Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Congresses    3. Consumer Finance    4. Demography    5. Finance    6. Forecasting    7. Old age pensions    8. Pension trusts    9. Personal Finance - Retirement Planning    10. Social Forecasting    11. Social Science    12. Social security    13. Sociology    14. Sociology Of Work And Leisure    15. United States    16. Elderly    17. Population & demography    18. Social Science / Demography    19. USA   

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Excellent study of sexuality from Victoria to the pill
The Long sexual revolution is one of the best studies of Victorian and early twentieth century sexuality to appear in recent times. Dr Hera Cook, a young scholar at Sydney University, Australia, has carefully reviewed the old debate (ignited by Peter Gay's Education of the senses) about whether the Victorians really were sexually inhibited, or whether they just preferred not to talk about it. With a wealth of new evidence from diaries, surveys, letters and sex manuals, she shows convincingly that the older view is closer to the truth: that if Victorian women were meant to enjoy sex, they did not get very much. This was a matter of both lifestyle choices and the unavailability of safe, effective contraception. To enjoy the benefits of the Victorian economic miracle and fruits of Britain's world-wide trade, middle class couples had to limit the number of their offspring; to do this their main form of birth control was abstinence, and they thus paid a heavy price in sexual denial. Using indicators such as family size and illegitimacy rates, Cook shows that sexual repression reached its peak in the Edwardian era, relaxed slightly after the First World War, and broke down in the 1930s, when the possibility of contraception (particularly in the form of condoms) permitted the gradual decoupling of sex and reproduction - a process not complete, however, until the introduction of the pill in the 1960s. The long sexual revolution sheds a fresh and revealing light on many aspects of sexuality not covered in detail, such as prostitution, venereal disease and the well known Victorian efforts to suppress masturbation among children. It argues that this taboo was an important factor in the growth of sexual inhibition, since children must be allowed to explore and fondle their bodies if they are to acquire the skills and confidence they will need to give sexual pleasure to themselves and their partners later on. Dr Cook does not mention circumcision, but it is significant that the period of sexual repression she identifies coincides exactly with the Victorian vogue for circumcising boys, and her book thus complements such recent studies as David Gollaher's Circumcision: A history of the world's most controversial surgery. (...) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Demography    2. Europe - Great Britain - General    3. History: World    4. Modern - 18th Century    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Women's Studies - General    8. 20th century    9. England    10. History, World | British | 19th C    11. Modern period, c 1500 onwards    12. Sexual behaviour    13. Social Science / Women's Studies    14. Social history    15. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Acquisitiveness    2. Anthropology - Cultural    3. Archaeology / Anthropology    4. Business & Economics    5. Business/Economics    6. Consumer Behavior - General    7. Consumption (Economics)    8. Demography    9. General    10. Interpersonal Relations    11. Materialism    12. Psychological aspects    13. United States    14. Clinical psychology    15. Consumer issues    16. Psychology   

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Interesting...
I thought this book was written a little differently, but I also found it helpful. It was cool how Sojourner Truth's Book of Life was written inside of it along with a whole separate book. There was a lot of good information in it. I used this book for a school project and it worked out great. The book was useful and interesting to read because there are letters from people she knew that were written to her. I enjoyed reading this also recieved info from it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abolitionists    2. African American abolitionists    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Blacks In The U.S.    8. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    9. People of Color    10. Political    11. Social reformers    12. Truth, Sojourner,    13. U.S. History - Slavery Question And Abolitionism    14. United States    15. United States - 19th Century    16. Women    17. d. 1883    18. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    19. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    20. Biography & Autobiography / Women    21. Biography: general    22. Black studies    23. Population & demography    24. Slavery & emancipation    25. Social history    26. Truth, Sojourner    27. USA   

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The truth about Margaret Sanger
This book is required reading for anyone who wants to fully understand the philosophy of Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood.Blessed Are The Barren presents, in well written and painstakingly researched detail, how the population control movement was launched in the U.S. under acarefully calculated guise.Donovan and Marshall extensively document theimportant role racism and eugenics played in the thinking of Sanger andother early "family planning" activists -- neither of which isusually mentioned in Sanger's whitewashed biographies.This is the mostinformative book I've ever read on the social history of PlannedParenthood, and I highly recommend it.

