American Nightmares : Social Problems in an Anxious World / / Joel Best |
Autore | Best Joel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Soggetto topico | Anxiety - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american dream
anxiety collective memory daily apprehension dismantling ideas about the future early retirement fantasies fears generations graduate from college healthcare insecure social times kids not learning net worth own a home schools failing social institutions social problems socially constructed problems sociology marginalization sociology |
ISBN | 0-520-96890-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part One: Contemporary Concerns -- 1. Popular Hazards; or, How We Insist Similar Social Problems Are Different -- 2. American Nightmares; or, Why Sociologists Hate the American Dream / Schweingruber, David -- Part Two: Constructing Future Problems -- 3. Evaluating Predictions; or, How to Compare the Maya Calendar, Social Security, and Climate Change -- 4. Future Talk; or, How Slippery Slopes Shape Concern -- Part Three: Looking Backward and Beyond Sociology -- 5. Memories as Problems; or, How to Reconsider Confederate Flags and Other Symbols of the Past / Nichols, Lawrence T. -- 6. Economicization; or, Why Economists Get More Respect Than Sociologists -- Afterword: The Future of American Nightmares -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796240803321 |
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American Nightmares : Social Problems in an Anxious World / / Joel Best |
Autore | Best Joel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Soggetto topico | Anxiety - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american dream
anxiety collective memory daily apprehension dismantling ideas about the future early retirement fantasies fears generations graduate from college healthcare insecure social times kids not learning net worth own a home schools failing social institutions social problems socially constructed problems sociology marginalization sociology |
ISBN | 0-520-96890-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part One: Contemporary Concerns -- 1. Popular Hazards; or, How We Insist Similar Social Problems Are Different -- 2. American Nightmares; or, Why Sociologists Hate the American Dream / Schweingruber, David -- Part Two: Constructing Future Problems -- 3. Evaluating Predictions; or, How to Compare the Maya Calendar, Social Security, and Climate Change -- 4. Future Talk; or, How Slippery Slopes Shape Concern -- Part Three: Looking Backward and Beyond Sociology -- 5. Memories as Problems; or, How to Reconsider Confederate Flags and Other Symbols of the Past / Nichols, Lawrence T. -- 6. Economicization; or, Why Economists Get More Respect Than Sociologists -- Afterword: The Future of American Nightmares -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821977303321 |
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Buddha is hiding [[electronic resource] ] : refugees, citizenship, the new America / / Aihwa Ong |
Autore | Ong Aihwa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.895/93079466 |
Collana | California series in public anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Cambodian Americans - California - Oakland - Social conditions
Cambodian Americans - California - Oakland - Ethnic identity Cambodian Americans - Civil rights - California - Oakland Refugees - California - Oakland - Social conditions Refugees - Civil rights - California - Oakland Citizenship - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american citizenship
american culture american dream american institutions anthropology asia scholars buddhism buddhists california cambodian americans cambodian refugees citizenship experience cultural anthropologists demographic studies ethnic tensions fieldwork globalization minority citizens modern history new america nonfiction study oakland pol pot regime race and class regional history san francisco social sciences southeast asia textbooks welfare |
ISBN |
1-59734-513-X
9786612762925 0-520-93716-3 1-282-76292-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Government and Citizenship -- Part I. In Pol Pot Time -- PART II. Governing through Freedom -- PART III. Church and Marketplace -- PART IV. Reconfigurations of Citizenship -- Afterword: Assemblages of Human Needs -- Notes -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Refugees, citizenship, the new America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777072703321 |
Ong Aihwa
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Buddha is hiding : refugees, citizenship, the new America / / Aihwa Ong |
Autore | Ong Aihwa |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.895/93079466 |
Collana | California series in public anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Cambodian Americans - California - Oakland - Social conditions
Cambodian Americans - California - Oakland - Ethnic identity Cambodian Americans - Civil rights - California - Oakland Refugees - California - Oakland - Social conditions Refugees - Civil rights - California - Oakland Citizenship - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american citizenship
