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      Howard S. Becker: Sociology and Music in the Chicago School

      Jean Peneff

      First published in French 2014: Howard S. Becker, Paris: Editions L'Harmattan.

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      Jean Peneff

      First published in French 2014: Howard S. Becker, Paris: Editions L'Harmattan.

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      The Sociology of Howard S. Becker: Theory with a Wide Horizon

      Alain Pessin

      Howard S. Becker is a name to conjure with on two continents -in the United States and in France. He has enjoyed renown in France for his work in sociology…

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      The Sociology of Howard S. Becker: Theory with a Wide Horizon

      Alain Pessin

      Howard S. Becker is a name to conjure with on two continents -in the United States and in France. He has enjoyed renown in France for his work in sociology…

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      Aussenseiter: Zur Soziologie abweichenden Verhaltens

      Howard S. Becker

      Der Mensch mit abweichendem Verhalten ist ein Mensch, auf den diese Bezeichnung erfolgreich angewandt worden ist;

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      Zur Aktualitat Von Howard S. Becker: Einleitung in Sein Werk

      Dagmar Danko

      Howard S. Becker ist einer der vielseitigsten Soziologen der Gegenwart. In mehrfacher Hinsicht gilt er als Klassiker: Als Teil der sogenannten Second Chicago School, Weiterentwickler des Symbolischen Interaktionismus, prominenter Vertreter…

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      Erzahlen uber Gesellschaft: Eingeleitet und herausgegeben von Reiner Keller

      Howard S. Becker,Howard Becker

      zur soziologischen Methodologie, zur Soziologie der Professionen, des Abweichenden Verhaltens und der Kunst vorgelegt, die allesamt zu Klassikern wurden, sondern gehoert auch zu den fruhen Pionieren und Wegbereitern der soziologischen…

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      Boys in White

      Howard S. Becker

      Now regarded as a classic, Boys in White is of vital interest to medical educators and sociologists.By daily interviews and observations in classes, wards, laboratories, and operating theaters, the team…

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      Aussenseiter: Zur Soziologie Abweichenden Verhaltens

      Howard S Becker

      Der Mensch mit abweichendem Verhalten ist ein Mensch, auf den diese Bezeichnung erfolgreich angewandt worden ist; abweichendes Verhalten ist Verhalten, das Menschen als solches bezeichnen Es ist einer der klassischen…

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      Sociological Work; Method and Substance

      Howard S. Becker

      Howard S. Becker is a leading contemporary sociologist who interprets society as collective action and sociology, therefore, as the study of collective action. This volume explores the theory and methods…

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      Outsiders

      Howard S. Becker

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      Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You’re Doing It

      Howard S. Becker

      This guide to research methods covers four areas of social science: the creation of imagery to guide research; methods of sampling to generate maximum variety in the data; the development…

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      Telling About Society

      Howard S. Becker

      Explores the unconventional ways we communicate what we know about society to others. This book explores the many ways knowledge about society can be shared and interpreted through different forms…

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      Telling About Society

      Howard S. Becker

      Explores the unconventional ways we communicate what we know about society to others. This book explores the many ways knowledge about society can be shared and interpreted through different forms…

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      What About Mozart? What About Murder?

      Howard S. Becker

      Draws on a lifetime of sociological research and wisdom to show, in helpful detail, how to use a variety of kinds of cases to build sociological knowledge. The author provides…

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      What About Mozart? What About Murder?

      Howard S. Becker

      Draws on a lifetime of sociological research and wisdom to show, in helpful detail, how to use a variety of kinds of cases to build sociological knowledge. The author provides…

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      Art Worlds, 25th Anniversary Edition

      Howard S. Becker

      Serves as a sociological examination of art which explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who - along with the artist - ‘produce’ a work of…

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      Becoming a Marihuana User

      Howard S. Becker

      Among Howard Becker s favorite quotes is one he coined management is a one-word oxymoron and another uttered by Ambrose Bierce I think I think, therefore I think I am…

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      Evidence

      Howard S. Becker

      Howard S. Becker is a master of his discipline. His reputation as a teacher, as well as a sociologist, is supported by his best-selling quartet of sociological guidebooks: Writing for…

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      Writing for Social Scientists, Third Edition: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article, with a Chapter by Pamela Richards

      Howard S Becker

      For more than thirty years, Writing for Social Scientists has been a lifeboat for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. It starts with a powerful reassurance…

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      Culture and Civility in San Francisco

      Howard S. Becker

      This unusual analysis of the San Francisco way of life combines articles by ten leading social scientists with a unique 32-page photo essay by Michael Alexander and an introduction by…

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      Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing) (16pt Large Print Edition)

      Howard S Becker and Pamela Richards

      Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures - most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them - often lead to pretentious…

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      The Hidden Society

      Howard S. Becker,Wilhelm Aubert

      Societies consider certain institutions and activities as central, proper, and visible, while others are defined as peripheral, deviant, and private

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      Sociological Work: Method and Substance

      Howard S. Becker,Howard S. Becker

      Howard S. Becker is a leading contemporary sociologist who interprets society as collective action and sociology, therefore, as the study of collective action. This volume explores the theory and methods…

