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Social-Science

1968

Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania


Jerome Rothenberg - 1968
    Hailed by Robert Creeley as "both a deeply useful work book and an unequivocal delight," and by the Los Angeles Times Book Review as one of the hundred most recommended American books of the last thirty-five years, it appears here in a revised and expanded version several years in the making. Rothenberg's revision follows the structure and themes of the original version while reworking the contents to include a European section and a large number of newly gathered and translated poems that reflect the work set in motion since 1968.

Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village


Elizabeth Warnock Fernea - 1968
    A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman.

The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx


Shlomo Avineri - 1968
    Dr Avineri claims that such a gap between the 'young' and 'older' Marx did not exist. He supports his claim by a detailed study of the whole corpus of Marx's writing on social and political thought.

Political Order in Changing Societies


Samuel P. Huntington - 1968
    In a new Foreword, Francis Fukuyama assesses Huntington’s achievement, examining the context of the book’s original publication as well as its lasting importance.“This pioneering volume, examining as it does the relation between development and stability, is an interesting and exciting addition to the literature.”—American Political Science Review“’Must’ reading for all those interested in comparative politics or in the study of development.”—Dankwart A. Rustow, Journal of International Affairs

The Kerner Report: The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (The James Madison Library in American Politics)


National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders - 1968
    Hailed by Martin Luther King Jr. as a "physician’s warning of approaching death, with a prescription for life," this historic study was produced by a presidential commission established by Lyndon Johnson, chaired by former Illinois governor Otto Kerner, and provides a riveting account of the riots that shook 1960s America. The commission pointed to the polarization of American society, white racism, economic inopportunity, and other factors, arguing that only "a compassionate, massive, and sustained" effort could reverse the troubling reality of a racially divided, separate, and unequal society. Conservatives criticized the report as a justification of lawless violence while leftist radicals complained that Kerner didn’t go far enough. But for most Americans, this report was an eye-opening account of what was wrong in race relations. Drawing together decades of scholarship showing the widespread and ingrained nature of racism, The Kerner Report provided an important set of arguments about what the nation needs to do to achieve racial justice, one that is familiar in today’s climate. Presented here with an introduction by historian Julian Zelizer, The Kerner Report deserves renewed attention in America’s continuing struggle to achieve true parity in race relations, income, employment, education, and other critical areas.

The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear


Kin Platt - 1968
    A twelve-year-old boy with a psychological speech defect gradually develops a schizophrenic withdrawal after moving from Los Angeles to live with his mother in New York following the divorce of his harsh and detached parents.

A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis


Eric Berne - 1968
    Excerpt from rear cover: Eric Berne "...is a psychiatrist...born in Montreal...is chairman of the board...swims regularly in the cold and...He has a mustache"

The Wisdom of Albert Schweitzer


Albert Schweitzer - 1968
    The Wisdom of Albert Schweitzer explores this core philosophy, which inspired one of the world’s great humanitarians. While traveling in Africa, Schweitzer recognized that all living creatures have a will to live and believed that through a “reverence for life” mankind had an ethical imperative to aid in the welfare of all living things, including the environment. His words have remained an inspiration for generations of humanitarians and environmentalists.

Dreams: Your Magic Mirror: With Interpretations of Edgar Cayce


Elsie Sechrist - 1968
    Learn to preview the future from dreams, to interpret dreams of departed loved ones, and to receive messages helpful in making decisions.

On Charisma and Institution Building: Selected Writings


Max Weber - 1968
    That the concept of charisma is crucially important for understanding the processes of institution building is implicit in Weber's own writings, and the explication of this relationship is perhaps the most important challenge which Weber's work poses for modern sociology. Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building is a volume in "The Heritage of Sociology," a series edited by Morris Janowitz. Other volumes deal with the writings of George Herbert Mead, William F. Ogburn, Louis Wirth, W. I. Thomas, Robert E. Park, and the Scottish Moralists—Adam Smith, David Hume, Adam Ferguson, and others.

The Theory of Business Enterprise


Thorstein Veblen - 1968
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The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by


Thomas Clarkson - 1968
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The Person: His Development Throughout the Life Cycle


Theodore Lidz - 1968
    Revised edition of 1976 published under title: The person, his & her development throughout the life cyclePrefacesHuman EndowmentFamilyLife CycleNeonate & New MotherInfancyToddlerOedipal PeriodChildhood IntegrationJuvenileAdolescenceYoung AdultOccupational ChoiceMarital ChoiceMarital AdjustmentParenthoodMiddle YearsOld AgeDeathLife PatternsPersonality Development & Physiological FunctionsTherapeutic RelationshipIndex

Amish Society


John A. Hostetler - 1968
    In this fourth edition of Amish Society Hostetler takes the reader inside Amish culture and explains the nature of Amish religious beliefs and ceremonies, community and family life, tensions with worldly values, and interactions with outsiders. He offers updated information on a variety of topics, including Amish population trends, land use and farming practices, and relations with the state.

The People on Second Street


Jenny Moore - 1968
    This quartet envisioned the Episcopal Church as an agent of social change, protesting inner city housing conditions and racial discrimination. Jenny Moore's 1968 memoir of the nine years her family spent in Jersey City is an unsentimental and moving reflection of the contradictions of love, privilege, and commitment.