Investigating the Social World


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A student-friendly textbook that introduces the most cutting-edge research methods applied to engaging social issues In this new Seventh Edition of his perennially successful social research text, author Russell K. Schutt, an award-winning researcher and teacher, continues to make research come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter. Through numerous examples and hands-on exercises that help students learn by doing, Investigating the Social World, Seventh Edition helps readers understand research methods as an integrated whole. Readers will learn to appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and understand the need to make ethical research decisions, while also learning about contemporary social issues like homelessness, drug abuse, disasters, and the effects of social networking on interpersonal relations.




The Individual in a Social World


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This third expanded and definitive collection of essays by Stanley Milgram, the creator of the iconoclastic 'obedience experiments' and the originator of the concept of 'six degrees of separation'. Original, thought provoking and fascinating. Milgram was years ahead of his time, and this book should be read by every social scientist who is interested in behaviour beyond the laboratory. Richard Wiseman, author of Quirkology




The Mystery of the Secret Society


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Ethan and Ella discover a secret society in Greece in the tenth book of Greetings from Somewhere, an exciting series about mystery, travel, and adventure. Ethan and Ella have never been anywhere as cool—or as old—as Athens, Greece. Surrounded by crumbling buildings and ancient sculptures, the twins are excited to follow in their Grandpa Harry’s footsteps and explore the ruins. While they’re exploring, they stumble upon a mysterious painting on an underground wall. What is it? And what in the world is the Society of Apollo? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.




The Mission Possible Mystery at Space Center Houston


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Blast off with Christina and Grant as they try to solve a mystery bigger than the state of Texas! On a trip with Mimi and Papa to Space Center Houston, the kids learn that a valuable moon rock has been stolen! Houston, we have a problem. Could a cowboy or an astronaut (or both) be involved? Kids will learn about the history of the space program, famous astronauts, different spacecraft, zero gravity, moon rocks, and even how astronauts go to the bathroom (very carefully!) This cliff-hanging adventure by award-winning author Carole Marsh, explores the Space Center Houston, TX, the Walking W. Ranch in Austin, TX, Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL and more. Buckle your seat belts - this mystery is out of the world! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Š Blast Off Theater at Space Center Houston Š Simulation Ride Take-off of the Space Shuttle Š Moon Rock display Š Astronaut Gallery Š Gallery of Planets Š Kids Space Place Š Zero G Diner Š Mission Control Room Š Shuttle Flight Control Room Š Rocket Park Š Neutral Buoyancy Lab Š Walking W Ranch in Austin, Texas Š Cape Canaveral Space Center, Florida Š Neil Armstrong Š Buzz Aldrin Š Alan Shepard Š Freedom 7 Š Gordon Cooper Š Faith 7 Š John Glenn Š Apollo 11 Š Gemini Mission Š Edward White Š Mercury Š Ham, the first Chimpanzee in space Š Early Space capsules Š NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Š Moon Rocks Š Zero Gravity Š Saturn V rocket Š Planets - Jupiter, Saturn Š Astroturf Š Tumbleweeds Š Oil Discovery Š Houston History Š General Sam Houston Š The space race between Russian and the United States (Gemini Mission; Mercury; Apollo) Š Space food and water Š Everyday living on the space station Š Tiles on the space shuttle Š Items improved because of the space program (tennis shoes; cordless tools) Š Astronaut lingo Š Texas history Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.7 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 133199 Lexile Measure: 720 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40




The Social World of Intellectuals in the Roman Empire


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This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire. Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to construction of the group's history, integration into the social fabric of the community served as both an index of identity and a medium through which contests over status and authority were conducted. The juxtaposition of patterns of belonging in Second Sophistic and early Christian circles reveals a shared repertoire of technologies of self-definition, authorization and institutionalization and shows how each group manipulated and adapted those strategies to its own needs. This approach provides a more rounded view of the Second Sophistic and places the early Christian formation of 'orthodoxy' in a fresh context.




Diary of a Social Detective


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Real-Life Tales of Mystery, Intrigue and Interpersonal Adventure Detective agencies come in many shapes and forms, but never before has there been a one-man social detective agency Johnny Multony, transformed from a social misfit to a socially savvy kid, starts the first-ever social detective agency. He is then hired by other students in his school for help with common interpersonal dilemmas, such as cliques, dealing with disappointments, bullying, personal space, friends, body language, and much more.




The Structures of the Life-world


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The Structures of the Life-World is the final focus of twenty-seven years of Alfred Schutz's labor, encompassing the fruits of his work between 1932 and his death in 1959. This book represents Schutz's seminal attempt to achieve a comprehensive grasp of the nature of social reality. Here he integrates his theory of relevance with his analysis of social structures. Thomas Luckmann, a former student of Schutz's, completed the manuscript for publication after Schutz's untimely death.




Media/Society


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The Third Edition of this popular text provides students with an overview of the entire media process, with an emphasis on how social forces influence the media and how media potentially affect society.




Mystery of Mysteries


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With the recent Sokal hoax--the publication of a prominent physicist's pseudo-article in a leading journal of cultural studies--the status of science moved sharply from debate to dispute. Is science objective, a disinterested reflection of reality, as Karl Popper and his followers believed? Or is it subjective, a social construction, as Thomas Kuhn and his students maintained? Into the fray comes "Mystery of Mysteries," an enlightening inquiry into the nature of science, using evolutionary theory as a case study. Michael Ruse begins with such colorful luminaries as Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) and Julian Huxley (brother of novelist Aldous and grandson of T. H. Huxley, "Darwin's bulldog" ) and ends with the work of the English game theorist Geoffrey Parker--a microevolutionist who made his mark studying the mating strategies of dung flies--and the American paleontologist Jack Sepkoski, whose computer-generated models reconstruct mass extinctions and other macro events in life's history. Along the way Ruse considers two great popularizers of evolution, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould, as well as two leaders in the field of evolutionary studies, Richard Lewontin and Edward O. Wilson, paying close attention to these figures' cultural commitments: Gould's transplanted Germanic idealism, Dawkins's male-dominated Oxbridge circle, Lewontin's Jewish background, and Wilson's southern childhood. Ruse explicates the role of metaphor and metavalues in evolutionary thought and draws significant conclusions about the cultural impregnation of science. Identifying strengths and weaknesses on both sides of the "science wars," he demonstrates that a resolution of the objective and subjective debate is nonetheless possible.