In the book The Age of Innocence written by Edith Wharton, the main characters go through their days trying to live up to the standards of the society of "Old New York", and worry about the reputation of their family names more than that of their own well being. From this book it is seen that an individual is shaped by his or her own society in which they live. ... A very prominent example and common theme throughout the entire book is the place, and struggle of women to be, and know what is expected of them. In this book's plot women are trapped in their society, some trying to be per...

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In the book The Age of Innocence written by Edith Wharton, the main characters go through their days trying to live up to the standards of the society of "Old New York", and worry about the reputation of their family names more than that of their own well being. From this book it is seen that an individual is shaped by his or her own society in which they live. ... A very prominent example and common theme throughout the entire book is the place, and struggle of women to be, and know what is expected of them. In this book's plot women are trapped in their society, some trying to be per...

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Pedagogy of the Oppressed In this philosophical book, the author enlightens us about the relationship between the "oppressor" and the "oppressed" in terms of the student-teacher relationship. ... This book poses an interesting comparison between the oppressor and the oppressed as it outlines a symbolic parasitic relationship between the two. ... While reading this book, it reminded me of The Prince by Machiavelli, an inspirational book that glorified the individuality of the student "soldier", the dependence of a teacher, while at the same time maintaining the values of the larger communi...

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Flatland is not only an intriguing and engaging book about geometry itself, it also teaches valuable lessons about what a negatively multicultural society would be like - one with distinct classes who are viewed as "better" or "worse" than others. ... I am really excited to use this book, along with other resources to help with learning activities that correspond to the book's topics, to increase my students' awareness of multiculturalism and provide a platform that presents mathematics in a new and life-application-level way. ... I will use the book Flatland along with other Multicu...

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In the book it states although organized religious participation declines, informal religious activities remain common in late adulthood. ... As the book states adults who arrive at a sense of integrity feel whole and satisfied with their achievements. ... In the book, it states among the big five personality traits, neuroticism, extraversion, and openness to experience show modest declines during adulthood. ... In the book, it states highly generative people find fulfillment as they make contributions to society through parenthood, other family relationships, the work place, volunteer activit...

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Disengagement Theory Book Def: Elaine Cumming and William Henry introduced this theory to explain the impact of aging during one's life course. ... Activity Theory Book Def: This theory argues that elderly people who remain active and socially involved will be best adjusted. ...

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The biggest struggles represented in the book are due to racism, poverty, and crime. ... In the "Goin" Legit" chapter of the book we see the discrimination that is experienced by Primo and Caesar when they attempted working in a "legitimate" work environment. ... This machoism and cruelty can be seen in various instances throughout the book. ...

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In the book Code of the Streets, Anderson moves to an urban part of Philadelphia where the African American neighborhoods are filled with people selling drugs, crime rates are high, and people are living in poverty. ... In the book, it's discussed how the whole community must have an equal understanding of the code of the street since it is not just street families who live in these aggressive environments, its people of all backgrounds. ... I thought the book was very insightful as to what is really going on in these urban communities as far as drugs, violence, and jobs go. ...

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Menger's acclaimed book, Untersuchungen über die Methode der Sozialwis-senschaften und der Politischen Ökonomie insbesondere, clearly divides psychologists into two categories, the positivists and the subjectivists. ... In his book, Towards Real Persons: Clinical Judgement and Philosophy of Psychiatry, he states, "Mental health care raises as many conceptual as empirical issues. ... " Another group of psychologists came together to write the book Mixing Methods in Psychology: The Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Theory and Practice. The psychologists that...

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The topics that are so enthusiastically brought up in this book, Gender, Development, and Globalization, are all topics that have been discussed to great lengths by many others authors; however, Benerí takes a unique approach to trying to unify these ideas into one definitive issue. ... In the first half of the book, Beneria looks at the issues facing the individual concepts of gender, development, and globalization. ... The main ideas that are brought up in the first half of this book include the dichotomy of economic versus gender justice, the other dichotomy of practical versus ...

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Theory links up the research and the problem, which is examined in the research. Theory allows the researchers a streamline of action. It is a set of logical, coherent, interrelated concepts, which attempt to explain some observable phenomena or group of facts. Review of the literature provides awareness of the facts and researcher gets a guideline for the inquiry of the problem. Theory is a systematic explanation for the observed facts and laws that are related to particular aspects of life. ...

