what is the academy for?
4 October 2012
I’ve been a great defender of the academy as “a living archive” of ideas, some of which were supposed to have gone away due to
Category: sociology
People of color and work in the United States
25 June 2001
People of color & work in the US compiled by Professor Amory Starr Historical Resources Ronald Takaki, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
why are people of color poor? (United States)
25 June 1999
why are people of color poor? behavioral vs. structural explanations compiled by Professor Amory Starr what we are trying to explain: more white people are
Snake oil or salvation: Repositioning Sociology
25 June 1997
Snake oil or Salvation?: Reconstructing Sociology Amory Starr & Tony Samara, c. 1997 Abstract: In this paper we attempt to respond to community activists’ critiques
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