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An Unexpected Minority

White Kids in an Urban School

By: Edward W. Morris

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An Unexpected Minority

White Kids in an Urban School

By: Edward W. Morris

Racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States have been growing rapidly in recent decades. Projections based on census data indicate that, in coming years, white people will statistically dominate noticeably fewer regions and public spaces. How will this reversal of minority status affect ideas about race? In spaces dominated by people of color, will attitudes about white privilege change? Or, will deeply rooted beliefs about racial inequality be resilient to numerical shifts in strength? In An Unexpected Minority, sociologist Edward Morris addresses these far-reaching questions by exploring attitudes about white identity in a Texas middle school composed predominantly of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians. Based on his ethnographic research, Morris argues that lower-income white students in urban schools do not necessarily maintain the sort of white privilege documented in other settings. Within the student body, African American students were more frequently the "cool" kids, and white students adopted elements of black culture-including dress, hairstyle, and language-to gain acceptance. Morris observes, however, that racial inequalities were not always reversed. Stereotypes that cast white students as better behaved and more academically gifted were often reinforced, even by African American teachers. Providing a new and timely perspective to the significant role that non-whites play in the construction of attitudes about whiteness, this book takes an important step in advancing the discussion of racial inequality and its future in this country.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813537215

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Learning the Hard Way

Masculinity, Place, and the Gender Gap in Education

By: Edward W. Morris

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Learning the Hard Way

Masculinity, Place, and the Gender Gap in Education

By: Edward W. Morris

An avalanche of recent newspapers, weekly newsmagazines, scholarly journals, and academic books has helped to spark a heated debate by publishing warnings of a “boy crisis” in which male students at all academic levels have begun falling behind their female peers. In Learning the Hard Way, Edward W. Morris explores and analyzes detailed ethnographic data on this purported gender gap between boys and girls in educational achievement at two low-income high schools—one rural and predominantly white, the other urban and mostly African American. Crucial questions arose from his study of gender at these two schools. Why did boys tend to show less interest in and more defiance toward school? Why did girls significantly outperform boys at both schools? Why did people at the schools still describe boys as especially “smart”? Morris examines these questions and, in the process, illuminates connections of gender to race, class, and place. This book is not simply about the educational troubles of boys, but the troubled and complex experience of gender in school. It reveals how particular race, class, and geographical experiences shape masculinity and femininity in ways that affect academic performance. His findings add a new perspective to the “gender gap” in achievement.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813553709

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9780813553702

The Embattled Past

Reflections on Military History

By: Edward M. Coffman

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The Embattled Past

Reflections on Military History

By: Edward M. Coffman

Internationally recognized for having reinvigorated and redefined his field, distinguished military historian Edward M. Coffman is a dedicated and much-admired teacher and mentor. In The Embattled Past, several of his most important essays have been assembled into a collection that serves as an essential reference to the discipline and an initiation to the study of military history for aspiring scholars. Coffman's introduction to the volume charts his own professional journey and sets the book within the larger context of Americans' attitudes toward their military, both inside and outside of academia. The essays explore a range of critical issues in military historiography -- such as strategies for conducting oral history and research methodologies -- and examine questions at the heart of the field. Included are two seminal essays on World War I, which provide a fascinating overview of American war strategies and illuminate the reasons why so many historians have ignored this critical turning point in twentieth-century history. The volume concludes with an unpublished essay detailing Coffman's experience of interviewing General Douglas MacArthur in 1960. This exciting new book offers readers insights into more than two hundred years of United States military history while also providing a comprehensive overview of Coffman's stellar contributions to the field. Important and engaging, The Embattled Past is a primer on the profession from one of the most honored scholars of our time.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813142687

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9780813142685

Easy Windows 10

By: Mark Edward Soper

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Easy Windows 10

By: Mark Edward Soper

SEE IT DONE. DO IT YOURSELF. It's that Easy! Easy Windows 10 teaches you the fundamentals to help you get the most from Windows 10. Fully illustrated steps with simple instructions guide you through each task, building the skills you need to perform the most common tasks with Windows. No need to feel intimidated; we'll hold your hand every step of the way. Learn how to... - Use the new Windows 10 Start menu in standard and Tablet Mode versions - Create annotated notes from web pages with the new Microsoft Edge browser - Keep your information safe with improved File History and Backup - Use OneDrive(R) cloud storage to save space on your tablets and computers - Use Cortana(R) voice search to help organize your life - Enjoy and shop for your favorite apps, movies, music, and TV shows - Manage and protect your home network - Touchscreen, keyboard, or mouse-use Windows 10 your way! Category: Windows Operating System Covers: Windows 10 User Level: Beginner

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Addison-Wesley

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0134077539

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9780134077536

Later Life Transitions

Older Males in Rural America

By: Edward A. Powers,Willis J. Goudy,Patricia M. Keith

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Later Life Transitions

Older Males in Rural America

By: Edward A. Powers,Willis J. Goudy,Patricia M. Keith

That there is diversity in the work and retirement behaviors and at titudes of our small-town respondents is obvious. Thus, attempts to legislate broad solutions to problems of Social Security and other factors of most interest to older persons can be assured of having both supporters and detractors among the elderly in rural settings as well as among other age groups. Within the diversity observed, how ever, are some results requiring further attention. The relatively positive adjustment to not working of the retired men in the study bodes well for those expecting to leave the work force in the next few years. This positive adjustment mirrors that observed in several other recent studies, of course. Still, those not making positive adjustments must be considered; they will continue to require the attention of various support services so that attempts to solve their problems will be successful. Equally significant is the fact that no clear picture of the work and retirement orientation of these rural men emerged. On the one hand, they were remaining in the labor force slightly longer than men in urban 67 68 LATER LIFE TRANSITIONS samples and the job satisfaction and preferred retirement age for men still working had increased over the decade. On the other hand, the value placed on work had decreased, attitudes toward retirement had become more positive, and the men were more work than non work oriented.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400949782

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9789400949782

Critical Social Theory and the End of Work

By: Edward Granter

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Critical Social Theory and the End of Work

By: Edward Granter

Critical Social Theory and the End of Work examines the development and sociological significance of the idea that work is being eliminated through the use of advanced production technology. Granter’s engagement with the work of key American and European figures such as Marx, Marcuse, Gorz, Habermas and Negri, focuses his arguments for the abolition of labour as a response to the current socio-historical changes affecting our work ethic and consumer ideology. By combining history of ideas with social theory, this book considers how the 'end of work' thesis has developed and has been critically implemented in the analysis of modern society. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology, history of ideas, social and cultural theory as well as those working in the fields of critical management and sociology of work.

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Routledge

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1317157028

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9781317157021

Book's by Edward W. Morris

An Unexpected Minority

An Unexpected Minority

Learning the Hard Way

Learning the Hard Way

The Embattled Past

The Embattled Past

Easy Windows 10

Easy Windows 10

Later Life Transitions

Later Life Transitions

Critical Social Theory and the End of Work

Critical Social Theory and the End of Work

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