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SOC 55 Intro

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  1. Berger, Peter L.   Invitation to Sociology: A Humanist Perspective --Chapter 1
  2. Berger, Peter L.   Invitation to Sociology: A Humanist Perspective -- Chapter 6
  3. Collins, R.  Sample Chapter from Interaction Ritual Chains.
  4. Cooley, Charles Horton.  Human Nature and the Social Order. New York: Scribner's, 1902, pp. 179-185.
  5. Coontz, Stephanie.  2000.  "Historical Perspectives on Family Studies." Journal of Marriage and the Family Vol. 62, No. 2 (May, 2000), pp. 283-297. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2445%28200005%2962%3A2%3C283%3AHPOFS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
  6. Du Bois, W.E.B.  1903. The Souls of Black Folk.  Chapter I. "Of Our Spiritual Strivings"
  7. Gerson, Kathleen.  2002.  "Moral Dilemmas, Moral Strategies, and the Transformation of Gender: Lessons from Two Generations of Work and Family Change."  Gender and Society  Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb., 2002), pp. 8-28 [JSTOR]
  8. Goffman, Erving.  1956.  The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York: Doubleday, 1956, pp. 22-30, 70-76.
  9. Granovetter. Mark S. "The Strength of Weak Ties."  The American Journal of Sociology > Vol. 78, No. 6 (May, 1973), pp. 1360-1380 [JSTOR]
  10. Hardin, Garrett, 1968. "The Tragedy of the Commons"  Science, Vol. 162, No. 3859 (Dec., 1968), pp. 1243-1248 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-8075%2819681213%293%3A162%3A3859%3C1243%3ATTOTC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N
  11. Krebs, Valdis.  "Uncloaking Terrorist Networks" @ First Monday
  12. Lorber, Judity.  "Night to His Day" [http://www.meac.org/Resources/ed_services/SG_WEB/PDFs/SocialConstructionOfGender.pdf]
  13. McIntosh, Peggy. 1988.  "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (or HTML version @ Stanford)
  14. Milgram, S. "The small world problem'' Psychology Today 2, pp. 60-67, 1967.
  15. n.a. "Arlie Hochschild: The Presentation of Emotion" @ Sage Publications
  16. Steinem, Gloria.  1978.  "If Men Could Menstruate"
  17. Travers J. and S. Milgram. ``An experimental study of the small world problem.'' Sociometry, 32(4), pp. 425-443, 1969.
  18. West, Cornel, miscellaneous links [http://www.pragmatism.org/library/west/]
  19. Wilson, William Julius.  PBS interview [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh//pages/frontline/shows/race/interviews/wilson.html]