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Glencoe and Beyond

Author : Iain S. MacDonald
Publisher : John Donald Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Glencoe and Beyond written by Iain S. MacDonald and published by John Donald Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This perceptive and informative study examines all these aspects and shows ultimately that chiefs, tacksmen, clansmen, and even southern sheep-farmers were all individuals reacting to the circumstances in which they found themselves, and that these circumstances themselves were characterised by a great deal of economic turbulence.It has been widely accepted in the past that sheep-farming in the Highlands was developed and undertaken by southern incomers; some modern historians have even dismissed the possibility that Highlanders could have become sheep-farmers because they lacked the necessary skill and capital. Ian S. MacDonald's meticulous research disproves this and illustrates that in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries that while some southern sheep-farmers did indeed move into the Highlands, they were in fact greatly outnumbered by native Highlanders, who saw a future in sheep-farming, initiated it themselves, and ...

Beyond the Market

Author : Jens Beckert
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140082544X
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Market written by Jens Beckert and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the Market launches a sociological investigation into economic efficiency. Prevailing economic theory, which explains efficiency using formalized rational choice models, often simplifies human behavior to the point of distortion. Jens Beckert finds such theory to be particularly weak in explaining such crucial forms of economic behavior as cooperation, innovation, and action under conditions of uncertainty--phenomena he identifies as the proper starting point for a sociology of economic action. Beckert levels an enlightened critique at neoclassical economics, arguing that understanding efficiency requires looking well beyond the market to the social, cultural, political, and cognitive factors that influence the coordination of economic action. Beckert searches social theory for the components of an alternative theory of action, one that accounts for the social embedding of economic behavior. In Durkheim and Parsons he finds especially useful approaches to cooperation; in Luhmann, a way to understand how people act under highly contingent conditions; and in Giddens, an understanding of creative action and innovation. Together, these provide building blocks for a research program that will yield a theoretically sophisticated understanding of how economic processes are coordinated and the ways that markets are embedded in social, cultural, and cognitive structures. Containing one of the most fully informed critiques of the neoclassical analysis of economic efficiency--as well as one of the most thoughtful blueprints for economic sociology--this book reclaims for sociology the study of one of the most important arenas of human action.

Beyond the Ruling Class

Author : Suzanne Keller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351289187
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Ruling Class written by Suzanne Keller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Influential minorities have existed in some form in all human societies. Throughout history, such elites have evoked varied responses--respeet. hos-tility, fear. envy, imitation, but never indifference. While certain elite groups have been of only passing historical importance, strategic elites, whose mem-bers are national and international leaders, today are ultimately responsible for the realization of social goals and for the continuity of the social order in a swiftly changing world. This volume, which first appeared in 1963, markeda major advance in our theoretical understanding of these elites, why they are needed, how they operate, and what effect they have on society. Drawing upon the work of such classical writers as Saint-Simon. Marx. Durkheim. Mosca. Pareto. and Michels, and such modern scholars as Mann-heim. Lasswell, Aron. Mills, and Parsons, the author presents a challenging theory of elites that provides the framework for her examination of their co-existence, their social origins, and their rise and decline. The elites discussed here include political, diplomatic, economic, and military, as well as scientific, cultural, and religious ones. Systematically, the author surveys available em-pirical data concerning American society, and selected materials on Great Brit-ain. Germany, the Soviet Union, and the developing nations of Asia and Africa. Written with clarity and distinction. Beyond the Ruling Class remains a thorough and provocative treatment, rich in empirical insights, of a subject that will compel the attention of political scientists, sociologists, and historians concerned with themes of power, influence, and leadership in national and international life. Her new introduction to Beyond the Ruling Class is at once an appraisal of the current status of elite studies and a careful self-evaluation of her efforts.

