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Trapped in the net: the unanticipated consequences of computerization
By Gene I Rochlin. 1997
A professor of energy and resources at Berkeley argues that complacent acceptance of computers in every phase of contemporary existence…
blunts the perception of how they are transforming the very structure and practice of human affairsCareers for kids at heart & others who adore children
By Marjorie Eberts. 1994
Description of the numerous career opportunities that entail working with children. Includes school settings, infant and toddler care, and health-…
and safety-oriented jobs as well as practical considerations. For junior and senior high readersAccount of Sam Walton and the business strategy he developed to create Wal-Mart and maintain its growth. Observes that the…
store continues to maximize profits because of discount prices and efficient information and distribution systems. Examines the company's impact on its employees, local communities, and other corporations in the U.SThe living wage: building a fair economy
By Robert Pollin. 1998
Examines the "living wage" legislative initiative intended to improve conditions for employees in the United States by requiring companies to…
provide decent wages and adequate benefits in order to qualify for government contracts. Argues that these proposals could reverse the twenty-five-year decline in many workers' real earningsWhen she was bad: violent women & the myth of innocence
By Patricia Pearson. 1997
Disputes the contention that males are violent and females are nurturers. Examines research and case histories to argue that women…
are aggressors but often use indirect or verbal methods rather than outright physical acts like men. Discusses women serial killers and the consequences of cultural misconceptions. Some strong languageVoices in Black & White: writings on race in America from Harper's magazine (American retrospective series)
By Katharine Whittemore, Gerald Marzorati. 1993
Twenty articles concerning race relations in America culled from Harper's Magazine, which was founded in 1850. Includes Mark Twain's observations…
regarding his mother and her slaves and William Styron's research for Confessions of Nat Turner. Traces the role of race among numerous interracial families. Introduction by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Some strong languageAmerican Beach: a saga of race, wealth, and memory
By Russ Rymer. 1998
Journalist describes the social and economic history of two African American towns in northeast Florida and the killing of an…
unarmed motorist by police. American Beach was founded as a resort; Eatonville is the oldest black town in America. Both are threatened by wealthy developers. Some strong language and some violenceFrom Selma to sorrow: the life and death of Viola Liuzzo
By Mary Stanton. 1998
Traces the youth of southerner Viola Liuzzo, her college and young adult years in Detroit, her involvement in civil rights…
protests, and her participation in a 1960s voting-rights march in Selma, Alabama. Details the search for the truth about her life and the circumstances surrounding her deathAfter being nominated by President Bill Clinton to be assistant attorney general for civil rights in 1993 and having her…
name withdrawn following widespread criticism of her beliefs, Guinier describes her reaction to the whole affair. She explains her views on civil rights and calls for new dialog between racial groupsA social history of the two million Eastern European Jewish immigrants who, beginning in the 1880s, settled the East Side…
of New York City. Drawing on newspaper accounts, fiction, and memoirs, Howe recreates the Yiddish culture of a bygone era. BestsellerHandbook for mortals: guidance for people facing serious illness
By Joanne Lynn, Joan Teno, Joan Harrold, Anne Wilkinson. 1999
Physicians offer practical advice to caretakers and patients on planning both medical and emotional responses to cases of severe illness.…
Topics include coping techniques, family matters, sudden death, mourning and grieving, and enduring losses. Suggests steps that help prepare for the future and lists organizations that can provide information and assistanceLatinos in béisbol (Hispanic Experience in the Americas Ser.)
By James D Cockcroft, James D. Cockcroft. 1996
Explores the history of Hispanic baseball players in both the United States and Latin America. Reflects on the experience of…
being discriminated against in North America, while highlighting the achievements of individual athletes. For senior high and older readersA useful woman: the early life of Jane Addams
By Gioia Diliberto. 1999
Biography of the first thirty-nine years of the social reformer's life--from her birth in 1860 through the 1889 founding of…
Hull-House to 1899, when she gained national recognition. Discusses influences during her formative years, her private life, and her meaningful career in an age when women had few choices. 1999Kids on strike!
By Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 1999
Examines the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century workplace, the treatment working children received, and the conditions that drove them to rebel. Describes…
a protest in a Massachusetts mill, coal mine strikes in Pennsylvania, and sweatshop problems in New York, among other situations in which children were exploited. For grades 5-8. 1999The black O: racism and redemption in an American corporate empire
By Steve Watkins. 1997
An account of the lawsuit against Shoney's restaurant chain for discriminatory hiring practices against African Americans, which led to a…
$132.5 million settlement in 1992. Describes how managers were coerced into blackening the "o" in "Shoney" on the application forms of blacks in order to flag minority applicants. 1997Illness as metaphor ; and, AIDS and its metaphors
By Susan Sontag. 1990
Two previously published works about perceptions of disease. In the first, from 1978, an American intellectual discusses punitive or sentimental…
fantasies "concocted" about being seriously ill--especially suffering from cancer. The second, a sequel produced in 1989, deals specifically with social attitudes toward AIDS. 1989The great disruption: human nature and the reconstitution of social order
By Francis Fukuyama. 1999
A sociological assessment of the postindustrial society that evolved from the mid-1960s to the 1990s. Traces a pattern of moral…
decline through this period, alleging a connection between social disruption and the developing information economy. Avers that a new social order is emerging, one better suited to the new age. 1999A sportsman's life: how I built Orvis by mixing business and sport
By Leigh Perkins, Geoffrey Norman. 1999
An entrepreneur recounts how he turned a foundering company into a thriving $100-million mail-order sporting outfitter. As an avid outdoorsman…
who delights in traveling the globe to field-test the hunting and fishing equipment he sells, the author wryly observes that "nobody has any reason to feel sorry for me." 1999Where's your head?: psychology for teenagers (Psychology for Teenagers Ser. #Vol. 2)
By Dale Bick Carlson, Dale B. Carlson, Hannah Carlson, Carol Nicklaus. 1998
The authors discuss what psychology is and how young people can use it to understand their own adolescence. Discusses the…
major theories of psychology and their founders, mental illness, different forms of therapy, and how to cope with growing up. Revised edition of book originally published in 1977. For junior and senior high readersAmerica in black and white: one nation, indivisible
By Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail Thernstrom, Stephan A. Thernstrom, Abigail M. Thernstrom. 1999
An overview of race relations in America from the 1940s through the 1990s, including discussion of the history of segregation,…
the civil rights movement, and the increasing progress that African Americans have made economically. Concludes with suggestions for improving race relations