Well documented, insightful. You have to read this book!
I was given this book by a friend, opened the front cover and couldn't put it down. Read more

Subjects:  1. Birth control    2. Family Planning Services    3. General    4. Planned Parenthood Federation    5. Planned Parenthood Federation of America    6. Pro-life movement    7. Religion - Contemporary Issues    8. Social Theology    9. Sociology    10. United States    11. Population & demography   

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Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: American    5. United States - General    6. Education / Elementary    7. Philosophy of science    8. Population & demography    9. Sexual behaviour    10. USA   

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Gotta Go, There's a Sale at the Mall
In Point of Purchase, author Sharon Zukin explores why we shop and how it affects us, individually and as a society. She looks at the history of shopping, from a brief look at ancient Roman olive oil shops in Pompeii to a more elaborate history of department stores in New York. All that is interesting, but I found the sections on current shopping the most intriguing.
Tracing the history of American shopping
New in paperwork is an excellent social history, Sharon Zukin's Point Of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture. Zukon is Broeklundian Professor of sociology at Brooklyn college and City University of New York: her background in cities and culture lends well to an analysis of shopping as the American dream ideal, tracing the history of American shopping from mid-19th century to modern shopping trends. A fascinating social history evolves.
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Subjects:  1. Demography    2. Engineering - General    3. Popular Culture - General    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. Sociology - Urban    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Popular culture    9. Population & demography    10. Social Science / Popular Culture    11. Sociology, Social Studies    12. Urban communities   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Abolitionists    3. African American abolitionists    4. Antislavery movements    5. Blacks In The U.S.    6. History    7. History - U.S.    8. Sociology    9. Sources    10. United States    11. United States - General    12. Biography & Autobiography / People of Color    13. Black studies    14. Population & demography    15. Social history    16. USA    17. documentary; black; abolitionists; antislavery; British Isles; Canada; Civil War; African colonization; emancipation; Fugitive Slave Law   

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history as page turner
Hair's deeply insightful story of one man driven to take the most desperate of measures in New Orleans at the turn of the Century (1900) will keep you home and the TV off. The Heroic and Mysterious Mr. Charles
This is a big little book well worth reading and well worth owning with a place of honor in the personal library. a fantasic examination of one slice of race history
William Ivy Hair in this fast-paced, readable book accomplishes more in acouple of hundred pages than many of our more ponderous historians haveaimed to achieve in far-bulkier works. If future historians learn to writeand marshall their facts as well as Hair does here, the tales of our pastwill remain vivid and important to young readers of the future. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1865 or 6-1900    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Blacks In The U.S.    4. Charles, Robert,    5. General    6. History    7. History: American    8. New Orleans (La.)    9. Riots    10. Secondary    11. Black studies    12. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    13. Population & demography    14. USA   

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I could not set this book down.
This was a great book. Besides all else mentioned already,it reads like a story. No theoretical arabesques, just nitty gritty factual details so you can see connectednesses for yourself. Baltzell's very factual illustrations of idealisms' realities and human tensions towards cultishness versus civic participation serve as a useful lense and compass to me ever since reading this book. I recommend it whenever I can, particularly to someone who, like me, may at one time, be shocked by a human experience or contrast and want to ask why. I'd recommend it to any one ever involved in a cult. Its readability is comforting and enthralling, and it is deeply seated in a sense of the continuity of history and human nature. I found it a healing book. I'm sorry Mr. Baltzell is no longer alive so I can thank him. Read every crumb of this book. Its thick, but allot the time.

