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SOCIAL SCIENCE TEXTS &GENERAL REFERENCES:
The most important general text on Social Sciences is:
Elgin F. Hunt and David C.
Colander, Social Science: An Introduction to the Study
of Society Ninth Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon,
1996.
The Hunt and Colander book is a basic textbook of social
science. It has excellent definitions and background on
the development of the social sciences in their
historical and intellectual relationships with society.
MICROSOFT
BOOKSHELF:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton
Mifflin Company. Electronic version
MICROSOFT ENCARTA
(1996)
Note: Most of the annotated sources below are from
the Further Reading Sections of the Encarta entries.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY, McGraw Hill Publishers.
Norman, Geoffrey R. and David L. Streiner. PDQ Statistics. Toronto, 1986.
Townsend, James J. and Jenifer Lindsay. Using Paradox for
Windows. Indiana, 1983.
Blalock, Hubert M. Jr. Social
Statistics. Rev. Ed. N.Y. 1979.
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Anthropology
Boas, Franz. The Mind of Primitive Man. Free,
rev., 1965. Greenwood, 1983. Landmark study of
ethnopsychology deals with racial prejudices,
environmental and hereditary influences on human beings.
Boas, Franz. Anthropology
and Modern Life. W.W. Norton, 1928.
Boas, Franz. Kwakiutl Ethnography. Edited by Helen Codere, 1966.
Current Anthropology. Chicago, 1960- . Most significant
journal in the field.
Eddy, Elizabeth M. and Partridge, William L., eds.
Applied Anthropology in America. Columbia, 2d ed., 1987.
Anthropology for the practitioner.
Evans-Pritchard, Edward. A History of Anthropological
Thought. Basic, 1981. Lively, scholarly analysis of more
than 25 major anthropologists and sociologists.
Freed, Stanley A., Ruth
S. Freed and Laila Williamson, "The American
Museum's Jesup North Pacific Expedition" in William
W. Fitzhugh and Aron Crowell, Crossroads of Continents:
Cultures of Siberia and Alaska. Smithsonian Institution
Press, 1988.
Gowlett, John. Ascent to Civilization: The Archaeology of
Early Man. Knopf, 1984. Sweeping survey; well
illustrated.
Hays, Hoffman R. From Ape to Angel: An Informal History
of Social Anthropology. Greenwood, 1979. Anecdotal,
breezy introduction.
Harris, Marvin. The Rise of Anthropological Theory.
Columbia University Press, 1968.
Hinsley, Curtis M.
Savages and Scientists. Smithsonian Institution Press,
1981.
Kluckhorn, Clyde. Mirror for Man. Arizona, 1985. Reprint
of a notable introduction to anthropology (1949).
Leaf, Murray J. Man, Mind, and Science. Columbia
University Press, 1979.
Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Anthropology and Myth: Lectures
and Papers, 1951-1982. Blackwell, 1987. Important ideas
on ethnology and structuralism, topically arranged.
Malinowski, Bronislaw. Magic, Science and Religion and
Other Essays. Various publishers. Also covers myths,
primitive language, war.
Mead, Margaret and Bunzell, Ruth L. The Golden Age of
American Anthropology. Braziller, 1960. Classic work on
400 years of important writings on American anthropology.
Pfeiffer, John E. The Emergence of Society: A Prehistory
of the Establishment. McGraw, 1977. Harper, 4th ed.,
1985. Thoughtful examination of society's origin and
evolution, based on archaeological and anthropological
research.
Rohner, Ronald P.,
"Franz Boas: Ethnographer on the Northwest
Coast" in Pioneers of Anthropology, edited by June
Helm, University of Washington Press, 1966.
Seymour-Smith, Charlotte, ed. Dictionary of Anthropology.
Hall, 1987. Definitions of important anthropological
terms.
Silverman, Sydel, ed. Totems and Teachers: Perspectives
on the History of Anthropology. Columbia, 1981. Former
students and colleagues assess the work of eight
prominent pioneering anthropologists.
Winick, Charles. Dictionary of Anthropology. Various
publishers. Terms and biographies in the fields of
cultural and physical anthropology, archaeology, and
linguistics.
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Sociology
Abramson, Mark. Sociological Theory: An
Introduction to Concepts, Issues, and Research. Prentice,
1981. Illustrated introductory text.
Aby, Stephen H. Sociology: A Guide to Reference and
Information Sources. Libraries Unlimited, 1987.
Outstanding guide to information in the field.
Bellah, Robert N., ed. Emile Durkheim on Morality and
Society. Chicago, 1975. Twelve essays by the 19th-century
French sociologist.
Borgatta, Edgar F. and Borgatta, Maria L., eds.
Encyclopedia of Sociology. Macmillian, 1991. Extensive
lists of additional reading at the end of each article.