american culture american dream american institutions anthropology asia scholars buddhism buddhists california cambodian americans cambodian refugees citizenship experience cultural anthropologists demographic studies ethnic tensions fieldwork globalization minority citizens modern history new america nonfiction study oakland pol pot regime race and class regional history san francisco social sciences southeast asia textbooks welfare |
ISBN |
1-59734-513-X
9786612762925 0-520-93716-3 1-282-76292-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Government and Citizenship -- Part I. In Pol Pot Time -- PART II. Governing through Freedom -- PART III. Church and Marketplace -- PART IV. Reconfigurations of Citizenship -- Afterword: Assemblages of Human Needs -- Notes -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Refugees, citizenship, the new America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823922603321 |
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Driving after class : anxious times in an American suburb / / Rachel Heiman |
Autore | Heiman Rachel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (743 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/509749 |
Collana | California Series in Public Anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Social classes - New Jersey
Suburban life - New Jersey Middle class - New Jersey |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century american culture
affordable homes american dream american economy anthropology better schools california series in public anthropology capitalism class anxieties class in america community meetings consumerism cultural studies democracy economic changes ethnographic research family hyperconsumption middle class neoliberal citizenship new jersey suburb political public anthropology race and class rugged entitlement school redistricting security gates suburban american dream |
ISBN |
0-520-27775-9
0-520-96031-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Common Sense in Anxious Times -- 2. Being Post-Brooklyn -- 3. Gate Expectations -- 4. Driving after Class -- 5. Vehicles for Rugged Entitlement -- 6. From White Flight to Community Might -- 7. A Conclusion, or Rather, a Commencement -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787234803321 |
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Driving after class : anxious times in an American suburb / / Rachel Heiman |
Autore | Heiman Rachel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (743 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/509749 |
Collana | California Series in Public Anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Social classes - New Jersey
Suburban life - New Jersey Middle class - New Jersey |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century american culture
affordable homes american dream american economy anthropology better schools california series in public anthropology capitalism class anxieties class in america community meetings consumerism cultural studies democracy economic changes ethnographic research family hyperconsumption middle class neoliberal citizenship new jersey suburb political public anthropology race and class rugged entitlement school redistricting security gates suburban american dream |
ISBN |
0-520-27775-9
0-520-96031-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Common Sense in Anxious Times -- 2. Being Post-Brooklyn -- 3. Gate Expectations -- 4. Driving after Class -- 5. Vehicles for Rugged Entitlement -- 6. From White Flight to Community Might -- 7. A Conclusion, or Rather, a Commencement -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819423503321 |
Heiman Rachel
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Empire and revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War / / John Mason Hart |
Autore | Hart John M (John Mason), <1935-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (722 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.00413 |
Soggetto topico |
Americans - Mexico - History
Investments, American - Mexico - History Nationalism - Mexico - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american attitudes american dream banking industry civil war corruption economic growth expansion global empire globalization historians historical analysis historical perspective historiography international relations manifest destiny mexican revolution mexico mining nafta national infrastructure natural resources nonfiction oil industry railroad revolution revolutionaries social connections textbooks united states us expansion war |
ISBN |
0-520-90077-4
