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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Smart mobs Smart mobs Howard Rheingold From Tokyo to Helsinki, Manhattan to Manila, Rheingold takes readers on a journey around the world for a preview of the next techno-cultural shift--a shift he predicts will be as dramatic as the wide… OL15839936W
Great Silence Great Silence Juliet Nicolson Peace at last, after Lloyd George declared it had been 'the war to end all wars', would surely bring relief and a renewed sense of optimism? But this assumption turned out to be deeply misplaced as p… OL21657025W
Marokko achter de schermen Marokko achter de schermen Steven Adolf Beschrijving van het historische en moderne Marokko. OL26188719W
The social imperative The social imperative Gregory Baum Essays on the critical issues that confront the Christian churches. OL2867538W
Emerging Adulthood Emerging Adulthood Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Preface 1. A longer road to adulthood2. What is it like to be an emerging adult: Four portraits3. From conflict to companionship: A new relationship with parents4. Love and sex5. Meandering toward ma… OL2974340W
New families, no families? New families, no families? Frances K. Goldscheider TABLE OF CONTENTS: The new "decline of the family" -- Family trends since the baby boom : decline or restructuring? -- Studying family change -- Planning for new families -- The transition to marriag… OL4086839W
The culture of control The culture of control David Garland The United States and the United Kingdom have both become nations of stringent social control, from rapidly growing prison populations to ever increasing surveillance, curtailment of civil liberties,… OL4445356W
Een jongen van het dorp Een jongen van het dorp Chris van Esterik Het met de Eurekaprijs bekroonde Een jongen van het dorp is aanstekelijk geschreven en toegankelijk voor een groot publiek. In dit boek duikt Chris van Esterik in de geschiedenis van zijn geboortedor… OL5425990W
Virtual Organization Virtual Organization Abbe Mowshowitz "Computers mediate. They serve as brokers in matching buyers to sellers, employees to employers, resources to work processes, and on it goes. The social significance of computers as mediators and bro… OL7090197W
Changing Family Values Changing Family Values C. Wright What is meant by a crisis in the family? in recent years 'the family' has become the controversial focus for many of the important issues Western societies are now facing at the end of the century. i… OL7123086W
Culture and commitment Culture and commitment Margaret Mead From the Preface: "This book is based on what I have learned about the way human cultures are transmitted and changed, as I have watched primitive cultures come into the modern world during my last f… OL73781W
When Culture and Biology Collide When Culture and Biology Collide Euclid O. Smith "Why do we do things that we know are bad for us? Why do we line up to buy greasy fast food that is terrible for our bodies? Why do we take the potentially lethal risk of cosmetic surgery to have a s… OL8498689W