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This is a groundbreaking study of our culture”s obsession with weddings. By examining popular films, commercials, magazines, advertising, television sitcoms and even children”s toys, this book show …

They are America”s forgotten children, the hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes who walk the Las Vegas Strip, the casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates, and the street corne …

This is Volume IV of twenty-one in a series on the Sociology of Gender and the Family. Originally published in 1949, this is a development of the author”s previous work that recommended action in th …

Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this …

Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism represent a major trend in individualized societies worldwide, which is attracting a rapidly growing interest from the academic community. This volume for …

First published in 1998. This is the ninth volume of Historical Sociology and contains an extended essay on the Renaissance of Sociology which was originally written in response to write articles on …

First published in 1998.This is Volume XIV of the eighteen in the Sociology of Work and Organization series and which is an investigation of the developments of combination in the distributive trades …

This book explores how restorative justice is used and what its potential benefits are in situations where the state has been either explicitly or implicitly involved in human rights abuses. Restorat …

The author analyzes Durkheim”s social theory from the standpoint of critical structuralism. She explores Durkheim”s discussion of the relationship between the individual and society. She also addre …

This is Volume V of thirteen of a collection on Urban and Regional Sociology. Originally published in 1966, this study looks at the kinship in Irish families, including their characteristic cultural …