Human societies : an introductory reader in sociology /

Table of Contents: “…On the nature of sociology -- Social interaction in everyday life -- Conformity and deviance -- Gender and sexuality -- Class and stratification -- Politics and the state -- Organizations and bureaucracy -- Military power and war -- Race and ethnicity -- Intimacy, marriage and the family -- Education and media -- Religion and society -- Work and industry -- The globalizing of social life -- Cities in the modern world -- Population, health and sickness -- Revolutions and social movements -- Sociological research methods -- Theoretical perspectives in sociology.…”

The Sambia : ritual and gender in New Guinea / by Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-

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Legal-lay communication : textual travels in the law /

Table of Contents: “…Troubling the legal-lay distinction: litigant briefs, oral argument, and a public hearing about same-sex marriage /…”
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Family Structure History and Adolescent Romance.

Gender,Productivity,and the Marital Wage Premium.

Marital Conflict, Depressive Symptoms, and Functional Impairment.

Depression and Anger Trajectories During the Transition to Adulthood.

Interracial-Interethnic Unions and Fertility in the United States.

Mother and Daughter Reports About Upward Transfers.

Heterogeneity in Two-Parent Families and Adolescent Well-Being.

Couple Relationship Status and Patterns in Early Parenting Practices.

Is It Considered Violence? The Acceptability of Physical Punishment of Children in Europe.

The Effect of Family Communication Patterns on Adopted Adolescent Adjustment.

Earnings and Expenditures on Household Services in Married and Cohabiting Unions.

Changes in Support From Confidants, Children, and Friends Following Widowhood.

Religiousness and Infidelity : Attendance, but not Faith and Prayer, Predict Marital Fidelity.

Perceptions of Children's Parental Preferences in Lesbian Two-Mother Households.

No Fun Anymore : Leisure and Marital Quality Across the Transition to Parenthood.

Parents' Reports of Sexual Communication With Children in Kindergarten to Grade 8.

Parenting Practices and Adolescent Sexual Behavior : A Longitudinal Study.