Social Research : Myth in Contemporary Life

Editor:  Mack, Arien.

• Paperback: 283 pages
• Publisher: Social Research is published quarterly by the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social research. (1985)
• Language English
• Price: $4

Dictionary of Modern Sociology

Author:  Hoult, Thomas Ford.

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Littlefield, Adams & Co. (1977)
• Language English
• Price: $10

The Problem of Corruption

Author:  Alatas, Syed Hussien. Professor.

• Paperback: 283 pages
• Publisher: Times Books International. (1986)
• Language English
• Price: $4

Main Currents in Sociological Thought 2

Author:  Aron, Raymond.

• Paperback: 283 pages
• Publisher: Pelican / Penguin Books. (1982)
• Language English
• Price: $8

Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty

Author:  Lewis, Oscar.
Introduction: Mead, Margaret.
Foreword: La Frange, Oliver. 

• Paperback: 319 pages
• Publisher: Mentor Book. (1959)
• Language English
• Price: $10

This review is from: Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty (Paperback)

I just read this book, as I have read his other works. Oscar Lewis gives an extensive complete examination into the lives of extreme poverty. He gives exacting detail of the homes, lifestyles, and characteristics of the poor in Mexico. The last chapter delves with the poor who have accomplished "some wealth" and their upbringing still manages to evolve the same as if they were still poor. Wonderful thorough book!

Fathers and Sons

Author : Turgenev, Ivan.

• Paperback:  295 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. (1984)
• Language: English
• Condition:  Good
• Price: $5

This review is from: Fathers and Sons (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)

"Fathers and Sons" comes very close to perfection. At times, Turgenev's use of the language borders on poetry. The characters are intriguing and sympathetic. The novel deals beautifully with man's inability to live without holding something sacred, and its tragic "hero" goes to the grave realizing that he has been trying to fill that void with "straw" instead of something more meaningful--like faith, or family, or true love.

Some critics have said that Turgenev supported the "nihilists," the young men who scoffed at all things sacred. They say Bazarov is the hero of the novel, intended to be idolized. But I consider it impossible to read "Fathers and Sons" and not be moved by a deep need to hold something--anything--sacred.