Making Sense of America: Sociological Analyses and EssaysRowman & Littlefield, 1999 - 361 pages For four decades, Herbert J. Gans has been one of the leading sociologists in the United States. His writing on American communities, culture, and ethnicity have been widely read here and elsewhere, and his incisive analyses of antipoverty policy and other social policies have been influential in many policy analysis offices and government agencies. This new collection of Gans's scholarly and other writings, including excerpts from his most prominent ethnographic books, The Urban Villagers, The Levittowners, and Deciding What's News, will be a thought-provoking resource for social scientists, students, and all those who care about America. |
Contents
The Positive Functions of Poverty | 73 |
The Federal Role in Solving Americas Urban Problems | 89 |
Time for an Employees Lobby | 111 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Making Sense of America: Sociological Analyses and Essays Issue 124 of Legacies of social thought |
| Author | Herbert J. Gans |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 0847690407, 9780847690404 |
| Length | 361 pages |
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