Through the Eyes of Social Science

Part I. INTRODUCTION

1. Science and Social Science, Pro and Con
2. Lost on the Planet Earth (Frank J. Zulke)
3. Science, the Scientific Method, and Research Designs in the Social Sciences (Frank J. Zulke)

Part II. SEEING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

4. Psychology: Observable Behavior and Internal Processes (Jacqueline P. Kirley)
5. Sociology: Human Behavior in a Group and Societal Context (Frank J. Zulke)
6. Anthropology: Evolution and Culture (Frank J. Zulke)
7. Political Science: The Study of Governing (Brady Twiggs)
8. Economics: Limited Resources and Unlimited Needs (Zalmay Gulzad)
9. History: The Study of the Past (George Christakes)
10. Geography: The Discipline with a Persistent Spatial Perspective (John A. Alwin)

Part III. THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: Historical, Philosophical, and Social

11. European Foundations of Social Science (Frank J. Zulke)
12. Objectivity in Social Science: Beyond European Assumptions (James H. Heard)
13. Scientific Principles and Their Social Consequences (Daniel C. Reber)

Part IV. RESEARCH THROUGH DECEPTION

14. Pathology of Imprisonment (Philip G. Zimbardo)
15. If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger, Would You? (Philip Meyer)
16. Research Through Deception (Morton Hunt)

Part V. HUMAN AND SOCIOCULTURAL EVOLUTION

17. Evolution and Natural Selection: The Human Animal’s Tale (Robert H. Clarke)
18. One Giant Step for Mankind (Michael D. Lemonick and Andrea Dorfman)
19. Types of Societies: Sociocultural Evolution (Frank J. Zulke)

Part VI. CUSTOMS AND CULTURES

20. Body Ritual among the Nacirema (Horace Miner)
21. Lest Ye Be Judged: Ethnocentrism or Cultural Relativism (Robert H. Clarke)
22. The Sounds of Silence (Edward T. Hall and Mildred R. Hall)
23. What Hunters Do for a Living, or, How to Make Out on Scarce Resources (Richard B. Lee)
24. Eating Christmas in the Kalahari (Richard B. Lee)
25. Chinese Table Manners: You Are How You Eat (Eugene Cooper)

Part VII. AMERICA: Its Ethnic History

26. One Hundred Percent American (Ralph Linton)
27. All Mixed Up: Ethnicity in American Life (George Christakes)
28. Ethnicity in American Life: The Historical Perspective (John Hope Franklin)

Part VIII. AMERICA: Do Race and Ethnicity Still Matter?

29. American Diversity and the 2000 Census (Nathan Glazer)
30. An End to Counting by Race? (Tamar Jacoby)
31. Beyond Black/White: The Racisms of Our Time (Elizabeth Martínez)

Part IX. FAMILY AND EDUCATION: Two Basic Institutions

32. The American Family (Stephanie Coontz)
33. African American Families: A Legacy of Vulnerability and Resilience (Beverly Greene)
34. What’s Ahead for Families (Joseph F. Coates)
35. Gender and Myth: Data about Student Performance (Judith Kleinfeld)
36. Look Homeward, Parents (Ed Cohen)

Part X. HUMAN NATURE AND PERSONAL AND GENDER IDENTITIES

37. Why Do We Do What We Do?: A Freudian and Skinnerian Overview (Frank J. Zulke)
38. Erik Erikson’s Eight Ages of Man (David Elkind)
39. Rethinking Puberty: The Development of Sexual Attraction (Martha K. McClintock and Gilbert Herdt)
40. Final Note on a Case of Extreme Isolation (Kingsley Davis)
41. Shattered Innocence (Alfie Kohn)
42. The American Indian Berdache and Other Third Genders (David Schroder)
43. The Evolving Interface between Feminism and Women of Color (Betty Jean Harris)

Part XI. POVERTY: Causes and Consequences

44. Families in Poverty in the 1990s: Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned (Karen Seccombe)
45. Toward a 24-Hour Economy (Harriet B. Presser)
46. The Bare Minimum (Nancy Traver)
47. Work (William Julius Wilson)
48. The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All (Herbert Gans)

Part XII. MINORITIES AND MOBILITY

49. Driving While Black: A Statistician Proves That Prejudice Still Rules the Road (John Lamberth)
50. Necessary Dreams (Tim Andrew Obermiller)
51. Immigration to the Burn Zone (Roberto Suro)

Part XIII. POPULATION, AGING, AND CRIME: Creating the Future

52. Impacts of Population Growth (Lester R. Brown, Gary Gardner, and Brian Halweil)
53. Fourteen Forecasts for an Aging Society (Sam L. Ervin)
54. Preventing Crime: The Promising Road Ahead (Gene Stephens)

Part XIV. GLOBALIZATION: Threat or Opportunity?

55. Globalization and the Social Sciences (Robert H. Clarke