In Class Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly researched, exquisitely observed guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system is always outrageously on the mark as Fussell shows us how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own. He descr...(展开全部)

In Class Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly researched, exquisitely observed guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system is always outrageously on the mark as Fussell shows us how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own. He descr...(展开全部)

How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system? In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describe...(展开全部)

"The One Best System" a major new interpretation of what actually happened in the development of one of America's most influential institutions. At the same time it is a narrative in which the participants themselves speak out: farm children and factory workers, frontier teachers and city superintendents, black parents and elite reformers. And it encompasses both the achievemen...(展开全部)

Like the haggadah, the traditional "telling" of the story of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt that is read at the Passover seder, cinema offers a valuable text from which to gain an understanding of the social, political, and cultural realities of Jews in America. In an industry strongly influenced by Jewish filmmakers who made and continue to make the decisions as to which fi...(展开全部)

埃里克•高德曼，美国叶史瓦大学、美国犹太神学院（纽约）电影专业客座教授。作为一名电影学者，高德曼教授对意第绪电影、以色列电影和犹太电影都颇有研究。此外，他还是埃尔格传媒公司（专门发行犹太电影的知名影视公司）的创建者和董事长，并曾经担任犹太媒体中心的负责人。著有《视线、影像、梦想：意第绪电影的前世今生》一书。

“Like any good travel book, Jim Bell’s guide gives you some good advice on what to bring and what to wear. Of course, we don’t leave for a few hundred years. For now though, check out these images—the pictures alone will make you want to start packing!” —Bill Nye, CEO, The Planetary Society Do you dream of traveling to other worlds? This visually spectacular book brings you clo...(展开全部)

“Like any good travel book, Jim Bell’s guide gives you some good advice on what to bring and what to wear. Of course, we don’t leave for a few hundred years. For now though, check out these images—the pictures alone will make you want to start packing!” —Bill Nye, CEO, The Planetary Society Do you dream of traveling to other worlds? This visually spectacular book brings you clo...(展开全部)

The authors describe how 'inequality scripts' shape the hiring and promotion practices of organizations in ways that provide differential opportunities to people based on class, gender, and racial memberships. The authors also illustrate how privileged class members benefit from organizationally-based and perpetuated forms of inequality. The second edition retains its provocati...(展开全部)

The New Class Society provides a fresh, lucid, and compelling exploration of U.S. class structure, social inequities, and the fading American Dream. This third edition extends the author's distributional model of class analysis and class-based power networks model developed in earlier editions. The narrative has been revised and new, recent examples of topics, issues, and event...(展开全部)