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In the book, "Just Friends: The Role of Friendship in Our Lives," Lillian Rubin (1985) looks at friendships as they develop during adulthood. ... In her book, "Oedipal Asymmetries and Heterosexual Knots," Nancy Chodorow looks at how from the day one engages with ones parents; one is involved in a never-ending cycle of heterosexuality. ... The other theory that I thought applied to this research came from the book "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life," by Erving Goffman (1959). ... I couldn't help but compare my research to this book, because men and women are given social roles bas...

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In historian Lynn White's book, Medivieval Technology and Culture Change, he argues that various technological advances within the field of agriculture related directly to monumental social, economic, and cultural changes of Europe. ... In White's book, he specifically sites the importance of the heavy plow, horse collar, and use of horse power as key innovations that led directly to Europe's rise to power. ...

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In addition to the Etymological Dictionary, the reference book called Origins, by Eric Partridge, states that the word "feminism, -ist, -ize, come, perhaps with French encouragement, from femin, and femina- ( Partridge 207). ... In the monthly magazine Christian Science Monitor, Marilyn Gardner uses the word as follows: "Daisy Hernandez, a recent college graduate who is co-editing a book on feminism by young women of color, also notes mixed signals- (Garnder 1) (Italics editor). ...

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Despite the difficulties that assumptions can produce, this posthumous book, studded with ideas like a little roast with truffles, will pleasurably provoke those who persevere. ... He also says: "Key points about contrasting styles of cognition were deftly summarized in a blackboard diagram of a "multi-periscoped submarine", an image that must be indelibly stamped on generations of students (the argument is set out fully in Plough, Sword and Book, 1988). ...

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I have also read many of the case studies in the book, and through them, realized my own lack of experience with people in different situations than me. ... A lot of the unit 3 work in our book looked a lot like a lesson plan that one college sent to me, so I plan to use a lot of the social stratification, social classes, social mobility, poverty, racial discrimination, age discrimination, sexual discrimination, minority groups, prejudice, treatment of minority groups, as well as many other factors of sociology. ...

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Content Book 1 - Extra Social Factors Suicide and Psychopathic States Durkheim, as mentioned in the introduction, conducted the study of suicide to prove that it was social, rather than extra social factors that influenced suicide. ... BOOK 2 - SOCIAL CAUSES AND SOCIAL TYPES How to determine social causes and social types: Durkheim, after looking at all the extra social factors discussed above came to the conclusion that it was the society which influenced suicidal tendencies. ...

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This book is represented as being based on the future, hence her wild act of destroying it not only makes clear the way in which Hedda does not fit the idealized role of subservient female but also demonstrates her apparent need to escape a future which is so circumscribed by her social position that it seems to her to be horrifying. Hedda's burning of the book also allows her to have the power she is denied in the role of wife and mother and is symbolic of her need for dominance and manipulation "I want for once in my life power over a human being's fate"(Act II, p324). ... The sy...

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In the West, for example, Matthew Arnold defined culture in his 1869 book, Culture and Anarchy, as "the best that has been thought and said in the world." ... For example, Raymond Williams defined culture in his 1965 book, The Long Revolution, as "a particular way of life which expresses certain meanings and values not only in art and learning, but also in institutions and ordinary behavior. ... Carey, who defined communication in his 1988 book, Communication as Culture, as "a symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired, and transformed." ...

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Rather, he was putting effort into getting a deeper understanding of each book, but found the themes useless or inapplicable to his life. ... We see that Rodriguez was trying very hard to find the meanings of each book he read, and yet he was too focused on "getting educated " to apply those meanings into his own life. ... When Rodriguez finally expanded his field from book knowledge to heart knowledge, he was able to connect everything he had previously learned and apply it to his life. ...

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The film then shows Carter writing his memoirs, which lead to release of his book "The Sixteenth Round". ... In the section of the film where Lesra is reading Carters book and Carter is describing his first run-in with the law as a child, we can find examples of ethnic and class stratifications. ...

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Also they appear to be more unique than the rest, because they are more read they are familiar, and if someone who's read the canon reads a similar non-canon book, the non-canon is frowned upon for being like the canon. ...

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People who grow up in particular culture or community share certain values and assumptions. Values are defined as what is considered as right and wrong. Assumptions are defined as the consequences emerge as the result of the deeds which is considered as right or wrong. In the book entitled American ...

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We have seen the good effects of Western modernization with the rise of technological advances and strong economic growth because of capitalism. But we do not notice behind this modernization is the possibility of a self-destruction of the industrial society which Beck terms as reflexive modernizati...

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In the book of Genesis, the bible " foreshadowed the conflict over land between the Jews and Palestinians as Ishmael was the son of Abraham and maid of his wife Sarah while Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah. ...

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