Lynching Beyond Dixie

Author : Michael J. Pfeifer
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094654
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Lynching Beyond Dixie written by Michael J. Pfeifer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-03-16 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, scholars have explored much of the history of mob violence in the American South, especially in the years after Reconstruction. However, the lynching violence that occurred in American regions outside the South, where hundreds of persons, including Hispanics, whites, African Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans died at the hands of lynch mobs, has received less attention. This collection of essays by prominent and rising scholars fills this gap by illuminating the factors that distinguished lynching in the West, the Midwest, and the Mid-Atlantic. The volume adds to a more comprehensive history of American lynching and will be of interest to all readers interested in the history of violence across the varied regions of the United States. Contributors are Jack S. Blocker Jr., Brent M. S. Campney, William D. Carrigan, Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Dennis B. Downey, Larry R. Gerlach, Kimberley Mangun, Helen McLure, Michael J. Pfeifer, Christopher Waldrep, Clive Webb, and Dena Lynn Winslow.

Beyond Yiddishkeit

Author : Frida K. Furman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143840350X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Yiddishkeit written by Frida K. Furman and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beyond Yiddishkeit deals in an intelligent and perceptive way with the issue of Jewish identity in an affluent and highly educated suburban community. Particularly significant is that it relies upon participant observation, as well as ethnographic interview techniques and data, on the part of the author. In this way, the work constitutes the first major study of this type conducted within the liberal Jewish American community. As such, it is a "pioneering" work. Equally impressive is the author's command of the sociological literature on issues of identity and her ability to apply it to the data gathered in this study. She makes sociological jargon intelligible and presents an easily-read and well-constructed book. Her ability throughout the work to focus on issues of modernity is insightful and brilliant. I found myself racing through the book and, indeed, read it in one sitting. This really is an unparalleled work in this field." — David Ellenson, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion

Beyond Belief

Author : Robert N. Bellah
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520073940
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Belief written by Robert N. Bellah and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-06-11 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Belief collects fifteen celebrated, broadly ranging essays in which Robert Bellah interprets the interplay of religion and society in concrete contexts from Japan to the Middle East to the United States. First published in 1970, Beyond Belief is a classic in the field of sociology of religion.

Beyond the Great Glen

Author : James R. Nicolson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Great Glen written by James R. Nicolson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beyond Service

Author : Greg McElligott
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802047663
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Service written by Greg McElligott and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg McElligott traces neoconservative labour market policy from its international origins to the local offices of the Canadian state.

Beyond the Founders

Author : Jeffrey L. Pasley
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807855584
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Founders written by Jeffrey L. Pasley and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In pursuit of a more sophisticated and inclusive American history, the contributors to Beyond the Founders propose new directions for the study of the political history of the republic before 1830. In ways formal and informal, symbolic and tactile,

Vancouver & Beyond

Author : Fred Thirkell
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781894384155
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Vancouver & Beyond written by Fred Thirkell and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of 50 stories about Vancouver and environs in the early years of the 20th century. These stories grew out of a collection of picture postcards -- not just any old postcards, but particularly appealing 'real photo' cards that seemed to be waiting to have their stories told. While some of the images are not uncommon, most of the pictures are rare, if not one-of-a-kind survivors of the 'golden age' of postcards, which encompassed the years between 1900 and 1914, the relatively short period of time when Vancouver ended its days as a frontier town and became a significant Canadian city.

Trekking Beyond

Author : Dave Costello
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781316961
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Trekking Beyond written by Dave Costello and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning photographic journey to the world's most iconic walking destinations. Discover the epic drama of mountain trails, windswept coastal paths, dense forest walks and the immense canyons, glaciers and ocean vistas only your feet can take you to. Vivid essays introduce the world’s best trekking regions – from the Himalayas to the Andes, the wilds of the Scottish Highlands to the dusty Australian Outback – exploring the challenges of walking these paths, the history of their formation and the sense of exploration and wonder to be found along these distinctive routes. Each route is accompanied by stunning photography, showcasing the variety of terrains and their magnificent vistas.

