For courses in Social Change. A timely and comprehensive social analysis of one of the most important social concerns of our time, this fifth edition of Social Change greatly increases the contemporary multicultural and international components, yet retains its pedagogically sound features and proven organizational framework. It provides a readable and up-to-date analysis of t...(展开全部)

Now available in paperback, this book is a critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practised in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and cultural studies. The author shows how concern with the analysis of discourse can be combined, in a systematic and fruitful way, with an interest in broader problems of socia...(展开全部)

Now available in paperback, this book is a critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practised in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and cultural studies. The author shows how concern with the analysis of discourse can be combined, in a systematic and fruitful way, with an interest in broader problems of socia...(展开全部)

The sociology of social change has always been the product of times of flux, and the unmatched dynamism of our period is already reflected in the revitalization of theories of change. Piotr Sztompka's aim in this volume is to take stock of and to reappraise the whole legacy of sociological thinking about change, from the classical to the contemporary, providing the intellectual...(展开全部)

This study examines the role of technological innovation during the rise of social groups in the Middle Ages

This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change Includes chapters on social class...(展开全部)

This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.* Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics* Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change* Includes chapters on social cl...(展开全部)

This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.* Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics* Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change* Includes chapters on social cl...(展开全部)

This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change Includes chapters on social class...(展开全部)

安·赛德曼 (Prof．Dr Ann Seidman) 美国波士顿大学教授，立法学家，制度经济学家，法律与发展运动奠基人之一，毕业于史密斯学院(B A)，美国哥伦比亚大学(M S)和美国威斯康星大学(Ph D)。她曾在美国威斯康星大学、美国麻省州立大学、美国波士顿大学、北京大学，以及津巴布韦和赞比亚的大学等高校讲授发展经济学、立法学课程。近年来，致力于对通过法律促进发展的研究。著作有：《非洲经济学教程》和《撒哈拉以南非洲的设想》等。 罗伯特·鲍勃·赛德曼 (Prof．Robe~Bob Seidman) 美国波士顿大学教授，立法学家，法律与发展运动奠基人之一，毕业于美国哈佛大学(B A)和在美国哥伦比亚大学(L L_B)。自从1974年以来，他在波士顿大学法学院讲授法律与发展和立法起草等课程。曾担任中国、老挝、不丹、斯里兰卡、尼泊尔、莫桑比克、印尼和越...(展开全部)