover inspiration in the soul of places they love. By entering into contact with the soul of a place, writers may access an inexhaustible source of creative power. The exercises in this book are drawn from varied fields: architecture, portraiture, cuisine, wine tasting, literature, literary criticism, geography, Jungian psychology, fairy tales, mythology, botany, anthropology, theater, comparative religion, occult philosophy, metaphysics. Originally developed for seminars Lappin teaches for adults, these exercises have also been adapted to younger writers in undergraduate writing programs. In simple language, she has adopted concepts from the Romantic poets, French Symbolists, and English modernists to help all writers enrich their understanding of place. This ideal textbook for creative nonfiction courses, and general writing courses, has specific exercises for poets and fiction writers. It is also a sumptuous resource book for writing centers. For writers or writing students about to set out on a trip abroad, The Soul of Place is an inspiring traveling companion. "--"This extraordinary creative writing textbook teaches writers to discover stories, imagery, and inspiration in the soul of places they love and access an inexhaustible source of creative power. Exercises drawn from varied fields--literature, geography, mythology, metaphysics--show how to evoke that power through vivid writing and enrich writers' understanding of place"--
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Authorship; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Creative nonfiction; Creative writing; English language; Place (Philosophy); Travel writing;
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Inventing a Christian America : the myth of the religious founding / by Green, Steven K.(Steven Keith),1955-author.(CARDINAL)815084;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in everything from school textbooks to political commentary, it is central to the way in which many Americans perceive the historical legacy of their nation. Yet, as Steven K. Green shows in this illuminating new book, it is little more than a myth. In Inventing a Christian America, Green, a leading historian of religion and politics, explores the historical record that is purported to support the popular belief in America's religious founding and status as a Christian nation. He demonstrates that, like all myths, these claims are based on historical 'facts' that have been colored by the interpretive narratives that have been imposed upon them. In tracing the evolution of these claims and the evidence levied in support of them from the founding of the New England colonies, through the American Revolution, and to the present day, he investigates how they became leading narratives in the country's collective identity. Three critical moments in American history shaped and continue to drive the myth of a Christian America: the Puritan founding of New England, the American Revolution and the forging of a new nation, and the early years of the nineteenth century, when a second generation of Americans sought to redefine and reconcile the memory of the founding to match their religious and patriotic aspirations. Seeking to shed light not only on the veracity of these ideas but on the reasons they endure, Green ultimately shows that the notion of America's religious founding is a myth not merely in the colloquial sense, but also in a deeper sense, as a shared story that gives deeper meaning to our collective national identity. Offering a fresh look at one of the most common and contested claims in American history, Inventing a Christian America is an enlightening read for anyone interested in the story of--and the debate over--America's founding"--Provided by publisher.Introduction: The Christian nation debate, methodological fallacies, and the role of myths -- A haven for religious freedom -- A model for Christian and civil government -- The revolutionary and constitutional impulse -- A government of men -- The birth of a myth -- Conclusion.
Subjects: Christianity and politics; Church and state; Founding Fathers of the United States; Freedom of religion; National characteristics, American; Collective memory;
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Americapedia : taking the dumb out of freedom / by Anderson, Jodi Lynn.(CARDINAL)465950; Ehrenhaft, Daniel.(CARDINAL)431474; Nouraee, Andisheh.(CARDINAL)502653;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-233) and index.Civics, pimped out : the DC hustle and flow (or, the game, as played almost entirely by non-pimps) -- Dynasty : the closest you'll get to royalty in the USA (except when actual royalty visits us) -- Economics made fun (or, check out these photographs of adorable animals!) -- Diplo-messy : foreign affairs (but not in the "people I've kissed on vacation" sense) -- God bless this mess : peaceful religions and why they fight -- Hot buttons : the issues Americans like to yell about most -- You've read this book, now what?Presents a blend of humor and a civic textbook to cover American politics, international relations, religion, and culture.
