Authors:Rose Laub Coser, Laura S. Anker, Andrew Perrin,
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: women, york, contributions, studies, new, immigrant, courage, jewish, italian
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1999-08-30
List price: $98.95
ISBN-10: 0313308209
ISBN-13: 9780313308208

In the wake of World War I, a diverse group of women emigrated from Europe to the United States under austere conditions and adapted in different ways to life in the new country. Based on a major new study that includes in-depth interviews with 100 Italian and Jewish women who immigrated to the New York City area in the early 1900s, this volume explores family and work lives led by these women and the relative importance of cultural factors to the two groups’ adjustment to American life. The interviews trace the process of adapting to life in the U.S., paying special attention to the spe

Authors:Emile Durkheim, Lewis A. Coser,
Publisher: Free Press
Keywords: society, labor, division
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 1997-09-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0684836386
ISBN-13: 9780684836386

Author: Alan J. Laub
Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Keywords: engineers, scientists, analysis, matrix
Number of Pages: 170
Published: 2004-12-01
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 0898715768
ISBN-13: 9780898715767

Matrix Analysis for Scientists and Engineers provides a blend of undergraduate- and graduate-level topics in matrix theory and linear algebra that relieves instructors of the burden of reviewing such material in subsequent courses that depend heavily on the language of matrices. Consequently, the text provides an often-needed bridge between undergraduate-level matrix theory and linear algebra and the level of matrix analysis required for graduate-level study and research. The text is sufficiently compact that the material can be taught comfortably in a one-quarter or one-semester course. Throu

Authors:John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson,
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: delinquent, boys, lives, divergent, beginnings, shared
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-03-31
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 0674019938
ISBN-13: 9780674019935

This book analyzes newly collected data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were remanded to reform school in the 1940s. Born in Boston in the late 1920s and early 1930s, these men were the subjects of the classic study Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1950). Updating their lives at the close of the twentieth century, and connecting their adult experiences to childhood, this book is arguably the longest longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course to date. John Laub and Robert Sampson’s long-term data, combined with in

Authors:Travis Hirschi, John Laub,
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: papers, selected, criminology, craft
Number of Pages: 331
Published: 2002-09-13
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0765801426
ISBN-13: 9780765801425

Travis Hirschi is one of the most cited criminologists of the twentieth century yet it is remarkable how little is known about his life and career. Known as spokesperson for social control theory, Hirschi is a controversial figure in that he challenges popular theories in criminal career research as well as the need for longitudinal studies of offenders and criminal justice policies. For Hirschi ideas were always tied to the mode of investigation and the mode of investigation was always tied to substantive concerns. Thus, substantive theoretical contribution and research methodology were the "

Authors:George C. Thornton III, Rose Hanson, Rose A. Muell
Publisher: Psychology Pre
Keywords: series, applied, psychology, students, practitioners, organizational, simulations, guide, developing
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2003-09-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0805844120
ISBN-13: 9780805844122

This book provides a concise source of information on effective and practical methods for constructing simulation exercises for the assessment of psychological characteristics relevant to effectiveness in work organizations. Simulation exercises present the examinee with descriptions of complex situations that stimulate aspects of real-world settings and problems. Examinees are required to demonstrate overt behavior in handling the problems presented. The process and/or products of this behavior are observed by trained assessors who observe behavior, classify behaviors into relevant dimensions

Authors:Louise S. Grinstein, Carol A. Biermann, Rose K. Rose
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Keywords: sourcebook, biobibliographic, sciences, biological, women
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 1997-07-30
List price: $165.00
ISBN-10: 0313291802
ISBN-13: 9780313291807

Biology textbooks and books on the history of science generally give a limited picture of the roles women have played in the growth and development of the biological sciences, mentioning primarily the Nobel laureates. This book provides a definitive archival collection of essays on a larger group of women, profiling both their work and their lives. The volume includes 65 representative women from different countries and eras, and from as many branches of biological investigation as possible. In addition to biographical information and an evaluation of the woman’s career and significance,