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26. Cover image for 'Culture Wars and Enduring American Dilemmas'
Irene Taviss Thomson
Research showing America's politics may be more based on personal choice than party or cultural divisions
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Web 2018 Open Access Available Read Online
27. Cover image for 'Fraud and Misconduct in Research'
Detection, Investigation, and Organizational Response
Nachman Ben-Yehuda and Amalya Oliver-Lumerman
A clear-eyed examination of research misconduct, and how efforts to expose and prevent it affect scientists and universities
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2017 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Fraud and Misconduct in Research"
28. Cover image for 'Star Worlds'
Freedom Versus Control in Online Gameworlds
William Sims Bainbridge
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Ebook 2016 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Star Worlds"
Audio Download 2021 Available View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "Star Worlds"
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Freedom Versus Control in Online Gameworlds
William Sims Bainbridge
A ground-breaking look at the paradox of technology to both liberate and enslave our current culture by noted scholar William Sims Bainbridge

Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2016 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Star Worlds"
Audio Download 2021 Available View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "Star Worlds"
29. Cover image for 'From Property to Family'
American Dog Rescue and the Discourse of Compassion
Andrei S. Markovits and Katherine N. Crosby
A detailed look into the cultural history and cultural impact of dog rescue in the United States
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Ebook 2014 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "From Property to Family"
31. Cover image for 'Atrocity, Deviance, and Submarine Warfare'
Norms and Practices during the World Wars
Nachman Ben-Yehuda
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Ebook 2013 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Atrocity, Deviance, and Submarine Warfare"
32. Cover image for 'Community Identity and Archaeology'
Dynamic Communities at Aphrodisias and Beycesultan
NaoĆ­se Mac Sweeney
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Ebook 2011 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Community Identity and Archaeology"
33. Cover image for 'Embedded Politics'
Industrial Networks and Institutional Change in Postcommunism
Gerald A. McDermott
An empirical analysis of changing industrial processes in the postcommunist Czech Republic
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Embedded Politics"
34. Cover image for 'The Well-Being of the Elderly in Asia'
A Four-Country Comparative Study
Albert I. Hermalin, Editor
Examines the effects of social and economic change on the aging populations of Asia
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Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Well-Being of the Elderly in Asia"
35. Cover image for 'The Politics of Preference'
Democratic Institutions and Affirmative Action in the United States and India
Sunita Parikh
Examines the history of affirmative action programs in two ethnically heterogeneous democracies, India and the United States
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Politics of Preference"
36. Cover image for 'Human Values and Beliefs'
A Cross-Cultural Sourcebook
Ronald Inglehart, Miguel Basanez, and Alejandro Moreno
Provides a wealth of information about values and beliefs of people all over the world
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Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Human Values and Beliefs"
37. Cover image for 'Working, Shirking, and Sabotage'
Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public
John Brehm and Scott Gates
Examines who influences how federal, state, and local bureaucrats allocate their efforts
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Working, Shirking, and Sabotage"
38. Cover image for 'Hot Coal, Cold Steel'
Russian and Ukrainian Workers from the End of the Soviet Union to the Post-Communist Transformations
Stephen Crowley
Explores the different response of Soviet miners and steelworkers to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Hot Coal, Cold Steel"
39. Cover image for 'My Life as a Night Elf Priest'
An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft
Bonnie A. Nardi
An anthropologist's analysis of one of the world's most popular online world games
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Web 2010 Open Access Available Read Online
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Nonlinear Dynamics and Practical Management
Gregory A. Daneke
A foundational book explaining the sources and uses of nonlinear dynamics in the social sciences
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Systemic Choices"
41. Cover image for 'The Powers that Punish'
Prison and Politics in the Era of the "Big House", 1920-1955
Charles Bright
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Powers that Punish"
42. Cover image for 'Affirmative Action and Minority Enrollments in Medical and Law Schools'
Susan Welch and John Gruhl
Considers the impact of the Bakke decision regarding minority enrollment in professional schools
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Affirmative Action and Minority Enrollments in Medical and Law Schools"
43. Cover image for 'The Color of Representation'
Congressional Behavior and Black Interests
Kenny J. Whitby
Examines congressional responsiveness to the interests of citizens of color
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Color of Representation"
44. Cover image for 'The Politics of Community Policing'
Rearranging the Power to Punish
William Lyons
Community policing, the author argues, does not necessarily empower the community but often increases the power of the police
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Politics of Community Policing"
45. Cover image for 'The Possibility of Popular Justice'
A Case Study of Community Mediation in the United States
Sally Engle Merry and Neal Milner, Editors
Can popular justice ever be a real alternative to the violence and coercion of state law?
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Possibility of Popular Justice"
46. Cover image for 'Research Confidential'
Solutions to Problems Most Social Scientists Pretend They Never Have
Eszter Hargittai, editor

A new guide for a new generation of social science researchers

Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Research Confidential"
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Immigration, the Welfare State, and Identity in Modern Societies
Markus M.L. Crepaz
How immigration influences popular concepts of citizenship and civic trust
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Trust beyond Borders"
48. Cover image for 'Wealth Accumulation and Communities of Color in the United States'
Current Issues
Jessica Gordon Nembhard and Ngina Chiteji, Editors
A unique examination of asset accumulation and the connection between wealth and well-being among different racial and ethnic communities in the United States
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Wealth Accumulation and Communities of Color in the United States"
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The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane
Ernest Zebrowski and Judith A. Howard
The epic story of the real victims of a perfect storm—overwhelmingly the poor—left behind in the aftermath of a deadly hurricane
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Category 5"
50. Cover image for 'Melancholy, Love, and Time'
Boundaries of the Self in Ancient Literature
Peter Toohey
An examination of the effects and meaning of emotional states of distress in ancient literature
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Melancholy, Love, and Time"
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Available Ebook reading systems vary widely in their support for accessibility features. For EPUB, visit EPUB Test for accessibility support information for specific platforms. Contact us if you have a question about the best reading system for your needs at umpress.accessibility@umich.edu.

Our Ebooks are currently offered under a single-user license, which means that your Ebook can be accessed by using one Adobe ID. Any computer authorized to this Adobe ID will be able to open the file. Learn more at the Adobe ID and Membership FAQ page.

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