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This is the first book to provide readers with an overall understanding of changing patterns in the extended and conjugal family relationships of the second largest ethnic minority group in the United States.

Part 1 Part I: IntroductionChapter 2 The Crisis in Contemporary American Sociology: A Critique of the Discipline's Dominant ParadigmChapter 3 The Bureaucratization of Sociology: Its Impact on Theory and ResearchChapter 4 Ethnicity and Gender: The View from Above versus the View from BelowPart 5 Part II: IntroductionChapter 6 Bureaucratic Secrets and Adversarial Methods of Social ResearchChapter 7 Sociologist as Citizen-Scholar: A Symbolic Interactionist Alternative to Normal SociologyChapter 8 The Rise of the Wisconsin School of Status-Attainment ResearchChapter 9 Academic Labor Markets and the Sociology TemporaryChapter 10 Ideology and the Celebration of Applied SociologyChapter 11 Western Sociology and the Third World: Asymmetrical Forms of Understanding and the Inadequacy of Sociological DiscourseChapter 12 The Rise and Fall of The American Sociologist

Bringing critical theory to bear on questions of gerontology, Maugans corrects gerontology's traditional leanings. Aging Parents, Ambivalent Baby Boomers includes reflections on the society rather than just the individual and looks at qualitative as well as quantitative methods.

With summaries, review questions and suggested projects with each chapter and a broad and balanced view of the field, Child Maltreatment makes a splendid text for courses in child abuse.

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Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 The Size of The SliceChapter 4 The Imperial Legacy: Racism and Omission of TriumphChapter 5 Organizing The Unorganized: Combatting The Grower and The Labor ContractorChapter 6 Taking It On The Chin and Fighting Back: Defensive and Offensive StrikesChapter 7 Conclusions: Tactics Out of The Past For the FutureChapter 8 Appendix A: Mining The Fields: The Tindals and Migratory Farm LaborChapter 9 FootnotesChapter 10 Photograph CreditsChapter 11 Author Index

Today's criminal justice system is the product of adjustments and reappraisals of policies and practices of the past. The Past Present, and Future of American Criminal Justice highlights how criminal justice has changed and how it continues to change.

This classic has been the most authoritative text in the field since 1924. The thoroughly revised Eleventh Edition continues to provide a sound, sophisticated, sociological treatment of the principal issues in criminology.

Interactionism: Exposition and Critique offers a balanced overview of symbolic interactionism from its earliest precursors to its latest proponents and critics.