Fascinating study of social leadership in America
Digby Baltzell uses the history of Philadelphia and Boston as very real examples of two types of leadership.In Boston, the "BostonBrahmin" elites formed a strong upper class that was not tolerant,certainly, but took responsibility for community life and exercised atremendous influence on American culture, politics, arts, and science. InPhiladelphia, the "Proper Philadelphians" were charming,tolerant--and deeply irresponsible, abandoning any role in governing thecity and making it by common agreement the worst run city in the UnitedStates. When Philadelphia needed a mover and shaker, it imported some onefrom outside, like Ben Franklin.Read more

Subjects:  1. Boston    2. Boston (Mass.)    3. Civilization    4. Elements In The U.S. Population    5. Elite (Social sciences)    6. General    7. History    8. Massachusetts    9. Pennsylvania    10. Philadelphia    11. Philosophy    12. Puritans    13. Quakers    14. Social Stratification    15. Sociology    16. United States - General    17. United States - State & Local - General    18. American history    19. Christianity    20. History / General    21. Population & demography    22. Social groups & communities    23. Social history    24. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Demography    5. Development - General    6. Economic Conditions    7. Economics - General    8. Business & Economics / Economics / General    9. Developing countries    10. Development economics    11. Economics | Demography    12. Population & demography   

Subjects:  1. 20th Century Art    2. 20th century    3. American - General    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Criticism    6. History - General    7. Individual Artist    8. Jewish artists    9. Jews In The U.S.    10. Judaism - General    11. Painting, American    12. Religion    13. United States    14. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    15. Individual artists    16. Jewish studies    17. Judaism    18. Population & demography    19. Religion / Judaism / General    20. Social history    21. USA   

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more truths being told
I have just started reading this book,what a breath of fresh air!Shouldn't more people know what is known in this book?Why can't the government think like it's people,I mean don't they know how people feel about some of these things, and can't they learn things from this and other similar books?The Myrdal ideas and theories from the past,obviously have only worked against the majority of citizens,they should be thrown out and forgotten about,things just won't work as long as the past theories and ideas persist and are crammed at us !Obviously, I'm not that far into this book yet, but, am impressed with what I've read already.This book may have you asking a lot of questions,such as how did we get in this mess, etc. but there are answers hereto many questions that will pop up in your mind as you read.The first couple pages may surprise you, but, I think it's written like that to wake you up to what comes in the following pages,read on and you'll see.

Time is ripe for whites to embrace Asian superiority.
Study after study, it has been demonstrated that Asians have higher IQs than whites, lower crime rates than whites, and make better parents.(For card-carrying members of the KKK: Don't take my word for it.Go read "The Bell Curve" and Rushton's little book.)Since many whites have used this book to bolster their white supremacist views against blacks and hispanics, it is only fair for whites to acknowledge Asian superiority, based on the conclusions of these very books.Fair is fair, right?

Bold, Hateful, and Truthful
This book mostly targets against blacks. The motivation of the writers of this book can be summed up as hatred against what they believe are genetically inferior people who are ruining the social, economic, and demographic fabric of this country. It is important to note, in American History, such racial hatred has been previously targeted against the Jews, the Chinese, the Irish, and the Italians.
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Subjects:  1. Demography    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. General    4. Politics - Current Events    5. Social Science    6. Sociology   

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Great information.What shall we do with it?
In their academic work, Bare Branches, Valerie Hudson and Andrea den Boer describe the causes of the high sex ratio in China and India, observed effects and future implications. They also suggest policy options and evaluate their merits.
What about countries with higher gender ratio?
According to data from www.geohive.com, the average world gender for 2005 was estimated to 101, and from the same data China (106) and India (105) occupied the 15th and 23rd places respectively. The honor place goes to United Arab Emirates with a ratio of 214.
Scary Implication of Depopulation
There are millions of missing women in India and China--girl babies aborted or killed. What are the policy implications for a lopsided surplus of men for a country? "Bare Branches" explores this problem. Historically, the problem meant high crime and wars, and, oddly, a dramatic drop in freedom and value for women. An intesting book, should be widely read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Archaeology / Anthropology    3. Asia - General    4. Gender Studies    5. Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence    6. Political Science    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Sociology - General    9. ASIA    10. Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence    11. Population & demography   