Subjects: Political science; Political science.; Civics;
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Through women's eyes : an American history with documents / by DuBois, Ellen Carol,1947-author.(CARDINAL)717403; Dumenil, Lynn,1950-author.(CARDINAL)348492; Bedford/St. Martin's (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)854107;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Ch. 1. America in the world, to 1650 -- Ch. 2. Colonial worlds, 1607-1750 -- Ch. 3. Mothers and daughters of the Revolution, 1750-1800 -- Ch. 4. Pedestal, loom, and auction block, 1800-1860 -- Ch. 5. Shifting boundaries : expansion, reform, and Civil War, 1840-1865 -- Ch. 6. Reconstructing women's lives North and South, 1865-1900 -- Ch. 7. Women in an expanding nation : consolidation of the West, mass immigration, and the crisis of the 1890s -- Ch. 8. Power and politics : women in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920 -- Ch. 9. Change and continuity : women in prosperity, Depression, and war, 1920-1945 -- Ch. 10. Beyond the feminine mystique : women's lives, 1945-1965 -- Ch. 11. Modern feminism and American society, 1965-1980 -- Ch. 12. U.S. women in a global age, 1980-present.NCMA Collection,Presents a narrative of U.S. women's history within the context of the central developments of the United States, integrating written and visual primary sources into each chapter.This volume presents a survey of U.S. women's history with an inclusive and diverse narrative delivered with primary documents, visual sources, and essays. It focuses on women from a broad range of ethnicities, classes, religions, and regions and helping readers to understand how women and women's history are an integral part of U.S. history.
Subjects: Textbooks.; Feminism; Women; Women; Feminism.; Women.; Women's movement.; Womyn.;
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The Chinese and the iron road : building the transcontinental railroad / by Chang, Gordon H.,editor.(CARDINAL)773625; Chang, Gordon H.,editor.(CARDINAL)773625; Fishkin, Shelley Fisher,editor.(CARDINAL)739831; Hsu, Roland,1961-contributor.(CARDINAL)787514; Obenzinger, Hilton,contributor.(CARDINAL)514494;
Includes bibliographical references (371-508) and index.Chinese railroad workers and the US transcontinental railroad in global perspective / Gordon H. Chang -- Chinese labor migrants to the Americas in the nineteenth century : an inquiry into who they were and the world they left behind / Evelyn Hu-DeHart --The view from home : dreams of Chinese railroad workers across the Pacific / Zhang Guoxiong, with Roland Hsu -- Overseas remittances of Chinese railroad workers in North America / Yuan Ding, with Roland Hsu -- Chinese railroad workers' remittance networks: insights based on qiaoxiang documents / Liu Jin, with Roland Hsu -- Archaeological contributions to research on Chinese railroad workers in North America / Barbara L. Voss -- Living between misery and triumph : the material practices of Chinese railroad workers in North America / Barbara L. Voss -- Landscapes of change : culture, nature, and the archaeological heritage of transcontinental railroads in the North American West / Kelly J. Dixon -- The health and well-being of Chinese railroad workers / J.Ryan Kennedy, Sarah Heffner, Virginia Popper, Ryan P. Harrod, and John J. Crandall -- Religion on the road : how Chinese migrants adapted popular religion to an American context / Kathryn Gin Lum -- Tracking memory : encounters between Chinese railroad workers and Native Americans / Hsinya Huang -- Railroad frames : landscapes and the Chinese railroad worker in photography, 1865-1869 / Denise Khor -- Les fils du ciel : European travelers' accounts of Chinese railroad workers / Greg Robinson -- The Chinese railroad worker in United States history textbooks : a historical genealogy, 1849-1965 / William Gow -- Representing Chinese railroad workers in North America : Chinese historiography and literature, 1949-2015 / Yuan Shu -- History lessons : rememberingChinese railroad workers in Dragon's gate and Donald Duk / Pin-chia Feng -- The Chinese as railroad builders after Promontory / Shelley Fisher Fishkin -- The construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the transpacific Chinese diaspora, 1880-1885 /Zhongping Chen -- Beyond railroad work : Chinese contributions to the development of Winnemucca and Elko, Nevada / Sue Fawn Chung -- The remarkable life of a sometimes railroad worker : Chin Gee Hee, 1844-1929 / Beth Lew-Williams -- The Chinese and the Stanfords : nineteenth-century America's fraught relationship with the China Men / Gordon H. Chang.
Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad Company; Chinese; Foreign workers, Chinese; Railroad construction workers;
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Experiencing the heart of Jesus for 52 weeks / by Lucado, Max,author.(CARDINAL)346093;
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Experiencing the care of Jesus. The God you can trust ; God's provision ; God's gift to the world ; The gift of unhappiness ; When God whispers your name -- Experiencing the peace of Jesus. Jesus under pressure ; Hearing Jesus' voice ; Doubtstorms ; Fear that becomes faith ; The journey's end -- Experiencing the grace of Jesus. We need grace ; God to the rescue ; The royal paupers ; How grace works ; Sufficient grace -- Experiencing the freedom of Jesus. The luggage of life ; Freedom from want ; Freedom from hopelessness ; Freedom from fear ; Freedom from shame -- Experiencing the joy of Jesus. Sacred delight ; God's gladness ; The state of the heart ; The kingdom of the absurd ; The applause of heaven -- Experiencing the love of Jesus. Where love and justice meet ; Honest hearts ; The heaviness of hatred ; A love worth giving ; What we really want to know -- Experiencing the power of Jesus. Everyone needs a miracle ; The power of a timid prayer ; When we are out of choices ; Jesus' power over death ; The stone mover's gallery -- Experiencing the forgiveness of Jesus. Consider the cost ; His choice ; Our choice ; Clothed in Christ ; Left at the cross -- Experiencing the prayer of Jesus. A heavenly affection ; Touching the King's heart ; Because someone prayed ; God's abundant table ; Relying on God's power -- Experiencing the hope of Jesus. The beginning of the best ; Waiting forwardly ; The brand-new you ; Amazed at Jesus ; Crossing the threshold -- Experiencing the calling of Jesus. Fishers of men ; Come and see."Like many people today, you probably know all about Jesus. You can name his birthplace, describe his life story, even quote a few of his teachings. But do you know him the way you know a close friend? Do you know his habits, his emotions, his passions, his personality? Could you predict how he would react in a given situation? Jesus' name is familiar and his story universal, but few of us could really call him a close friend. Just as over time we learn the familiar expressions of our closest friends, so we can come to know the personality of our Savior. Experiencing the Heart of Jesus for 52 weeks is about really knowing him. In this study Max Lucado invites you to step closer to Jesus. This life-changing workbook includes: 52 weekly readings from Max on the person of Jesus Christ; prayer and memory verses for each week; a "Heart of Jesus" section that provides key reflections for each week; a weekly Bible study to help you apply the concepts. As Max notes, "One of the phenomenal things about this study is that it will give you hope. Sometimes we assume that we cannot change. God's perspective, however, is that every single person is a work in progress, and it is his goal to take us and to shape us more and more into the image of Christ. This study encourages us to interact with God. All you need to do is call on him. 'God, help me! Change me so that I don't have to be the person I am. I want to be changed into the image of Christ."--
Subjects: Textbooks.; Jesus Christ; Religion; Christianity; Christian life.;
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Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity : an introduction to worldview issues, philosophical foundations, and models of integration / by Entwistle, David N.,(David Nelson),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-354) and indexes.Introduction: the fork in the road -- The question of necessity: Athens and Jerusalem -- Allies or enemies? Historical views on faith and science -- The soul of psychology and the psyche of the soul -- Windows on the world: assumptions and worldviews -- The pursuit of truth: epistemology, ways of knowing -- The nature of the world: metaphysics -- The nature of humanity: philosophical anthropology -- Understanding and making models -- Antagonistic models of disciplinary relationship: enemies -- Intermediate models of disciplinary relationship: spies, colonialists, rebuilders, and neutral parties -- Integrative models of disciplinary relationship: allies -- Integration in research and practice -- Discerning your place in the integration story."As disciplines, psychology and theology share an overlapping interest in the nature and functioning of human beings. This book provides an introduction to many of the worldview issues and philosophical foundations that frame the relationship of psychology and theology, includes scholarly reflection on the integration literature, and surveys five paradigms of possible relationships between psychology and Christianity. Questions at the end of each chapter are included to help readers evaluate both the material and their own burgeoning approach to integration. This book is ideal as a textbook for students of psychology and other behavioral and social sciences (social work, sociology, theology, counseling, pastoral counseling) at both the graduate and undergraduate level. It is also written for the broader readership of psychologists, counselors, pastors, and others who are interested in integration"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Christianity; Psychology and religion.; Christian philosophy.;
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A history of the Middle Ages, 300-1500 / by Riddle, John M.(CARDINAL)285938;
Includes bibliographical references and index.This text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. The author provides an analysis of the rulers, wars, and events, both natural and human, that defined the medieval era. Taking a broad geographical perspective, he includes northern and eastern Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic states. He shows how each offered values and institutions that presaged modernity. In addition to a thorough chronological narrative, the text offers humanizing features. Each chapter opens with a theme-setting vignette about daily life and introduces key controversies and themes in historiography by discussing the work of a prominent medieval historian. This book immerses readers in the medieval world, an era that shaped the foundation for the modern world.
Subjects: Textbooks.; Civilization, Medieval; Middle Ages;
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