By Brian S. Thomson
Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and by Michèle Lamont
By Michèle Lamont
Drawing on remarkably frank, in-depth interviews with one hundred sixty profitable males within the usa and France, Mich?le Lamont presents an extraordinary and revealing collective portrait of the upper-middle class—the managers, execs, marketers, and specialists on the heart of strength in society. Her publication is a refined, textured description of the way those males outline the values and attitudes they think about crucial in keeping apart themselves—and their class—from every body else.Money, Morals, and Manners is an bold and complicated try to light up the character of social category in sleek society. For all those that downplay the significance of unequal social teams, it is going to be a revelation."A strong, cogent learn that might supply an increased foundation for debates within the sociology of tradition for years to come."—David Gartman, American magazine of Sociology"A significant accomplishment! Combining cultural research and comparative method with a ultimate literary type, this e-book considerably broadens the certainty of stratification and inequality. . . . This publication will impress debate, encourage examine, and function a version for a few years to come."—R. Granfield, Choice"This is an extremely fantastic piece of labor, a greatest instance of the sociologist's craft."—Lewis Coser, Boston collage
Risks at Sea: Amsterdam Insurance and Maritime Europe, by Frank C. Spooner
By Frank C. Spooner
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Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Beatrice Violet Graham Greville
By Beatrice Violet Graham Greville
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Big Data Now: 2012 Edition by O'Reilly Media Inc.
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Secret power : or, The secret of success in Christian life by Dwight Lyman Moody
By Dwight Lyman Moody
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Ruth Ann's Letters Going to a New Level. Series Three by Ruth Ann Polston
By Ruth Ann Polston
Going to a brand new point is ready achieving deeper depth in our courting with Christ.
The Ethics of Psychological Research by J. D. Keehn (Eds.)
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Energy in Perspective by Jerry Marion (Eds.)
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The dialectics of Black revolution: The struggle to defeat by Omali Yeshitela
By Omali Yeshitela
Devoted to all of the comrades killed, captured, and exiled within the fight. to construct the armed city guerrilla, from, and to those that supported us. while all others refused to withstand fact!