Boudon, Raymond and Bourricaud, François. A Critical
Dictionary of Sociology. Chicago, 1989. More a collection
of short, critical essays than a typical dictionary.
Durkheim, Emile. The Division
of Labor in Society. Translated by George Simpson.
Free Press, 1947.
Durkheim, Emile and Marcel Mauss. Primitive
Classification. University of Chicago, 1963. Translated
by Rodney Needham.
Putney, Snell and Gail. The Adjusted American: Normal
Neuroses in the Individual and Society. Harper & Row,
1964.
Schwab, William R. The Sociology of Cities.
Printice-Hall, 2d ed., 1992. Examination of key concepts
in urban sociology.
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Psychology
Anderson, John R. Cognitive Psychology and Its
Implications. Freeman, 2d ed., 1985. Useful text relates
psychology, computer science, and linguistics.
Baldwin, James M., ed. Dictionary of Philosophy and
Psychology. 3v. P. Smith, 1960. Gordon, 1977. Standard
reference for terminology, biographies, early history.
Bugelski, Bergen Richard and Graziano, Anthony M. The
Handbook of Practical Psychology. Prentice, 1980.
Layperson's reference for hundreds of conditions,
problems, therapies, associations.
Corsini, Raymond J. Encyclopedia of Psychology. 4v.
Wiley, 1984. Standard on concepts, biographies, research,
theories; extensive bibliography.
Donahue, Phil. The Human Animal. Simon & Schuster,
1985. Questions what determines human behavior around the
world; for general readers.
Freud, Sigmund. The
Interpretation of Dreams. Avon Books, 1965
(originally in 1900)
Freud, Sigmund. Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His
Childhood. Norton. 1964 (originally in 1910).
Fromm, Erich. Greatness and Limitations of Freud's
Thought. Harper, 1980. New American Library, 1981.
Distinguished thinker modifies many of Freud's
psychoanalytic conclusions.
Gay, Peter. Freud: A Life for Our
Time. Doubleday, 1988.
Harré, Rom and Lamb, Roger, eds. Encyclopedic Dictionary
of Psychology. MIT, 1983. Signed articles cover wide
range of topics in contemporary psychology.
Harris, Thomas A. I'm OK-You're OK: A Practical Guide to
Transactional Analysis. Harper, 1969. Avon, 1982. Popular
self-help manual on TA.
Jung, Carl Gustav. Man and His Symbols. Doubleday, 1969.
Nontechnical presentation of Jung's basic ideas.
Karier, Clarence J. Scientists of the Mind: Intellectual
Founders of Modern Psychology. Illinois, 1986. History
through ten biographical analyses.
Lawry, John D. Guide to the History of Psychology.
Littlefield, 1982. Background in outline form;
bibliography.
McNeill, James. The Sunken City.
Scholastic, 1964.
Nye, Robert D. What is B. F. Skinner Really Saying?
Prentice, 1979. Behaviorism contrasted with other
psychological viewpoints; annotated references.
Packard, Vance. The People Shapers. Little, 1977.
Implications of behavior control techniques using
Skinner, drugs, advertising techniques, genetic
reshaping.
Perls, Frederick, Ralph Hefferline,
and Paul Goodman. Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth
in the Human Personality. Delta, 1951.
Psychology Today. , 1967- . Popular, nontechnical
approach to psychology, society, the human condition.
Reisman, John M. A History of Clinical Psychology.
Various publishers. Focuses on individual theorists and
practitioners; bibliography.
Watson, R. I. The Great Psychologists: From Aristotle to
Freud. Lippincott, 1963. Harper, 4th ed., 1978. Important
advances, schools, movements, personalities-all the
mileposts.
Wesley, Frank and Sullivan, Edith. Human Growth and
Development: A Psychological Approach. Human Sciences,
1980. Fluid introduction to developmental psychology
covers both traditional ideas and contemporary issues.
Wolpe, Joseph and Wolpe, David. Our Useless Fears.
Houghton, 1981. Behavior modification techniques and case
histories; readable account.
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Economics
Bach, George Leland and others. Economics: Analysis,
Decision Making and Policy. Prentice, 11th ed., 1987.
Comprehensive coverage of basic economics.
Chaliand, Gerard and Jean-Pierre
Rageau. The Strategic Atlas. Harper & Row, 1990. Rev.
ed. Translated by Tony Berrett.
Eichner, Alfred S., ed. A Guide to Post-Keynesian
Economics. Sharpe, 1979. Clearly written survey.
Friedman, Milton. Monetarist Economics. Blackwell, 1991.
The influential Chicago school of economics.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Economic Perspective.
Houghton, 1988. Reviews economic theory from Aristotle
on.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The New Industrial State.
Houghton, 4th ed., 1985. Technology, specialized labor,
corporations replace markets as economic influence.
