The Life of Society
Author : Edmund Woodward Brown
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 18,98 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Sociology
ISBN :
The Script of Life in Modern Society
Author : Marlis Buchmann
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 29,6 MB
Release : 1989-04-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226078359
Book Description
Includes bibliography, index.
The Book in Society
Author : Solveig Robinson
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 2013-11-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1554810744
Book Description
The Book in Society: An Introduction to Print Culture examines the origins and development of one of the most important inventions in human history. Books can inform, entertain, inspire, irritate, liberate, or challenge readers, and their forms can be tangible and traditional, like a printed, casebound volume, or virtual and transitory, like a screen-page of a cell-phone novel. Written in clear, non-specialist prose, The Book in Society first provides an overview of the rise of the book and of the modern publishing and bookselling industries. It explores the evolution of written texts from early forms to contemporary formats, the interrelationship between literacy and technology, and the prospects for the book in the twenty-first century. The second half of the book is based on historian Robert Darnton’s concept of a book publishing “communication circuit.” It examines how books migrate from the minds of authors to the minds of readers, exploring such topics as the rise of the modern notion of the author, the role of states and others in promoting or restricting the circulation of books, various modes of reproducing and circulating texts, and how readers’ responses help shape the form and content of the books available to them. Feature boxes highlighting key texts, individuals, and developments in the history of the book, carefully selected illustrations, and a glossary all help bring the history of the book to life.
Life in Society
Author : James M. Henslin
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780205494156
Book Description
This brief and economical reader, edited by Jim Henslin, is specifically designed to be used as a companion to "Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach," Eighth Edition. There is one reading per text chapter, including a selection to accompany the online chapter, "The Sociology of Human Sexuality." Readings New To This Edition The Hmong Meet the Melting Pot / Anne Fadiman Diary of a Homeless Man / John R. Coleman Fraternities and Rape Culture / A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All / Herbert J. Gans How the Jews Became White Folks / Karen Brodkin College Athletes and Role Conflict / Peter Adler and Patricia A. Adler Border Blues: The Dilemma of Illegal Immigration / Farai Chideya
The Image
Author : Kenneth Ewart Boulding
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780472060474
Book Description
Boulding discusses the image as the key to understanding society and human behavior
The Social Life of Materials
Author : Adam Drazin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,26 MB
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000183149
Book Description
Materials play a central role in society. Beyond the physical and chemical properties of materials, their cultural properties have often been overlooked in anthropological studies: finished products have been perceived as ‘social’ yet the materials which comprise them are considered ‘raw’ or natural’. The Social Life of Materials proposes a new perspective in this interdisciplinary field. Diverting attention from the consumption of objects, the book looks towards the properties of materials and how these exist through many transformations in a variety of cultural contexts.Human societies have always worked with materials. However, the customs and traditions surrounding this differ according to the place, the time and the material itself. Whether or not the material is man-made, materials are defined by social intervention. Today, these constitute one of the most exciting areas of global scientific research and innovation, harboring the potential to act as key vehicles of change in the world. But this ‘materials revolution’ has complex social implications. Smart materials are designed to anticipate our actions and needs, yet we are increasingly unable to apprehend the composite materials which comprise new products.Bringing together ethnographic studies of cultures from around the world, this collection explores the significance of materials by moving beyond questions of what may be created from them. Instead, the text argues that the materials themselves represent a shifting ground around which relationships, identities and powers are constantly formed and dissolved in the act of making and remaking.
The Society for Useful Knowledge
Author : Jonathan Lyons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 18,80 MB
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1608195724
Book Description
A spellbinding, rich history of the American Enlightenment-think 1776 meets The Metaphysical Club.
Aging, Society, and the Life Course, Fourth Edition
Author : Leslie A. Morgan
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 25,85 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0826119379
Book Description
Print+CourseSmart
The Everyday Life of the State
Author : Adam White
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 37,73 MB
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0295804637
Book Description
Today there are more states controlling more people than at any other point in history. We live in a world shaped by the authority of the state. Yet the complexion of state authority is patchy and uneven. While it is almost always possible to trace the formal rules governing human interaction to the statute books of one state or another, in reality the words in these books often have little bearing upon what is happening on the ground. Their meanings are intentionally and unintentionally misrepresented by those who are supposed to enforce them and by those who are supposed to obey them, generating a range of competing authorities, voices, and allegiances. The Everyday Life of the State explores this "everyday" transformation of state authority into multiple scripts, narratives, and political activities. Drawing upon case studies from across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, the chapters in this book investigate the many ways in which those subjects traditionally regarded as being weak, passive, and obedient manage not only to resist the authority of state actors but to actively subvert and appropriate it, in the process making, unmaking, and remaking the boundaries between state and society over and over again. Collectively, these chapters make an important contribution to the expanding literature on "everyday politics." The "state in society" concept used in this volume has been developed by political scientist Joel S. Migdal, the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in the University of Washington's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
Catholic Social Teaching
Author : Brian Singer-Towns
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,18 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : 9781599820774
Book Description
**Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society has been submitted to the Subcommittee on the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Declarations of conformity with both the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age are pending. Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society This course will guide students in exploring and understanding the social teachings of the Church. It will address the major themes of Catholic social teaching and what they express about God's plan for all people and our obligations to care for one another, especially those most in need in society. The course will work to move students to a life of service and work for the Kingdom of God. The Living in Christ Series * Makes the most of the wisdom and experience of Catholic high school teachers as they empower and guide students to participate in their own learning. * Engages students' intellect and responds to their natural desire to know God. * Encourages faith in action through carefully-crafted learning objectives, lessons, activities, active learning, and summative projects that address multiple learning styles. What you will find . . . * Each Living in Christ student book is developed in line with the U.S. Bishops' High School Curriculum Framework and provides key doctrine essential to the course in a clear and accessible way, making it relevant to the students and how they live their lives. * Each Living in Christ teacher guide carefully crafts the lessons, based on the key principles of Understanding by Design, to guide the students' understanding of key concepts. * Living in Christ offers an innovative, online learning environment featuring flexible and customizable resources to enrich and empower the teacher to respond to the diverse learning needs of the students. * The Living in Christ series is available to you in traditional full-color text and in digital textbook format, offering you options to meet your preferences and needs.