Subjects:  1. Cities and towns    2. Economic Conditions    3. England    4. Europe - Great Britain - General    5. Growth    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Industrial revolution    10. Western Europe - General    11. British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700    12. British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900    13. Economic history    14. History / Europe / Western    15. Population & demography    16. Social history    17. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Abortion    2. Abortion & Birth Control    3. Birth control    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Government policy    6. History    7. Involuntary sterilization    8. North Carolina    9. Public Policy - Social Policy    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Women's Studies - General    13. Birth control, contraception, family planning    14. Population & demography    15. Social Science / Abortion & Birth Control    16. USA    17. eugenics; birth control; sterilization; abortion; poor women; reproductive policies; North Carolina public health; welfare programs   

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A Reply to the story of the whole, not the individual
I, personally, have never been into comic books, but since reading Maus I and Citizen 13660 I have found a new appreciation for art mixed with text.This graphic novel is excellent.I disagree with the idea that we need to know the "deep insight into the feelings of the author"; that is what makes this novel so powerful.She intentionally leaves the emotions up to her audience.This is not necessarily a story about woe is me.It is a story about survival, when life hands you lemons you make lemonade and you share it.
Publishing CITIZEN 13660 Okubo's Lifelong Dream
This powerful graphic novel was drawn and written by Artist Mine Okubo when she was a teenager at a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Okubo's elegant black and white drawings and wry text make CITIZEN 13660 on a par with Art Speigelman's MAUS as a war time testimony.
A story of the whole, not the individual
I find I'm not all that attracted to graphic novels of this type.I tend to focus more on the text of books, and leave the pictures up to my own mind.With this, you lose your own visual interpretation of the text, and since I'm focused on the text, I didn't spend enough time really looking at the art.I glanced at the art on each page, but I feel if I spent more time on each illustration, I might have a better appreciation for the book.
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Subjects:  1. Asians In The U.S.    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Concentration camps    6. Evacuation and relocation, 194    7. Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945    8. General    9. Japanese Americans    10. Military - World War II    11. Okubo, Mine    12. Personal narratives, American    13. Utah    14. World War, 1939-1945    15. Ethnic studies    16. Okubo, Miné    17. Population & demography    18. Social history    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Encyclopedias    2. Eugenics    3. General    4. Germany    5. Great Britain    6. Life Sciences - Biology - General    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. United States    10. Genetic engineering    11. Popular science    12. Population & demography    13. Reference works    14. Science / Biology   

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The Inequality Transition
Glenn Firebaugh is the first scholar to document an extraordinarily important pattern in modern economic history. Much of What You Thought You Knew Is Wrong
Much of what you thought you knew is wrong!If you are seriously interested in globabilization and recent trends in world income inequality, you need to read Glenn Firebaugh's The New Geography of Global Income Inequality (Harvard U. Press, 2003).In a straightforward and detailed presentation, Firebaugh explains the arithmetic of inequality -- how it divides into within-nation and between-nation components.He then charts each of these, both over-time and at the present time.You will learn where the U.S. fits in the world, and which countries and continents are at the top and the bottom in terms of income and inequality in income.Most important, you will see that, contrary to much current journalistic and even scholarly writing, world income inequality has actually been decreasing since the 1990s.This books complements and in important ways adds to recent books by Stiglitz, Easterly, Soros, Bhalla, Diamond, and Landes

Are the rich getting richer?
Are rich nations getting richer and poor nations getting poorer?Are the rich nations exploiting the poor nations, as critics of globalization in the trade protest movement suggest?The answer to both questions is no, according to Firebaugh, who shows that world inequality is on the decline.This book should become a classic among scholars, but it should also be of interest to the general public.Firebaugh writes well and uses plain talk and common sense along with plenty of supporting evidence. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Demography    3. Economic Conditions    4. Economics - Comparative    5. Globalization    6. Labor & Industrial Relations - General    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. International economics    10. Labour economics    11. Leisure    12. Macroeconomics    13. Social Science / Demography   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Black Musicians And Their Music    3. Blacks In The U.S.    4. Genres & Styles - International    5. Genres & Styles - Jazz    6. International Sweethearts of R    7. International Sweethearts of Rhythm    8. Music    9. Music/Songbooks    10. Musical Instruments - General    11. United States    12. Women jazz musicians    13. Black studies    14. Composers & musicians    15. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    16. Music / Jazz    17. Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles    18. Population & demography    19. USA