Muckraking sociology; research as social criticism.
By: Edited by Gary T. Marx.
Series: Transaction/Society book series, TA/S-27
Publisher: Transaction Books; distributed by Dutton [New York
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980
Other titles: Trans-action.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Consists chiefly of essays from the magazine Trans-action, including two which appeared in the magazine under its later name, Society.
Table of contents: title: Marx, G. T. Introduction.; title: Davis, A. J. Sexual assaults in the Philadelphia prison system.; title: Nagel, S. and Weitzman, L. J. Sexism in the courts.; title: Marx, G. T. Civil disorder and the agents of social control.; title: Baron, H. M. Black powerlessness in Chicago.; title: Dolbeare, K. M. and Davis, J. W. Little groups of neighbors; title: American draft boards.; title: Lowi, T. J. Apartheid U.S.A.; title: Fellman, G., Brandt, B. and Rosenblatt, R. Dagger in the heart of town.; title: Graham, J. M. Amphetamine politics on Capital Hill.; title: Coles, R. Life in Appalachia; title: the case of Hugh McCaslin.; title: Nelkin, D. Invisible migrant workers.; title: Martinez, T. W. Why employemnt-agency counselors lower their clients' self-esteem.; title: Wellman, D. The wrong way to find jobs for Negroes.; title: Wax, R. H. The warrior dropouts.; title: Schafer, W. E., Olexa, C. and Polk, K. Programmed for social class: tracking in high school.; title: Strauss, A. L. Medical ghettos.; title: Titmuss, R. The gift of blood.