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Masked Atheism
Why did the Victorians hate and fear Roman Catholics so much? This question has long preoccupied literary and cultural scholars alike. Masked Atheism: Catholicism and the Secular Victorian Home by Maria LaMonaca begins with the assumption that anti-Catholicism reveals far more about the Victorians than simple theological disagreements or religious prejudice. An analysis of anti-Catholicism exposes a host of anxieties, contradictions, and controversies dividing Great Britain, the world's most powerful nation by the mid-nineteenth century. Noting that Catholicism was frequently caricatured by the Victorians as "masked atheism"--that is, heathenism and paganism masquerading as legitimate Christ...
Making Sense of the Social World
Making Sense of the Social World provides an engaging and innovative introduction to social research and presents research methods as an integrated whole. The book contains: a balanced treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods; integration of substantive examples and research techniques; and consistent attention to the goal of validity and the standards of ethical practice.
Investigating the Social World
Praise for the Fourth Edition: `I think this volume is a good textbook and, if I were teaching a research methods subject, I would consider using it as a core text. The extensive study aids are a particularly attractive aspect of the book as a teaching pool′ - Qualitative Research Journal The Fifth Edition of Investigating the Social World is written so that the `doing′ of social research is closely and consistently linked to important social issues, demonstrating not only the value of research, but also how technique and substance are intimately related. The text offers guides for critiquing research articles, exercises for applying research skills and the examples of analyzing and reporting social data provide instructors with key supports for effective teaching. Ethical concerns and ethical decision making are treated in tandem with each study of specific methods and an emphasis on `how to do′ research is joined with an equal emphasis on giving students the critical skills necessary to evaluate research done by others.
The Emmys
The ultimate, unofficial guide to the battle of TV's best shows and greatest stars -- revised and updated to include the latest Emmy gossip!First in a new series of books from Variety magazine, "The Emmys" is the fist unofficial guide to America's most beloved TV shows and the awards they did -- or didn't -- win. Features: -- Year-by-year accounts of the Emmy's most dramatic victories -- and biggest surprises-- Complete listings of more than 6,000 winners in prime time, daytime, sports, news, movies and documentaries-- Who's won the most awards -- including Emmy records held by "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Cheers", "LA. Law", "All in the Family", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "Hill Street Blues", "The Young & the Restless", "Sesame Street", "Oprah", and "ABC's Wide World of Sports"-- Who's never won -- and why: Susan Lucci, Angela Landsbury and others keep striking out just like lifelong losers Jackie Gleason and Ed Sullivan-- How winning Emmys saved "Cheers", "Cagney & Lacey", "Mission: Impossible", "Santa Barbara" and other top shows