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      Writing for Social Scientists (1 Volume Set)

      Pamela Richards,Howard S. Becker

      Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures - most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them - often lead to pretentious…

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      Antonio Candido: On Literature and Society

      Antonio Candido

      An English translation of essays by the Brazilian sociologist and man of letters, Antonio Candido. The papers cover a wide range of topics, including Brazilian and European literature, the relationship…

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      Antonio Candido: On Literature and Society

      Antonio Candido

      An English translation of essays by the Brazilian sociologist and man of letters, Antonio Candido. The papers cover a wide range of topics, including Brazilian and European literature, the relationship…

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      Campus Power Struggle

      Howard S. Becker

      Campus Power Struggle traces the explosive evolution of the student political movement from the Berkeley Free Speech Movement of 1964 to armed confrontation at Cornell in 1969

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      Hollywood Studio Musicians: Their Work and Careers in the Recording Industry

      Robert R. Faulkner,Howard S. Becker

      When originally published in 1971, Hollywood Studio Musicians was the first detailed analysis of the work and careers of production personnel in an industry devoted to mass culture

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      Hollywood Studio Musicians: Their Work and Careers in the Recording Industry

      Robert R. Faulkner,Howard S. Becker

      When originally published in 1971, Hollywood Studio Musicians was the first detailed analysis of the work and careers of production personnel in an industry devoted to mass culture

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      Symbolic Interaction and Cultural Studies

      Recognizing that the humanities have engaged many of the important intellectual currents of the last twenty-five years in ways that sociology has not, the contributors to this volume fully acknowledge…

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      Do You Know…?: The Jazz Repertoire in Action

      Robert R. Faulkner,Howard S. Becker

      A portrait of the musician at work. It dishes out entertaining stories and sharp insights drawn from the authors’ own experiences and observations as well as interviews with a range…

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      Do You Know…?: The Jazz Repertoire in Action (16pt Large Print Edition)

      Howard S Becker,Robert R Faulkner

      Every night, somewhere in the world, three or four musicians will climb on stage together. Whether the gig is at a jazz club, a bar, or a bar mitzvah, the…

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      Making the Grade: The Academic Side of College Life

      Howard S. Becker,Blanche Geer,Everett C. Hughes

      Based on three years of detailed anthropological observation, this account of undergraduate culture portrays students’ academic relations to faculty and administration as one of subjection

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      Making the Grade: The Academic Side of College Life

      Howard S. Becker,Blanche Geer,Everett C. Hughes

      Based on three years of detailed anthropological observation, this account of undergraduate culture portrays students’ academic relations to faculty and administration as one of subjection

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      The Sociological Eye

      Everett C. Hughes,David Riesman,Howard S. Becker

      This major expression of one of the leaders of the Chicago School, one of the most important schools of thought in contemporary American sociology, includes his recognized masterpieces of sociological…

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      Institutions and the Person: Festschrift in Honor of Everett C.Hughes

      Howard S. Becker,Blanche Geer,David Riesman,Robert S. Weiss

      Everett C Hughes had a great impact on the field of sociology as a whole and on an entire generation of sociologists. This book contains essays that address the main…

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      Art from Start to Finish: Jazz, Painting, Writing, and Other Improvisations

      Gathers a unique group of contributors from the worlds of sociology, musicology, literature, and communications - many of them practicing artists in their own right - to discuss how artists…

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      Art from Start to Finish: Jazz, Painting, Writing, and Other Improvisations

      Gathers a unique group of contributors from the worlds of sociology, musicology, literature, and communications - many of them practicing artists in their own right - to discuss how artists…

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      The Jack-roller

      Clifford R. Shaw

      Vivid, authentic, this is the autobiography of a delinquent his experiences, influences, attitudes, and values. The Jack-Roller helped to establish the life-history or own story as an important instrument of…

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      Strategies of Control

      Jonathan Simon (Univ Lyon 1 France),Sheldon L Messinger

      This groundbreaking study of transitions and control in the California prison system has been extensively read, cited, and quoted in unpublished form-and is at last available worldwide. A compelling part…

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      Jonathan Simon (Univ Lyon 1 France),Sheldon L Messinger

      The groundbreaking study of transitions and control in the California prison system has been extensively read, cited, and quoted in unpublished form–and is now readily available worldwide. A compelling part…

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      The Descriptive Set Theory of Polish Group Actions

      Howard Becker (University of South Carolina),Alexander S. Kechris (California Institute of Technology)

      In this book the authors present their research into the foundations of the theory of Polish groups and the associated orbit equivalence relations. The particular case of locally compact groups…

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      The Cultural Study of Work

      Douglas Harper,Helene M. Lawson

      This work shows how common sociological themes such as socialization, social interaction, the social construction of time, and deviance are experienced in work settings as diverse as the factory, the…

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      Schooling the Symbolic Animal: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Education

      This anthology introduces some of the most influential literature shaping our understanding of the social and cultural foundations of education today. Together the selections provide students a range of approaches…

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      Deviance: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach

      Nancy J. Herman

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      Everett C Hughes had a great impact on the field of sociology as a whole and on an entire generation of sociologists. This book contains essays that address the main…

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