Being a Teenager During the Great Depression
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An 8 page paper presenting an interview with an 81-year-old woman about her teen years, which occurred during the Great Depression. The woman provides information about high school, home life, working as a teen and the responsibilities she had at home. The second portion of the paper compares the woman’s responses to Erikson’s characterization of the adolescent. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSsocTeen1930s.rtf

Bell's The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
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This 5 page paper evaluates this controversial work. His breakdown of society as social structure, polity and culture is discussed. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA107Cap .wps

Body Piercing & Tattooing in Society
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This 5 page paper looks at the trends through several sociological perspectives including the functionalist school, the conflict perspective and the theory of symbolic interactionism. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Bodtat.wps

Book Report on C. Wright Mills’ “White Collar: The American Middle Classes” and “The Power Elite”
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A 5 page paper which provides an informational overview of each book. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGcwmill.rtf

Bourdieu and Identity
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This 5 page paper considers the idea of social identity and how Bourdieu sees this developed and maintained with the ideas of social capital and cultural capital. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEbourdsoc.rtf

Bowling For Columbine & Marx, Durkheim & Weber
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An 8 page research paper/essay that analyzes Michael Moore's 2003 film Bowling for Columbine from the sociological perspective of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. The writer briefly states the philosophy of each man and then applies this to analysis of the film. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khkdwbfc.rtf

Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory of Development and Graduate Studies
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory of Development and the impacts on the choice to pursue graduate studies. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHBroEco.rtf

Bureaucracy & Weber
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Sociologist Max Weber's work is discussed in light of recent observations by James Q. Wilson, in this 5 page paper. Bureaucracy is discussed in a general sense as well, which includes specific examples such as the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Internal Revenue Service. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Irsdmv.wps

C. Wright Mills, The Man With The Plan
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This seven-page-paper presents a discussion on the beliefs and works of C. Wright Mills. Mills, the American sociologist believed that an alternative democracy could be developed.
Filename: CWCWright.wps