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The Riot at Christie Pits

By: Cyril Levitt,William Shaffir

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Ethnic tensions had been rising in Toronto throughout the hot summer of 1933. Hitler had recently come to power in Germany and some residents of the eastern beaches neighbourhood had formed "Swastika Clubs" to protect their community from "undesirable elements." On August 16, at Toronto’s Christie Pits, a baseball game between two local teams - one made up of Jewish players - ignited the simmering resentments. Some troublemakers unfurled a huge swastika flag, shouting, "Heil Hitler!" Retaliation from Jewish spectators and players was swift and reinforcements for both sides poured into the park. The result - never experienced in Toronto before or since - was a four-hour race riot. The riot at Christie Pits remains a disturbing, even legendary part of the city's history. Authors Cyril Levitt and William Shaffir, carefully sifting fact from fiction, provide a compelling perspective on how ordinary Canadians reacted to the intensifying antisemitism in Europe.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487533667

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9781487533663

Experiencing Fieldwork

By: William Shaffir,Robert A. Stebbins

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Experiencing Fieldwork

By: William Shaffir,Robert A. Stebbins

How do you gain entry into a research setting? What tricks are there to learning the rules of the community without alienating the people you came to study? How are good relations maintained with informants? What happens after you leave the field? In Experiencing Fieldwork top ethnographers address these and other questions, bring fieldwork alive for the reader and provide invaluable advice for those entering the field.

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288

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0803936451

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9780803936454

Medical Sociology

By: William C. Cockerham

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Medical Sociology

By: William C. Cockerham

For upper-division undergraduate/beginning graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, and for Behavioral Science courses in schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing. A comprehensive overview of the most current issues in medical sociology. The standard text in the field, Medical Sociology presents the discipline’s most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, issues, debates, and research findings. To draw students into the course, author Dr. William Cockerham integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers throughout the text. The Thirteenth Edition addresses the current changes stemming from health care reform in the United States, and other issues that reflect the focus of the field today.

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626

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Routledge

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1317346483

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9781317346487

The Social Semiotics of Tattoos

Skin and Self

By: Chris William Martin

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The Social Semiotics of Tattoos

Skin and Self

By: Chris William Martin

Why do people put indelible marks on their bodies in an era characterized by constant cultural change? How do tattoos as semiotic resources convey meaning? What goes on behind the scenes in a tattoo studio? How do people negotiate the informal career of tattoo artist? The Social Semiotics of Tattoos is a study of tattoos and tattooing at a time when the practice is more artistic, culturally relevant, and common than ever before. By discussing shifts within the practices of tattooing over the past several decades, Martin chronicles the cultural turn in which tattooists have become known as tattoo artists, the tattoo gun turns into the tattoo machine, and standardized tattoo designs are replaced by highly expressive and unique forms of communication with a language of its own. Revealing the full range of meaning-making involved in the visual, written and spoken elements of the act, this volume frames tattoos and tattooing as powerful cultural expressions, symbols, and indexes and by doing so sheds the last hints of tattooing as a deviant practice. Based on a year of full-time ethnographic study of a tattoo studio/art gallery as well as in-depth interviews with tattoo artists and enthusiasts, The Social Semiotics of Tattoos will be of interest to academic researchers of semiotics as well as tattoo industry professional and artists.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350056499

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9781350056497

The World of the Yeshiva

An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry

By: William B. Helmreich

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The World of the Yeshiva

An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry

By: William B. Helmreich

In the advance yeshiva, adult males spend long periods of time-sometimes their entire lives-studying and interpreting traditional writings on Jewish law and theology, all but totally cut off from the mainstream of American life, and indeed, the lives of most American Jews. Why is this East European incarnation of an ancient Jewish tradition flourishing in present-day America? What does its successful transplantaion tell us about Orthodox Jewish life?

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KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

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0881256420

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9780881256420

High Tech and High Touch

Headhunting, Technology, and Economic Transformation

By: James E. Coverdill,William Finlay

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High Tech and High Touch

Headhunting, Technology, and Economic Transformation

By: James E. Coverdill,William Finlay

In High Tech and High Touch, James E. Coverdill and William Finlay invite readers into the dynamic world of headhunters, personnel professionals who acquire talent for businesses and other organizations on a contingent-fee basis. In a high-tech world where social media platforms have simplified direct contact between employers and job seekers, Coverdill and Finlay acknowledge, it is relatively easy to find large numbers of apparently qualified candidates. However, the authors demonstrate that headhunters serve a valuable purpose in bringing high-touch search into the labor market: they help parties on both sides of the transaction to define their needs and articulate what they have to offer. As well as providing valuable information for sociologists and economists, High Tech and High Touch demonstrates how headhunters approach practical issues such as identifying and attracting candidates; how they solicit, secure, and evaluate search assignments from client companies; and how they strive to broker interactions between candidates and clients to maximize the likelihood that the right people land in the right jobs.