Beyond Boundaries?

Author : Rudra Sil
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791445983
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Boundaries? written by Rudra Sil and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-06-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a constructively critical reappraisal of the boundaries that define the social scientific analysis of international life.

Beyond the Case

Author : Corey M. Abramson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 019060848X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Case written by Corey M. Abramson and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social sciences have seen a substantial increase in comparative and multi-sited ethnographic projects over the last three decades. Yet, at present, researchers seeking to design comparative field projects have few scholarly works detailing how comparison is conducted in divergent ethnographic approaches. In Beyond the Case, Corey M. Abramson and Neil Gong have gathered together several experts in field research to address these issues by showing how practitioners employing contemporary iterations of ethnographic traditions such as phenomenology, grounded theory, positivism, and interpretivism, use comparison in their works. The contributors connect the long history of comparative (and anti-comparative) ethnographic approaches to their contemporary uses. By honing in on how ethnographers render sites, groups, or cases analytically commensurable and comparable, Beyond the Case offers a new lens for examining the assumptions, payoffs, and potential drawbacks of different forms of comparative ethnography.

Tocqueville and Beyond

Author : Robert M. Schwartz
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
ISBN 13 : 9780874138306
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Tocqueville and Beyond written by Robert M. Schwartz and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by French and American historians testifies to the enduring importance of Alexis de Tocqueville's The Old Regime and the French Revolution, first published in 1856. Highly original in its day and now recognized as a classic, The Old Regime has since the 1970s stimulated considerable research and improved our understanding of the French Old Regime. Tocqueville and Beyond joins this trend to offer both an appreciation and critique of Tocqueville's remarkable book. From the wide-ranging perspectives of privileged nobles, men of letters, rural life, and the evolution of centralization and liberty in France as well as the Dutch Republic, these essays attest to the continuing significance of Tocqueville's classic study.

Boundary Objects and Beyond

Author : Geoffrey C. Bowker
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262331020
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Boundary Objects and Beyond written by Geoffrey C. Bowker and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The multifaceted work of the late Susan Leigh Star is explored through a selection of her writings and essays by friends and colleagues. Susan Leigh Star (1954–2010) was one of the most influential science studies scholars of the last several decades. In her work, Star highlighted the messy practices of discovering science, asking hard questions about the marginalizing as well as the liberating powers of science and technology. In the landmark work Sorting Things Out, Star and Geoffrey Bowker revealed the social and ethical histories that are deeply embedded in classification systems. Star's most celebrated concept was the notion of boundary objects: representational forms—things or theories—that can be shared between different communities, with each holding its own understanding of the representation. Unfortunately, Leigh was unable to complete a work on the poetics of infrastructure that further developed the full range of her work. This volume collects articles by Star that set out some of her thinking on boundary objects, marginality, and infrastructure, together with essays by friends and colleagues from a range of disciplines—from philosophy of science to organization science—that testify to the wide-ranging influence of Star's work. Contributors Ellen Balka, Eevi E. Beck, Dick Boland, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Janet Ceja Alcalá, Adele E. Clarke, Les Gasser, James R. Griesemer, Gail Hornstein, John Leslie King, Cheris Kramarae, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, Karen Ruhleder, Kjeld Schmidt, Brian Cantwell Smith, Susan Leigh Star, Anselm L. Strauss, Jane Summerton, Stefan Timmermans, Helen Verran, Nina Wakeford, Jutta Weber

Beyond the Atlantic Roar

Author : Donald Fraser Campbell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780771097782
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (977 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Atlantic Roar written by Donald Fraser Campbell and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1974 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending the skills of sociology and history, the authors focus on the changing values of the Scots and the threatened disappearance of their distinctive lifestyle.

Beyond the Science Wars

Author : Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstråle
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791446188
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Science Wars written by Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstråle and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-08-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contextualizes the "Science Wars" from interdisciplinary sociological, historical, scientific, political, and cultural perspectives.