Heilbroner, Robert and Thurow, Lester. Economics
Explained. Prentice, 1985. Simon & Schuster, 1986.
Excellent basic primer on modern economics.
Ishinomori, Shotaro. Japan Inc.
University of California Press, 1988. Translated by
Betsey Scheiner.
Keynes, John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment,
Interest, and Money. Harcourt, 1936, 1965. Basis of the
school of "New Economics."
Leontief, Wassily. Input-Output Economics. Oxford, 2d
ed., 1986. The theory of one of the most important
contemporary economists.
The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Modern Economics. McGraw,
3d ed., 1983. Comprehensive handbook of 1400 terms, 200
agencies, groups.
Mill, John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy.
Various publishers. An early economist applies his
theories to social conditions; first published 1848.
The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. Ed. by John
Eatwell and others. 4v. Stockton, 1987. Standard,
authoritative encyclopedia of economics.
Tsurumi, Patricia. The Other Japan:
Postwar Realities. Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars,
1988.
Ophuls, William and A,. Stephen Boyan Jr. Ecology and the
Politics of Scarcity. W.E. Freeman, 1992.
Porter, Glenn, ed. Encyclopedia of American Economic
History: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas.
3v. Scribner, 1980. Reference covering all aspects of the
American economic experience.
Ratner, Sidney and others. The Evolution of the American
Economy: Growth, Welfare, and Decision Making. Basic,
1980. Stimulating history and examination of the U.S.
economy.
Samuelson, Paul A. Economics: An Introductory Analysis.
McGraw, 13th ed., 1989. One of the most widely read
introductions to the fundamentals of economics.
Smith, Adam. Wealth of Nations. Various publishers. The
first major work on political economy (1776) examining
the benefits of economic freedom.
Tobin, James. The New Economics: One Decade Older.
Princeton, 1974. Sympathetic look at the new economics,
beginning with successes and failures of Kennedy
economists.
Woronoff, Jon. Asia's 'Miracle' Economies. M.E. Sharpe,
1986.
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Political Science
American Political Science Review.
, 1906- . Quarterly; stresses theoretical aspects of
political science.
Beck, Carl and others. Political Science Thesaurus.
American Political Science Assn., 1975. Books on Demand
UMI, n.d. Reference includes 5721 main entries;
geographical and political area terms.
Burns, James MacGregor. Leadership. Harper, 1978.
Dahl, Robert A. Modern Political Analysis. Prentice, 5th
ed., 1991. Basic concepts for analyzing and understanding
politics.
Nelson,
Lynn and Patrick Peebles.
Classics of Eastern Thought. HBJ, 1991.
Paige, Glenn D. The Scientific Study of Political
Leadership. Free Press, 1977.
Stupak, Ronald J. and others. Understanding Political
Science. Alfred, 1977. Clear introduction to methods and
evaluation.
United States Political Science Documents. Pittsburgh,
1976- . Annual, brief abstracts from more than 120
journals in the political, social, and administrative
sciences.
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History
Barraclough, Geoffrey. Main Trends
in History. Holmes & Meier, 1979. Discerning advances
in historical research and scholarship.
Barzun, Jacques. Clio and the Doctors: History,
Psycho-History, Quanto History. Chicago, 1974.
Psychoanalytic interpretations and other trends in modern
history writing.
Bloch, Marc. French Rural History. Berkeley, 1966.
Bloch, Marc. The Historian's Craft.
New York, 1959.
Braudel, Fernand. On History. Chicago, 1980. Noted
historian's influential views on interpreting history
from the "structuralist" or economic-social
approach.
Butterfield, Herbert. The Origins of History. Basic,
1981. Views foundations of historical thought.
Commager, Henry Steele. The Nature and the Study of
History. Merrill, 1965. Garland, 1985. History as an
academic discipline-its purposes, procedures, insights.
Cantor, Norman and Richard I. Schneider. How to Study
History. Northbrook, Illionis, 1967.
Dosse, Francois. New History in France: The Triumph of
the Annales. Urbana, 1994.
Gay, Peter. Style in History. Basic, 1974. McGraw, 1976.
On conceiving and expressing historical judgments.
Hexter, J. H. On History: Reappraisals of Some of the
Masters of Modern History. Harvard, 1986. Critical
examination of interpretations of great historians.
Iggers, Georg G. New Directions in European
Historiography. Middletown, CT, 1975.
Loewenberg, Peter. Decoding the Past: The Psychohistorical
Approach. New York, 1983.
Stannard, David E. Shrinking History: On Freud and the
Failure of Psychohistory. Oxford, 1980. Critique of
psychohistorical method.
Stern, Fritz. The Varieties of History. New York, 1972.
Tuchman, Barbara W. Practicing History: Selected Essays.
Knopf, 1981. Ballantine, 1982. The noted historian's
pieces on her working habits, plus other issues.
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