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Cornell University Press

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1501714007

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9781501714009

Urban Sustainability

Reconnecting Space and Place

By: Ann Dale,William Dushenko,Pamela J. Robinson

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Urban Sustainability

Reconnecting Space and Place

By: Ann Dale,William Dushenko,Pamela J. Robinson

Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities, the need for sustainable planning has never been greater. This book explores concrete ways to achieve urban sustainability based on integrated planning, policy development, and decision-making. Urban Sustainability is the first book to provide an applied interdisciplinary perspective on the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead in this area. Bringing together researchers and practitioners to explore leading innovations on the ground, this volume combines the theoretical underpinnings of urban sustainability with current practices through highly readable narrative case studies. The contributors also provide fresh perspectives on how issues related to sustainable urban planning and development can be reconciled through collaborative partnerships and engagement processes.

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297

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University of Toronto Press

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144266178X

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9781442661783

Inside an Emotional Health Program

A Field Study of Workplace Assistance for Troubled Employees

By: William J. Sonnenstuhl

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Inside an Emotional Health Program

A Field Study of Workplace Assistance for Troubled Employees

By: William J. Sonnenstuhl

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Cornell University Press

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1501744852

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9781501744853

Belonging

The Meaning and Future of Canadian Citizenship

By: William Kaplan

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Belonging

The Meaning and Future of Canadian Citizenship

By: William Kaplan

Several contributors deal with the quality of Canadian citizenship and the principle of distributive justice applied to all citizens. Others offer a "lament" for the Canadian nation, analysing and explaining why the vision of Canadian citizenship as an allegiance to the federation did not succeed in overcoming the varied loyalties pulling Canadians in different directions. Some authors celebrate this failure, arguing that maintaining dual alliance to the nation and province is more important. The essays reflect a consensus that Canada and Canadians have failed to give their citizenship meaning. One explanation for this, offered by the editor William Kaplan, is that Canadians are private about their patriotism, even if it is deeply felt. If Canadian citizenship is to endure, that patriotism will have to be more strongly and publicly expressed. Contributors to this volume are Daryl Bean, Neil Bissoondath, Robert Bothwell, Alan Cairns, Marc Cousineau, Robert Fulford, J.L. Granatstein, Darlene Johnston, William Kaplan, the late Paul Martin Sr, Rosella Melanson, Desmond Morton, Peter Neary, Maureen O'Neil, Robert J. Sharpe, Monique Simard, Glenda Simms, Daniel Turp, and Michael Walker. The essays by Simard and Turp are in French.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773563830

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9780773563834

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

By: William H. Swatos

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Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

By: William H. Swatos

As the new millennium approaches, the sacred and profane interface, conflict, and intermingle in novel ways. The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society provides a guide map for these developments. From succinct, brief notes to essay-length entries, it covers world religions, religious perspectives on political and social issues, and religious leaders and scholars -- present and past -- in the United States and the world. This comprehensive volume is an essential reference for studies in the anthropology, psychology, politics, and sociology of religion. Topics include: abortion, adolescence, African-American religious experience, anthropology of religion, Buddhism, commitment, conversion, definition of religion, ecology movement, Emile Durkheim, ethnicity, fundamentalism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, new religious movements, organization, parish, Talcott Parsons, racism, research methods, Roman Catholicism, sexism, Unification Church, Max Weber, and many others.

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618

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Rowman Altamira

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0761989560

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9780761989561

Social Research Methods

Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

By: William Lawrence Neuman

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Social Research Methods

Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

By: William Lawrence Neuman

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Allyn & Bacon

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0205193560

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Experiencing Fieldwork

By: William Shaffir,Robert A. Stebbins

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By: William Shaffir,Robert A. Stebbins

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The Riot at Christie Pits

By: Cyril Levitt,William Shaffir

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The Riot at Christie Pits

By: Cyril Levitt,William Shaffir

Authors Cyril Levitt and William Shaffir, carefully sifting fact from fiction, provide a compelling perspective on how ordinary Canadians reacted to the intensifying antisemitism in Europe.

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1487533659

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Doing Ethnography

By: Giampietro Gobo,Andrea Molle

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Doing Ethnography

By: Giampietro Gobo,Andrea Molle

Doing Ethnography is invaluable reading for anyone collecting data through observation. Innovative and thought provoking, it is a refreshing take on ethnography stressing both academic rigor and practical necessity. It combines theoretical perspective with tangible action plans and walks you step-by-step through designing, conducting, and evaluating ethnographic research. The book skilfully introduces the varied tasks and decisions you need to consider before entering the fieldhelping you to avoid common mistakes and to conduct safe, ethical research. The redesigned Second Edition has cutting edge case studies and examples from across the social sciences and has an embedded awareness of the importance of digital research tools and social media. It also includes a detailed discussion of: Autoethnography Digital Ethnography Visual Ethnography Feminist Ethnography Managing and Analysing data This is an ideal companion for every novice researcher.

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Book's by William Shaffir

The Riot at Christie Pits

The Riot at Christie Pits

Experiencing Fieldwork

Experiencing Fieldwork

Medical Sociology

Medical Sociology

The Social Semiotics of Tattoos

The Social Semiotics of Tattoos

The World of the Yeshiva

The World of the Yeshiva

High Tech and High Touch

High Tech and High Touch

Urban Sustainability

Urban Sustainability

Inside an Emotional Health Program

Inside an Emotional Health Program

Belonging

Belonging

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

Social Research Methods

Social Research Methods

Experiencing Fieldwork

Experiencing Fieldwork

The Riot at Christie Pits

The Riot at Christie Pits

Doing Ethnography

Doing Ethnography

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