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Producing success Producing success Peter Demerath The result of four years at Midwestern "Wilton High," this book seeks to understand the merciless, competitive culture of an upper-middle-class American high school, showing the various things parent… OL13775304W
Pathologies of power Pathologies of power Paul Farmer Pathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life--and death--in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years o… OL15893773W
Shoah E Schiavitù Shoah E Schiavitù Giulio A. Lucchetta Nel porre in parallelo le storie di sfruttamento schiavistico nel Congo per il reperimento di avorio e quelle nei lager per la produzione della gomma sintetica, Finkelstein suggerisce l’ipotesi che q… OL16620641W
On such a full sea On such a full sea Chang-rae Lee "From the beloved award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, a highly provocative, deeply affecting story of one woman's legendary quest in a shocking, future America. On Such a Full… OL17767754W
America America Bob Ehrlich Former politician and author Bob Ehrlich "explores the cause and remedies to the seven most difficult issues confronting (and confounding) our culture and country ... [presenting] an urgent call to a… OL18150638W
America's growing inequality America's growing inequality Chester W. Hartman Compilation of the articles published in Poverty & Race, the bimonthly of The Poverty & Race Research Action Council, from 2006 to the present. OL19979950W
Snowpiercer Snowpiercer Jacques Lob "From fearsome engine to final car, all surviving human life is here: a complete hierarchy of the society we lost. The elite, as ever, travel in luxury at the front of the train - but for those in th… OL19983447W
The map of bones The map of bones Francesca Haig "Book Two in the critically acclaimed The Fire Sermon trilogy--The Hunger Games meets Cormac McCarthy's The Road in this richly imagined post-apocalyptic series by award-winning poet Francesca Haig. … OL20027491W
Sociology Matters Sociology Matters Richard T. Schaefer xxvi, 313 [49] p. : 24 cm OL2005729W
The broken ladder The broken ladder Payne, Keith (Social scientist) "A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality Today's inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this dispa… OL20058074W
Caste Caste Isabel Wilkerson “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is n… OL20878310W
Survival of the Richest Survival of the Richest Donald Jeffries,Richard Syrett xviii, 258 pages ; 24 cm OL21140609W
Creating and Contesting Social Inequalities Creating and Contesting Social Inequalities Tiffany Taylor,Carissa M. Froyum,Katrina Bloch pages cm OL21278558W
Tussen ideaal en werkelijkheid Tussen ideaal en werkelijkheid Shulamith Shahar Aan de hand van voorbeelden uit vele bronnen wordt de positie van vrouwen uit alle klassen van de middeleeuwse maatschappij in West-Europa (Nederland, Belgie, Frankrijk, Engeland, Duitsland, Italie e… OL24857040W
Jude the Obscure Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor vill… OL44986W
Social Stratification Social Stratification INGLIS this book speaks about stratification and poverty and related theories. OL9351592W