1-282-35825-1 9786612358258 0-520-93929-8 1-59734-593-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Imperial Ambition -- 1. Arms And Capital -- 2. Rival Concessionaires -- 3. Ubiquitous Financiers -- 4. Building The Railroads -- 5. Silver, Copper, Gold, And Oil -- 6. Absentee Landlords -- 7. Resident American Elite -- 8. Boomers, Sooners, And Settlers -- 9. Mexico For The Mexicans -- 10. Interventions And Firestorms -- 11. Crisis In The New Regime -- 12. Nationalization Of Land And Industry -- 13. Cooperation And Accommodation -- 14. Return Of The American Financiers -- 15. Mexico In The New World Order -- Conclusion: Imperial America -- Endpiece -- Appendix 1. Partial List Of American Landholdings And Ownership In Mexico, 100,000 Acres And More, 1910-1913 -- Appendix 2. Partial List Of American Properties Of More Than 100,000 Acres Or Of Special Significance, Derived Via Government Portions Of Land Surveys Or From The Land Survey Companies, 1876-1910 -- Appendix 3. American Banking Syndicates Formed To Render Financial Support To Britain And Her Allies During World War I, September 1914-April 1917 -- Notes On Archival Sources -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780375203321 |
Hart John M (John Mason), <1935->
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Empire and revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War / / John Mason Hart |
Autore | Hart John M (John Mason), <1935-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (722 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.00413 |
Soggetto topico |
Americans - Mexico - History
Investments, American - Mexico - History Nationalism - Mexico - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american attitudes american dream banking industry civil war corruption economic growth expansion global empire globalization historians historical analysis historical perspective historiography international relations manifest destiny mexican revolution mexico mining nafta national infrastructure natural resources nonfiction oil industry railroad revolution revolutionaries social connections textbooks united states us expansion war |
ISBN |
0-520-90077-4
1-282-35825-1 9786612358258 0-520-93929-8 1-59734-593-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Imperial Ambition -- 1. Arms And Capital -- 2. Rival Concessionaires -- 3. Ubiquitous Financiers -- 4. Building The Railroads -- 5. Silver, Copper, Gold, And Oil -- 6. Absentee Landlords -- 7. Resident American Elite -- 8. Boomers, Sooners, And Settlers -- 9. Mexico For The Mexicans -- 10. Interventions And Firestorms -- 11. Crisis In The New Regime -- 12. Nationalization Of Land And Industry -- 13. Cooperation And Accommodation -- 14. Return Of The American Financiers -- 15. Mexico In The New World Order -- Conclusion: Imperial America -- Endpiece -- Appendix 1. Partial List Of American Landholdings And Ownership In Mexico, 100,000 Acres And More, 1910-1913 -- Appendix 2. Partial List Of American Properties Of More Than 100,000 Acres Or Of Special Significance, Derived Via Government Portions Of Land Surveys Or From The Land Survey Companies, 1876-1910 -- Appendix 3. American Banking Syndicates Formed To Render Financial Support To Britain And Her Allies During World War I, September 1914-April 1917 -- Notes On Archival Sources -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822852303321 |
Hart John M (John Mason), <1935->
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Migra! [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the U.S. Border Patrol / / Kelly Lytle Hernandez |
Autore | Hernandez Kelly Lytle |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.28/50973 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Noncitizens - Mexican-American Border Region
Illegal immigration |
Soggetto non controllato |
abandoned factory
aliens american dream american history biography border patrol creation borderlands comprehensive migration control illegal immigrants immigrants memoir mexican border minorities police force political activism political awareness undocumented us border patrol history us mexico relations |
ISBN |
1282556223
9786612556227 0520945719 0520946618 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- introduction -- Part One. Formation -- Part Two. Transformation -- Part Three. Operation Wetback and Beyond -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | History of the U.S. Border Patrol |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792406303321 |
Hernandez Kelly Lytle
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Migra! : a history of the U.S. Border Patrol / / Kelly Lytle Hernandez |
Autore | Hernandez Kelly Lytle |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.28/50973 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Noncitizens - Mexican-American Border Region
Illegal immigration |
Soggetto non controllato |
abandoned factory
aliens american dream american history biography border patrol creation borderlands comprehensive migration control illegal immigrants immigrants memoir mexican border minorities police force political activism political awareness undocumented us border patrol history us mexico relations |
ISBN |
1282556223
9786612556227 0520945719 0520946618 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- introduction -- Part One. Formation -- Part Two. Transformation -- Part Three. Operation Wetback and Beyond -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | History of the U.S. Border Patrol |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814025003321 |
Hernandez Kelly Lytle
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